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Skorne Deck + No Quarter 31

I picked up both of these yesterday (along with the new Forces of Warmachine: Mercenaries book, but that's a topic for next post).It's a very exciting time to play, that's for sure.The Skorne deck is the easiest to start with: The cards are gorgeous, the warbeast circles are a bit bigger and easier to use, ... 

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Forces of Warmachine: Cryx

Well, I got my Forces of Warmachine: Cryx book last week, and I've spent the week looking at it, and getting really excited to play some darn games with all this stuff. There's plenty of great in-depth reviews online, so I'll just post a few thoughts.The story, I thought, was very well done. You get ... 

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Warmachine game- 35 pts, Skarre vs Strakhov

Last Wednesday, me and Rob played another warmachine game. I chose Skarre, a caster I've never run before (in Mark I or II), while he continued to get practice in with Strakhov.My list:Pirate Queen Skarre-Deathjack-Skarlock ThrallMin Bane KnightsMin Bane ThrallsMin Bile ThrallsMax Mechanithralls2 Pistol WraithsI had never run Skarre before, so I took a ... 

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Aren’t Khador jacks supposed to be slow?

Yikes!Me and Rob played a game of Warmachine last night. I'll only post a brief writeup, since Rob posted one already here.I took a Cryx list, using:Iron Lich Asphyxious* Nightwretch* Nightwretch* Nightwretch* Slayer* Skarlock ThrallBane Thralls (Leader and 5 Grunts)Pistol WraithPistol WraithMy standard assassination list, with Asphyxious instead. Part of my goal ... 

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Teaching more Warmachine!

Played Rob on Friday, since he has expressed serious interest in the game, and I wanted to teach it, and play a big enough game for him to get some feel for it's play. We chose a 25 point game.I played Cryx, and ran the following list:Deneghra-Defiler-Defiler-Nightwretch-Skarlock ThrallMin. Bane ThrallsBloat ThrallMachine WraithPistol WraithPistol WraithGeneral ... 

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My Warmachine/Hordes direction

Moving right along (yes, I'm trying to press these forward for a reason ;) ).I currently play Cryx and Skorne. Two very different styles of play, although I have no idea what Skorne's 'style' is. I kind of suck with them. Cryx I have down pat. Set up, combo up for ... 

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Teaching Lord of the Rings

Well, I spent my President's Day teaching Lord of the Rings to Rob (link to his blog). We used the armies I've been building for my teaching games with some small changes (basically the good force had fewer Rangers, and more regular warriors.We ran a random scenario from the Legions of Middle-Earth ... 

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Warmachine on Friday, 12/18/09

Played a quick game of Warmachine late Friday night, working to learn/teach the game with the new MkII rules. I once again ran the Khador starter box (Sorscha, Juggernaut, Destroyer) vs Pete using the Menoth battle box (Kreoss, Revenger, Repenter, Crusader).I advanced slowly (silly Khador jacks) with my jacks leading, Pete doing the same.My ... 

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Miniature games

Alright, what else do I play? Several games (and several armies)Warhammer Fantasy

Warhammer 40K:
  • Inquisition (both Daemonhunters and Sisters) (about 2500 combined)
  • Necrons (2500 or so)
  • Dark Eldar (500)
  • Chaos Space Marines (1500)
Battlefleet Gothic:
  • Imperial Navy (2500)
  • Dark Eldar (2000)
Epic: