Author Topic: Fantasy Warriors Fun (Being Thankful) (Read 18017 times)

Jevenkah · « **on:** May 28, 2013, 05:14:47 PM »

Teshub and I, after 3 weeks of building and painting, got to play Fantasy Warriors for the first time this weekend! We had so much fun, we played one scenario Saturday night, one Sunday afternoon, and two that night!

The first battle is detailed more in depth on the blog, with more pics: http://swordandsorceryrpg.com/fantasy-warriors/first-fantasy-warriors-weekend/

Here are some shots of the first battle, a basic orc-against-human deathmatch. I was the Gautrian (human) faction, Teshub played as the orcs.

I need a better ruler.

Because I measured wrong and got my cavalry slaughtered.

The orcs managed to rout me and win the field.

It was an absolute blast! I'll be putting up more pix from the weekend, on the blog too so check there as well:
http://swordandsorceryrpg.com/fantasy-warriors/ will keep all the related info organized.

Comments? Critiques? Taunts in orcish? Feel free!
Jevenkah

OLeary · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2013, 05:24:47 PM »

Excellent batrep on the blog

Your husbands urogs did do some serious damage to your humans I see. I noticed your casualty markers and really like them as you don't skimp on the quality of the paint job

In hindsight you should have added a wager to the game-winner does dishes

dijit · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2013, 07:08:06 PM »

A really fantastic looking game, with great minis, terrain and story telling.

DeafNala · « **Reply #3 on:** May 28, 2013, 09:37:13 PM »

GREAT BATTLE REPORTS, PHOTOS, & MINIS! They really are a joy to read, see, & drool over...as a Old Guy drooling is a specialty.
I see the Orcs fell for your "lulling-them-into-a-false-sense-of-security" ploy...WELL DONE!

stone-cold-lead · « **Reply #4 on:** May 28, 2013, 10:08:42 PM »

Looks like a great game and you've got some nicely painted models there. Look forward to seeing more.

Suber · « **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2013, 08:03:33 AM »

The shots are great, they transmit you the full battle scale sensation.

Jevenkah · « **Reply #6 on:** May 29, 2013, 02:44:38 PM »

Thanks for all the positve energy everyone! I'm soaking it up especially since it's a cloudy, rainy day here.

Quote from: Suber on May 29, 2013, 08:03:33 AM

The shots are great, they transmit you the full battle scale sensation.

Thanks, I was actually a bit afraid when we started that the table would be too big for my camera to capture the action. I'm glad that doesn't seem to be the case.

Quote from: stone-cold-lead on May 28, 2013, 10:08:42 PM

Looks like a great game and you've got some nicely painted models there. Look forward to seeing more.

That's quite a complement, stone-cold-lead, as I've been knocked out by your paintings. I will bring some more action here to this thread soon. We had one of those fantastic weekends where we got lost in gaming and I'm still catching up on the RL stuff I flat-out ignored over the holiday!

Quote from: DeafNala on May 28, 2013, 09:37:13 PM

GREAT BATTLE REPORTS, PHOTOS, & MINIS! They really are a joy to read, see, & drool over...as a Old Guy drooling is a specialty.
I see the Orcs fell for your "lulling-them-into-a-false-sense-of-security" ploy...WELL DONE!

Your comments always make me smile, DeafNala! I enjoying being able to create these things that way more folks than I ever pictured are viewing. btw- if the drooling gets too much, put a towel over your keyboard. I'd hate to think I was responsible for damaging your equiptment.

Quote from: dijit on May 28, 2013, 07:08:06 PM

A really fantastic looking game, with great minis, terrain and story telling.

Thanks dijit, your constructions, terrain and minis are inspiring as well. I love the forest you did a couple years back. (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=33340.15 pg 2 check it out!) I could very easily follow your directions to mimic it one day.

Quote from: OLeary on May 28, 2013, 05:24:47 PM

I noticed your casualty markers and really like them as you don't skimp on the quality of the paint job

The dead deserve dignity too. The casualties get tons of attention when we play. It seems much more satisfying to place a crumpled up orc on the ground than simply knocking him over. This practice started when we received 3 sets of the same orcs and had to do something a little different with ~~a few~~ several of them. It is a little harder to take brand new figures and mess 'em up.

Quote from: OLeary on May 28, 2013, 05:24:47 PM

In hindsight you should have added a wager to the game...

Who says we didn't?

Thanks all for the compliments on the storytelling as well. For myself, I need a good read with a report. And my grandmother's sister was a storyteller so I'd like to think there's something in the genes. (They were first-generation Italian-American and Aunt Goody always enjoyed telling us the creepy stories with walking dead/ghosts/great stuff like that to hear when I was about 6.)

I'll be getting some more of the scenarios we ran this weekend up soon, hopefully I won't keep you all waiting too long!
Jevenkah

OLeary · « **Reply #7 on:** May 29, 2013, 05:29:41 PM »

I agree completely with the necessity for casualty markers. Particularly in wargames. Without them, we forget the cost of war and we also lose realism if they are neglected. In RPG's do you ever have Common Folk? It could be fun to have an Orc farmer and his family on a huge game board just for eye candy. 'Twould be a fun conversion as well.

area23 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2013, 09:11:20 PM »

Really nice! looks very good, the whole table.

Jevenkah · « **Reply #9 on:** May 31, 2013, 04:17:18 AM »

Quote from: OLeary on May 29, 2013, 05:29:41 PM

...In RPG's do you ever have Common Folk? It could be fun to have an Orc farmer and his family on a huge game board just for eye candy...

Funny you should ask...there are a couple common folk very much like you describe in the last scenario we ran, "The Defense of Strek":

In this game, if the orcs had 2 turns at the longhouse, it was considered burned and they were victorious. I again played the humans and I'm afraid I'll have to keep you waiting til next week for the battle report of that one.

As far as human civvies, oh boy! Check out page 2, bottom panel of my Made With Minis comics "Lords of Timlin #1" for a sampling of our human civilians. You can find them sprinkled throughout the comics.

We have orc settlements planned to make over summer vacation. We'll have our orc civilians out in force for that; we use Kev Adams sculpts as orclings, and have collected orc peasant women as well.

Quote from: area23 on May 29, 2013, 09:11:20 PM

Really nice! looks very good, the whole table.

Thanks a bunch, Glad you liked it all!

Jevenkah

Jevenkah · « **Reply #10 on:** June 02, 2013, 10:54:02 PM »

For our second scenario, Teshub again played the orcs, but this time he played as a raiding party of 10 urogs (like orcs, but the longer they live, the bigger they grow. So they're huge and worth the same as cavalry.) I played as Baron Austerchild, a local noble defending his lands who has caught these urogs between two of his cavalry units.

The fuller report is on the blog: http://swordandsorceryrpg.com/fantasy-warriors/fantasy-warriors-urogs-vs-heavy-cavalry/