Hi all,
Many moons ago I used some Bday mulla to jump in on the Forgotten Worlds KS by Fireforge Games. I wasn’t really sure what I’d use the minis for, I just knew I liked ‘em.
Now, with another Bday approaching and no progress made (on pretty much any hobby project) I find myself tempted to finally do something with these guys. Trouble is though, I don’t have much hobby time or much head-space* so an army is definitely out of the question…
Earlier this year I created a fun little ruleset called
Age of Heroes**, aimed at small skirmish games; they are rules-lite yet have a range of upgrades that players can pull from to customise their warband. So, with what little hobby time I can muster it shouldn’t be too tricky to bash out a couple of warbands…fingers crossed…
The PlanSo, the basic plan is to build two forces one Living and the other Dead. I only have a little bit of terrain so I might build one or two new pieces…but best not get ahead of myself. Once my two forces are built and painted I’d like to actually have a game…hopefully…
The WarbandsIn AoH each player gets a Hero and 4 Warriors as well as 5 upgrades to customise their warband.I’ve got a good idea of what I want in my warbands; for the Dead I definitely wanted them to be
Infected*** as the idea of them turning their foes against them is too appealing (this used 2 upgrades for the whole warband). I’d also like a mix of minis so both the fabulous Living Dead Warriors and Peasants are in and while a LD Knight is tempting I think I’ll go with a dead dog instead (that’s the
Beast upgrade). To get the two peasants I’m going to use a
Runts upgrade while I’m going to give my Hero
Regeneration to truly make him a thorn in the Living's side.
For the Living I really want a couple of archers to try and take the Dead out from long range so I’ll use a
Runts upgrade again but this time I’ll give them both
Sharpshooter to take their Shoot Roll back up to 4+. A Hero and some Warriors wielding swords and shields make up the rest of the warband; I want the Hero to stick around so he can have
Tough to give him +1 Health and I like the idea of him wielding an ancestral blade so his attacks are
Piercing.
What’s Next?It’s taken me 3 days to finally sort out my forces…so the next step is to start this plog and build up the dozen minis or so I need…wish me luck…
* I’m Autistic so I get easily overloaded
** For Age of Heroes see here...https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=123510.0
*** Hmm...I guess that means I might just have to make a Dead version of each of the Living minis...doh, thats another 6 minis then