Warlords of Erehwon, Warlords new fantasy game.

[Lost Egg]

Centaurs are cavalry...just use those rules for your cavalry minis or import a unit from another list.

[aktr]

Centaurs are cavalry...just use those rules for your cavalry minis or import a unit from another list.

a fair point
I was thinking of using Warlords ancient Assyrians for the Olympians

[Lost Egg]

Sounds good. From what has been said so far I think it will be fairly easy to add to lists as long as your opponent is game. I'm tempted to use the rules for Celtos and in that game there are Dwarf sleds pulled by wolves and winged siren archers for the Orcs but I think they should be easy enough to do. I guess we will just have to wait till the book lands to know for sure.

[Lost Egg]

Orcs tonight...

The Orcs!
These bloodthirsty brutes, are the typical example. High strength, reduced shooting accuracy and the option to add some special rules that add a layer to your charge. A unit of Orc warriors who charge is sure to leave a mark.

Even Orc archers can have the "Ferocious Charge" rule, that says a lot.

Their chariots drawn by wild boars are not fast, but hits like a ton of bricks.

If you want to be ferocious on the battlefield, it's the army for you.

In addition to warriors, uou will have at your disposal; trolls, archers, boar riders, chariotss and 2 wars machines.

[beefcake]

Well the rules may be different but the armies are definitely GW "inspired" *ripoff*

[pixelgeek]

Well the rules may be different but the armies are definitely GW "inspired" *ripoff*

 

[Lost Egg]

...but then Rick wrote WH Fantasy so can he rip-off himself?

[beefcake]

Bahaha. True. Doesn't own the ip of WFB though. Guess I'm just sick of boar mounted orcs. Why not sabre tooth tigers or mammoths?

[Lost Egg]

Well apart from the old WGF plastics Warlord have said they won't do a mini range to support the  book so I guess they had to go with what is out already and pretty common. No reason why you couldn't tweak the rules though to fit what you want.

[Munindk]

Mantic more or less copied GW, Scibor and others have made alternate models for GW armies for years so there are probably a lot of people out there with GW style fantasy armies.

From a financial point of view a ruleset that caters to all these people will be likely to sell.

The other route is to go more abstract, either like Dragon Rampant with no lists but generic unit types that you can customize with special rules or Saga: Age of Fantasy with will (according to the back cover of the book) generic lists based on cultures or stereotypes.

I want the skeletons so I might pick up the rulebook too, to see if its any good.

[meninobesta]

No reason why you couldn't tweak the rules though to fit what you want.

I think the idea is more to tweak the models and not the rules, a bit like HOTT where a Horde can be a group of goblins or a group of zombies or whatever you feel it fits in the description
so, if the rules says you have orcs on boars, why not use minis with wolfs or sabretooth tigers instead of it?
In the past I've made a high elf army using japanese monks and an undead army using chinese foot soldiers painted as terracota statues... and went to WH tournaments with them
it's fantasy just play with want you want...

[Lost Egg]

Yep, that works too. Personally though I'd prefer to tweak the rules a little to fit the minis bt each to their own.

[andyskinner]

I am curious what I'd use for my orcs/goblins.  They are LotR Moria goblins and Uruk Hai scouts, and won't fit quite into goblins (if rules are too silly) or in orcs (because not big brutes).  Barbarians?

While there will be a few armies to choose from, it does feel like you'll have to choose one of their armies with special rules.  If they build balance into the game by having different army special rules and giving armies access to some things and not others, it may not work well to pick the units closest to your image of a particular collection of figures.

I already have Age of Fantasy from One Page Rules, and there is a point system (available from Patreon support), so I can get what I want.  But I'll want to take a look at these.  As much as I want a game to represent my figures well, what makes a game fun are the systems for story, friction, and uncertainty.   A counter pull (these happen to be dice) is one way to do that.

andy

[Cubs]

I am curious what I'd use for my orcs/goblins.  They are LotR Moria goblins and Uruk Hai scouts, and won't fit quite into goblins (if rules are too silly) or in orcs (because not big brutes).  Barbarians?

Would the game be able support something as simple as 'doubling up' with the Moria goblins? ie. use them as Orcs, but simply provide 2 Goblin models per Orc in your army list. You could then just count 2 models as providing 1 attack, remove 2 models for 1 casualty, etc..

[Hobgoblin]

I am curious what I'd use for my orcs/goblins.  They are LotR Moria goblins and Uruk Hai scouts, and won't fit quite into goblins (if rules are too silly) or in orcs (because not big brutes).  Barbarians?

This game's being marketed with the old Wargames Factory orcs, no? Those scale pretty well with the GW LotR orcs (though not with any boar-riding models I can think of, which is odd too).