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Offline Irregular Wars Nic

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (dwarvern army showcase)
« Reply #45 on: July 26, 2020, 09:00:53 PM »
The armies look great
That's another great looking army. Really characterful!
Loving this scale more and more with every update.  :-*

Thanks folks!

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (more battle reports)
« Reply #46 on: July 26, 2020, 09:05:16 PM »
We've been working away with multiple games trying the stretch the rules to their limits. I now have the very slow process of writing up the reports which are appearing slowly on the blog:

https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantastic%20Battles

The most recent post outlines a brutal clash between the Zuggurat Dwarves and an army of Dark Elves. A great game, even if all did not go according to plan...





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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (more battle reports)
« Reply #47 on: July 27, 2020, 08:17:14 AM »
And the next game saw the brave halflings of Hearthshire take on the men of the Byzernian Empire.

https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2020/07/fantastic-battles-men-of-byzernian.html




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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (more battle reports)
« Reply #48 on: August 09, 2020, 04:31:24 PM »
Another week, another battle!

This week’s Fantastic Battles pairing saw Andrew’s ratkin of the Vermintide deploy opposite my Ziggurat Dwarves. The full battle report with loads of photos can be read on the blog ---> http://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2020/08/fantastic-battles-ziggurat-dwarves-vs.html




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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (army showcase - Wyld Elves)
« Reply #49 on: September 11, 2020, 12:15:01 PM »

This army showcase is a little bit different in that it is only a 500 point army rather than 1,000. Fantastic Battles scale perfectly well for smaller armies and this army of Wyld Elves is about as small as it gets. It has focused on a small number of elite, resolute units supported by the full cadre of character types. All miniatures are 3D printed figures from Excellent Miniatures.


Always watching, the Wyld Elves of the far north are seldom seen unless they choose to be. Longing for nothing more than to dance in mountain meadows lit by the midnight sun, they are never-the-less ruthless and resolute warriors when summoned to war. The fleet-footedness of Wyld Elves is their racial trope, represented by the fast trait (+1 to their movement value).


From left to right are the she-elves commanding this small army: Hjartardottir the army warlord on her white stag, a Huldra magic-user, a captain and a rogue. In most small games, players take just a warlord and a captain; taking so many Wyld Elf characters will make this army very flexible and easy to command, but at the expense of additional units.


Moving swiftly and ignoring terrain that would hamper more conventional cavaly, the strongest Wyld Elves ride to war mounted on proud stags.



Most Wyld Elves are skilled archers and slingers. They muster in small skirmishing companies fighting from woods and excelling in hit and run tactics.


Attuned to the natural world, Wyld Elves often call upon their friends among the giant eagles to soar above their armies providing assistance from the air.

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (army showcase - Wyld Elves)
« Reply #50 on: September 11, 2020, 02:47:18 PM »
Looking really good!  :-*
I like the idea of using "fast" as a racial trope for the elves, I couldn't think past "forester"  ;)

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (army showcase - Wyld Elves)
« Reply #51 on: September 12, 2020, 11:38:53 AM »
I'm enjoying the army showcases. I had no idea there were so many 10mm options out there.

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (army showcase - Wyld Elves)
« Reply #52 on: September 12, 2020, 03:27:41 PM »
Another great looking army Nic!

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (army showcase - Wyld Elves)
« Reply #53 on: October 17, 2020, 06:01:34 PM »
Any news on the release of these rules at either Amazon or Wargame Vault?

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (army showcase - Wyld Elves)
« Reply #54 on: October 18, 2020, 02:48:56 AM »
a really great looking army.  Well done

Offline Irregular Wars Nic

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (army showcase - Wyld Elves)
« Reply #55 on: October 25, 2020, 09:15:57 AM »
Any news on the release of these rules at either Amazon or Wargame Vault?

Fantastic Battles should be available on both by end November/early December. I'll certainly make an announcement.


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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (army showcase - Wyld Elves)
« Reply #56 on: October 25, 2020, 09:31:04 AM »
Between work pressures and renewed lockdown measures halting face-to-face gaming again, I've not posted any updates in a while. However, I have been working on formatting the rules and can show a couple of sample pages to give an idea of what we are aimaing at:













There is also now a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/gaming/FantasticBattles/ and a Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/313513879678378 for folks who like that sort of thing.
« Last Edit: October 25, 2020, 09:34:37 AM by Irregular Wars Nic »

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (sample pages)
« Reply #57 on: October 25, 2020, 11:09:12 AM »
The book looks good!

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Re: Irregular Wars: Fantastic Battles (sample pages)
« Reply #58 on: October 25, 2020, 01:06:16 PM »
Great work. I appreciate what you are doing. Full time job and game designing is tough. People ask "when will this be out". The answer should always be : "When I think its ready". Keep going!

Offline Irregular Wars Nic

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Re: Fantastic Battles videos
« Reply #59 on: March 21, 2021, 11:23:59 AM »
Hi folks,

I just thought that I'd share that there are a couple of videos up on Youtube now talking about the game and running through game play.

The full playlist can be reached here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsl6S1gPVZHbxJ-8G5SBH1v7rabdAcutS


 

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