Dragon Rampant: War of the Orcs and Dwarves

[James Morris]

War of the Dwarves and the Orcs (kinda)

Finding ourselves missing most of our regular Zoom gaming group yesterday, I threw together a very quick Dragon Rampant scenario featuring an Orc force trying to break into a Dwarven stronghold. The board featured two large entrances (clearly the oaken gates themselves had been shattered in previous fighting) leading to the halls of the underground fortress. The gates were guarded by two Dwarven units, with the remainder of the force arriving randomly on turns 1-4 of the game. 

The Orcs, commanded by myself, took an early lead as the troll vanguard crushed the Dwarf scouts at the southern gate.  This allowed a unit of Wargs to rush through and attempt to take the northern gate guardians by surprise; alas, I had forgotten about the ‘wild charge’ rule.  The Dwarf king and his bodyguard (Elite foot) had arrived within charge distance and so my Wargs were forced into a vicious running battle with them - inflicting some serious casualties, but ultimately expiring and removing the chance of a rear attack. 

The Dwarves at the north gate (Heavy foot) were the heroes of the day, repelling attacks by three separate Orc units (Light foot), leaving them all battered.  With all the Dwarf reinforcements arriving in the southern chamber, the Goblins were driven out in short order.

DR worked brilliantly for this game - very easy to run over Zoom - and both Tom and I were left agreeing to play again soon.

[Silent Invader]

That is the sort of game I currently painting for. Most inspirational 

[Mr. White]

This looks fantastic!

For some reason I thought Dragon Rampant was a ‘Rank n Flank’ style game with blocks of troops. This looks like it can play on rounds though.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Brilliant brushwork on the figures. Looks like it was a fun game.

[Pattus Magnus]

That table set up, with the indoor/outdoor aspect, is brilliant! Battling to control the gates is a bit like scenarios based on fighting for control of bridges or fords, but with a fresh twist. The figures look great, too!

[pixelgeek]

Great table. Looks like it was lots of fun

[Malamute]

Great looking game. May I ask who makes the various figures?

[scotty]

Great looking game

[LouieN]

Well done.  DR is great

[James Morris]

That table set up, with the indoor/outdoor aspect, is brilliant! Battling to control the gates is a bit like scenarios based on fighting for control of bridges or fords, but with a fresh twist. The figures look great, too!

Cheers!  That had occurred to me - I’ve played so many Arthurian battles at fords.  It was fun to be able to pull out the old Moria scenery.

[Melnibonean]

That's a great scenario with the half and half aspect. Good to see the dwarven host fought off the orcish invaders.

[Ragnar]

Fun looking game!

[James Morris]

This looks fantastic!

For some reason I thought Dragon Rampant was a ‘Rank n Flank’ style game with blocks of troops. This looks like it can play on rounds though.

Cheers! DR is large skirmish, specifically with no ranks or flanks.  It keeps it very simple and is ideal for this kind of indoor/ outdoor game with potentially restrictive scenery.

[James Morris]

Great looking game. May I ask who makes the various figures?

Thank you! Minis are a real mixture, but mostly as follows.
Orcs - GW and Oathmark plastics.
Dwarves - Vendel and Conqueror with some Oathmark metal characters
Trolls - Reaper Bones
Wolves- Mierce, Reaper and Otherworld

[Malamute]

Thank you! Minis are a real mixture, but mostly as follows.
Orcs - GW and Oathmark plastics.
Dwarves - Vendel and Conqueror with some Oathmark metal characters
Trolls - Reaper Bones
Wolves- Mierce, Reaper and Otherworld

Great, thanks, I really like the trolls.