Dean’s 5LB Campaign

[Plynkes]

Nice!

Those combinations of different historical types work really well for fantasy. I wouldn't have thought of doing that but I think it looks real good.


 

[Dean]

Thanks mate

[Dean]

Finished off the last of the ETSY stuff (for now) another unit of lizards that can do double duty in the Reptile army and as Old Ones in 5LB, and I realised that my Fey faction needs some crossbows and some leaders.

[Plynkes]

Sweet. I especially like that many of the figures you use I have never seen before, or even heard of.  A lot of them are 3D prints, did you say?

[Dean]

Yes indeed, there’s a huge amount of 3D stuff out there across any fantasy trope you can think of. 

[Dean]

Turn 15

“Eventually we reached a clearing in the forest to behold some truly strange creatures, half human, half horse.

Spreet took an arrow early on, but Dorothea healed him.  The enemy closed in fast and Gunnar and Leonidas got stuck into hand-to-hand combat while the archers took out the enemy archers, but the final centaur galloped off into the forest, no doubt to warn his friends.

When we reached where they had camped we found a clue as to where the enemy leaders had a their hideout deeper within the woods.”

[Dean]

Turn 16

“We spent the night under the stars and set off early the next morning.  We were working our way deeper into the forest when it appeared the very trees themselves had come alive to hinder our progress!

These devils were tough and it seemed we would never take them all down, but eventually we were faced by nothing but normal trees, though I fear that once again that one of them got away to raise a warning, we would need to be careful.  Both Erik and Ivar went down in the battle, thankfully neither died and in fact Ivar was only stunned, but Erik broke his arm and was sent back to town.”

[Dean]

Turn 17

“Finally we found the last bastion of the enemy, this would be our toughest battle yet as we sawing hulking bulls walking upright and a a fully armoured form that had to be the Fey leader

This was our hardest battle yet and at the point where three of my comrades were on the ground, I figured we had bitten off more than we could chew.  My personal duel with the Fey leader lasted for three turns, but finally I, and we, were victorious!

When I came to tally the cost, I found Dorothea with a minor wound, Ivar had been stunned (again!), and Spreet had a very lucky escape. The gods were clearly smiling on us, and the Waybrook Forest seemed somehow more at peace as we travelled through it back to Freefield.”

[Dean]

One box of North Star Oathmark Orcs does a good job providing the options for the Duskling lists

[Plynkes]

I like 'em! I would get some myself, but I have a huge supply of unpainted GW LoTR orcs of various types, so I'm not going to allow myself them.


The Dusklings are one of the threats in my campaign, but I am going to use their stat line for human raiders. I know the game hints they are some kind of creature, but that's the way I've decided to go (again because I'm trying to eat into my backlog of unpainted figures).

[Dean]

That’s the joy of 5LB mate, anything goes!  There’s a guy on Facebook playing a Lord of the Rings version, and another planning a Mordheim theme.

[Dean]

“With the Fey threat removed, it was time to take on the third part of our quest for the Monks. This necessitated a journey south to the main town of Skypool, but before leaving we were approached by a clansman of Grak, called Graug, who wished to take his place.  The journey was long and we were almost pleased when we were waylaid by a band of rag-tag brigands and their strangely charismatic leader. It seems our clearing the ice gold court from the locality had just encouraged the local brigands to move in.
However, I don’t think they were at all prepared for the likes of us and we made short work of them!”

[Dean]

“After a day resting in Skypool and getting our bearings, we set off on the next task set us by the Monks, to find out why a farmer and his family have not been heard from in a few weeks.  On arriving at the farm, we found a small contingent of strange warriors who had clearly made themselves at home.

These warriors were tough, Leonidas took a cut and Miyako took a crossbow bolt, but we were victorious and very happy to find the farmer and his family held inside their home, who told us they had been forced to keep faming and to feed the enemy when they returned from scouting around Skypool.  A successful end to another part of our quest then.”

[Dean]

That’s 20 turns in the campaign.  Having loads of fun, enjoying using minis I have and an excuse to paint more.  A game takes a couple of hours from empty table to empty again, which is great for me, and the campaign bits of admin can fill some time in between.  Here’s the map so far, one threat down, two to go, plus another quest stage and then the ending, plus I want to try a few more Monster Hunts, and maybe a Delve.