Mordheim Warband Question

[thebinmann]

Monday week should be the day of my first solo Mordheim games (and first ever game as well) I have dug out the minis I want to use and drawn up the warbands.

I have 2 bands one is 8 + 3 hired swords and the other is 10 plus 1 hired sword, but they all have basic gear hardly any shields or armour. Should I go for fewer minis with more stuff?

[Glitzer]

More stuff is only recommendable for heroes. The other guys will cost you to much when they die (1 and 2 on a D6). 3 Hired Swords might also turn out more expensive that you can afford in the first games. Later on you'll be able to level losses out with some stones you didn't sell after winning a game, but the first games can turn you bankrupt in 2 or less turns.

[DeafNala]

The best bet is to go for numbers with low LD War Bands & some extra equipment with the higher LD ones. Give the fancy stuff to your Heroes; re, they're the most likely to survive engagements.

[JollyBob]

Yep, all of that. Numbers work well for zombies and skaven, anything else trick out your heroes instead.

My personal recommendation would be for a small force of Dwarfs, but give all the henchmen helmets. Combined with their race-bonus for hard heads, they just will not stay down when you hit them.

Hired Swords are only useful if they provide something the core group is sorely lacking, like magic or a high ranged skill. 

[thebinmann]

Thanks will have to rethink models I like vs gameplay I guess.

JB: Dwwarves up next time!

[tomogui]

Can I recommend you take a look at Coreheim too? It's an unofficial rules revision by some fans, which I think has been extremely well done. It's the same game as Mordheim, only streamlined and made more logical. Doesn't hurt to check it out!

[thebinmann]

Thanks

[thebinmann]

Just rereading the rules on warbands I see all henchmen in a group need to be kitted out the same, is it allowed to have different grups of the same henchmen?

Thanks

[Mason]

Just rereading the rules on warbands I see all henchmen in a group need to be kitted out the same, is it allowed to have different grups of the same henchmen?

Thanks

That is fine, Adam.

You can have a whole band of 1 Henchman groups, it just makes it harder to keep track of any bonuses from experience, thats all.

[thebinmann]

Cheers Mason!

I might bend the rules slightly to give bucklers to ome of my warbands, do you think that will destroy the game?

[luidinuovo]

Take a look too here.
http://www.mordheimer.com/index.htm

[thebinmann]

Thanks

[thebinmann]

Thanks guys, BTW how long will a game take?

[Glitzer]

Usually less than an hour, but as you don't know the rules by heart yet... maybe two?

[thebinmann]

Thanks, perhaps I'll set up four teams and have two games....