STRONGHOLD expansion released!

[Funghy-Fipps]

Oh, Scout and Skirmisher designations! I'll try and get these read over the weekend. Are there any changes to the core system?

[VoodooInk]

Ok, I guess I do have it not sure how that happened but thank you haha

No worries!

Oh, Scout and Skirmisher designations! I'll try and get these read over the weekend. Are there any changes to the core system?

There are no changes to the core rules at all. So, you can dive right into the STRONGHOLD stuff. I think you'll definitely want to check out the heroic skirmisher designation!

[Vermis]

I've gotta look back at that skaven list too, and get stuck into a high elf book.

[capthugeca]

A dearth of opponents has meant that I haven't played much of anything since last year, but this is about to change and I hope to start playing 'Mayhem' regularly again.
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My problem too but I have found that it Mayhem works pretty well solo too.

[VoodooInk]

I'm going to start another 'Mayhem' army in a couple of months to face-off against the one I finished last year.

Nice! Any chance of you telling us what the theme of the army is going to be or what units it's going to feature?

I've gotta look back at that skaven list too, and get stuck into a high elf book.

When I was looking at your skaven list before, I was thinking that a heroic skirmisher combined with the scout designation would be a good base to create a pretty nasty assassin build on. Looking forward to seeing your High Elf list.

I have found that it Mayhem works pretty well solo too.

I've experimented with a couple of ways to play MAYHEM solo, but neither were quite polished or well tested enough to make it into the final product. It's something I'm still exploring, but I'm using an unconventional method and that means that it takes more time to properly vet.

I'd love to hear what method you use for playing solo. I'm sure that are plenty of solo gamers out there that would be grateful as well!

[capthugeca]

I'd love to hear what method you use for playing solo. I'm sure that are plenty of solo gamers out there that would be grateful as well!

I've tended to borrow ideas from 2HW's rules, particularly Rally Round the King.
I created army lists that had about 50% of the points spent on obligatory troop types and then the other 50% created by dice rolls. The lists also defined what type they were (mainly cavalry, mainly defensive, etc).
The board was divided into nine sections and the scenery was laid out according to dice throws.
Troops were deployed depending on a dice throw compared to their type.
And from then on I found that the command rolls threw in enough uncertainty.

I'd be interested in learning more about your 'unconventional' methods. 

[Varangian]

I'm excited to see where this goes.

I'm really interested in seeing how this works for Middle Earth wargaming on a massive scale.

Combined... it could be a lot of fun to play through solo campaigns.

[VoodooInk]

I'd be interested in learning more about your 'unconventional' methods. 

Soon! They are not quite ready for open testing yet.

I'm really interested in seeing how this works for Middle Earth wargaming on a massive scale.

The Medieval Multiplayer mode woks really well for the largest Middle Earth battles. We played a couple out during development- epic stuff!