Song of Dads of Daughters - Battles on the playmat

[Momotaro]

Great to see!

Used to play SoBaH with my daughter when she was small.  We used Star Wars minis - as long as Princess Leia and Yoda got to kick ass, she was happy!

Six year old girls are merciless foes...

[jp1885]

Very merciless, with an uncanny ability to roll high too!

[jp1885]

Since my eldest and I are dipping our toes into fantasy gaming with SOBH, I remembered the days, about a quarter of a century ago, when I was into Warhammer. Most of my old figures have since been lost/given/thrown away (*sob*), but I still have a handful of Celtic warriors (the remnants of an aborted WFB Albion army project).

I painted these approx. 25 years ago, when I had the patience, eyesight and steady hand to at least attempt a three-colour washing/drybrushing technique (not to mention painting eyes, stripes and patterns), as opposed to the basecoat and dip method I employ today.

So, after languishing in a cabinet in the garage for over two decades, I thought I’d dig them out, rebase them and give them a fresh coat of matt varnish (oh, and give the naked fanatic a loincloth to protect his modesty – I am gaming with a six year-old girl after all) before re-branding them as a SOBH barbarian warband.

I thus present to you Wergyn’s Raiders – barbarian warband from the lawless Marches of the Manlands!

[randycarter]

That's beautiful: it remembers me my first Hero Quest games. I never stopped after that! 

[jp1885]

Thanks! 

[jp1885]

A rainy Sunday during the Summer holidays...
Perfect for an impromptu game of SOBH on my eldest's play mat!

My Celts barbarian raiders have been making incursions across the river that separates the Manlands from the Faewold, prompting the Elves, led by a local prince, to go forth and guard the crossing.

This was the first outing for my daughter's pre-painted Elves from EM-4, and very nice they are too! (She has yet to decide whether to base them properly, or leave them so that they can be stored in the box.)



As the barbarians begin to cross the river, the Elves move from the forest in piecemeal to meet them. Rather than make use of their long-range bows, they wade straight into the raiders.

The spear wielding bodyguard soon dispatches one of the berserkers with a gruesome kill. Luckily the nerve of all but one barbarian holds. The Elf magician then freezes the sole barbarian archer. However they fail to exploit these successes, opting to move behind the raiders to cut them off, leaving the bodyguard and magician exposed.



Outnumbered, the bodyguard manages to fend off the barbarians for a while, but is eventually knocked down by one of the warriors and finished off by the now recovered archer. Soon the magician also falls to a gruesome wound, causing one of the Elf archers to flee. The remaining archer and the prince are also soon dispatched, leaving the sole survivor to watch helplessly as the barbarians cross into the Faewold once more...



Who or what is that mysterious giant hand? Is it a vengeful Elfin god, a spirit of a long-dead behemoth, or my youngest deciding to reposition some of the fighters?

During the game I did question my daughter's wisdom of not using her archers or making a group stand at the crossing, to which she replied "oh, I'm just being weird..." That's my girl!

I've also painted this creepy spook from Mason's Blind Beggar range for future games...

[mweaver]

Great fun!  A very enjoyable thread.

We have no kids to drag into wargaming... I wonder if I could interest some of the cats.  Some have exhibited a talent for rolling dice.

-Michael

[Argonor]

This is just great! 

[jp1885]

Thanks folks!