Greetings, once again, dear reader!

Since the last entry in this blog, a lot has changed for the game: a new DE book, a couple of armybook updates, updated magic paths… all of this got me thinking about where to head to next in terms of army. One of the books that went a good deal of changes was Dwarven Holds: with the combat infantry blocks getting cheaper and cheaper, it felt like a good time to go back underground and see if the gaming experience was any different from when I last used the army in 2018.

So I wrote some lists, played a couple of games, and finally came up with the following setup:



The basis of the list is roughly the same as three years ago: a big dwarven block carrying the dwarven king on throne, then two more combat blocks (the Greybeards replacing the Seekers – more on that later) and some ranged units that can also act as combat support. The points changes allowed me to get a big unit of Greybeards off core, while the price drop on the Forge Wardens made them a good choice – for roughly the price of a warrior unit of the same size you get an elite fighting unit with a ranged attack that does something unique for the army. Where before I had Flame Cannons, this time I splurged and added a couple of regular Cannons: with the removal of the seekers, the anti-monster potential of the list went down a bit so I figured that some S10 D3+1w should help keep any dragons honest.

Why drop the seekers ? I hear you ask. Mainly because they are the only good Pyro/small arms fire target in the entire army, in a gaming scene where a lot of players are tooling up for the elven matchup. So in my opinion spending 600 points to include a vulnerability to the list is a poor use of points, even if the vanguarding seeker block can work wonders against the right opposition.

The first test run of the list will be none other than the first 8-man team tournament of the year: Who 8 my Wings? Is an online team tournament hosted by team USA, and the Belgian lads decided to participate once more! A total of 24 teams signed up, with a very good international mix of teams.
Spoils of War was the objective of the first round of the tournament , and we were drawn against none other than Team Russia (named Sputnik V for the purposes of this event), and I got to play against @Allor and his Orcs and Goblins:



So a combat – heavy list aided by Thaumaturgy, with a good deal of mobility thanks to the two mounted characters. The deployment would be Refused Flank, so I knew that we’d be in combat relatively fast and that delaying the fight would mean giving up the scenario advantage. The good news was that I could deploy deep and face the Orcs in waves as opposed to one coordinated attack. I decided that I’d have to accept the fact that a Comet was eventually going to drop on my army, and made a mental note to deploy the two cannons roughly 24 “ apart, in order to prevent the spell hitting both cannons at once. Other than that, the plan was: deal with the Wolf King, the BSB idol from… [Read More]

The lads were joined by the captain of Team Scotland and professional herder of cats, Ed Murdoch, to discuss the impending Scottish Championship 2021. The guys discuss their favourite lists, juiciest match-ups and Andrew's irrational hatred of the Welsh rugby team. Enjoy! Make sure to follow the competition on the forum and on Twitter via @TeamScotlandT9A.



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To get in touch with the podcast team and to submit questions for the show you can email us at Scottishwildlings@gmail.com. [Read More]

Statler and I discuss the new(ish) Dread Elf release

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