Warhammer Underworlds: More Battles in Shadespire - and DEATHGORGE!

Another Sunday happened and that means Warhammer Underworlds at my place!

(except that it won't this coming Sunday.. for.. REASONS!) 

As with last week, we played the first game in Shadespire - mostly because I wanted to use my fancy new Soul Refractors!

I was playing Skabbik's Plaguepack. Orion brought out the Chosen Axes (with a Void-Cursed Thralls nemesis deck). Amanda played Elathain's Soulraid. Nick played Da Kunnin' Krew. 

Orion started off with attacking the Orruks and then got ganged up on. 

Despite losing one of my minions in the first round, the skaven were pretty much left to their own devices and everyone ignored them... probably on account of the SMELL! 

I was mostly trying to score objective cards and avoid combat. I think the few objective cards I'd lose from their rivals deck when I eventually get around to making a Nemesis deck is the ones requiring killing things.. and just sneak around doing their sneaky-smelly-befouling thing! 

Not sure how well that will work in one-on-one games?

Last of the Fyreslayers... did not go quietly! 

Ouch! Skabbik being stabbed by Krookgrin... 

Ended the game with most of my rats alive. The Chosen Axes had been wiped out and, I think, only Spinefin was left of the Soulraid... who can't actually DO anything... 

I did about as well as I think I possibly could have... but Nic did BETTER! I think this is the first game Nic has won in all our Sunday four-player games!! Woo!!

I may have to revisit Da Kunnin' Krew, because they kicked butt! 

For our second game we played in the DEATHGORGE - now that I have four boards for that setting (now that Wintermaw is out!) 

I decided to switch things up and dug out the Thricefold Discord. Amanda decided to go back to her roots and pulled out Morgwaeth's Blade-Coven. Orion decided to try out the NEW Thorns of the Briar Queen deck. And Nic just stuck with Da Kunnin' Krew as they were working out so well! 

I fairly aggressively went after the Thorns. 

Da Kunnin' Krew and Morgwaeth's Blade-Coven kind of just had their own little battle over on the other side.. with a few ghosties mixing it up with them. 

I took out a few of the Ghosties... but it took all three Daemons to gang up on them to take out ghosts with two wounds... it was kind of sad... 

We did take out Varclav - with two attacks, at one point though... 

There were a few fights where the Orruks and Murder Aelves just stood next to each other having a slap-fight, but no one was able to deal any damage because they would only roll successes for attacks and their opponent would roll a crit for defence!? Like that fight between Krookgrin and Kyrae in the back corner... The fight started in the first round and they were still going at it near the end of the third round?!

I think the Everhanged did more damage to us than we did to them?!

The Heralds of Slaanesh did get their shit together enough to take down the Briar Queen as well, tohugh... 

Little fight in the corner still going on at the end of the game! 

Amanda won this one, Scoring as many points and Nic and Orion together?! I think she scored one objective from Paths of Prophecy that gained her FIVE Glory points (which was a third of the points she scored in the game)?! 

I wasn't TOO far behind... 

Good fun. This was the FORTIETH (40!!) game of Warhammer Underworlds I've played so far this year!?

I really need to sort out some Nemesis decks for a few of my warbands! I also wouldn't mind getting some one-on-one games in!? 

No game this Sunday because Amanda is in San Fransisco! She's there for a one day workshop-confernece-thingy for work and then tacked on a few days to explore the city with a friend she's meeting up with from Ottawa, and won't be back until Sunday evening... 

Orion and Nic are both getting their hair coloured on Sunday, which I can't wait to see as I am sure they will be fabulous! 

Work-in-Progress Wednesday - 17 April 2024

 This past Saturday I picked up the latest Warhammer Underworlds core box - WINTERMAW!

Warhammer Underworld: Wintermaw

All the core boxes! 

Currently the first box from each setting holds the counters from that setting (Shadespire, Beastgrave, Harrowdeep, Gnarlwood, Deathgorge). The second box hold all the boards from the setting (Nightvault, Direchasm, Nethermaze, Wyrdhollow, Wintermaw). I could probably consolodate these bits into fewer boxes... but I kind of like the look of all of them! 

(I also picked up the first Two-Player Starter a few years back, but I threw that box out and just stored the boards and counters with the other Shadespire/Nightvault stuff...)

This was disappointing... found a stray bit roaming in the box. it's one of the Skinnerkin heads, unfortunately it wasn't a clean break - some of her hair is still attached to the sprue... Uggggghhhh... this is the THIRD TIME this year that something like this has happened. Zondara had part of her hair broken off... but I managed to glue it back - I hope it holds! 

One of Skabbik's Plaguepack had a knife broken off... 

I had to replace the whole hand - because trying to just add a replacement blade would have been tricky and probably would have just broken off again... The hand and blade were just bigger... but skaven often mutate, so... 

I'm just getting tired of having to spend extra time fixing things because GW can't figure out how to pack their spindly little miniatures in such a way that they won't break in the process of putting them in the box or transporting the box or removing them from the box. (and I am VERY CAREFUL when removing them!!) 

It seems like ever MORE of a hassle to complain and have new parts sent!?

Strangely... I haven't even assembled EITHER of the new warbands (which I almost ALWAYS do!?) 

Anyway... here's what I've got on my desk that I'm working on... 

Zarbag's Gitz... 

I thought for sure I'd be done these last week... so much for a warband a week!?

Squigherd. 

They are very close as well... Maybe I'll finish up BOTH later in the week....?

I've also done some work on a few of the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City protagonists

And some of the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City antagonists.

Even did a little bit of work on a few of the minis from one of the other Warhammer Quest games... Silver Tower...? I think...?

I grabbed out the two Skaven as there are only two of them and I'm working on two other plastic Skaven warbands, so I thought I'd work these up along with them. The Grot-thing... there are a few more of those, but since I was working on Zarbag's, I though I'd do this along with them as a test mini. They seem like they'll be pretty quick to knock out and there aren't many of them, so I may grab the rest to keep on the desk as a sidequest mini... 

The two Skaven warbands... not sure if I DID any work on these this week... but they're next up after the gobbos and squigs, so... 

I actually did a bit of work on this guy, which I honestly thought I might NEVER do... There really isn't a lot to it, colour-wise... and it's just the one... so I figured if I'm working with a colour that this guy needs (and I remember it's there!?)

I got a little distracted with starting a re-basing project!? My small contingent of Khorne Daemons were all initially put on 40K Sector Imperialis bases... and... they just look really out of place playing in fantasy settings... So I tried making more generic ruins so they wouldn't look too out of place in either setting... 

So far I've (mostly) finished up this guy... Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne. One of the two leaders I have for the force. 

and got this one on a new base and primed said base... Karanak, the Hound of Vengeance. The other leader I have for the force!  

Still working on these... that aren't even fully painted (part of this push was to finish THESE up and then ALL the Khorne Daemons I have will be finished!!) 

I have a full unit of Bloodletters I'd have to do, and PILES of Flesh Hounds... So I should probably shelve it and get back to working on Warhammer Underworlds warbands.

Part of this was due to all the talk about the new edition of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. I recalled the fun I'd had playing their little Paths to Glory campaign. With this new edition there will be free downloadable indexes, so I could play all sorts of small-ish skirmish games with.... well... ANY of the Age of Sigmar stuff.. 

I did like that Paths to Glory system, it was pretty slick. 

(I also have a LOT of Daemons of Slaanesh yet to paint, that I've been eyeing up lately!!) 

I wonder if I got some of the Daughters of Khaine painted up if Amanda would be interested in trying that out? 

What's everyone else working on this week?!

Warhammer Underworlds: Soul Refractors (Terrain)

 I took a bread from the Warhammer Underworlds warbands last night to finish up three little scatter terrain bits from the Nightvault era

These are Soul Refractors. They show up on two boards...

The Soul Refractor board (from the Nightvault core box)

(and the Shattered Refractor from the Forbidden Chambers board set, which I don't have!) 

The Soul Refractor Board with terrain pieces. 

These could easily be used as scatter terrain for loads of fantasy settings. They'd be perfect for Frostgrave! 

I do really like these little terrain bits to mark blocked hexes. I think I'd like to make some more for some of the other setting's boards. Deathgorge should be pretty easy - just need to make big piles of snow! Others are mostly big rocks or brambles... should be easy enough to make... 

Still working away on Goblins, which I will hopefully finish up later this week! 

Work-in-Progress Wednesday - 10 April 2024

 No new miniatures purchased in the last week.. though I did go pick up the FREE Miniature of the Month from the Warhammer store, and I will be picking up Warhammer Underworlds: Wintermaw on Saturday!!

Here's what I'm working on... 

(sorry all the pics turned out terrible... but I had neither the time nor inclination to reshoot them all or spend too much more time tinkering with editing them... they're just work in progress shots... you get the idea. I'll take better pics when they're done...) 

I'd thought the first of the new warbands to be painted would be Zondara's, for sure! Instead I seem to be working mostly on Zarbag's Gitz. 

Along with them I'm working on the Squigherd (on squig is mysteriously absent from this photo!?)

Also doing a little work on the two rat warbands... though I'm not sure how much I've done with Skittershank's Clawpack since I last took a picture of them!? 

Definitely did all this rusty metal work on Spiteclaw's Swarm. I have a feeling both the Skaven warbands will be next after all the Goblins and Squigs! 

Zondara's Gravebreakers are assembled and primed and I did a bit of metal on them.. but otherwise they are just waiting. 

I have done a little bit of work on Domitan's Stormcoven...

And I finished off the Tartan on the Wielder of the Blade in the Headsman's Curse... I don't know... I was feeling bored and thought I'd try something different from teh standard BLACK shroud... but now I'm not so sure... maybe should have stuck with that... Definintely would have been MUCH QUICKER to knock them out!?

I may just paint over the whole mess... 

did a bit of work on Glaurio ven Alten III - one of the protagonists of the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City... I would like to finish these up this year and play through it! 

I also did some more work on the Boss-Man-Baddie of Warhammer Quest: Cursed City... Radukar the Wolf! What I really need to get done are all the Zombies - the minions that the protagonists are most likely to face in the early adventures... but this seems more fun at the moment! 

I did assemble and prime and paint the base of the Free Minaiture of the Month from the Warhammer Store - a Deathwing Knight! Will I ever paint the rest of it...? Maybe...?

Still loads of others crowding the workbench... I really DO need to shuffle some of these off into the ON DECK boxes on the shelves nearby... I think that will be my project for the week! Get some of these back into temporary storage. I know what I'm working on this week (goblins) and what I'm doing after that (Skaven) and what I'm doing after THAT (Zondara's). No need for ALL of these others to be here! 

I will probably leave Domitan's Stormcoven, as there are just little details needed to finish them off... If I happen to be working with one of the colours needed on one of them and there's a bit left over, I can do that... Maybe I'll keep Radukar and his guards and maybe a few heroes that I can work on independently while waiting for things to dry, etc... 

But the rest? Need to go elsewhere for now!!!

Also, I'll have two NEW warbands to assemble this weekend. Though they are of interest, they're not SO interesting that they're going to queue-jump ahead of goblins, Squigs, Skaven or Zondara's!! 

Warhammer Underworlds: Battles in Shadespire and the Beastgrave

Once again Orion and Nick joined us for a couple of games of Warhammer Underworlds on the first Sunday in April.

We started off with a game set in Shadespire (only using boards from Shadespire/Nightvault) 

I wanted to try out the freshly painted Sons of Velmorn with their own Rivals Deck and selected Katophrane's Reliquary board. Amanda wanted to keep playing Elathain's Soulraid, still just using their own Rivals Deck and took The Cursed Oubliette board). Nic was playing Grashrack's Despoilers with a Nemesis deck using Break Neck Slaughter on The Ruptured Seal. Orion was playing the Sepulchral Guard with a Nemesis deck using Rimlocked Relics on The Cursed Oubliette.

Starting things off, Nic charged in with Draknar, smashing Helmar the Hewer to bits... 

Draknar did not get to celebrate that victory long as Sir Jedran stepped up and cleaved the beast in twain! 

Um... and then everyone ran away from me and over to the Sepulchral Guards side of the battlefield!? 

Deepking and Beastmen and skeletons all mixing it up! 

More beastmans and skeletons... 

Um....? I only have three move over here!? Wait for me!!!

Grashrak Fellhoof charged the Sepulchral Warden... it did not go well for Mr. Fellhoof... 

I did have a card that brought Helmar the Hewer back... in my own territory... 

As the Sons of Velmorn moved up, it drew the attention of Elathain's Soulraid and Tammael charged Sir Jedran. 

Marchal Faulk moved up and despatched Tammael...

Elathain moved up and with a pair of nasty blows, took down Sir Jedran and with the stolen soul, revived his harpoon chucking thrall, Tammael! 

So, I killed Tammael, to release Sir Jedran's soul... 

Amanda had given Elathain, like five or six upgrades... reducing damage, reducing attack dice of foes... there was no way I was going to take them down... so I focused on scoring a few hold objectives... 

And tried to chase down Fuirann!? I hit and dealt 3 damage - which SHOULD have taken her out... but Amanda had given her an upgrade blessing her with +1 wounds... So one of Orions rotten little skeletons stepped in a finished her off! FIE!!!

Orion, once again, just trashed all of us, scoring 23 Glory Points!? I did... okay... scoring 15, Amanda wasn't too far behing me with 12, and Nic (who was tabled in the second round) only managed to score 9 Glory. 

For our second game we played in the Beastgrave

I decided to change things up and broke out Wurmspat with a Nemesis Deck using Break Neck Slaughter Nemesis Deck and chose the  Pool of Fangs board. Amanda continued with the Idonth Deepkin but switched to Cyreni's Razors, just using their own Rivals Deck on the Hive of Sacrifice. Nic tried out Sons of Velmorn with own Rivals Deck on Ravaged Hall. And Orion continued to use Sepulchral Guard with the Rimlocked Relics Nemesis Deck (on Abandoned Lair)

I took Wurmspat because I knew there was a fair chance I'd have to duck out a bit early to get to my book club. I thought I'd just suicide charge them at... whoever... thinking I'd try and score as many points as I could before dying, quickly... But the, after the first round, it looked more like Amanda's warband might get wiped out (by ME!?), so I suggested she could play my warband when I had to leave. 

First activation, Ghulough charging Cyreni! 

Amanda has sent Alathyrr across the table, deep into the Sepulchral Warden's territory, hoping to take out the warden and STOP them from raising over and over and over... 

But Renglaith stuck around to try and defend Cyreni - gave Gulough a good poke! Then Sepsimus also charged in... 

Fecula would also charge in and... I think I took out Cyreni... and then for my fourth activation I could have scored an easy point moving Fecula onto an objective... but decided to attack Renglaith again, hoping to finish him off before he got to finish off Gulough in the next round (and score the same amount of glory!?) ... and I missed...

So at the beginning of the second round Renglaith finished off Gulough... I had a new plan, though, based on the cards I drew. I had an upgrade card that I gave to Fecula, that allowed allowed her to move from any edge hex to any other edge hex. 

So, Sepsimus ran off and killed Cephanyr the squid... 

and then started trying to bonk the sons of Velmorn. 

Fecula charged to the nearest edge hex and flung a curse off at Renglaith, hoping to finish him off... and MISSED!?!? 

So I think The Prince stepped in a finished off Renglaith... (those fucking sepulchral Guard always stealing my kills!) 

BY the time I left only Fecula Flyblown was still alive... and one of Amanda's Thralls, Alathyrr - who was wounded... and standing next to two of the Sepulchral Guard - including the Warden... I thought for sure the Thrall was doomed and she'd just be playing Fecula... (albeit with a COMPLETELY unfamiliar deck!?) I gave her a few pointers about what I'd been planning and ran off to my book club! 

Later Amanda reported to me that both her Thrall AND Fecula survived to the end... but, again, Orion scored 23 Glory... Nic scored 10, Amanda scored 9 and the Wurmspat scored only 7... 

I'm sure Wurmspat had 6 or 7 when I left!? So I'm guessing Amanda didn't really DO much with Fecula and just concentrated to doing stuff with Alathyrr...? Ah, well...   

I had been pretty stoked about trying to knock out Zondara's Gravebreakers, but I think Zarbag's Gitz might be the next warband I finish up!? (along with the Squigherd I'd picked up earlier this year...)