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This is my corner of the community where I share all things Warhammer hobby related including current news and rumors, my armies, Youtube videos, and even tips, tactics and hobby tricks.

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Warhammer Skirmish Expansion Announcement

Hey folks, Vince and I have finally went public on a community project we're working on for Warhammer Skirmish.  For those familiar with our AOS Mordheim we wrote back in 2015, this will be using much of the same content and bringing it forward to be compatible with AOS Skirmish.  Many of the subsystems/elements will be modular so that people can use what they want and ignore what they don't.  The first version will be rules and text as we'll be looking for play testing and feedback; a more refi

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Descent of the Kharadrong Raiders: A New Flight

Reinforcements have arrived for the Kharadrong Raiders! Previously, the younger element of the remnants of the Grimharaz lodge were represented in the predominately Kharadron core of the army. With this new flight, more of the whole spectrum of the lodge is represented.  Let's take a look! The traditionalists of the lodge, still adamantly aligned with Runefather Zharrik, are represented in the Fyreslayer Vulkite Berzerker and Auric Runesmiter units.  Take note of the protective ur-gold rune

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Adepticon 2017 AOS GT - Part 1 - The List

I just got back from Adepticon and what a weekend it was!  While I went to ACON not expecting to play in the GT, I ended up being cajoled into playing in the GT and did surprisingly well. I surprisingly found myself sitting on Table 2 in Game 5 and ended finishing 10th overall after losing in that final game to the individual who finished 1st.  I’ve had a lot of people ask questions about my list, so I figured I would do a blog about it and then follow that up with a couple battle reports from m

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Wars 2017 - Part 3 - Pre-Event Warm-Up with Kenny Lull

Pre-Event Warm-Up – Kenny Lull of Combat Phase podcast – Invasion of Ghyran [Table 1]   I opened the event weekend on the night before the official event with a warm-up game with Kenny Lull of Combat Phase podcast fame.   Kenny has been playing straight Fyreslayers since last year and was on track to get his 100th game of pure Fyreslayers during the weekend event.  Kenny was also giving the new Fyreslayer points a test so I jumped at the opportunity to help him get to 100 games and try

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Horned Legion of Mireguard: Part 1

I've been working on my Nurgle Rotbringers for the last couple months and I'm finally ready to go public with the start of the force!  This first batch of troops is basically finished, although I need to do some basing work and a couple touch ups.       The current force is:  The Glottkin Bloab Rotspawn Chaos Warshrine (Kitbashed) Harbinger of Decay (Kitbashed) 15 Putrid Blight Kings 30 Chaos Warriors Hell cannon

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

AOS Tactics Beyond the Basics: The Pile In

Hey folks!  I'm starting a new video series on exploring some of the more advanced functions of basic AOS mechanics. In my first video, I look into the "Pile In" mechanic.  I'd love to hear any feedback you have on the insights or what other topics you'd love for me to explore in the future.  Enjoy!  

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Havok Tables!

I figured I would show off some of @Holy Hammer Hern's beautiful tables from Holy Havok.  Check out these beauties!     Table 1: Aelf, Shrine of the Phoenix I didn't have the opportunity to play on this board but it is my understanding that wizards who occupied the tower could measure from either of the beacons to determine range to their target. Table 2: Aelf, Temple of Khaine This was another table I didn't have the opportunity to play on.  The two temples/shrines

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Venomtongue Spiderfang of the Wyssan Wood: Part 1

“In the dark fetid corners of Ghur you will find the Wyssan Wood. Dwelling amongst its primeval depths reside the Venomtongue Spiderfang grot tribes.  These feather-bedecked grots have mastered all manner of webbed horrors: the stealthy, bone-armored Spinebacks, the lightning-fast striped Wolfhunters, and the bulbous Purple Skullbacks.  Swarms of mottled spiderlings are prodded ahead of the creeping horde and mountainous Arachnaroks bring up the rear.  But the horrors do not end there, for suppo

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Descent of the Kharadrong Raiders: An Introduction

With the start of the new year, I figured it was time to formally introduce the world to my newest army and current project: The Kharadrong Raiders.  No, I didn't spell their name wrong. This post will cover their conception as an army, the initial round of photography and finally the background lore I've whipped up for them. Putting the Pieces Together So, what are the Kharadrong Raiders?  The Kharadrong Raiders are obviously my take on the Kharadon Overlords.  When this army was first

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Horned Legion of Mireguard: Part 2

Daemonic reinforcements have arrived to the corrupted spires of the Mireguard, with still more on the way.  Joining the ranks of the Horned Legion are the maliciously adorable Nurgle Chaos Furies (kitbashed) and the pustulant plague bearer horde.   Keep your eyes open in the coming weeks.  More is on the way in the coming weeks as well!

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Wars 2017 - Part 1 - Overview

I’m finally back from Holy Wars 2017 and what an experience it was.  My birthday was on the Friday leading into the event so I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate it than spending a couple days rolling dice on beautiful tables.   I’ll be doing a series of blog posts over the next couple days regarding the event, the armies, and the tables/scenarios.  In this first blog, I’ll cover my own force and briefly discuss the event.   When I decided to go to Holy Wars this year, I wanted to

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Havok Wrap-up with Army Photos

Holy Havok is over and what an event it was!  Vince and I were in competition for three of the five top awards (Best Overall, Best Appearance, and Best Warlord).  Ironically enough, we ended up placing second in all three categories.  We were technically tied for Best Overall and they had to go down three tiers of comparisons (Match points, Sportsmanship, and then to play schedule) to decide on who took home the hardware.  Considering Vince and I have never played these forces together (and my s

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Havok is here!

Holy Havok is here!  Gaming is in full swing here at the Holy Havok teams event and things are crazy!  Despite finishing our game early, it seems most games aren't getting past turn two in their allotted 3 hours.  Even though there are only a couple turns in most cases, the games are both engaging, complex and quite enjoyable.  Each scenario has 4 objectives so setup and strategy are the most important things for achieving victory (more than just killing power for sure).  Our team, The End

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Warhammer Weekly - Steve Wren and Grandfather Nurgle

This week Vince and I are joined by @stevewren and we are talking all things Papa Nurgle. The great grandfather is bringing gifts, but do we want them? You also get a glimpse of some new Nurgle-ly conversions I'm currently working on.  Come check it out!    

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Disciples of Tzeentch with MC1Gamer

I had the opportunity to go on MC1Gamer's channel this evening and do an overview discussion of the new Disciples of Tzeentch book.  You can check it out here:    If you aren't a subscriber of his, I'd encourage you to subscribe to his channel.  For those of you who watch Warhammer Weekly, we'll be having a special guest on Wednesday: Rob of Warhammer TV!  We'll be talking about the Warhammer community on the show.  You can see it live at 5pm EST on Weds or I'll be posting it he

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Warhammer Weekly - New Armies from Santa Sigmar with Rhellion and Luckysixes

Join us this week with our guests Brad and Andrea Schwandt, better known as Rhellion and LuckySixes, as these two titans of the twitterers talk with us about starting a new force for Age of Sigmar. As Christmas is just around the corner - many of you might be asking for little plastic dollies under the tree and we are going to give our thoughts for the best deals and best armies for Santa to bring.     

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Wars 2017 - Part 6 - Game 2 [20-0] with Walter Duncan

I was fortunate to draw Walter for my Game 2 on Bugman’s Grudge because I was harboring a bit of a grudge against Walter myself.  During Holy Havok this last fall, Vince and I three way tied for Best Overall with Walter’s team and Sean Troy’s team (who I got to play in Game 4; more on this later).  Walter was playing his Ogre’s again, who had handly blown up (well, severely crippled) an unbuffed, 30 strong Chaos Warrior block at the top of turn 1 during our last showdown at Holy Havok.  I was ha

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Wars 2017 - Part 7 - Game 2 [16-4] with Domus

It is rare to have a score so disproportionately reflect the thrashing one receieves from their opponent and yet this was one of those games.  After my big win against Walter, I was pushed up to the top tables where I squared off against Domus’ beautiful Ironjawz, whose images have been making the rounds these past weeks on social media. The objective for the Skaven Hunger Games table was fairly straightforward.  The main table objective was a sinking Belltower that needed to be garrisoned

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Havok Reflections with Mc1Gamer

Mc1Gamer had me on his YouTube channel today to talk about Holy Havok.  Check it out below!     I'll be on Warhammer Weekly with my cohost @Vincent Venturella and Kenny Lull talking about Holy Havok this evening at 9 PM EST for those interested in hearing more about the event.  You can check it out on Vince's Youtube Channel or I'll also post a blog update with the video once we're live. 

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Warhammer Skirmish Expansion "Update"

Hey folks, I've obviously been radio silent on this blog and on this project for awhile.  The long and the short of the project is that Vince and I have around 35 pages written and we were in the testing phase when I put a pause on the project.  Two things essentially brought the project to grounding halt. The first was the realization that the underlying mechanics of the established Skirmish system kept essentially getting in the way.  The base warband composition rules lended itself to sp

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Havok Surprise

I have a small treat to share with you all today!  As many of you likely know, Vince and I are headed off today for Holy Havok this weekend and we're super stoked.  For those that don't know about Holy Havok, it is a new team narrative event/tournament in the Chicago area which is put on by the Holy Wars club and, much like its predecessor Holy Wars GT, it is renowned for its fantastic tables.  This event was organized prior to the General Handbook's release so it has some pretty interesting for

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Warhammer Weekly - General's Handbook Special Character Review

Join Vince and I for another week of news, rumors and all things warhammer-y. This week after covering current news and rumors, we talk about the forgotten and (mostly) long dead Special Characters of the old world hidden away in the compendium section of the General's handbook. These characters are often wild cards, but are they worth resurrecting or should they be left to the ash bin of history?   Check out our picks for the best and worst of the remnants and make sure to sound off your picks

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

Holy Wars 2018 Coverage

Heya friends!  As many know, this past weekend was the Holy Wars 2018 narrative event in the Chicago-area.  Holy Wars is the premier narrative hobby event in North America that miraculously balances the highest levels of hobby with the highest levels of competitive play.  This year was certainly no different.  I've posted some photos at the end of the page with stand out armies at this year's event.  Photos of @Holy Hammer Hern's beautiful tables can be found in my Holy Wars 2017 posts from last

Thomas Lyons

Thomas Lyons

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