Beastmaster

I would kill for an Ogor cooking pot dice cup 😄

Since most classic RPGs build around Tolkien races and style, I’d say a lot of buyers come from this direction.

Dice cup seems to be the most simple solution. Or anything else to cover a die. No need for special equipment.

Quite warped, reminds me more on Gloomspite. Or maybe Beastmen? Kurnothi?

Scalpel with replaceable blades for me. Life is too short for blunt blades. 😊

Thank you! I looked into the Hinterlands rules over the weekend, and this looks indeed like a nice quick and easy AoS skirmish solution. Never heard of it before, sadly 😬

I always thought the pointy ears of vampires had something to do with the whole bat thing. So, happening in transformation to a vampire. Or they are all secret Aelf agents. 😱

Nice examples and well argued. Only thing I ask myself now is: Why not just play Mordheim? It is made for exactly that format, and has lots of more options, in terms of customization opportunities, skirmishy movement and interaction possibilities (climb, jump, hide etc), character development options... It’s just objectively the better skirmish game.

Would be an instant buy not only for me I think 🤤 Also a great way to introduce some new and variable battleline infantry for long-neglected AoS armies. Basically, all the classical Mordheim Warbands would fit into some AoS army as a long overdue addition of fresh models: Skaven, Empire, Vampires, Witch Hunters... See the pattern? Just like Warcry was for our Slaves fans.

So true. 😱 Then again, new models with all-in Mordheim aesthetics would be nice. But it would definitely come with rules and cards and stuff, sadly.

Yup. Mordheim does have its issues, but they are easy to houserule. Why fix something that’s not broken?

There was also that rumor engine picture with the column.

What about a dozen or so frostsabers ambushing at the right moment with 48 4/2/-1/1 attack’s?

I don’t think Standard AoS rules, points and unit choices can work in skirmishes. The basic AoS battleline model is just too weak to accomplish anything on its own, so they have to move together if there are any AoS-strength heroes/ monsters on the table. If you want to use buffs, the heroes must stay by the troops. So, with limited points, you’ll end up in a single blob that sooner or later meets the enemy blob and dishes it out, regardless of terrain and scenario. For a functioning skirmish game, I think, the disparity in strength between models and the number of buffs has to be low in order to work.

I wouldn’t buy into another 28mm army. A 15mm, however, may be low enough in initial investment to be worth a try...

To be honest, there is already more detail in most models than my crappy painting skills can touch up... 😅

Or, maybe, the Dark Mother who murders her children (think Skyrim) is still too much of a cultural taboo to even be considered in a grimdark world...

This actually got me thinking. Why did that obvious and weird change from queen to patriarch never strike me as odd? Maybe I’m not as aware of gender issues as I thought. 🤔

I think we can 99% all agree on that goal, but are female monsters in a fantasy army really helpful/necessary/important for that? Not so sure.

I always thought of Space Marines and Sisters as some kind of medieval warrior-monk/warrior-nun orders. Would completely break that background if they weren’t strictly segregated into men and women orders.

Yeah, but it won’t save the infantry I’m afraid. Why give them bows, which don’t work underwater? Why not some kind of speargun? Why not some movement that actually implies swimming/fighting in the aethersea, alongside their flying fish? Sorry for ranting, I just love underwater themes, and am still sad that they just weren’t for me 😕

Absolutely! With deepkin it seemed to me as if the designers couldn’t quite decide whether to make them classical elf beauties or weird sea creatures, and ended up in the no-mans land of the middle. Missed opportunity.

Let’s take the Troggoth Hag as a perfect example. No, she’s not young or sexy. She is the embodiment of the old Crone archetype. She fits the range. Well done. If young and beautiful fits (elves, nuns with guns), it’s young and beautiful they should do. Simple as that.

Could scream „Sexist!“ now, because why do women have to be beautiful? But, then again, the sexy nun is a cliché and therefore good in Fantasy. So I wholeheartedly agree. 😁

As bad as clichés are in real life, in fantasy, especially if it’s a bit comic style, clichés are a helpful shorthand. Let’s take the Ogors: The bald, bearded, fat-bellied brute who likes his meat raw is a not very positive, actually even quite offensive male cliché in real life. For fantasy miniatures, though, it’s absolutely perfect and lots of fun. Don‘t take it too seriously, and you will enjoy it. 😁 If someday a designer comes up with a female model that fits this style, great. If not, it’s not really missed. Both is ok for me.