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    In this post, we continue our survey of the tables of Holy Wars 2017.
     
    Table 6 –Nurgle-Drink the Wyrm
    Otto and devious sorcerer Ethrac, riding to battle on the shoulders of their brother Ghurk, quest for more blessings from Nurgle as they look to harness the power of the mighty Wyrmrid Reaches.
     

     
    This table had as its primary objective a kill-quest scenario where each player was looking to do more wounds to the resident monster, the Wyrmrid Reaches, than the opposing player.  I provided feedback on it Friday night, and after some testing by some helpful attendees, it ended up being toned down from its 2+ save against shooting and 3+ against combat to a straight 4+.  There were also 3 Grail Token objectives that head to be held: 1 in each of the starting zones and the final one within reach of the Wyrm.  This of course was significant because every round the Wyrm did unpreventable wounds to all units within 8 inches based on how wounded it was, starting at a d3 wounds and scaling all the way to d6+3 wounds to all units.
     
    Table 7—The Great Maw Challenge
    Harbingers of dark months and dead seasons, the ogor tribes continue their assaults on the mortal realms. They fight not to conquer or dominate, but for sustenance - they are led by their bellies to their battles, and the victims of their slaughter are consumed, staving off the hunger briefly before the hunt begins anew.

     
    The primary table objective is a fight around a terrain piece with the army causing the most amount of wounds within an ever growing larger radius wins the objective.  The scenario has three fixed Grail tokens in bonfires spread across the field (one in each starter zone and the last in a contested middle area away from the stone.  Those too close to the bonfire similarly suffered unpreventable wounds.
     
    Table 8 –A Tangled Web
    The Arachnarok Spiders lumbering monsters of chitin and dripping fangs are scattered throughout the mortals. Death comes to those foolish to wander too closely.

     
    Deployment on this board is staggered with the terrain objective on the far end, outside of both deployments.  The player with the largest number of models within 6” of the Idol of Mork/Gork gains the ability to call upon Gork and Mork, calling down either Gork’s foot or Mork’s gaze upon the enemy.  The player that does the most amount of damage with these prayers wins the table objective.  The Grail Tokens were miscellaneously scattered around the Arachnarok hole, where a sneaky Arachanrok would chew on nearby units camping the tokens. 
     
    Table 9 – Lair of the Astromancer
    Celestial Order, continues to study the heavens to harness the magical power in the mortal realms.


    This board offered a unique take and hold scenario that included at least 6 buildings.  One of the buildings was the primary table objective.  All of the other buildings had the possibility of a Grail Token being hidden away in their depths, but this wouldn’t be discovered until after the game ended.  The goal was to take and garrison as many buildings as possible, including the terrain objective.  The roads on this board were muddy and greatly hindered movement as well.
     
    Table 10 –Tomb Kings’ Endless Desert
    The endless dessert continues to expand across the mortal realms. Heat and sand consume all that stand in it’s path.

    The main objective on this board was a model-feeder scenario where you dumped troops into the swirling sands at the center of the board in pursuit of the hidden city.  When units touched the swirling sand a dice was rolled for each model: on a 6, they were removed from play and arrived at the secret city; on a 1, the model was slain.  Surviving models teleported to a random quadrant of the board to set up again.    This objective coupled with split deployment (each player got 2 opposing 1’ x 1’ squares in each corner) made for very interesting play.  Additionally, at the end of the second turn, the Grail Token would randomly appear in one of the six panels of the board and, if claimed, would lock into place for the rest of the game.  This was a very fun and strategically challenging board to play on.

    The full scenario rules can be found here, and the full table maps and terrain features (with rules) can be found here.  In the next part, I'll cover tables 11-15.   
  3. Thomas Lyons
    For those that missed it, here was last week's year-end mega episode where we hosted a roundtable discussion of the most recent FAQ released.  So come join us for a panel discussion of the Age of Sigmar FAQ that Games Workshop dropped before the holiday break. We talk through the changes and figure out what is good and bad - and what is still leaving us with questions.
     
     
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    Holy Havok Surprise

    By Thomas Lyons,

    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 force composition rules.  Teams are instructed to bring 24 Warscrolls of forces from a single grand alliance (so both Archaon and 10 Plaguebearers would count as a single Warscroll choice for example) but it is well known that the five scenarios are going to be based around objectives that require a high model count.  So while Archaon is clearly not equal in power level to 10 plaguebearers, teams need to build their list in such a way as to have both high model counts and enough killing power to neutralize enemy forces (all while not knowing the scenarios).  Vince and I devoted a Warhammer weekly episode to the event where we had the head of the Holy Wars Council Steve Herner on so I'd encourage you to check it out here.  You can also read more about these narrative events at their website.  
    If you've been following Warhammer Weekly, you know that Vince and I have put together a Chaos force centered around The End Times and Archaon's attempts to gather the same personalities and bring about the end -- again.  The "surprise" today is that I'm making available the army booklet with the background narrative to our force, the war scrolls with images of our models,  and the composition of our (filthy) list which we've been talking about for a couple months.  You can download our "army book" here.  Please understand that while the pictures are ours, we do not own the photo images used they are the property of their respective owners.  This is an amateur fan-made army book for this event and no profit will be made off of it.  
    For those interested in following the events, Beasts of War will be live blogging the events this weekend and you'll likely see some updates from us here and in some live stream videos that I'll post as well.
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    Holy Havok is here!

    By Thomas Lyons,

    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 Times, landed a 2-2 tie in the first game and a quick 4-0 victory in the second.  I'll update this evening after the third game with some pictures, although you can look for some more complete battle reports on YouTube in the coming weeks.  

    In the mean time, you can follow the events of the event at #holyhavok and Beasts of War are also live blogging the event, with interviews of the various teams.  The image below is a shot of our forces from the Beasts of War blog.  Their coverage is both photo and video rich so I'd encourage you to check it out here.
     
    Wish us luck! 

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    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 in the comments below the video.
    Check the video out here.
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    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. 
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    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. 
     
     
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