Sgt. Rock Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 Ugh. I need a resin printer so I can bring my Oathmark idea to fruition! I wanna come play! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 I’m into that, we’re still a couple weeks out for everyone having their full armies right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick! Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, offroadfury said: I’m into that, we’re still a couple weeks out for everyone having their full armies right? I'm ready to rock right now! Were we going to meet at Ordo, or at various stores around the area? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 I have my army made and base coated. The orc contingent finally got completed this weekend! Which I’m stoked about. Got one more ogre and some heavy cav in the mail right now to mostly complete my army options. im down to play as well, I’m in mcminville so can do that game stir in salem, the WOW headquarters or maybe guardian games if they have tables set up again. Weekends would be great and I can pull of some after work gaming too if we want to do the WOW nights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Work on the world I’ve dubbed Orbis Fanaticus continues apace. I’ve got almost all of the border tiles printed, plus a fair few filler tiles and a river to break things up. Still plenty of space left to fill… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Ahhh... You're killin' me, Smalls! I gotta find a way to get some little toy soldiers for this [big bad swear word], I'm a hopeless sucker for a good campaign map... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Sgt. Rock said: Ahhh... You're killin' me, Smalls! I gotta find a way to get some little toy soldiers for this [big bad swear word], I'm a hopeless sucker for a good campaign map... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Games Workshop’s Lord of the Rings Warriors of the Dead set has fourteen zombie-ghost warriors with hand weapons and shield and six with spears for about $40. Warlord Games’ Warlords of Erehwon Children of the Hydra’s Teeth set has ninety (90!) skeletons and up to half of which can be given either bows, spears, or hand weapons. It also includes a special pewter Necromancer. For about $80. So, if you snag two of the Warriors of the Dead sets you could easily make the sword-n-board guys into Revenant Warriors and count the spearmen (spearghosts?) as Revenant Linebreakers. With just a little bit of clipping, snipping, and converting you can turn two of the Spearghosts into Revenant Champions. Take the Children of the Hydra’s Teeth set and build them into forty sword-n-shield guys, thirty archers, and twenty spearmen. Revenant Warriors (14x) 238 Points Revenant Champion (1x) 52 Points Revenant Warriors (14x) 238 Points Revenant Champion (1x) 52 Points Revenant Linebreakers (10x) 200 Points Skeletal Soldiers (x20) 220 Points Skeletal Soldiers (x20) 220 Points Skeletal Spearmen (x20) 240 Points Skeletal Archers (x10) 140 Points Skeletal Archers (x10) 140 Points Skeletal Archers (x10) 140 Points Necromancer (Level 2) (x1) 100 Points TOTAL: 1,980 Points Pretty solid undead horde for under $200. Easily expanded into an even larger horde just by buying additional copies of these kits. Alternatively, adding Revenant Cavalry would be pretty easy and pretty cheap by using GW Rohirim and a few spare bitz… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 I have some Warriors of the Dead you I can sell ya for cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Alas, I have zero disposable income at the moment, and it will likely be a month or two at least before I do. Being unemployed sucks. Once I get my hands on a resin printer (likely for my birthday in October) I'll be in good shape, but until then... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 18, 2021 Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 So I have these tokens from the box set I got. What do you all think is the best way to remake them for Oathmark? Activated, some confused, and spell effects? any of you making something similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 Activated and Disordered seem like the tokens that would be most useful to have. I’ve been debating about using simple text tokens, making some sort of miniature model, or just using glass “gaming gems.” It might also be helpful to have tokens of some sort to represent any ongoing spell effects or special formations you plan on using… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 18, 2021 Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 Gems seem cool, and thematic for dwarves. I like the tokens cause I can flip between activated/deactivated or disordered and spell effects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tao Tsê-Mung Posted July 18, 2021 Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 Let’s start playing practice games! So a bunch of stuff is finally arriving early this week! They won’t be painted and the list is cobbled together with some painted RPG minis but I’ll be able to field up to 1750 points by the game day on Sunday the 25th! Who’s up for it ?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 Sadly, I work weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tao Tsê-Mung Posted July 18, 2021 Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Ish said: Sadly, I work weekends. Well, Thursdays then, 1000-1500pts should be doable in a few hours even while learning. You don’t have your army back from the painter yet anyway though right? Sounded like @offroadfuryor @Nick! might be ready for a game. Edited July 18, 2021 by Tao Tsê-Mung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 21 minutes ago, Tao Tsê-Mung said: Well, Thursdays then, 1000-1500pts should be doable in a few hours even while learning. You don’t have your army back from the painter yet anyway though right? Sounded like @offroadfuryor @Nick! might be ready for a game. My dwarves are in the home-stretch now. They sent me a few quick snapshots, seen here, and should be sending me more detailed photos for final approval sometime in the coming week. If all goes well, I should have these guys back by the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 Sweet looking force! I’ll be busy this Sunday the 25th but I’ve already planned on Thursdays off for the future. Down for this Thursday the 22nd if anyone is down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tao Tsê-Mung Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 17 minutes ago, offroadfury said: Sweet looking force! I’ll be busy this Sunday the 25th but I’ve already planned on Thursdays off for the future. Down for this Thursday the 22nd if anyone is down. I’ll be there this Thursday, want to do 1500 points? There’s a game night thread already open. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 Yeah I can do thursday! I think a thousand points, should be a good army to learn with. I’ll be coming up from the Dundee area so need to see how long it takes to get to the spot, but I did sign up in the game night thread! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tao Tsê-Mung Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 15 minutes ago, offroadfury said: Yeah I can do thursday! I think a thousand points, should be a good army to learn with. I’ll be coming up from the Dundee area so need to see how long it takes to get to the spot, but I did sign up in the game night thread! Great! 1000 points sounds good - you’ll see fewer reaper bones kickstarter minis on my side of the table this way too 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 Quick question regarding rules, can you double move into combat? if you have a character in a unit either command special rule, you can activate their unit then on that’s same turn be able to activate a second? Am I interpreting that correctly? Has osprey games released an FAQ for Oathmark? Have you guys found any good rule references? cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 25 minutes ago, offroadfury said: Quick question regarding rules, can you double move into combat? Yes; With the caveats that "[i]f you choose to use both of a unit’s actions to move, its second move action is at half its Move stat (round down)" (p. 25) and "[a] unit may only move into combat by moving forward, not backwards or to either side." (p. 26). So it is possible for a unit of, say, Human Spearmen (M 6) to engage with an enemy unit that is 9" in front of them. Activate, use the first action to Move 6" and the second action to Move 3". No random charge distances! It is also important to remember that "[a] unit may not make a manoeuvre that causes it to move into contact with an enemy unit." (p. 28) So no pivoting, wheeling, or about face-ing in order to get into combat. Quote if you have a character in a unit either command special rule, you can activate their unit then on that’s same turn be able to activate a second? Am I interpreting that correctly? "A unit containing a figure with the special ability Command allows its player to roll 3 dice for activation rolls and morale tests – for that unit and for any unit within 6” of that unit. Additionally, if the unit containing the figure with Command activates, the player can attempt to activate X additional units at the same time." (p. 167, emphasis added) So, a Dwarf Prince has Command (2) and is standing in a unit of Dwarf Linebreakers and near a unit of Dwarf Warriors. When rolling to activate the Dwarf Prince, up to two additional unit may be activated at the same time, like the Linebreakers and the Warriors. But, remember, once a unit has been activated during a turn it may not be activated again until the following turn. Command (X) figures are very good at keeping a section of your battle line activating consistently and reliably, but they won't let you turn any unit into a multi-attacking deathstar. Quote Has osprey games released an FAQ for Oathmark? Have you guys found any good rule references? Not yet. There's an unofficial FAQ and Errata Thread over on the Lead Adventure Forum, which seems pretty thorough though.Oathmark's author, Joseph A. McCullough, maintains a blog called The Renaissance Troll where he seems pretty cordial and open to answering polite questions. There's an official Oathmark Facebook group, which is a pretty active community that is mostly people sharing photographs of their models and answering really basic questions ("Do I really need to rebase all my 25 mm round LotR models!?") but is also a good place to turn to for more complicated questions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 Thanks! The command ability seems pretty awesome. I like that you can keep your battle lines together. The YouTube battle report series I watched didn’t seem to use that rule, but I think it’s pretty essential for the armies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, offroadfury said: Thanks! The command ability seems pretty awesome. I like that you can keep your battle lines together. The YouTube battle report series I watched didn’t seem to use that rule, but I think it’s pretty essential for the armies I think “essential” is over-selling it, but certainly an important force multiplier. Orcs, Goblins, and maybe Humans will benefit from it the most, I should think, as Dwarves and Elves both have very reliable Activations... But, I’m just theorizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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