So after a brief hiatus from war-gaming, due to work
commitments, I am back baby!
This has meant three things for me. Firstly, I’ve decided to
make the switch to Legion of Everblight, secondly I’ve decided to put some real
effort into playing painted models only and most importantly I have a chance to
spend more time with all the great guys in my local gaming groups.
The second of these tasks has really only meant an increase
in time at my paint station (which has been awesome).
The first however has been a complete revelation.
Now, Legion of Everblight have been considered top tier as
far as factions go for quite some time. So I knew there would be a lot of
people moaning about ‘power gaming’, but I had no idea just how much fun it was
shooting the living smile off your opponents face while they bemoan all the
rules you ‘ignore’.
Having started out playing Khador a few years back before
finding the faith and taking a big jump into the Menoth Faction, I’ve always
loved the ‘axe to face’ style of play. Ramming a few units of insane weapon master
Doom Reavers or a brick of Bastions down your opponents gullet is all sorts of
fun, there is no denying it.
I feel that while my skill level was the main factor truly holding
me back from being more successful with Menoth, I have always had a niggling
feeling that I just couldn’t compete with the top players in my local meta. I
always found the high armour skew lists a problem, as well as a few specific
lists.
Now I realise that toys don’t substitute skills, but I felt
a fresh start and new approach may give me the push to play more and increase
that dwindling skill level.
Having had a look about at the factions, and deciding that
in order to start a new faction I wanted to minimise my outlay, and hopefully
the amount of models I would be having to put together and paint (I am hoping
to only be playing painted from now on). Legion looked on paper like the
obvious choice. To be honest, the idea of being able to fit two 50 point lists
into one KR case is always going to appeal to me.
The real fun began when I first put the two lists I had chosen
on the table. I had opted for both prime and epic Vayl. It didn’t take long for
the mechanics of playing Hordes rather than Warmachine to prove to be a big
stumbling block. It hasn’t taken many games to get my head around it, and I
would advise anyone who has only played a Warmachine faction to give a Hordes
faction a try and vice versa.
Overwhelmingly the best thing about coming back to
Warmachine/Hordes is the community. It has been amazing to spend more time
playing games with friends old and new.
I’m already working on another blog about ‘My Two Vayls’ so
watch this space for some more Legion fun and games. Feel free to make requests
about subjects you would want us to cover. I will be posting pictures of my
lists and talking about why I chose certain models.
As a final thought, the first time you pull off the double
obliteration assassination or dark sentinel kicks in and you one shot the
spirit of the beast charging you, you know that it’s true what they say…
…’Blight Makes Right’
Have you had a moment with your faction like this? If so, jump on the comments below and let us know.
Tom
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