Dragon Rampant Show Playtest with the Elves

Played a game of Dragon Rampant on Monday. Andy Mac and I tried out our planned scenario for the Hereward Wargame Show on 3rd Sept. We have 4 war bands of roughly 30pts each. Two Elves, one Ratkin/Skaven and one Chaos. They are converging on a woodsman's hut where said woodsman has been rumoured to possess a magical ring of some power. The winner is the player who captures the ring.

To keep things interesting, we added some 'random events' in the form of small jewels which, when contacted, trigger the arrival of 'something'... The 'something' could be a helpful thing or a hindrance...you don't know until it activates.

All in all, it worked well. We just need to deploy a bit further onto the table so the bloodshed starts more quickly!! We are also pleased to note that the whole thing has a suitably 'retro' look - quite like early 90s Warhammer, a fact helped by the 80s and 90s models and the lovely old GW cardboard Elf palace from the early 90s...

Come and see us in action on 3rd Sept at the show in Peterborough - join a war band, throw some dice and try to capture that magical ring!!

The first few pics are the last of the bunch I took the other day - for some reason they didn't airdrop to my Mac properly before...

The whole 61pts together...

Treeman vs Ratkin...

...while the Elven panzer division advances to the woodsman's hut.

Oh dear...that wasn't meant to happen!!!

Closing on the woodsman...see also the Ranger who has 'appeared' top left to help the Elves...

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The second Elf force prepares to engage the hordes of Chaos...

The Chaos horde advances...

Elf spearmen sneak round the mansion to support the advance on the woodsman's hut.

Elven knights have slain the woodsman and captured the ring...just in time!!!

More Oldhammer Elves

With the Hereford Wargame Show fast approaching (1st Sunday in September!), I've had to pull my finger out and get cracking on the Elven forces for the Dragon Rampant participation game that Andy Mac and I will be running. This is good, as deadlines often inspire me to both get on with stuff and to do stuff well!

Anyway, here are the latest models. I'd already painted the general and two cavalry and the eagles just needed a tidy up and a re-base so essentially, the past fortnight to three weeks has seen me paint two more knights, the wizard and the attack chariot. I also have 5 more knights on the painting table awaiting final highlights, but as I won't need them for the show, I haven't rushed on with those.  

The pics aren't great, as they were taken on my phone late at night. The last pic shows all 61pts worth together and was taken outside in the sunshine! I'll do some more when I get a spare few minutes using the digital camera as it takes better pics, but these will give you an idea of progress thus far...