Its here, the 3rd release of Tabletop Hooligans podcast. In this episode the Hooligans will dive deep into two new army books from one of the worlds most popular tabletop games. With help from two gamers at their local store, Joe D and Greg S they will go inside and pick out the most interesting items in these books and make a discussion out of it. This episode also includes Feats of the Week, a new parody commercial. Listen to their podcast at www.tabletophooligans.com

Only the most courageous of Greylords are chosen to accompany the barbarous Doom Reavers into battle. These escorts are invariably experts in the field of Orgoth studies as well as formidable arcanists. Moving amidst the Doom Reavers like a handler of vicious beasts, the Greylord carries a staff of Orgoth origin. His will is exerted through this dark artifact, restraining the Doomreavers from murdering one another when they rip into the enemy. He channels that rage to provide a necromantic imperviousness to the effects of injuries.

Fane Knights are soldiers who have answered a divine calling and feel chosen to pledge their lives to the defense of Scyrah. They have vowed to protect both the fane and the goddess to their last heartbeat. Despite the warnings of his priests and superiors, he has turned to the Retribution for answers. Skeryth longs for battle and increasingly rests his hopes on the Retribution’s claim that fighting humanity will provide relief to the goddess.

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The Floor Is LAVA!

The Floor Is LAVA! is a custom Warmachine scenario. It is designed for 4+ players on a 4′x4′ board.

Description

Armies battle for control of a strategic region. Meeting in the middle of a circular plane of death.

Special Rules

Mark of a circle with an 8″ diameter in the center of a 4×4 board. Mark 4 concentric ring-zones each 5″ wide starting from the edge of the inner circle.

The goal of The Floor Is LAVA! is to control 3 or more zones simultaneously. A player controls a zone if he has one or more models completely within the control zone and his opponent(s) does not. For a unit to control a zone all models in the unit in play must be completely within it. A Warrior model must have a CMD greater than 1 to control a zone. Ignore wrecked or inert warjacks, wild warbeasts and fleeing models when checking for control. Autonomous Warjacks can control a zone.

Deployment zones are handled differently than usual. After marking out the circles, divide up the largest circle evenly between each player(cut the circle into quarters for 4 players, eighths for 8 players, etc). Players can deploy their models anywhere in ring 5(see image) within their section of the circle. Models with advanced deployment can deploy anywhere within ring 4 inside their controlling players section of the circle.

Starting on turn 3 each model that enters a zone controlled by another player must take a hit determined by the faction of the controlling player as defined below:

• Cygnar-controlled Zone – P12 hit Electric Damage. Removes 1 focus point for each 6 rolled for damage .
• Khador-controlled Zone – P12 hit Frost Damage. -1ARM for each 6 rolled for damage(lasts until the beginning of the next turn).
• Protectorate-controlled Zone – P12 hit Fire Damage. Continuous fire if doubles are rolled for damage.
• Cryx-controlled Zone – P12 hit Corrosive Damage. Continuous corrosion.
• Retribution-controlled Zone – P12 hit. The hit ignores magical armour if doubles are rolled for damage.

All of these attacks hit automatically and cannot be avoided by mechanism except immunity. A unit suffering the effects of this rule takes each hit simultaneously. These damage rolls cannot be boosted in anyway, ever. A model can only suffer these affects once per turn.

Treat the outer edge of ring 5 as the table edge. Models with ambush and similar rules treat the deployment zone opposite your own as your opponent’s deployment zone’s back edge.

Victory Conditions

A player wins the game when he has the only remaining warcaster(s) in play. Starting on the first player’s 3rd turn, a player wins when he ends his turn in control of at least 3 zones.

This is a scenario I came up with while watching robots on youtube. I encourage those who can find the players to try it out. I suggest 35-50 point games.

-Ultramoose

The fortress of Hammerfall brings out numerous outstanding riflemen in all of Rhul and the captains that graduate from that education got brilliant leadership. A client army lucky enough to engage a Gun Corps company guided by one of these military officers is assured of a mercenary company that will perform flawlessly dis-regardless of the battlefield or enemy. In combat the captain is followed by a carrier appointed to carry the company’s standard; a device with inscriptions detailing the legal status of the company as well as listing of its courageous efforts.

(News Source: Privateer Press)

New release from Privateer Press, the Lich Lord Venethrax. Here is from their announcement:

Tasked with the researching of draconic lore, Lich Lord Venethrax is supremely well-suited to root out and destroy the Dragonfather’s dark progeny. Venethrax has dedicated his immortal existence to Toruk’s final war and is prepared to consume every blighted creature in charnel flames and blood. His mighty halberd, Wyrmbane, has dismembered countless draconic creations, and the lich lord’s very presence corrodes the world around him. That he now steps forth from Cryx is a dire portent, for it heralds the coming of war between the dragons.

(News Source: Privateer Press)

At sale for $19.90. So what do you think, is it worth the money ?

Cygnar Stormblade Stormgunner

Privateer Press just recently published pictures of their new Warmachine unit, Cygnar Stormblade Stormgunner.  It comes in a blister pack for $11.00.

The signature weapon of Cygnar’s Stormblades, the Storm Glaive is one of the best-known mechanikal weapons in all the Iron Kingdoms. Despite the short ranged electrical discharges that the weapon is capable of firing it is primarily a close combat weapon. This naturally leaves the Stormblades vulnerable to enemy gunfire as they advance to meet their foes in melee. Cygnar’s arcane mechaniks devised the Storm Thrower to both provide storm knights with covering fire and to enhance the accuracy of blasts produced by Storm Glaives.

Have a look at the detailed 3d rotator

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