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Post by flammablehero on Sept 5, 2019 12:34:01 GMT
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Post by TheREALricksalamone on Sept 5, 2019 13:02:14 GMT
EEFL has it's own Bretonnian army "book" since End Times.
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Post by wilsonthenarc on Sept 6, 2019 1:09:47 GMT
"Lance Romance J. Tight'Pants" --A Quasi Bretonnian name and creed
Take yer fancy knights and yer helmet and cram it with walnuts.
The Lady of the Lake is False.
Nice shined up codpiece, ya frogs.
Signed, Anonymously -
Drunken Wurtbaddian Tavern Goer
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Post by azknight on Sept 12, 2019 3:57:31 GMT
Warhammer Armies Project was the first alternative GW community I found, which was about a year before GW flushed us down the drain. I'm a big fan of all his books, and use them for all the armies I use in my warhammer group, which is very casual, and I am the group organizer. In my old town I belonged to a more semi-formal group and they had no problems with his books either. Technically, I think I am currently using his 9th edition books. I also recommend looking at the EEFL Bretonnia book and see if you like it. I think it is also a good book. I really don't feel compelled to use the latest Bretonnia offering from GW. It's still a good book to start with, IMO. But, these newer fan-supported books are much more developed and up to par with other 8th edition armies. While I fully agree that Bretonnia should be a knight-heavy army, I like some of the special units Matthias's Bretonnia book adds to give a little extra variety. I think theme is just as important as gameplay. People who love knights (like me) are attracted to Bretonnia. At least for me, there's little risk of my army losing focus on the predominant elite knight feel, even with the new options. Additionally, the new options seem very knight-centric to me. So, I am a big fan. You have to realize that no book will ever be perfect. It's a huge undertaking for anyone to do. And making every gamer happy with a home-grown book is virtually impossible. I use Matthias's edition out of consistency with his other works, and I just like it. When I have a Grand Army, I plan on having more than one hippogryph on the field. It will be awesome. Thank you Matthias for all your hard work. GW... you reap what you sow.
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Post by knoffles on Sept 14, 2019 6:01:36 GMT
Well said azknight. I’ve not used his Bret book but gregr used the dogs of war one last night in our triumph and treachery game and we had no issues with that (in fairness Greg was stomped by a combination of poor dice, filthy cards and high elves so we didn’t really get to see what the book was like). In the next competition we’ll definitely allow the use of the books that compliment the existing 8th ones. |
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Post by strutsagget on Sept 14, 2019 6:25:19 GMT
I have stumble upon people using the skaven book. And it seems solid.
Sometimes the book confuses me more then the original GW books with including new words for stuff already defined by the BRB/armybook.
From my understanding the fluff is taken from various sources more or less earlier written by gw.
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Post by gregr on Sept 14, 2019 9:21:06 GMT
Well said azknight. I’ve not used his Bret book but gregr used the dogs of war one last night in our triumph and treachery game and we had no issues with that (in fairness Greg was stomped by a combination of poor dice, filthy cards and high elves so we didn’t really get to see what the book was like). In the next competition we’ll definitely allow the use of the books that compliment the existing 8th ones. I think the DoW one is fairly rounded. As was described on my army list thread for the T&T game we played at our club, it is largely an Empire-lite list with the emphasis on lite mostly because you don't have access to the Empire tech. However, saying that the Regiments of Renown companion is fantastic and I will be looking to incorporate some of them in when I find the right models. And, the actual DoW book itself also has nice provisions for Maneaters etc. I think the Dwarf and Elf entries in the book aren't fantastic e.g. its 30 points for a command group which is more expensive than the parent rulebook. I think my unqualified success with DoW in game 1 partly came down to having only played Dwarves for the last few years and not understanding how to use cavalry or magic properly. That'll change in time though! |
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Post by mrbaldrick on Dec 31, 2019 20:37:10 GMT
Has anyone play tested the 8th edition Bretonnian unofficial army book from Mathias Eliasson... Excluding tournament play, does anyone have an inherent issue with unofficial lists like this? I have been looking his stuff over for the past week or so a and looks pretty good. I don't have any issues playing against it. I was thinking of giving his Beastmen and Kislevs a try. |
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Post by gregr on Dec 31, 2019 21:21:02 GMT
The Dogs of War ones are pretty good. I gave it a go at club and no one thought it was overpowered or ott
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Post by gregr on Dec 31, 2019 21:21:50 GMT
The Estalia one looks great and interesting too
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Post by mrbaldrick on Dec 31, 2019 22:52:21 GMT
The Dogs of War ones are pretty good. I gave it a go at club and no one thought it was overpowered or ott I have always enjoyed seeing Dogs of War on the table and I love to see Regiments of Renown. |
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Post by tileag on Jan 1, 2020 19:08:12 GMT
Cant wait to give the bret book a spin after i get my knights painted
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Post by gregr on Jan 2, 2020 23:10:01 GMT
If anyone fancies what will probably be quite a fun game, then the Halfling Warhammer Armies Prject book looks amazing on so many levels! Who doesn't want a unit of Housewives armed with a washing line for a standard bearer!
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Post by mrbaldrick on Jan 3, 2020 0:09:51 GMT
If anyone fancies what will probably be quite a fun game, then the Halfling Warhammer Armies Prject book looks amazing on so many levels! Who doesn't want a unit of Housewives armed with a washing line for a standard bearer! There are some guys in the UK that have some battle reports on YouTube using the halfling list. youtu.be/jnICCZ3lMfo |
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Post by gregr on Jan 3, 2020 6:50:13 GMT
Cheers mate! I'll give it a watch.
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