{"id":52,"date":"2015-01-16T19:19:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T19:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/?p=52"},"modified":"2015-01-17T15:18:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T15:18:13","slug":"warband-1-zombow-aberrations-boosters-x-2-200-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Sealed Warband 1: Zombow (Aberrations Boosters x 2, 200 points)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Legolas<\/a>

Legolas this, Legolas that, gads I hate Legolas.<\/p><\/div>\n

Half-Elf Bow Initiate<\/strong>:\u00a0 I know this isn’t going to be easy to hear guys, but we’ve only got one chance to win…everyone get in front of me and hold them off, I’ll just keep shooting!<\/p>\n

Orc Sergeant<\/strong>:\u00a0 Shut your pie hole, stupid elf.\u00a0 I warband commander, I make plan.<\/p>\n

Ogre Zombie<\/strong>:\u00a0 Raaaaaaarrrrrghhhhh!<\/p>\n

Half-elf Bow Iniatiate<\/strong>:\u00a0 Thanks old friend, I knew at least you would understand.<\/p>\n

Orc Sergeant<\/strong>:\u00a0 Ugg, elf voice make ears bleed.\u00a0 You shut up stupid zombie.<\/p>\n

Bladebearer Hobgoblin<\/strong>:\u00a0 Is it time to kill something?\u00a0 Talking make me bored.<\/p>\n

Orc Sergeant<\/strong>:\u00a0 Ok, heres plan.\u00a0 We attack enemy.\u00a0 Stupid elf shoots them from back there like sissy coward.\u00a0 We win.<\/p>\n

Half-Elf Bow Initiate<\/strong>:\u00a0 Hmmm….something smells fishy.<\/p>\n

Sahuagin Ranger<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Saaaaaaah!<\/p>\n

So here are the two Aberrations boosters I opened for Warband 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Booster 1<\/strong><\/td>\nPoints<\/strong><\/td>\nRarity<\/strong><\/td>\nBooster<\/strong> 2<\/strong><\/td>\nPoints<\/strong><\/td>\nRarity<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ogre Zombie<\/td>\n29<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nHalf-Elf Bow Initiate<\/td>\n43<\/td>\nR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orc Sergeant<\/td>\n24<\/td>\nU<\/td>\nCleric of St Cuthbert<\/td>\n29<\/td>\nU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bladebearer Hobgoblin<\/td>\n21<\/td>\nU<\/td>\nDestrachan<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sahuagin Ranger<\/td>\n15<\/td>\nU<\/td>\nEthereal Filcher<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silent Wolf Goblin<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nMountain Orc<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fiendish Dire Weasal<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nMyconid Guard<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emerald Claw Soldier<\/td>\n6<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nElf Warrior<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hill Dwarf Warrior<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nMongrefolk<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

With a whopping total of 255 points, there aren’t many choices for how to build the warband.<\/p>\n

I ended up with this:<\/p>\n

Team Zombow (199 pts):
\nHalf Elf Bow Initiate 43
\nOgre Zombie 29
\nDestrachan 26
\nOrc Sergeant 24
\nBladebearer Hobgoblin 21
\nSahuagin Ranger 15
\nMountain Orc 12
\nSilent Wolf Goblin 12
\nMyconid Guard 9
\nFiendish Dire Weasal 8<\/p>\n

With 10 activations guaranteed by the number of small creatures in the boosters, there’s only 2 real choices in warband building.\u00a0 The first is Ethereal Filcher<\/strong> vs. Myconid Guard<\/strong>.\u00a0 While the Filcher would be good at toning down a big critter, the Myconid seems it can do something similar if it hits.\u00a0 A single missed turn by an enemy with multiple attacks is probably more value than the -5 damage the Filcher gives.\u00a0 Plus, the Myconid Guard is one of those creatures that is auto-targeted and has to be eliminated first, just due to the worry he can cause an opponent (even if he isn’t likely to get his Pacification Spores<\/strong> off more than 50% of 1 time per game).<\/p>\n

I almost added a couple of the small critters in the place of the Dire Weasel<\/strong> and called an ‘audible rule change’ and allowed team Zombow 11-12 activations, however I’m going to start out the year right and play by the rules.\u00a0 Speaking of which, I haven’t actually played in many years, so if you see me doing something wrong, gently point it out<\/strong>.\u00a0 Yes, I still need to do a quick read through of the rulebook to refresh.<\/p>\n

The other choice is whether to include Cleric of St. Cuthbert<\/strong>…looking over his card again he seems a little stronger than I first thought.\u00a0 His strength really shines though against a team with an undead or 2.\u00a0 Since Zombow<\/strong> will be meeting up with either an Unhallowed or Night Below warband (yay, my 2 booster cases of those arrived today!), if they are matched against Unhallowed , I will put him in as Commander instead. (Probably -Orc Sergeant, -Dire Weasel, +Cleric of St. Cuthbert, +Hill Dwarf Warrior, and I think that would put it at exactly 200 points)\"half<\/a><\/p>\n

The Orc Sergeant’s<\/strong> commander ability, while small, is relevant with 3 Goblinoids in the warband, including 2 with 2 melee attacks.\u00a0 I actually used to play Destrachan<\/strong> regularly back when I first started the game and didn’t have many pieces.\u00a0 He’s a solid body with decent defenses, HP and special abilities for his point cost.\u00a0 Sadly, for 3 points less, he’s even more durable (+4AC, +5HP) than the rare Ogre Zombie, and faster (+2 movement).\u00a0 The only benefit to the zombie is higher melee damage and his melee reach; though with 2 cone attacks the Destrachan is still just as relevant.<\/p>\n

The other creatures are your average warband filler, though 15 damage from the Mountain Orc<\/strong> is certainly relevant.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I will build the opposing warband from either Unhallowed or Night Below, I’ll roll randomly to see which gets picked!<\/p>\n

As always, thanks for reading about me Playing With Myself<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Half-Elf Bow Initiate:\u00a0 I know this isn’t going to be easy to hear guys, but we’ve only got one chance to win…everyone get in front of me and hold them off, I’ll just keep shooting! Orc Sergeant:\u00a0 Shut your pie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playingwithmyself.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}