Lannisters vs Free Folk

The Lannister Honour Guard had another game recently, although I did try them without any attachment.

The Lannisters had another battle with the Free Folk, which included a Mammoth and a Chariot no less.


Along with the Honour Guard, there were plenty of Clegane units…

…and a unit of Halberdiers (never leave home without them) and basic Swordsmen unit.

We played a “hold the four quarters” scenario which is a tricky one as units need to be left behind in “safe” quarters to contiue to hold it and get victory points each turn.

My Guardsmen and Honour Guard did not get to do much as all the action was too far away from them and the rest of the units seemed to be dishing out casualties and then dropping like flies!

The Free Folk pinched the win in the final turn in a very close game.

Whats On The Table?

We were talking the other day about games we have not played for a while, one of them on the rather long list is Game Of Thrones A Song Of Ice And Fire. This will encourage me to paint my Lannister Honor Honour Guard. So I had better get started…

Lannister Hono(u)r Guard

I was not going to add any more mopdels to my Lannister army but these are just lovely!

Although they will still get red cloaks, the armour should look pretty good in a simple silver and gold scheme, they may not even take too long to paint.

Random Bear

I posted a picture a while back of a couple of Free Folk bears from Game Of Thrones, A Song Of Ice And Fire, but I have been trying out a different camera recently and post a new image today. Better I think.

Warcry Game

Mr Steinberg has created a Cities Of Sigmar Warcry warband, a nice mixture of old models.

We had a couple of games with my Iron Golem as the opposition.

The mission was to Take Down specific models in the opponents warband. Never as easy as it sounds.

Use of a warbands abilities at the right moment can make quite a difference, but having enough ability dice does not always align with what you want to do!

The speed of models is such a critical factor in all games of Warcry, I wonder if I will ever get to use my Legions Of Nagash models as they mostly move at an alarmingly slow pace of 3″ per action.

Game Of Thrones Game

It feels like ages since we last played a game of Game Of Thrones A Song Of Ice And Fire which is probably because it has been ages.

My newly painted Clegane Brigands and The Mountain That Rides got their first outing.

The Brigands came up against Mr Steinbergs Mammoth and got a bit trampled…

Being totally outnumbered by the Freefolk, I set up my few units in one corner and tried (and failed) to hold a line. Giants and Mammoths are very nasty and I will need to come up with some new tactics to make combating them a bit less painful.

There are still some characters to paint up, but this army has grown to a massive size without really trying…

The Mountain That Rides

The Mountain That Rides was originally only available via the Kickstarter, so I never got one…

Until now. This massive model was in the newish Lannister Heroes 3 box and now gives me the option to run him as a lone model or as an attachment.

Clegane Brigands

I have added a new unit to my Game Of Thrones A Song Of Ice And Fire Lannister army, Clegane Brigands.

These were painted just in time for a game, where I was able to field a mainly Clegane themed force.

They do look very different from the red core colour of the rest of the Lanister army. I picked out a bit of yellow on the rider tunics to tie them into the Mountains Men.

Lannister Heroes 3

I really had thought my Lannister army was complete, but no. Those nasty people at CMON keep bringing out new boxes of figures to tempt me.

This box includes yet another Jamie Lannister. I will be able to field a whole unit of Jamie Lannister’s at this rate quite soon, although this is another Jamie with only one hand…

Also in this set is The Mountain That Rides, previously only available in the Kickstarter way back when. I have wanted to get this model for a while but never wanted to pay the eBay price.

Bears!

A couple of bears may come in handy, I have no idea when, but having them around is better than not having then around…

These are from the CMON range for Game Of Thrones and have been mostly painted with GW Contrast paints.