| The day Hordes was released,
I was bored at work and sat on the internet, and came across Tabletop
Gaming Network. I was immediately grabbed by the visuals and ideas
behind Warmacines new brother – the review went thru each
faction boxset, and each time I was there thinking “I wanna
collect Skorne... no... Everblight... no... Circle....”
and then it got to the last boxset reviewed – the Trolls
and the final decision was an easy one – Trollbloods were
definitely the way forward... review continues
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Item
Code: PIP71001
About this item:
rolls are known for their ferocity in melee and this battle box delivers! The albino sorcerer chief Madrak Ironhide is well protected by his tribal relics that he can wade into battle personally, charging alongside his trolls to deliver a beating to his foes. Madrak relies less on his spells than his huge axe, capable of being hurled far across the battlefield. And since you asked, yes, it’s magical and returns to his grasp, still soaked in the blood of his foes. Once augmented with the mystic power of Trollbood fury, there is little in HORDES or WARMACHINE that can withstand him.
Contents:
This box set contains 4 miniatures
RRP: £33.00
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PRICE: £29.70
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The minis are fairly easy to put together – pinning's obviously
gonna be pretty important with that many joints that will be baring
a fair bit of weight. Slightly annoyingly, the Impalers are exactly
the same, so those people who don't like duplicate minis will
need to do some pretty heavy conversion work – I made mine
with its arms down like the artwork in Primal. For those not keen
on the idea of cutting up their brand new minis, a head swap with
the Axer is an easy way to differentiate the two. Madrak's assembly's
pretty straightforward.
In terms of gaming, the boxsets are
all designed to be pretty easy going for learning the rules, as
well as being good value for money. In this sense, the Trollblood
bosxet works out fine – the Axer and Impaler are both pretty
reliable and able to cause a fair bit of damage – the trolls
tend to be a bit more expensive point-wise than other factions,
hence getting 3 light warbeasts, while the other three boxes get
a heavy and 2 lights / 4 lessers. This shouldn't be too much of
a problem to the troll player tho as the regenerative abilities
means they can cope with what the other boxsets can put out.
The only odd bit about Madrak is whilst he's probably the troll's
most reliable and forgiving of their warlocks (ie perfect for
learning the game), he's not best suited to playing alongside
just warbeasts – his feat is practically useless with the
boxset.
Otherwise, I'd definitely recommend
the Trollblood boxset to anyone thinking of starting trolls, as
its all useful stuff as you fill out your army and get more things.
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