Saturday, 20 September 2025

Starks v Greyjoys: A Game of Thrones

 Aden came round to mine to try cracking my tough Tully Sworn Shield list with his Euron led Greyjoys ahead of next weeks

UK NATIONALS

(Last few days to get tickets)


ADEN'S GREYJOY'S

House Harlaw Reapers with Euron Greyjoy C) & Reaver Captain
Silenced Men with Theon Greyjoy & Reaver Captain
Ironborn Bowmen with Baelor Blacktyde
Ironmakers with Asha Lady Greyjoy & Qarl NCU's
Wendamyr, Balon Greyjoy & Rodrik Harlaw

My own Robb double Tully build has proven quite
hard to break down

House Tully Sworn Shields with Robb Stark (C)
• House Tully Sworn Shields with Rickon Stark with Osha
Stark Bowmen with Crannogman Warden
House Umber Berserker with Greatjon Umber
Shaggydog
Grey Wind NCU's
Catelyn Stark & Eddard Stark TERRAIN & DEPLOYMENT

We picked terrain as that is what they are doing at the UK Nationals
Terrain: Corpse Pile, Wall, Weirwood, Corpse Pile

GREYJOYS: Euron's Reapers, Ironmakers, Bowmen 
(Theons Silenced men in outflank)

STARKS: Rickons Sworn Shields, Greywind, Robbs Sworn Shields,
Shaggydog, Bowmen, Berserkers



Aden won roll, letting me choose sides and I let Aden deploy first. He elected to take first turn.

ROUND 1

Aden took the Letters, weakening the Bowmen. I had Catelyn influence the bowmen to remove the weakened, then used Horses to advance Bowmen 5". Aden took the Crowns Wendamyr and added a token. I activated my bowmen and advanced up a bit. Aden took Swords to deny it to my last NCU. 


Robb marched up the centre and I explained Overwatch to Aden. He wasn't impressed...


Aden kept his Bowmen back, Euron was out of range but I did manage to drop one Ironmaker with Overwatch, and two more panicked. Rob shifted up with tactical reposition as Rickon moved up in support. The Berserkers marched up and encouraged the Bowmen to stay back while both the wolves moved up to support the imminent appearance of Theon


ROUND 2

Theon and his Silenced Men appeared in my rear.


They got weakened as I took the Letters, surprising Aden who I assume expected the Horses. Or Swords to allow my bowmen a shot?


Aden took the Horses to deny me and mulliganed four cards from his hand with Rodrik, fishing for something, then moved Theon's Silenced Men slightly. I then took the Swords and shot the Ironmakers.


Aden took the bags and healed his Ironmakers so I sent Shaggydog into the Silenced Men. Four hits saw 4 die and one panic and run away


Taking the Crowns, Aden played We Do Not Sow and attacked Shaggydog, with Krakens Wrath giving re-rolls and Precision on six attack dice


As well as making me panicked...


The Weakened saw 1 hit saved and two precision wounds. Panic test was close, but passed. Re-roll of two didn't see a one thankfully so healed two using an Eddard token.


Theon allowed a swiftstrike retreat, so I had to turn my Bowmen to face them, moving just out of an Ironmaker long charge or an Ironborn Bowmen rear shooting attack


I lost four bowmen from the charge, with Superior Positioning not helping as Aden rolled five on the way in...


I failed my panic losing on more but didnt re-roll, grateful I didn't roll that for Shaggydog...


Aden decided not to Swift strike, so I played Sudden Retreat and moved away.


Aden then declined to charge either of my Sworn Shields, Euron moving closer to the far left objective and a Wendamyr shift away from a  flank charge into Rickon, with the Ironmakers moving up adjacent to Robb staying out of Overwatch LoS. His Bowmen moved up and shot down three Berserkers who had turned to face the rear of the Silenced men but I passed my morale and healed two using an Eddard token.

END OF ROUND 2

HOUSE STARK 3 VP's (3 objectives)

HOUSE GREYJOY 0 VP's

ROUND 3

Aden activated and charged the Bowmen, but he wasn't having much luck, rolling a one on the way in. I lost five bowmen, but passed the panic, so healed four with an Eddard.


Aden elected not to retreat, so I took the offering an charge them in the rear with the Berserkers, playing Winter is Coming to deny Aden using tactics cards or orders on the Silenced Men. The look on his face suggested he had What is Dead may never die.


All seven attacks hit home, the vulnerable token being played on both successes. 


But one of those came up a six, leaving Theon to pass the morale check. He didn't...


Aden was then faced with a 5+ sentinel charge at the Berserkers, or a move up to chase the Bowmen?


He chose the latter, but after I had pivoted start of next turn I played Swift Reposition to give him a longer charge


I had dropped my Berserkers onto the objective again and ready to face the Ironmakers. Aden moved the Ironmakers back out of bow range by taking the Horses


Out of bow range but into flank arc of Robb. I charged off the wall, only dropping one Ironmakers but it pinched the rank and I then used Hit & Run to retreat and put a weakened on them too


I then had Eddard take the bags and heal the Bowmen up 


Euron and his Harlaw Reapers charged Rickon's Tully Sworn Shields, but I saved four of the six successful hits blocking the two passes with shieldwall and thus auto passing he panic and doing a wound. And the miss was taken back from Osha's counterstrike, so Aden lost a second man attacking me.


I activated the unit and attacked back, dropping four of the Reapers


The Ironmakers charged into the Berserkers but with weakened and Eddard, I didn't drop a rank and Qarl bottled the single combat with the Greatjon
 (Aden rolled one with Expert Duellist)


I activated my Bowmen who managed to drop 4 of the Ironmakers by shooting them in the flank. Balon brought Theon and his unit back on in front of the Ironborn Bowmen before I charged the Ironmakers flank, killing them with a failed panic and err, using a second Winter is Coming to deny Aden the use of his What is Dead May never die. He told me he had both of them when I played my card. Ste had popped by to eat my biscuits and point out our errors. 

(I apparently didn't weaken the Ironmakers when I shot them in the flank, and the returning Silenced men couldn't have Wendamyr shifted onto the objective. Bloody know-it-all!!!)


END OF ROUND 3

HOUSE STARK 8 VP's (2 units, 6 objectives)

HOUSE GREYJOY 1 VP ( 1 objective)

ROUND 4

I influenced the Berserkers with Catelyn for highest attacks, when she took the Swords allowing Rickons unit to kill Euron. But he survived with What is Dead May never die.


I moved my Bowmen up off of the Horses after Aden healed Euron's unit, so Aden activated and attacked, moving out of range.


The attack resulted in another dead Greyjoy, before I activated and attacked, killing the unit and forcing Aden to play his second What is Dead. Aden then failed the panic, so they died anyway...


I surged forth back to the objective, then was able to play Swift reposition to take it as had the Horses


The Greatjon charged the Silenced Men cutting them down to four but they passed the panic and healed one


In return I was cut down to a single rank. 


including losing three to a panic fail when I'd lost one rank...



Shooting from the Bowmen dropped my unit, but I survived with a To the Last. Before Aden hit me with We Do Not Sow attack, killing me. But I passed the Too the last easily. But then the panic. Yeah, sadly for Aden as one rank left my morale was now 3+...


BOARD END OF ROUND 4 (and GAME)


HOUSE STARK 13 VP's (3 units, 10 objectives)

HOUSE GREYJOY 2 VP's (2 objectives)

That was painful for Aden, not helped by some poor dice (rolling 1's on charges, few bad morale checks, not killing Shaggydog or the Bowmen). In trying to be open by explaining Overwatch it may have inadvertently stymied Aden's play as he avoided moving up much early so Theon was unsupported. And two units destroyed while sitting on What is Dead was hard to take, I had the right cards to play at the right time. (I'd love to get Sansa in my list). With 3 units starting on the board, he didn't take an objective turn 2. And sure Robb's unit on a wall in the centre is hard, but by-passing and doing nothing until end of Round 3 with Ironmakers meant I was just sucking up objective points. Game of Thrones is a good scenario for my list. Oh, and Aden never got the Cunning Ploy he was lookin gfor early on with his two Rodrik tokens. Plan was to allow Ironmakers to steam up and smack me...

SO NEXT UP, ITS THE UK NATIONALS FOR THE NINE STRONG WARDENS OF HE NORTH-WEST CONTINGENT

(Although Ste " The Biscuit Bandit" and I are playing the Hands Tourney on the Friday beforehand -  chess clocks indeed, pfft, stuff and nonsense)

UPCOMING EVENTS

YECATS MINIATURES PRESENT 

UK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 

(formerly known as the LONDON GRAND TOURNAMENT)

Sat 27th / Sunday 28th September

Lea Valley Athletic Centre

61 Meridian Way, London N9 0AR, UK


50+ tickets sold

(LAST WEEK TO BUY)

ASOIAF Stats Page

TICKETS

This will be an awesome event, don't miss it

Nine Wardens of the North-West will be present...

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Board In Brum West Midlands Gaming Centre, Walsall, Willenhall, UK

Sat Oct 18



_______________________________

Thomas Whitworth presents:


A team event with more prizes than you could shake a sausage at...

SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER

LEODIS GAMES, LEEDS 


------------------------------------

RIBBLE RUMBLE 

"Never Forget What You Are"

SOLD OUT

NOVEMBER 29th/30th

ELEMENT GAMES, STOCKPORT

More info/tickets

"Never Forget What You Are" A Song of Ice & Fire at Ribble Rumble 2025 | Facebook

SOLD OUT

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 Sat Dec 13 


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NEXT YEAR


JANUARY 31st 2026


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ELEMENT GAMES 
STOCKPORT 
UK
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& Yecat's Miniatures present
WELSH GT 2026
March 7th & 8th

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APRIL 10th -12th 2026

GLASGOW


With the growing scene in Scotland, think this will be a big one...






Saturday, 13 September 2025

Brotherhood v Baratheons: A Game of Thrones

 With the awesome 

UK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 

(tickets still available)

September 26th - 28th

just a few weeks away, the Wardens of the North-West are gearing up for it. With nine of us going down, Raymond wanted to face a Brotherhood without Banners list, so I faced him with this...

Golden Company Swordsmen with Beric Dondarrion (C)

Brotherhood Archers with Anguy

Peasant Levy with Gendry

King's Men with Thoros of Myr & Eric Dayne

Man-At-Arms NCU's

Ghost of High Heart & Lord Varys



Raymond "Mr Ray" Grieves is my oldest ASOIF opponent, but he doesn't get out and about as much as Ste. He is a dab hand with Baratheons, and had a pretty nasty list with some serious tactics board control.

Baratheon Halberdiers with Eldon Estermont (C)
Thorn Watch withParmen Crane
Rose Knights with Robar Royce
Stag Knights withCortnay Penrose NCU's
Alester Florent, Walder Frey & Olenna Tyrell


With A Game of Thrones being played twice at the LGT, we elected to play that scenario.
We selected terrain as opposed to making it random.

TERRAIN & DEPLOYMENT

TERRAIN: Wall, Weirwood, Woods, Wall

BARATHEONS: Stag Knights, Rose Knights, Thornwatch, Halberdiers

BROTHERHOOD: Peasants, GC Swordsmen, Kingsmen, Men at Arms



 (Archers in outflank)
With my choice, I opted to go first so they could come on in Turn 2 
(Walder willing)


After playing out the tactics board, I marched up on both flanks as Ray closed around the centre with my Kingsmen unactivated.


Tactics Board less the Crown still to be taking by Ray


which cost me three Men at Arms when he took it and I failed the panic


My Kingsmen took the centre for my last activation, with Ray having the Halberdiers and Rose knights still to activate


Raymond managed to get the 5+ charge causing a wound with Precision


Disappointingly, I failed all my saves without a need for the vulnerable to be used.


Not a good end to Round 1


And then I failed  the panic...


ROUND 2

Having my Kingsmen so seriously depleted, I felt the need to pressure Raymond. I brought Anguy and his archers on my left to threaten the Stag Knights.


I also played the Forgotten Fellowship to march up Gendry's Peasants and bring more heat onto the Stag Knights


Taking the swords, the Rose Knights attacked the Kingsmen, with my Knights of hollow Hill cancelling Martial Superiority...


I needed both To the Last's to survive, then opted to attack back from Thoros's Relentless...


I then took the Horses and retreated away...


Raymond took the bags cancelling Varys's ability, so I took the Swords and shot the Stag Knights, killing two. But they healed two from Baratheon Conviction.


The Rose Knights moved out of Beric's charge arc and secured the centre


I made a 4+ charge with Gendry to get into the Stag Knights


Ray's last NCU activation was Walder, who used his ability so Ray would go first next turn


My archers activated and shot into the Stag knights again, again with disappointing results.


The Thornwatch smashed into the Men at Arms, retreating away to go hunt Thoros after cutting me down to three men...



END OF ROUND 2

BARATHEONS 2 VP's (2 objectives)

BROTHERHOOD 2 VP's (2 objectives)

The Stag Knights just had room to retreat out of melee towards the Archers, retreating out meaning no Sentinel move for Beric, who turned to face the Rose Knights

BOARD END OF ROUND 2


ROUND 3

Raymond took the horses, moving the Stag Knights into the flank of my Archers. I thought he may have went for a long range charge, but the delay allowed me to Regroup and Reform 4 Peasants to bolter the Kingsmen, including Gendry to bolster the unit


I then took the Bags to heal up more. Ray took the Crowns, allowing me to shoot with my archers. They hadn't made much of a dent int eh Stag Knights last round, and the result was still sadly the same.


After the tactics board, the left and centre looked like this


Old Eldon and his Halberdiers charged the depleted Men at Arms, but with the wall, only managed two wounds. Sadly, I failed the panic check but every cloud has a silver lining as it gave the Golden Company a token for But the Realm Remains.


The Rose Knights charged into the Golden Company but I chose the adaptive defensive style and lost a rank. I withdrew my Peasants a bit to support the archers


With the Thornwatch about, I had marched Thoros and his rejuvenated Kingsmen onto the left objective before Beric got hit by the Thornwatch who then retreated out with Swift strike. The Stag Knights dropped seven archers, who then used Anguys' Swift Retreat order to drop back an inch and retain the objective


END OF ROUND 3

BARATHEONS 5 VP's (1 unit, 4 objectives)

BROTHERHOOD 4 VP's (4 objectives)

ROUND 4

Well, I was in a pretty pickle and no mistake. My Archers were doomed and I couldn't make headway against the relentless onslaught of the Baratheons. Still, I took the Swords and shot the Stag Knights, who popped Resilience and took no wounds again



Before that I'd played the Forgotten Fellowship to retreat out of combat. I didn't take the weakened as had a token on But the Realm Remains


The Rose Knights charged off the centre but my defensive style held them well. I moved my Peasants around to their flank, before attacking back against the Rose Knights, shifting over as I did so.


Allowing Thoros and his fully restored Kingsmen to smash into them with nine hits. Against nine models...


Sadly, I'd come off a wall so only one wound made it past the 3+ armour



The Stag Knights made short work of my remaining archers, consolidating onto the objective and sitting in the rear of my Golden Company after the Crossbows had cut down the peasants to three men and swift retreated to take the centre



END OF ROUND 4

BARATHEONS 9 VP's (2 units, 7 objectives)

BROTHERHOOD 4 VP's (4 objectives)

BOARD END OF ROUND 4



ROUND 5

Raymond took the Swords and had the Rose Knights drop the Golden Company down to five models so I took the bags and healed up to eight.

The Stag Knight's went into the rear with Stags Fury on Turn 5 and +1 from Courtnay and Hefty Ransom from Anguy's capture...


WOW!!!

15 hits...


They then surged forth back onto the objective. I took teh Horses and retreated Thoros out of melee, before I charged in my Peasants to hold the Rose Knights, after using Regroup an reform to bolster them


It didn't help as the Rose Knights finished them off after the Thornwatch failed too

BOARD END of ROUND 5 (& Game)


BARATHEONS 13 VP's (4 units, 9 objectives)

BROTHERHOOD 5 VP's (5 objectives)

Well, I simply got outplayed. I expected more resilience from my Kingsmen and planned to overwhelm the Stag knight but my shooting was poor and  Iended up on the backfoot all through the game. Olenna and Alester allowed Ray to deny me the crown for the most part and controlled the board pretty well. A well deserved win for Mr Ray

UPCOMING EVENTS

YECATS MINIATURES PRESENT 

UK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 

(formerly known as the LONDON GRAND TOURNAMENT)

Sat 27th / Sunday 28th September

Lea Valley Athletic Centre

61 Meridian Way, London N9 0AR, UK


50+ tickets sold

(LAST WEEK TO BUY)

ASOIAF Stats Page

TICKETS

This will be an awesome event, don't miss it

Nine Wardens of the North-West will be present...

----------------------------------------------------

Board In Brum West Midlands Gaming Centre, Walsall, Willenhall, UK

Sat Oct 18



_______________________________

Thomas Whitworth presents:


A team event with more prizes than you could shake a sausage at...

SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER

LEODIS GAMES, LEEDS 


------------------------------------

RIBBLE RUMBLE 

"Never Forget What You Are"

SOLD OUT

NOVEMBER 29th/30th

ELEMENT GAMES, STOCKPORT

More info/tickets

"Never Forget What You Are" A Song of Ice & Fire at Ribble Rumble 2025 | Facebook

SOLD OUT

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Board In Brum West Midlands Gaming Centre, Walsall, Willenhall, UK

 Sat Dec 13 


___

NEXT YEAR
___

Duke's Gaming 
& Yecat's Miniatures present
WELSH GT 2026
March 7th & 8th

--------------------------------

APRIL 10th -12th 2026

GLASGOW


With the growing scene in Scotland, think this will be a big one...