Following my triumph over the Lannister forces of Gregger's last week, PsychoSte Clegane popped over to try his new Lannister list. In true Ste tradition, it is well crafted and wholly evil, worthy of the trainee Sith Lord that he is..
Pyromancers with The High Sparrow - His High Holiness (C)
Lannister Guardsmen
Red Cloaks with Preston Greenfield - Kingsguard
House Bolton Flayed Men
NCU's
Joffrey Baratheon, Petyr Baelish & Cersei Lannister
I decided to try out a Stark unit for my Brotherhood without Banners, and whom better to lead them than Lady Stoneheart.
Lady Stoneheart in Stark Sworn Swords
Men at Arms with Thoros of Myr
Peasants with Gendry
Archers
Knights
NCU's
Ravella Smallwood & Ghost of High Heart
Random Terrain & Deployment
Terrain: Wall, Corpse Pile, Wall, Bog, Hedge
LANNISTERS: Red Cloaks, Flayed Men, High Sparrow in Pyromancers, Guardsmen
BROTHERHOOD: Peasants, Men at Arms, Dead Catelyn in Stark Sworn Swords, Archers, Knights
Initial card hand
ROUND 1
Ste took the first turn, having Joffrey take the Letters and weaken the Archers. I moved up my Archers with the Horses and then a further 3" with their order as Baelish (injured Jamie) took the bags and swapped it for a "Bribery" card on the Archers. I moved up my Peasants and Cersei took the Crowns...
which allowed Preston Greenfields Red Cloaks to move up??? What trickery is this...
Ste hadn't activated his troops yet, and I wasn't sure what he was up to but I had a plan.
So, the Red Cloaks activated, shuffled a wee bit and I lost 3 Peasants to the panic check they induced. I marched everyone else up, feeling confident and a bit oblivious to the Dark side...
Board End of Round 1
I was well placed and felt ready to put my plan into action
ROUND 2
With me going first, I played claiming tactics board (as I only have 2 NCU's). Ste played score for each objective, which I felt fine with
Start of the Round , I played The Forgotten Fellowship to put the Mad Priest in the Red Cloaks face.
I then activated Thoros' Men at Arms but Steve played Subjugation of Power and denied me my abilities and I lost two men to a failed panic.
I then rolled a 1 on the charge...
But still scored four hits after the weakened was expended
And then Ste had Joffrey take the Horses and retreat the Red Cloaks out, forcing a panic check and killing Men at Arms after influencing them with Joffrey. I activated my bowmen and took wound of off a Flayed Men, before Ste took the Crowns with Joffreys and allowed the Red Cloaks to move, and cause a panic check that killed more Men at Arms. At least it was 2 VP's to me but I had to take the bags to heal my Men at Arms and also had used a Ravenna token to heal...
My depleted Men at Arms, appropriately enough with a donkey after healing up five men.
I had at least protected their flank from th eFlayed Men by having the scary Lady Stonheart lead her Stark Sworn Swords onto the central objective
Ste then declared a charge with his Red Cloaks, causing a third panic and killing four Men at Arms. I had failed three panic checks with large D3 rolls too. Ste managed seven hits and easily killed Thoros, his men and his donkey!!!
Now fully aware of Ste and his evil shenanigans, I played Vengeance of Blood to allow the Sworn Swords to charge the Flayed Men
Oh, I lost two Men at Arms when the Red Cloaks surged forth after killing Thoros. I did another wound on a Flayed Man...
Then I got to activate, and took the Swords to attack again.
Not sure how I lost two more men, but that's Ste for you!!!
(maybe I shot into combat?)
Anyway, my five hits resulted in Ste making five armour saves...
He then activated and retreated away with his Flayed Men, just enough to allow his Pyromancers to shift and flank bomb me...
I was being systematically cut to pieces by the trained Lannisters, so I went for a desperate 5+ charge with my Sworn Knights but Ste hit me with Subjugation of Power and I lost a Knight with a failed panic check on that...
I did at least roll a five and get in, blocking the Starks from the Pyromancers. I'm sure the Knights sacrifice would be suitably noble!!! Ok, so I did kill a Flayed Man.
Ste was on a roll, his Guardsmen passing a morale check to benefit fully from the Wrath of the Warrior for Sundering and +1 to hit. They flanked my Knights
And I failed all six hits, but did pass a morale check at last!!!
I had nothing left, so the Pyromancers charged in and blew my Knights apart!!!
Board End of Round 2
My centre had all but collapsed and with Ste going first round 3, things were looking bad
END OF ROUND 2
HOUSE LANNISTER 3 VP's (2 units, 1 card)
BROTHERHOOD 3 VP's (3 cards)
My restored tactics deck
Ste played Mission score VP for opponents half objective, I played Swords or Horses
ROUND 3
So Ste used Peter Baelish on Bags (denying me chance to remove Bribery) but spent a token to use swords and get the Pyromancers to chuck some bombs
All seven hit and immolated the Starks, bar the water soaked Catelyn...
Ste played Hear me Roar but I used Knights of hollow hill to cancel it by successfully passing a morale check. I then maneuvered Lady Stoneheart 3". She then failed the panic check from the attack and died again... 💀
I gave Ste a VP by having the Old Hag take the Horses to move my archers back away from the Guardsmen. Joffrey took the crowns, influenced the Peasants and had the Red Cloaks march while panicking my Peasants
Well, figured I should show some of these horrific panic checks!!!
I then got flanked, as they had activated. But a wall and Gendry's resilience allowed him to survive the melee
But he didn't pass the panic... 🐮
Meanwhile, my archers shifted away and did shoot a few Lannisters
I think that in shooting the Guardsmen last round, I passed the Lannister Supremacy and had Bribery removed.
Regardless, I finished my activations cowering in the corner...
As the Lannisters marched up and at me, Ste failed a 5+ charge by an inch. And dropped a Flayed men by failing the panic
END OF ROUND 4
HOUSE LANNISTER 6 VP's (4 units, 2 cards)
BROTHERHOOD 3 VP's (3 cards)
ROUND 5
Well, I played score a VP and become first player after Ste played score if take Horses or Swords. Well I took the Swords and shifted back, dropping another Flayed man. But Ste healed. I then activated and shot for no real effect. Ste then got Red Cloaks to move off Crown, and I lost two Archers which with Fealty to the Crown healed Flayed men to a second rank
So Ste charged them into my archers
The attack killed six...
And despite rolling two wounds on the failed panic, with Joffrey influencing and Intimidating Presence, the last of the Brotherhood were slain...
Board at End of Game
HOUSE LANNISTER 8 VP's (5 units, 3 cards)
Brotherhood without Brothers (WIPED)
4 VP's (4 objectives)
THE SCARIEST M****R F****R IN WESTEROS!!!
(Aden "spykr" has been having some tomfoolery with Word Art or something)
Ste really is a damn good player and he loved every minute of that!!! So yeah, I played like a donkey, not reading up on Preston Greenfield in Red Cloaks, and with Baelish and Joffrey, I was always gonna suffer. I went straight into a grinder of panic and Ste simply laughed his way through the game, aided by my horrific dice rolls. They were pretty bad but can't complain too much as usually roll better than average and even in melee Ste's troops hardly broke sweat. The Brotherhood will take some getting used too, but I was too aggressive and played into Ste's list. His card play and tactics board control simply overwhelmed me and the Brotherhood proved no match for a finely honed Lannister war machine...
Even Lady Cersei was unimpressed!!!
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Cryptic Cabin, Warfield, Bracknell, UK
SATURDAY JANUARY 18th
12 Player event
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"Blood Over Highgarden" - Become "Warden of Kent"
YECATS MINIATURES
SATURDAY JANUARY 18th
RAGNAROK HOBBIES
2nd Floor, 33 High St, Gillingham ME7 1BQ
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Dark Sphere Shepherd's Bush Gaming Centre, London, UK
16 Player, 4 Game event
Saturday 25th Jan
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A Song of Scouse & Wools
Greg has gone and organised our first event for a few years over in Liverpool.
Sunday 2nd February
61 Tithebarn St, Liverpool L2 2SB
18 players, Three game event
New Players Welcome, Fun and Friendly themed
Our own fair maiden looks forward to welcoming you!!!
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8th & 9th February 2025
50 player event
Vlad's Emporium
278 St. Vincent Street,
Glasgow,
G2 5RL,
Scotland
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WARDENS OF THE SOUTH
Southern GT
BEACHHEAD WARGAMES SHOW
24 Player, 4 Game event
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March 1st/2nd 2025
(Sold out, reserves being taken)
Pontnewynydd, Pontypool, UK
(I'll be there with other Wardens of the North-West)
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4 weeks later, March 29th/30th 2025
and needing no introduction...
THE
ASOIF STATS INVITATIONAL
(I'll be there with other Wardens of the North-West)
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Board In Brum West Midlands Gaming Centre, Walsall, Willenhall, UK
Sat Apr 05
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SUNDAY 27th APRIL
SOLD OUT
(RESERVES LIST UP)
Daventry NN11 4PH, UK
(I'll be there with other Wardens of the North-West, defending my title with my trusty squire)
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MAY 11th
LEODIS GAMES, LEEDS
Links and tickets
(TICKETS NOT ON SALE AS YET)
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Aftermath Gaming Club
Saturday MAY 24th
Lazar House, Sprowston Road, Norwich, UK
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DEAD META GAMING
NORTHERN GRAND TOURNAMENT III
24th & 25th MAY
Pro-Tech Games, Stockton-On-Tees, TS18 2PN
Tickets/Stats Sign Up
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70 Player, two day event
28th/29th June
Best Western The Thurrock Hotel, (on site accommodation)
Ship Lane, Aveley, Purfleet, UK
I'll be there to represent the Wardens of the North-West
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Board In Brum West Midlands Gaming Centre, Walsall, Willenhall, UK
Sat Jul 19
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Board In Brum West Midlands Gaming Centre, Walsall, Willenhall, UK
Sat Oct 18
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RIBBLE RUMBLE
NOVEMBER 29th/30th
ELEMENT GAMES, STOCKPORT
(TICKETS NOT ON SALE AS YET)
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Board In Brum West Midlands Gaming Centre, Walsall, Willenhall, UK
Sat Dec 13
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Between Yecats Miniatures, DLS and Wardens of the South there are plenty of events going on in 2025 in the UK
Thomas & Paul will be running two events at Leeds as usual, and Dead Meta Gaming will hopefully be putting on the Northern Grand Tournament again
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