So Dwarf King's Hold turned up



Gubbinz (rulebook, dice, "about Mantic", £5 Mantic voucher, Mantic Points):


Boards & Tokens:


Models:


Overall impression is that the set is professionally produced/good quality as you would hope/expect. Had a quick skim of the rules and most of it ...

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So assembling Dwarf King's Hold is part of my Q2 Hobby Challenge

Managed to get the Dwarfs (5 warriors, 2 shieldbreakers, mastiff* and dead dwarf objective) done tonight, as well as basing the two Bloodletters for the challenge.
*Who seems to be eating table in the pic



The models are nicer nicer than the old GW 1-piece Dwarfs, but a few years behind the detail of the current GW range. However, I do quite like the models, plus the relative price means I definitely feel I get what I pay for.

GW...

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So assembling Dwarf King's Hold is part of my Q2 Hobby Challenge

Just finished the 12 Skeletons for the game as well. There's also a Pit of Souls (used in the game) and a Pile of Bones (you get counters for these, but if you had enough Mantic skellies, as I do with a 1k army, you could use "actual" piles), and a Skeleton Rat (used in Kings of War).



They were nice models to put together:
- mould lines have been run along the edges of fabric etc, so that basically means there aren't that many to clean up
- unlike GW skellies that attach on the spine, Mantic skellies lock over each other (about half...

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Played some games today with my little (well 25) bro - he's ex-GW, Space Crusade etc, so not like I'm playing a noob

Rules greyness

Pile 'o Bones - we thought the language is unclear here. Initially it seems reassembling = 1 action, but then it goes on to say that it counts as a model that has had an action played on it.
a) this is redundant repetition, only Dwarf Follow-Ons can be played on a model that has already acted
b) this limits the model to 1 action (of reassembling) regardless of how many points the token was worth

I opted for a), see Scenario 1.

Break-offs & Free Strikes - would have liked some clarity on whether a model can Free Strike against a model leaving from it's Rear Arc.

I opted for "yes" by RAW.

Scenario 1

3 Dwarf...

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Got the Orcs assembled

Ax (Axi??):


Greatax (Greataxi??):


Zombies

And Mantic have released the rules for using Zombies in DKH

http://www.manticgames.com/Fantasy/Dwarf-Kings-Hold/Rules/Rules-Zombies.html (PDF download at bottom)