Thunderkyn HO!

Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thunderkyn! Hoooo! A closer look at the exo-frame-wearing, heavy-weapons-wielding, 80s-cartoons-sounding Brokhyr Thunderkyn.

Tabling the Ultramarines

 I played yet another game, this time against Ultramarines. Read all about it!

Troop-off: Comparing Hearthkyn to other factions battleline choices

 The humble, hard-working Hearthkyn, our basic troop choice - sorry, that's battleline now. How does it measure up against the basic units of some other factions in 10th edition? 

A thousand ways to die: Two 1000 point lists for Leagues of Votann

While we got serious point reductions since 9th, the low number of datasheets in the Leagues of Votann index combined with the new fixed squad sizes mean that building armies to a set number of points can be hard. One thousand points seem especially challenging. Lets look at a couple of possible 1000 point lists that could be fun to try out.

Against the robot tide

My second game with the kin in 10th was a very tight 1500-points game vs Necrons. 

Hearthkyn weapons: Bolters or Ion

Now that wargear choices is free, you are of course going to take medpack, scanner, comms and special weapons on your Hearthkyn Warriors. But what basic weapon should you get? Lets put the Autoch-pattern Bolter and the Ion Blaster to the test!

An uphill battle: Taking on the Aeldari

 For my first 10th game using the Leviathan mission pack, I was facing the Craftworld Eldar - but the new Aeldari index is very clearly overpowered in many ways, so a list was made that we hoped was possible to play against for the Votann in their current state. 

10th edition: A new beginning

Having played Craftworld Eldar since third edition, when the new Leagues of Votann were launched, I felt it was finally time for a change of armies in Warhammer 40k. But their somewhat tumultous launch turned me off them for a bit, and then life happened and I didn’t play much 40k for a year. But now, with the advent of 10th edition, I’m picking the game back up – and finally getting into Votann.

They’ve changed a lot, but I don’t actually mind the changes. WS/BS 4+ on basic guys seem to fit the fluff, Hearthkyn Warriors are basically militia, not elite. But they kept our elites on 3+, and our commanders even better for the most part. I like that. I’m less crazy that everything is about judgement tokens, but I can live with it. I’m very sad about losing site-to-site teleportation. But overall, as soon as they fix the game balance (and really, noone should expect a new edition to be balanced right away) I think will enjoy my new faction.

This blog will contain my thoughts on the Leagues of Votann as I take them into 10th edition. There might be battle reports. There might be fanfiction. We’ll see!