Had my second game with a friend a few days ago and it was great! Have now picked up a box of actual knights and can’t wait to paint them up and really dive into the book. Also with hopefully get other friends into it 🤞
Got my first game in with the QuickStart rules, what a fun time!
Easily made my decision to buy the full rule set.
Now to finish up my models and get to making a board!
In this game my brother led my undead warband and his axe-wielder rolled very well and killed 3 of my models so he is the first named model- Tank Johnson.
Huge props to Malev for the fun and simple game!
Has anyone tried playing with more than 2 players? What are your impressions? Should I reduce the number of fighters per player? Should I change the shape of the battlefield? I think it should be a square or round field.
So I saw the game wants 25mm bases but is that strict due to many people using frostgrave minis that have 28mm bases. Also can I play as gnolls? Thanks in advance
So heres the completed knights.. they are the 3 knights I will be starting with for the solo campaign which I'm currently prepping for. As each is designed by my family and myself they will naturally be related in the campaign, a Duke and duchess (no names yet) and their daughter the Lady Susan (named by my daughter, random lol)
I feel this will add more to the narrative as they'll be fighting for each other and it'll alter decision making.
I'll be adding a bit of lore for each character soon.. it's currently floating around in my head 😜
Edit:Excuse the potatoe pic at the end, a mistake 😂
With a background in Warhammer, Mordheim, and a literal cupboard filled with bits sprues including several WGA sets, I’ve thrown some stuff together and built a board so I can try to get some other friends into it - this looks like fun!
Its taking a while to get there, but atleast the fiddly freehand part of the project is done!
I have now managed to play a couple (solo) games and have a few rules questions. I will ask them all here and see if I'm misunderstanding things.
Spears. If the character with the spear touches both the allied attacker and the target of the attack, does it count double? ( one for the character and one for the spear?). I say no, but in a strict reading one could say yes. It took me a while to understand the spear rule.
Range attack. Is there any way for a ranged knight to gain momentum without leaving a good position (something like aiming). Could I burn a 6 for example but not move the mini, just to add the 2 momentum? It feels like there should be some kind of Aim option.
Is movement really completely unimpeded next to and through enemies? Meaning, I can burn a 6 and essentially do a 5 inch move around 3 enemies to get to a weaker target in the back? The game plays fine but it just feels like I'm missing a rule there. Something like opportunity attacks, or can't move while in contact with enemies.
Knights die brutally when they're hit with a 1 pierced and get to 3 wounds. I also judged that if they get a hit that would bring them to 4+ wounds they also die . Otherwise they are incapacitated and the winner of the battle can collect their injured and the opposition can be held for ransom. Rules as written, someone could get 5 wounds and be not brutally killed. It felt weird.
is movement supposed to be in a straight line or can it be measured as needed in free form? I played with hexed grid (easier online) and it worked good. I did free form.
I'm sure some of these are explained in the text, but it's a bit confusing to find answers especially without a table of contents in the pdf. Any guidance appreciated.
Hey everybody, I am planning to make some knights for Greathelm with my gf, and I was considering getting a couple of boxes from different manufacturers to mix and match, but I don't know if the sizes will be compatible.
I was thinking of using some Perry miniatures as a main base, either from their early 15th century or late 15th century kits, and adding to them some Victrix miniatures and Frostgrave pieces. Are these three systems compatible with each other? Also, does anybody know of any other manufacturers of minis that are more or less historically accurate and compatible with this size? I know Frostgrave isn't really historically accurate, but you could get some interesting heads from it!
Any opinions on my garrison board terrain for greathelm?
Completed my first 3 knights for the solo campaign, each one designed by my wife, daughter and myself. (I painted them though lol)
My wife's is the meadow, daughters is the unicorn and of course mine is TRUMPET BUTT!!!
Will post the knights when the shields are glued, bases still drying 😊
EDIT: thank you to everyone that has reached out offerings 3d modeling services. I appreciate the offers but I like kitbashing the plastic kits. Thank you!
Im sure this has been asked many times before. But I just bought the rule set and I went to wargames Atlantic to buy some minis but the knights are out of stock. Im looking for some kitbashable minis like those. Where is everyone going for their minis?
Side note: I do have a resin 3d printer. So I could print but im not finding stls that are " modular"
Thanks!
I'd love to see all your minis, hear about their lore, and even see some action pics!
Took a little bit of time to get my warband the way I want it. Now it's time to start building.
I'd love to know what others are doing with their warbands.
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I''ve bought the rules and had a quick look, I can't see why it wouldn't work, probably better with a hex grid than a square. Most of my friends I'd want to play this with are much more into boardgames than wargames, and are pretty averse to non-grid movement systems, which is why I'm considering this.
If anyone has any suggestions of tweaks that might need to be made for this to work I'd love to hear them.
Hello Knights!!
Before to buy the complete book rules, can I ask you if it’s good enough for solo playing? It has a high replayability?
Any advices are really appreciated!! 😁
So I play mostly Blood Bowl. I was looking for some easy skirmish game.
I had in mind following games
And I came up on YT with video of Greathelm. It got my curiosity.
Because I don't have any war games, I bought some 2d knight avatars, printed road from Inkarnate and I am happy that YT algorithm showed me this game. I am about to order 28mm minis, because me and my fiance got perfect skirmish for us.
Can't wait for campaign mode.
Size is slightly larger at 10" x 12" but it was the frame I had. I'll be using Lord of the Rings stuff so this reflects parts of Middle-earth during the escalation of the War of the Ring, mainly inspired by the Pelennor Fields.