Castellan of the Ring

We are at the first entry of this new series and we will start with - what a surprise^^ - Numenor! It is the one I thought of and like the most as you might have guessed by now ;) Current status Numenor currently has two named heroes, one unnamed hero and one warrior choice. The two named heroes are among the best, human factions can muster and the unnamed hero and the warrior have a lot of equipment options. The army bonus is ok (as are their alliance options), everyone near named heroes, receives magic resistance and the warriors feature F 4 and S 4. And while there are better options in alliance partners, Captains of Numenor are really good at what they do. This, combined with the big choice of equipment options, gives this faction more flexibility than you might think on first glance. Drawbacks as a small faction The first drawbacks result from the miniatures themselves. They are among the oldest ones being around in the system and that shows. The heroes are ok but have no official...

The "Fall of the Necromancer" expansion from autumn 2021, saw four new LL releases. Two of them were hero-only LLs. One was the infamous "Vanquishers of the  Necromancer" - mixing up the tournament scene and stirring up quite a turmoil and discussions about how far a LL should go and if this is not the complete opposite of what the game stands for. While the other LLs (Rangers of Mirkwood and Pits of Dol Guldur) were frequently covered and discussed in podcasts, blogs, YT videos etc, the fourth one was notably absent from all this  or received only a fraction of the time- The Rise of the Necromancer LL. This one was actually the only LL and the only thing of the expansion I was interested in. I had my eyes already set on a Dol Guldur hero-only army for quite some time. And now I received the perfect LL for my needs.  I want to share with you my experience with this force and what I think about it in detail. Let me take you on a journey to the dark paths of Dol Guldu...

Am  9.2.2022  hat GW angekündigt, das ab 7. März die Preise des kompletten Sortiments (ausgenommen Farbe, Pinsel etc) erhöht werden. Hier ein Detail Ausschnitt aus der Meldung: In many cases, this will be about 5%. So, as an example of what you can expect on most kits, a box of Space Marine Intercessors will go up just £1 from £35 to £36.*A few things are going up about 10% (e.g. books, scenery, resin miniatures), and there are a couple of outliers (e.g. Blood Bowl teams and metal miniatures) which are going up around 20%. Wie wahrscheinlich jeder andere Spieler/Kunde war ich nicht gerade glücklich darüber. Aber ich denke dass dieses Thema etwas komplexer ist als nur über die Preiserhöhung zu schimpfen. Somit habe ich versucht eine mehr persönliche Erwiderung zu formulieren. Wie immer, ist dies hier meine persönliche Meinung und ich bin offen für andere ;) Ich denke nicht das es etwas bei GW bewirkt oder das sie diese Nachricht jemals lesen werden. Trotzdem fühlte es sich rich...

On  9.2.2022 GW  announced that with 7th of March, the prices of its ranges will increase. That is what they said about the price increases in detail. In many cases, this will be about 5%. So, as an example of what you can expect on most kits, a box of Space Marine Intercessors will go up just £1 from £35 to £36.*A few things are going up about 10% (e.g. books, scenery, resin miniatures), and there are a couple of outliers (e.g. Blood Bowl teams and metal miniatures) which are going up around 20%. Like probably any other player/customer I was not happy. But I think this topic is more complex than just ranting about higher prices. So I tried to formulate a more detailed personal response. As always, this is my opinion and I am open for other ones ;) I do not think it will change GW nor even that this message will reach them. Nonetheless it felt "right" to voice my opinion and maybe I am not the only one with it. Note:  I am also acknowledging that high miniature prices ar...