Frostgrave Friday

Gnolls. Hordes of gnolls.

Possibly mounted rules if they're including those.

Perhaps these threads should genericize into "Fantasy Skirmish" generals and incorporate Frostgrave alongside Mordheim and SoBH. Could help keep interest up and possibly lead to cross-discussion about the pros/cons or strengths/weaknesses of these systems, plus discussion on what elements of either can be borrowed from other systems to spice things up.

I base all my skirmish games the same way:
regular human-25mm base
big guys and leaders-32mm
Cavalry-40mm bases (I hate oval bases)

Ents, trolls, ogres etc. anywhere between 40-80mm depending on the miniature size. Just based the FG greater demon on a 60mm base.

HOWEVER since you have pre-existing minis you might want to go case by case basis.

>HOWEVER since you have pre-existing minis you might want to go case by case basis.
Yeah I have some WHFB miniatures that I plan on using and some stuff left that I still need to paint for that army/warband. So I'll stick to square bases for these.

But I also got a mix of various historicals and fantasy minis from different manufacturers, for which I want to establish some kind of baseline.

I was thinking along the same lines as you for base sizes in general though.
The reason I hesitate (apart from overthinking things) is that I'm a bit worried about how many models can get into base contact with each other and how that would affect the combat rules.

This just in:
GW is gonna start selling some of the old LotR scenery and miniatures again.
Apparently with the old pricetag too.

Might have to get one of these Ruins of Osgiliath kits. Figure they'd be a good fit for Frostgrave.

I approve of this. Fantasy skirmish games general? Wrath of kings and all the other cool guys with not enough love like the oldie confrontations.

Sounds good to me.

I don't have any memory of that version of the Osgiliath kit.

It's the one they've been selling on their page over the last few years.
The ones that come with the starter kits were different though.

You're not allowed to discuss the weaknesses of Frostgrave since apparently it doesn't have any.

Suggesting that the game might be anything other than perfect makes you some kind of no fun allowed shitter crossed with hitler.

When is this?

I think I'll need one or two of those...

The inherent swingyness of the d20s and the failures of the campaign system have been pretty much discussed in every single thread.

I'm not sure what you are referring to, but since FG comes with an explicit 'make it your own game' paragraph in the BRB, people have also been posting about houseruling cavalry etc, so it's pretty much the epitome of being open to whatever.
The main draw for most people I think is being able to use any and all minis they have kicking around.

GW sent a newletter today where they announced that some of the LotR stuff would come back.
The ruins were added back in over the day and are currently displayed has being out of stock. So I guess over the next few days you should be able to order them again.

If someone has ideas they've implemented that they think made the game more enjoyable for them, that's awesome, post your houserules, give us your thoughts.

But wasting posts on people who just read the rules, haven't played a single game and decided it's shitty because arbitrary reason is pointless.

The same guy comes into every thread to bitch about the same thing, but it's always just "thing X sucks, why isn't there Y?" but never any indication of having arrived at that conclusion by playing the game.

It's the perfect game to modify if you have different taste than the designer does, but it's not exactly a hyper competitive game, so there's a very limited interest by the other posters to argue about "balance" since that doesn't really seem to be what people who like FG prioritize.

My group plays with advancement for every warband member, more detailed weapon rules, grappling, tackling, wound tables, D6 pools instead of D20 roll highest and area terrain, and we're having a blast. It's not exactly frostgrave any more, but without frostgrave we would probably not have gotten into 28mm skirmish games again.

>Anyone who doesn't like the game hasn't played it

This is why I can't talk to you people, you're just so fucking stupid.

No, you can't talk to us people because you're only interested in whining. I'm just stating fact. A lot of the people bitching seem to either not understand the point of a rule, or just think that taste=truth, or clearly not have played the game at all.

If you're the exception, fantastic, my hat off for you, but if you're just here to post gifs and be a smug cunt, maybe you shouldn't be surprised that people treat you like an asshole.

You are not raising a topic of discussion either.
Assuming this is your post as well you just attacked the playerbase in general for stuff that didn't even happen in this thread and in the this post you just called him stupid without addressing anything else he said.

I mean we are here and so are you. If you want to talk about Frostgrave that's great, because that is why we are all here.
So far you didn't say anything about the game itself at all though.

Why don't you just drop the spite and talk about what really bothers you?

So when making terrain out of styrofoam how essential is one of those special tools with a heated wire?

Not 100% essential, but it does come in handy.

It's a hell of a lot cleaner; you're dealing with chunks of waste foam instead of little bits of snow.

So how many people actually play with snow covered terrain? It seems like such a bother to just have a bunch of winter terrain when you also play wargames that has your guys with spring and summer themed bases.

These threads are so pointless.

Then don't post in them. I don't go crapping in CCG threads.

You're absolutely right, user.

Maybe we should work together and come up with rules/scenarios, so we can make the thread have a point!

>D6 pools instead of D20 roll highest
Can you explain how this works please?

I base my stuff with generic grey dirt/rocks so they are as inoffensive to a particular setting as possible.

I used to do that, but then I thought it got kinda boring. So with my Warhammer Empire minis I decided that I was going to decorate more, so I started basing my guys with a summer theme. Now they have bright green grass, bushes, flowers and all kinds pretty stuff.
Maybe I should do some of my ruin buildings overgrown with vegetation?

>I thought it got kinda boring

I can see that's a possibility. I really like decorated bases (going full summer theme for my girl's wood elves), but for maximum flexibility I try to keep it as generic as possible.

pic related is muh autism tingling when someone fields grassy based minis on a cobblestone city table

Just think of it like Creepshow.

Is that a young Stephen King?

Yes. Go watch Creepshow.

It sure is. If you havn't seen it I would recomend it for Halloween. It's like Twilight Zone meets Stephen King.

I based my WHFB army with snow anyway, so I'm probably gonna stick with the theme.
I really like the idea of a frozen city.
I'm sure there's winter in Mordheim too, so I'm not worried about the whole thing being too specific.