Fan Challenge: Ironjawz

Fan challenge is based upon the Mega Gargant challenge from the ToC 2020 book. These challenges are non-official releases from Games Workshop and are designed to incorporate bigger models onto the Warcry table.

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Ironjawz: Battle for the Maw-Krusha. 

At the Realm of Beast deep within Ghur a Maw-Krusha managed to escape the captivity from its former
master. With the taste of freedom the Maw-Krusha rampages the lands breaking everything on its way, be it trees, settlements or scared screaming villagers. 
Brave forces of all factions are on their way to try and capture this Monster in the hopes to enslave it to their ranks, but at the same time the Orruk Warclans are trying to hold off these forces so their Megaboss can retakethis beast.

For this challenge you will need 1 Maw-Krusha and a number of Orruk Ardboyz and/or Orruk Brutes and 2 warbands of your choice.

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Setup
Warbands Each player musters a warband as described in the Core rules with the following amendments. The fighters in each player's warband must be chosen from their warband roster. The combined point value of the fighter’s in each warband cannot exceed 1200 points value. Waaagh Fighter's  This Challenge uses the rules and abilities for the Ironjawz from the Warcry 2.0 Compendium (any Arreta changes apply to this challenge). There are 3 Waaagh Fighter's battle groups. 2 of them consist of Orruk Arboyz and Orruk Brutes (no heroes) to a maximum point value of 400 points.  The 3rd group is the Maw-Krusha. The Orruk Ardboyz and Orruk Brutes can use their abilities and reaction as also the general abilities and reaction. For this 6D6 are rolled and those are used to activate any abilities.
Battleplan
Terrain: Draw a terrain card as normal  Deployment: Setup the Maw-Krusha within 3" of the center of the battlefield. Each player chooses a different long side of the battle field and sets up all their Fighter's within 3" of the battlefield edge. The Waaagh Fighter's are set in reserve. Victory: If the Maw-Krusha is taken down the players win the challenge, otherwise by the end of the 5th round the battle ends and the Waaagh Fighter's win the challenge. Twist: none (but you are free to choose a random twist card) Priority: At the start of the battle all players roll 1D6, the player that rolls the highest has priority,  after that follow the core rules when it comes to priority.
Special rules
Waaagh Fighter's  In the reserve phase of the 2nd battle round the Waaagh Fighter's battle groups are placed onto the battlefield. The player controlling the Waaagh Fighter's chooses a different short side of the battlefield for each battle groups and sets them up 6" from the center of the battlefield  Maw-Krusha  The Maw-Krusha is a Waaagh Monster and uses the following battle card below. The Maw-Krusha uses its own Behavior and Ability table. Each action and ability the Maw-krusha uses is explained below. This battle group is an elite battle group and follows the following rules when activating. At the start of the activation determine whether the Maw-Krusha is "In combat range",  "In Threat range" or "Beyond threat range"  In combat range: If a visible enemy fighter is within combat range (1") of the Maw-Krusha, the Maw-Krusha is considered "In combat range" In threat range: if a visible enemy fighter is not in combat range, measure the distance between the Maw-Krusha and the visible enemy. If the distance between the two equals or is lower then the Move characteristic of the enemy + the highest Weapon range characteristic of the enemy, the Maw-Krusha is considered "In threat range" Beyond threat range: if a visible enemy is not in combat range and the distance between the enemy fighter and the Maw-Krusha is higher then the enemy's Move characteristic + the highest Weapon range characteristic, then the Maw-Krusha is considered "beyond threat range" To activate the Maw-Krusha roll a D6 and follow the Behavior and Ability table below. Behavior Table D6 In Combat Range In Threat Range Beyond Threat Range 1 Recuperate-Attack Recuperate-Move Recuperate-Move 2 Indomitable-Attack Indomitable-Move Indomitable-Move 3 Attack-Attack Move-Attack Move-Move 4 Fury-Attack-Attack Move-Move Move-Move 5 Berserk-Attack-Attack Move-Move Move-Move-Charge 6 Deadly Strike-Attack-Attack Move-Berserk-Attack Move-Move-Charge Ability Table Ability Details Berserk: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of attack actions made by this fighter until the end of their activation. Charge: This fighter makes a bonus move action. At the end of that move action, if there are any enemy fighters within 1" of this fighter, the players pick 1 of those enemy fighters. Allocate D3 damage points to that fighter. Deadly Strike: A fighter can use this ability only if there are any visible enemy fighters within 1" of this fighter. The player picks 1 of those enemy fighters and allocates D6 damage points to that fighter. Fury: Add 1 to the Strength characteristic of attack actions made by this fighter until the end of their activation Indomitable: Until the end of the battle round, add 1 to the Toughness characteristic of this fighter. Recuperate: Remove 10 damage points allocated to this fighter.

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I would like to inform you again that this is a Fan Challenge. So please leave any comments or feedback regarding the Fan Challenge in the comments sections so other readers can read your experience. I hope you had a fun battle. More Fan Challenges will be posted when I have a chance.
FLAIRC

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LVO2023 Warcry Preview

OH BOY, I was happy when Games Workshop showed us the new upcomming box for warcry. While Sundered Fate was a little disappointing, ok the Seraphon warband looked great, but the terrain was a bit of a miss for me.

In Sundered Fate the 2 trees looked some what the same as the trees in the launch box and only had 1 realy new terrain bit.

None the less when the terrain gets sold separately I will still buy it.

But this time... OMG, where to start?

Ok terrain wise the scattered terrain pieces look the same as the Heart of Ghur and Sundered Fate boxes, but this time we het 4 new terrain pieces (looking at the picture) 2 Gnarlwood trees with bamboo platforms and walls to actually hide behind and 2 stand alone bamboo walls with platforms. And besides getting some more rope bridges this time it looks like we get at least 2 bamboo ladders. 

Hobby wise it seems like a fun build and paint project... so yeah the terrain has gotten my attention so far.

Now the warbands.

At first glance they look awesome again with nice details and surely a nice asset to your warband collection. Can't wait to see more about their stats and abilities.

This time the warbands represents the Grand Alliences of Death and Chaos.

For the death alliance the warband consists of Vampires, a nice edition to the soulblight faction. 

This warband is called "The Askurgan Trueblades" consisting of undead warrior monks affected by the Soulblight Curse who hunt great beasts of the realms to sate their thirst so they won't succumb to their betial tendencies.

The second warband is another great edition to the Chaos ranks. Not much details were given about them.

Going of from the images and little details that were given it seems they will fall under the Blades of Khorne army.

The Claws of Karanak as they are called are savage mortal warriors warriors whi worship the daemonic Flesh Hounds of Khorne. These savage warriors have abandoned the last vestiges of civilisation, even loping into battle on all fours.

Let us know what you think about it.

FLAIRCK 

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Warcry 2.0 - Start here.

In August 2022 Game Workshop gave us a new edition to Warcry with the Heart of Ghur box. This time Warcry landed on the Realm of Beast in the region of Ghur. An area filled with foul nature ready to rip you to shreds.

If you haven't played a game from Games Workshop and have an interest in skirmish games (and maybe branch out to larger games in the future) then this is a great way to start. 

Warcry is a good starting point for all ages, rules aren't to difficult l, games last somewhere between 45-60 minutes and you don't need to much to start.

What do you need?

1. A table to play on ( 22" x 30")
2. A set of D6 (12 should be sufficient)
3. A warband
4. The Core rules
   (free to download)
5. A measuring tape (inches
6. Some terrain
7. Warband Compendium/Tome
   (free to download)

Now to start you could get everything or use your fantasy or buy a starter box. Personally I recommend getting a starting box as it contains everything you need to start (besides from paints and hobby tools).

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Current Warcry 2.0 starter boxes

1. 
   August 2022: Warcry: Heart of Ghur 
   Current Price range: 140 - 180€
   This box is no longer available on GW website.
   Contents:
   • 160-page softcover Warcry: Core Book
   • 64-page softcover Warband Tome: Rot and Ruin
   • Warband: Horns of Hashut
   • Warband: Rotmire Creed
   • Gnarlwood scenery – 18 terrain pieces
   • A double-sided 22" x 30" folding gaming board
   • Warband stats cards
   • Game tokens
   • Battleplan cards
   • A set of dice (18 x D6)
     
     
2. 
   November 2022: Warcry: Sundered Fate
   Current Price range: 145€
   Contents:
   • 160-page softcover Warcry: Core Book
   • 64-page softcover Warband Tome: Stealth and Stone
   • Warband: Jade Obelisk
   • Warband: Hunters of Huanchi
   • Gnarlwood scenery – 10 terrain pieces that go
     well with the previous box
     
   • A double-sided 22" x 30" folding gaming board
   • Warband cards
   • Game tokens
   • Battleplan cards
   • A set of dice (18 x D6)
     
     
3. February 2023: comming soon
   
   
4. May 2023: comming soon

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So its this game for you?

It all depends on a few things. If you like fanatsy games where dice control the outcome and you can use any model of a chosen Faction you desire within the point limit, then yes this might be a game for you.

Main rules are easy. Grab the Compendium or Tome of your chosen Faction, choos the models you wish to use at a min of 3 and a max of 15 upto a point limit of 1000 points.

Besides these small rules there is also a rule where it says you can have a max of 3 heroes. 1 of the 3 heroes has to be a leader of your Faction, the other 2 slot can be filled up with one of the following.

- Heroes from your faction

- Allied heroes from the same Grand Alliance 

- Monsters and Thralls

Games Workshop has a number of Warbands generic to the game but you can create a warband from any of the Grand Alliences and factions from Age of Sigmar.

The only limit you have in choosing any Age of Sigmar models is that most big and named models are not represented in Warcry. (Ex: The Great Unclean or The Megaboss on Maw-Krusha). If you are not sure about a model if you can use it, just check the corresponding Tome and you are set.

Ways to play

Warcry has 3 different ways to play like most Games Workshop games. All 3 types od modes are explained in detail in the core rules but I'll briefly run over all 3 modes

1. Open play: this is a games mode you will most likely play your first time to get to know the rules and a good way to play anyway you want. Open play is a "play like you want it and agree on it with your opponent" style, keeping the core rules intact. You want to play with a warband of 1500 points? Sure why not... 

2. Narrative play: This is a story based game play where you start with a small fraction and by completing "quests" you get an extra perk for your next battle.

3. Competitie play: This are the games you look forward to in the end. Preset terrain, victory conditions and deployment and if you are lucky to win a tournament (official one) you might even go home with some rewards.

Another option is a 4 man game play called Triumph and Treachery where 3 to 4 warbands enter the battlefield and fight to the death, but... maybe... yes maybe the person left of you sneaks you a little note asking for an alliance against the other 2, but... can he or she be trusted and are you to be trusted? Anything goes in this game mode. (I personally have done this mode a few times and loved it, even with 6 people but we had to double the size of the game board).

So I could go on about this game but I won't try and convince you that this game is for you or go into more detail about the rules, abilities, terrain,etc.

If by now this article has sparked a little fire in your soul and you wish to learn more about it then I would recommend you visit the Warcry website and read the core rules. If you are still intrigued by the game make contact with your local Games Workshop store and ask if they can provide a Demo Game for you (it's free). If you don't have a local Games Workshop store nearby, then Facebook and Reddit might be a good option to find a Local Game Store or Club.

Here are some pages I found interesting when i first started with Warcry.

Warhammer Warcry

Reddit Warcry

Warcry Discord

Another page i would like to highly recommend is a Reddit post made shortly after the release of Warcry 2.0. A Reddit user by the name of Xeroxjager started creating Fighter cards with an online tool. These cards contain all the stats on a simple layout that can be printed on paper or if you are like me on photo paper. I downloaded the images from this person and rescaled them to 2.5" by 3.5" (height x width) and cut them out and placed them in some card sleeves I still had from my days from Magic the Gathering. These cards can be used as a reference during your games and with the latest point changes the author did update the cards. If you are new to Warcry I recommend looking into this Google docs from Xeroxjager and download the cards you need for your faction.
 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZkGdmvs-9ssg2OB0Vq22Yfg6E6ZsNzZTNUJ8xi6ixVo/edit#gid=337438514

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