Warmaster Winter Warmer Game One

We had an odd number of players for Winter Warmer and Alan and Andy very kindly agreed that i should be the one to make up the numbers.

First game I was drawn against Vince with his Bretonnians. Things with heavy armour are tough for my army which lacks punch so I already felt on the back foot from the get go. Turns out Vince is quite good at Warmaster too, so regular readers (thank you both) can probably imagine how this one pans out.

The scenario was based on occupying quarters at the end of the game.

I pushed up on my right

And on my left

There was a terrifying big block of Knights in the centre.

I realised it was charge or be charged, so threw the Winged Lancers forward. Unfortunately Bretonnian Armour>Lancer armour, so I rather bounced off.

Meanwhile more Knights had bounced my horse archers.

And more of the same on my right flank.

It was going badly for my horse archers

The bears too had been caught.

And with that my army was broken, Vince controlled all four quarters and I'd taken a proper beating.

Now some phone pictures:

Dawn breaks over the arid plains.

Knights crest the phallic hill

the war wagon stood ready

Lorra knights

Crump!

Oh dear

The bears get it in the face.

Sneaky Pegs in the rear!

Good fun game. Brets are a hard match up for me and Vince played well.

On to the next game!

Warmaster Winter Warmer 2026

Andy, Alan and I ran our second Winter Warmer event at the splendid Boards and Swords venue in Derby. We had an odd number of players, So A&A kindly agreed I could play - I say "kindly" i think they were both hoping I would again claim the Wooden Spoon which would amuse them immenseley

I'll post my games over the next few days, but first here's a round up of some of the other splendid armies we saw on the day.

Undead Vikings

That's a Black Coach

Rob's daemons that I played at WM 25 last year

Paul;'s Skaven horde

Facing off against Chaos I think

Daemons v Vampire Vikings

More Skaven

Chaos attacking the Skaven

Tomb Kings

Vampires I reckon

This is possibly a Gob off - O&G v O&G

Lovely venue, top tables up on the mezzanine.

Dark Elves I think

Yes, definitely Dark Elves

John's chibi style Chaos 

Witch Hunters of all things!

No idea what this army is

Iain's high elves

A rarely spotted Dwarf army

Ok, I've no idea - are those harpies?

Nice buildings

Bretonnians on the charge

More Brets

That looks like Chaos

 

High Elves again

Orcs I reckon

Chaos, possibly

Dark Elves i think

Chaos

The Brets in action

That looks nasty

Ok I've run out of captions. Just look at the pictures

Barry's Daemons

The Witch Hunters again!

Prize Winners.
Dave for best painted (those lovely Bretonnians)

Austen, who claimed the Wooden Spoon

Third place Graham

John in second place

Vince the overall winner

A great day of gaming.

People form all across the country, and Scotland too with almost every type of army present.

Boards and Swords was a fantastic venue.

We're hoping to do it all over again in August at the Summer Sizzler!