Pirates of the Galleons Graveyard part 1

Corpse Reef!

Cue pirate music! 

http://youtu.be/9IQvKvJqPLA

In Corpse Reef, Jaego Roth has reached the barrier reef at the edge of the Galleon's Graveyard. Made of bone and dead sailors, it is identical to the mad dreams of his father (guess he doesn't seem so mad now, eh?)

Roth spies the Bloody Reaver in the mist, appearing, disappearing, taunting him.

He knows he can't sink the Reaver in these conditions, but resolves to take first blood. In this scenario, the first ship to take 8 damage cards must withdraw. 

Roth took advantage of the wind at his back to race through the reef, a couple of close calls nearly colliding with the islands. The first broadside of the game scored a few hits, but the Reavers ability to repair damage is horrendously powerful. 

The two ships drew up alongside each other and let loose, Noctilus succeeding in ordering Fire as She Bears! And killing a few of the Heldenhammer's crew. 

Fate insisted that a sea giant turned up, but Noctilus has an ability to control sea creatures, so it turned around and sought out the Heldenhammer

At anchor, the Heldenhammer launched a sneaky little ship, laden with blackpowder...

As it reached the Reaver, it exploded and caused three fires to break out on deck!

Unfortunately, an assassin boat was travelling in the opposite direction. The assassin, no doubt an ancient pirate Wight, sought out Roth and wounded him. 

The Reaver smashed into the Heldenhammer. Roth and Noctilus fought to a stalemate in a duel, but the vast crew of the Reaver was too much for the Heldenhammer. Despite being thoroughly ablaze, the Reaver was successfully repairing damage, while the wounded Roth was failing. After taking 8 damage cards, the Heldenhammer was forced to retire, limping out of the Corpse Reef with morale in tatters. 

Next week, part 2!

Dreadfleet part 0.2

Now to meet...

The Dreadfleet!

Count Noctilus of the Bloody Reaver

Nyklaus Von Carstein eventually became known as Count Noctilus, vampire count of the seas. The Bloody Reaver is held together from the hulks of destroyed ships, bound by Noctilus' foul will and crewed by his undead minions 

King Amanhotep of the Curse of Zandri

In order to pay his fleet, Roth raided the Khemrian city of Zandri. Unfortunately, the gold he took brought a curse with it, and now King Amanhotep follows his every move 

Skretch Half-Dead of the Skabrus

Skretch Half-Dead has manages to construct a ship from the bloated corpse of an orb leviathan.

Vangheist of the Shadewraith

The Shadewraith floats above the water, an insubstantial ghost ship piloted by Vangheist and his ghost crew

Tordrek Hackheart of the Black Kraken

(Somehow I forgot to photograph my Black Kraken)

Tordrek was a talented dwarf engineer of Barak Varr, but second best to Brokk Gunnarson. In a moment of madness, he shot Brokk a dozen times with a rivet gun. Cast out and shamed, he took his experimental submersible and entered the Sea of Chaos, finally arriving, half mad, in the seaport of the Chais Dwarves. Long dead, his soul is bound to the Black Kraken by the daemon powering it's engines. 

Soon, part 1...

Dreadfleet part 0.1

Time to meet the protagonists, the Grand Alliance!

Captain Jaego Roth of the Heldenhammer

Jaego Roth of Sartosa was the son of a seafaring legend known as the Mapwright. Following in his fathers footsteps and becoming a pirate and privateer of some renown, he eventually tired of adventure and returned home, only to find it ablaze and his family dead at the hands of the Dreadfleet. 

Captain Arranessa Saltspite of the Swordfysh

Shunned as a mutant, Saltspite also found a home as a pirate on the high seas. She has famously amputated her abnormal legs and replaced them with the blades of a sawfish

The Golden Magus of The Flaming Scimitar

A sorcerer of some renown, The Golden Magus powers his ship with elemental magic. His sorcery is knowledge helps Roth discover the secret of the Mapwright's artefacts 

Red Brokk Gunnarson of Grimnirs Thunder 

Red Brokk was the most gifted engineer in the dwarf port of Barak Varr. He was shot a dozen times by Tordrek Hackhart out of jealousy, but survived. One of his experimental ships was wrecked by the Dreadfleet, causing him to be rescued by Roth. Reunited with Grimnirs Thunder, his pride and joy, he has joined the Grand Alliance

Prince Yrellien of the Seasdrake

Yrellien is encountered later in the campaign, and joins the Alliance after an encounter with the Dreadfleet. He has the ability to send his dragons roaming.

Next, the Dreadfleet itself! 

BO5A progress

By just speed painting and cutting corners I managed to take the bulk out of the evil forces today. The goblin chieftains, shaman and Bolg await as a treat when the wargs/riders are done

Battle of Five Armies, finally some progress

After nine years of sitting in its box, I finally decided to paint some of this stuff. I've no real experience with this scale, but I can paint it roughly and quickly to get some games in time for the release of pt3 of the Hobbit movies this December! 

Progress of the Elven host 

Necromunda Campaign starts tomorrow...

Got my gang painted up, 'the Yellowjackets', Orlock gang scum ready for violence

Dreadfleet! Part 0

I've owned Dreadfleet for nearly 2 years and never played the campaign. Shame really, so I'm gonna try and work through the campaign with my friend Steve. 

The story so far...

Dreadfleet is set in the Warhammer world. If I can paraphrase, the ports of the Old World have been plagued by a mysterious Dreadfleet, lead by Count Noctilus and his Bloody Reaver. After each attack, the Dreadfleet disappear without a trace into the fog they emerged from. In addition, the wrecks of destroyed ships were disappearing from their watery graves

Captain Jaego Roth of the Nightwatch, after decades of successful piracy, was returning home to the pirate city of Sartosa. However, on his return, he found his home destroyed and family slain by the Dreadfleet. Recovering three magical artifacts, a map, a moondial, and a spyglass, he set out for revenge. 

Having failed to muster any support from the towns and cities he visited, Roth petitioned the temple of Sigmar for help, but they were engaged in war elsewhere. Roth stole the Heldenhammer, the Sigmarites mightiest warship, sacrificing the Nightwatch in order to escape. 

Short on cash, Roth's crew raided the khemrian city of Zandri, stealing a great deal of gold. With this gold Roth enlisted the help of The Flaming Scimitar and the Swordfysh. 

Roth then attempted to fight the Dreadflleet as it attacked Luccini, but saw first hand how it was able to disappear from the mortal realm. Roth's fleet came upon Red Brokk Gunnarson, who's craft had been wrecked by the Dreadfleet. In exchange for rescuing them and returning them to Barak Varr, Gunnarson agreed to join the Grand Alliance in order to seek revenge upon Noctilus and his fleet.

Having provisioned and repaired at Barak Varr, Roth, with the assistance of the Golden Magus of the Flaming Scimitar, deciphered the secret of the map, moondial and spyglass. Travelling to the Dread Gulf at the appointed time, a mighty storm engulfed the Alliance fleet. When it finally calmed, they were separated, but Roth had found the passage to the Galleons Graveyard, realm of the Dreadfleet!

The campaign will begin shortly!