Slitherine

Look to the left, I find myself on a little horsy.

Am busily making Chinantecs for my second Blood and Gold army, and will then make a third. I was considering forging ahead with the pre-Spanish Araucana but it's lots of offensive spears like the Chinantc, so may make something totally different.

I don't have any warband armies so I am considering the Eastern Woodland Culture, specifically Iroquois, partly because it was located where I live! How does this army stack up against:

1) other armies in B&G
2) other warband armies
3) other armies generally (in a non-themed tournament setting)

Would like to know ahead of time if the army is a non-starter. Does bow* give the army an advantage over other irregular impact foot armies?

khurasan_miniatures wrote:Does bow* give the army an advantage over other irregular impact foot armies?

You mean like they can shoot in addition?

Does that give an advantage though? I've heard disparaging things about bow*.

Worth the points cost you pay for them - don't expect it to do much against real troops unless the screw up.

nikgaukroger wrote:Worth the points cost you pay for them - don't expect it to do much against real troops unless the screw up.

Or freak rolls.

What are real troops?

Caliph wrote:What are real troops?

In this case troops that you could be forced to test.

8 bases of impact Bw* have 4 shooting dice.

vs an enemy like themselves.
they need three hits to get a 1 per 3. So even if you are superior you have less than even money forcing a hit. Then it is without a negative CT. Assume the enemy has a general or rear support for a +1 and if they are superior. You are talking low order of doing much.

Now against say a single LH unit of 4 stands. You can get 3 or 4 shots depending on how it lines up. The you only need 2 hits and your chance of a -1 CT etc means you may do something.

Against enemy armoured foot you need 5s so even forcing a hit is hard.