Army Tactica.pdf

Army Tactica

as told by Brahm Tazoul

The snarling vermin kept advancing,

despite having their hideous giant

rats fall one after another.

²Ignore the rats, dolt! Shoot

those red-eyed devils coming in

behind them!³

²I can't!³ screamed the

marksman as he let loose another

arrow. ²They're getting too close! I

have to take them out before they

chew my legs out from under me!³

Snarling with frustration,

Captain Yarim of the Bloods Brigade

drew his sword and dagger and went

to work on the ever-encroaching

horde. Squeals of stuck rats filled the

sewers, overcoming the shouted

commands of the captain.

²Shoot, damn you!³ he implored

as he dispatched yet another

oversized rodent. Looking quickly over

his shoulder, he failed to see his

archer. Without any time to spare, he

turned back to knock a bladed fist

away from his throat. ²It'll take more

than ye to take me down, rat-scum!³

he challenged. The skaven merely

hissed, and jumped away, scampering

into the shadows of the sewers. With

nothing but piles of dead and dying

rats laying about him, Captain Yarim

looked about for his missing

marksman.

Seeing nothing in the

sputtering light of his failing torch, he

began to back-track, only to trip over

a prone form laying face-down in the

murky water. Rolling the body over,

Yarim knew it was his missing archer

even before he saw his bruised face

and split skull.

²Ignorant PESTS!³ he screamed

down the blackened passageway.

²Have you any idea the coin I had

invested in this man?³ The roar that

answered him was deafening.

Standing quickly and starring in

terror at the darkness, Captain

Yarim desperately searched for the

source of that blood-chilling sound,

but found nothingness mocking him

instead. Moments later, it became all

to clear.

The Rat Ogre came barreling

down the sewer line, it's great strides

carrying it ever-closer to the frozen

man. Yarim's mouth opened and

closed, but no sound came out. He

raised his sword feebly, it's tip

wavering in the air. With one fell swipe,

his head was removed from his body,

and the Blood Brigade was heard of

no more.

While it is true that each and every warband

that scours Mordheim has it's unique

strengths and weaknesses, one must first

successfully master tactics and understand

the battlefield before victory becomes a

constant companion. Over the next few

pages, I will cover the basics of guerilla

warfare, and point out several key elements

to a successful warband and campaign.

Understand that not all tactics are sound

with every warband; the Undead have a

nearly complete lack of long-ranged attacks,

however their fear-causing units dominate in

hand to hand. Keep that in mind as you read

over the tactics and tips held herein.

Deployment

One of the key things to walking (and not

crawling) away from any scenario is

deployment. Too often I have seen good

warband rout from a table simply because

they were not properly prepared for the

rigors of the upcoming encounter. There are

a few things to keep in mind when deploying

your troops for battle.

units up front should be either those

with the highest toughness, best armor

or special abilities (Step Aside, Dodge,

Lightning Reflexes being prime among

them). They will buy you the time you

need to get within arms-reach of your

foes.

Regardless of pre-conceived notions of

an alliance or truce, never leave a flank

unguarded. Always leave some sort of

fodder or currently unnecessary troop

to guard your heroes as they advance.

I've seen it happen where two ³allied´

warbands were both eliminated because

one side chose the incorrect time to end

their agreement. An unprotected flank

shared with your ally can be the

quickest route to your downfall.

If you have the option, choose the side

of the table that best su ts your

warband. Don't immediately go for the

edge closest to the target area or

objective. Ensure that your warband is

going to be around long enough to

complete the objective or reach the

target. If you've many archers, choose

the side that either provides the most

(and easiest) attainable high-ground or

most defensible ground. If you've a lack

of missile attacks, choose ground with

lots of cover, allowing you to approach

your enemies in the best way. Always

consider your warbands abilities and

weaknesses when choosing where you

are going to sit, and not just the side

closest to the fridge!

The Crucial First Turns

It is extremely important to be able to

survey a battlefield and pick out the most

opportune places for you to engage in

hand to hand combat, where your archers

should be placed, and where you'd like to

pin your opponents down. Just as

important are your plans on how to obtain

and dominate those crucial locales. Make

them, and most importantly, stick to them.

When placing your figures, use

common sense. If you're going to try

and gain control of the high-ground,

then ignore the pot-shots and

hail-mary's that may present

themselves. Simply run your archers to

their chosen ground and do it quickly.

Your shots from your preferred ground

while not moving will more than

compensate for the possible one or two

shots that you ignored while getting

there. If you're making a mad dash at an

opposing side, then protect your good

melee fighters with fodder; henchmen,

warhounds, giant rats, etc. Let them

take the wounds while your strongmen

get up close and personal. On the other

hand, if you've a low-rout warband, the

Create a strategy while placing your

men before the first turn. Make a

mental note of what each of them is

going to do over the next two turns.

Attempt to stick to that plan as

closely as possible, while ignoring

minor details that may arise. If

someone is leaving themselves open

to a seemingly ³perfect´ attack, it's

probably not that perfect. Ensure that

your men reach where it is you want

them to go, and then work out your

next plan. If you react, you are

already fighting a losing battle. If you

force your opponents to react to you,

then you've the upper hand.

If you've the units to do so, you

should always have two fighting

squads. While not completely

independent of each other, they

enable you to cover more ground,

and force your opponents to consider

far too many options for them to

cover them a l w th certainty. A

favorite tactic of mine is to have a

squad of fighters and a squad of

archers. Working in harmony, these

two groups can decimate nearly any

opponent that stands before them; the

archers restrict enemy movement, as

well as enable me to choose when

and where I'd like hand to hand

combat to occur. Once I've engaged

my enemy, my archers are free to

move about and pick more choice

locales, or simply to carry-on and

finish any specific scenario objective.

your forces with preventing him/her

from obtaining that goal in mind. As

such, you should set up where you

can shoot down the runners, block

their likely routes of escape, and

allow yourself the benefit of escaping

relatively unscathed from battle. If

there are more than one other

warband on the table, all the better.

Bide your time, and allow them to

wear each other down. Then pounce

once one is gone and the other is

weakened. Although everyone loves

a hero, heroes very often wind up

dead

Know Your Enemy

Whenever you encounter something new,

it is natural to fear it. Fortunately for us

table-top generals and commanders, the

world of Mordheim offers very little in the

way of surprises. The only surprises on the

battlefield are those that you allow to

happen.

Request to see your opponents roster

sheet before every battle. You may

not know what type of upgrades their

forces have received since you last

did battle with them.

Make note of any weaknesses you

see. If a model has suffered a massive

chest wound (thus a -1 to T) then it

would be a prime target for your

bows/long bows. Nervous system

damage is horrible to melee-based

units, so be sure to engage them

whenever the opportunity presents

itself. Exploit your foes weaknesses

to their fullest, and not only will you

prove to be a more dangerous

adversary, but your own troops will

be better off for it.

That is all for this installment. Be sure to

read my other supplements on Equipping a

Warband and Warband Choices , available

soon here at www.brahmsbook.com

You have to decide if you are going

to make a run for glory, or if you are

going to try and widdle-down your

competition first. I am personally a

fan of the latter. Unless the benefits

of the scenario-bonus is lost if you've

eliminated your foes early-on, I

would seriously recommend picking a

good place to bunker-down and force

your foes to come to you. This is

particularly true if you subscribe to

my previous point; find a good space,

deploy your ranged units

appropriately, and wait. Eventually,

they are going to have to come after

you. Just be sure that you are in the

better of the two positions.

If winning the scenario depends on a

specific task, I would suggest trying

to prevent others from doing it rather

than attempting it yourself. For

example, if you must remove a chest

from the field of battle to win the

scenario, pick the most likely

candidate for the task, and deploy

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