As first post for the year I have one that does not contain a single painted miniature, I hope that it does not set a trend!
I started to play a bit The Ninth Age at the end of 2018 where I got to put my dear skavens into action. Of course the couple of battles I played ended up in catastrophic defeats, but that is just the normal way of learning a new game system.
I have to say that I like a lot the T9A rules and I am looking forward to more games and even joining a tournament this year. I highly recommend them, go check their website out and download the rules, they are free!
But, because my Army grew more or less out of the figures I liked best and not out of a proper army list, and even in that case, it would have been suitable only for 4th ed Warhammer Fantasy, I find myself in dire need of a few extra rats to fill out the list I would like to play with T9A.
Interestingly enough, most of the tournaments I have seen play with 4000 or 4500 points so I have summarized what I need for playing a 4500 point list that I like and out of that there is a gap that I would like to fill (and paint) this year.
What I would need for my T9A Army is:
- Battle Standard Bearer
- Tyrant on Monstrous Rat
- Vermin Daemon
- Magister on Doombell
- 2x 10 Footpads
- 20 Giant Rats
- 50 Rats-at-Arms
- 30 Slaves
- 30 Vermin Guard
- 2x 8 Gutter Blades
- 8 Plague Disciples
- 4 Vermin Hulks
- 2x Dreadmills
- 4 Jezails
- Lightning Cannon
- 2x Naphtha Launcher
That means, that I need to get the following:
- 10 Clanrats
- 10 Vermin Guard
- Tyrant on Monstrous Rat
- One Dreadmill
- One Lightning Cannon
- 13 + 16 Gutter Runners (to be used also for Footpads)
- Two Plague Censer Bearers
For these figures I will get 10 classic plastic Clanrats, 10 classic Vermin Guards, a Tyrant on Monstrous Rat that probably will be the one from Forgeworld, the current Lightning Cannon, an old Doomwheel like the one I painted already, 29 Gutter Runners that can be a mix of old and new like the ones I have and two classic plague censer bearers that were in fact the very first unit I painted.
I am excited about these new additions and looking forward to put them into play as soon as possible!
As a last note, my old Khorne Daemon Army is also looking at me asking to be played in T9A, I am already drafting some lists...
