Thx for the review Andy! I think its a cool model and will be pretty good on the table as well. But i don’t think its so beginner friendly, because you really have to be good at placing the tree in the right spot. And Hellmouth won’t give you any Soul- or Corpsetokens, because models that are boxed by Hellmouth are removed from play… :/ So basicly you have to get the soultokens by killing the enemy in combat, or, by letting your models get killed (i think you get tokens for friendly models killed as well, don’t you?). So… Read more »

I think you’re right, Andy, he seems pretty straight forward to play, but don’t you think a guy like Baldur is a better choice for a beginner?
I ask because that’s exactly the position I find myself in.
I have a Khador force that I play, but I’m looking to pick up the Circle as my first Hordes army.
I like the Cassius and Wurmwood models better than Baldur’s sculpt (which looks like he’s listening to a song no one can hear) but the very straight forward rules on Baldur makes him pretty attractive to me, since I’m new to Hordes.

Baldur has an affinity with certain warbeasts… the Wold constructs… as he can heal them etc. However, Cassius is isn’t limited to any beast in particular. Although he benefits from some defensive choices. So you can work with any warbeast choice, and the battlebox setup is as good as any. What I’m really saying is that Cassius has no really obvious synergies that would limit your choice of force. For me that is always a good thing for a beginner. It lets you explore the faction in a way that suits your playstyle and your pocket. Like I said in… Read more »

yeah not really my type of dude but its a neat idea

A Woldwatcher would help. Stone Form and Shield Guard would soak at least one shot at Wurmwood. The real issue is that at 5pts, it is a lot to spare on a model that only partially covers a huge weakness. With the added downside that the Watcher tends to do rather poorly in the damage output department.

None of this would stop me from using one…but it does seem like another knot in the rope holding that arm behind your back.

Of course you could also be sneaky… make yourself a section of terrain with a ruin (to block LoS from certain directions) and a forest (to give Wurmwood) Stealth… then Advance Deploy Wurmwood into it.

Still… and opponent with a strong ranged component that can ignore forests will smoke you.

Wold Guardians… Shifting Stones and a big area of forest/ruin… that’s what I’m aiming for!

BoW Andy

Basically, my idea is to station a Wold Guardian in front of Wurmwood, with a set of Shifting Stones nearby to heal it. Use the Wold Guardian to block LoS to the tree (probably Cassius too) and use Feet of Clay to reduce incoming ranged attacks by 1 dice. That little group should be solid enough to stave of most attacks while the rest of the force goes to work on anything that tries to advance towards the group… I’ll have to give it a go to see how it works. I’ll also have to knock together that special terrain… Read more »

Another idea you could try Andy is a Sentry Stone. You would be able to keep some space between the Stone and Wurmwood….the basic idea being that you use the Manikins (one per turn) to move right next to Wurmwood and make forests (which in turn give Wurmwood stealth). I know there are more things that ignore stealth than intervening models, but you are only investing 3pts to protect Wurmwood instead of 11pts. While I can appreciate keeping a set of Shifting Stones around to heal, I find that you get far better use from them by having them shift… Read more »