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So week 1 of the Journeyman (my first foray into warmahordes) is done. Gorten and the Searforge Battle Box did excellent going 3-0. Played Menoth, Skorne and Cryxx. I had a lot of help playing the Cryxx game, that without I probably would have lost. But like everyone is saying, the Journeyman is to learn.

Have thoughts on my 15, and would love to hear from others as to what you would run.

My first thought:
Gorten
Driller
Gunnerx2
Thor
Gunner
Highsheilds

My second:
Gorten
Driller
Gunnerx2
Thor
Gunner
Forge Guard

Third:
Gorten
Driller
Gunnerx3
Thor
Gunner
Rockbottom

Fourth:
Gorten
Driller
Gunnerx3
Gudrun
Bokur

Gorten Grundback7
Grundback Gunner
Grundback Gunner
Ghordson Driller
Horgenhold Forge Guard (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Thor Steinhammer
Grundback Gunner

if i was playing it.

I went with

Gorten Grundback
Ghordson Driller
Grundback Gunner
Grundback Gunner
Grundback Gunner
Horgenhold Forge Guard (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Rhupert Carvolo

Taking advantage of Gorten allowing the guard to prevent knockdown from tough. Not sure if it will fare better than using Thor though.

I just had this list work quite handily versus Stryker in 15pt Journeyman

Gorten Grundback
Ghordson Driller
Grundback Gunner
Grundback Gunner
Grundback Gunner
Horgenhold Forge Guard (Leader and 5 Grunts)
Harlen Versh

Can't be knocked down or hurt by blast with Solid Ground. Also Stone Wall.
Versh has stealth, multi-shot, Can't be targeted by enemy spells, his shooting ignores bonuses to Def and Arm, and he gets an Addl die to enemy models with enemy upkeeps.

So tried the following lists and did not do so well:

Gorten
Driller
Gunnerx2
Thor
Gunner
Highsheilds

Played this against Menoth with choir. Not being able to range attack kinda sucked.

Gorten
Driller
Gunnerx3
Thor
Gunner
Rockbottom

Played this against Cygnar. This guy was an excellent player, and I was suffering heavily from brain freeze. To many new rules and combo's to try and get any kind of a decent game plan to work.

This is my 25 for this week:
Gorten
Gunnerx3
Driller
Thor
Basher
Bokur
Min. Forge Guard

I feel good about this list and hope to be a little more successful.

I am totally going to start playing some Highborne. I have started with Searforge, could I switch to Highborne since they use the same box in the Journeyman?