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Hey guys,

So my local store is starting up a Mordeheim league, and having just finished rereading the Blackhearts omnibus (dirty dozen in the wake of Archaon's invasion) I wanted to get them on the table. How does this look to you in terms of theme and play-ability? Is it absolutely crippled because I wanted the characters to be the characters, or should it be alright for friendly games.

1. Reiner Hetzau
60 (Captain) + 30 (Brace of Pistols) + 20 (Light Armour) + 10 (Sword) + Free (Dagger) 110

2. Franka "Franz" Shoentag
35 (Champion) + 15 (Long bow) + 10 (Sword) + Free (Dagger) 60

7. Erich von Eisenberg
35 (Champion) + 10 (Sword) + 20 (Light Armour) + 5 (Shield) + 10 (Helmet) + Free (Dagger) 80

3. Ulf Urquart
25 (Warrior) + 20 (Light Armour) + 15 (Double-Handed Hammer) + Free (Dagger) 50

4. Hals Kiir (Redhead,
5. Pavel Voss (One eye,
50 (2x Warriors) + 20 (2x Spear) + 40 (2x Light Armour) + Free (2x Dagger) 110

6. Giano Ostini
25 (Marksman) + 25 (Crossbow) + Free (Dagger) 50

8. Oskar Lichtmar
25 (Warrior) + 10 (Sword) + 5 (Shield) + Free (Dagger) 40

I would have liked to give Oskar a handgun, but I just didn't have the cash. It currently adds up to 520 I think, so I'll need to knock some stuff off. Oskar's shield perhaps, or maybe just Ulf's armour...anyway, thoughts? I can't wait till some of these guys die and I can start cycling in the new blackhearts.

Armor is basically useless in the game due to the way that the critical hits almost always ignore armor, it's not worth the money when starting and should only be bothered with when you have an experienced character worth protecting and even then it's only minimally effective.

Ok. Well Reiner and Erich will keep theirs, since they are specifically mentioned as wearing armour. I'll drop it on Hans, Pavel and Ulf though and with that 40 gc buy a handgun for Oskar and something else for 5gc, not sure what.

Ok, so this is what I've moved towards

Blackhearts - Reiklanders 500
1. Reiner Hetzau
60 (Captain) + 30 (Brace of Pistols) + 20 (Light Armour) + 10 (Sword) + Free (Dagger) 110

2. Franka "Franz" Shoentag
25 (Marksman) + 15 (Long bow) + 10 (Sword) + Free (Dagger) 50

3. Ulf Urquart
25 (Warrior) + 15 (Double-Handed Hammer) + Free (Dagger) 40

4. Hals Kiir
5. Pavel Voss
50 (2x Warriors) + 20 (2x Spear) + Free (2x Dagger) 70

6. Giano Ostini
25 (Marksman) + 25 (Crossbow) + Free (Dagger) 50

7. Erich von Eisenberg
35 (Champion) + 10 (Sword) + 20 (Light Armour) + 5 (Shield) + 10 (Helmet) + Free (Dagger) 80

8. Oskar Lichtmar
25 (Marksman) + 10 (Sword) + 35 (Handgun) + Free (Dagger) 70

This leaves me a chunk of change, which I may put towards a monkey youngblood (because the handgunner sprue I bought has a monkey on it, no actual blackhearts reason. Just monkey).

This looks nice as long as you play against other people who play for funs and friendly. In the right environment I think many people will appreciate that you have recreated a known team.

I would suggest equipping Giano with an extra dagger, because that +1A makes a lot of difference. If you want to shave of a point or two, give Reiner "dirty leathers" (don't remember the name exactly) a 6+ armor that can not be combined with other armor.

Having a few more heroes will be good for your income (since only they roll exploration dice), so if it is not horribly out of character consider changing some henchmen to heroes.

And get the monkey, because... monkey!

Mellon wrote:
If you want to shave of a point or two, give Reiner "dirty leathers" (don't remember the name exactly) a 6+ armor that can not be combined with other armor.

If memory serves (it might not ) Toughened Leathers can't be bought when creating a gang, only in Trading after a game

 VorpalBunny74 wrote:

Mellon wrote:
If you want to shave of a point or two, give Reiner "dirty leathers" (don't remember the name exactly) a 6+ armor that can not be combined with other armor.

If memory serves (it might not ) Toughened Leathers can't be bought when creating a gang, only in Trading after a game

You are of course perfectly right. Toughened Leathers are listed in Mordheim Annual 2002. The entire list there comes with the instruction "...add to the existing chart on page 146 of the Mordheim rulebook." And a new gang must survive a battle before they buy from there. It seems reasonable to assume that these quality pieces of leather goods are locally produced :-P

Mellon wrote:
It seems reasonable to assume that these quality pieces of leather goods are locally produced :-P

They're made from the hides of dead henchmen from the campaign

Well had my first game against my mate's Kislevite warband. Franka got bumped up to a champion before the game as I reshuffled one last time. He put Hals, Erich, Ulf and the Monkey out of commission during the battle, while Franka rampaged around downing three guys, and Hals got some in before he went down and skewered his Esaul. Everyone else failed a bit, but hey, they did their best.

He suffered no lasting damage, but Hals "died", but we got him to a doctor and he got healed (I just rebought him), the monkey came back angry (he's now immune to fear) and Erich took a leg wound (-1 Movement) but that didn't hurt too much, as he's not my favourite Blackheart so I'll live. Franka got an advance after her heroics, and took the quick shot skill after the roll on the table, so hopefully she'll put some more damage out. She also picked up a long bow so she is more in line with her book counterpart, because I am playing to a theme after all

Also, meet the blackhearts



Left to Right

Erich-Hals-Pavel-Monkey-Reiner-Oska-Franka-Giano-Ulf