GLORANTHA ARMY LISTS FOR HORDES OF THE THING by David L. Pulver
The following are a series of army lists and campaign notes for gaming the
Hero Wars using the WRG's
excellent DBA-derived HORDES OF THE THINGS miniature rules, designed for
quick play while emphasizing
command and control. HOTT armies are organized into 1-4 figure "elements"
(stands) representing an
individual and bodyguard, or a regiment of troops. A typical army is formed
from a dozen or so elements (circa
50 figures) using an Army Point (AP) system to establish balanced 24 AP
armies. A battle is played on a 2' x 3'
area and takes about an hour to play.
The main reference for these lists is the board game DRAGON PASS, published
by CHAOSIUM. The format
used is: troop type (name of element) point cost in APs, and the suggested
number of elements in a 24 AP
army.
LUNAR EMPIRE Hero General (Beat-Pot Alewrin) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Paladin (Jar-eel the Razeress) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Magicians (Crater Makers, Blue Moon School, Major or Minor Classes, Comet
Seers or Spell Archers) _at_ 4 AP .
- - . 1
Knights (Hell Sisters, Bloodspillers, Mother's Guard, Steadfast, Red or Hadrian's Dragoons) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Blades (Household Foot, Grim Soldiers, Feathered Axe or Steel Sword Legion) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Riders (Cavalry Corps or Furthest Corps horse) _at_ 2 AP . . . 2
Spears (Granite, Marble or Jasper Phalanx, or hired Sun Dome Templars) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Bows (Thunder Delta Slingers) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Alternatives: Magician General (Red Emperor) _at_ 4 AP, Hero (Full Moon Corps,
Twin Stars), Dragon (Crimson
Bat) _at_ 4 AP, Hordes (lesser foot regiments) @ 1 AP; Beasts (Tusk Rider
mercs) _at_ 2 AP.
SARTAR Magician General (Prince Argrath) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Hero (Gunda the Guilty) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Paladin (Harrek the Berserk) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Hordes (Sartar Foot Militia) _at_ 1 AP . . . 2
Knights (Twin Spears, Sword Brothers or Bullocks) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Riders (Pavis Royal Guard, Mounted Militia or Bush Children or Praxian barbarians) _at_ 2 AP . . . 2
Warbands (Dragontooth Runners, Baron Sanual's Men, Headhunters,
Candledancers, Guildsmen, Freemen,
Antlercase, Colymar, Tworidge Farm or Thieves' Arm) _at_ 2 AP . . . 2
Flyers (Sylphs, Wasps or Wind Children) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Alternatives: Beasts (Wolf Runners or Tusk Rider mercs) _at_ 2 AP; Water
Lurkers (Ducks) _at_ 1 AP; Aerial Hero
(Stormwalkers) _at_ 6 AP; Magicians (Egglord Warlocks, Snakepipe Dancers, Sir
Narib's Company, Eaglebrown
Warlocks, Warm Sisters, Free Philosophers, Tosti Runefriend, Earth Twins) _at_
4 AP; Spears (Sun Dome
TARSH REBELS (Exiles, Halfbeasts & Grazelanders)
Hero General (Ironhoof or Feathered Horse Queen) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Paladin (Androgenous) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Artillery (The Dwarf with cannon cult) _at_ 3 AP . . . 1
Riders (Grazelanders, Centaurs, Exile Cavalry) _at_ 2 AP . . . 3
Warbands (Exile Infantry) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Bows (Exile Archers) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Beasts (Minotaurs & Manticores, or Tusk Rider mercenaries) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
Woods Lurkers (Satyrs) _at_ 1 AP
Alternatives: Behemoth (Stone Men) _at_ 4 AP, Hero (Twins) @ 4 AP, Magicians
(Moon Haters, Earth Shaker's
Cult, Baron's Friends or Old School) _at_ 4 AP, Knights (Beaked Dragonewts) @
2 AP, Spears (hired Sun Dome
Templars) _at_ 2 AP.
DRAGONEWTS Magician General (Inhuman King) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Magicians (Priests) _at_ 4 AP . . . 2
Knights (Beaked Dragonewts) _at_ 2 AP . . . 2
Riders (Mounted Crested Dragonewts) _at_ 2 AP . . . 2
Shooters (Crested Dragonewts) _at_ 2 AP . . . 2
Alternatives: Behemoths (Brontosauri or Triceratops) _at_ 4 AP, Magicians
(Trachodons) _at_ 4 AP, Flyers
(Pteranodons) _at_ 2 AP.
CRAGSPIDER AND HER ALLIES Magician General (Cragspider) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Dragon (Cragspider's Dragon) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Warbands (Dark Trolls) _at_ 2 AP . . . 4
Magicians (Dark Troll Priestesses) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Hordes (Trollkin) _at_ 1 AP . . . 4
THE BARBARIAN HORDE Hero General (Jaldon Toothmaker) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Magicians (Flash Jak, And-ja or Krise) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Riders (Pol-Joni, Amber, Potor or Ansil Clans) _at_ 2 AP . . . 8
SIR ETHILRIST AND HIS BLACK HORSE TROOP Hero General (Sir Ethilrist) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Dragon (Hell Hound) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Sneakers (Goblins, Keener Than) _at_ 3 AP . . . 2
Knights (Black Horse Troops) _at_ 2 AP . . . 4
Spears (Black Horse Auxiliaries) _at_ 2 AP . . . 1
ODDS AND ENDS These don't really fit into any army, but could be added in place of other troops:
Magician General (Delecti) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Hordes (Delecti's Zombies) _at_ 1 AP . . . 3
The Hydra or Giants (Behemoth) _at_ 4 AP . . . 1
Giants
Notes:
An element in this case represents a few thousand men, or a single hero and
an associated body guard, or one
really powerful critter.
Superheroes were classed as Paladins, heroes as Heroes unless they had a
spirit listed, in which case they
figured as Magicians. Actually, I was tempted to class the Superheroes as
Gods, given their well known
unreliability. However, Paladins worked well because of their effect on
nearby magic in Hordes of Things
approximates their ability to grant magic resistance to stacked units in
Dragon Pass.
Classing the Hell Hound and Crimson Bat both as Dragons seemed to fit best with Hordes of the Thing.
CAMPAIGN GAME
See HOTT, p. 16-19. A suggested game is to pick three to six of the
following: Lunar Empire, Sartar, Tarsh
Rebels, Cragspider, Dragonewts, Barbarian Hordes, Sir Ethilherst. Assume
the others are sitting out the war or
rebuilding.
GLORANTHAN OPTIONAL RULES These rules are optional, but will enable HORDES OF THE THINGS to better simulate the Hero Wars:
The Red Moon and the Glow Line: Add +1 to PIP of the Lunars
if the red moon is full, full half, within the glowline, -1 if dying or
black. The Red Moon is always full within the
Glow Line. In a campaign game, the Glow Line covers all provinces the Lunar
Empire actually controls (but not
tributaries).
Dragon Tooth Runners: If Prince Argrath is in play, one Sartar warband can
be designated the Dragon Tooth
Runners. They need not be deployed at the start of the game. If so, they
can later appear within adjacent Prince
Argath on the board as a tactical move costing 1 PIP.
Crimson Bat: While the Bat is on the battlefield, the Red Moon is always
considered full. If an enemy recoils,
the Bat must pursue as if it were an element of Knights.
Dragons: Thanks to their mastery of the Infinity Rune, true dragons (but
not the Hellhound or the Crimson Bat)
have the same effect on magic that a Paladin does.
End of The Glorantha Digest V6 #243
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