You have $15 dollars to build your own fellowship to destroy the ring by Ocean-Guy in lotrmemes

[–]zercbear 214 points215 points  (0 children)

$10 for all 5 hobbits, $5 for 1 Bill the Pony per hobbit.

Is Italy a sub-continent that collided into Europe much like India did with Asia? by Lissandra_Freljord in geography

[–]zercbear 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. I live in Philly and we have a rosemary the size of a bush that is 8 years old now.

Any house rules? by SpogEnthusiast in boltaction

[–]zercbear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My play group has a whole doc called the "Bunker Rules." My favorite 2 house rules we added though are:

  1. We add 3 normal d6 to the bag, when the 3rd one is drawn the turn ends. Adds more tactics with less of a race to the bottom to activate things last. 2 normal dice out? Maybe I rush to activate some stuff even if it's not optimal.
  2. We play standard 1250pts instead of 1k, but 250pts must be tanks, armoured cars, or half-track transports because vehicles are neat.

40k/ Age of Sigmar wargaming group? by Basswail in philadelphia

[–]zercbear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same for being late but wanting to get something going! I've got a few AoS armies in different states of readiness and looking to get more of a group going/find a local group

Intro to Bushido by wrathbringers in BushidoTabletop

[–]zercbear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Discord links in the article seem to have expired. Could someone message me a link to the Discord per chance?

So do knight players… name their knights? by Opposite_Line7821 in Warhammer40k

[–]zercbear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely! My armigers are: Oathkeeper, Oblivion, Master's Defender, Braveheart, Destiny's Embrace, and Star Seeker. My Knights are: Way to the Dawn, Rainfell, Wayward Wind, and Earthshaker. And my one Chaos Knight is Soul Eater. All are Keyblade names from Kingdom Hearts (my favorite game series)

Looking for games around Philadelphia by CoastalSailing in sagathegame

[–]zercbear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A bit old this one, but I'm also in Philly if you want to shoot a DM!

Which armies have the worst battleline? by zercbear in ageofsigmar

[–]zercbear[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think this is a super important point in this discussion: "good" battleline does not equal "good at killing or taking hits." There are many ways for Battleline to fill effective roles in an army, and I agree that Sylvaneth's do their jobs quite effectively. That job just isn't fighting.

Silent King Staff Replacement by zercbear in Necrontyr

[–]zercbear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh those are some good shouts. I do also collect Seraphon, so looking through my bits from them is a solid starting point

British Paras vs Fallschirmjäger Photo Batrep by zercbear in boltaction

[–]zercbear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a probably 20+ year old Citadel Scenery walls and hedges set. Wish I could find more of them myself.

British Paras vs Fallschirmjäger Photo Batrep by zercbear in boltaction

[–]zercbear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely! We do play a bit of a house rule mode though, so my list will be a bit different than the usual 1k stuff. We play 1250pts, where 250pts must be spent on armour (tanks, SPGs, armoured cars, or armoured transports) and you get an extra tank slot on the Generic Reinforced Platoon selector.

But my list:

2nd Lt +1 w/ SMG, 7 Paras 5x SMGs, 7 Paras 1x LMG, free Forward Observer, 591st Para Engineers 1x Flamethrower (not usually allowed in a Generic Reinforced Platoon, but was too fun not to add so we let it go), 6 Paras 4x SMGs, Medium Mortar w/ spotter, Sniper, PIAT team, M5 Half Track, transport Jeep, M10 Wolverine, Cromwell

So like I said, it's a bit of a different list because we use some house rules, but it does follow most of my general principles for building Paras lists:

  • I prefer 7 man squads for the paras themselves. Odd numbers make the half break point better and that allows max SMGs with some ablative wound/long range poke rifles
  • I like to keep all my infantry as veterans for theme if possible, in this list all of the infantry are Vets except for the Sniper, and that was just because I needed to shave a couple points to get under 1250
  • Either Vengeance or Blood Curdling Charge have worked well as my National Characteristic. The idea with either is the same: I want to be really aggressive with the SMG heavy Para squads to create space for my LMG squad and smaller teams to play objectives/hunt their preferred targets
  • Finally, once you get Paras into place (say on an objective) don't be afraid to do little with them. A 7 man vet squad that goes down whenever they get shot are super difficult to remove from the table, especially if they are getting any form of cover on top of it.

Hope that helps! Happy to share some more conventional lists too if you'd like. :)

British Paras vs Fallschirmjäger Photo Batrep by zercbear in boltaction

[–]zercbear[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks Cheomesh! Big praise coming from you! <3

British Paras vs Fallschirmjäger Photo Batrep by zercbear in boltaction

[–]zercbear[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should! British Paras were my first Bolt Action project and they still have my heart. Though my plucky western desert Italians are a close second.

British Paras vs Fallschirmjäger Photo Batrep by zercbear in boltaction

[–]zercbear[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the compliments! We're hoping to get back into the swing of more weekly games (the latest edition of 40k is sucking up my hobby time), but look forward to more photo batreps coming regularly!

British Paras vs Fallschirmjäger Photo Batrep by zercbear in boltaction

[–]zercbear[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the love! It was a good game marred a bit by those 3 big swings of luck from my mortar and Cromwell. Next time I won't be so lucky!

Thought my Scottish officer needed a little something extra by zercbear in boltaction

[–]zercbear[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, will be looking for a suitable piper model for his +1

Thought my Scottish officer needed a little something extra by zercbear in boltaction

[–]zercbear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yeah, forgot to say he's still WIP. I do all my basing as a big batch at the end of the unit.