We’re setting sail for undead adventure this week at TTB, as the Warmachine team was kind enough to provide us with a few models from the Dread Armada for review!

Today I am back talking about where we are at with Warmachine MK4. From Winter Korps to Dread Armada, are we now in a different era of MK4?

I give my thoughts on where we are at with Warmachine MK4 and how I think it's a very interesting space in term of design & philosophy for the game.

I would love to hear your thoughts on what I've spoken about! Agree, worst take you've ever heard or somewhere in the middle?

https://youtu.be/Owu9ubEAIeE

While I've been vaguely aware of Warmahordes for a while, I've never delved particularly deep into the lore. I've been wanting to get further into it though, and when I played Warhammer 40,000, something that always accompanied the rule book was a big, big primer on the setting's lore. I know that Mark IV of Warmahordes has butchered a lot of the lore however, and I'm not sure if Warmachine/Warhorde even has a comparable thing of a primer book on the setting's lore. I was wanting to ask if anything like that exists for Mark III, and where I could find it!

Hello all! I am fairly new to the game, I think I have played about 6 games total. I have a few games at 100 under my belt, but am struggling with list building and understanding how everything works together. Any help on list suggestions would be awesome, but also how best to run the army. I have played against Crucible Guard, Legions Of Dawn, and Dread Armada at 100 pts so far. Thanks in advance!

Convergence of Cyriss - Clockwork Legions Grand Melee - 100 pts

PC CARD Iron Mother Directrix Exponent Servitors 12 Assimilator 5 Corollary 29 Prime Axiom 13 Transfinite Emergence Projector Permutation Servitors 2 Attunement Servitors 3 Frustum Locus 4 Prefect Hypatia 3 Steelsoul Protector 5 Clockwork Angels 1 1 Transverse Enumerator 5 Clockwork Angels 2 7 Eradicators 3 Optifex Directive 8 Reciprocators

PC COMMAND CARD Bite and Hold Blessings of the Gods Careful Reconnaissance Duck And Cover! Put The Fires Out

TOTAL POINTS 100/100

My Exemplars are based off the Union Army, with Bible verses that I think the old abolitionists would have enjoyed. Finally, my Exemplars have a threat range!

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Does the plus 2 to hit from Commence Bombardment stack with the plus 2 aiming bonus for plus 4 to hit?

I am a little confused about the wording in the rules. Could someone break it down for me real simple? I apologize for being an idiot and I know its obvious but its just not clucking for me for some reason and Google has not been helpfu.

who can score 50mm? Your battle group from the sound of it.

40mm? anyone right “leader models or units within 3”?

or does that mean leader models or LEADER UNITS?

Caches? Any model can do the action.

Flags? Leaders, solos, or any two other models

edit: thank you for all the help everyone!

Arms, weapon options, like 9 pygs and the base still to go....T^T

Hey y'all! I'm new to warmachine and have picked up the command starter and a splatterboar. Just wondering what I should pick up next for a 75pts army?

So currently I have:

38PTS
x1 Midas
x1 Lytiersis
x1 Targ
x1 Bone Grinders (3)
x3 Razor Boars
x1 Splatter Boar

I appreciate any help!

These guys do a good job of working through a lot of the updated lore as returning old players themselves. The last ep was with the lore master from SFG, so that was cool.

I appreciate it as a new player because there’s some strategy conversations as well as practical reviews of armies without having to buy them or play against them blind.

I enjoy them so just a shoutout to a small time crew trying to spread the love of the game.

Today, I wish to talk to you about Rahera, and Blackfleet. In honour of Dread Armada's upcoming release, or something.

So I've been playing Rahera almost exclusively for the past couple months, and she is a blast to play. She is personally mobile and effective, and her spell list is excellent. Gang Fighter rewards good play, and makes you feel like a tactical genius when you manage to get everything lined up. Really, her feat is the worst part of her card, and that's okay. It's a feat that has some potential, but in many games is underwhelming. Rahera isn't especially survivable, especially with how aggressively forward she likes to be. One thing I do miss from Mk3 was being able to take Bosun Grogspar to keep Rahera standing (and to take advantage of his Pitch melee weapon on her feat). But really, the Sucker from the Priestess is more necessary, and she still has that.

Here's the list I've been running:

Rahera

Cryx - Blackfleet

Grand Melee - 100 pts

PC CARD

Captain Rahera, Terror of the Wailing Sea

25 Kraken

11 Reaper 1

11 Reaper 2

5 Ripjaw

9 Slayer

4 Axiara Wraithblade

1 Misery Cage

3 Satyxis Blood Priestess

3 Satyxis Raider Captain

6 Satyxis Blood Witches

3 + Satyxis Blood Hag

7 Satyxis Raiders

3 + Satyxis Raider Sea Witch

9 Scharde Ogrun Smog Belchers

PC COMMAND CARD

Bite and Hold

Blessings of the Gods

Careful Reconnaissance

Duck And Cover!

Put The Fires Out

TOTAL POINTS 100/100.

I've also run the list at 75 points without the Kraken, but the list feels better with a big piece that has some survivability. The Kraken loves Rahera. It loves Carnage, it loves Hunter's Mark, it loves Gang Fighter. She likes having something that doesn't die, and that can do some damage at range.

So first of all, this list melts. Everything smaller than a colossal dies. The games I've won, I've had close to nothing left on the table. But almost nothing is still enough to pull out a scenario victory. And the games I've lost, I usually also lose everything.

The Raiders are often the most survivable models in the army, and they're ARM 12 with single boxes. But DEF 14 is enough to be very annoying to hit, and Force Barrier does a good job keeping them alive to be delivered. But importantly, they hit accurately with Gang, and they have SPD 7 and RNG 2, so they can deliver themselves.

The Blood Witches are a tricky choice. Melee-only ambush units are a tough sell. They shouldn't ever be able to come in and attack. But, Rahera has a feat that helps get around that. In theory. In practice, it rarely works out; Rahera isn't usually on the side of the table that needs the support of another unit. Still, they come in and provide Dark Shroud and Gang Fighter benefits quite effectively. And maybe it's just my local players, but I've often been able to get some work out of them on the turn they ambush. But dear god is this unit sad about rough terrain.

Smog Belchers still coordinate extremely well with Axiara. They like having Reposition, they like having Prowl, and even Dodge is okay on them. The cloudwall actually works great with the Kraken, since the clouds protect them, and their bodies prevent charges from having lanes to reach the Kraken.

The Reapers are actually an excellent jack with the Harpoons at RNG 10 and POW 14. It's sad that it took until the Necrofactorium to figure out how to use the Harpoon in melee, but Reapers are still cheap, have 2" reach, and have two initials that are both meaningful with Gang Fighter.

The Slayer exists almost entirely for scenario. It can go forward to score. And if allowed the opportunity, it can hit very hard without any support.

Overall, I enjoy playing Blackfleet. It looks like Dread Armada will be generally stronger, and the units will be either significantly cheaper or slightly cheaper and more focused. The jack variety will be limiting, and Dread Armada is the second faction releasd in a row that actually cares about terrain (a nice change from Fane's all flying battlegroups and Umbrey's all Pathfinder all the time). Ultimately, I think Dread Armada will supplant Blackfleet for any competitive play (assuming Blackfleet has any competitive play).

And that's okay. The models still have rules and are still fun to play. If you have the models, give 'em some love. They deserve it, and so do you.