The Objectives are already unusually close together (only 6″ back from the centreline), and as you get deeper in the game, you’ll be clustered around fewer and fewer points on the board. With Blade’s Edge however, as the game goes on, the equation becomes tighter, and tighter, and tighter, like a python wrapping itself round both armies.
Relocation Orb (there it is again) had the kernel of a great idea, but it was wildly overdone to the extent that it often took the dilemma right out of your hands. There ya go! It’s genuinely exciting to see a mechanic that gives the winner of the priority roll a dilemma. In the image below, you can see that despite being close to the 12″ line, the Mournfang are quite a bit closer to the green Objective than the Red one, right before my opponent tried ramming two Maw Krushas down my throat:ĭid you see it? First time I read this, I thought it looked bland as fuck, because I’d skimmed right over the heartbeat of the mission (right there in the Objectives section): “At the start of each battle round after the first, the player taking the second turn in that battle round can pick 1 objective on the battlefield and remove it from play.” If you want to pressure at the top of 1, you’ll need faster units top and bottom, slower units in the centre.
If I remember Pythagoras correctly from school, you can be no closer than 24″ from the top and bottom Objectives, but a smidge under 17″ from your opponent’s Objective along the centre line. It could be worth having a practice deployment if you’re going to be playing this at an event, but failing that, if you’ve got a big important unit you might want to place that first so you don’t cock block yourself.Īnother pointer I’d have is that although the board looks symmetrical visually, not all points are equally easy to access early on. Any Tips?īe aware that once you measure 12″ back from that zig zag line, your deployment zone is quite restrictive and you’re pushed out to the edges more than you might think. It’s not perfect – games with castling armies rarely are – but the mission does give you an out, and that’s a big tick from me. If your opponent sets up their little castle, you can contest the others and still score heavily. Where the mission does help though is that the Priority Objective is one of 6 and not one of 3. I obviously say this to boast, but also to illustrate that my experience will hopefully be relevant to all different types of player. I’m currently 8-0 with this army, having played against good players with good armies, casual players with meme armies, and every combo in between.
To give what follows a bit of context, I’ll be mixing in my early first-hand experience, during which I’ve been running the following list: Book in hand! A new GH is arguably the biggest event in the AOS calendar, and I’ll be exploring all aspects of it over the course of a few distinct articles: today we kick off today with the Battleplans, and I’ve already got in a few games (including a one-dayer) under the new book.
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