Burrows & Badgers: A Skirmish Game of Anthropomorphic Animals

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Burton Coggles, Hugo Blackriver, Nifty Burns and Gulliver Swift have caught sight of the Hired Paw approaching the grove and begin their move to intercept the paychest. However, his general strength has improved (gains strength skill) and he ends the campaign with a very respectable 24 Experience Points. I feel it makes sense to give an advantage to those on higher ground and goes some way to offset the danger of falling. Let’s have a look at the different races you can choose from; there’s nearly forty of them, so this might take a while. I have also received a few Oathsworn miniatures as Christmas gifts and have begun painting them up for the gaming table, so it shouldn’t be long before I get to grips with the game itself to see how it plays.

Hugo Blackriver hurries towards the fox and weasel but is slowed down as he struggles to find a way through the hedge. The upfront set-up time for a one-off game would appear to be minimal especially if players use pre-prepared warbands, so, with any luck, I can record a quick skirmish reasonably speedily. Hedgehogs have Spines, which helps them survive in combat; with Heavy Armour and a Shield, they can make decent tanks. It’s fantastic, gorgeous minis to paint and with a gentle drip feeding of the rules we’re doing great with the gaming aspect too. A logical, simple, consistent set of rules which I'll personally avoid due to everyone in the warband getting 16 hitpoints to record (o joy!The Hired Paw are now heavily outnumbered and look destined to be defeated but they are determined to fight to the last beast. Samuel Tunnelton, as is his way, springs up from the ground and attacks Burton, severely wounding the surprised starling.

It will be interesting to see how the new rules shape up but regardless of which direction they take us I already know that Burrows and Badgers is a game that I’m intending to be playing for years to come. Toads can be equipped to be excellent tanks, and also make very good ambushers; they also make some of the most survivable spell casters in the game. The rest of the warband, as usual, look for opportunities to make money and gain advantages over their enemies. The Ambush modifiers are designed to simulate the chances of one of the targeted model’s comrades spotting the ambusher and alerting the targeted model.With their combined experience, Barnabus and Rufus have become quite a formidable team and it will take a powerful (or lucky! Bonnie Scarface, the leader of the Rusty Hooks, reaches a grave and immediately starts digging but fails to find any treasure this turn. Although the Hunters had won the previous year’s competition it was the Rangers who appeared to have the best of the luck in the early stages of the contest. Certainly the random encounters with the ghasts give the game a sense of trepidation that is suitably atmospheric. As a result of the ugly brawl, Serena Sparrow eventually earned the dubious distinction of being the only competitor to be taken out of action.