Well, my Carnival of Chaos bits arrived today, so I only had enough time to glue them to their bases and play my first game with unprimed models, most with no weapons attached.  No matter, they did just fine.

Game 1 – Carnival of Chaos Vs. Undead  8/29/07   WIN

For my first game I squared of in a Skirmish against Chris and his Undead (also shiny, unpainted, just out of the box models).  With both bands being mostly hand-to-hand fighters, we arrived and walked straight out toward each other.  Chris’s hounds charged my band early on, but were intercepted by the Nurglings with only one casualty.  With no backup, my countercharges wiped out all 3 hounds and Vargo got the warbands first Out of Action xp with his Buboes spell.

            Next up I forgot my Plague Bearer behind a piece of scenery and since he was all alone, Chris’s zombies and Vampire charged him taking him out of action without even a chance to fight back.

            The rest of the game consisted of the Undead falling back to a bridge, and then being overwhelmed by my numbers until they finally failed a rout test.  Victory for Vargo!

8 opponents taken OoA, only 2 members lost.

Post game:       Vargo Hoat gets 3 OoA’s and picks up a new spell Stench of Nurgle

                        Rorge gets 2 OoA’s and adds +1 Initiative

                        Shagwell gets 2 OoA’s and gains Strike to Injure combat skill

                        Plaguebearer fails his Demonic Instability test while OoA and is banished!

                        68 gc found after the game from 4 shards and a corpse

The Only Game in Town is having a Mordheim campaign this month, managed by Charlie.  Since I’ve never played Mordheim, but I like campaign based Warhammer stuff, I’ve decided to join.  I ordered a Carnival of Chaos box set and a few bits based almost completely on the fact that I love the models.  They’re basically a possessed, corrupted, theatre troupe, what could be better!

For inspiration I’ve themed my warband on a group of mercenaries from George R. R. Martin’s book “A Feast for Crows” from “A Song of Fire and Ice” series.  I’ve chosen the “Bloody Mummers” since in his books, a mummer is a stage actor, and the Brave Companions are a group of mostly evil mercenaries who have been nicknamed “The Bloody Mummers”

My warband will be lead by a Carnival Master “Vargo Hoat”, have two brutes named “Rorge” and “Biter” and (eventually) two Tainted Ones named “Shagwell the Fool” and “Urswyck”.  For henchmen I’ll be bringing some Nurglings, “The Sideshow” and some Brethren, “The Stagehands” along with an occasional Plaguebearer.