This sounds like a terrain issue to me. If you can each place terrain, just place some difficult ground half in the forest. Because a unit cannot march through difficult ground, it will take him two or three turns to cross it at half speed which should be plenty of time to shoot him to death. I don'...

Ordinarily you will be right. Speed is definitely missing. The two ways I envision this list used are either a general advance for an offensive match or a slow retreat as a defensive list and I designed this primarily as a defensive list. Ideally I'll have my twenty crossbowmen as a front rank with ...

Characters Level 2 Sorceress w/ Seal of Ghrond Level 2 Sorceress w/ Darkstar Cloak Level 2 Sorceress w/ Wand of Kharaidon Noble BSB w/ Heavy Armour, Sea Dragon Cloak Core 19 Dark Elf Warriors with Repeater Crossbows, Shields, Musician and Champ (BSB goes here) 19 Dark Elf Warriors w/ Shields & ...

None of us had any idea of what was going on at the tables around us. All communication was hand-written. Messages like "holding my own" or "I'll win by turn 4 so expect reinforcements to your right flank" were common. Not once did anyone write "HELP!!!!" or anything. T...

Inspired by a book regarding Alexander the Great and how difficult it is for a general to know how the battle fares on his armies' flanks, one of my fellow gamers here in San Diego (kudos to the Rudedog!!) came up with a new idea. We had ten players for the first battle, five from the *good* side an...

Dang it, you're right. I thoguht I couldn't give my BSB any magical gear but I checked and it's no gear but armour. Bah. Oh well, it freed up some points. Here's the new list. 20 Dark Elf Warriors w/ Shields & Full Command 185 points 20 Dark Elf Warriors w/ Shields & Musician, Standard Beare...

Whoops! I didn't mean to give him a great weapon so I edited my post to be a Lance. Thanks for catching that. You're right that elves in general aren't great in large groups however spearmen are dirt cheap and again, I'm trying to win by sheer combat resolution. I also considered using Corsairs inst...

20 Dark Elf Warriors w/ Shields & Musician, Standard Bearer 175 points 20 Dark Elf Warriors w/ Shields & Musician, Standard Bearer 175 points 5 Dark Riders w/ Repeater Crossbows & Musician 127 points 5 Dark Riders w/ Repeater Crossbows & Musician 127 points 2 Cold One Chariots w/ Spe...

I really enjoyed the battle report! I have a question though - what's with the charging hydra getting extra attacks in?! I'm not sure what rule that comes from...

I'm having an issue with my mages. The issue being they keep dying on me. I typically put her in a big unit of Dark Elf Warriors which she jumps out of when they charge. Inevitably next round she's dead by enemy magic or shooting or flyers. I do try and keep her within 4" of the unit so she can't be...

Well that pretty much sums it up then. I was thinking that perhaps someone out there would tell me that they use Black Guard and they're very under-rated or some such thing but it looks like no one uses them. Too bad - their fluff is great!! Just for the record, if they had an armour save of 3+ inst...

It occurred to me that adding a unit of 15 Black Guard to my druchii army an extra much-needed punch. But when I checked the book I noticed that they are a whopping 16 points a piece! Exactly double a dark elf Spearman!! While having Eternal Hatred sounds good and being Subborn also sounds good, two...

I find that the Ring of Hotep is crucial against certain armies, Vampire Counts being on of them because I always know where his primary caster is going to be. Every Vampire Count I know of puts a screening unit in front of his general so that it's protected. I'll typically either A) put the ring on...

Isn't "Blazing Wolf" an orc name? No wonder you lost! =)

Thanks Seanzala for the link and the snyde comments. However I'm looking for decals and NOT printouts. For those who don't understand what a decal is, it is an image on thin plastic which is transferred onto a model by soaking it in water and allowing it to dry in place. As opposed to a piece of pri...

For those of us who cannot write nicely or draw worth beans, are there any decent decals out there for Dark Elves? Please post links!!

His over-run put him into my Spearmen so I had to take the charge. I would have preferred not to but it gaurenteed him falling into my ploy. My crossbowmen were busy killing peasants and then *trying* to kill his other knights. A fellow unit of spearmen engaged another unit of knights but they conti...

I was thinking of posting this in the Battle Reports but I wanted to focus more on the tactics than the actual report itself. Sorry if it's in the wrong area! I do use mostly infantry units...I like the Dark Riders and Cold One Knights but too often I find I just don't have enough elves on the table...

Bretonians are the bane of my existance! Their army is just a one-trick-pony but unfortunatley it's a very effective pony. I really dislike playing them but in my last game I beat the tar out of him and felt pretty good about it. I doubt this will work twice on him but it sure worked the first time....

I'm rebuilding my druchii army again and the time has come for me to decide on how to paint my wood for spears and such. I don't want to go basic black (bleah!!). I like the colour used in the DE army book but I have been unable to duplicate it so I'm wondering what other people use. Any feedback is...