eldargal
08-06-2012, 12:38 AM
I've noticed a lot of people on various internet forums saying things like 'SoM looks great but I can never get a game' or 'I'd love to use those monster scrolls of binding but my group never plays SoM' and things like that. This disturbs me somewhat, so I thought I'd explain how my games club gets the most out of SoM and the scrolls of binding.
Scrolls of Binding: You don't need to use these alongisde Arcane Fulcrums and the rest of the SoM rules. My games club nearly always agrees on a 25% scroll of binding limit alongside every regular game of WFB. It's not particularly unbalanced and it is a great excuse to use those lovely monster centrepieces we all love. Sometimes we even have monster heavy games where we take, say, 1000pt armies and then allow another 1000pts of scrolls of binding for each army. Great fun.
Storm of Magic proper (arcne fulcrums and all): Treat it as a supplement rather than an expansion, don't expect to play SoM games regularly. keep them for special events or the end of narrative campaigns. They can be widely unpredictable and sometimes unfair so they really aren't the best thing for regular games. The important thing is to approach them as opportunity to have fun with as much stuf as you can cram on the table (a la Apocalypse) rather than a serious tactical exercise.
So there you go, nothing profound, but hopefully it might show that there is no excuse not to buy and field those lovely monsters anymore.:p
Scrolls of Binding: You don't need to use these alongisde Arcane Fulcrums and the rest of the SoM rules. My games club nearly always agrees on a 25% scroll of binding limit alongside every regular game of WFB. It's not particularly unbalanced and it is a great excuse to use those lovely monster centrepieces we all love. Sometimes we even have monster heavy games where we take, say, 1000pt armies and then allow another 1000pts of scrolls of binding for each army. Great fun.
Storm of Magic proper (arcne fulcrums and all): Treat it as a supplement rather than an expansion, don't expect to play SoM games regularly. keep them for special events or the end of narrative campaigns. They can be widely unpredictable and sometimes unfair so they really aren't the best thing for regular games. The important thing is to approach them as opportunity to have fun with as much stuf as you can cram on the table (a la Apocalypse) rather than a serious tactical exercise.
So there you go, nothing profound, but hopefully it might show that there is no excuse not to buy and field those lovely monsters anymore.:p