Specific Army-based Forces- Empire

We've all foght those countless battles against Undead, Dwarfs, Ogres, High Elves, Wood Elves, etc etc etc. the list goes on... but many of us simply use the same Army List composition again and again and face different win/lose situations with different armies.

This tactica discusses different tactics that can be used to counter other armies with Bretonnians. Specifically to start we have the Empire.

I thought I lost this one, but I found it again.

Most people think characters are protected against shooting and magic by staying within 5 inch of friendly similar-sized or greater troops.
(I will call these the “covering troops” in this article)

From round the mill shooting this is correct there are however some situations that ignore these rules.
It is good to know these situations to exploit them or to avoid them. 

 

Introduction

Welcome to this the first in what (I hope) will be a series of short articles about the specific tactics for each of the Bretonnian troop types.

Before I begin my article proper I feel it’s worthwhile setting aside a few lines to give you a view of the author. I began wargaming in about 1987 when a role-playing buddy was given a copy of the shiny new Warhammer ( 3^rd Ed) rulebook. He wanted to collect Dwarfs and I was rather taken with the Orcs & Goblins, later other friends joined in with Undead, Chaos, Elves, etc, and so began many years of happy gaming. By the late-90s my interest in Orcs & Goblins was beginning to wane. I tried using a few other armies but nothing really captured the imagination enough for me to collect my own new army. Then along came the Bretonnians in 96.

It took some time to get an army ready but it was worth the wait. In more recent years distractions such as LOTR and some historical gaming (Naps and WWII) have seen the army of Guillame de Reblochon take to the field slightly less. Most of my Bretonnian gaming experiences have been against Empire, Dwarfs, Undead, Beastmen and High Elves, but even if your regular opponent has a different army then I hope these ramblings will be of interest to you.