I just had a really shitty day today and dealing with a lot of stuff because of it. You, don't know how much it means to me to have you release this video today. That and no less its about Mordheim. No matter how much I get burnt out or pushed away from the miniature hobby, because of you I have an inescapable dream of crafting my own massive miniature Mordheim city.
I was just about to sell off all my Mordheim models, lots of original models, some pretty rare. Then, a friend I reconnected with told me they were planning a new campaign, with lots of new 3D printed scenery. So I am very happy I didn't sell.
These tables are incredible, as a 30k player who usually enjoys massive armies, I really dig how dense these urban layouts are that would simply be unfeasible for 30k. Might have to make a little warband for this game.
This is the great trade off between platoon & or army games versus skirmish games. The barrier to entry is often so low a few miniatures or maybe a dozen that leaves so much time and creative passion free to give over to your to terrain, themes & holistic integration of these ideas. Usually only the the most dedicated or affluent can afford for these additional commitments if you first have to plan out dozens & dozens of miniatures that need assemble & paint plus need the real-estate on matching terrain to be deployed appropriately. I'm a visual person & I get a good chunk of praise for having great looking tables at (multi system) events because I drifted away from 40k (the big miniatures really lost me I.E. Wraith Knights etc) back around 2008 & changed to Infinity the Game so I was able to practice & implement exactly what I've spoken to. 🤟
The warrior maidens seems to be based on the swedish celebration of midsummer, where people dance around a pole of flowers and girls and kids often have a crown made of flowers.
I'm a big proponent of magnetizing miniatures for travel purposes. When magnetizing my bases I put a sheet of parchment paper between the magnet and metal to ensure nothing gets glued to something I don't want it to. I prefer hot glue but so far its a personal choice.
Amazing video & just bloody brilliant work of everyone there. Seeing how GW is going back to the old world, it would be nice if they could just reprint a bunch of the Mordheim stuff too, even if they just reprinted the book with an updated guide on proxy minis of new minis to switch out there'd be a ton of new people playing. GW should know by now that it's easy to support the skirmish games of their larger army games as the skirmish games (Mordheim, Warcry, Necromunda, Warhammer Underworlds and Blood Bowl) are more easy to get new people in the hobby.
Ok, my fave bits have to be the zip lines on that one board, and the nice display someone set up for anyone to take their own photos! Nice! Thanks for the awesome video!
Calgary now has a Mordheim league! It just did two seasons, and they're hosting the Alberta Mordheim Open during August long weekend! It's been a blast! Looks like the organizer modeled his event after Under the Dice Fest.
MY BRETONIAN FRIEND, MY Mordheim Fellow.... HAVE YOU EVER TRIED A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE????? Thank you for this VIDEO! NOSTALGIA PUMPING THROUGH MY VEINS!!! Oldworld and Marvel Crisis! Awesome!
I don’t necessarily believe Mordheim should stay dead, but I would like an Old World skirmish game. Something small scale and easier for new people to enter.
As you saw, Mordheim is alive and well. Just not (currently) supported by GeeDubs, which IMO is a good thing. The community is actually better at the whole rules thing anyway. Mordheim came out at a time when GW actually cared about the hobby, both the gaming side and the miniature side, back when they encouraged kitbashing and people expressing their creativity and not just coming up with schemes on how to sell the greatest amount of plastic crack to people. (Also selling books that are more or less obselite at the time they are released, which are mostly copy/pasted from the previous version as well.)
@@Cr0wsMurd3r Dead in the sense that it's not officially supported. I would be happy with an adventure skirmish game that isn't strictly tied to Mordheim, but could still take place there in certain missions/narrative campaigns. That way any faction can be included.
1) Mordheim is alive and healthy. 2) GW even looking at Mordheim would be a terrible idea unless you are into bloat and enjoy giving your money away to corporate overlords.
Thank you kindly for your terrific video, including sharing your thoughts and feelings. My son and I bonded over Mordheim. It will always hold a magical place in our hearts and minds. Just for once though, I'd love to see a medieval group perform the music. Seems closer to the Mordheim vibe, IMHO.
Wish I gave myself the chance to have said hi, been a fan of your work & videos for a while! Tho my Skaven Warband didn’t show up, it was very funny to catch a view of myself drinking water @ 7:27 hahah, Really awesome to see more interest in and more people talking about & covering these kind of events in the miniature hobby scene, Its really special having been a small part of it too!
We are about to start Mordheim with a new group in the Netherlands (Hoorn/ Heerhugowaard). Love the game, and finally able to start on some tables that are truly suitable for Mordheim. Love your videos and love this showing of how the game is still very much alive 👍
Under the Dice Fest is my destination goal for next year. This vid lights some fire under by near-atrophied behind. I'm working on this 'fabled bone-lined catacombs below ruined cathedral' build. My hospitaller nun warband is sure that it's no myth, and Sister Margharette insists that the entrance is first obscured by magick and then locked by some blasphemous contraption. What could even be worth hiding down there that warrants such lengths of secrecy? No, I'm really asking. I actually have no clue, tbh. I figure everything out as I go.
I wish I could attend a local tournament for Horus Heresy so I have an incentive to finish building and painting my army. Thanks for sharing your Mordheim event with us.
(A long drive heavily fuled by caffeine) Under the Dice Fest was so much fun and really was inspiring- I can't wait for next year. This time, I'm gonna be playing!
What a wild gathering, looked like you had a great time. Have met many, many friends in 'real life' that I made online so I know that what you said about it can be true.
Mordheim seems like one if the best board game out there. Really want to get into it after i am happy with my necromunda situation. Also hope to see you cover trench crusade someday!
I think, for me, the main drive for Necroheim is that it's, really, just a couple mindsets away from being a full-blown tabletop roleplay game. My biggest gripe with the various flagship games maintained by GW at the moment is how narrative-first players like me feel more or less forgotten by both designers and modern player base.
Hey neighbour, I’m in Hamilton. I know, I just got into it. I designed terrain to 3D print and made a video on my channel. It has been my best video so far for my just starting channel. Thank you for your video.
Thinking the same thing (worcester area), tho I don't really have the time to play, and think the wife would kill me if I ditched her and the grandkids for the weekend
This is a sign 😂 I’m just about to get into Mordheim, because of a terrain crafting rabbit hole l fell into last week, binge watching all sorts of building videos including yours. And now you post a new video and it is about Mordheim. I am in love, these tables you showed of are just incredible.
UTD was SO fun, absolutely gotta go again next year (and actually play in the Mordheim Open) - but even just hanging out was such a blast, being able to socialize with wonderful creative people like you and everyone else there. Seeing your terrain in person was fantastic!
I can highly recommend Cauldron and Necropolis 28 we’ve played that a lot at ramshackle games. And Forbidden psalm is next level fun as well. Get into indie games the model count is like tiny!!
A few years ago, your videos inspired me to start building Mordheim boards (3'x3') and now I have a collection of Mordheim boards that barely see any use. From ruined churches, aqua-duct vertical designs, subterranean Skaven lairs, ruined residential districts, riverside docks, I've incorporated lighting techniques for street lamps and glowing wyrdstone shards... and now you go and release this video? Showcasing so many terrain pieces and warbands and a surprisingly vibrant community of grimdark enthusiasts... I'm gonna need better storage solutions for all the boards your forcing me to build. Might have to sell the wife to make room for more hobbying. I see no other options.
So much amazing stuff, and great to hear you getting into indie stuff! There's soooo many great indie wargames out there, from bigger games like Turnip28, to smaller and quicker ones like Necropolis or TONKs. So many different games that have a really low barrier to entry and a very welcoming community
I bought the original box set when it was released, and had to sell it to meet bills.....much to my chagrin. Happily, a local store now has regular games and I am in the process of painting a Skaven Warband. It is indeed a fantastic game.
I think I really want to do a Bretonnia warband as I've never painted knights or horses before. You should check out Tuomas Pirinen's new game trench crusade. It's the first skirmish game I've gotten into and I have a small warband with basically all custom models. I've been really enjoying trying to improve on my modeling side and it's gotten me to start using greenstuff and do some bigger conversions I would of never attempted before.
Lovely video! Question, which grades of warbands were allowed at the event. I love the more specific flavor of several "lower grade" warbands, but they also make me feel like I would be bringing homebrewed bands instead of the official and tested ones. Not that Mordheim has amazingly balanced bands, but still 😅
Where is the best place to go to find all the possibilities for warbands i can build? I used to play Mordheim in highschool but i dont have a clue how to get back into it these days.
This whole event looks so cool! Awesome minis everywhere, but I really love the Slaaneshi minotaurs, and the winners of the beauty contest! Amazing stuff, I have to get into Mordheim now...
I just forwarded this video to a bunch of people. I can find the generic rules on google easily enough. What's the best source for the new team rules sets?
That marauder warband could have earned the win just with the attention to basing. Awesome stuff. So.... apart from that, can we look forward to Eric's hobby workshop - the indie game phase?
I can only see this getting bigger every year. Makes me want to repaint my fantasy dark elves to a warband and get my terrain brain going. As you said very inspiring with the spirit that made me fall in ln love with warhamming
That was really good and wish I could attend such events. I've got this feeling that The Old World will be accompanied by Mordheim and classic Warhammer Quest in the next few years...
Now if only I knew how to make a warband. Or at the very least, had miniatures for a warband. It would also be nice if Mordheim games/events were closer.
Would be happy to see more content on indie-games. "Cauldron" looks fantastic and "Flames of Orion" intrigues (for I have a ton of BattleTech miniatures :D).
My kids love going into the attic, pullg out gaming stuff , minis , terrain and marble notebooks from gaming past and having friends over , ( post covid) fir gaming nights , this is one of them.
