Your system of sorting the tactics deck is awesome.

Boltons getting Ls after Ls :(

Thanks for this ONE! Great that the Game has a new Faction! I hope one day the Army of the Dead will join the Game!

Gonna be interesting how powerful the NCUs are versus attachments or commanders. Stoneheart i anticipate to be strong NCU.

I’m glad that they are bringing out new abilities again. Earlier versions of the game weren’t nearly as well balanced, but they had so much more flavor.

"Bolton players will also not be happy about this, but Bolton players have plenty of other things to not be happy about" Ow. True but Ow But the Realms Remain is an awesome card. I mean never getting conditions, being able to restore wounds. Plus the sheer flavour from it. Considering every BWB list probably has a couple peasants I'd say you'll usually get at least 2 tokens, unless the opponent focuses that unit, but in that case that's damage not going to the rest of the army. Probably my fav card out of the set, though Take up the Sword and Regroup and Reform also are very fun. I think what I really enjoy is just the theme of them. It really feels like these mini factions stick strong to a theme, even more so then the Major factions. I feel like they definitely learned some lessons from the Bolton release coming into this. Shame the brotherhood box got pushed back to December, but still excited to see what else is coming. I'll be curious to see what goods they have in the Hero's box, or when they start showing off some of the NCU's.

Note that "But the Realm remains" only targets on the turn you attach it, just like Nights watch cards, so the unit later being saved by six times to many would not stop you from benefitting from a previously attached realm remains.

I think it's the second best quest card. Rhoynish Vengeance attaching to the enemy makes it better in my opinion

I think they look pretty solid. My first preliminary list doesn't include them, which tells you how good BWoB starting options are :P

I want to replicate this with my newly acquired Stark Starter set, can you recommend a good blue paint that would compliment the style?

"alternating activations" should be the first and most important point haha Games workshop "I go you go" system is tedious at best.

Renly Lord Paramount really is the perfect commander for Stag Knights. The Boisterous Charisma means they are almost impossible to shut off, and the Stalwart removes their only real weakness - a 5+ morale save. But you kept forgetting the other perfect synergy; the only thing the Stag Knights don't gain in Precision, which Renly has!

As a stark player ,it break my heart every time I see stark bowman being compared with other range units …… .Probably has the worst value/cost among long range units😂

It's a pleasure to see such valuable content for the community, especially with its impeccable timing.

I like the diagram showing that they could fire into a unit in a wood as they'd have line of sight, but would not the reverse be even more powerful, where this unit would hide in a wood and force enemies to have to go around to charge them? And if they did that then could you just use the shift to push the other side? That means you'd need to threaten from both sides at the same time, or cav from a flank!

Nice man, very fast Service +1

Great video! I had not realized how underwhelming the LOS rule was outside of the forest. I still think this unit… and army for this matter will be a riot to play!

Can you bring Rose Knights in BWB? I know they can bring a Stark or Baratheon unit but can they bring the units that have loyalties for Stannis or Renly?

This just makes my irritation with boltons and s5 in general grow... Between this and my brothers stark nonsense... i really don't get how Flayed men are 8 points anymore. The umbra's great axe, is strictly better and on the high potential of being on a 8 attack profile, with sundering, vicious and panicking your opponent... all for 7 points and who cares if your defense is trash that 6 movement is great and you want to be down a rank for maxium punch... Or the lances on tully cav, 2 attacks and sundering on the charge vs flayed mens crazy crit blow on the charge... and vicious and maybe something from a failed moral check... Ugh... maybe i should just go play mcp until s6. Because my brother is adding this to his collection... it's ordered, he has penciled himself in on my painting project list...

Great batrep!

I´m soo hyped for this faction! Great content buddy! As Always! Can´t wait to do the Starter with you!

Excited as well. Just what i needed... a ninth faction. Only ones i do not have are NW. Im loving loving those peasent sculpts. Any thoughts on what color scheme u might use? Muted blues/greys/yellow/green. Tying in poor folk n starks n baratheons

Great rundown Randall, can’t wait to see some batreps with these guys!

I always enjoy your ASOIAF videos. Thank you!

Def excited about this faction! Great analysis as always. Let’s hope the tactics deck is stronger than the Bolton one to give them a fighting chance.

Thanks for this One!

Excellent analysis (as always). Thank you.

God id love to play more song games but barely anyone I know plays it, it was like dropped dead after a while and I have like a army for each house except free folk and Nights watch

Great video Randall, very thorough coverage of the unit.

As someone who has been subscribed since the Boltons came out, I'm excited to see more BwB stuff!There's this special energy it feels when these mini factions come out thats just exciting. BwB are looking a bit better then Boltons on release so far, excited to see what else is there. Also love the hypothetical between Boltons and BwB, seems like an interesting matchup. Have to wonder if peasants can hold out against the panic long enough for other Brotherhood units. But as a Bolton fanboy, I'm a bit biased. Excited to see more!

Top 4 faction out of the gate it looks like.

Thanks to this video I am looking forward to Brotherhood.😀

So is it true you can bring Stark and Baratheon units?

My first foray into tabletop war games was with Warhammer fantasy battles when I was like 12 or 13. From Warhammer, I transitioned to playing 40K, Battlefleet Gothic, and Lord of the Rings when the movies came out. Some games were better than others, but looking back at all of it, in every case, more time and energy was spent working on models and *dreaming* of fully painted armies clashing on pretty game tables, than *actually* playing the games. Even though we had lots of free time back then, no one ever finished anything. Every army was a never-ending project and that limited gaming opportunities. Then when we did play, most games lasted several hours because all of the aforementioned games required regularly flipping through various books, charts, and reference sheets to resolve rules interactions. This was also true of Dystopian Wars, which I played briefly after moving away from GW games. ASOIAF:TMG is really the first game I’ve gotten into that broke the mold here. With its preassembled models and board game-sized rulebook, it was the fist tabletop game I’ve played (aside from star wars armada) that enabled me to start playing legitimate games the same day I bought the product. As a result, I have probably played as many games of asoiaf in 5 years, as I have all those other games in the past 20 years. That’s not insignificant. Sure, the game is really just a board game masquerading as a *true* miniatures game, but I don’t really care. It still offers most of what I enjoy about the tabletop gaming experience, but without all the crunchiest bits that I feel like I’m too old to deal with now. I personally don’t even want to go back to the old Warhammer/Old World; it’s too much. I know a lot of asoiaf players feel the same way. Now if only it were easier to find players…

Seeing the comparison here between Sworn Knights and Champions of the Stag, I feel the last adjustment to the Champs went just a little too far. The reduction to 6 attack dice at full ranks was fair, given they’re not really supposed to be a heavy damage dealer on their own. I would have liked to see a 6/5 attack profile, but at 8pts, they should have at least kept their old 5+ morale to preserve their long term sustain. Their 2+ armor on its own is being overvalued, especially given how much of a drag speed 4 is for a cavalry unit. If they had been bumped up to speed 5, then all of the other detuning would make more sense. Also, they got another indirect nerf with the change to Stannis’ “Tactical Approach” card, the second copy of which was often played on Champs to boost unimpressive damage output. Not so much now. As it stands, I’d never pick CotS over these Sworn Knights if that were an option.

Like the format! 👌

flayed men really need some love..

while not playing eighter (playing 40k and battletech) i would say there is pros and cons to both games. In General i would say ASOIAF is insane design - Everything is done to make the entry easy, from costs, rules, app support - having everything in the unit boxes and so on - basically everything that i always thought was bad on the more classic tabletop design of the GW games is fixed here. Drawbacks being in a way, that the more streamlined ruleset does not have the room for much nuance. I watched a ton of gameplay for ASOIAF but it seemed to me, that the relatively low number of units, the relative big size of the movement trays, and the lack of unit customizeability lets you only do so much with the product you have. For example - lets say you just have the 2 player starter box - i watched tons of games from that and they all looked a bit "samey" - while there is room for tactics, especially with the cool ncu system and the cards - there is a common strategy tied to the faction and it seemed (!) to try and stick to that is the way to go. Since you cannot really customize the different units their value in battle is way easier to determine as usefull or useless. So for me that looked like repeated games with the same units would get stale faster than in a GW game. while i am only deep into 40k i think i can still say that a 200 page army codex gives you more options than a small unit card could ever give - from the subfaction you choose, to army wide agendas, to different war equipment, to leaders, to items, to spells - like in 40k a space marine captain can be 50 different things depending on what you equip him with, what unit you pair him with, what subcation rules you use and so on. While it seems that in ASOIAF the unit roles are more determined and you "just" decide if you want it or not. So while you pay way more (and lets face it, i think too much) for Warhammer - you will at least get more out of single units most of the time. I still like ASOIAF approach though, modernizing many of the systems that GW still holds onto, that could be simplified - Full unit rules with each unit box, yeah please? Full Game Rules for free? Yes! A working App, that updates and can be used for easy army building - almost needed these days. That said though i think ASOIAF is fantastic especially as a first Tabletop wargame and unless you absolutly want the hardcore experience (for your hobbying, your wallet AND your Rules) does a fantastic job at being a tabletop with the convenice of a boardgame almost, while loosing only minor complexity. Now if you ask me - If this game would be scaled down in miniature size, so that it would play on regular tables - this would be an instant buy for me. Thats a niche that is only covered by smaller independant Tabletop systems, or skirmishing games - But a full rank and file tabletop that i can play on the kitchen table with this complexity and convenience for that price (or even cheaper possible due to smaller miniatures) ...... That would be my absolut dream - being something that could be a banger on your Tabletop gamenight but also can be set up in minutes if a friend comes over to drink some beer..... Someone out there, make it happen!

The more i know about this new faction the more i like it. As a main Renly Baratheon player i think i should jump in BwB. It would be my second army (or 3rd bc i planning to build Stannis side aswell). And besides of the Neutrals Units i also could enjoy to buy some cool Starks Units ontop. F***k yes why not 🙌💯

Quick style-points comment: when you add a Fortune Seeker to this unit, you can replace the banner-bearer with the Fortune Seeker model whose arm is stretching forward with a sword to have both cavalry units in the front rank extending their swords outward toward the enemy. I might have to do this even if the attachment isn’t actually in the unit. 👀

Love the faction so far. Great unit to make as hedge knight or even alt sculpts in some other factions. 3 peasents and 2 cav

Best guess is that there is going to be a point limit and probably not allow any loyalty units to be fielded.

They have to be 8. 7 would be crazy. I think they look Solid, though potentially competing (at least one of them) against Tully Cav. I also wish they had been a bit more creative with "Rally the Smallfolk" than just being a crappier Rally Cry. Something a bit different, like 1 wound plus 1 condition token at least. But overall, a Solid unit.

Such a nice review! Thank you so much, Randall!!! Excatly what we needed right now! Thanks for keeping up this great job for the whole Song Community! I feel some content release videos around the corner ;-)

I agree, looks like a great unit!

At 8 they’re quite good, and 7 they’d be crazy good. I could easily see running two of these with multiple Peasants supporting, a little bit of Bretonnia in the Seven Kingdoms.

Anyone know where to get that playmat?

On the FB page they showed five knights, but the page on CMON shows four, I wonder if the fifth is an attachment? Plus what could that even add to the mix.

It looks good but jeezoos they trying to be GW with their prices??? 100 dollar entry fee for 2 players is ridiculous. That's a no go and I can see it not taking off because of this very reason. And expansion packs are not cheap either...

What I will say about Warhammer's extensive **granular** list building is how good it is for role-playing a faction of your invention. I prefer the gameplay of ASoIaF by a long shot though. It's so tactical, but is still thematic AND quick to play. Not fun trying to persuade non-wargamer friends to play warhammer on tabletop lol