UNDEAD ARMY VERSUS HORDE OF DINOSAURS! - SOVL

[@malazar]

Krell: "Okay, rat snipers, I know you're great marksrodents, but I have a very important job for you..." Rats: "Snipe the dragon and rout the enemy right away, yes-yes?" Krell: "I need you... to run around in circles for as long as possible and distract the 20-foot crocodiles with rat-smushing axes!" Rats: *gulp*

[@belzedk]

"And remember don't shoot them, I know its tempting to fire off a shot before you start running, but! Think of the glory of having not needed to fire a single shot."

[@ncommerce]

I mean, you can't argue with the results. Rat Toreadors FTW

[@PierceArner]

@@malazar cue up the Benny Hill music…

[@MrEGTF]

This is such a satisfying and easy series to watch. The incremental upgrades/leveling gives all the units a little personality and stories of success/failure. It vaguely reminds me of one of the warband series from about two decades ago in White Dwarf, where I think the editor had a Chaos army and it started at 500 points. Then he added or changed units depending on how they performed in a series of battle reports, modding his general to be in a chariot or reflect getting wounded, till it culminated in a 2000 point battle where he ran down Volkmar.

[@racsostrebor]

That sounds incredible! I'd love to read that if you can remember which White Dwarves it might have been in

[@MrEGTF]

​@@racsostrebor Having a quick little google, I believe it is Paul Sawyer's chaos warband. Can't easily find the free pdfs to check, but the last issue it seems it appeared was 285 (where he took the army to a tournament rather than a final thematic battle! Might have been the issue or two before it for that one). Not sure where it started but I think it was a monthly thing throughout that 2003 year, where they got £30 a month to expand their army. If you're not cheap (like me) you can easily go and check all the old issues on warhammer vault, as part of that "warhammer plus" subscription.

[@MrEGTF]

@@racsostrebor I tried replying to this already but it seems youtube ate my reply once I hit send, so if two messages come up I apologise! A quick google and it seems to be from Paul Sawyer's chaos warband series. It culminated in White Dwarf 285 (September 2003) with him going to a tournament, but there were numerous installments before then where he had £30 a month to expand the army from humble beginnings to 2000 points throughout 2003 (and maybe before). If you're not cheap (like me) you can go and read all the old issues from then on warhammer archive, which is a part of warhammer plus' subscription.

[@pauldavis990]

@@racsostrebor This reply is a bit late, but the series of articles was called Lure of the Gods, written by Paul Sawyer.

[@winewithhedda]

Finally. Keep playing SOVL. Try PVP with Ben.

[@AntonoirJacques]

Ben will wipe the floor with Tom, regardless of how much Tom plays.

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

This has to be a way to make HORSE with this game

[@pontuslidekil6840]

I do really like the dwarfs in this game the amount of times have gunlined things with muskets and cannons has been some of the most fun in this game.

[@Ysehporp]

Yeah its unfortunate that gunline is kinda just the best strategy by a mile and trivializes the whole game cause it's really fun for a while @.@ as a wood elf player its my natural instinct as well but I can only play so many campaigns where I lose less than 15 models... Been enjoying playing dead nations more and just forcing myself into lots of melee. The recent artillery nerfs have helped make gunline less auto win which helps too.

[@kirby-wt8yz]

The Deepgaurd with the guns you can buy for them are so good

[@PierceArner]

20:58 - An amazing new Tom quote. The enemy being able to hold on a 5 feels like it's turning into a recurring trend. Also, those Bats were an incredibly reliable asset.

[@Bluemangrup]

yeah the AI seems to be very lucky in this game

[@Tachii31]

Love the White Dwarf battle report aesthetic. I'm surprised Tom forgets the elven C. Guard are a hybrid unit though, having spears and bows is the entire reason to recruit C. Guard.

[@MikeDCresswell]

This game has already cost me so many hours! Thank you Teem and Been for showing this one off!

[@TheOnlyOrk]

yakety sax music playing with the skaven

[@lethalclips1234]

This is such a good series :)

[@BlareWolfgang]

These battle reports are amazing

[@BriskKnuhm]

i did enjoy it Tom, I really did thank you

[@Mikodemuz11]

What did he do to you?!

[@BriskKnuhm]

@@Mikodemuz11 "it"

[@mikec3709]

I'm really enjoying this! Would like to see you try out the goatmen raiders next time :D

[@RoronoaZoroSensei]

Thanks Tom. After watching the last video on this, I spent 14 hours in the last two days playing this. Give me back my time ;_;

[@gummybread]

times Tom has said meatgrinder these last 2 videos = at least 90 times Toms units have been made of meat = about 0

[@mbufton]

1 counting the rats, 2 counting Boring von Carstein

[@Mikodemuz11]

Meatgrinder is not made from meat

[@vegladex]

Old Bonegrinder? Isn't that a thing with Tom and Ben? Or am I just thinking about that Hag encounter in Curse of Strahd?

[@Tachii31]

@@mbufton 4 with the bats!

[@MrDiscountNinja]

Le Krell, always a pleasure. I'd definitely keep watching these.

[@dragonzord6615]

It's sovl time!

[@eDRoaCH]

I'm here for the rat micro

[@elisjones984]

PVP sock with Ben would be dope

[@bluebaboon37]

Absolutely loving this series!

[@honidian]

I would love to see more! I myself just started playing, and boy do I think I have a lot to learn.

[@emilyspray4500]

I love when tom names the units, find it makes me so much more imvested in the wins and losses Random vampire lord? Eugh, boring Boring von carstein? Somehow, mot boring(?)

[@marlowphillips7543]

Please play more of this game I have because I healthily obsessed with it because of your vids, would love to see a HORSE of wheel of wheels type format with Ben or someone

[@MichaelTE]

I really hate how you can't enter combat without having to charge. It's something I always really hated in Warhammer. Just turn and walk forward. Why can't you do that? It's so ridiculous.

[@mpm165]

I want to see you check out the goatmen. keep the bad guy run going

[@guybrushfawkes7180]

+1 for soVl!

[@Sc0ts]

Krell!

[@HAXMINATOR]

You should do a campaign as your favourite race! The elves!

[@Cothfotmeoo]

Really awesome and wild game though. Well played.

[@freddiewjack]

I'm on team Attack Bats

[@ferrusfylax]

you do know you can change the width of your units right? wide cav hit so much harder

[@beanie7965]

Orcs!

[@leobishop2712]

Sovl is the best!

[@ratz30]

Give the goat men a go! They can be very in your face with their scouts

[@ch0arrim]

This is great :D

[@kezmsfilms1300]

Daily reminder that Tom is an amazing person and to thank him for all he has done/will do - Day 1707 So fun to see Part 2 :D this is a super fun game, and damn those Bats really bring it home I for one can't wait to see even more :D

[@mattlevens6382]

Always nice to see this game!

[@fudgeyman99]

Would love to keep seeing more of this.

[@dwarvenhammer1636]

DWAF

[@johanlarsen7656]

Yes, I love this series 🥳

[@doubledee8677]

Lizardmen next please.

[@jame590]

finally looked into this game super fun!

[@dwarvenhammer1636]

MORRRRRRRRRR

[@taylorbrecht8049]

comment for the youtube throne

[@andyb281]

Yay sovl

[@jamesbaurus5928]

That cannon aint gonna be in SOVL 2

[@EliashMalevil]

I love those!!!

[@AlvorReal]

The randomizer is true random, the problem is that real dice are not true random. Everyone rolls dice differently and tends to subconsciously learn how to roll them "well". An experienced enough dice player can pretty consistently roll what number they want based on how they hold their dice and how they roll them.

[@Nerosus]

Sad to see Tom is still playing something that exploiting artists

[@mattlevens6382]

Sadly there is no other game like this at the moment, it seems Tom is enjoying the game (I also enjoy watching him play). I imagine the team behind this game is small with little funding, let’s hope the game grows so the developers can hire some artists. Personally I don’t have a problem with Tom playing this game tbh.

[@stryke-jn3kv]

@@mattlevens6382 It's literally just one guy so not even a team, that's why I too am inclined to be forgiving

[@kirby-wt8yz]

Are they using AI art?

[@Nerosus]

@@stryke-jn3kv the problem is that exploitation is exploitation. Being a single developer doesn’t make it less exploitation. And someone on the games steam discussion have offered to give their art to the game for free just to get rid of the AI images.

[@Nerosus]

@@kirby-wt8yz Yep. It is quite clearly AI generated images. Strange additions, off putting angles, smeared details.