So I took Empire to my FIRST Old World Tournament! | Tournament After Action Report

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00:00 - Intro
1:13 - Thank yous
3:05 - List
9:59 - Lay of the Land
11:43 - Game 1
29:56 - Game 2
44:24 - Game 3
1:04:32 - Lessons Learned/Epilogue

[@brookpederson738]

summon the elector counts!

[@mathiasmoller1989]

Summon the Emperors!

[@jocylinfrancis930]

Summon the elector counts!!

[@amm3081]

I appreciate your Sharpe reference. Good on you for fielding the heroic and always needed pajama men.

[@jtrain9926]

"Cannons are good" *grumbles in Dawi*

[@josephjustice4553]

Think they will make Dwarf canons better in the future?

[@jtrain9926]

@@josephjustice4553 I'd just like a rune to give it the stats of a great cannon, the D3+1 and the range would make them much more useful. D3 damage is just not enough.

[@janekciscek288]

Dawi Cannons can at least shoot every round.

[@lukefreeman4281]

Dwarf cannon one the worst units in the entire game.

[@mjhsinclair]

Love it - your army looks glorious, Old World produces so many great moments over a tournament, and it sounds like a great time.

[@iestyn7077]

Absolutely loved this. I love Old World , so please more of this. Subscribed😊👍

[@MordianGlory]

More to come!

[@cavemansam8400]

23:19 - T4 steam tank is tragic. Well played to your opponent for bringing together multiple aspects of their list to leverage the power to achieve that. Should probably think about extra magic defence for the list. Either stronger wizards equipped for better dispels, or what I think could be more the style of this list, active magic defence with small/fast/semi sacrificial units intended to charge into enemy wizards, tie them up and stop them from casting and/or snipe them out.

[@MordianGlory]

Yeah he handled the Stank really well :)

[@WeirdWizardDave]

"all of the state troops got cut down". Yep that sounds like State Troops.

[@SSBBcore]

Just realized I have been watching your videos for a while without being subscribed, so here you go, another subscriber! Love your commentary style, really easy to tag along but still staying invested

[@samareck2885]

The fact that youtube hasn't pushed this despite the fact that I consume a LOT of Olde Worlde content irritates me

[@BenleGentil]

Really enjoyed that format, keep em coming

[@SSBBcore]

Oh yeah, love the colors on your army, really inspires me to pick up Empire in the future if the economy and time management allows it

[@lolsovs]

Its nice to see people 3D printing whole armies.. Making sure to support the continued existence of The Old World :-)

[@Jacob-tl1ig]

the excitement in his voice at the start i love it keep it up \o/

[@anderslundtoft2315]

More of this Mordian :)

[@ameliaclark1917]

Units getting winblasted off the board is so funny! Was this the Element Legends one back in March? It was a great tournament!

[@MordianGlory]

It was!

[@ameliaclark1917]

@@MordianGlory I thought I recognised the army! I only found your channel after the event. I also remember those 3d printed orcs from your game one, they were on the table next to me in game 3. It was a great event, looking forward to the next one!

[@geertbeekman8680]

congrats to your succeses

[@louisburton9064]

I'm slowly building up my full pesont army

[@anthonyparente7858]

How are you doing your yellows, just a base with an orange contrast paint over the top? I really like it and have a hard time with yellow.

[@MordianGlory]

Prime in Army Painter Matt White. 1 layer of Army Painter Zealot Yellow speed paint

[@anthonyparente7858]

@@MordianGlory oh damn, seems easy enough! Thx for the response

[@PowerSeries-x2]

Loving the empire reports. Id love to see more, maybe some pistoliers, maybe some mercenary Ogres. Wargames Atlantic has a sweet Landschekt Ogres kits I've been painting up

[@sclarke6969]

I did. I really really liked this video!

[@peterkantor9494]

Your army looks amazing! Mind you share the stls for those macedonian themed state troops with pikes?

[@MordianGlory]

Highland minis 3d prints :)

[@Athiuen]

Love the empire. I'd love to see you add a knightly order to your army.

[@MordianGlory]

Knights coming soon :)

[@randomredpyro164]

FAITH STEEL AND POWDER

[@alanrickett2537]

Well you won the first game as thete army is not painted so they are all dead before the game starts

[@josephjustice4553]

The only thing more upsetting to me than a fully unpainted army is a fully unpainted, 3d printed army…😢

[@guehe99]

What edition are his empire troops people? I didn’t recognize them,

[@Myke...]

did the gob/orc 3d print models? This must be a friendly tryout comp, no way unpainted allowed kinda kills a visual battle report

[@MordianGlory]

No painting requirements this time as it was an just a fun event, next time there will be painting requirements:)

[@hinti24]

Game 3 was a rough beating for chaos. damn

[@Chruff]

Are you coming to Triple Crown Wargaming’s Derby Deathmatch in May? They did a lot of work keeping the Fantasy community alive in the Dark Times and their events are always run well

[@bremer1701]

22:44 you did try to dispell with your army right? 35:53 Really impressive considering that 40 Archers make 2 Wounds on average against your Spearmen.

[@janehrahan5116]

4.4444. (40/3/2x2/3 or 40/9.)

[@bremer1701]

​@@janehrahan5116 yeah you are right. messed up the last part^^ But only with acually 40 shots. And they did not have 40 shots. Both units had 14 shots (considering the pictures). So it is only 3 wounds and on long range its only 1,5 wounds and he managed to kill 5 Spearmen and 3 Halberders.

[@soic9690]

A lot of people are saying that infantry are underpowered this edition, but I think they're pretty good. I take a couple bricks of men at arms in my bretonnian army, and they've impressed me. Despite being ws2, they are great for holding the line and waiting for the cavalry to do its thing. Stubborn and shieldwall area hell of a drug

[@Hawko1313]

Men at arms are great from my experience. 4 points for light armour, shield and spear. I want to make my 20 man bricks larger just from how much they've overperformed. I really like Brets being an army with core choices that are worth taking, KotR and M@A are almost my best units every time in the games ive played. Empire unfortunately are just paying too much to make the infantry bricks. 5 points a model, for an extra weaponskill and leadership, sure... but you have to buy the shields/spears/halberds seperately. So usually you're paying 50% to 75% more on a state troop unit. They don't have horde, warband or shieldwall either, AND grail monk adds some extra value on top of it all.

[@benfellsfive9664]

Gotta agree HVGs are really good. As a Bretonnian player, fronting up to empire armies heavy on HVGs and outriders (and the dwarven volley gun equiv for them) is never a good day for me.

[@andrewbakescakes9684]

Surprised this was your first tournament. Hope your experiences lead to revelations in how to make Empire not awful. EDIT: That TK player...were they 10 years old? Or was it their first game? I just can't even...

[@shockerck4465]

Are those Highland miniatures Sunland Empire??

[@MordianGlory]

Yes! I highly recommend them :)

[@armasaurusrex3158]

The demon prince didn't move its full move forward?

[@grottoguru6473]

You say, "Printed and painted" at around 10 mins. Does this mean you 3D printed units? Where can I find the STLs?!

[@liangweihao7932]

Let's be honest, a stank in a 1250 pts list is very hardcore, especially in a tournament of what's obviously very new players with very soft lists. There are very, very little things that can deal with it in such small point games. It more than makes up for the fact that you used soft state troops. The proportion of points, number of threats/units and unit choice combinations are vastly different from standard 2k games.

[@Kerruo]

Mann I just got into the hobby and now I'm not sure if I should buy Old World or W40k. Btw you won the first game because the enemy's army wasn't battle-ready.

[@bakuchidancer]

No such rule in tow

[@WeirdWizardDave]

Game 2 - Your opponent must have either been very new or out of his mind to leave his units so close to the edge of the board.

[@Emanon...]

I'm missing a bit more "oumph" in the army. A single proper hammer unit or two smaller knight units to supplement the infantry. BS based shooting for Empire when units move along the line is imho a waste of points.

[@anderslundtoft2315]

1250 warriors list!

[@vodrake]

at 1250 the games will be quick. When you go to 2k it get's a bit slower.

[@DalachieCappuccino]

🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙

[@janehrahan5116]

Steam tanks are good.

[@cavemansam8400]

29:50 - Sounds like you’re all anvils and no hammers.

[@bennconner1195]

Not really a fan of players who just 3d print a sweaty list and don’t even paint it.

[@iainfenton4671]

I don't think unpainted armies should be allowed to take part in tournaments haha

[@lintrichards6007]

...Isn't this like your third "first"?

[@MordianGlory]

This is the Summary video from the much longer live stream which covered the same topic. I like to do a shorter version for those people who don't have time to watch a 6 hour live stream

[@kempo79]

12:27 - imagine being so cheap you don't actually buy yourself an army, just print it - and then don't even bother to paint it. I wouldn't even play with such people.

[@josephjustice4553]

100% agree.

[@janehrahan5116]

Painting has nothing to do with expense but time. You don't know his life. 3d printing shaming is weird gw simping and on this channel is wildly hypocritical given mordians entire army is printed except the legacy stank

[@kempo79]

@@janehrahan5116 Warhammer is a game of playing citadel models. Simple as. Using printed/3rd party models should be an exception, not the rule. I'm totally OK with using such models here and there to add some flavor to your army, but printing entire army AND THEN not even bother to paint it is just above my tolerance level. Now, Mordian has his army printed, sure - but he chose good models to print (they actually look like Warhammer models), painted them nicely, modelled their bases and still using original models (steam tank, the wizard gal and cannons). If you are using 3rd party/3d printed models, at least have some decency and PAINT THEM. You don't want to support the company that makes the game by buying models (and ensure the company keeps supporting it) - fine, but at least give your opponent the pleasure of fighting against well painted and modelled army.

[@ed8930]

Steam tanks are a solid unit, but they can only fire 1 weapon a turn, so its either the steam gun, steam cannon or engineers weapon. I kind of feel like it is missing some extra rule to let it fire multiple weapons and maybe split fire but alternatively you can look at it like the steam gun is the steam cannons version of grapeshot.

[@Redshaark]

As it's a chariot the engineer can fire and the Steamtank can choose a weapon to fire. So at least you are able to use two weapons.

[@ed8930]

Q: Some chariots are equipped with large scale missile weapons such as bolt throwers. Who shoots such weapons; the crew, the beasts that draw the chariot, or the chariot itself ? A: Missile weapons mounted on chariots (or howdahs) are shot by the crew, using their Ballistic Skill. The most recent FAQ suggests the crew is firing the weapon so that's a bit of a grey area, if the 1 crewmember is firing the cannon, can they fire another weapon?@@Redshaark

[@raphwalker9123]

Jesus thar guy couldnt even be bothered to spray his army black

[@bremer1701]

maybe he printed them the evening before :D

[@normtrooper4392]

Combined arms is the order of the day for the empire. I never leave home without some cavalry to support the infantry. Also, I do anchor my battleline around greatswords.

[@marioroman2753]

State troops kinda suck tbh

[@Head2Body2Head]

The 3d printed unpainted orc army is LAME… imagine working so hard on your army to show up and play that

[@bremer1701]

Level 4 is overrated in a 2k game.

[@janehrahan5116]

I don't think so. A level 4 is under 10% of a list for most armies (lore familiar is a trap most of the time imo). But at 1250 it's gonna be almost 20% of your army and yeah there it's extremely overrated

[@bremer1701]

@@janehrahan5116 dont get me wrong. A lvl 4 is good (duh) but it is not like you must take one to be competetive. Even at 2k you can go well with just a lvl 2, depending on your army of course. If you play like Tomb Kings or Vampires or Elves you will benefit more from a lvl 4 then Bretonnia or Empire.

[@---gk9ve]

i like the minis, but the rules suck

[@CinderellasStinkyFoot]

How did you do your bases?

[@MordianGlory]

Just pva and geek gaming scenics Mediterranean flock

[@CinderellasStinkyFoot]

Nice I'll have to get some, looks great.