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During the pandemic, I wrote a blog post about how to play Warhammer Underworlds over webcam. Since then I still play most of my games over webcam, because my regular group are quite geographically dispersed and it works well for us. I know a lot of people play on Vassal or TTS, but I like being able to use the actual minis for the game. So here’s an updated post on how to play the new edition over webcam. What do you need to play Warhammer Underworlds: Embergard over webcam? Everything you'd normally need to play Embergard - your own models, dice, tokens, board, and cards. Some spare models to proxy the opponent's warband. It's easier if you have the actual models for the warband they're playing, but you can make do with any models. A webcam, or a phone you can use for video. A reasonably reliable internet connection. A friendly opponent. It's just about possible to play a game if only one of you has a camera...

 On the Saturday of the Easter bank holiday weekend, I played in the ‘Straight Outta Shadespire XIV’ Warhammer Underworlds tournament, a best of one championship format event played over webcam, with a special highlander rule that meant each entrant had to take a different warband. As the name suggests, this is the latest in a series of webcam tournaments that have been running since the pandemic put an end to face to face organised play. It was the time I’ve played in one, I’d been tempted before but put off by worrying that my slightly spotty internet connection might not be up to it. Having recently got a new router that excuse no longer applied, so I figured I’d give it a go. I ended up taking the Godsworn Hunt, which is probably the Underworlds warband I’ve had the most experience with, though less so in recent times. I’d probably have gone with Khagra’s Ravagers had they been free when I signed up to the tournament, but someone had already taken them, and though that player...

While I’ve only played one real life game with my Kharadron Overlords (KO) army so far, I’ve now got six or seven Tabletop Simulator (TTS) games under my belt with them. In this post I’m going to talk about my experience of learning how to use the army. The list I’ve used for most of my games is below. I’ve come to the conclusion it’s not a very good list, and I’ll explain why later. But it’s been fun to use, because it gives me a lot of options, and has given me experience of using a lot of different warscrolls. Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords - Sky Port: Barak Zilfin Aetheric Navigator (100) - Artefact: Svaregg-Stein Illuminator Flarepistol Endrinmaster with Dirigible Suit (190) - General - Command Trait: Great Tinkerer - Artefact: Staff of Ocular Optimisation 6 x Endrinriggers (200) 6 x Endrinriggers (200) 1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (130) - Great Endrinworks: Zonbarcorp 'Debtsettler' Spar Torpedo 1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (130) - Great Endrinworks: Coalbea...

Yesterday I played in the Hammertime 7 Age of Sigmar (AoS) event using Tabletop Simulator (TTS), so I thought I’d do a blog on how I got, and what it was like playing in a virtual tournament. The Hammertime TTS tournaments have been running for a while now during the UK lockdowns, and as the name suggests, this was the 7 th one. I watched some of the coverage of the previous one and it looked pretty fun, and since Christmas I’ve been playing a fair bit of AoS on TTS, so I thought I’d give it a go. It works much the same as a real life tournament would, except that all the players are in their own homes, so it’s organised over Discord and the games are played on TTS. My list I ran Kharadron Overlords, using a list based on my real life Kharadron force. I didn’t have a huge amount of experience with it – I’ve played one real life game and three or four TTS games prior to the tournament – so I didn’t expect to do very well. My list was as follows: Allegiance: Kharadron Overlord...

Something a bit different this week: I thought I'd write a short guide to playing Warhammer Underworlds over webcam. Underworlds is probably my favourite gaming system, and prior to the pandemic I organised a weekly meet-up in a friendly local game store. During the pandemic we've switched to a weekly meet-up over webcam, which has worked pretty well, it's never going to be quite the same as playing face to face, but I've really enjoyed being able to get some games in. This guide is focused on casual gaming, if you're interested in what more you'd need to do for full on competitive play over webcam, I'd suggest checking out Can You Roll a Crit's tournament rules for his UK Masters tournament. What do you need to play Warhammer Underworlds over webcam? Everything you'd normally need to play Underworlds - your own models, dice, tokens, boards, and cards. Some spare models to proxy the opponent's warband. It's easier if you have the actual model...