Wrath of Kings: House Goritsi

Of the four armies that I picked up, the one I've focused on the most has been the House Goritsi.  For those unfamiliar with the game, House Goritsi is all about vampires and werewolves, with some humans thrown in for light snacks as well.  This is the one faction that I didn't purchase the starter box for because I honestly wasn't a big fan of the vampire minis.  They've started to grow on me some but for now I decided to focus on the Skorza (aka the werewolves) and Ravenscar mercenaries (aka the humans or lunch).

Skorza skirmishers (minus one) with their two leaders in the front

Anyone familiar with Confrontation will recognize the style of the Skorza since CMON has several sculptors from Rackham working for them.  Forming the bulk of the Goritsi army are the Skorza skirmishers which are massive werewolves.  As I mentioned, I had first grabbed these minis to use for K47 but they are huge!

The massive shield breaker compared to the average human

In Wrath of Kings they count as elite troops which means that each one of them counts as two toward your force construction so with just the basic box of minis I have the equivalent of 12 troop choices and two leaders which is the minimum for a patrol game, the smallest of the game formats.

To round the list out a little more, I grabbed a box of the Ravenscar mercs which comes with 12 troops and two leaders.  Just these two boxes give me a good variety for force selection right out of the gate and is the same number of troops and leaders that all of the starter boxes come with.  A bit odd for a miniatures game but it's definitely a nice change.  This really is a game that you can buy the starter and literally have a most of an army right from the get go. 

Ravenscar mercs with their leader front and center

In addition to leaders and troops, there are also specialists to help round out the army (a pair of which are also included in the starters).  The basic specialists for Goritsi are more Skorza (huzzah!!!) but this time they take the shape of an agile fighter called a scourge and a massive brute called a shield breaker.

Skorza scourge on the left and shield breaker on the right

This army is smaller in number than some of the other factions due to the skirmishers being elite troops but even with their relatively small numbers they look really intimidating.  Life is hectic as ever and I don't have enough time for gaming but I'm working on assembling another army (House Teknes) so that we can try getting this to the table and give the game a try.  Fingers crossed, that will happen in the next week or two.

Suddenly the Wrath of Kings Started Raging

Months ago I had picked up some House Shael Han miniatures for Wrath of Kings though I'll admit that I had no intention of playing the game.  In fact I was going to use them for a Chinese themed force for In Her Majesty's Name but I never got around to pursuing it any further, largely because of the bases.  I had no idea that the bases that come with all the Wrath of Kings stuff are hollowed out for a base insert so they just wound up sitting in their boxes.

 

Fast forward to the end of last year, I ordered some of the House Goritzi Skorza to try modding into Shrekwuflen for Konflikt 47.  Well, once those came I saw just how big they were, especially compared to the normal minis in Konflikt so these joined the Shael Han force collecting dust.

 

Then around the beginning of January, I noticed the House Teknes starter set on Amazon for more than half off and it got me thinking "Maybe I should pick some of them up?"  I pulled the trigger and mentioned the game to my daughter who said she wouldn't mind giving it a try.  So I had the starter for Teknes and the same number of troops for Shael Han but she loves wolves and so I know she'd want to play Goritzi...  and off to Amazon I went again.

 

Long story short, I'm now the proud owner of four of the five starter armies available for Wrath of Kings.  I haven't been able to play the game yet but I've been steadily working my way through assembling the minis and I have been pleasantly surprised.  They go together very easily and have really good detail on them.  Even so I must admit that painting them is not high on my list right now but I might some day.  In the meantime I just want to play the game and then I'll go from there.