You know, even though it may appear to you as if my life consists mainly of wargaming, unfortunately this is far from the truth. In reality I spend most of my time with work, family, reading all kind of books (with a scope ranging from basest fantasy up to real literature and poetry – and, no, I don’t think anything’s wrong with me), eating, sleeping and all those other tedious things that make up this weird existence called “life” for lack of any better word…
Anyway. Nevertheless what I write in this blog is often lagging behind reality for days, weeks or even months (in several cases even years…) and this is one of those. We are going back almost half a year now, back to October 2011… as you know me, you know that Mordheim has always be one of my favourite Tabletop games out there. I loved the wacky rules, the great setting, the splendid artwork and opportunities… unfortunately for several years now I haven’t played it and when I look at my old skaven warband I do have the feeling I need a new one… urgently…
Nevertheless I am always pondering about getting back into the game again and I thought it would be nice to start with the iconical rulebook, in terms of writing, layout and illustrations one of the greatest tabletop publications ever done in my humble opinion, at least. Which is the main reason I want it as a book to touch and read in – else you can always download it from the GW homepage, too, of course… but that’s just not the same. The rulebook my friends and I used to play with is still with a fine friend of mine, so I searched up and down on eBay for another one…
Behold the written power of Mordheim - and Bretonia, if you insist...
Not that this was easy – there are often Mordheim rulebooks up for sale on eBay but the prices are usually way over the top for my taste. Not that I am a cheapskate, but you know, my pocket money is never what I wished it would be…
Anyway, finally I got lucky. Some guy had put up a lot of stuff for Bretonia and Mordheim and possible because of that combination (or out of my sheer luck) I got everything for less than 30 € – when usually you pay up to 50 € for the rulebook alone, that’s quite a bargain…
As for books I got an german armybook for Bretonia and the german edition of the Mordheim rulebook and the introductory guide. And to my astonishment, apart from a notch to the top of the rulebook, it is in very fine condition, almost crisp and largely unread. Still smelled as if it came fresh from the printer… a fine deal indeed.
Loads of plastic... always the best crack for people like me...
But I got more. There were four sprues with Mordheim scenery details – all complete and unused – as well as two sprues of Skaven warriors. If I remember correctly that’s more or less the complete building and Skaven content of the original box. At least it will come in handy for adorning building projects of mine – and of course it will be a fine start for a new Skaven warband.
I also got a lot of cardboard buildings, though unfortunately those turned out not to be complete. Instead I got a number of sheets twice and thus I lack the material to build any building from the starter set completely. But that’s fine with me, as you know I want to build my own scenery (with a certain… Carnevale feeling… you know?)
And then there was the Bretonia content, which turned out to be quite insane… here it’s just three sprues, not at all complete…
And here they come, all those headless, armless knights of the realm!
BUT there were more as you can see… some ten Men-at-arms and Bowmen…AND
But you have to admit they do look impressive... and even more they will when completed any painted...
31 Knights and one Pegasus knight. Most of them arrived here in a sorry shape, but there are more than enough parts to repair them and make them up… personally I don’t play Bretonnians, but a friend of mine does and I guess he will be happy to receive most of those… I will keep four or five knights to serve as statues, though… and most probably I will put aside most flags and stuff with prominent Fleur-de-Lys… hope he will be fine with that – my Sisters of Battle surely will…
Anyway, it is a fine re-boot for my Mordheim plans… hope you will see much about those in the upcoming months and years.
