Their first Fortification Detachment costs 0 CP, doesn’t count towards their Detachment limit, and best of all, are free upto a certain power level depending on the Battle Size. Attackers also don’t get fortifications.ĭefenders on the other hand get CP refunded if their Warlord is part of a Spearhead Detachment and they pay an extra CP to take Outrider Detachments. This carries through to affecting army construction: Attackers get CP refunded if their Warlord is part of an Outrider or Vanguard Detachment and they pay an extra CP to take Spearhead Detachments. This is because in Planetstrike, the Attacker takes on the role of an invading army, dropping in from orbit, while the Defender takes on the role of a heavily dug-in defense force. Yes, we’ve had some attacker/defender missions before, but these take it to the next level – every mission determines an attacker and a defender right at the start – even before you muster an army. There’s a lot more going on with Planetstrike missions than the other mission packs, and these are the first truly asymmetrical mission pack that Games Workshop has released in 9th edition. I greatly prefer the simple joie de vivre of The Pikeman’s Lament.The core mechanics of Containment revolve around playing Planetstrike campaigns.
But donkeys years ago, I used to regularly play ECW in both 25mm (as it then was) and 15mm, with George Gush’s WRG renaissance rules. I can’t say to be honest, because I haven’t tried any of the other sets mentioned in this thread so far. Depends whether you’re after a game that’s fast and fun to play with all the superficial trappings of the ECW, or a painstakingly accurate historical simulation of mid C17th warfare. They provide a very enjoyable game of soldiers, without getting bogged down in a lot of worthy but tedious ‘correct’ period detail. Purists seem to regard the rules as too abstract, which is probably why I like them. They’re easy to understand and master, provide a good game, can be scaled up or down to accommodate just a handful of units or quite sizeable forces, don’t involve loads of tables, stats, and mathematical calculations when it comes to inflicting casualties, and they give a good flavour of the period.
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