Some of the most learned trollkin runescribes choose to accompany their leaders into battle. Carrying the sacred tablets of their kriel, runebearers are capable of amplifying the Dhunian gifts of trollkin warlocks. The glyphs glow as the runebearer speaks them aloud, easing their warlock’s use of their fury-driven prayers and sorcery.
Dragged from beneath the hardened ground of the Bloodstone Marches, razor worms are frightening and voracious monsters. The worms are difficult to track as they burrow through solid rock or the tangled roots of dense terrain. Under the direction of skorne warlocks, the razor worms bore through the surface earth of the battlefield, erupting from the ground as a nightmare of hungry teeth and piercing spines. Those they attack are dragged below the earth and consumed whole, their screams cut short by the choking earth.
The escalation of war has provided many windfalls for the kriels. Among these are certain dangerous and explosive chemicals, which though unsuitable for use as gunpowder have been put to other uses. The trollkin have begun arming some of the more cunning dire trolls with barrels of these chemicals to heave at the enemy. The explosions bother the resilient trolls little and wreak terrible damage upon their foes.
Privateer Press is proud to present the updated HORDES model rules. These rules are the culmination of countless hours of collecting feedback from the HORDES field test as well as continuing internal efforts and represent the new tournament legal rules for using HORDES models in both competitive and casual play.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the HORDES Mk II field test.
For this holiday edition of the HORDES Field Test update, we have included the full model lineup with all changes to date. We've come a long way and are on track to make HORDES Mk II a huge success. Thanks for all your input thus far. Keep on playing and sending in your feedback reports!
Along with the recent announcement of extending the HORDES Mk II Field Test, we are also posting an update for your continued testing and feedback. These model rules replace any previous versions of the same models. We will continue to listen to your feedback and continue our development and playtesting, so keep on playing and sending in your feedback reports!
The Field Test has been extended until January 17th at midnight, Pacific Time.
We will continue to provide updates as available.
This method of working through our updates while continuing to receive relevant feedback has extended the useful life of the field test.
Please continue to provide your feedback, thanks!
As we head into the final week of the HORDES Mk II Field Test, we have a few additional model updates for your continued testing and feedback. These changes still do not represent the final product, but they represent a more current state of HORDES than the previous Field Test files. Keep on playing and sending in your feedback reports!
The HORDES Mk II Field Test has been running for almost two weeks and we have been paying attention to your feedback. Here are updated rules and models based on responses to external and internal testing. These files are NOT the final product but they represent a more current state of HORDES than the original Field Test files. Keep playing and keep that feedback streaming in!
The Mk II field test documents are now available for download on http://fieldtest.privateerpress.com. Players will need to register on the site in order to have full access to all the HORDES Mk II Field Test content including the Mk II rules, Unit rules and feedback forms.
Go to http://fieldtest.privateerpress.com now and get ready for the next stage in full metal combat!
The HORDES Mk II Field Test Site will not be accepting feedback until December 1st 2009. Thank you.
