The World Of Twilight

I'm doing semi-regular tactica for WoT in the e-zine A Call To Arms, and some other WoT based articles; I'll post links to the articles here in case anyone's interested.

http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/2984357 (http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/2984357) - Fubarnii Tactica
http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/3047831 (http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/3047831) - Delgon Tactica
http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/3114206 (http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/3114206) - Notes on my Gushrak conversion
http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/3271977 (http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/3271977) - Interview with Mike

Also if anyone has an idea for an article they could contribute, please do contact me. There's only so much half-decent material we can write each month on our own...

(I think this is the best place to put this thread, if any admin wishes to differ please move/delete as you see fit).

Do you take modeling reviews?

I'm sure we would, yep.  :)

I'd be happy to either provide you with a review of the lasercut buildings i'me about to release or perhaps less biased would be to provide you with a kit?

Either would be great, though asking round there's a lot of enthusiasm for one or two of us doing a review of one of the kits "in the flesh" as it were. Shall I email you about it or vice versa?

have pm'd you Jubal.

These are well worth reading, particularly the tactica. Jubal, would you mind me stealing these for the forum/website (with suitable credit given, of course)?

Yea, as long as there's a link to CtA around somewhere that's more than fine.  :)

I've already snaffled the Tacticas (with a note to attribute them!) and they're in a huge directory marked "things that need to go on the website"... :-/

Delgon tactica is well underway. :)

Why did I say Delgon? I meant Devanu!

Devanu tactica is complete, should be released in 1-2 days.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Devanu tactica! :)

http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/3333935

Devanu tactica!

Prolly not as good as the others as I've seent he Devanu played less, but it should still be a pretty valid overview of the force.  :)

Looks good!
You missed out the risk of Sempa getting bogged down by troops - the Kopa's leap ability is very handy in that situation.

Excellent again! I'd love to see if you can do some 'what ifs' in combat and make possible recommendations. e.g. when to feint, when to dodge.

I'm alive................. ;D

Great read mate, I've played the Devanu in many games now and agree with what you wrote. 

When you first see the Kopa and all his abilities it is all too easy to get carried away sprinting up the field and getting killed off by a coordinated strike!  You need to pick fights carefully with any of the Devanu, don't rush needlessly into combat.  Use the Grishak to help thin the ranks first and help you to gang-up on Fubarnii.  You have speed on your side too so it's easier to pick the fights you choose.

Stay away from knight captains unless you can pounce on them unsupported and with little to no stamina.  The knight captain is a Devanu killer especially when he brings a few mates along for a coordinated strike.  I usually stay away from these guys until I can wear them down a bit or bring numbers to bear!

As Mike pointed out the Kopa has leap which has saved my bacon quite a few times and helped my Kopa's get out of some sticky situations!  It is an ability I really miss when playing a Sempa, but I'm glad the Jenta has it!  :)

Assassinate is another awesome ability the Devanu and, apart from the Jenta, all models available to the Devanu can attack in their activation without waiting for a combat phase! 

The Jenta are a great option for the Devanu at 50pts each.  2 Jenta and a matriarch make a devastating attack force, getting some high combat stone totals if you can get the trio into combat with one individual (Roban :)). Even just firing 2 Jenta at a target 12" away can net you an 8 stone combat....they are like mini cruise missiles!

Grishak are great and provide the workhorses of a Devanu force.  The more Grishak you can field the better they get, infact I've been playing games recently using only Grishak!  They MUST charge though, the 4 stone charge can be brutal, and I always go for all erac so the enemy save is -1.  If you get charged or bogged down in combat they are only cs2 which means militia will kill them  :(  They are fast so you should have no real trouble getting in charges and sending 2 or 3 after knight captains is good. Grishak also have a good save of 4+.

The Kosok is our latest beast and is one I've enjoyed using.....I like 2, 1 on each flank!  They will annoy your opponent as he can't pin them in combat due to flit and they are quite hard to kill using ranged attacks too due to evasive  :)  I agree that their cs1 is pretty weak but on a charge a cs3 strike is still pretty good for taking out support models.  I use them to pick off rangers, engineers etc....models that can't fight that well in return!

The Devanu are an extremely powerful force with a lot of abilities.  Our greater speed is key to picking your fights, you will be outnumbered, and hit and run is a viable tactic with The Devanu :)

You will still have games though where you just can't help getting skewered by those pesky knight captains with their coordinated strikes.......... ::)

New issue up, including a review of the Pryn-Gul tower and an interview with Brandlin!

Excellent review of the tower, and Alan is apparently far more verbose than I am when it comes to Q&As!
Good job again  :)

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thought you might like to see this jubal - http://brandlin.blogspot.com/2010/07/call-to-arms-review-and-interview.html

There'll be a winter-themed scenario out this month.  :D

Oooh, sounds good! Let me know if you want somebody to review it  :)

http://s1.zetaboards.com/A_Call_to_Arms/topic/3975980

Here we are. :)