The Warhammer Underworlds box games have been one of my favourite developments from GW in the last few years. I’ve really enjoyed the small unit sizes for painting projects to try out new colour schemes and to paint models I’d never normally buy for an army otherwise. With the pandemic, I’ve not played any in-person games recently but the notorious OAG, my girlfriend, has never played a miniature game in her life. She expressed interest in my wargaming addiction and since I didn’t have a lot of experience with actually playing the Underworlds game, it was time for a new experience for both of us!
We’ve been playing a Zoom-based D&D campaign geared to noobs with a fantastic DM and have been enjoying it immensely, so adding models and boards to dice wasn’t a big stretch. Going over the warbands and models available, she instantly fell in love with squigs, calling them ‘Angry Grapes”. Accordingly, Zarbag’s Gits were procured. Painting took a bit of time with some false starts, but now that they were fully done, it was time to teach her how to play. I chose the Godsworn Hunt, purely because I love the models. We took the cards straight out of the packages, and didn’t get too involved in deck building to keep things slightly simple.
Rather than leaping directly into the game, OAG sat down with the Nightvault rule book. Many confused noises where made, and quizzical expressions directed towards me. After a short while, we set up the kitchen table with our chosen boards, placed objectives and rolled for initiative!
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