Burrows & Badgers: A Skirmish Game of Anthropomorphic Animals

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I generally like hares, I think. I don’t know why I like sculpting hares. The problem with that questions is that generally whichever one I’m working on at the moment is the one I like the most. Usually right up until the point it’s finished, and then when it’s finished, I think, “Ehh… It doesn’t really look as good as I hoped it would.” But again, it could be a surprising thing because there’s quite a few minis in the range that I just don’t like and yet other people will be like, “Oh, you must love that one. That’s my favourite miniature, that.” And I just sort of think, “Good, I’m glad.” So we’re all different. So thankfully, hopefully whatever I do, someone will like it. All Out War draws from the Walking Dead comics rather than the TV show, but it's a tense, bloody experience for fans of both. Image: Mantic Games However, once the dust had settled on that little escapade the next few were a breeze and delight to paint and I’m well pleased with how they have turned out. I also completed a couple of dwarves which I will post about another time.

Massive Birds have a reasonable statline; nothing incredible, but they have Flight, and d8 Fortitude and Presence means they can be fairly good spell casters. The first few of the big ones we did have in metal to begin with. So a couple of the badgers and that were in metal but you just get casting problems with them really. When they’re single piece models just the sheer volume of it overheats the moulds, so you get burning and pitting on the model and the moulds don’t last very long. And then it just puts limits on things. Once we switched to resin, we could do things like the red kite, which it’s just a position that you couldn’t do in a metal mould. It just gives us better options and has made a big difference on postage since they’re so much lighter.

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Each of them has their own benefits and a special rule which makes them unique. For example, the Wildbeasts are Attuned To The Land which allows them to move through difficult terrain without penalty. Royalists, on the other hand, get Expert Training since they fight for the Crown, increasing their martial prowess. Since we’ve been talking about warbands we should probably go into how they come to be! When you start off you declare which of those allegiances you’re going to fall under… I really like this as it means that things favour the underdog (quite an apt pun) and while unlikely, you can have moments where a poor little Mouse can overcome deadly creatures twice their size!

And we know a lot of other people are looking for more anthropomorphic animal miniatures too. A lot of people are playing Burrows & Badgers now, and many of them have asked for Massive Hounds and a Massive Raptor, so we've sculpted them! Some will want to use them for other tabletop or roleplaying games, while others love painting miniatures, and our figures are perfect for that, full of character ready to be brought to life with your paintbrush.... Additionally, the mechanics and the way they’ve been put together favour those who want to not only have fun but also delve into a system which reinforces the narrative rather than divorcing yourself from it. Yes, there’s maths there, but the game is more than just the numbers and offers you up so many opportunities to tell an interesting story rather than just bashing models together. Squirrels are reasonable with Fortitude based magic, and their d8 Nimbleness and Concealment keeps them fairly safe from missile fire and makes them decent as sneaky ambushers. Medium Hounds are competent fighters, and Strong (1) helps them deal out the damage, but they are poor at hiding, and not great with magic either. At the beginning of a campaign, this helps you decide on the direction you want to take your warband and might also dictate which animals join your employ.Oathsworn, are the creators behind the Burrows & badgers miniatures & figurines, which are anthropomorphic animal characters armed with swords, axes, clubs and bows. These miniatures are also clad in characterful armour that appears to be inspired from dark age England and Europe. I will talk about my Badger as an example. He has Furious Charge meaning that he gets a bonus to his Strike when he charges a certain distance AND he combines this with Berserk meaning that as he gets damaged there is a chance he can go off in a wild rage. Immediately you’ve got the built-in character for your animals! Your standard roll-offs are going to be focused on combat and damage is then calculated by the difference between the two scores. You suffer wounds equal to the difference and mark it down on your warband sheet.