…made sweet summer by this son of York.
One of the challenges of HoTT as a fantasy wargaming system is that you actually have to be creative. Not for the HoTTer the crutch of army lists and approved figures. You must theme your own army. Some are brutally efficient, exploiting the imbalances of the points system, but we spurn them – they are players, not gentlemen. But being creative is not my forte and coming up with interesting themes for HoTT armies is not my forte – generic dwarves or undead egyptians are nice but hardly original.
But as I paint my DBMM War of the Roses army – genius strikes. I always talk to my figures as I paint them and obviously for the War of the Roses, all the best dialogue has to come from the first series of Blackadder (the one true series you might say). And then I think, why not do a Blackadder HoTT army. What would be in it?
Richard III – Knight General.
Richard, Duke of York “Let blood, blood, blood be your battle cry. Slit their gizzards” – Hero (anyone played by Brian Blessed has to be a hero).
Prince Harry “Now there’s going to have to be a certain amount of violence, but we all know its in a jolly go cause, don’t we?” – Difficult one this. I first thought a Cleric, but on balance I think he has to be a Paladin.
Edmund Blackadder, Duke of Edinburgh – Sneaker (obviously – very good at killing generals, albeit on his own side).
The Bishop of Bath and Wells (not the later baby-eating one, but the one who is apparently killed by Edmund but is still able to lead the service of thanksgiving) – fills the Cleric slot nicely.
The Spanish Infanta – Behemoth (obviously).
We nobles (obviously including Lord Percy “why, its the king”) – Knights
Peasants (lots of peasants, but they only count in the event of a tie) – Hordes.