Thornwood League

So the FLGS is running a Thornwood League starting 6/18/2012.  For those who haven't seen the info on the League, here is the relevant PP page:

http://privateerpress.com/organized-play/leagues/thornwood

Now that the link is out of the way, on to the meat and potatoes of this post.  I looked at these league rules and I saw a great reason to try out one of the most maligned units in the Trollblood lineup, the Trollkin Sluggers.

To get the most out of these guys, they need to be relatively immobile.  The get d3 attacks (and their aiming bonus of course) if they sacrifice their movement.  When considering that in a vacuum, that is pretty solid.  The concern comes from the fact that if they do need to move, their RAT is kinda low (they are Trollkin after all) and they now only get 1 attack.  Not terrible, but at 8 points for 5 of them, there is an issue there.

Enter Thornwood League, or more importantly:

Captain Maxwell Finn, Thornwood Survivor.  Max here normally only plays for Cygnar, but for Thornwood he will work for Trollbloods as well as Cygnar.  Not only does he bring a solid Ranged Solo to the table (something Trolls lack), but he gives the guys above Camouflage, Relentless Charge (Pathfinder Charges help when they do need to move), and +2 RAT.  While he may be 3 points, I feel that what he adds to the Sluggers, plus himself, is well worth 11 points.

We also get a nifty alternate Trollkin Champion Hero, the "Secluded Savage" we can field.  He trades in Relentless Charge, Tactician, and Thresher for Camouflage, Killing Spree and Pathfinder.  I think all in all this is a solid trade.  If you are taking Champions, you probably want the stock Champ Hero, but if you are not, I think this is a friendlier Melee Solo who now doesn't need to worry about hitting his own boys in that 2" melee range.

All that is a lead-up to this, I like Theme Armies (note that I did not say "Tier Lists"), so I wrote up a Theme Army for the League.  I do intend to use 5 different Warlocks to get that Commendation (Borka, Calandra, eGrissel, Jarl and pMadrak); but this will be my list for the other games (and the Commendation Jarl game) that I will be playing:

Jarl Skuld, Devil Of Thornwood

* Troll Impaler

* Dire Troll Mauler

Krielstone Bearer and 3 Stone Scribes

* Krielstone Stone Scribe Elder

Trollkin Scouts (Leader and 5 Grunts)

Trollkin Sluggers (Leader and 4 Grunts) 

Stone Scribe Chronicler

Trollblood Skinner

Secluded Savage 

Captain Maxwell Finn, Thornwood Survivor

We'll see how it goes, first game will probably be in a week (waiting on models to arrive).