First Ever Army Lists- Romans/Knights

[IronHobbit]

Hey, guys, I just joined today, so forgive me if this isn't where this thread belongs- everything seems to be Islandscape!

Okay, so I used to play as kid, and I thought Heroscape was completely done, until I found this site. Here's two lists I just put together after looking through all of the profiles and power rankings and stuff:

Marcus Decimus Gallus 100
Eldgrim the Viking Champion 130
Isamu 140
Roman Legionnaires x3 290
4th Massachusetts Line x3 500

Sir Gilbert 105
Eldgrim the Viking Champion 135
Knights of Weston x2 275
4th Massachusetts Line x3 485

Any suggestions or criticisms would be very helpful. Thanks, guys.

[Smithy Winfred]

4th + Romans = not a fantastic army. You really need all valiant figures in your army in order to make the 4th a powerful choice. Otherwise they are just too easy to bring down.

[IronHobbit]

Maybe I should drop Eldgrim and the 4th x3 and add the 10th x3?

Something like this:

Marcus Decimus Gallus 100
Isamu 110
Roman Legionnaires x3 260
10th Regiment of Foot x3 485

[elvenwizard9]

Originally Posted by IronHobbit

Maybe I should drop Eldgrim and the 4th x3 and add the 10th x3?

Something like this:

Marcus Decimus Gallus 100
Isamu 110
Roman Legionnaires x3 260
10th Regiment of Foot x3 485

That seems like a solid army. If you have a few spare points, I'd draft Me-Burq-Sa at 50 points to add in another decent bonding option for the Legionaries. MBS can be good for targeting high priority figures with his Paralyzing Stare.

In the disciplined army involving Gallus, the 10th are a great all-around choice. However, to squeeze in Marcus and Isamu you'd have to drop a couple of squad figures if you're trying to fit into a 24 hex starting zone.

[IronHobbit]

Oh yeah, you're right! I completely forgot about the 24-hex limit! Sorry, I just kinda got back into it the other day.

Okay, dropping a Legionnaire would probably fix it...

Marcus Decimus Gallus 100
Isamu 110
Me-Burq-Sa 160
Roman Legionnaires x2 260
10th Regiment of Foot x3 485

Thanks for all your help, guys! It looks pretty decent to me.

[Ninja Status]

It looks good, and welcome to the site. There is a thread that you can go where people judge your army ideas, it's called the Army Advice and Feedback thread. Good luck.
~NS

[IronHobbit]

Okay, thanks Ninja! I'll make sure to post there next time.

[White Knight]

Originally Posted by IronHobbit

Oh yeah, you're right! I completely forgot about the 24-hex limit! Sorry, I just kinda got back into it the other day.

Okay, dropping a Legionnaire would probably fix it...

Marcus Decimus Gallus 100
Isamu 110
Me-Burq-Sa 160
Roman Legionnaires x2 260
10th Regiment of Foot x3 485

Thanks for all your help, guys! It looks pretty decent to me.

I prefer:

Marcus Decimus Gallus 100
Roman Legionnaires x2 300
10th Regiment of Foot x4 (-1) 500

The -1 for the 10th is to fit into the 24 hex limit. It's a pretty solid army that I use in playtesting all the time.

[IronHobbit]

Oh, so you can drop models from units that you've already paid for to keep the hex limit? Okay... I should probably break out the rules booklet.

It looks pretty solid, actually. Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that.

[Cleon]

Originally Posted by Smithy Winfred

4th + Romans = not a fantastic army. You really need all valiant figures in your army in order to make the 4th a powerful choice. Otherwise they are just too easy to bring down.

It's still good, just not as good as 10th Reg + Romans. Non-valiant 4th Mass is way better than a lot of stuff, it's just not played nearly as much since the 10th Reg came out. And there isn't really a need to play it unless you can't afford that extra 10pt.-20pt. for the 10th Reg.

IronHobbit,
You can also consider the Airborne Elite for a ranged squad to pair with the Romans.

Airborne Elite 110
Marcus 100
Ne-Gok-Sa 90
Romans x4 200

is a sweet army.

Welcome to the site.

[greygnarl]

Take Ne-Gok-Sa out and get Me-Burq-Sa+filler. Romans with MBS is so much better than Romans with anything else.

[kolakoski]

Well met!

Originally Posted by greygnarl

Take Ne-Gok-Sa out and get Me-Burq-Sa+filler. Romans with MBS is so much better than Romans with anything else.

Better to just replace one of the Roman squads with Me-Burq-Sa.