Getting into Circle with an army box and more

goblinchow
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Getting into Circle with an army box and more Mar 22, 2017 4:26:52 GMT

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Post by goblinchow on Mar 22, 2017 4:26:52 GMT

I have been playing Menoth and enjoying it. I always wanted to start Circle as a Hordes army, but one of the Girls wanted the faction. Now she has just decided to play Trollbloods instead, so I have the perfect excuse to swipe her Circle and build it as my own army. I have the All in one Circle Army Box coming to the house later this Week, and I might have latched onto an old Mk. II two player box without the Everblight models. That would give me two casters (Kaya Wildborne, and Kromac Champion of the Wurm) I also ordered a set of Sentry Stone and Mannikins, as they seem to be useful. I am debating whether or not I should grab the Battlegroup box as well. That would give me Tanith, a Pureblood Warpwolf, Wild Argus and Gorax Rager. If Tanith and those models will work well with the other models I have, I will pick them up. A caster and three beasts for less than the price of a unit makes sense!

We are all expanding and starting our armies at once, so I will have chances to play against Cygnar, Khador, Skorne, Trollbloods and Protectorate of Menoth. We take our fun fairly seriously, but we do not do tournaments and Cathie and the Girls don't venture out into the local meta if they can help it.

Should I grab a Warpborn Alpha to go with the skinwalkers? Would any of the casters I have do well with a few Griffons? I kind of like the different Griffons and they look fun to paint, but I think they need to run in a large pack with either Una2 or another specialized caster. Can you splash a few Griffons into a Kaya list, or will I need to build the whole list around Griffons? I don't want to go with Wurmwood and build a specialized list right now for two reasons. I have to be able to scale the army up and down a bit, both in points and in intensity to play well against the varied armies within the household. I also want to keep extra purchases reasonable for now as I have just bought the equivalent of four and a half complete armies in the last two weeks! I also have to paint the rest of my Menoth, Cathie's Cygnar and then my Circle! (The Girls will paint their own.) I don't mind buying a few extra parts and units that will work well with what I have, but I can't pull a total overhaul before I even get my base army painted. When we do buy stuff, we tend to buy each army a model or two in one big batch, then we wait a while before doing it again. That way, nobody gets left out in the cold!

In the far future, I plan to get Druid Riders of the Mist, and possibly some Tharn Wolf Riders. My real reason for wanting the Druid Riders is I love the models, and I want to get Flamebringers for my Menoth army. I think they would look so cool charging each other on the table together, so it will happen someday! (Oops! I just let the model builder and roleplayer in me slip out!)

Thanks in advance, and I am so glad to see that this site came to the rescue. I was in the process of placing the huge order when I went to PP and saw the loss of the faction forums. I will do my part posting here to try to keep this site relevant. I don't know enough about Circle, yet, but I hope I can contribute to other parts of the site. (I just realized that I will be bookmarking over half of the faction sites before I am done!)

Happy Modeling,
Dave

kuririnad
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Getting into Circle with an army box and more Mar 25, 2017 3:25:00 GMT via mobile

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Post by kuririnad on Mar 25, 2017 3:25:00 GMT

I too converted from Menoth to the Devourer Wurm, so welcome! You've got a great start to Circle, albeit with probably an extra argus and some seldom-fielded rotterhorns. I absolutely love Tanith, so I would definitely recommend the new battle box. She plays like a circle warlock, but very different than Kromac2 and Kaya1, even if she used the same army. I am a big champion of magnets - the pureblood in the BB is the same parts as the multikit that comes in the all-in-one, so you can magnitude the arms/head and make your warpwolves pretty versatile.

Kromac2 is a pretty straightforward beatstick, so I think he scales well against different levels of play. As for Kaya1 and Tanith... as long as you try to avoid "gotchas" and hidden surprises, their tricks shouldn't induce any opponent ragequits.

Forsaken
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Getting into Circle with an army box and more Mar 25, 2017 5:01:21 GMT

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Post by Forsaken on Mar 25, 2017 5:01:21 GMT

Welcome to the darkpath. Nice to see a number of new players on these boards. I highly recommend checking out the various tactica available here.

PS: Tanith and Kromac2 both scale pretty well. Kaya1 usually does best in smaller games.

goblinchow
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Getting into Circle with an army box and more Mar 25, 2017 6:42:32 GMT

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Post by goblinchow on Mar 25, 2017 6:42:32 GMT

Thanks! I am going to pick up the Mk.III Battlebox. I came over from 40K, so magnets are second nature to me. As soon as I saw there were multiple variants, I was reaching for the magnet stash. Its' nice to know that one of the casters is a basic beatstick. With the different armies I will be facing, I will need a variety of tactics. I should have the two player box in a few days. Right now, I am assembling and priming the rest of my Menoth, Cathie's Cygnar and the Circle. I have been doing a lot of warmachine and warjacks lately so the beasts are kind of a nice change of pace. I am really looking forward to painting some fur! I'm sorry to hear that the Rotterhorns aren't competitive. It's a cool looking mini.

Thanks again,
Dave

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Getting into Circle with an army box and more Mar 27, 2017 17:09:57 GMT

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Post by rezfon on Mar 27, 2017 17:09:57 GMT

I'd prioritise purchases that can be used in the most number of lists to begin with.

The MK3 battle box is definitely worth getting. Tanith is pretty good fun and the pureblood can easily make its way into many lists.
I'm not a big fan of the Gorax myself, but that's more down to how Tanith and Kromac have easy ways to do without.

You made the right choice about ordering the sentry stones and mannikins.
2 units of them tend to make their way into the vast majority of lists for a good reason.

I tend to have one unit of shifting stones in every list.
They are really good for fury management in beast heavy lists, in all my games with Tanith I've only failed a frenzy check once because of them.

The alpha is always worth taking on the skinwalkers.

Woldwyrds are really easy to fit into lists and they make things with upkeeps on them cry.
They are one of our cheapest (money wise) warbeasts, you will want to take 2 or 3 of them if you want to use them, I personally like 2.

With the all in one, you will have a feral, a stalker and Ghetorix. The MK3 battlebox comes with the pureblood, so really the only wolf you might want to get is Loki.
Loki can easily make his way into any warlocks list because of his drag weapon.

I found with Tanith that a couple of gallows groves really help with some of her short spell ranges.

Infantry is obviously where things start to get expensive.
Bloodtrackers are pretty good, though if money is getting tight I think bloodweavers are a pretty good stealth unit to use as well, along with a night witch.

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Getting into Circle with an army box and more Mar 28, 2017 3:40:24 GMT

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Post by goblinchow on Mar 28, 2017 3:40:24 GMT

Thanks! I am actually assembling the alpha this evening. I was already thinking I would need a second set of Sentry Stones and Mannikins. I never really had thought about the Woldwyrds. I will look into those. I always figured they were for construct lists, but I can see they are used in a lot of Tanith and Kaya2 lists too. I will end up with 4 wolves total. One pureblood, one feral and two magnetized ones that can be any of the three. I will also look into Loki and the Gallow's Groves. Loki is out of stock at both places I am shopping right now, so I can put that decision off for a while. (Which helps the wallet a bit too!) Do the other casters benefit from the Gallow's Groves also, or is it mostly Tanith who needs the range?

One thing I have noticed is that I never see the stonekeeper in Mk.III discussions. Is he not worth the effort now? I might have to wait a Month or so to buy the infantry. That's okay. I have a LOT of painting to do before I get to them. This army won't be able to hit the table until Summer or so.

Thanks again. I think this will be a fun army to play.

Forsaken
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Getting into Circle with an army box and more Mar 28, 2017 6:05:39 GMT

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Post by Forsaken on Mar 28, 2017 6:05:39 GMT

Many of the Circle casters appreciate the gallows groves. The stonekeeper, while cheap, often isn't worth it for the stones. They are mostly used for their support these days and nearly doubling their cost just for prowl and a slightly larger command range is dubious. Having 4 fairly versatile warpwolves will probably be plenty until you find your groove with Circle.

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