Atlach's Shipyard

  Well the Sultanate orbat just dropped and I had a game lined up, so I couldn’t resist trying out the new rules. I’m quite interested in the faction (I love the Egyptians in Dystopian Wars) and the playstyle also looks very interesting with the heaviest rotorcraft to date and strong melee infantry that can attack from anywhere. BROADSIDE! We rolled for the mission and got Lord of the Manor again. For some reason I’m was also motivated to write in a more narrative style today, so let me know if that is better or worse than my usual style for these. Lists and Deployment My opponent ran his old reliable Empire list. Double Full Strength Rockets, a Laoshan, some Fanguns and Launchers, Steambikes, a Command Platoon, Full Bulnabangs, Full Terracotta and AA Lions, and a singleton Doksuri.   The "Plan" I went with my usual approach to a new faction, the greatest hits that I found interesting. This time I even overthought my gameplan in advance. The skiff was there to enable goin...

Egyptians look to be a fairly standard naval force, with solid defensive stats, below average speed, and skimming to spice things up. While most ships are focused on the front arc at Closing Range, there’s quite a bit of range variety to add to the challenge, and some side arc focus with the destroyers. Abydos Battlefleet by Warcradle Studios General Overview Elite Subfaction Tough, well armed Cruisers Fast Glass Cannon Destroyers Specialized Flagships Differences in weapon ranges and arcs could be a challenge for some options. What’s interesting is that Egyptians seem to be a fairly complete force. Subfactions are often missing some essential components to making a balanced list, but I’m not really seeing that here. Their weakest aspect is probably point blank brawling, but even that has viable options. I hope they’ll get even further fleshed out with a support sprue and another flagship or two at some point, but what we got is already very good.   Flags...