They took my army list, Kas’ list, even Tom’s list and lost because they forgot that the lance swings so wide, that the casters have special places in the units and assumed that knights were the only way to build an army.They got held up by their own units, terrain and even enemy units because they failed to realize just how different Bretonnians are from Empire or other knight heavy lists. Top tier players in our local meta have read the book, fiddled with the army lists and think that just because a list looks good on paper that it will work on the table. Kas and Tom have done it by genuinely winning events with their Bretonnians. It just doesn’t work that way.īretonians can smash face with the right tactical decisions–as has been proven by 2014 Gottacon winner Kasra, and UK Bretonnian player Tom Hales. Unlike most armies you cannot simply read the Bretonia book and sit down to play it and expect to smash face and win. Many people dismiss them out of hand, and I’m told it is for one of several reasons: “They’re outdated”, many of the models are metal and therefore expensive, and they are not competitive. I don’t know about most areas, but I do know how people here feel and the press about using Brets is not usually positive. Finally, they are regular humans who discard the technology of the empire and instead fight with faith and chivalry. The army itself has evolved over the years from a rather straightforward charge-focused army to a combined arms force with cheap but effective shooting to wither down the enemy, knights who can outlast weaker infantry but have a potent enough charge to destroy smaller elite units when working together, as well as characters and specialized units to deal with the threats the knights cannot easily handle. Still they're not as under-powered as some armies and if you can get them to work they will run roughshod over the competition: the army is highly mobile, most units have excellent armour and a ward save, characters are cheap and the magic items can make characters or units really, really good at something. They currently have the most workable cavalry in the game but their units tend to run either overpriced (Knights) or under powered (Peasants). Games are supposed to be FUN!īretonnians are a tactically unique army with impressive models, interesting fluff and a fun playstyle. Take some tips but develop your own tactics. Do not let this trap you into just playing what I recommend. It is YOUR job to take the army and make it your own. This is to get your foot in the door and give you a solid base on how to play the game. What this is not intended to do is to be an absolute word on all things Bretonnia. I also hope that it can serve as a bit of a reminder to old veterans to help raise their level of gameplay and show that things can be very deep and complicated. It is my hope that this helps new players get their footing in the game and hopefully become a better player capable of competing even at a tournament levels. I wrote this to help people get a quick overview of how to play a better game by giving some tactics and discussing how each of the phases of the game should be played. This is a guide to help people get more from their armies. Introduction to the guide by Saint of Virtue Jen A (aka The Dice Bag Lady) on Bell of Lost Soulsġ/wiki/Warhammer/Tactics/8th_Edition/BretonniaĮ/thread/1029/bretonnia-overview Post 9 - Army Construction and Deployment Post 8 - Knightly Virtues and Magic Items Post 3 - Bretonnian Characters (Special, Lord and Heroes) Post 1 - Recognition of contributors, list of posts and introduction to the guide and Bretonnia The below list has links to the individual posts in the thread After the first post, I won't attribute sections to individual creators. My recent experience with Bret’s is very limited so feel free to point out any issues/mistakes you come across. Most views expressed are theirs and I have attempted to blend them into a coherent document and added a few thoughts where I thought pertinent. This thread will be a compilation of several guides created by/from the below players/sources.
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