Spilling Trolls Blood

Trollbloods' Calandra Truthsayer, Oracle of the Glimmerwood versus Cryx's Lich Lord Venethrax
35PC Outflank, Outfight, Outlast

Bridging the Gap

Trollbloods' Calandra Truthsayer, Oracle of the Glimmerwood versus Khador's Vladimir Tzepesci, Dark Champion of Umbrey
35PC Outflank, Outfight, Outlast

The old Brownglade riverbed has gone dry after weeks of being dammed up by Skorne forces led by Tyrant Xerxis.  Trollbloods of the Havenstone Kriel implored for a solution to their predicament, and the great Oracle, Calandra, immediately offered her aid.

With Havenstone's best Fennblades and Burrowers alongside the warlock's warbeasts, Calandra headed east only to encounter a Khadoran war host led by the Dark Champion, Vladimir Tzepesci.

Battle lines were immediately drawn and both forces clashed on the dusty riverbed for control of a now-crucial location.

Trollkin Fennblades tied up the Iron Fang Uhlans on the east-side embankment while Pyg Burrowers tunneled up and primed their weapons for a charge

SJ's nifty Burrower template, so it will be easier to determine where they will emerge from the marker

Retract, Recuperate, Rebuild

With the Bunker in need of some repairs, WMH Philippines came over for some serious gaming before it closes its doors.

Jeff Yu (Cygnar), Dick Sy (Cryx), SJ Quema (Trollbloods), Fred Escalona (Cryx), Taks Arguelles (Highborn Covenant), Karl Manalo (Circle Orboros), Kim Navarro (off-cam, Khador)

Game Results

Dick Sy's Lich Lord Venethrax victorious over Taks Arguelles' Durgen Madhammer
35PC Overrun, casterkill via Hellfire

Kim Navarro's Dark Champion Vladimir Tzepesci victorious over SJ Quema's Calandra Truthsayer, Oracle of the Glimmerwood
35PC Outflank, Outfight, Outlast; casterkill via Hand of Fate Shield Cannon shot from dismounted Drakhun

Karl Manalo's Baldur Stonecleaver victorious over Jeff Yu's Captain Allister Caine
50PC Killbox; casterkill via Megalith and Baldur

SJ Quema's Calandra Truthsayer, Oracle of the Glimmerwood victorious over Dick Sy's Lich Lord Venethrax
35PC Outflank, Outfight, Outlast; casterkill via boosted attacks and damage from Dire Troll Bomber

Taks Arguelles' Durgen Madhammer victorious over Fred Escalona's Lich Lord Asphyxious
35PC Overrun, casterkill via boosted attacks and damage from Durgen Madhammer's feat.  One of the Bane Thralls succeeded in making 8 Tough rolls in a row!

More pics on Karl Manalo's What The Fork?

Forced Evolution: Fell Caller Hero

Fell Caller Hero
Trollblood Trollkin Solo

The sons and daughters of Bragg - the legendary father of the fell caller bloodline - are paragons of Trollkin culture and pride.  Their powerful. booming voices raised in song can rally nearby trollkin to heroic efforts or shatter bone and flesh through a singular sonic attack.  Between battles this hardy bunch find joy in living the good life, even in difficult and troublesome times.

Speed (SPD)	██████
Strength (STR)	███████
Melee Attack (MAT)	███████
Ranged Attack (RAT)	██████
Defense (DEF)	████████████
Armor (ARM)	███████████████
Command (CMD)	█████████

Melee: Sword (x2)

POW ███

P+S ██████████

Ranged: Sonic Blast

Range (RNG) Spray ████████

Rate of Fire (ROF) █

Area of Effect (AOE) N/A

Power (POW) ████████████

Special Abilities

• Fearless
• Tough
• Fell Call, Overcome - Makes a friendly Faction warrior model/unit cross over rough terrain easier.
• Fell Call, Reveille - Helps up a friendly Faction model up its feet. Sadly, still no Khadoran Pegasus tricks with this one.
• Fell Call, War Cry - Bumps up a friendly Faction warrior model/unit close combat capability.
• Weapon Master, Sword

Product Information
Classification	Solo
Base Size	40mm (Medium Base)
PIP Code	71019
Price	$13.99 (610.127 Php, 699.50 Php Fortress estimate)
Model Count	1
Packaging	Blister

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Janissa Stonetide

As implacable as the stone she commands, runeshaper Janissa Stonetide batters the enemies of the trollbloods by turning the very earth they tread upon against them. At her command, walls of stone spring up to block an enemy advance, the ground rumbles and shifts beneath a foe’s feet, and boulders crash down from the heavens to crush the life from those who stand against the United Kriels.

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Base Size: 40mm
PIP Code: 71053
Price: $12.99*
Model Count: 1
Packaging: Blister

Grim Angus Headhunters

Trollblood Spoilers

Trollblood Spoilers at PAX (and from the PP Forums) Enjoy!

Champion Character UA 

Relentless is a key ability for champs, totally freeing them from the fellcaller. The UA costs as much as a fellcaller, so there is that, but with the additional benefits its quite conceivable that if you have just one unit of champs, or really like pathfinder and MAT 9, you will take this guy. Overtake is a totally sweet ability, allowing champs to either A) kill two troopers with ease or kill spread out troopers and then regain B2B for extra ARM. This further lets you rely on champs as your only melee unit, if that’s what you desire. Finally, countercharge on the UA is bonkers-strange. Mostly useless, it might be a good idea to leave this guy on his own, so that if someone charges your main champ block, he can countercharge from the side, like an empire detachment from Fantasy. It’s a strange ability. Oh, and reach. Because he likes you. 

Overall Rating: Solid 

Special Synergies: None really. Grissel possibly for 3 attacks and even more infantry threshing. 

Oh, and the Hero. He can countercharge through his own champs. A totally protected countercharger. HAH!

Fennblade UA 

Take everything you ever wanted in a charging unit, and make it an order. Or just steal No Quarter. Fearless, Pathfinder, Terror and +2” of movement. That’s fearless, so no need for a hero. That’s Pathfinder that doesn’t preclude a warcry. That’s the first instance of terror in our army. That’s a 13” threat range. Its everything you wanted and more. 

Whats that? You wanted more? Fine, I’ll toss in Set Defense, for no reason at all. No, really, if you ever screw up, and don’t get the jump on the enemy with a 13” charge, they will get all missy if they charge you. And, 3” of extra formation, so that you can keep the leader safe in time for No Quarter. 

Overall Rating: Auto-include. 

Fennblades are now our premiere infantry, blowing Kriels out of the water for a few more points. 

Special Synergies: Borka can pop his feat, giving them a 15” charge. If you pop it first turn you can catch things 1” on the other side of the halfway point, like AD doomreavers and such. And then your opponent gets to charge them, at DEF 14. Or, alternatively, you can play up the defensive aspects and combine Iron Flesh with Set Defense for silly DEF vs charges.

Sluggers 

A strange unit, almost like a trollish version of Longunners. A little cheaper than champs, they also are a little weaker statwise, with less ARM and less damage boxes. That’s a problem when they cost nearly as much. Their gun is nice, but at RAT 5 RNG 10 POW 13, its not going to hit what it can hurt, with most infantry laughing off 5 shots and most jacks/beasts taking piddly little damage. When they aim, it’s a different story. You will get d3 shots per model, at RAT 7, for pure infantry exploding power. The RNG is still meh, but the effects are undeniable. 

Overall Rating: Meh 

While there are things you can do to mitigate the short range and required aiming, it might just be a better idea to take scattergunners. Yeah, that’s right. When you are on even terms with scattergunners, its probably a bad sign. 

Special Synergies:  

Gunnbjorn: Totally removes any problems they have. RNG 14 and a wall template mean that you will be spraying people with shots from downtown. Its still not the best idea (Nyss Hunters do it better, at further range), its not bad. 

Grim: Hunter and Pathfinder lets them be a gnarly flanking unit. The feat lets you hit things on the move, and lets you set up a turn of aiming. 

Grissel: Calamity makes them threaten almost anything, especially on an aiming turn, if you can manage it. Which you might be able to do with a hoof’d meatwall. 

Janissa: She makes Rock walls and can push things away from your line of Sluggers. If you want to make them work, you can put them behind a wall and almost guarantee at least one turn of aiming. Its expensive though.

Janissa Stonetide, Ravasher of all that is unTrollblood 

Did you like that little Stonetide tidbit above? Yes, its true, she places rock walls. That’s so ginormously huge that it defies all reasoning. She adds a powerful, unique, widely applicable spell to any casters spell list. Its like Arcane Shield on the Journeyman, its totally faction warping. If you have any experience with Gunnbjorn, you know that Rockwall is tied with Guided Fire as a prime reason to take the fellow. Now he gets two walls, and everybody else gets one. A whole separate guide is needed for rock wall, its that amazing and that good. Holy Cow, even now I still can’t believe it. 

But that’s not all! She also has a massive push ability. Models in 3” get pushed 3” towards a table edge. Wow. Lets clear out zones, wipe models off of our units and increase threat ranges, all at the same time. Yes, lets. 

But that’s not all! She has the standard Runeshaper abilities, from Pathfinder to Steady to a sweet magical AOE. Also more life than your average Runeshaper. 

But that’s not all! She has Forcelock, the ability on the maligned Retribution Gorgon. Its not super great on her in most instances, which is why she gives it to Runeshaper in her command area. They are much better at it. Weeeee. Tarpit. 

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!!!!!! She has a melee weapon which ‘pierces the thickest armor’. But for realsy. *AP is such a lovely ability. Why Forcelock an Ironclad when you can charge it for 11 damage. Heh. 

Overall Rating: Faction Changing 

As stated, getting Rock wall is like getting a journeyman all of a sudden. Every casters playstyle is affected. The whole faction is affected. 

Special Synergies: Every goshdarn model in the game that appreciates a wall.

And there you go. Time will tell us more, but this book was a sweet haul, with out one stand out terrible model, one meh unit, one good unit and spectacular everything else.

Captain Gunnbjorn

Once a member of the Cygnaran military, Captain Gunnbjorn brings a unique perspective to the armies of the kriels. His formal military training and his keen mind give him a tactical approach to battle rather than the more primitive approach of overpowering brutality favored by less experienced trollkin warriors. Even the best laid plans have pitfalls, however, and when careful use of cover and terrain fail him, Gunnbjorn is quick to use his heavy bazooka to decimate enemy formations.

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Base Size: 40mm
PIP Code: 71045
Price: $17.99*
Model Count: 1
Packaging: Blister
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Click to view Captain Gunnbjorn's stats and fluff here.

Trollkin Scouts

Trollkin Scouts stand out as rugged and resourceful in a race known for their ability to endure. These nomadic Trollkin are skilled hunters who live off the land in tight-knit communities, on the outer edges of trollkin society. They are peerless woodsmen capable of stealthily burying an axe in an enemy within the densest of forests or charging forth with a battle cry and a barrage of thrown hunting axes. When the kriels can entice their isolated cousins to join them, they gain superb hunters who excel at irregular warfare.

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Base Size: 40mm
PIP Code: 71048
Price: $49.99*
Model Count: 6
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Forces of HORDES: Trollbloods

For Kith and Kriel

Caught amid the destructive wars of man, the many tribes of the trollkin have united to save their kind and drive out those who despoil their lands. Led by mighty warlocks who can summon ferocious full-blood trolls to their side and backed by hearty trollkin warriors, pygmy sharpshooters, and powerful champions who have banded together to forge their own legends, the trollkin are prepared to stand their ground against any army that dares threaten them.

Unite the kriels under your banner with Forces of HORDES: Trollbloods, featuring:

• Complete faction rules and profiles for using all current Trollblood models in HORDES Mk II.
• New troops to bring to the fight, plus the all-new warlock Captain Gunnbjorn.
• An in-depth look at the history and structure of the trollkin kriels.
• A painting and modeling guide to help ready your forces for battle.
• Trollblood Theme Force lists and rules, which allow you to create armies based on specialized forces from the Trollbloods.

Sate the Hunger of Trolls upon the Carnage of War!

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PIP Code: 1037
Price: $31.99*
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Book Information
Cover Type: Soft Cover
Hardcover Available: Yes
Hardcover PIP Code:
1038
Hardcover Price:
$41.99*

Trollkin Skinner

The Trollkin race and their Troll warbeasts are known throughout the Iron Kingdoms for their voracious appetites. In such a culture, the hunters capable of bringing down big game are viewed with great respect. For the Skinners, wilderness Trollkin who dare to stand toe-to-toe with the biggest game of all, that respect borders on veneration. These cunning woodsmen hunt the mightiest of beasts with the same calm and determination as other Trollkin hunt boar or ulk.

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Base Size: 40mm
PIP Code: 71054
Price: $11.99*
Model Count: 1
Packaging: Blister
Release Date: August 11, 2010
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Swamp Troll

Throughout the eerie bogs and marshes of western Immoren lurk voracious swamp trolls, waiting and watching. Hidden just below the surface of the shallow waters, a swamp troll waits for its prey to wander within range of its enormous, sticky tongue. At the critical moment it leaps forward, flicking its tongue with deadly accuracy and alarming strength to drag the meal into its voluminous gullet.

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PIP Code: 71047
Price: $20.99*
Model Count: 1
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Release Date: July 07, 2010
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Runebearer

Some of the most learned trollkin runescribes choose to accompany their leaders into battle. Carrying the sacred tablets of their kriel, runebearers are capable of amplifying the Dhunian gifts of trollkin warlocks. The glyphs glow as the runebearer speaks them aloud, easing their warlock’s use of their fury-driven prayers and sorcery.

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PIP Code: 71051
Price: $12.99*
Model Count: 1
Packaging: Blister
Release Date: June 16, 2010
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Dire Troll Bomber

The escalation of war has provided many windfalls for the kriels. Among these are certain dangerous and explosive chemicals, which though unsuitable for use as gunpowder have been put to other uses. The trollkin have begun arming some of the more cunning dire trolls with barrels of these chemicals to heave at the enemy. The explosions bother the resilient trolls little and wreak terrible damage upon their foes.

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PIP Code: 71046
Price: $42.99*
Model Count: 1
Packaging: Box
Release Date: June 02, 2010
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Trollblood Runeshapers

Trollkin sorcerers of this tradition have learned how to manipulate rocks and stones with their minds. Runes are a focus for their power, and at a runeshaper’s call heavy pieces of stone rise to form floating patterns around him, ready to hurl with killing force or interpose against incoming attacks as a whirling protective barrier.

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Base Size: 40
PIP Code: 71044
Price: $40.99*
Model Count: 3
Packaging: Blister
Release Date: November 04, 2009
Release Date Status: Tentative

Fennblades

Trollkin called Fennblades calmly wait shoulder to shoulder—wicked hooked greatswords raised at the ready—listening to the approach of thundering hooves. Some duck lances to sweep blades through the legs of mounts while others swing their blades straight into the chests of the riders. The result is always the same, as Fennblades stand victorious over the bodies of the slain.

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Classification: Plastic Unit
Base Size: 40
PIP Code: 71042
Price: $49.99*
Model Count: 10
Packaging: Box
Release Date: November 04, 2009
Release Date Status: Tentative
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Hoarluk Doomshaper, Rage of Dhunia

Hoarluk Doomshaper has remained focused on the fundamental connection between all trolls. He has merged his mind with the most violent and powerful of these creatures and thereby tapped into reserves no shaman has ever known. Not only has he unlocked unimagined regenerative powers, he has gained insight into the primal nature that binds warbeast to warlock and can employ this lore against his enemies.

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Classification: Epic Warlock
Base Size: 40
PIP Code: 71034
Price: $17.99*
Model Count: 1
Packaging: Blister

Madrak Ironhide, World Ender

Madrak knew that the cursed weapon Rathrok would destroy him, but he willingly took it up to save his people. Now the ancient axe threatens to overwhelm him. Though it wins Madrak victory after victory, Rathrok's grim power condemns those the chieftain would save. Madrak sees no other hope for his people's survival, however, even though those he protects have come to call Madrak the "World Ender".

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Classification: Epic Warlock
Base Size: 40
PIP Code: 71033
Price: $17.99*
Model Count: 1
Packaging: Blister

Stone Scribe Chronicler

Stories have power, particularly the great epics, and the elder stone scribes who record such tales can relate them to warriors to restore their spirits. The influence of these tales is such that nearby trollkin draw an uncanny strength from them: mists cloak the warriors, their muscles surge with vigor, and their reflexes flash with unnatural speed.

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Classification: Solo
Base Size: 40
PIP Code: 71029
Price: $15.99*
Model Count: 1
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Kriel Warrior Caber Thrower

Hurling cabers, stone columns that seem too big to lift, has proven a surprisingly effective and devastating attack in battles throughout the centuries. These weapons have more than justified the backbreaking effort as they tumble forward with bone-pulping power in a nearly unavoidable and crushing attack. Anything caught in the caber's path is usually reduced to paste.

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Classification: Special Weapon Attachment
Base Size: 40
PIP Code: 71032
Price: $12.99*
Model Count: 1
Packaging: Blister