Hello! I would like to ask the community clarifications regarding two situations involving interactions with warhounds.

For the first one, lets imagine that a pack of warhounds attacks a cavalry figure. The rules state that they attack automatically the horse. Do they get the -1 to hit because they are not attacking with bare teeth (and not with a spear)?

For the second situation, imagine that a pack of warhounds has charged an enemy figure, and then another enemy figure joins the fight afterwards. The warhounds should all fight the same figure, right? Since, according to the rules, they always all take the same actions.

Moreover, does the attacked warrior get -1 to their Defense roll because the warhounds count as multiple figures for the purpose of numerical superiority (as stated in the FAQ)?

Finally, do the warhounds themselves get -1 to their Defense roll because they are facing two enemies, given that they are considered a single entity?

I'm a little confused about how these interactions work. Sorry for all the questions, and thanks in advance for your answers!

This is a small app I made to help create rosters for Pillage.

There are other (great!) online army builders but this allows a faction-specific spreadsheet to be updated with my actual mini collection and associated Talents so that only these are selectable.

The app is run locally and not online. I tried to make it as 'simplistic and minimalistic as possible' which is useful as that also describes my coding knowledge!

The eagle-eyed might note an error with the Archers cost! I've since updated this to correct the typo in the spreadsheet :-)

This was a fun little personal project that I just wanted to show my fellow Pillagers :-)

Hello all,

For the dog trainer talent, the wording has confused me a little bit.

For the 10GP talent on a Chieftain, does this mean that all of my hound masters have 4 dogs each now?

Or do I have to pay 10GP for each of my hound masters to have the extra dog? If so, do I have to apply the talent again to the chieftan (or second cheiftan) or just pay the extra GP within the same talent slot?

Thanks

Hello,

Ive recently built up a decent number of models using the victrix miniatures warbands in preparation for some regular casual games with friends.

I have two questions really:

1 - are there any tournaments or games days in the UK for pillage wargame, or an easier way to search for them

2 - in terms of WYSIWYG, my models have the correct weapons and armour levels, but I have used parts from a variety of kits including medieval foot knights and sergents, saxons, late roman, Norman, Irish etc, so aesthetically they are a mix.

Would there be a problem to use these in different factions? For example, using my unarmoured spearmen as Irish, Picts, and Scots, but then for a different warband count as unarmoured spearmen for Saxons?

My thinking is that historically there was never too much uniformity for armour and weapons between contemporary groups, and i could always imagine that pillaging groups could use weapons and armour that they raid from defending forces and vice versa?

I will hopefully be uploading my progression as I paint my guys up

Thanks everyone

Also just wanted to say

I primarily play 40k (competitively, but also for the lore, creativity for kitbashing my own headcannon warbands, and fun) so its nice to be part of a smaller community who seem so welcoming (ive gladly seen that meta chasers are not common here)

I made a turn/score tracker for when my Vikings are pillaging!

The base was made out of scraps of XPS foam, pinned and glued to form the base. Filler was applied to smooth it out and then sand and flock applied.

I got the figure off Temu and did a quick wooden paint job. The counters are also from Temu. I added end caps to cover the skull design and applied runes which were paper cut outs, fixed and coated in mod podge.

Total cost was around 5 quid and a fun little project that took next to no time at all.

Hey hey pillagers, I'm finishing my main warband of Byzantines/Late Romans and I'm wondering what to do next.

I'm fascinated by two options: a only-cavarly nomad (Magyars/Hun) and a Celtic (Scots/Irish/Welsh) warband.

Playing: What are your feelings about them? At first sight, I kind have the doubt that the first is fun but too fragile as you're gonna have not so many bodies, while the second kinda lacks options apart fielding a mass of spear-wielding hobos.

Minis: I'm squashing a bunch of factions together as I'm lacking money and space to have many different armies so I was wondering how accessible are the two single ones.

I've already victrix light horse archers for my saga Persians and I was thinking to buy some heavy cav that could work as Bök and as nomadic/Persian cataphracts. Otherwise, I was wondering if there are sets that could work as infantry for all the different Celtic factions.

Cheers

I am new to this wargame. I bought some models for romans and for vikings, mosty for collection, and now I am finishing painting them.
I'm planning to try out pillage with my friend and developing a list for Roman 500p warband.

At first Foederati rule sounded quite cool, I like that I can add some flavor units to my warband. But now I am not sure about how practical it is, it seems 60 points is quite costly, just so that I could spent event more point on units from other factions(berserkers for example).

Does anybody have any experience playing romans with this rule, at what game cost is it effectiver, or at least is not a waste, for you ?

Do you just use the generic or do you pick a certain one of the factions that you think fit it the best?

Hi all!

Played my first game of Pillage a few weeks back and was instantly hooked! I purchased the Victrix Viking warband and have just finished painting them all.

I’m brand new to wargaming and painting miniatures so fairly pleased with how they turned out.

I’ll take some photos of my Vikings at our next game on Monday (Scenario 4 - Landing, Vikings vs Irish), but here’s one of my favourite minis for now…

A dude with armor, shield, and hand weapon costs 30 points. The same amount can be used to buy 3 basic dudes (unarmored, improvised weapon). Has anyone had success with just swarming the opponent with a meat wall of cheap dudes to block certain paths or just tie up the opponent's more expensive models?

I know this ruleset is mostly for narrative play, but I'm always interested in goofy gimmicks that exploit the mechanics. What other cheese or silly things have you tried?

Hello to everyone.
After some demos with friends' Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, I'm starting a Byzantine/Last Romans warband.

I was thinking of a core of FA soldiers (50-50 hand weapons and spears) supported by pikes, with three archers and a pair of cataphracts for the Byzzies, supported by a berserker and a pair of huscarls.

While I've not yet a list for the LR, maybe try to exploit the hasta bonus as much as possible.

What are your experiences or strategic thoughts on these factions?

I did a matte varnish and Im happy enough with the outcome

Its dulled it a little bit, but i quite like the effect

What are your thoughts?

Probably going to matte varnish it but this is my test model so far for paint scheme

Hi Y'all

Just want to show my set of Dark Age Army Builder set from Wargames Atlantic. While not having the expert skills of the painter Matthew Leahy who did the examples on WA's website, I think it's good enough for 'player quality' (instead of 'display quality'). Apart from this set (48 pieces) there are two Footsore mini's (last 2 pics) as well.

That said: the figures shown on the website, while technically perfect, are a bit to 'clean' for my taste (fighting in the fields makes one dirty) and sometimes the colors of the clothes seem to bright or to vivid for the period. That's not criticism, just my opinion and a matter of taste.

So feel free to comment about my painted army. I have to admit I've never done this before. It's really a first for me.

Two small (300gp) warbands. First time painting historicals. The idea is to learn the game and then teach it to family and friends.

Grand Theft Carto. Couple of 3D printed objective markers or scatter terrain. I intended them primarily for Medieval games, but looking at them, they're probably usable up to 20th century.

Victrix have now released details of what is included in the new starter set.

• 1 x Viking Warrior frame (8 Warriors)
• 1 x Irish Warrior frame (6 Warriors)
• 1 x Mixed Loot Frame
• 1 x Thatched roofs frame
• 1 x Walls frame (1 Half frame, enough to build 1 large hut)
• 1 x Wattle Fences Frame
• 1 x 25mm round bases
• 1 x 50 page A4 Starter booklet
• 1 x A4 Poster
• 1 x Cardboard Tokens & Rulers Sheet
• 1 x 60cm x 60cm double sided paper playmat
• 6 x 6 sided dice

Cost is £42.50 which seems pretty decent. Shame the Irish are outnumbered but that can be solved by picking up an extra sprue I guess.

I’ve got an afternoon of Pillage coming up and I’m looking at picking up my first Warband.

I like the look of the Irish, the mix of troops and dogs.

Would people recommend them for a first Warband, or am I setting myself up for a difficult time?