"Generic Fantasy armies using Reaper's Warlord rules?" Topic

Greetings everyone.

After reading through reaper's Warlord I found I quite liked the style of gameplay and mechanics. The only problem is all the factions are made for the reaper miniature line (where alot are named characters) and I want to use generic fantasy armies, like basic Humans, Undead, Goblins, elves etc. Could I say use the Crusader list for eg and convert it to a generic human list. I.e the list just has generic Wizards, Captains, spear soldiers, sword soldiers, milita etc.

I think it is easy to proxy (use alternative figures) and change names (call your Crusaders Bretonnians, for example), but I don't think there is enough information to create your own characters or stats and arrive at a point value.

Actually first edition at least had a point system for figure construction!

I'm not sure the current edition would work though. I might be wrong but the figs come with stats of their own kind of like War Machine. It makes a little more difficult to customize. If anyone knows let me know though, I thought about picking it up.

Shouldn't be hard at all. We proxy loads of models in our games. And go with Second Edition. The point chart in first is really broken. You can easily take Crusaders and call them generic humans. Reven for Orcs. Dwarves for…yeah, dwarves.

Proxy figures have never been a problem with those I game with. With all the "army lists" available in the rulebook and the Savage North expansion it is easy to find a faction that works with any playing style.

I play Warlord alot and most of my Necropolis army are from other companies. I even use rebased Mage Knight minis. That's what's great about fantasy gaming. An orc is an orc, a skeleton is a skeleton. Doesn't matter who makes them. Here's what my 1200 point army looks like right now…..

YouTube link

Warlord is my new addiction. You could use just about every model in your fantasy collection. I'm using Celtos Goblins, Chainmail Orcs, and Gnolls, and a Fenris Giant for my Reven force.

Great Googly Mooglies!!!! Of course you cannot proxy. Citadel/Games Workshop made that abundantly clear in their 1991 proclamation that all 'themed' games may only be played with authorized minis (preferably theirs) and to do otherwise would invoke the wrath of the dice gawds.

Or something like that.

I would suggest using the 1st edition point system and double-checking them by 'making' a few of the book's profiles. I believe Warwick13 may be right that there are some issues with it.