Briar and Bone is the latest Warcry expansion to take us deeper into the deadly heart of the Gnarlwood.
Games Workshop has done a pretty good job at theming these releases.
The Twistweald, while still fighting for the good of the Sylvaneth, are effectively exiles.
It sucks to be either of them, basically.
This set’s included piece of terrain is a Ravening Gnarloak.
It has a single special rule:Kick ‘Em In.
Nice, simple and effective.
For the Teratic Cohort they are a useful source of fresh bone.
The Twistweald, meanwhile, want to transform them into a way of preventing further access to Talaxis.
The TwistwealdWell these are cool and weird.
I love the diseased vibes of these models, they’re really quite unique.
The Kavalos Centari also makes for a particularly fast and deadly leader.
Pyre and Flood: Gameplay
The two factions in Briar and Bone have very different play styles.
The warband comes with a way of generating more of these, but it’s a slightly faffy mechanic.
It actually looks rather cozy when Merry and Pippin are given a lift by Treebeard.
That’s very much not the case with their Warhammer equivalents.
That perhaps goes some way to explaining their play style.
The Twistweald are all about aggressive, close quarters combat.
Used wisely, however, this warband is a fearsome close combat unit.
Making the reaction comes at the cost of a wild dice.
In terms of abilities,Eyes of Katakrosis open to all and is useful way of generating wild dice.
The charmingly-namedArtery-severing Strikeis a powerful way to inflict additional damage on enemy fighters who have been wounded in melee.
Unleashed Ragegives you an additional critical hit for each one scored in melee.
And if you spend one of your wild dice then one of those crits gainstwoadditional critical hits.
That’s super effective for landing killing blows.
Finally,Savagery Unboundis a great way for taking your enemy by surprise.
Should you buy Warcry: Briar and Bone?
The previous set Pyre and Flood was aimed squarely at me as both a Lumineth and Nighthaunt collector.
This one, not so much, but again that’s purely personal preference.
Certainly there’s no doubting the excellent miniatures and I love the Gnarloak.
They’re also quite expensive, points-wise, which may put some off.
This product sample was provided by the publisher.
