The rulebook lists armies from a variety of source material, including modern fiction, mythology, and silliness. However, it didn't list anything from one of the most influential fantasy games of them all, Dungeons & Dragons. Attempting to rectify that, I present my lists* (loosely) based on the Against the Giants series of modules:
STEADING OF THE HILL GIANT CHIEF
Character(s) HotT element pts
Hill Giant Chief Behemoth General 4
Stone Giant Behemoth 4
Hill Giant Champion Hero 4
Hill Giants w/Clubs (2/base) Warband x 2 4
Hill Giants w/Boulders Shooters x 2 4
Dire Wolves Beasts 2
Bugbears Hordes x 2 2
GLACIAL RIFT OF THE FROST GIANT JARL
Frost Giant Jarl Behemoth General 4
Cloud Giant Behemoth 4
White Dragons Flyers x 2 4
Frost Giant w/Axe (2/base) Blades x 4 8
Yeti Warband 2
Ice Toads Beasts 2
HALL OF THE FIRE GIANT KING
Fire Giant King Behemoth General 4
Chimera Dragon 4
Drow Cleric Magician 4
Fire Giant w/Sword (1/base) Blades x 4 8
Ettin (1/base) Warband 2
Drow Hordes x 2 2
(photos depict Heroscape figures in my collection)
Of course, these giants need a party of adventurers to take them on, preferably one army right after the other, the way God and Gary Gygax meant it to be played. I have some ideas for a HotT army based on a group of D&D characters, but I'd like to hear some ideas from readers as well. So, what's your army list for a dungeon adventuring party?
*These lists are speculative only, as I have not had the time or money to build any of these armies yet.
That first giant looks to be one from Heroscape. Awesome sculpt, I wish more of the heroscape minis were like that one.
ReplyDeleteThey're actually all Heroscape miniatures. The second and third figures were originally sold as D&D minis, but repackaged for sale as HS figs.
ReplyDeleteI should have been paying attention to the bases. I have the second and third as D&D minis, but you're right about yours being heroscape.
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