I'm officially playing Age of Sigmar now, too! I got my first game in against James, who was gracious enough to walk me through the basics, as I had shown up with some models with some paint on them, but not having read much in the way of rules.
This was the kickoff of the slow-grow AoS league at my local Warhammer store, using some campaign rules that have come out in recent months' White Dwarf issues. It's called Da Great Stomp!!! or perhaps some less Orruk-y equivalent.
I have long been an admirer from afar of the Ironjawz model range, and I had even bought a few of the kits that were just waiting around to be worked through. I had some nebulout plans for the future, but when I heard about the upcoming campaign which was very Orruk-centric but without any Orruk players, and the games for which I could likely make most weeks, I knew I had to rise to the occasion. So, I quickly chose a 500 point force from what I owned, got that built and primed, and even got some green on the skin of a few of the models.
For the game, since it was the beginning of the campaign, 500 points was the intended size. James has a force of Sylvaneth that he was able to whittle down to appx 500 points to give me a learning game, and both of us a campaign scoring game.
Being deep into the hobby for a few years now, I'd learned a little about AoS rules through osmosis, and being familiar with other GW games like 40K, Heresy, Blood Bowl, and Titanicus. James was very good about walking me through the AoS turn sequence, and letting me know the little differences in things like unit coherency, fighting and engagement ranges, and such from other GW games.
We played a very simple 'kill 'em all' battle, without using any Battleplan as laid out in any rules anywhere. His Sylvaneth were able to strike and fade, making it hard for me to hit back when they hit me, but I did get my boys in to a good scrap a time or two, and that was fun.
In the end, my Megaboss made a long charge into some Kurnoth Hunters and was able to take down one or two before being killed himself. I was left with only Morgok, of Morgok's Krushas, who rushed at the enemy general, a Branchwych. Unfortunately, it was not to be, and my Ironjawz were wiped out.
This was a fun game, though, and I'm looking forward to playing a lot more in the next several weeks.
