r/tombkings

Hi all, I’m just starting out with Tomb Kings and Warhammer in general (although I have been painting minis for a year or so now but have never played a game). So far I have 20 skeleton spearmen and a Tomb King on foot (with flail mace - the model that you get in the starter box and that most folks put on the dragon). Next up I am going to go for a liche priest and then 20 skeleton archers.

I am just going to be playing with my friends so nothing super competitive. I’m just trying to go for a viable 1500pt army that could realistically win some games and be fun to play.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hey hey people, I’ve started playing this game a few months ago and I got the Tomb Kings starter box and a few minis here and there. The thing is I really don’t know how to make a list, in the games I’ve played with my friends these last month I always feel like my armies don’t do enough and I only lose slowly every match.

In our last campaign we are currently doing a few battles at 1500 points and then we will scalate to 2000. I created these two list but I don’t know if they are good enough.

1500 list

135 - Mortuary Priest, Wizard Level 2, Elementalism, Cloak of the Dunes

55 - Mortuary Priest, Wizard Level 1, Elementalism

114 - Royal Herald, Battle Standard Bearer, War Banner, Great Weapon

215 - Tomb King, General, Flail of Skulls, Armour of Meteoric Iron

105 - 20 Skeleton Archers, Master of Arrows

66 - 5 Skeleton Horse Archers, Chariot Runners, Master of Horse

120 - 25 Skeleton Warriors, Master of Arms, Standard Bearer, Magic Standard, Nehekharan Phalanx

265 - 23 Tomb Guard, Tomb Captain, Standard Bearer, Nehekharan Phalanx

75 - Tomb Scorpion, Ambushers

154 - 3 Ushabti, Greatbow, Ancient

195 - Necrosphinx

2000 list

250 - High Priest, Wizard Level 4, Elementalism, Lore Familiar, Cloak of the Dunes

115 - Mortuary Priest, Wizard Level 2, Elementalism, Amulet of the Serpent

114 - Royal Herald, Battle Standard Bearer, War Banner, Great Weapon

420 - Tomb King, General, Necrolith Bone Dragon, Flail of Skulls, Talisman Of Protection

130 - 25 Skeleton Archers, Master of Arrows

66 - 5 Skeleton Horse Archers, Chariot Runners, Master of Horse

119 - 26 Skeleton Warriors, Master of Arms, Nehekharan Phalanx

359 - 27 Tomb Guard, Tomb Captain, Standard Bearer, Icon of the Sacred Eye, Nehekharan Phalanx

75 - Tomb Scorpion, Ambushers

154 - 3 Ushabti, Greatbow, Ancient

195 - Necrosphinx

Any help with the lists and strategies will be apreciated!

If a Tomb Prince, Tomb King, Mortuary Priest or High Priest take a Chariot or Warsphinx as a mount, do they replace:

A) All of the crew;
B) One of the crew;
C) None of the crew, and are added on

This is particularly important for Tomb Princes/Kings as their My Will Be Done on a full crew as well as their unit could be a big swing.

Could we pin a thread on here for the new guys to help them ask us for Army list advice? Or a mod review the posts and then refer to a basic format? Only because it will make everyone's live easier i feel, most of the new guys ask a very general question that no one can answer until they give more detail

For example

Tell us:

What models do you have/going to buy next?

Are you playing casual or wanting competitive?

How many points?

How do you think you want to play? I.e. Magic, shooting, Infantry, chariots, monsters, all of the above.

I was thinking about this recently, considering that :

-Our melee cavalry is shit

-We recently got barded steeds for our characters

-We only have tomb guards on foot (and tomb guard chariots in the royal host)

How likely is it that we get a unit of tomb guard cavalry on barded steeds to go with the new mounts for our characters?

It's probably just wishful thinking but I feel like they would be the natural choice for a new TK unit. What do you think?

Good (after)mornoonight.

I just got a steal of a deal on the starter box, but I have never ever touched a rule book for this game.

uh.. What is a semi good starting list using the contents of the box, including which specific builds yall would recommend.