Wood Elf Army List

[Draccan]

Just received the list. Haven't read all the fine print yet.
It has the following units:
Glade Guard
Archers
Glade Riders
Chariots
Giant Eagles
Treemen
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General
Heroes
Mage
Giant Eagle (mount)
Forest Dragon (mount)
Chariot (mount)

Mages use HE spells.
Special rules include, do not suffer -1 in woodland to command, +1 to dice roll against targets in the open when shooting.

[Draccan]

In comparison where this WE list has 6 non-character, non-mount entries: Empire has 10, HE has 8, Bretonnia has 7, Chaos has 11, Orcs has 10, Tomb Kings has 9, dwarfs has 7 and I believe Kislev just 6.

Also I note that this WE list has chariots which is imho not needed or very wood elf like. I know chariots are common in Warhammer Fantasy since the beginning for Wood Elves, but not a needed unit.

In fact this list, while not terrible, is just not another High Elf list with a treeman stuck in. The Google Docs version has 11 units. While the add-on skirmish rule is bad and could be ignored, I like the model variety. It is not over the top crazy, but allows variety to be built in. Dryads and Treekin is more important than chariots to me. Wild Riders are great and go well with Eureka models. Having both Warhawk riders and Giant Eagles allow one to use more model options and proxies.

Again - this is just a personal preference and I understand the "vanilla" keep-it-simple argument as well!

Cheers
Draccan

[Geep]

I wouldn't mind Wood Elves having chariots. They used to in Fantasy, at around the time period when Warmaster appeared (IIRC), and Warmaster has maintained the 'old school' Fantasy feel I like, which has been lost in more recent times. Background wise, not all of Athel Loren is dense forest- it also has open plains (though these have disappeared and reappeared again in recent Fantasy books).

Dryads are missing from the list, and would be a must for me.

If you want to keep the options down Wild Riders can be made by giving a banner or other item to Glade Riders, Warhawk Riders and Eagles could use the same rules and Wardancers could proxy as Glade Guard (now Eternal Guard). I don't see much reason to limit the WE's too harshly on unit options though- they've always been a more detailed faction than armies like Kislev, and the dual elf/forest spirit nature is important to show.

Overall I'm not a fan of list Draccan has posted recently, and much prefer the google docs one given earlier.

[Draccan]

We are in agreement then on the three lists..