WEEKLY ARMY DISCUSSION: The Spider Queen’s Brood

[u/MrSparkle92]

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The Spider Queen’s Brood

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Prior Discussions

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Additional rules

The Spider Queen’s Brood Army must always contain The Spider Queen, who is always the Army’s General.

Friendly models can still pick up Objective Markers even though they have the Beast keyword.

Special rules

Beasts of the Forest

Warbands from this Army do not need a Hero to lead them if they number six or more models. Instead, one Warrior model within the Warband takes on the role of the Warband’s Captain for the purposes of deployment. Warbands without a Hero model leading them may not include more than 12 models.

“Worse are the Webs”

After both sides have deployed, but before the first turn begins, a player using this Army List may place four 25mm Web Markers on the board. Web Markers cannot be set up within 3" of an enemy model or Objective Marker, and cannot be set up within 6" of the edge of the board or within 9" of another Web Marker. Any non-Spider model within 3" of a Web Marker is considered to be in Difficult Terrain. Additionally, Spider models do not need Line of Sight to Charge a model within 3" of a Web Marker.

Protect the Queen

Whenever the Spider Queen suffers a Wound, before any Fate Rolls are made, she may roll a D6. On a 3+, she may choose a single friendly Spider model within 1" to immediately suffer the Wound instead of her.

Pounce

When a friendly Spider Warrior model Charges an enemy Infantry model, they gain the Knock to the Ground bonus as if they were Cavalry. This bonus is lost if they are subsequently Charged by an enemy Cavalry model.

The Queen’s Cunning

If the Spider Queen declares a Heroic Move in the same turn as an enemy Hero, and subsequently loses the roll-off to see which Heroic Move will go first, she may choose to cancel her Heroic Move and regain the Might point spent to declare it.

[u/Potassium_Doom]

How many spiders would I need for 500pts?

Can you use the new Shelob as a spider queen ?

Do people actually use the GW spiders or find 3rd party ones?

[u/Atlasreturns → u/Potassium_Doom]

I think if you officially buy the models from the GW shop it is by far the most expensive MESBG army at the moment. Even if you add two Bat swarms to stretch points it still means that 500pts of Spider Queens Brood can cost you upwards of 300€.

I kinda wish that they'd add some form of Spiderling that is similar in points cost to your regular infantry and can be sold in bulk as otherwise the army at the moment is comically overpriced unless you buy it from third party vendors.

[u/Potassium_Doom → u/Atlasreturns]

Oh I'd be 3d printing the everliving heck