Goblin Mischief

Whilst most Goblins in moonstone posses support abilities, some green skins possess little to no support whatsoever. These models, such as the Firespitter and Grub, are generally the recipient of support from other Goblins. Although unable to support others, these 2 examples make a huge impact on the game when heavily supported. Ribald is another Goblin to add to this cast of models which will happily receive support for a huge payoff. However Ribald, much like the Firespitter, is slow and has a short range, massive damage ability. So how will these 2 seemingly similar models operate with eachother within Goblin traited lists? Ribald Ribald starts off with some relatively terrible, but not uncharacteristic stats. 2 Melee is pretty bad however you look at it. But with 2" range at least Ribald won't have to worry about counter attacks against 1" melee range opponents. This usually won't be much of an issue as Ribald comes with a complement of 11 wounds and 'Ram...

Having recently participated in the Moonstone 2019 GT and having had a blast of a time, I've wanted to write about my favourite model in the game thus far - The Firespitter. A wonderful model with some fantastically fun rules which perfectly encompass the goblins gameplay for me. The model itself catches the silliness of Goblins wonderfully with the small Goblin assisting with the bellows whilst the main pyromaniac straps a highly explosive barrel to his back before setting to his burning duties. As for his rules... Up in Smoke The Firespitter's card on first glance appears thoroughly underwhelming. Bad stats and a slew of passive negative abilities and other active abilities with detrimental effects points to a model which will often fail to pull its own weight. Melee 2 with a 1" range is nearly as bad as it gets for melee, however the Firespitter compounds his awful melee skills with predictable combatant forcing him to reveal these cards too. Defending against an attac...