Unboxing and Review - Test Of Honour (Part Two)

We looked at the core box contents in part one...now lets have a proper look at the miniatures...

In Part One we looked at the basic game elements and had a brief look at the miniatures now we'll give the models a detailed look in part two...

The game is available from both your local hobby store (mines called Titan Games) and Warlord Games themselves should you be interested...

Test of Honour

Test of Honour is a skirmish wargame played with roughly 5-20 models on each side. Players select their force before each game based around a samurai hero along with one or two loyal samurai companions and a variety of clan soldiers.

The 6 battle scenarios included tell a tale of bitter clan rivalry, betrayal and revenge. The battles are designed to be played in order, forming an ongoing story, with consequences for the victor and loser of each game.

As you play through the scenarios your samurai will use new skills, and perhaps even take the shameful path of deceit and trickery to gain victory – such choices are the ultimate test of honour.

Samurai

Samurai - Sprue

The box set contains one sprue that can be used to make up to five Samurai. Here's pictures of both sides of it.

Samurai - Instructions

The instructions give many examples of possible assembly combinations for the Samurai but there are so many parts on the sprue the only real limit is your imagination. It's also possible to use parts from the other sprues as well.

Note - It has been pointed out to me by a reader that the sword with the 'ball' on it is actually still in it's scabbard and the 'ball' is actually meant to fit into an open hand to give the appearance of a Samurai holding a sheathed sword...so that means I'll need to alter a couple of the ones I built...and you should probably ignore any of the figures on the assembly instructions that show otherwise, lol.

Samurai - Assembled

I was fairly conservative with my Samurai builds but something more elaborate is easy to accomplish.

 Ashigaru Missile Troops

Ashigaru Missile Troops - Sprue

The box set contains two of these sprues that can be used to make up to five Bowmen or Musketmen per sprue. Here's pictures of both sides of one of them.

Ashigaru Missile Troops - Instructions
The instructions give some examples of possible assembly combinations for the Ashigaru and there are many spare parts on the sprue. It's also possible to use parts from the other sprues as well.

Ashigaru Missile Troops - Assembled

I built six as Bowmen and the rest as Musketmen (I only took pictures of three of the musketmen though).

There are certain in-game benefits to grouping models together in larger games and there are bases provided for this purpose.

 Ashigaru Yari Troops

Ashigaru Yari Troops - Sprue

The box set contains four of these sprues that can be used to make up to five Spearmen per sprue. Here's pictures of both sides of one of them.

Ashigaru Yari Troops - Instructions

The instructions give some examples of possible assembly combinations for the Ashigaru and there are many spare parts on the sprue. It's also possible to use parts from the other sprues as well.

Ashigaru Yari Troops - Assembled

I made several as characters to make the units a bit more interesting when three to a base and the rest as standard spearmen in various poses.

There are certain in-game benefits to grouping models together in larger games and there are bases provided for this purpose.

 So that's it for now...at some point in the future there will be a gameplay review but not for a few weeks...

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