Flesh Eater Courts Primer

[Gaz Taylor]

Are you a new player or somebody who is curious about Flesh Eater Courts? Hopefully this topic will help you!

What is Age of Sigmar?

For those who aren't aware and may have gotten to this topic through a search engine link, this may help you. Age of Sigmar is a tabletop wargame made by Games Workshop. It is set in the Mortal Realms, which are a set of near infinite magical realms which are connected via Realmgates. It is currently in the 4th edition of the game and sometimes known as AOS4.

You can find the core rules here - https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/XDIu1usQa07ohgwj.pdf

You can find the quick start rules here - https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GO49bo7eHHGDyq9F.pdf

You can find the points for all the factions, FAQs and Rules Update here - https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JjfchFCbtFUHZkZ1.pdf

Who are the Flesh Eater Courts?

When Nagash woke from the destruction of the World that Was, one of the first things he did was create a legions of undead creatures and to lead his forces he needed leaders. From the aether, he found a recreated his Mortarchs and amongst them were the first vampires - Mannfred von Carstein, Neferata, and Ushoran.

Like their master, they felt the need to create and so gave the blood kiss to mortals across the mortal realms. This created many vampires, who are beings of unnatural speed, strength and magical prowess but an eternal hunger for blood. From these vampire Mortarchs, many Dynastys were created, with many of the vampires seeing themselves as nobility and better than anyone else. None are more noble that the Vampires from Ushoran, for they are noble warriors who help the weak and punish the wicked. 

This is how the knights of the gallant Summerking see themselves, for they are caught in the utter madness of their sire - Ushoran. In reality, these knights are no more than cannibals and fiends, soaked in blood, wearing flayed skins and wielding rusted weapons. Ushoran was once the most trusted of Nagash's Mortarchs, but fell from favour and was inprisoned in the Shroudcage. Eventually, he escaped but it's not clear if Ushoran was already suffering delusions before he put in the Shroudcage and it made them worse or the Shroudcage is the reason for his madness.

You can find the rules for the Flesh Eater Courts here - https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/0lE3cCoiIahG0uTG.pdf

You can find the points for the Flesh Eater Courts here - https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JjfchFCbtFUHZkZ1.pdf

Spearhead

Spearhead is a way of playing Age of Sigmar using the Spearhead box sets. It is a way of playing the game, which is easy to pick up and get into. The rules for Spearhead can be found in the core rules but the quick start/reference information can be found here - https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/jGK80Jjjq4u0PaSR.pdf

Your first 1000 points

Here is a sample army list for the Flesh Eater Courts. It is 1000 points and uses the Spearhead box. The aim is to buy as few kits as possible with this list and it is no way classed as the best list. To make this list you will need a Flesh Eater Courts Spearhead box and a box of Crypt Flayers and a box of Cryptguard. You can tweak and change the list however you want.

Flesh-eater Courts

950/1000pts

Abhorrant Archregent 190 
- 10 x Cryptguard 120
- 10 x Cryptguard 120
- 3 x Morbegh Knights 170

Varghulf Courtier 180
- 3 x Crypt Flayers 170

Any questions, additional thoughts or ideas for the starter list, please add them below. If you want to discuss any tactics, advice or ideas after your first 1000 points, start a new topic in this part of the forum.