I wasn’t sure how they’d react to either my cardstock minis and terrain, or to the fast-moving Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes rule set, but they really surprised me. Several complimented the all-cardstock table, and honestly, it did look pretty good. The terrain was an especial hit—more than one Warhammer veteran commented that both the large ruin and the crosspieces set would work well for Age of Sigmar, the Games Workshop’s fantasy wargame. They even gave the 2D cardstock minis positive reviews…though I doubt any of them plan to sell off their plastic armies any time soon! Several club members hung around my table for a few minutes at a time, I suppose while their opponents were moving their vast 40K armies. Most of them seemed at least intrigued by ASoBaH‘s swift and surprising style of play. Apparently, a lot of Warhammer games are pretty much decided by the second or third turn (though it can take an hour or more to play each turn out!) but my game ran several turns, and both sides were in it until the very end. I was pleasantly surprised at how the momentum swung from the goblins, to the elves, then back to the goblins, before the climactic final melee, in which the elven captain made his heroic and almost successful last stand. Though each reversal was unexpected, none of them felt random or unfair. ASoBaH seems to do a nice job of balancing the lists and keeping the game exciting until the very end.