Hi,
I am literally scrounging for parts to make 3 starter Warbands from what came in the starter set, leftover militia and other empire bits I’ve accumulated over the past year. I want to make a Reikland, Middleheim, and Marienburg. I don’t know anything about these cities except what is described in the rulebook. I have enough parts to issue either Handguns, Bows, or Crossbows to the Marksmen of each, which I don’t mind since it would help give each character. The problem assign what to who. I thought the Reikland would get the handguns since they are described as militaristic, and nothing screams military more than handguns. But then the Marienburgs are the ones with deep pockets and might be able to afford the more exotic weapons. However, their average warriors are described as essential dock thugs and it seems a little bit of a stretch that their warriors would be the ones to have handguns while the others didn’t. That being said I was leaning towards crossbows for them since they are supposed to be the weapon that took the least amount of training to use.
I am also stuck on Middleheim. I get the beefy warriors with warhammers but haven’t seen a single Middleheim Marksman anywhere. What would their preference be? If I gave the Handguns to Reikland, the crossbows to Marienburg, then Middleheim would get the bows by default.
Do these seem like reasonable pairings?