And for that little extra bit of nasty that House Bolton loves, the Blackguards come with a new 1 point attachment, the Bolton Flayer. After attaching the Flayer to a unit, that unit will heal 2 wounds every time an engaged enemy fails a panic test. And if you’re playing Neutral, and your opponents are NOT failing panic tests, then your game-plan has likely gone seriously awry.

How will the Blackguards fit into your Neutral lists? As snug as a Bolton knife in a Stark back. The Blackguard provides a needed heavy infantry unit that gives you a cheaper objective holder than the 10 pt Flayed Men. Stick the Flayer in them and they can tarpit your opponent’s heavy hitters, holding them for your other units to attack them in the flank or ignore completely in pursuit of your opponent’s vulnerable underbelly. Use them as a commander bunker for Ramsay and utilize Theon’s panic tokens and Ramsay’s Flay them All ability to inflict multiple panic checks per round. Even the oft-ignored Dreadfort Captain could find a home in them, spreading panic across the battlefield like a malignant Tinkerbell, chortling with glee as he waves his magic mace and sprinkles panic tokens with abandon.