This Fantasy game was played on 2011-09-27 at Matthias' place using Hordes/Warmachine-Rules (set in ' Iron Kingdoms ') and 28mm miniatures. This report was written by Matthias.
See also Bernd's YouTube channel: TalesFromUrcaen.
Circle Orboros | Khador | |||
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[ Bernd ] | [ ] | |||
Battlegroup | ||||
Baldur | -6 | pSorscha | -5 | |
Wold Guardian | 9 | Beast 09 | 11 | |
Wold Wyrd | 5 | Devastator | 9 | |
Warp Wolf Stalker | 10 | Juggernaut | 7 | |
Pureblood | 9 | |||
Units | ||||
Shifting Stones | 2 | Winter Guard Infantry, max | 6 | |
⇒ Stone Keeper UA | 1 | Officer & Standard Bearer UA | 2 | |
Shifting Stones | 2 | ⇒ Rocketeer (2) UA | 2 | |
Druid Stoneward & Woldstalkers | 5 | Winter Guard Infantry, max | 6 | |
Tharn Bloodtracker, min | 5 | Winter Guard Mortar Crew | 3 | |
Widowmakers | 4 | |||
Battlemechaniks, max | 3 | |||
Solos | ||||
Druid Wilder | 2 | Widowmaker Marksman | 2 | |
Tharn Ravager Whitemane | 3 | Kovnik Josef Grigorovic | free | |
Thrullg | 3 |
Bernd (Circle)
Not only was this our first 50 points game, but I used a new Warlock and a couple of new units and solos.
When I saw Matthias' force I was a little bit concerned because his Winterguard's high defense value in combination with the high armour of his Warjacks.
But somehow the game went very good for me. His Winterguard didn't do enough damage and were nearly completely wiped out in return and his Warjacks were not able to get into combat due to my feat.
Therefore Matthias was forced to go for an assassination attempt. And he nearly succeeded! To leave Baldur with just 1 Fury and no other protection from ranged attacks was maybe the biggest mistake I made, and it nearly cost me the game.
Next game I think I will use "Flesh of Clay" on Buldur himself more often.
And I will try to get more models in Baldur's control area so that they can benefit from "Solid Ground".
Concerning the new models themselves, the Bloodtrackers didn't do very much (except dying). The Woldstalkers were able to kill some guys and performed ok. Models of the match for me were the Whitemane who wiped out 8 Winterguard infantrists in one activation and the Woldguardian who was able to dish out some good damage on the front line without receiving a lot in return.
Matthias (Khador)
For the most part of the game, I was not able to act much, only to react in the small confines allowed to me by the enemy. Baldur's Feat made me almost immobile, then the Devastator was gone, the Juggernaut was too far away guarding the objective, and Beast09 was disrupted.
My worst mistake was to forget to move the Winter Guard on the flanks on turn three and kill the Ravager Whitemane - that would have left me with a substantial flanking force which might easily have CRAed Baldur a turn later.
I again had bad luck with the Widowmakers - like I had from the first time I used them. At the beginning, they had no targets they could hit, and when I moved them forward, half of the time they missed although they have a quite high RAT of 7!
My last turn was what I view as a typical Warmachine/Hordes turn: The underdog, who received a constant beating the turns before, suddenly finds an open lane which allows him to attack the enemy Warcaster/Warlock. And I nearly succeeded!
Had I been able to do one more attack Baldur would have been done. Unfortunately he had this one point of Fury left which was enough to safe him.
Although he had a hard time, he did then managed to kill Sorscha.
After Action Report
After Action Report
After Action Report
After Action Report
After Action Report
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