This Fantasy game was played on 2012-09-09 at Matthias' place using Hordes/Warmachine-Rules (set in ' Iron Kingdoms ') and 28mm miniatures. This report was written by Matthias.
Circle Orboros | Protectorate of Menoth | |||
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[ Bernd ] | [ Matthias ] | |||
Battlegroup | ||||
Kromac the Ravenous | -4 | Grand Exemplar Kreoss | -6 | |
⇒ Druid Wilder | 2 | ⇒ Hierophant | 2 | |
Megalith | 11 | Reckoner | 8 | |
Warpwolf Stalker | 10 | Castigator | 8 | |
Feral Warpwolf | 9 | Revenger | 6 | |
Pureblood | 9 | |||
Units | ||||
Shifting Stones | 2 | Choir, max | 3 | |
⇒ Stonekeeper UA | 1 | Choir, max | 3 | |
Tharn Bloodtracker, max | 8 | Exemplar Bastions, max | 8 | |
⇒ Nuala the Huntress UA | 2 | Knights Exemplar | 5 | |
Solos | ||||
Knights Exemplar Seneshal | 3 | |||
Reclaimer | 2 | |||
Vassal Mechanik | 1 | |||
Vassal of Menoth | 2 | |||
Vassal of Menoth | 2 | |||
Paladin of the Order of the Wall | 2 | |||
Wracks | 1 |
Bernd (Circle Oboros)
First of all I will respond to Matthias' conclusion: I don't think he would have won if he would have repositioned Kreoss to a safe position, but I think he still would have had a decent chance to win.
On the other hand, if he had killed the Stalker then he would have had a really good position and his agressive play would have been worth it...
In the end I think the biggest impact in this game was the deployment. I decided to deploy second because I wanted to see how much Matthias would commit to the flag.
As Matthias deployed his bastions and some solos near the flag I thought that it would be hard for me get in control of it. Therefore I decided to abandon the flag (and my right flank) completly. Now Matthias had a hard time to reposition his troops and my army gained a good advantage in the early stage of the game.
This game I think I only made one major mistake: I somehow thought that, after my Pureblood missed with his slam attack, that his activation was over. But I don't think this is the case. If I would have attacked the warjack I might have killed it and Matthias would have had no warjacks left.
Other than that I have to say that I had pretty hot dice that game and my damage rolls were all very high, so this time luck was on my side.
I hope we'll have a rematch soon, but then again with the infamous War Wolf :D
Matthias (Protectorate of Menoth)
The problem with having a numerical superiority over your opponent is, that it can become a problem to redeploy your troops and to not bunch up - which happened both in this game. In the center I bunched up and had several problems with moving. My left flank was pretty useless, the two solos not taking part, the Bastions getting two attacks among their number during the whole game.
Apart from loosing the Revenger immediately (not getting the shield crippled with the first attack could have helped), my right flank performed pretty well. I was able to use the Choir to prevent most attacks against the Exemplars, which in turn nearly annihilated the Bloodtrackers.
With three spells (which all failed to hit or wound), and a Reclaimer with five Soultokens, I hoped to take out the Stalker. This failed and in the end cost me Kreoss.
After the game we argued if it would have been better to move Kreoss towards my left flank instead of into the middle. This would have excluded my right flank from the effect of the Feat (probably costing me this flank), but Bernd thinks that with my second wave (Bastions and Solos) I would have won in the end. I think it was worth the risk. If the Stalker would have been killed...
Nevertheless it was good game. And finally Bernd did not bring his War Wolf again... it seems that I finally convinced Bernd of his (the Wolf's, not Bernd's) uselessness... :-)
After Action Report
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