Games 248 to 250, Three Round Tourney

Three round tourney to signify the end of the Warcaster league (Which is a concept I love, but didn't actually get the time to play in sadly). I decided to do minimal changes in the end, reasoning trying to get used to a new unit (Hammerdwarves) was a bad play in a deathclock tourney in a list I already felt I wasn't quick enough with. That and speed four is balls.

Props to Chibi for running the event, I thought it all went well.


Fiona 
*Galleon
*Silly Wishnailer
Boomhowlers (Max),
Gun Mages + UA
eEiryss
Alexia + Risen
Anastasia
Reinholdt
Ragman
Piper
Gorman
Tinker
Objective: Arcane Wonder

I did remember to have my attack of sanity and throw in eEiryss. I swapped out the TAC and had a random point, I didn't really have an available solo to throw in.


Gorten
*Earthbreaker
Gun Mages + UA
2x Press Gangers (Max)
Aiyanna + Holt
Pendrake
pEiryss
Gorman
Madelyn
Hawk
Dougal
Thor
Tinker
Objective: Effigy of Valor

I wasn't sold on MacBain! as a partner to Fiona, at least not with the need to share Alexia/Eiryss. As I hadn't put Dougal in Fiona, an Earthbreaker list seemed good, Gorten is the only Dorf caster I have experience with. Fairly simple, move up, feat opposing armies away and then jam with Pressgangers. pEiryss I've underused in the past, so in she went.

Game 1
Against Dave, who also brought Mercs.

During unpacking, I had my first stroke of genius for the day, I'd left Gorten at home. Dave was thankfully an awesome bloke, offering to let me use his model, which I thankfully didn't knock over or drop.

His lists were Fiona and Ossrum. Neither of us wanted Fiona to run into the Dwarf casters, so the battle of the stunties it was.

Recon for the scenario, I'm not currently sold on this scenario, it doesn't feel that live to me, that end Objective and flags only dominating just doesn't force much pressure. Maybe faster/control casters play it out well, but given there were no scenario wins in round one is a poor sell. As far as I know everyone scored zero control points, though I might be in error on that.

Ossrum - Earthbreaker, Dougal, Thor, Aiyana + Holt, TAC, Horgenhold (Max), Boomies (Max), eEiryss, Anastasia, Gorman
Objective: Effigy (I think...)

I got kicked in the face for the die roll, Dave decides to go first. Dougal/Thor hide behind the Earthbreaker, I didn't realise they were there until it was to late (Total foreshadowing there...)

My deploy, that base on the far left is Pendrake. Pressgangers went in two lines in case of bouncing Earthbreaker AoE's, a needless fear really but oh well.

Ossrum 1: Everything runs up, Snipe on the Earthbreaker, Fire for Effect on Eiryss. Gorman and Anastasia both sit at the edge of the zone. I think that telegraphs their threat range to much, but anyway. Boomies do 4+ tough, cause that's what they do.

Gorten 1: I scatter the Blue Pressgangers around, I move up the Earthrbeaker with boosted damage and artillerist, before I do the shots I realise I'm an idiot and that trying to kill Gorman will only blast apart Pressgangers. Had I not done the weird split Pressganger lines, I could have moved the Earthbreaker up his four inches and thrown out some annoying rough terrain. Everything moves up, Gorten Solid Grounds and charges up.

Ossrum 2: Junk moves out of the Earthbrakers way, Aiyanna misses a Harm on Gorten courtesy of the Cover provided by the Objective. I remembered the threat range of Anastasia and Gorman well. I completely brain melted on Eiryss, who walks up and gets a lazy nine to knock off the focus and Solid Ground. Ossrum feats, Earthbreaker with Snipe moves up and comfortably kills Gorten.

Sadness. Not a lot to think about here, had I put Gorten appropriately it would have been a game, I didn't so it wasn't. Considering the end spots, Gorten moves up from Madelyn, Pressgangers move out of the way, I feat drag Ossrum to the objective, my own mini-feated focus loaded Thor damage boosted Galleon kills Ossrum. If he hadn't done the feat assassination, assuming I still get Eiryssed, Earthbreaker gets boosted to hits from Thor, moves up out of the opposing Earthbreakers charge range, using the Boomhowler in the cloud and the Objective to knock down/kill Anastasia, Eiryss and Holt. Gun Mages finish off any solos the Earthbreaker misses, knock Boomies backward. Pressgangers jam in, including killing Gorman.

Ho hum, not good plays from me to begin with.

Clock was up by me for twenty odd minutes, but my turn two would also have been a long one.

Game 2

No CP's and no kills, pretty sure I was the bottom of the pile at this point.

Drew Matty with Minions on Incursion.

I think this is my second game with Matty, we talk a bit as we both rock Minions, but don't get the chance to play much (Though to be fair Matty is the Minion flagbearer while I remain seduced by Merc Colossals). The first game, incidentally, was Midas vs Maelok. I didn't think Maeloks feat affected non-warrior models, so turn two a Wrastler charged up into Midas so that was that.

I'm liking the new Incursion, encourages a spread out game play. Also, I get lucky on it, so that's a thing.

Rask Tier or Maelok triple Posse. I'm pretty sure Gorten plays better verses Maelok, but the ambushers stop the Pressganger jam plan to easily. Going with the "choose the better of the poor matchups", I drop Fiona. Rask pops his scaly head out, cackles because he's evil and crawls in.

Rask Tier 4 Watery Graves - 2x Wrastlers, Hentai love monster, 2x Bokor + Shamblers, 3x Bog Trog Ambushers (Min), Totem Hunter, 2x free Croaks (The only time anyone will take Croaks)

Pretty sure I lose the die roll, get given second. I swap table side to get the hill that's not positioned on the far board edge.

My deployment. Still haven't worked out all the kinks, the Highborn bonus thankfully means I can scatter my solos around so they don't get jammed behind all my stuff. Boomies probably should have been weight a bit more to the side to stop the Ambushing nonsense, but I'd planned on bricking up and reacting as needed anyway. Tinker plonked in a weird spot, because I still have my Telgesh dream to live.

Winions 1: Totem Hunter preys Gorman. With the aid of Advance moves, the Croaks race up to take over my wall. So much for hiding Fiona behind it. Rask puts Admonition on himself, Fury on the right Wrastler.

Merc 1:
* Three allocated to Galleon.
* Alexia runs for a non-entity amount, the Risen next to Greygore runs up to nine inches from him.
* Boomies run up, Greygore charges and kills the Risen, Rage Howl makes both Croak Hunters flee
* Fiona puts Roth on the Boomies and Nonokian on the Gun Mages
* Galleon moves up the hill, tries to scatter on the right Bokor and fails
* The various solos move around, Gorman plonks a cloud because he can, Piper puts Dirge on the Boomies
* Gun Mages move up, they all Snipe and kill the Totem Hunter.

I actually forgot to move two Boomhowlers far up, thankfully they were just in command range of Greygore

Winions 2:
* Wild Bog Trogs appears! Two units on the left (Pink/Blue), one on the right (Gold)
* Fury on Wrastler/Admonition on Rask upkept
* Hentai monster puts Elasticity on the Fury'ed Wrastler, walks up
* Rask puts Boundless Charge on the Fury'ed, Elastic Wrastler
* Right Croak rallies, left one squeals like a Farrow
* Bog Trogs charge/run in, Galleon takes about six damage, they fail to hurt the Gun Mages, they kill a Boomie
* Wrastler with the buffs of Doom charges bunch of Boomies, kills two of them with some Roth bouncing to feed Alexia
* Unbuffed Wrastler charges a Boomie, falls short
* Bokors run up

Matty forgot to feat, which he realised halfway through the turn. That was going to go poorly....

Merc 2:
* Risen emerge, engaging some Bog Trogs on the left
* Roth and Nonokian upkept, Galleon gets three
* Gorman walks up, Blinds the right Wrastler
* Reinholdt/Silly buff Fiona
* Fiona walks up, Feats, casts a Soulfire of doom at the Bokor, knocks him down to one hit point and kills a Shambler
* Alexia goes, Risen spread out on the back right to intercept the rightmost Trogs, other Risen scratch at the Trogs and kill a couple
* Boomies charge up, Greygore splats a Croak. Rage howl causes the Pink Trogs to flee, hits the penalty on the Wrastlers. One Boomie gets up to the middle flag.
* Tinker repairs Galleon for a few\
* Eiryss snipes out a Trog
* Gun Mages move up, shots into the left Bokor kills him, left Wrastler gets knocked back a little
* Galleon walks forward a small amount, kills the right Bokor with the Harpoon
* Anastasia runs to a threatening spot

I forgot to activate Ragman, should have Bone Shakered a Trog.

Winions 3:
* Right Wrastler frenzies for nothing
* Admonition upkept
* Pink Trogs and Croak Hunter Rally
* Blue trogs stab down some Risen
* Gold Trogs charge in, kill both Tinker and Ragman
* Swamp Horror (It took this long for me to remember what it was called) puts elasticity on the left Wrastler
* Rask moves up, feats, shoots Anastasia down
* Left Wrastler moves over to Gorman, fails to land a hit
* Shamblers mob up

Merc 3:
* Risen get plonked to fight the various Trogs
* Nonokian/Roth upkept, Galleon gets three
* Boomies shuffle around, one dies to a freestrike to open up a Gorman bomb. Greygore Rage Howls, pinging the Wrastlers and causing the Pink Trogs to flee. Greygore also hits and kills the last Croak Hunter.
* Gorman aims, Blinds both Wrastlers
* Galleon walks in, kills the right Wrastler
* Risen kill a few Trogs
* Eiryss moves over, snipes out a Trog
* Gun Mages moves up a bit, kill a bunch of Shamblers
* Fiona falls back a bit
* Piper Dirges Boomies

Winions 4:
* Admonition upkept
* Pink Trogs fail to rally, because they are the worst Trogs in teh world
* Blue Trogs swing at some Risen
* Gold Trog, last of his tribe,  kills a Risen
* Rask moves around, shoots Greygore for six and knocking off Roth, puts Boundless Charge on the Swamp Horror
* Swamp Horror goes into the Galleon, eaves it with three boxes. It still has Cortex and Movement.
* Shamblers charge the forward Boomie on the flag, they miss

Merc 4:
* More Risen spawn to fight the Trog menace
* Nonokian upkept, one to the Galleon
* Greygore moves up, Rage Howls
* Gorman throws Blind at the Wrastler
* Gun Mages move up, they kill a bunch of Shamblers
* Piper walks to the wall, gives Dirge to the Gun Mages
* Alexia walks up a bit, Risen kill off more Bog Trogs. The Gold tribe is at last defeated
* Eiryss runs to the right, on top of the hill
* Galleon does nothing, because I couldn't think of a way to stop the Swamp Horror killing it with a Frestrike
* Silly and Reinholdt (What a great couple they are) stand base to base
* Fiona hides behind the lovely couple. It is truly great how opposites can attract like that. She puts Roth back on the Boomies

Winions 5:
*  Spells dropped
* Shamblers kill the forward most Boomie
* Trogs twiddle their thumbs, kill some Risen
* Wrastler moves out of the way
* Rask walks up, puts Boundless and Elasticity on the Swamp Horror. Shoots Reinholdt in the face. Elven divorce settlements are a bitch.
* Horror tries to charge Fiona, Galleon base causes it to be at a bad angle and fail

Mercs 5:
*  Nonokian upkept for giggles
* Fiona runs over to the hill on full camp after the Horror Scare of 2015
* Silly Wishnailer, taken over by grief and that engaged bonus he was giving to the enemy heavies, walks into the rain that is freestrikes and splats
* Gorman blinds the Heavies
* Gun Mages kill a load of SHamblers
* Alexia charges the Wrastler, Risen leave one Blue Trog going. Alexia burns most of her Risen to kill the Wrastler
* Greygore moves up to the Horror, Rage Howls and stabs it a bit.
* Piper runs to the left flag
* Eiryss runs to the right flag
* Galleon walks forward and engages Rask in the centre

I go to two CP, Matty concedes.

End clocks, Winions on the left, Mercs on the right. Struggling for time with so much Alexia junk, very happy I wasn't trying to run Forgeguard around.


Game 3

Make the wife happy game (Had I lost, there would have had to be a round four to get an undefeated)
Dan was only running one list, I prevaricated a while on choice but the scenario options made me drop Gorten.

Incoming! (Aligned zones/objectives)

eMadrak - Storm troll, Slag troll, 2x Warders, Fenblades + UA, Dygmy jerks, Stone + UA, Troll Moses, Janissa
Objective: Bunker (Girded/Impervious Flesh)

I once more lost the die roll. Dan takes first, plonks it down.

I actually took that board on the left off the table initially, not realising it was a hill. Whoops. That's p"Deathbolt"Eiryss on the far left. Gorten is hidden under the Earthbreakers damaged right arm (I'm mid repair from the last time I dropped my colossals).

Troll 1: The march of the Trolls begin. Digmies, to the shock of all, dig. Warders are the leading edge, Fenblades behind them on the right.

Merc 1: Pressgangers flood forwards, Gorten casts Solid Ground and charges up. I move the Gun Mages and various solos to play for the enemy zone, Pendrake gets left far back.

Troll 2: Digmies pop up into the Pressgangers. Trolls all roll forward, bugger all tough checks are made as Pressgangers fall in droves.

Merc 2:
* Gorten moves up from Madelyn
* Gorten keeps all the focus
* Aiyanna and Holt move up, put Harm on the left unit of Wards, Holt does some shots into them
* Gorten charges a Warder, kills him then feats, pushing the left half of the Trolls backward. Three of the digmies chocke in the zone because of a Red Pressganger, Fell Caller gets stuck on the Slag Troll behind the Enemy Objective.
* Hawk charges one of the offending Digmies, kill it
* Blue Pressgangers charge/run, removing the remaining offending Pigmies.
* Red Pressgangers jam into Storm Troll and the remaining Warders, killing one
* Dougal pops mini feat, puts Artillerist on the Earthbreaker
* Thor boosts Attack rolls on the Earthbreaker
* Earthbreaker walks up, kills the Fellcaller Hero
* Gun Mages kill some Digmies and a Fell warrior or two

Mercs Dominate to go to 2. I realise I forget Pendrake, I leave him where he is.

Troll 3:
* Left Warders swing at the Red Pressgangers
* Right Warders kill some of the Blue Pressgangers
* Fellblades engage the Gun Mages and the remaining Blue Pressgangers
* Storm Troll runs to toe the left zone
* Stones runs back
* Janissa walls up
* Madrak feats, Blue Pressgangers and a couple Gun Mages go down.

At the time we thought Trolls went to 1 CP, it was pointed out to us a couple turns later there was a Warder not in the zone.

Merc 3:
* Gorten moves from Madelyn
* Gorten fills up the Earthbreaker, upkeeps Solid Ground
* Pendrake runs to toe the right zone
* Gun Mages aim, knock the Storm Troll out of the left zone.
* Thor/Dougal buff Earthbreaker for Damage/Artillerist
* Aiyanna moves up, tries to Harm the Objective but it half an inch short
* Red Pressgangers do nothing
* Earthbreaker moves up, shoots the enemy objective with the mini guns, achieves nothing (Armour
20 Impervious Flesh says no. Torpedoes knocks down some of the models in the centre and the Slag Troll
* Hawk charges and kills the Stone

Troll 4:
* Fenblades make Pendrake disappear in a fine mist of red, one goes into the left zone
* Madrak pops out Warpath
* Janissa throws a blast, kills a Gun Mage and puts the officer on two boxes
* The left Warders go, one gets into the zone.
* Storm Troll attacks the Earthbreaker, bounces off
* Slag Troll gets into the zone via Warpath
* Madrak moves to behind the Slag Troll
* Current Stone bearer runs into the zone

Merc 4:
* Solid Ground drops, Earthbreaker gets three
* Gun Mages aim, first one knocks Madrak back a couple inches, next two knock out the Slag out of the Zone
* Thor boosts the Earthbreakers Attack Rolls
* Earthbreakers initials kill the Fenblade, injures the Warder. Bought attacks kill the Storm Troll
* Madelyn moves in, seduces the Warder to turn around and kill the Stone
* Gorten charges the Warder in the back, kills him

Mercs go to 6 CP.

Trolls on the left, Mercs on the right.


Gorten loves him some Trolls.

I ended up placing third, very happy with 2-1. Definitely feel like I need to work on my Fiona deployment and speed.