Obviously running the two lists I've been playing:
Gorten1 - 2x Bashers, 3x Gunners, 2x Blasters, Rorsch + Brine, Wrongeye + Snapjaw, 2x Eliminator units, Acosta, Tinker, Aiyanna and Holt
Objective: Stockpile
MacBain1 - Galleon, Sylyss, Dahlia + Skarath, Alexia2, Ragman, Gorman, Piper, Saxon, 2x Halberdiers
Objective: Effigy of Valor
Round 1 is Outlast (Two Circle zones), i go into the mighty Dingaling, who'd dropped his normal Legion and joined the angry pointy ear train.
It's Vyross 2 and Ossyan 1, I immediately go to Gorten. Ossyan usually deletes the Galleon and I go sad face. Sure enough, It's the big-O that goes down.
Ossyan1 - Discordia, a.....Manticore? I genuinely have no idea it was some kind of heavy, Sentinels + UA, 2x Ghost Sniper, 2x Arcanist, Stormfall Archers, Eiryss2, Mage Hunter Strike Force + UA
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Merc Deploy: I won the roll and picked first, intent being to get up the board before the Strike FOrce deleted my world, I wasn't enthused at the prospect of having to feat on a single unit.
Crocs and Defence smucks went left where the water was, Gorten went toward the right zone with all the jacks (That green blob is a forest), Ninja Pig went far right.
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Ret Deploy: Strike force across the Gorten/Jack pile. On the normal deploy line, jacks went central, Sentinels look to take the left zone.
That green blob on the right is, again, a forest.
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Merc 1: Stuff runs up, Crocs Submerge. Kayazy stay out of range from the Strike Force. Aiyanna/Holt hide behind the forest, Gorten and jacks make for the right zone.
Ninja Pig, being a ninja, disdained the photographic evidence of his arrival and tried to duck far to the right. Brine, convinced the limelight was okay, wonder over to him and gave him a headbutt attack. Rorsh asks "The hell man?" and reflects it. Basically Feign Death mocks the Strike Force.
Strength of Granite is on the right Basher, Solid Granite is up.
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Ret 1: Sentinels jog into the left zone. Jacks move up the middle to the wall.
Strikeforce spread around, the front ones ping one of the Bashers for a few points.
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Merc 2: Ret Feat impending. Eugh.
Plan is to kill Mage Hunters if I can, block up, see what survives to start scoring my next turn.
On the left zone, I could kill a couple Sentinels, but that doesn't feel worth it. Instead the Eliminators run in to jam, Acosta stands in the space after them, the Crocs go at the back of the zone with Submerge and Star Cross up.
Aiyanna and Holt wonder into the forest and stealth.
The Gun Bunnies move around, one in the forest, two in the zone. Theyt shoot...something? I guess the two in the zone miss the chump behind the wall?
Spray Bunnies run to the right.
One Basher runs forward, then gets Slammed by the Strength of Granite Basher to kill a couple Strike Force and do sod all damage to the jack of unknown origins.
Gorten and the Pigs go in the trench, the Dwarf hiding behind the Pork.
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Ret 2: Ossyan hangs way back, doesn't feat.
On the left, a Ghost Sniper runs to a spot to then be targeted by Discordia's spray, bypassing Submerge and killing Wrongeye. The Crocs go away and I am very sad as the tough roll goes awry.
The Sentinels shuffle around, stuck on the Eliminators. They manage to kill them all.
Acosta is now all alone on the left side of the board facing Discordia, a full unit of Sentinels and a Ghost Sniper. He'll be fine?
On the right, the unidentified Jack sits up and splats the suicide Basher.
The Stormfall Archers and Strike Force hang around, toe the zone a bunch, they get rid of the most forward spray bunny.
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Merc 3: Well, this is going to be difficult. I'll have to just contest the left zone with Acosta and clear out the right to score. Hopefully I can save my feat, which will give me a chance for the game win I won't have if I have to deal with both Ret heavies.
Acosta runs to the left edge of the left zone and braces.
On the right, the Gun Bunnies zot a pair of Stormfall Archers and one of the Ghost Snipers.
The Spray Bunny shoots at the jerk guy behind the wall and stuffs it up.
The Basher moves up and pops his blast, killing the wall jerk and another Strike Force chump.
The Pigs go in, Rorsh hides behind the wall, Brine throws the last contesting Strike Forcereer into another member of the unit, killing both.
Gorten camps and runs to the bottom right corner of the right zone.
Mercs go to 2 CP.
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Ret 3: Acosta gets shot by the Ghost Sniper for a couple point.
The Sentinels go into mini groups and start legging it to teh right zone.
The unknown jack gets Admonition.
The remaining Strike Force toe the top edge of the zone, they pop the remaining Spray bunny.
Jack of Origin Mystical walks in and destroys the last Basher.
Discordia charges, toes the right zone and kills a Gun Bunny.
Eiryss goes into the right zone, disrupts one of the two remaining Gun Bunnies.
Holt also dies at some point, though I don't recall to what.
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Merc 4: Well, this looks bad. I have to feat to score and keep Brine alive, whilst not triggering the damn Admonition.
Brine passes his frenzy check thankfully.
On the left, Acosta runs to engage a Sentinel clump. Aiyanna also legs it to toe the edge of the zone I don't really care about.
Gorten wonders into the zone, Feat pushes the stuff in the left and camps his Focus.
The remaining Strike Force and Eiryss get killed by Bunny and Rorsh attacks, the Ninja Pigs go to the right edge of the zone, mini Pig with no Fury behind Big Pig.
Mercs go to 4 CP.
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Ret 4: Ossyan feats, wonders up behind the forest, Dead Eyes some models.
Sentinels charge into the right zone, on the way the Officer gets killed by a Free Strike from Acosta. They pop Iron Zeal and kill a Gun Bunny. The Ghost Sniper aims and kills Aiyanna.
Discordia limps over and does a Spray.
Unidentified jack turns out to have a Slam gun, knocks Brine back an inch into Rorsh. Rolls high enough to kill mini-pig.
I pass the tough roll.
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Merc 5: I need a CP or the assassination to win.
I can't see a means to get Brine to Ossyan and nothing else can do it. Clearing the right zone of Iron Zealed Sentinels and an Admonitioned heavy is a no go.
I have a chance courtesy of Acosta's free strike previously.
Being out of command, the Sentinels in the elf zone aren't contesting and can't free strike, leaving just the Ghost Sniper.
Acosta wonders around, manages to get to the Sniper and gut him.
I do some activation's without value, then go to 5 CP.
I had 15 minutes to go, RetaDing had 17.
Squicked that one, definitely messed up with the Crocs. Needed to have them further left, outside of Discordia's spray range. No reason they couldn't have gone half a foot to the left. Had the Eliminators then killed some Sentinels, I throw Acosta in. Vengeance attacks on Acosta under Star Crossed sounds good for me.
Anyway, round 1 passed, three to go!
