So the thing about mini-single list tourney's is it tells you with the subtlety of US election campaigns which list is generalist and which one needs to dodge like a bastard. Swans and Ret abound, so dwarf man it is (Or gnome, which for some reason is the current local parlance for the stunties).
Gorten1 - 2x Driller, 2x Blaster, 2x Gunner, Wrongeye w/Snapjaw, Rorsh w/Brine, Tinker, Ragman, Aiyanna + Holt, 2x Eliminators, Acosta
Objective: Bunker
Round 1 is into Galicious with Power of Dhunia (Worth noting that of the 8 players/lists, 5 of them had Theme lists. Portentous perhaps? I dislike the perfectly natural attitude players have of panning for theme force gold).
Madrak 3 (Power of Dhunia) - Glacier King, Mountain King, Axer, Horgle w/Pyre and Slag, 2x Sorcerer, Janissa, Whelps
Ye old Outlast, relevant terrain is a trench, some water and a pair of walls, there's a hill and forest but they won't feature.
I set up for the lessers, Kayazy and Acosta to threaten the left zone while the Dwarf jacks went to the right zone.
Gargs go central with Madrak in between, Horgle goes to the right with his battlegroup.
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Merc 1:Everything runs up, Solid Ground/Strength of Granite go up.
Acosta/Eliminators go up front and centre.
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Troll 1: Madrak Rushes both Gargs, pops stone Aura and moves up. Both Gargs runs full pelt forward, everything else in the list is behind them somewhere.
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Merc 2: The Gargs have come far more forward than I expected, enough for me to try to go all in with the left Lessers. If it works my attrition lead is insurmountable, if it doesn't then I can use whatever solos survive to contest the left zone, feat to get the Drillers up and claim the right zone.
I have to unpack some models, so don't get ideal activations. Sadly Aiyanna is out of Kiss range.
Acosta charges in to get out of the way, does some nice opening damage.
Red Eliminator Unit gets out of the way, stab a few of the Whelps that have spawned.
This lets Ragman move up and Deathfield a spot that Snapjaw can reach as he charges in, maxes Fury to get most of the work done.
Green Eliminators then go, clear out the whelp blocking Brines charge location.
Brine gets smoked forward, pops Animus, charges and finishes the Mountain King off with his opening initial, Trolls concede.
At first I thought the concession was a bit quick, ultimatey though when sked what the Troll do next I didn't have an answer. Gorten will Bunker up, using his wall and the one already on the board to create a Gargossal no go zone, at best the Lessers die but then I feat and arrange the death of Horgle and the Glacier King and that's that.
