Second game against ze Antwerpens (we walked through sky water and stuff through a poorly planned back route of sketchiness, there was going to be more than one display of me getting super smashed).
It's the mighty Niels, with unexpected Legion. Down tumbles non themed Kallus the first, with many a Grotesque, Hellmouth and a Blight Bringer mascot.
We change table. To Epic Recon. As expected I guess?
I win the roll and pick the safety side with a sweet obstacle that Thexus will hug and love. So much love.
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Legion 1: Grotesques come forward, Hellmouths placed to contest both zones. Which means this'll be a loooooooong game. Oh dear. Gargantuan is dead centre, with its low speed, Hellmouth and the Objective it's relatively pinned in the back or could head to the left, so that's a thing.
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Merc 1: My stuff also runs forward. Such plays. Finesse and stuff.
I make a Thrall Warrior to annoy a Hellmouth tentacle and keep Obstructions or a pack of Drudges in the way of anything dragging a Monstrosity forward for free.
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Legion 2: 'Ol Blighty throws out an AoE that scatters onto nothing. Two tentacles from the left runs out of command to tie Drudges up. Grotesques move cautiously. Deathstalkers kill some dudes. Placement is relatively conservative
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Merc 2: I ambush in around the Legion flag, come in and eat Swordsman and Grotesques. Drudges otherwise move forward slowly, I don't bother killing the out of command Tentacles. A thrall sits on my flag. Things remain weirdly tied up and not filling out the centre of the board, slowed by blocking pieces and terrain.
I go up a point.
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Legion 3: Kallus hangs back and feats. Blighty moves to a point to give the armour buff to the Hellmouths.
Grotesques come in and do some attacks. All the tentacles from the left block up the centre pink Drudges, right side do some attacks and contest.
Legion scores its own flag, now 1v1.
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Merc 3: Let's just lower th expectations of a fast pace thriller now, this is an epic joust between two turtle swarms slowly approaching each other while sending passive aggressive texts.
There's no value to me killing the Tentacles out of command, or much at all this turn as Incubi are better than Grotesques.
I kill the right Tentacles, send a Warden into the relevant Hellmouth. Bounce off it hard.
Other grotesques die, but only when reliable follow up attacks exist in order to kill the spawned Incubi.
I sadly fail to get anything to the Legion flag, so we both score to 2 all.
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Legion 4: The ambush Drudges get rekt, only the unit leader survives.
Grotesques and Slavers are both somewhat limited but fight on, while I have a healthy amount of Benders.
A Deathstalker chills on the Legion flag, the BLight Bringer persists in coughing out an AoE. The advanced Warden gets refueled by a few attacks, a tentacle once again spawns to contest.
Legion pull ahead, 3-2.
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Merc 4: On the left, the lone Cephalyx ambusher kills the Grotesque assassin whilst the Warden pops the Deathstalker. Now it'll be Kallus that has to score. Said Warlock incidentally gets a Thrall Warrior to the face, though naturally he misses.
Pink Drudges keep killing Grotesques in the centre.
Left Overlrods and Benders line up to be future charge in and contest models.
Drudges and Overlords flood the bottom of the right zone, very few Grotesques now remain. The Warden flails at the Hellmouth for a few points.
Back to 3 apiece.
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Legion 5: A tentacle spawns to contest. #R(%*_#%*^_%@^(Y(#Y@%_
The Blight Bringer charges in and eats my left Warden, the reserve Assasssin runs up to be the scoring model. The last Ambusher finally dies. Kallus chills back.
CP's are 3 - 4, Legion advantage.
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Merc 5/Round 6: The game grinds ever on, until I finally nail down the model placement and stop the Tentacles having any placement area to contest and no Grotesques around to run into a spot they could make, so for round 6/7 I equal then overtake.
The Warden and Hellmouth fail to kill each other, and I have far tomany models that just jam in to contest for Legion to clear them all out.
Legion Concedes with 2 and half minutes, I have a shade over 3.
Great game. Sweet dude. Let's not do this nonsense again ever. Arghle Bargle.
