FINAL GAME BEFORE WTC MATCHES.
Verily, though I walk through the valley of long games, I will fear no clock out. I might fucking embrace it though, someone get me an assassination faction ASAP.
Final of La Antwerpness, Reds again though this time it's the angry cripple in the life support machine and his Android sex bots.
We've set down on a table I'd pick for this matchup as it has obstruction in teh centre, which forces a split and lets me be a tool with my wall.
There is a severe complication, specifically that the opposing list has two Devestators which adds a complication to my feat. Basically I have to kill one, then it's all onward and upward (Or 8 inches across, whatever).
I lose the roll I believe, end up second. I take the side which will be best positioned to use that house to shield the centre zone, as it's breakdown and the opposing list has a single unit.
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Round 1: Battle Charged goes up, the brick advances. I have the Earthbreaker on the left, Crawler on the right. Solid Ground is up as being crucial to stopping the opposing Destroyers triggering Road to War.
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Khador 2: The Widowmaker Marksman falls back from Ninja Pig. The Devestators lead out, each toeing one flank zone and the centre. The Khadorans split quite evenly at this point, four Jacks a side and Karchev behind.
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Merc 2: Alright, time to get the early score. I want to kill both Devestators before I feat, so the gambit this turn is pop the Widowmaker before he hunts down Thor and the left Devestator.
The Crawler falls back, Periscopes the Marksman. Aiyanna Harms the left Devestator which Holt then dings. Rorsh shoots down the Marksman and pops a round into the left Devestator.
Earthbreaker whirls up, shoots the Devestator. The Khador jacks ends up on 7 boxes before Gorten's activation, which is one point to high for ideal.
Gorten misses the Molten Metal on the Devestator, then falls back. Pops a wall in front of Aiyanna, if she gets hit by a Bombard it's probably all over (Road to War, Feat, Bombard, Dead Huge Base). Awkward to miss with that Molten, could have then pumped in a POW 16 to finish it off but whoops a daisy.
Versh goes into the centre zone behind the behind, where he's super hard to get to.
Eiryss disrupts a jack on the right.
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Khador 3: Khador limps forward slowly, barely moving. Versh can't be Devestator clouded. I've left the contesting Kayazy on the right outside of Solid Ground, however the Destroyer on that flank scatters to far to hit them.
The left Destroyer does some damage to the Earthbreaker.
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Merc 3: Alright, no ones scored, so the plan can still be a go. I'll have to pull Versh back and concede early points until some damage can go out. Earthbreaker gets some focus, I want to keep Gorten back for now.
Gorten has to go early to put down a safety wall to protect the Crawler from the now enroaching Marauder.
Aiyanna harms the Devestator again. He then gets shot by the Earthbreaker, Holt and the big guns on the Crawler. It takes in the region of 2 points of damage or so.
Well, this ain't good. Ninja Pigs hold back, they've already been messed up by Counter Charges once today.
Eiryss disrupts a jack on the right.
Khador scores, now 1 up.
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Khador 4: Disruption and the wall keep the Crawler safe, Khador hunkers up. Battle Mechanics get to the left Devestator and roll quite well to heal him up. The other half of the unit toes the right zone, then the repair grunts that did the work get killed.
A bombard hits and destroys Aiyanna. Alas.
Khador moves forward very little, but now score the centre and the right to go 3 up.
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Merc 4: No choice but to commit pieces now.Anastasia ambushes.
Gorten moves up, feats, kills the left Devestator with double Molten Metal. The Earthbreaker moves up and shoots the left Juggernaught somewhat. Red Kayazy toe the left zone with Ninja Pig. Versh toes the centre again. Green Eliminators and Anastasia contest the right. Crawler does some shots, killing the Battle Mechanic unit. Eiryss disrupts a jack on the right.
I score the left zone, now 3-1 for Khador.
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Round 5: The Khadorans limp forward, the forward Juggernaught toes the left zone. Karchev moves out from behind the house a little.
The Earthbreaker has no choice but to move into the zone, triggering the contesting Juggernaught and Destroyer into counter charge. I then make melee attacks on them, Tuned up with a full focus load and fail to kill it either, the Destroyer is left on enough for Brine to come in and kill him.
Eliminators do suicide charges in the right to contest and hold the jacks up.
Eiryss disrupts a Marauder on the right and repos back.
I score the left zone, now down one point to Khador 3v2.
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Round 6: The Khadorans kill the contesting Eliminators, Karchev runs across to the right side of the board. One Marauder and the extremely damaged Jugger are left on the left side of the house, said damaged jack hurts the Earthbreaker a tiny amount.
I can win this. Just have to score the left and body block Khadors from getting in/make it hard for them to score with high Def solos, achievable with a wall and sacrificing the Crawler for the Great Good.
Earthbreaker kills the damaged Jugger. Brine then goes in to the Marauder, if he throws him away then I can make it very hard for Khador to stop me scoring a point ahead or at least leveling it then I win on tie breaks as I've lost very little.
Brine hits the throw, promptly loses the strength rolls, snake eyes versus a 6.
I blink for a moment at the sudden void where hopes and dreams used to be.
Holt and Harlen run into the Khador Jack brick, functionally as mission distraction while I try to think of something. Holt dies to a counter charge. Eiryss disrupts the Marauder, repos to toe the right zone. Anni toes the top of the same.
The Crawler charges a jack, as I might as well put some damage out. He pews pews a bit.
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Khador 7: Karchev feats, there's no impediments so basically everything dies. Marauders implode the Huge bases, a Jugger lands a hit on Eiryss, the Forge Seer gets Anastasia with blast damage from his spell.
Khador get another point of Karchev in the right zone, 4 to 2.
I quickly map out if Brine can get to Karchev somehow, it's not doable so down goes the hand shake.
Content with that. My plans didn't work out, but the options were there, even though things went wrong. At this point I regain a bit of faith in Gorten and relief that Clam Jacks aren't super popular.
