Standoff
I've got Jaga and Barny, I opt or Barny to give his list a try. I suspect it mimics far to much of the Jaga list, prior to this game I was weighing up trying out some Sacral Vaultage with him.
Minion Army - 75 / 75 points
[Theme] Will Work for Food
(Barnabas 1) Bloody Barnabas [+28]
- Dracodile [36]
- Ironback Spitter [14]
- Ironback Spitter [14]
- Targ [4]
Bog Trog Mist Speaker [4]
Bog Trog Mist Speaker [4]
Dahlia Hallyr [17]
Efaarit Scouts [0(6)]
Efaarit Scouts [0(6)]
Gremlin Swarm [3]
Gremlin Swarm [3]
Kwaak Slickspine & Gub, Croak Sorcerers [4]
Totem Hunter [0(6)]
Breaking up the drum circle of:
Circle Army - 74 / 75 points
[Theme] Call of the Wild
(Kaya 3) Kaya the Wildheart [+27]
- Gorax Rager [7]
- Pureblood Warpwolf [17]
- Scarsfell Griffon [8]
- Scarsfell Griffon [8]
- Scarsfell Griffon [8]
- Scarsfell Griffon [8]
- Warpwolf Stalker [19]
- Warpwolf Stalker [19]
- Wild Argus [7]
Blackclad Wayfarer [0(4)]
Blackclad Wayfarer [0(4)]
Shifting Stones [0(3)]
Shifting Stones [0(3)]
I lose the die (Damnable +1 bonus for circle!) and get table tides, I take the one less defensively suited against MA GUNS.
I've got a defensive hill.
Left zone has a cloud, centre has some water and another hill, right zone has a long zig zag trench.
Circle gets a forest on their far left and a cloud on my right.
And before someone points it out....
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Circle 1: Left Assimilator is proxying as the second Stalker. A living gear if you will.
Vague symmetry in Circle advance, Pureblood in the centre, line of Griffons, Stalker and Stones either side.
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Minion 1: Not an ideal list for the Totem Hunter to pick Prey, loads of individual models that don't mind running across the board. I select the left Stalker, cause I hate those things and it's positioning on the board is not as trivial.
Efaarits move up either flank, the left gets a shot on that sides Blackclad but fails to kill.
Barny climbs onto the defensive hill, his battlegroup adopts a slight lean to the left and essentially preps to hold my rectangle zone.
Dahlia heads off to the right zone.
Support solos spread out in the backfield, I don't want to set up good sprays for the Pureblood to consider worth going for.
Turtles are Enlivened and have Counterblast.
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Circle 2: Circle mostly jostles around, the left Blackclad sporting a nice injury moves up and has a go on the Totem Hunter, does a couple boxes. His brother on the right flank is far more cautious and hides behind the Circle cloud.
The Pureblood is temptingly close in the centre, I decide to try murdering him to free up the Gremlin Swarms to be a true nuisance.
Both Turtles get Enlivened and Guidance from the Mist Speakers.
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Minion 2: Onto Winions, the Dracodile wanders around a little bit, Sprays the Pureblood. I roll immensely well on damage spikes for the turn, this initial effort plus a Targ Ancillary and one Turtle is enough to kill the Pureblood. The other Turtle and Dahlia pop the Wild Argus.
A Gremlin Swarms toes the left and takes the space the Stalker would need to charge the left Turtle.
Totem Hunter moves up, kills the left Blackclad and Sprints to the left. The Efaarit on this side cracks the stone unit and repo's out of frame.
Right side Dahlia contests the edge of the zone, the Gremlin Swarm runs into the centre in the trench.
Both sides score both defensive rectangles, 1-1.
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Circle 3: Kaya shuffles to the right and stays back, pops Synergy and feat.
On the left the Stalker gambles, leaving Kaya's control to stab at the Totem Hunter. Sadly he lands the 8 to hit, kills and using his Animi (popped prior to moving) to shuffle back into the left zone.
In my Rectangle two Griffons run in and kill my objective.
Another pair stay in the Circle Rectangle, as does the Gorax.
On the right the remaining Blackclad moves up and Hunter's Mark Skarath. The Stalker on this side gets Primalled, charges in, kills the poor Snek and Sprints back into the Trench.
Circle score their rectangle as well as popping the objective, now 1-3.
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Minion 3: Alright, time to counter feat and ensure contesting is functional. Lack of units. Hmph. Need to get the Swamp Gobbers up in here.
Barny ambles up on the hill, engages one of the Griffons, feats to knock down the four Griffons.
He then pokes the Griffon until it does, Warpathing the left Turtle forward.
Dracodile sprays the Gorax, injuring a Griffon on the way, gets Ancillaried to do a bit more damage.
Left Turtle then charges, toes the Circle zone and eats the pair of knocked down Griffons
Right-er Turtle eats the remaining knocked down Griffon.
Left Efaarit gets Guidance to see through the cloud, moves up and puts a Stone on one box, then repos back.
Right side, Dahlia ducks into the trench and contests as does the Gremlin swarm.
The Efaarit moves up, pops a stone and repos onto the Circle side.
I score my zone, 2-3
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Circle 4: The left Stalker goes in on the forward Derp Turtle, gets a stab which lets it Enliven away. It worked! You just put it on and sooner or later it'll be triggered!
On the right the Stalker frenzies from Primal, flails ineffectually at Dahlia cause she got the music man.
The Blackclad sprays down the Gremlin Swarm, Kaya desperately tries to magic pew pew Dahlia, alas it's a no go and the magic flutist lives on.
I score my rectangle, 3 all.
And......photos are corrupted. Sod. I think we basically call it from there, I can easily clear the left zone, use the Dracodile and forward Turtle to kill off the left stalker, pop the last Blackclad with an aimed backstriking Efaarit and wait to score out the zone or Kaya gets desperate and gets killed.
