Breakdown
Re-rack, this time plonking down Jaga. As before it's about managing the threat ranges, killing the Blackclads, using Dracodile Blind Spray to counter opposing Defence values.
Minion Army - 75 / 75 points
[Theme] Will Work for Food
(Jaga-Jaga 1) Jaga-Jaga, the Death Charmer [+27]
- Bull Snapper [5]
- Dracodile [36]
- Ironback Spitter [14]
- Targ [0(4)]
Bone Shrine [2]
Dahlia Hallyr [17]
Gremlin Swarm [3]
Gremlin Swarm [3]
Hutchuck, Ogrun Bounty Hunter [0(6)]
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress [0(4)]
Rorsh [15]
Swamp Gobber Chef [1]
Swamp Gobber River Raider [4]
Swamp Gobbers Bellows Crew [2]
Contemplating if heaven will have Buffalo Wings with:
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 roll, get given second.
My side gets a forest, some water and a hill.
There's then a fog cloud on the left in that zone, with an obstruction in the centre.
Circle gets a hill, a trench and a forest.
....this game was earlier today, it shouldn't be that hard to remember. Damn you buggered up photos!
Round 1: We run at each other? I've got Ninja pig on the left, facing off against a Stalker and some Griffins. On the right It's Dahlia and Skarath (Snakey gets Gravewind) facing against the Stalker and the Pureblood. Griffons are spread throughout.
I get some shots out, I pop two of the Stones on the left with Rorsh and the Turtle, who also get Splash damage on this sides Blackclad and sadly only does a couple damage.
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Circle 2: The hippies all fall back, sending nothing forward. The Gorax goes behind the building, an annoyance that's going to be going for a fair while.
Minion 2: Well, it's the grand jinking. I decide to feat this turn to get it out of the way.
No chance of clearing the zone this turn, so chip away it is.
Two River Raiders run in, they gets feated to put some hurt on Griffons. One of those birdies then gets imploded by the Dracodile spray, who hangs back and pops Floodwaters.
I then bumbled hard, throwing the Spitter, Bullsnapper and a Gremlin Swarm to toe the centre zone surrounding Lanyssa who Winter's Storm. This would totally have been pretty good, had Floodwaters been ANYWHERE RELEVANT.
Leftwise Ninja Pig pops another Stone, Brine moves up to be behind the cloud threatening the left Stalker. Swamp Gobbers run up toe the zone for the score.
Dahlia and Skarath stay on the right, nothing runs into the zone because Circle aren't scoring it anyway.
The remaining Raider and a Gremlin Swarm stay out on the edge, set to run in and contest.
I score the left zone, go up 1-0.
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Circle 3: Kaya moves to the right and feats, puts her nuke on the Ironspitter.
Ironspitter gets Hunters Marked.
Right wise the Pureblood moves up and sprays down Lanyssa and the centre Gremlin Swarm.
A Griffon, the Argus and right Stalker
Left wise the last stone on this side contests the zone, the Stalker departs to the centre to kill the Spitter then Sprint backward.
Also in the centre, the Gorax hides behind the obstruction. Griffon comes in, kills the Bullsnapper and repo's forward.
Another Griffon comes into Skarath, it lost it's Body to Jaga's feat so ends up doing poorly damage wise (This was noticed after the fact, so a slab of otherwise inflicted damage was removed in an imperfect fix).
Circle score the centre and right zone, now 1-2.
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Minion 3: Well. Well well well well. Me not so good at dollies with that last plan, the allure of shinies got me good.
Jaga chills back, puts up Signs and Portents.
On the left, Rorsh shoots down the last stone to clear the zone.
Centrally the Dracodile shuffles up a bit, sprays and blinds the two forward Griffons. Targ Ancillaries, the second spray is enough to kill both. Signs and Portents, it gets thing done.
Swamp Gobber Chef runs up and toes the centre zone.
Skarath shuffles back, sprays the Wild Argus for a whack of damage. Dahlia falls back, spends a couple Fury healing her magic Snake.
The last River Raider charges the Argus, toes the zone. Misses the attack, not the biggest shock.
I score the left zone, draw equal at 2-2.
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Circle 4: Leftwise, the Blackclad corrodes down to one box and runs to toe the circle zone I'm holding.
In the centre, the Stalker kills the Swamp Gobber Chef to clear the zone and sprints back.
Rightwise attempts to kill the River Raider with bit attacks fail, so the Argus takes a freestrike to take down Dahlia's defence for a Pureblood spray. The River Raiders hits his attacks, spikes the damage and does the three damage needed to finish the Argus off.
The Heavies end up clearing out the right zone, then stay shy off Skarath's charge range.
Last Griffon gets Wraithbane and goes off to kill the Gremlin Swarm.
Circle score the centre and right zone, now 2-4.
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Minion 4: Alright, time to clear out the middle and get into the positive end of the scoring spectrum.
The Dracodile moves up, sprays the Stalker for a good whack of damage, then another via Ancillary attack. Jaga stays backfield, having Signs and Portented and shifted Gravewind to the Gargantuan, as Skarath is likely to die soon.
I then decide winning by attrition is foolish and move Rorsh up to shoot the Stalker, Fog of War and Prowl say no. Well.......dammit.....
He does at least clear the zone of the remaining Blackclad. Brine runs up on the hill.
Rightwise, Skarath sprays down the Blackclad, Dahlia runs into the zone to contest. Gremlin Swarm continues waiting around on the right contest.
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Circle 5: It' s a clock out this turn, we play it on to see how it goes.
Kaya moves left to get her control area across.
The Stalker charges Rorsh on the left. With the shaking of Blind and some misses, it comes down to a tough roll. Alas I fail, farewell Baconators! Stalker Sprints to the trench.
Gorax runs to toe the left zone.
Right wise, Circle beasts kill off Skarath but can't deal with Dahlia, so no scores for the hippies.
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Minion 5: The attritional play is to kill the Gorax and top Stalker, start scoring the left and just kill anything that tries to come over and contest.
However, I slither of line of sight to Kaya, so the Dracodile gets Ghostly, charges the opposing warlock, hits the Blind spray, easily eats her.
Urk, made some awful plays this time around, need to avoid those.
