Outlast
Continuing my current streak of poor list testing behaviour, I went off to try out Barny2.
Yeah, that didn't work out. Instead I saw something generated by the bloke covered in hair that piqued my curiousity, ergo:
Theme: Will Work For Food
Lord Carver, BMMD, Esq. III - WB: +28
- Gatorman Soul Slave - PC: 0
- War Hog - PC: 15 (Battlegroup Points Used: 15)
- War Hog - PC: 15 (Battlegroup Points Used: 13)
- War Hog - PC: 15
- Road Hog - PC: 16
- Road Hog - PC: 16
- Battle Boar - PC: 7
- Battle Boar - PC: 7
Orin Midwinter, Rogue Inquisitor - PC: 0
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress - PC: 4
Gremlin Swarm - PC: 3
Gremlin Swarm - PC: 3
Kwaak Slickspine & Gub, Croak Sorcerers - PC: 0
Bone Shrine - PC: 2
Versus
[Theme] Jaws of the Wolf
(Sorscha 1) Kommander Sorscha [+29]
- Beast 09 [18]
- Marauder [11]
Eilish Garrity, the Occultist [5]
Greylord Forge Seer [0(4)]
- Behemoth [25]
Greylord Forge Seer [0(4)]
Widowmaker Marksman [4]
Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters (max) [19]
- Koldun Kapitan Valachev [4]
Kayazy Eliminators [5]
Kayazy Eliminators [5]
Widowmaker Scouts [8]
Terrain wise, the only thing that really comes up is a pair of forests. One is in the centre between the flags, the other is in one zone and gives a great contesting option that will dictate the choice of side.
I won the die roll, nab first. Needed more relevant terrain, sure enough that flank forest side gets picked by Khador.
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Minion 1: Um.....balls. Screwed up my deployment quite badly. Things are basically bunched or spread out such that multiple ramifications happen.
Meanwhile Khador have thrown Nyss out left, Jacks central, Widowmakers out on the right.
Carver puts up Mobility and Quagmire on the left most Gremlin swarm. Beasts run around, the Battle Boars lean toward the left and dream of Nyss munchies.
One of the screw ups was Kwaak being poorly placed, so he only pops Enliven on the War Hogs.
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Khador 1: Nyss spread out wide on the left, Widowmakers plink the right War Hog's spirit.
I Enliven in the stupidest way possible, moving forward into aim range of Behemoth so he even get the Jack Marshal damage bonus. Sodding rotten Cheeseburger.
I kid, I kid. Cheeseburgers don't rot, it's actually super disturbing.
Sadly the War Hog thing did happen. The Behemoth shots also manage to take out the Spirit, so Sorscha moves up and Freezing Grips it.
Eliminators fan out, the headache was instantaneous.
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Minion 2: Road Hogs wiggle wiggle like a ham sandwhich, flame thrower down some an Eliminator each and the Widowmaker Marksman.
Carver and most of the heavies nestle in the corner of the left zone. One Battle Boar runs towards the Nyss, desperate for a snack. Carver pops Batten Down the Hatches.
The Quagmired Gremlin Swarm runs into the centre forest to contest the Khador flag, Orin moves up in Arcane Vortex range of it.
Other Swarm runs out to the right to contest that zone.
Ah, a true turn of achievement. Inspiring.
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Khador 2: Just got reminded there are people that enjoy Ciaphias Cain and I am not dealing with it.
However, what is being dealt with is mah piggies.
Sorscha briefly considers a mad plan to Wind Rush and go all the way up into the right zone to kill one of the pestilential Grenlin Swarms.
This gets vetoed after Behemoth fails to lob a shot onto the centre Gremlin Swarm, so instead she feats on a few of my models including the Spiritless War Hog, charges and destroys said Swarm, Wind Rushes away.
Left wise, the Nyss charge into the forward Battle Boar and the left Road Hog. Roadie takes some damage, Battle Boar loses it's Spirit. Dangit.
Eilish goes to the Khador flag. Eliminaotrs run and contest my flag.
Snipers take out the right Road Hogs Spirit, he is also one of the few pieces Sorscha got with her feat.
Marauder comes in and easily finishes off the right War Hog.
Beast and Behemoth stay back.
Khador score their flag, 0-1.
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Minion 3: And then......I soddited.
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I've had non-Warmachine shit occupying me and I didn't play this particularly well. Local Meta isn't in a healthy spot and I'm not well positioned mentally/socially to build it, so that gets me down somewhat. There's a pair of tourney's on this weekend, hopefully I'll get the energy and inclination to make the trip to one of them.
Rest of the game wise, I feel a sharp lack of Swamp Gobbers in the list, no units doesn't feel great for how I like to play this scenario. Greed means that instead of killing off all the Nyss I leave a Road Hog activation to late so that the reserve Battle Boar can't clean up the Nyss, so i don't clear the left zone to get ahead in scoring. I don't even kill Eilish whose standing in the open with his balls on display. The need to heel multiple Spirits means I have to choose between Carvers signature spells, I choose poorly with Mobility to get a Warhog through the forest to kill the Marauder.
From there Khador has minimal difficulty attritioning me down with vastly superior placement. There's also a memorable moment where between Mental Force and Eilish' stuff the Soul Slave explodes himself.
I'd like to blame Carver for not having enough Fury, 'cause comforting lies feed the mansion of sweet delusion.
Realistically a poor unpack. I've determined I do not play with Hunter's mark well. Enliven needs to be paired with Batten, which should be obvious however apparently wasn't.
Would need to fit in Swamp Gobbers somehow before playing the list again. Bizarre pining for Razor Boars. Weighing up the madness that is 4-5 Road Hogs.
