Mirage
Modded the Rask list from Wintercon to have even more Boneswarms, plus a second Spirit Cauldron.
Dropped the Swamp Horror Mist Speaker and the Efaarit scout.
Basically immediate regret on the Mist Speaker as I play into a Wraith Engine. That said this isn't meant to be a Cryx drop, so just have to stay the course.
Also trying out River Raiders, trying to get active use out of the Swamp Gobber Fury stripping thing. Also want the solo stacking for the scenario we happen to be playing, the flags galore that is Mirage.
Terminus has the Wraith Engine, double Bane Warriors, a unit of Knights, various solos, double Arcnode and Barathrum (Dammit Banky!).
I've got RFP at least. Wraith Engine is pretty safe, Dahlia's Haunting Melody does nought. Thyankfully Cryx also have feew ranged attack options, so my bit pieces probably get to chill around for the most part.
I lose the die roll, take the side with a Trench basically so Cryx don't get it.
I also don't own enough Bone Swarms for the awesomeness that is my list, so one is a paper cutout on a yellow base and the 5th is a Gorax.
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Round 1: Barathrum comes out front, he's Preyed by the Totem Hunter because I'm optimistic.
Cryx just runs, which Terminus putting Malediction. The Bronze circles are the Dark Host granted Clouds.
Rask feats turn 1, which never feels greeat tempo wise. Cryx will just run up next turn, so holding it won't achieve anything.
It all moves up, one Boneswarm gets Admonition so it moves up in walk range of Barathrum for aunting purposes. Fury goes on the Totem Hunter as a reasonable default.
The Machine Wraith wasn't ideally placed, so Alten Ashley gets magic weapons off the objective, moves up to pop it then repo back.
A River Raider flanks hard on either side, I'm expecting the main grinding will happen centrally so I can aim to late score those side flags as I've got the solo count lead again.
Skarath takes the right side, where he has Counterblast up. Here's hoping Defence 14 stops the Banes crushing him to easily.
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Cryx 2: A few banes run up and jam around. Barathrum almost goes for the Admonitioned Bone Swarm, then clicks what the token is about and doesn't do it. Sadness. Terminus and Wraith Engine hang reasonably back at this point. Cryx are careful not to trigger Skarath's Counter Blast, which wasn't my plan at all. Darrel Wraithe is also back with his yodelling of strength sapping, so that's not cool. Not cool at all. It's basically 50+ year old public servants writing anti speeding sign messages in text speech because they can't communicate properly with the younger generations.
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Minion 2: Guess we'll just chip away at Banes and see how it goes.
The Cauldrons and Eilish throw Puppet Strings out on Bone Swarms.
Alten wasts his shot doing sod all to the left Arc Node.
Bone Swarms move up and around, they kill a variety of Banes, RFPing on the right while just eating on the left to feed the Pot. Didn't want to feed the Bane UA mini-feat, when I remembered it a bit to late.
One Boneswarm also gets the true suicide mission, going into the Cryx zone and eating a few Knights to free up a strike on Barathrum.
Brine gets Boundless Charge and Rage. I stupidly don't give him Fury. He goes into Barathrum,takes most of his armour and Movement, then gets Souied back. It's not enough to keep him save, at elast puts his killer in retaliation range.
Swamp Gobbers cloud up, mostly to keep the Wrastler, Rask and Totem Hunter alive.
Right side, Veil of Mists sticks around because we're all about central table clouds at the moment.
Skarath moves up, sprays the right side banes. Primary intent is to kill the Bane Warrior UA, completely flubbs the damage roll and does nought. Awkward. Counterblast goes up.
I score my zone and the right flag, go up 2-0.
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Cryx 3: Terminus either has stalker-ish attachment to Bacon or Barathrum, as he feats and gets up in my face, charging Ninja Pig. His Assault spray kills a River Raider, he then goes down to one focus to kill Brine a nearby Bone Swarm.
Banes surge forward, they don't acheive as much I expected.
The Bone Swarm in the Cryx zone is horribly crushed. Left most takes a bunch od damage, lives with no mind. A Bane actually gets to the Totem Hunter and somehow only does a few points of damage.
Right side Banes also crush a Bone Swarm, Skarath does a Counterblast spray that kills a Bane. A bit sad really. Luckily Skarath gets away with minor damage.
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Minion 3: Terminus is up in my grill, with about 5 Souls under Darragh's strength debuff and the Wraith Engines aura thingy.
Have to go for it, if he was up back I'd pursue attrition whilst still lacking a good response for the Wraith Engine, but he's there I guess.
Totem hunter, Alten, a Gobber Chef and Rorsh clear out Banes blocking the plan.
The Spirit Cauldrons shuffle around, they drag Terminus 7 inches forward.
Rask pops a shot, this gets Sac Pawned. More a giggles activation for that one.
Eilish Puppetstrings the central surviving Boneswarm, who slams Terminus. A freestrike takes out his Spirit, I burn a corpse to repair it. It takes the re-roll, however the Slam is a success.
The Wrastler is Furyed, Raged and Boundless Charged. Goes into Terminus. I screw up my position and the Wrastler is in Darragh's aura, so that was not a good use of effort for those drags. Enabled the Slam though.
Wrastler spikes the charge hard, burns the Focus points. Takes a bought attack to mimic angry red head in form #3 (Only 17 more Strykers to go before his death).
Well, that was a thing. Doesn't feel like a strong matchup. Double Cauldrons is amazing.
Boneswarms are surprisingly hard to find in both stores and the outside, where I forgot I varnished and left it for three days. It returned a hardier being for the trevails I put it through, so Eagle Fathering must work.
