Last weekend was Altibash 3, a local tournie for me, it’s
pleasant being able to get to a tournie in just 40 mins, as most involve a
fair bit more travel. I went along with Jez, he had his Goblins and I had my
Herd. Amusing mention should go to Walter a friend of mine who was supposed
to be coming along but instead slept in… :p
My list is the latest variant ready for the UK Masters, I
figured it would be an ideal chance to really give it a good practice right
before the event. (Masters is the 21st/22nd of Jan) I
haven’t changed much, just swapped out the Avatar for a Chimera and a Centaur
Chief with Blade of Slashing. This list is just a little bit more versatile vs
shooters which I quite likely expect to be common! (I’ve seen the lists now)
Here's the new Lion Centaur which was finished the night before! I've been working on my blending and highlighting techniques and I feel I'm starting to get somewhere.
We arrived bright and early, as I’m being healthier I’d eaten rice crispies, everyone else enjoyed bacon butties… Still I was pleased to note the guys had provided a big bowl of fruit, nice one!
We arrived bright and early, as I’m being healthier I’d eaten rice crispies, everyone else enjoyed bacon butties… Still I was pleased to note the guys had provided a big bowl of fruit, nice one!
This event was closed lists and we had a once a game lucky
dice reroll. (up to 2 dice from one roll)
Game 1 - Hal Eccles –
Nature - Invade
Hal had a lovely painted army, I especially liked the Naiad
Wyrmriders on crabs!
I advanced fast on the right using chaff to prevent too many
charges, I lost the chaff but it enabled me to then kill everything else there
so a fair trade. ;-)
On my left I went to the centre line keeping a distance from
the Shamblers, no way they can charge me, over to George. He reveals Brew of
Haste and gets one unit into a Stampede... And then with Surge 15 tries to get a 2nd
in, he needs 8 successes and gets 7! (phew) Thankfully my Stampede takes one
charge fine, two would have been unpleasant!
In the centre, The Green Lady prevents me flanking the Shamblers with my Spirit Walkers but thankfully they are able to get into the flank of Naiad Wyrmriders, and combined with a Stampede they are routed quickly. It takes me a few turns to chew through the Green Lady of course.
In the centre, The Green Lady prevents me flanking the Shamblers with my Spirit Walkers but thankfully they are able to get into the flank of Naiad Wyrmriders, and combined with a Stampede they are routed quickly. It takes me a few turns to chew through the Green Lady of course.
Over the next turn I delayed Hal’s units just long enough to
rout everything but a couple of units on the left, though I lose some too.
Eventually I also kill the last couple for a big win.
Game 2 – Andy Sharp –
Goblins – Loot.
Interestingly Goblins were in 3 of the top 4 spots at this
point having all won their first games!
Last time I played Andy the game was a relatively easy win,
not so much this time! I went first and sped towards the green line! Andy
revealed more shooting surprises than you can shake a stick at!
On the left my Chimera, Centaur Chief and the Spirit Walkers
faced off vs two Goblin Rabble reg, a War Trombone and a Goblin ASB with a
surprise Diadem of Dragon-kind. I thought I would kill this easily, not so
much! Andy managed to waver my Chieftain on his first turn and then killed it
the next. The Spirit Walkers killed the War Trombone then got stuck into a
combat with Goblin Rabble that would last several turn before being losing to
them!
The Chimera fought the Goblin Regiment, in retrospect I
should have kept it further back instead of allowing the charge. The Chimera
was able to kill the goblins eventually however it took damage and had to flee
the ASB who was slowly breathing it to death! While the Chimera was then able
to take a Mincer in the rear, the ASB still chased it down and finally killed
it…
On the right flank my Lycans were getting shot up, but the
damage wasn’t sufficient on either unit so between regen and Heal they were ok.
I eventually killed all the goblins there by a tricksy Lightning Bolt 5 Wiz who
just kept running away!
In the Centre Andy very nearly took out my Stampede but it
just survived a combination of the Mincers and Trolls + Bruiser, mostly thanks
to fancy maneuvering and Yellow Bellied!
Right at the end I had two Loot markers to Andy’s one, he had an amazing turn of shooting and rolled to rout the Stampede, a success would turn the game back into a draw. He rolled 11 to rout! Inspiring! Just ok… Phew!
Right at the end I had two Loot markers to Andy’s one, he had an amazing turn of shooting and rolled to rout the Stampede, a success would turn the game back into a draw. He rolled 11 to rout! Inspiring! Just ok… Phew!
This ended as a big win to me, though it was much closer
than I had initially expected!
Game 3 - George Kirke - Nightstalkers + Ogres - Control
Aha this was a game I was hoping for, George will also be at
the Masters and was using his Masters army, so this would be a great practice
game for both of us! I was keen to see if my tweaks would make beating this
sort of build easier.
I won table sides and happily took the side with plenty of terrain
on it, this was useful. George won the first turn roll off and decided to take
it. I was very happy with this! He peppered my Lycans with his Ogre shooters,
but it didn’t do enough to worry me between Heal/Regen. The rest of his army
mostly stayed back awaiting my advance, which didn’t happen… ;-)
Advancing into Mind-screech is unpleasant so I decided to
push forward on the flank with my Lycans and simply wait for George to advance
closer. This worked pretty well, as they were then unable to do anything until turn
3, (range 18 + speed 5”, and we were 24”+ apart. ) When they did advance they
were penalized and while they still routed my Spirit Walkers at least nothing
else was harmed as well. This gave me some needed time to advance on the flank,
and while it took me a few turns by turn 4 I’d wiped it out and was able to
refocus my Lycans and Chimera towards the centre.
The Screeches concentrated on a Stampede but thanks to cover
and some luck they were fine and then rear charge the remaining Fiends… Giving
me the right. At this point on Turn 5 it just left me the three Mind-screech to deal
with!
By the end of the game I’d tabled George for another win. Excellent
game and it was lovely to have the practice pre masters! Course he now knows my tactics
against him so who knows what will happen if we face again! ;-)
Game 4 - David Crabtree - Abyssals + Nightstalkers -
Dominate
Ah Dave had an amazing army, practically scratch built and fueled
by nightmares… Took me a little to figure out what was what but Dave was
patient with me. :p
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| The army in all its disturbing glory... |
On the right I threw the Chimera forward into a forest
luring his flyers, this was a little risky and he did get wavered, the sacrifice
worked though, it gave me the time to wipe the units out one by one.
Eventually the Chimera died and the Well of Souls bugged out and got a sneaky flank charge into my Stampede fortunately not enough to waver it! I then managed to take down the Tortured Souls.
On the left I sneaked some Lycans behind the building and
used chaff to delay, this worked well and over the next few turns I was able to
rout the remaining units for a win. Really fun game, and it felt much closer than the last time I played Dave, next time we play I think it'll be closer still!
Results
I was the only person to have won all 4 games on maximum points so I was crowned The King of War! (rather apt being the name of my blog) And got a lovely pint glass as below! Also rather awesome was my friend Jez came 3rd. :) Hal won Best painted and Dave won the Facebook painting award, well done guys!
1. Daniel King – Herd
2. Antony Bond – Varangur
3. Jez Gurney - Goblins
4. David Crabtree - Abyssals + Nightstalkers
5. George Kirke - Nightstalkers + Ogres
6. Andrew Sharp – Goblins
7. Jonathan Faulkes – Varangur
8. Andy Ransome - Goblins
9. Hal Eccles – Nature
10. Sam Barker – Orcs
11. Ross Diggle - Rhordia
12. James Darcy – Salamanders
13. Roger Campá Alcaraz - Goblins + Orcs
14. Michael Roberts - KOM + Varangur
15. Charles Budworth - Herd + Varangur
16. Richard Middleshaw – Ogres
Overall
Overall
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