So we had a tournament at the club this weekend.
I fielded.
1 Seawarden with pennant, fearless bubble skill, and charm that gives enemies -1 to hit him for 1 turn.
40 spearmen
5 silverhelms
20 archers
2 great eagles
1 RBT
1st game, the prize, both were deploying in the centre, 1" from each other. Twist: lashing rain, -1 to hit with ranged weapons, -1 to run and charge.
Opponent skaven.
Skaven warlord with fearless bubble
40 clanrats
40 clanrats
2 mortars
1 hellpit abomination
1 doomwheel
Game was bloody as hell, cramped fighting from turn 1. I lost because i couldn't find a good way to use eagles and silverhelms.
Game number 2
Enemy was brettonia
1 damsel with fearless bubble
40+something peasants with halberds
20 bowmen
8 knights dont know what kind
5 yeomen
Objective controlling 4 objectives on the table receiveing points at the end of your own turn.
Peasants and spearmen just ended up standing within charge range from each other.
Eagles silverhelms clashed on one flank, losing the flank i withdrew 1 eagle and sent it after the objective his bowmen had held.
In the end, victory to me.
Game number 3
Enemy: chaos warriors
1 chaoslord on steed.
10 man warrior squad
10 man warrior squad
5 man knights
chariot
chimera
objective, the prize again.
In a city.
He had first turn, moved up, took the prize.
And sent his chimera into my spearmen.
there was a twist giving all melee weapons +1 attack.
In my turn the spearmen totally wrecked the chimera.
And I had a plan, I focussed everything on the chaos warriors holding the prize. reducing them to 1 before charging with both eagles.
They just barely managed to kill him, I took the prize and swooped away. Not far enough though, the chariot caught the eagle in the midst of my lines after some offroad mountainclimbing (it was a kid and i didnt want to start a discussion about what a chariot can reasonably travers )
He charged with everything smashing my spearmen who held on thanks to fearless.
My silverhelms moved in from the flank and actually did some damage.
In the end i rolled an enormous amount of 5+ like it was 2+ and that carried the day.
Another victory to me.
Game number 4
Enemy Sylvaneth
Spirit of Durthu
treelord
20 dryads
20 dryads
1 some caster dryad
3 forests
Turn 1 opponent rolled a 6 on both the Treelord and the spirit of Durthu.
They went to town on my spearmen.
I attacked back, doing a total of 5 wounds... and shook hands, understanding i didnt have enough Rend in my army to dent his trees.
Game number 5
Beastmen
some warlord
ghorgon
20 gors
20 gors
40 ungor raiders
pig-thingy
10 dogs
Objective: burn and plunder 3 objectives on the opponents side.
My opponent tried to be sneaky, so set up in a corner while i set up in the middle with a standard (spearmen-archer-artillery formation).
But quickly he realised that I could just stand the and shoot at him... so he now had to move from the corner to the table, delaying himself... and giving me the victory.
I did alot of shennanigans with my eagles and silver helms in this battle. Stopping him from outflanking my army, not fighting his gorgon... swooping in behind his army to burn his objectives... felt for the guy, bit it let me try alot of things with my army.
I had forced myself to only use units from the High elf compendium.
And when everything was counted up I ended up in third place.
I fielded.
1 Seawarden with pennant, fearless bubble skill, and charm that gives enemies -1 to hit him for 1 turn.
40 spearmen
5 silverhelms
20 archers
2 great eagles
1 RBT
1st game, the prize, both were deploying in the centre, 1" from each other. Twist: lashing rain, -1 to hit with ranged weapons, -1 to run and charge.
Opponent skaven.
Skaven warlord with fearless bubble
40 clanrats
40 clanrats
2 mortars
1 hellpit abomination
1 doomwheel
Game was bloody as hell, cramped fighting from turn 1. I lost because i couldn't find a good way to use eagles and silverhelms.
Game number 2
Enemy was brettonia
1 damsel with fearless bubble
40+something peasants with halberds
20 bowmen
8 knights dont know what kind
5 yeomen
Objective controlling 4 objectives on the table receiveing points at the end of your own turn.
Peasants and spearmen just ended up standing within charge range from each other.
Eagles silverhelms clashed on one flank, losing the flank i withdrew 1 eagle and sent it after the objective his bowmen had held.
In the end, victory to me.
Game number 3
Enemy: chaos warriors
1 chaoslord on steed.
10 man warrior squad
10 man warrior squad
5 man knights
chariot
chimera
objective, the prize again.
In a city.
He had first turn, moved up, took the prize.
And sent his chimera into my spearmen.
there was a twist giving all melee weapons +1 attack.
In my turn the spearmen totally wrecked the chimera.
And I had a plan, I focussed everything on the chaos warriors holding the prize. reducing them to 1 before charging with both eagles.
They just barely managed to kill him, I took the prize and swooped away. Not far enough though, the chariot caught the eagle in the midst of my lines after some offroad mountainclimbing (it was a kid and i didnt want to start a discussion about what a chariot can reasonably travers )
He charged with everything smashing my spearmen who held on thanks to fearless.
My silverhelms moved in from the flank and actually did some damage.
In the end i rolled an enormous amount of 5+ like it was 2+ and that carried the day.
Another victory to me.
Game number 4
Enemy Sylvaneth
Spirit of Durthu
treelord
20 dryads
20 dryads
1 some caster dryad
3 forests
Turn 1 opponent rolled a 6 on both the Treelord and the spirit of Durthu.
They went to town on my spearmen.
I attacked back, doing a total of 5 wounds... and shook hands, understanding i didnt have enough Rend in my army to dent his trees.
Game number 5
Beastmen
some warlord
ghorgon
20 gors
20 gors
40 ungor raiders
pig-thingy
10 dogs
Objective: burn and plunder 3 objectives on the opponents side.
My opponent tried to be sneaky, so set up in a corner while i set up in the middle with a standard (spearmen-archer-artillery formation).
But quickly he realised that I could just stand the and shoot at him... so he now had to move from the corner to the table, delaying himself... and giving me the victory.
I did alot of shennanigans with my eagles and silver helms in this battle. Stopping him from outflanking my army, not fighting his gorgon... swooping in behind his army to burn his objectives... felt for the guy, bit it let me try alot of things with my army.
I had forced myself to only use units from the High elf compendium.
And when everything was counted up I ended up in third place.
