Dave popped over last night for another evening's wargaming: Dwarves vs Dragonmen once more.
This time we decided to do a scenario so as to avoid standard
Dwarven Battlelayout v1 (tm). So we rolled and got Grudge Match... Deploy armies
and terrain as standard. Great. The only difference being the respective
commanders got power-ups but could lose control and go impetuous on their own.
Game could be won by routing the enemy general with yours, or 50% ap loss as
normal.
Mind you our respective armies have been at it for months now so personal grudge match with the enemy leader seems logical :-)
We picked terrain, yes...I took my mine and mountain fortress.
They look great, sue me. Dave put some rough his side left, my mountain fortress
just beside it. Dave then placed a wood centre in my deployment area.
Dragonmen sighted!
Blimey! He's tall!!
Those Dwarven cannoneers, so damned mercenary.
Important safety tip for all enemies of Dwarves... Terrain in my
deployment area doesn't upset Dwarven Standard Battlelayout, we just anchor on
it and protect our flank. Especially when I close off that flank with impassable
terrain.
Right chaps, everyone comfortable and safe?
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| Right, you two sit on this cart and hold these bronze barrels. What do you mean recoil? |
So we got a glass of wine and settled to play. Dave cast of and
group moved... Or tried to and failed. And here was an important lesson for us
all...
Grudge Match makes commanders impetuous. Group moves cannot
receive extra motivation, so if you fail then your comnander is of on his own!
Oops.
Cue Dave's general running towards my line. "BOOOOOOM!" went the
Dwarven guns. Oh how we laughed. The general survived but was very pale for the
rest of the game.
Follow me men!... Err... anyone?
Oooh look! Shall I shoot Sir?
Whilst Dave rearranged his army the Dwarves remained nailed to the
ground, it worked for Wellington so who am I to argue. Dave's arty (indentured
Dwarves) moved forward only to be blown to bits when counter battery fire hit
their powder supply.
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| Are you sure this is safe? |
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| Open fire! All weapons! Bring back the cannoneer bodies |
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| And so perish all turncoat artillery |
Eventually Dave's giant and knight units mounted a strong attack on
my left. Table edge penalties hurt and soon the Dwarves were losing morale, but
equally kicking tge knights. The giant seemed mildly irritated by small
creatures hacking its toes with play axes.
Over on my right Dave's infantry surged forward to take on my
missle troops in the woods. But they withered under a hail of crossbow bolts.
One unit made it into contact but on 1 morale it did not last long.
In the centre Dave faired better, his powerul archer with normal
archer support took a heavy toll on Dwarven morale, quickly knocking 2 units to
2 morale. I managed to pull them out the line lest they routed.
Dave was now losing units fast, in the final 2 turns we both list
control of officers but I recovered mine, Dave's was once more stranded in line
of my guns... They roared once more and the Dragonmen general fled the
field.
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| Get the ram to turn right a bit... |
With that his army broke and the Dwarves broke out the flatbread to
celebrate another glorious win. Dwarves kick butt, and in our group have yet to lose. They've come close but the paperwork wasn't handed in on time so it doesn't count :-)
Dave's army is almost looking dangerous now :-)