Yesterday, I went to the Slayer Bowl 2, with my sexy human team (ok, only the ogre was painted, but still, what a sexy ogre).
I really enjoy playing Blood Bowl as a kind of "side hoe" game, because it's a lot less complicated than Warmachine and Hordes (from my point of view, but of course for anyone whom Blood Bowl is there "main hoe", they could see it the other way around).
I had first planned to go with my glorious Union Elf team (aka "Pro Elf"), the Rainbow Warriors, but during a practice match against the Chaos Dwarf of a fellow player, I realize that they are way too fragile, and as I bought the new Blood Bowl box, I choose to complete the Human Team by adding an Ogre from my great and venerable bits of Warhammer Fantasy (RIP, glorious game of my younger days) and 2 old human Blitzer from an older version. As such, the Reiksguard Irregulars were created !
My first game was against a Dark Elf. I tried to keep is team lock down, but thrice he succeeded in getting behind my line, and thrice he scored. His Assassin also successfully stabbed my Ogre, but he quickly regretted it when a Blitzer sent him skyrocketing the next turn. A good match, but we started the day with a loss.
My second game was against a Slann team. None from his team had the Block Skill, while 5 of mine did, including my Ogre. Winning the melee game, my opponent quickly found himself outnumbered and things got out of hand for him when I started flanking hard with my Blitzer. Overall, I scored thrice and did four casualties, while only suffering one casualty and no touchdown.
My third game was against the already mentioned Chaos Dwarf player. I wanted my revenge, but Nuffle, the God of Blood Bowl, had other plans... Most of the game was played with a 3 to 4 men disadvantage for me. My Ogre only spent 2 turns on the field, my Blitz turn (which didn't do a thing) and the last turn of the game. Nonetheless, I successfully gave my opponent a good run for his money, as I made several crazy turns of multiple 4+ dodge and pick-up, trying to throw the ball far away. I put so much pressure on him that even at 5 against 3 (1 minotaur, 3 Chaos Dwarf and a Hobgoblin vs a Blitzer, a Thrower and a Lineman), he felt it was to dangerous to stall and went directly for the touchdown. There was also many great strategic moves made on my part, such as leaving all my team on the ground before the half-time, giving him 0 possibilities of blocks. The game ended 2-0 for my opponent, but it was probably the game I enjoyed the most all day.
My final game was against an Ogre team, with 5 Ogre and 6 Snotling. This game was a massacre. Bodies were flying into the air, bones were broken, head smashed... That's on I ended with a 4-0 victory. Two of his Ogres, one while Going-For-It and one on a Both Down result, got injured while I rolled 6-6 for Armour and 6-6 for Injury ! Also, two Snotlings got crippled and a third was KO most of the match. Even the kick-off events were on my side most of the time, with two Perfect Defense and a Blitz. I suffered two casualties as well, but nothing compared to what I gave.
Overall, I finish with 2 wins and 2 loss. On the overall, I was 7 on 20, which is pretty great if you ask me since that was the first time I played that team.
Also, the Indiegogo event for my Norse Team informed me that I should receive them between the second and third week of December. That's like 2 months late, but I can't do much about it, and I still had great fun with my Human Team.
Sunday, 4 December 2016
Monday, 28 November 2016
Hellfire Steamroller
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No I haven't forgot you, it's just as the Steamroller was on Sunday, and I was very tired after, I didn't write the blog post yesterday. Being very creative sometimes, I'm also very mainstream some other times. That's why I went to that tournament with the same lists as last time, with Kryssa and Fyanna. Here are the battle report, with a big surprise at the end (it was even a surprise for me at that point, which is saying something !)
Game 1 - Bradigus Thorle, The Runecarver - Take and Hold
Bradigus
- Druid Wilder
- Megalith
- Wold Guardian
- Woldwarden
- Woldwarden
- Woldwarden
- Woldwarden
- Woldwarden
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Shifting Stones
Shifting Stones
I never played against Bradigus before, but since there was so much armour in that list, and not much high Rat shooting, I went with Kryssa. Thing where going ok in the early turn. I lost a couple of Swordmen to the Mannikins, and I killed one stone and 2 Mannikins on the other before he feated. At that moment, Kryssa was hanging around his flag, camping 2. My opponent build his Synergy chain with the Woldwarden killing one Swordmen each, then Megalith was just in range of Kryssa. I tried a crazy counter charge from the Champion, just in case I spiked the dice at -8, to maybe shut down the Mind or Spirit. But I did 0 damages... He missed his charge attack (thanks Set Defence), but hitted with all the other, and with only 2 transfers, 2 attacks going through were enough to kill Kryssa. Oh well, next time I will check to distance between the big Heavy and my caster when his feat make him move 8".
0-1 Game
2 - Mr. Nobody, the Bye - Recon
As you might have guessed, we were 11 players, so I got the bye. That was ok, because I was already tired and eh, a win is a win.
1-1
Game 3 - Gorten Grundback - Extraction
Gorten
- Sylys Wyshnalyrr
- Ghordson Driller
- Ghordson Driller
- Gunbunny #1
- Gunbunny #2
- Gunbunny #3
- Gunbunny #4
Kayazy Eliminators
Kayazy Eliminators
Wrong Eye & Snap Jaw
Anastasia Di Bray
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios
Gorman Di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Harlan Phineas Versh, Illuminated One
Kell Bailoch
Alten Ashley
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress
Saxon Orrik (not sure about him, but there was another solo anyway)
Objective: Fuel Cache
Since the other list of my opponent had a Galleon, I dropped Fyanna, and I was still pretty happy about my choice because I don't really know had Kryssa could have handle that list either. I choose as a Prey Alten Ashley for Annyssa, because I know that he could be a very painful model to deal with. My opponent went first, so I choose de table edge with a forest in the middle, to hide my caster into it. As a classic first turn move, my opponent ran everything forward and hid the snipers into the Fuel Cache cloud. On my turn, I did pretty much the same. I maybe put Proteus to forward, put I knew that Alten would shot him anyway. Fyanna go hide behind my objective, to protect her from Gorten feat. On his turn, all of my stuff are just out of range for his Kayazy, so he holds them back, but he shoots Proteus, causing him to lose his Spirit. He also make sure that Proteus can't reach anything, but forget that Proteus can't charge. On my turn, I switched Fury from Proteus to the Raptors and feated. Typhon moved forward and killed Alten Ashley, Kell Bailoch and a third solo who did nothing (maybe it was Orrik, maybe not, guess we will never know). All his Fury will be pull by the Forsaken. The Raptors went wild and while I wanted to charge Snap Jaw with 3 of them, only 2 could feat because of the distance and a Gunbunny in the way. Nonetheless, 2 were enough as one of them spiked the damages, and two of the unit repositionned themselves into Fyanna's feat. Annyssa killed her new Prey, Lanyssa, and choose Gorten as another Prey. One Gunbunny lost his movement also, mainly because of Typhon, but also a shot from the Seraph I believe. On my opponent third turn, he feated, catching Typhon, the Seraph and 2 Raptors. Sadly, my opponent forgot to give Focus on his jack, so both beasts survived, but the Raptors all die from either Harlan Versh (because fo Fury behind on them) and the Kayazys. Back to me, the Seraph moved back to Slipstream the Forsaken forward, thus escaping the melee range of a Kayazy. Then the Forsaken moved forward and shouted "Blight, blight everywhere !", killing 2 Kayazy and also doing 11 damages (actually only 6, because he used a Focus) on Gorten camping 4. Annyssa got into 5" of Harlan but fail to kill him because he was on a hill. Fyanna tried to kill another Kayazy, but failed to hit. Typhon received Fury and did what he knows best. He killed one Driller under the Kiss of Lyliss, and crippled both arms on the second one. Sadly, on my opponent turn, that was not enough to save him because of Sustained Attack. Rhylyss also die, with Annyssa, killed by a lucky Wrong Eye, and my Seraph barely survived with 2 healths. A Kayazy also engaged Fyanna, and a wall his made in front of Gorten with a Gunbunny, Gorman Di Wulfe and Sylys. Now for my last turn, as at that point we both have only 10 minutes left, my only option is to kill Gorten, since my opponent is also 3-0 on Scenario. I messed up my activation, since the Blackfrost, who went first, couldn't see Gorman, so they killed Sylys instead. Then, I activated the crippled Seraph, who shooted Gorman but couldn't hurt him, but I also hitted Gorten, which gived him -2 DEF, and did something like 1 damages. I was down to my last model, Fyanna, on full Fury, and Gorten on one Focus. She charged Gorman, killing him, and just made it to Gorten (forgot she had Overtake...). I bought one attack and boosted the damage roll, making 5 damages, that he used his Focus for. Bought another attack, boosted the damage roll, and here I spiked like crazy good, rolling 17 on 3 dices. Gorten was down to 1 boxe. Bought a third and last attack, hitted, boosted to roll... 2 dices landed on the table, the third one was so on fire by the tension of the situation that he jumped to the floor, but still, on the table, at -7 damages, a 3 and 4, so the third die killed him. My opponent forgot he's tough roll, but went he made it after we had complete the SR result, it was a 4, so Gorten would have been dead. Time on clock, 2 minutes.
2-1
Now here is the crazy thing (well, not as crazy as Fyanna vs Gorten crazy, but still). My lost was against the Steamroller winner, giving me 3 SoS, and the last guy was pair-down against me, giving me 2 SoS, so I also ended 2nd at that tournament ! That was a bit unexpected this time around, as I was sure that other people had better Strenght of Schedule than me. I will start believing that doing the submarine is a good way to win a odd players Steamroller. Next week, be ready for a Blood Bowl tournament battle report !
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No I haven't forgot you, it's just as the Steamroller was on Sunday, and I was very tired after, I didn't write the blog post yesterday. Being very creative sometimes, I'm also very mainstream some other times. That's why I went to that tournament with the same lists as last time, with Kryssa and Fyanna. Here are the battle report, with a big surprise at the end (it was even a surprise for me at that point, which is saying something !)
Game 1 - Bradigus Thorle, The Runecarver - Take and Hold
Bradigus
- Druid Wilder
- Megalith
- Wold Guardian
- Woldwarden
- Woldwarden
- Woldwarden
- Woldwarden
- Woldwarden
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Shifting Stones
Shifting Stones
I never played against Bradigus before, but since there was so much armour in that list, and not much high Rat shooting, I went with Kryssa. Thing where going ok in the early turn. I lost a couple of Swordmen to the Mannikins, and I killed one stone and 2 Mannikins on the other before he feated. At that moment, Kryssa was hanging around his flag, camping 2. My opponent build his Synergy chain with the Woldwarden killing one Swordmen each, then Megalith was just in range of Kryssa. I tried a crazy counter charge from the Champion, just in case I spiked the dice at -8, to maybe shut down the Mind or Spirit. But I did 0 damages... He missed his charge attack (thanks Set Defence), but hitted with all the other, and with only 2 transfers, 2 attacks going through were enough to kill Kryssa. Oh well, next time I will check to distance between the big Heavy and my caster when his feat make him move 8".
0-1 Game
2 - Mr. Nobody, the Bye - Recon
As you might have guessed, we were 11 players, so I got the bye. That was ok, because I was already tired and eh, a win is a win.
1-1
Game 3 - Gorten Grundback - Extraction
Gorten
- Sylys Wyshnalyrr
- Ghordson Driller
- Ghordson Driller
- Gunbunny #1
- Gunbunny #2
- Gunbunny #3
- Gunbunny #4
Kayazy Eliminators
Kayazy Eliminators
Wrong Eye & Snap Jaw
Anastasia Di Bray
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios
Gorman Di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
Harlan Phineas Versh, Illuminated One
Kell Bailoch
Alten Ashley
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress
Saxon Orrik (not sure about him, but there was another solo anyway)
Objective: Fuel Cache
Since the other list of my opponent had a Galleon, I dropped Fyanna, and I was still pretty happy about my choice because I don't really know had Kryssa could have handle that list either. I choose as a Prey Alten Ashley for Annyssa, because I know that he could be a very painful model to deal with. My opponent went first, so I choose de table edge with a forest in the middle, to hide my caster into it. As a classic first turn move, my opponent ran everything forward and hid the snipers into the Fuel Cache cloud. On my turn, I did pretty much the same. I maybe put Proteus to forward, put I knew that Alten would shot him anyway. Fyanna go hide behind my objective, to protect her from Gorten feat. On his turn, all of my stuff are just out of range for his Kayazy, so he holds them back, but he shoots Proteus, causing him to lose his Spirit. He also make sure that Proteus can't reach anything, but forget that Proteus can't charge. On my turn, I switched Fury from Proteus to the Raptors and feated. Typhon moved forward and killed Alten Ashley, Kell Bailoch and a third solo who did nothing (maybe it was Orrik, maybe not, guess we will never know). All his Fury will be pull by the Forsaken. The Raptors went wild and while I wanted to charge Snap Jaw with 3 of them, only 2 could feat because of the distance and a Gunbunny in the way. Nonetheless, 2 were enough as one of them spiked the damages, and two of the unit repositionned themselves into Fyanna's feat. Annyssa killed her new Prey, Lanyssa, and choose Gorten as another Prey. One Gunbunny lost his movement also, mainly because of Typhon, but also a shot from the Seraph I believe. On my opponent third turn, he feated, catching Typhon, the Seraph and 2 Raptors. Sadly, my opponent forgot to give Focus on his jack, so both beasts survived, but the Raptors all die from either Harlan Versh (because fo Fury behind on them) and the Kayazys. Back to me, the Seraph moved back to Slipstream the Forsaken forward, thus escaping the melee range of a Kayazy. Then the Forsaken moved forward and shouted "Blight, blight everywhere !", killing 2 Kayazy and also doing 11 damages (actually only 6, because he used a Focus) on Gorten camping 4. Annyssa got into 5" of Harlan but fail to kill him because he was on a hill. Fyanna tried to kill another Kayazy, but failed to hit. Typhon received Fury and did what he knows best. He killed one Driller under the Kiss of Lyliss, and crippled both arms on the second one. Sadly, on my opponent turn, that was not enough to save him because of Sustained Attack. Rhylyss also die, with Annyssa, killed by a lucky Wrong Eye, and my Seraph barely survived with 2 healths. A Kayazy also engaged Fyanna, and a wall his made in front of Gorten with a Gunbunny, Gorman Di Wulfe and Sylys. Now for my last turn, as at that point we both have only 10 minutes left, my only option is to kill Gorten, since my opponent is also 3-0 on Scenario. I messed up my activation, since the Blackfrost, who went first, couldn't see Gorman, so they killed Sylys instead. Then, I activated the crippled Seraph, who shooted Gorman but couldn't hurt him, but I also hitted Gorten, which gived him -2 DEF, and did something like 1 damages. I was down to my last model, Fyanna, on full Fury, and Gorten on one Focus. She charged Gorman, killing him, and just made it to Gorten (forgot she had Overtake...). I bought one attack and boosted the damage roll, making 5 damages, that he used his Focus for. Bought another attack, boosted the damage roll, and here I spiked like crazy good, rolling 17 on 3 dices. Gorten was down to 1 boxe. Bought a third and last attack, hitted, boosted to roll... 2 dices landed on the table, the third one was so on fire by the tension of the situation that he jumped to the floor, but still, on the table, at -7 damages, a 3 and 4, so the third die killed him. My opponent forgot he's tough roll, but went he made it after we had complete the SR result, it was a 4, so Gorten would have been dead. Time on clock, 2 minutes.
2-1
Now here is the crazy thing (well, not as crazy as Fyanna vs Gorten crazy, but still). My lost was against the Steamroller winner, giving me 3 SoS, and the last guy was pair-down against me, giving me 2 SoS, so I also ended 2nd at that tournament ! That was a bit unexpected this time around, as I was sure that other people had better Strenght of Schedule than me. I will start believing that doing the submarine is a good way to win a odd players Steamroller. Next week, be ready for a Blood Bowl tournament battle report !
Sunday, 20 November 2016
Fyanna rocks a Steamroller [Battle Report]
- Damn, I'm so tired after a tourney, I just feel like curling up and sleep for maybe like a week... Well, until next tourney actually.
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Before you go into the Battle Report, here's a big announcement ! No, I'm not pregnant... But, the Blog now have a Facebook Page, where you can directly interact with me, ask questions, tell funny stories (better be pretty funny, if not you will feel my wrath) and get the brand new Mid-Week Madness posts ! Since Facebook is easier to get into than a blog, I will be posting stuff during the week, like models I paint, crazy lists I think about, my general thought about X or Y. Lots of good stuff. You will also be able to have a notification every time I post something on the Blog. You see, there is absolutely no reason not to go and like it.
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WAZZA !! No more peep talk and long introduction, let gets right into the subject. Yesterday, I went to a Steamroller. Lists are here. Now that's how it went down:
Game 1 - Moshar the Desertwalker - Recon
Moshar
- Druid Wilder
- Ghetorix
- Feral Warpwolf
- Stalker Warpwolf
Max Tharn Wolf Riders
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Shifting Stones
Gallows Grove
Gallows Grove
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress
Since his other list was Kaya2 with Warpwolves, I was afraid that my Kryssa list get out-threaten and I went with Fyanna since I feel she had a game against both lists.Quite frankly, I can't remember who won the roll and how it happened, but I handed up going second. Annyssa preyed upon the Wolf Riders, whom themselves preyed upon my Raptors.The game went down into an attrition pretty quickly. While Typhon managed to kill one sentry stone, I used my feat to protect him and Proteus, who were into the zone, and my Raptors that were battling against the Wolf Riders. I'm opponent made a cunning use of the Pillar of Salt by blocking my any retreat with Dodge, so even if he missed, I couldn't move Typhon back. He barely survived and Frenzied next turn because of Moshar's feat. On the turn after, Proteus killed Ghetorix, only to be kill by his Stalker the turn after. Meanwhile, on the left flank, my Raptors were left to only their Leader, but the brave Annyssa made short dispatch of his Wolf Riders. A good blast from my Forsaken also killed Lanyssa and the 3 Mannikins of the second sentry stone. The game was close to the end by then, as my opponent still had his Feral and Stalker on full health, while my only beast left was my Seraph. Moshar was hiding in a Forest, behind 3 Shifting Stone. I had to go for the assassination, as Moshar was only camping one. Fyanna killed a Shifting stone with a Gallow, which opened LOS to Moshar. I then activated my Seraph, but I moved him to hastily and ended up not having LOS to Moshar because of his objective and a Shifting Stone. That shaken my whole plan so much, that I lost it for a couple of seconds and moved on to my next activation. The Blackfrost went and I luckily hit with one Ice Cage and an Ice Bolt. My Raptor leader went and hit. By then, Moshar was down to 6 and one transfer. I had Annyssa left, and Moshar was her prey. I needed only 5 to hit but missed on the first roll. I then conceded because Fyanna was right next to his Stalker with only one transfer.
On retrospective, moving my Seraph to fast was a mistake, because he could have gone to a position with LOS. Even after my mistake, depending on the number of shots he had, I could have destroyed a second Shifting Stone and then shoot Moshar, but my concentration was totally broke down by my bad move and I just skipped his shooting.
0-1
Game 2 - Dominar Rasheth - Incursion
Rasheth
- Mammoth
- Titan Gladiator
- Agonizer
Max Venator Reivers
- Venator Reiver Officer and Standard
Max Praetorian Karax
Min Paingiver Beast Handlers
Swamp Gobbers Bellow Crew
Extoller Soulward
Mortitheurge Willbreaker
For this game, I choose again Fyanna, since if he dropped his Mammoth, I knew that even for Kryssa and the Angelius, it will be a nut too tough to crack, and he could really dispatch my Swordmen with some blasts. I won the dice roll, and choose my table side, which definitively gave me an edge for the Scenario, as the left flag was behind a house, so he would have to go around it, the middle flag was behind a forest, so he could see to it, and the right flag was in the middle of a plain, but eh, can't have everything for myself. There was also a wall in the middle, a bit forward of my deployment zone. His Karax moved toward the house, the Mammoth toward the centre flag and his Reiver toward the right flag. I advanced Fyanna and his beast kind of between the left and middle flag, to keep all my opportunities open. I also thought about being more aggressive with Fyanna, but since she only kept one transfer, I felt like that wouldn't be enough to protect her, and I didn't want to feat yet, so I kept her back behind the wall. My Raptors moved toward the right flag, getting on a hill, while Annyssa ran behind another house on that side of the table. Turn two, my opponent made CRA and killed 2 Raptors, and his Mammoth put a small dent into my Seraph. One Karax went around the house to toe the flag, and the other huddle the other side of the house, since there was a small area where they could be within 4 inches, but only 2 models could fit in. Rasheth feated defensively since only my Seraph was into his Control. For me, my Raptors killed 2 contesting Reivers and take the flag, and Annyssa killed the unit Officer and another dude. A Gallowed Gladiator got kill by Proteus and Typhon moved close to the middle flag without going into the forest since the Mammoth contested anyway. Some Karax also gets killed and the Gobber leader. Fyanna also dropped his feat. 1-0 on Scenario for me. His feat comes down and didn't really save anything. He CRA again to drop 1 Raptors (the one base to base with the flag, mind you). The Karax try to hurt Proteus, but the good old beast laughs at their petty attempts. The Mammoth shots wide because of the feat and put Counterblast on himself, while Agonizer hides behind him and cries. Back to me, it's Mammoth time. Rhylyss kissed the Mammoth, Typhon walked into the forest and breathed three times, Proteus charged, take the Counterblast, proceeded to hit the Garg until he was left on 1 health, Raptors charged in a Death or Glory move, and the Leader did exactly 1 damage. Fyanna then went to the middle flag. Annyssa contested the right flag. 2-0 on Scenario. My opponent still backed his Karax to the house to contest the left flag, another Raptor hit the dust. Because of Stealth, only one Reiver could shoot Annyssa and miss. Rasheth killed Vysaar with a Corruption Breath. He contested the middle flag with something, can't remember what, but probably a Karax. On my turn, Typhon moves and spray behind the house, killing most of the Karax. Sevryn and Rhylyss take up their sword and kill the Karax to take the left flag. I still hold the middle flag and Annyssa reduced the Reivers enough that they can't take the right flag any more. I went 4-0. I also have 2:56 left on my clock. With no more Karax, the Mortitheurge moved around, contested the flag, and Rasheth killed the Blackfrost with more blast stuff. The Extoller contested the middle flag. On my turn, I made it pretty quick. Typhon walked, breathed away to Mortitheurge, and a Spell Martyr ran to the flag. 5-0, game's end, 1:50 on the clock.
1-1, and even more ! I was pair up against Skorne, meaning I just made the event going from 4 to 3 games, and that would help a lot for my Strenght of Schedule.
Game 3 - Major Victoria Haley - The Pit
Major Victoria Haley
- Squire
- Dynamo
- Stormclad
- Thorn
Max Storm Lances
Major Katherine Laddermore
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Journeyman Warcaster
- Firefly
Since the event just went from 4 to 3 games, the TO ruled that no one would be list locked if he played the same list twice already. So I casually dropped Fyanna again, because his second list was Kara Sloan gunline, against which Fyanna feat makes me more confident.
I lost the dice of and my opponent choose his table-edge. The table was not very important during the game actually. I deployed a bit centrally with the Battlegroup and the Blackfrost, while my Raptors and Annyssa went in front of his flag. He also deployed centrally, with his Storm Lances in front of my Raptors. Annyssa preyed the Storm Lances. I advanced very close to the zone with both Proteus and Typhon. My Raptor advanced also very far, just outside of his shooting range. Fyanna hides behind a wall with the Succubus. He moved everything forward, also very close to the zone, and the Storm Lances got Arcane Shield on them. On my turn, the Gun Mage Captain Adept die to my Seraph and I successfully pull a Gallow on Dynamo, which Proteus killed. Typhon entered the zone also. Annyssa and the Raptors tried to kill the closest Storm Lances, but were not very good and left him on 1 . Fyanna feated and went base to base with my flag. On his turn, he feated back and used telekinesis on Proteus to turn it around. His Stormclad charged but had to boost his attack charge because of a bad roll, and left Proteus alive. His Storm Lances killed 2 Raptors also. Since he didn't go to his flag (missed about an inch), I went 1-0. Only Proteus, Typhon, the Raptors and Annyssa were under his feat. I activated the Seraph, who killed the Journeyman, thus dissipating Arcane Shield. My Raptors and Annyssa then killed 2 Storm Lances and used Reposition to move back or more on the side for Annyssa. Proteus moved around and used his Animus to inflict -2 DEF on the Stormclad and a Storm Lancer. Typhon breathed 3 times into the Stormclad and put Excessive Healing, but all his Fury would be leached by the Forsaken. 2-0 for me. On his next turn, my opponent failed to use telekinesis on Proteus because of the melee bonus and needed to use the Stormclad and a Storm Lance to kill him, while the other Storm Lances charged Typhon, doing some damages. Instead of going to his flag, he moved Haley to toe the zone, and also but Laddermore into the zone with Thorn. 3-0. New to my, I either need to clear the zone and put Fyanna in or take his flag. Since only a Squire contests his flag, I went for the latter. My 3 Raptors charged his Storm Lances, and killed the 2 on Typhon but not the third one. Annyssa then made his best move of the day, charged the last Storm Lance, killed him on impact, switched the Prey target into the Squire, shooted her two arrows into him, killed him, and Repositionned on the flag. For the sake of the Army Destroyed point, Typhon also went and killed the Stormclad before I claimed the victory with 5-0.
2-1
At the end of the day, we were only 10 players, one 3-0, four 2-1, four 1-2 and 1 0-3. The thing his, because I was pair up on my second game, my Strenght of Schedule got better, since that guy also happened to finish 2-1, and my only loss was against the Champion. So I placed Second and got a sweet and shiny little medal ! I literally live for those little things, since I play more for the glory than the rest.Also, this is already a big SR report, so my in deep thought of Fyanna will have to be for another time, but let just say she's great.
Furthermore, as stated in the first sentence, I have yet another Steamroller next Sunday, although I think this one don't have the shiny medals... So stay tuned on the Facebook page to see what I intend to bring !
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Before you go into the Battle Report, here's a big announcement ! No, I'm not pregnant... But, the Blog now have a Facebook Page, where you can directly interact with me, ask questions, tell funny stories (better be pretty funny, if not you will feel my wrath) and get the brand new Mid-Week Madness posts ! Since Facebook is easier to get into than a blog, I will be posting stuff during the week, like models I paint, crazy lists I think about, my general thought about X or Y. Lots of good stuff. You will also be able to have a notification every time I post something on the Blog. You see, there is absolutely no reason not to go and like it.
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WAZZA !! No more peep talk and long introduction, let gets right into the subject. Yesterday, I went to a Steamroller. Lists are here. Now that's how it went down:
Game 1 - Moshar the Desertwalker - Recon
Moshar
- Druid Wilder
- Ghetorix
- Feral Warpwolf
- Stalker Warpwolf
Max Tharn Wolf Riders
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Sentry Stone & Mannikins
Shifting Stones
Gallows Grove
Gallows Grove
Lanyssa Ryssyl, Nyss Sorceress
Since his other list was Kaya2 with Warpwolves, I was afraid that my Kryssa list get out-threaten and I went with Fyanna since I feel she had a game against both lists.Quite frankly, I can't remember who won the roll and how it happened, but I handed up going second. Annyssa preyed upon the Wolf Riders, whom themselves preyed upon my Raptors.The game went down into an attrition pretty quickly. While Typhon managed to kill one sentry stone, I used my feat to protect him and Proteus, who were into the zone, and my Raptors that were battling against the Wolf Riders. I'm opponent made a cunning use of the Pillar of Salt by blocking my any retreat with Dodge, so even if he missed, I couldn't move Typhon back. He barely survived and Frenzied next turn because of Moshar's feat. On the turn after, Proteus killed Ghetorix, only to be kill by his Stalker the turn after. Meanwhile, on the left flank, my Raptors were left to only their Leader, but the brave Annyssa made short dispatch of his Wolf Riders. A good blast from my Forsaken also killed Lanyssa and the 3 Mannikins of the second sentry stone. The game was close to the end by then, as my opponent still had his Feral and Stalker on full health, while my only beast left was my Seraph. Moshar was hiding in a Forest, behind 3 Shifting Stone. I had to go for the assassination, as Moshar was only camping one. Fyanna killed a Shifting stone with a Gallow, which opened LOS to Moshar. I then activated my Seraph, but I moved him to hastily and ended up not having LOS to Moshar because of his objective and a Shifting Stone. That shaken my whole plan so much, that I lost it for a couple of seconds and moved on to my next activation. The Blackfrost went and I luckily hit with one Ice Cage and an Ice Bolt. My Raptor leader went and hit. By then, Moshar was down to 6 and one transfer. I had Annyssa left, and Moshar was her prey. I needed only 5 to hit but missed on the first roll. I then conceded because Fyanna was right next to his Stalker with only one transfer.
On retrospective, moving my Seraph to fast was a mistake, because he could have gone to a position with LOS. Even after my mistake, depending on the number of shots he had, I could have destroyed a second Shifting Stone and then shoot Moshar, but my concentration was totally broke down by my bad move and I just skipped his shooting.
0-1
Game 2 - Dominar Rasheth - Incursion
Rasheth
- Mammoth
- Titan Gladiator
- Agonizer
Max Venator Reivers
- Venator Reiver Officer and Standard
Max Praetorian Karax
Min Paingiver Beast Handlers
Swamp Gobbers Bellow Crew
Extoller Soulward
Mortitheurge Willbreaker
For this game, I choose again Fyanna, since if he dropped his Mammoth, I knew that even for Kryssa and the Angelius, it will be a nut too tough to crack, and he could really dispatch my Swordmen with some blasts. I won the dice roll, and choose my table side, which definitively gave me an edge for the Scenario, as the left flag was behind a house, so he would have to go around it, the middle flag was behind a forest, so he could see to it, and the right flag was in the middle of a plain, but eh, can't have everything for myself. There was also a wall in the middle, a bit forward of my deployment zone. His Karax moved toward the house, the Mammoth toward the centre flag and his Reiver toward the right flag. I advanced Fyanna and his beast kind of between the left and middle flag, to keep all my opportunities open. I also thought about being more aggressive with Fyanna, but since she only kept one transfer, I felt like that wouldn't be enough to protect her, and I didn't want to feat yet, so I kept her back behind the wall. My Raptors moved toward the right flag, getting on a hill, while Annyssa ran behind another house on that side of the table. Turn two, my opponent made CRA and killed 2 Raptors, and his Mammoth put a small dent into my Seraph. One Karax went around the house to toe the flag, and the other huddle the other side of the house, since there was a small area where they could be within 4 inches, but only 2 models could fit in. Rasheth feated defensively since only my Seraph was into his Control. For me, my Raptors killed 2 contesting Reivers and take the flag, and Annyssa killed the unit Officer and another dude. A Gallowed Gladiator got kill by Proteus and Typhon moved close to the middle flag without going into the forest since the Mammoth contested anyway. Some Karax also gets killed and the Gobber leader. Fyanna also dropped his feat. 1-0 on Scenario for me. His feat comes down and didn't really save anything. He CRA again to drop 1 Raptors (the one base to base with the flag, mind you). The Karax try to hurt Proteus, but the good old beast laughs at their petty attempts. The Mammoth shots wide because of the feat and put Counterblast on himself, while Agonizer hides behind him and cries. Back to me, it's Mammoth time. Rhylyss kissed the Mammoth, Typhon walked into the forest and breathed three times, Proteus charged, take the Counterblast, proceeded to hit the Garg until he was left on 1 health, Raptors charged in a Death or Glory move, and the Leader did exactly 1 damage. Fyanna then went to the middle flag. Annyssa contested the right flag. 2-0 on Scenario. My opponent still backed his Karax to the house to contest the left flag, another Raptor hit the dust. Because of Stealth, only one Reiver could shoot Annyssa and miss. Rasheth killed Vysaar with a Corruption Breath. He contested the middle flag with something, can't remember what, but probably a Karax. On my turn, Typhon moves and spray behind the house, killing most of the Karax. Sevryn and Rhylyss take up their sword and kill the Karax to take the left flag. I still hold the middle flag and Annyssa reduced the Reivers enough that they can't take the right flag any more. I went 4-0. I also have 2:56 left on my clock. With no more Karax, the Mortitheurge moved around, contested the flag, and Rasheth killed the Blackfrost with more blast stuff. The Extoller contested the middle flag. On my turn, I made it pretty quick. Typhon walked, breathed away to Mortitheurge, and a Spell Martyr ran to the flag. 5-0, game's end, 1:50 on the clock.
1-1, and even more ! I was pair up against Skorne, meaning I just made the event going from 4 to 3 games, and that would help a lot for my Strenght of Schedule.
Game 3 - Major Victoria Haley - The Pit
Major Victoria Haley
- Squire
- Dynamo
- Stormclad
- Thorn
Max Storm Lances
Major Katherine Laddermore
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Journeyman Warcaster
- Firefly
Since the event just went from 4 to 3 games, the TO ruled that no one would be list locked if he played the same list twice already. So I casually dropped Fyanna again, because his second list was Kara Sloan gunline, against which Fyanna feat makes me more confident.
I lost the dice of and my opponent choose his table-edge. The table was not very important during the game actually. I deployed a bit centrally with the Battlegroup and the Blackfrost, while my Raptors and Annyssa went in front of his flag. He also deployed centrally, with his Storm Lances in front of my Raptors. Annyssa preyed the Storm Lances. I advanced very close to the zone with both Proteus and Typhon. My Raptor advanced also very far, just outside of his shooting range. Fyanna hides behind a wall with the Succubus. He moved everything forward, also very close to the zone, and the Storm Lances got Arcane Shield on them. On my turn, the Gun Mage Captain Adept die to my Seraph and I successfully pull a Gallow on Dynamo, which Proteus killed. Typhon entered the zone also. Annyssa and the Raptors tried to kill the closest Storm Lances, but were not very good and left him on 1 . Fyanna feated and went base to base with my flag. On his turn, he feated back and used telekinesis on Proteus to turn it around. His Stormclad charged but had to boost his attack charge because of a bad roll, and left Proteus alive. His Storm Lances killed 2 Raptors also. Since he didn't go to his flag (missed about an inch), I went 1-0. Only Proteus, Typhon, the Raptors and Annyssa were under his feat. I activated the Seraph, who killed the Journeyman, thus dissipating Arcane Shield. My Raptors and Annyssa then killed 2 Storm Lances and used Reposition to move back or more on the side for Annyssa. Proteus moved around and used his Animus to inflict -2 DEF on the Stormclad and a Storm Lancer. Typhon breathed 3 times into the Stormclad and put Excessive Healing, but all his Fury would be leached by the Forsaken. 2-0 for me. On his next turn, my opponent failed to use telekinesis on Proteus because of the melee bonus and needed to use the Stormclad and a Storm Lance to kill him, while the other Storm Lances charged Typhon, doing some damages. Instead of going to his flag, he moved Haley to toe the zone, and also but Laddermore into the zone with Thorn. 3-0. New to my, I either need to clear the zone and put Fyanna in or take his flag. Since only a Squire contests his flag, I went for the latter. My 3 Raptors charged his Storm Lances, and killed the 2 on Typhon but not the third one. Annyssa then made his best move of the day, charged the last Storm Lance, killed him on impact, switched the Prey target into the Squire, shooted her two arrows into him, killed him, and Repositionned on the flag. For the sake of the Army Destroyed point, Typhon also went and killed the Stormclad before I claimed the victory with 5-0.
2-1
At the end of the day, we were only 10 players, one 3-0, four 2-1, four 1-2 and 1 0-3. The thing his, because I was pair up on my second game, my Strenght of Schedule got better, since that guy also happened to finish 2-1, and my only loss was against the Champion. So I placed Second and got a sweet and shiny little medal ! I literally live for those little things, since I play more for the glory than the rest.Also, this is already a big SR report, so my in deep thought of Fyanna will have to be for another time, but let just say she's great.
Furthermore, as stated in the first sentence, I have yet another Steamroller next Sunday, although I think this one don't have the shiny medals... So stay tuned on the Facebook page to see what I intend to bring !
Sunday, 13 November 2016
And the Destroyer award goes to...
*Whistling* - Heigh-ho, heigh-ho. It's home from work we go... Popopom pom pom...
- Oh, I haven't seen you there ! Stop hiding in shadowy corners and actually come in ! It's warmer inside anyway. [Disclaimer: if you are from Australia, this won't make sense.] So, it has been what, one or two weeks now ? Fault's on me, of course, but yeck, what can I say ? I just feel like I don't have enough content, and I don't want to bore you with uninteresting babbling.
Nonetheless, last week, I went to a painting class, and that was very enlightening, to say the least. Did you all know about that wet pallet tricks, and never bother to tell me for so long ? That is just revolutionary ! And of course, I've learnt some other stuff, like doing several thin-coat to achieve shadow and all. So maybe if I feel more confident and that my models are looking better, I'll start posting them on the blog.
My journeyman league always finished yesterday. Even do there is still an ending-Steamroller to go, I already won 4 Destroyer Points, which is enough to claim the title of Master of Destruction, or whatever the name is. For those of you who wonder what my list was, I will post it here further down a couple lines, because she also the list I will take to the Steamroller. Mind you, my local Press Gangster made so change to the regular rule, and each week we could take out one card, so you won't see those shredders and the Bolt Thrower (who actually carried my list for the first 2 weeks of the League).
For the next week event, the terrible STEAMROLLER OF THE END OF THE JOURNEYMAN LEAGUE, here what I plan to take.
Legion of Everblight - Flying Circus
Theme: No Theme Selected
75 / 75 Army
Fuel Cache - Steamroller Objective
Kryssa, Conviction of Everblight - WB: +31
- Succubus - PC: 4
- Angelius - PC: 17 (Battlegroup Points Used: 17)
- Seraph - PC: 14 (Battlegroup Points Used: 14)
- Neraph - PC: 12
- Angelius - PC: 17
Blighted Nyss Warlord - PC: 5
Blighted Nyss Sorceress & Hellion - PC: 6
Spell Martyr - PC: 1
Blackfrost Shard - Sevryn, Rhylyss & Vysarr: 9
Blighted Nyss Swordsmen - Leader & 9 Grunts: 15
- Blighted Nyss Swordsmen Abbot & Champion - Abbot & Champion: 6
AND
Legion of Everblight - Dixie Salad
Theme: No Theme Selected
75 / 75 Army
Bunker - Steamroller Objective
Fyanna, Torment of Everblight - WB: +28
- Succubus - PC: 4
- Proteus - PC: 19 (Battlegroup Points Used: 19)
- Seraph - PC: 14 (Battlegroup Points Used: 9)
- Typhon - PC: 24
Annyssa Ryvaal - PC: 8
Spell Martyr - PC: 1
Spell Martyr - PC: 1
Spell Martyr - PC: 1
The Forsaken - PC: 4
Blackfrost Shard - Sevryn, Rhylyss & Vysarr: 9
Blighted Nyss Raptors - Leader & 4 Grunts: 18
I really like Flying Circus, because she's all about Alpha Strike, and has a tremendous (yep, I've followed the US presidential) amount of threat range. The list relies on high defence to survive (everything being 14 base, and 73% of the time, 16), and when the feat comes around, it usually cripples the opponent army so much that they can't recover. I know some people disagree, and don't think Kryssa can work that way, but since I'm 13-2 with her, I'll keep it that way. Also, she actually has some scenario play with the dual Angelius.
My second list, Dixie Salad, named in honour of an inside joke between Mr Vachon and myself about the cabbage salad from Dixie-Lee restaurant food chain's, present mainly in the Canadian mainland maritime area, is kind of my cat in the hat. As of this moment, I don't have either Fyanna nor Proteus, but they are both underway. If they don't arrive in time, I will have to change the list to a boring Lylyth3 Assassination list, but for now, I'm confident. The list is kind of a Hordes drop, because of the Raptors, but if my opponents have few 'jacks, or if the assassination potential seems good, I would also drop it in Warmachine. The idea is very simple: cast Gallow trough a Spell Martyr to give Proteus a 15-20" threat range, with Slipstream of course. Even, if possible, don't Gallow and cast Admonition on Proteus to protect him from retaliation. The list is geared to maximise Fyanna feat, with Typhon being 16-18 and Proteus 14-18(20), and Def 17+ for the rest. Also, Typhon alone can take down a Colossal with Kiss and Fury. So yeah, I feel good about the list.
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- Oh, I haven't seen you there ! Stop hiding in shadowy corners and actually come in ! It's warmer inside anyway. [Disclaimer: if you are from Australia, this won't make sense.] So, it has been what, one or two weeks now ? Fault's on me, of course, but yeck, what can I say ? I just feel like I don't have enough content, and I don't want to bore you with uninteresting babbling.
Nonetheless, last week, I went to a painting class, and that was very enlightening, to say the least. Did you all know about that wet pallet tricks, and never bother to tell me for so long ? That is just revolutionary ! And of course, I've learnt some other stuff, like doing several thin-coat to achieve shadow and all. So maybe if I feel more confident and that my models are looking better, I'll start posting them on the blog.
My journeyman league always finished yesterday. Even do there is still an ending-Steamroller to go, I already won 4 Destroyer Points, which is enough to claim the title of Master of Destruction, or whatever the name is. For those of you who wonder what my list was, I will post it here further down a couple lines, because she also the list I will take to the Steamroller. Mind you, my local Press Gangster made so change to the regular rule, and each week we could take out one card, so you won't see those shredders and the Bolt Thrower (who actually carried my list for the first 2 weeks of the League).
For the next week event, the terrible STEAMROLLER OF THE END OF THE JOURNEYMAN LEAGUE, here what I plan to take.
Legion of Everblight - Flying Circus
Theme: No Theme Selected
75 / 75 Army
Fuel Cache - Steamroller Objective
Kryssa, Conviction of Everblight - WB: +31
- Succubus - PC: 4
- Angelius - PC: 17 (Battlegroup Points Used: 17)
- Seraph - PC: 14 (Battlegroup Points Used: 14)
- Neraph - PC: 12
- Angelius - PC: 17
Blighted Nyss Warlord - PC: 5
Blighted Nyss Sorceress & Hellion - PC: 6
Spell Martyr - PC: 1
Blackfrost Shard - Sevryn, Rhylyss & Vysarr: 9
Blighted Nyss Swordsmen - Leader & 9 Grunts: 15
- Blighted Nyss Swordsmen Abbot & Champion - Abbot & Champion: 6
AND
Legion of Everblight - Dixie Salad
Theme: No Theme Selected
75 / 75 Army
Bunker - Steamroller Objective
Fyanna, Torment of Everblight - WB: +28
- Succubus - PC: 4
- Proteus - PC: 19 (Battlegroup Points Used: 19)
- Seraph - PC: 14 (Battlegroup Points Used: 9)
- Typhon - PC: 24
Annyssa Ryvaal - PC: 8
Spell Martyr - PC: 1
Spell Martyr - PC: 1
Spell Martyr - PC: 1
The Forsaken - PC: 4
Blackfrost Shard - Sevryn, Rhylyss & Vysarr: 9
Blighted Nyss Raptors - Leader & 4 Grunts: 18
I really like Flying Circus, because she's all about Alpha Strike, and has a tremendous (yep, I've followed the US presidential) amount of threat range. The list relies on high defence to survive (everything being 14 base, and 73% of the time, 16), and when the feat comes around, it usually cripples the opponent army so much that they can't recover. I know some people disagree, and don't think Kryssa can work that way, but since I'm 13-2 with her, I'll keep it that way. Also, she actually has some scenario play with the dual Angelius.
My second list, Dixie Salad, named in honour of an inside joke between Mr Vachon and myself about the cabbage salad from Dixie-Lee restaurant food chain's, present mainly in the Canadian mainland maritime area, is kind of my cat in the hat. As of this moment, I don't have either Fyanna nor Proteus, but they are both underway. If they don't arrive in time, I will have to change the list to a boring Lylyth3 Assassination list, but for now, I'm confident. The list is kind of a Hordes drop, because of the Raptors, but if my opponents have few 'jacks, or if the assassination potential seems good, I would also drop it in Warmachine. The idea is very simple: cast Gallow trough a Spell Martyr to give Proteus a 15-20" threat range, with Slipstream of course. Even, if possible, don't Gallow and cast Admonition on Proteus to protect him from retaliation. The list is geared to maximise Fyanna feat, with Typhon being 16-18 and Proteus 14-18(20), and Def 17+ for the rest. Also, Typhon alone can take down a Colossal with Kiss and Fury. So yeah, I feel good about the list.
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Wednesday, 26 October 2016
To infinity, and beyond !
Hihelloeverytheonehowiseverythinggoingforyouguyz??
Yes, hello people of the world, I'm back at it again this week, even if a little late. To keep you updated on my Journeyman League, I have currently 2 Destroyer points, week 1 and week 3. Two different guys have the others two, and I plan to get (or at least try my hardest and send out some sexy female assassins if need be) week 4 and 5, since if I reach 4 Destroyer points, I would win the Destroyer award. This is why I push the most I can to paint some models to get easy victories since this Sunday I only scored 1-1, which is definitively not enough to get me the point this week.
Good looking, aren't they ? Those are work in progress, but I expect to finish them either Friday or Saturday.So eh, that's all for Legion this week sadly, 'cause if you didn't know, that blog is not all about Legion ! Well, up to now, it was pretty much only Legion, but this is Durgil's Adventure blog, and I'm planning to go on more adventure in the following month ! One of these is the new Hordes faction !!
After Privateer Press posted on Tumblr (what the heck, Tumblr ? What kind of social media is that ?), I created a post about it on the main forum, because I'm so excited !! I mean, look at the thematic. Those Grimkin gobbers/thingies have a nice Celtic, Germanic, Gaelic folklore vibe to hit, with a fairy idea, kind of, because in those cultures, the faeries are not always nice people. And that really appeal to me since the great-great-great-grand-father of my grandmother on my mother side was Hugh Blackburn, from Scotland ! I still have a reddish beard in summer because of him, so yeah, always stay true to your roots.That's why I'm already stacking for them, to try to buy the whole faction when she comes out. And I also have other personal projects for next summer, so I must really plan well.
Also, more close in time, I have a very nice looking Norse Bloodbowl team that I shall receive very soon. The Indiegogo project from Meiko Miniatures was saying the team would be shipped in October, but now that we are at the end of the month, I think they will be ship in November. There is also a new Bloodbowl version coming from Games-Workshop, but I don't really trust them since the Great Fallout Of Fantasy. Meh, will see about that one.
I also want to start making my own terrains to play with, in a Privateer Press style. So look forward to see more stuff about that in a near (well, month-wise...) future.
Thanks for tuning in ! See you next week.
Yes, hello people of the world, I'm back at it again this week, even if a little late. To keep you updated on my Journeyman League, I have currently 2 Destroyer points, week 1 and week 3. Two different guys have the others two, and I plan to get (or at least try my hardest and send out some sexy female assassins if need be) week 4 and 5, since if I reach 4 Destroyer points, I would win the Destroyer award. This is why I push the most I can to paint some models to get easy victories since this Sunday I only scored 1-1, which is definitively not enough to get me the point this week.
Good looking, aren't they ? Those are work in progress, but I expect to finish them either Friday or Saturday.So eh, that's all for Legion this week sadly, 'cause if you didn't know, that blog is not all about Legion ! Well, up to now, it was pretty much only Legion, but this is Durgil's Adventure blog, and I'm planning to go on more adventure in the following month ! One of these is the new Hordes faction !!
After Privateer Press posted on Tumblr (what the heck, Tumblr ? What kind of social media is that ?), I created a post about it on the main forum, because I'm so excited !! I mean, look at the thematic. Those Grimkin gobbers/thingies have a nice Celtic, Germanic, Gaelic folklore vibe to hit, with a fairy idea, kind of, because in those cultures, the faeries are not always nice people. And that really appeal to me since the great-great-great-grand-father of my grandmother on my mother side was Hugh Blackburn, from Scotland ! I still have a reddish beard in summer because of him, so yeah, always stay true to your roots.That's why I'm already stacking for them, to try to buy the whole faction when she comes out. And I also have other personal projects for next summer, so I must really plan well.
Also, more close in time, I have a very nice looking Norse Bloodbowl team that I shall receive very soon. The Indiegogo project from Meiko Miniatures was saying the team would be shipped in October, but now that we are at the end of the month, I think they will be ship in November. There is also a new Bloodbowl version coming from Games-Workshop, but I don't really trust them since the Great Fallout Of Fantasy. Meh, will see about that one.
I also want to start making my own terrains to play with, in a Privateer Press style. So look forward to see more stuff about that in a near (well, month-wise...) future.
Thanks for tuning in ! See you next week.
Sunday, 16 October 2016
Journeyman Update - Week 3
First of all, shame on me for not posting last week. I let every single one of you down. Although I had a good reason, since I didn't really play (one game only during the week, and a 0 pts game, so nothing much happened) and while I usually play on Sunday, I was visiting a friend for the weekend, 'cause yep, for those of you who wonder, it is possible to have some kind of social life and being a very intense wargamer. Just need to write down a list of who are more important than the games, and who is not, and plan your activity accordingly. Anyway, a little update on that Journeyman thingy: a won the Destroyer Point for the first week, but not for the Battlegroup Tournament, since I was visiting said friend (you can realise how much important he must be if he scores higher than a tournament with Destroyer Point). I also didn't get the one for the second week since people usually play on Sunday. BUT, for the third week, I came right back in the fray with 3 games today ! Let see how everything went out.
Kryssa
- Succubus
- Angelius
- Angelius
- Neraph
- Shredder (yes yes, I know, but he is leaving next week, I promise)
Nyss Sorceress on Helion
Spell Martyr
Objective: Fuel Cache
Game 1 - Bane Witch Agathia - Take and Hold
Agathia
- Barathrum
- Reaper
- Deathripper
Max Mechanitralls
Necrosurgeon & Stitch Thralls
Satyxis Gunslingers
Warwitch Siren
I believe this was my second game into Cryx since Mk3 and my first against the Battlebox caster. With Wind Ravager, I could totally shut down his Reaper, which gave me the drop on him, and after two turns of mulching through his undead, he committed his 'jacks, which were promptly killed by the Neraph and an Angelius, under Kryssa's Feat. At some point, he needed to move in Agathia, since almost everything else was dead, and she got her butt kicked by an Angelius.
Game 2 - Beast Master Xekaar - Recon
Xekaar
- Titan Gladiator
- Titan Bronzeback
- Titan Cannoneer
- Basilisk Krea
Min Paingiver Beast Handlers
I was going first, and I knew that with his Feat, my opponent would be able to score big time on the scenario, since he was able to basically deny me the zone for 1 turn. I rolled pretty hot dies for my Angelius spits, and the Bronzeback was already pretty injured before the melee started. As expected, my opponent Feated early, and I left him the zone, with one small Shredder hidden behind the Fuel Cache cloud, which let him contest the zone since my opponent couldn't see him. He still scored 1 for my objective, though. Next turn, I feated and the first Angelius killed the Bronzeback while pocking once into the Gladiator. Then, my second Angelius charged the Gladiator, and when I rolled a swooping triple 6 for damage (which meant 25 total damages, with Armour Piercing), my opponent gave me the game. I still had my Neraph to activate, but he basically just lost all his punch.
Game 3 - Forge Master Syntherion - Entrenched
Syntherion
- Cipher
- Monitor
- Diffuser
- Galvanizer
- Corollary
2x Algorithmic Dispersion Optifex
Optifex Directive
I was going first again, and I moved toward my own zone. Then, my opponent did the same toward his zone, with the Algorithmic dudes moving one into his zone and the other toward mine. On my turn, my Angelius each killed one of the Algorithmic guys, and I moved into the zone to be ready to score. I didn't move toward him because apart from my Feat, he got a lot more punch than me and decent threat range. On his turn, he sent a violent rip saw into my Neraph, causing 11 damages and crippling the Body, but that was all. To my surprise, he didn't send an Optifex to contest my, so we both scored one. Back to me, the Shredder ran into melee with the Cipher and contested his zone, while the Neraph got healed and did the so-called "Coyote Manoeuver", and he killed the Galvanizer before running back to safety. The rest of my army shuffle a bit around, and an Optifex caught fire. I take the lead with 2-1. On his turn, a boosted lucky roll failed to score 12, so his whole plan to kill my Neraph crumbled. Actually, with all his shoot boosted, he didn't succeed any of them. He killed the Shredder and ran the last Optifex into my zone, so it was 2-2. My opponent has left open Syntherion, so I tried the assassination with the Neraph. Kryssa feated and killed the Optifex, to score, and I kept 4 Fury on her, just in case. The Neraph put Syntherion on fire and left him with one health, and no Focus... The Cipher is killed by an Angelius but reconstructed, and I failed to hit Syntherion with the Sorceress spray. 3-2 on scenario for me. The fire stayed on Syntherion, and I rolled double 6 for damage, which burnt him to death.
Three jolly victories for Everblight today !
Next week, the Shredder goes away, and he is replaced with a Min Swordmen units and the Blackfrost Shard.
Any thought or comments ? Feel free to leave them here !
Kryssa
- Succubus
- Angelius
- Angelius
- Neraph
- Shredder (yes yes, I know, but he is leaving next week, I promise)
Nyss Sorceress on Helion
Spell Martyr
Objective: Fuel Cache
Game 1 - Bane Witch Agathia - Take and Hold
Agathia
- Barathrum
- Reaper
- Deathripper
Max Mechanitralls
Necrosurgeon & Stitch Thralls
Satyxis Gunslingers
Warwitch Siren
I believe this was my second game into Cryx since Mk3 and my first against the Battlebox caster. With Wind Ravager, I could totally shut down his Reaper, which gave me the drop on him, and after two turns of mulching through his undead, he committed his 'jacks, which were promptly killed by the Neraph and an Angelius, under Kryssa's Feat. At some point, he needed to move in Agathia, since almost everything else was dead, and she got her butt kicked by an Angelius.
Game 2 - Beast Master Xekaar - Recon
Xekaar
- Titan Gladiator
- Titan Bronzeback
- Titan Cannoneer
- Basilisk Krea
Min Paingiver Beast Handlers
I was going first, and I knew that with his Feat, my opponent would be able to score big time on the scenario, since he was able to basically deny me the zone for 1 turn. I rolled pretty hot dies for my Angelius spits, and the Bronzeback was already pretty injured before the melee started. As expected, my opponent Feated early, and I left him the zone, with one small Shredder hidden behind the Fuel Cache cloud, which let him contest the zone since my opponent couldn't see him. He still scored 1 for my objective, though. Next turn, I feated and the first Angelius killed the Bronzeback while pocking once into the Gladiator. Then, my second Angelius charged the Gladiator, and when I rolled a swooping triple 6 for damage (which meant 25 total damages, with Armour Piercing), my opponent gave me the game. I still had my Neraph to activate, but he basically just lost all his punch.
Game 3 - Forge Master Syntherion - Entrenched
Syntherion
- Cipher
- Monitor
- Diffuser
- Galvanizer
- Corollary
2x Algorithmic Dispersion Optifex
Optifex Directive
I was going first again, and I moved toward my own zone. Then, my opponent did the same toward his zone, with the Algorithmic dudes moving one into his zone and the other toward mine. On my turn, my Angelius each killed one of the Algorithmic guys, and I moved into the zone to be ready to score. I didn't move toward him because apart from my Feat, he got a lot more punch than me and decent threat range. On his turn, he sent a violent rip saw into my Neraph, causing 11 damages and crippling the Body, but that was all. To my surprise, he didn't send an Optifex to contest my, so we both scored one. Back to me, the Shredder ran into melee with the Cipher and contested his zone, while the Neraph got healed and did the so-called "Coyote Manoeuver", and he killed the Galvanizer before running back to safety. The rest of my army shuffle a bit around, and an Optifex caught fire. I take the lead with 2-1. On his turn, a boosted lucky roll failed to score 12, so his whole plan to kill my Neraph crumbled. Actually, with all his shoot boosted, he didn't succeed any of them. He killed the Shredder and ran the last Optifex into my zone, so it was 2-2. My opponent has left open Syntherion, so I tried the assassination with the Neraph. Kryssa feated and killed the Optifex, to score, and I kept 4 Fury on her, just in case. The Neraph put Syntherion on fire and left him with one health, and no Focus... The Cipher is killed by an Angelius but reconstructed, and I failed to hit Syntherion with the Sorceress spray. 3-2 on scenario for me. The fire stayed on Syntherion, and I rolled double 6 for damage, which burnt him to death.
Three jolly victories for Everblight today !
Next week, the Shredder goes away, and he is replaced with a Min Swordmen units and the Blackfrost Shard.
Any thought or comments ? Feel free to leave them here !
Sunday, 2 October 2016
Journeyman League Mk3 - Legion
HI EVERYONE !!! I know, I know, you probably all missed me a lot (I have faith in you), but because of my job, it's very hard to have content for the blog when I'm working. That's why you didn't get anything for 2 months.
My job is also the reason I didn't go to the big event that was plan last week, for which I had tried Kryssa here. Nonetheless, I just started a Journeyman League, with Legion of course. I must say, I was every hesitant to embark on a Journeyman League this time for some personal matter, but mainly because I felt like the Legion Battlegroup sucked ass. Somehow, even after today (Sunday is usually the "Let gets together and play mini day" in my area), I still feel like he is waaaaaayyy not on the same level of the other Battleboxes, but hey, what can I do ?
To begin with, my local Press Ganster has made a couple of nice change to the Journeyman Package. 1- Every week is +15pts. 2- Every week, you can swap out one card (except caster). 3- For the painting, 1 model is 1 Victory, 5 is 2 Victory, 10 is 3, 15 is 4 and so on. Minors change really, but that means that I will be able to build my Flying Circus in the Journeyman League ! Every week, I will be tweaking my list toward that goal.
So after week one, it should start to be fun to play, because today was somehow weird...
Game 1 - Magnus the Traitor
I tried to play the "Bolt Thrower pushes you back and run" game, but it failed miserably when Magnus feated and run everything in my face. Sadly for him, he only camped 3, so I charged everything in with Kryssa and the Neraph under the Feat, and Magnus was bygone.
Game 2 - Xekaar
Here, since a full confrontation is absolutely not an option with the Legion Battlegroup, I tried the attrition again, moving at first forward then back. There was a nice house in the middle of the table that was perfect to hide from him. I successfully cast Howling Flame on his caster, which he transferred to the Savage, but my Neraph sneakedly (or is it sneakely ? [my grammar correction software say it is sneakily, oh well we learn every day, folks]) flew over the house and butchered the Savage before sprinting back to safety behind the house. The Reaver was the next one to hit the ground, also diminished Transferred Howling Flame, when a bolt came crashing through his skull. After that, I still had my Feat left, while his was spent, so I just waited for him to come foward and kill the Gladiator.
Disclosure, I got some really hot dices in this game, while my opponent did not, but it was pretty funny to see a Gladiator uses 4 Fury to kill a Shredder.
Game 3 - Syntherion
Well well well, guess what was my strategie here ? Yes, the same boring shoot and move back stuff. Some poor dices on my opponent part left my Neraph on a few boxes, but still with the Feat and Kryssa, he pounded to ground his heavy, while my Bolt Thrower killed the Galvanizer in melee (he had only 4 boxes remaining, so it was an easy kill). After that, the Diffuser charged Kryssa, who survived easily, and proceed to mulsh the three legged robot, leaving with Def 5, enough for a shot in melee from the Bolt Thrower, giving me the game.
So yeah, 3-0 with that crappy Battlebox. Why am I complaining you say ? Because I can tell that my opponents didn't really enjoy their game that much, and I was forced to play that way if I wanted the wins, because there is not enough power in the Battlegroup to pull out much damages.
You will also notice the almost total absence of the Shredder from that report. That would be because they, unsurprisely, didn't do a freaking thing except blocking my opponent advance. They do die well enough, though.
And sadly, for the next week, since I can only trade out one element and I need something more powerful in there, the Bolt Thrower would gives his place to an Angelius, a Nyss Sorceress and a Spell Martyr.
Stay tuned for next week !
My job is also the reason I didn't go to the big event that was plan last week, for which I had tried Kryssa here. Nonetheless, I just started a Journeyman League, with Legion of course. I must say, I was every hesitant to embark on a Journeyman League this time for some personal matter, but mainly because I felt like the Legion Battlegroup sucked ass. Somehow, even after today (Sunday is usually the "Let gets together and play mini day" in my area), I still feel like he is waaaaaayyy not on the same level of the other Battleboxes, but hey, what can I do ?
To begin with, my local Press Ganster has made a couple of nice change to the Journeyman Package. 1- Every week is +15pts. 2- Every week, you can swap out one card (except caster). 3- For the painting, 1 model is 1 Victory, 5 is 2 Victory, 10 is 3, 15 is 4 and so on. Minors change really, but that means that I will be able to build my Flying Circus in the Journeyman League ! Every week, I will be tweaking my list toward that goal.
So after week one, it should start to be fun to play, because today was somehow weird...
Game 1 - Magnus the Traitor
I tried to play the "Bolt Thrower pushes you back and run" game, but it failed miserably when Magnus feated and run everything in my face. Sadly for him, he only camped 3, so I charged everything in with Kryssa and the Neraph under the Feat, and Magnus was bygone.
Game 2 - Xekaar
Here, since a full confrontation is absolutely not an option with the Legion Battlegroup, I tried the attrition again, moving at first forward then back. There was a nice house in the middle of the table that was perfect to hide from him. I successfully cast Howling Flame on his caster, which he transferred to the Savage, but my Neraph sneakedly (or is it sneakely ? [my grammar correction software say it is sneakily, oh well we learn every day, folks]) flew over the house and butchered the Savage before sprinting back to safety behind the house. The Reaver was the next one to hit the ground, also diminished Transferred Howling Flame, when a bolt came crashing through his skull. After that, I still had my Feat left, while his was spent, so I just waited for him to come foward and kill the Gladiator.
Disclosure, I got some really hot dices in this game, while my opponent did not, but it was pretty funny to see a Gladiator uses 4 Fury to kill a Shredder.
Game 3 - Syntherion
Well well well, guess what was my strategie here ? Yes, the same boring shoot and move back stuff. Some poor dices on my opponent part left my Neraph on a few boxes, but still with the Feat and Kryssa, he pounded to ground his heavy, while my Bolt Thrower killed the Galvanizer in melee (he had only 4 boxes remaining, so it was an easy kill). After that, the Diffuser charged Kryssa, who survived easily, and proceed to mulsh the three legged robot, leaving with Def 5, enough for a shot in melee from the Bolt Thrower, giving me the game.
So yeah, 3-0 with that crappy Battlebox. Why am I complaining you say ? Because I can tell that my opponents didn't really enjoy their game that much, and I was forced to play that way if I wanted the wins, because there is not enough power in the Battlegroup to pull out much damages.
You will also notice the almost total absence of the Shredder from that report. That would be because they, unsurprisely, didn't do a freaking thing except blocking my opponent advance. They do die well enough, though.
And sadly, for the next week, since I can only trade out one element and I need something more powerful in there, the Bolt Thrower would gives his place to an Angelius, a Nyss Sorceress and a Spell Martyr.
Stay tuned for next week !
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