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Post by riot on Oct 31, 2019 15:50:19 GMT
During the Half term Lee and I had decided that one thing we did need was a bloody big game of little soldiers. Conversation went a little something like this . . . . . . Whats the biggest army you've got? Bring everything you have! 7000 points aside it is!!!!! I muster my 7000 points with some help of some proxies from my smaller WIP Beastman Army . It was great to see the Guthook tribe out on mass again! One thing I know I don't miss is the bloody hobby maths! Lee musters his forces! 7000 points of beautifully painted little men. Or what we Ogres call lunch! The table is set! The deep breath before the plunge! Part 2 to come
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Post by Horace on Oct 31, 2019 20:55:32 GMT
Wonderful stuff
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Post by knoffles on Nov 1, 2019 8:01:19 GMT
You have to love a large battle!
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Post by riot on Nov 1, 2019 12:27:16 GMT
Turn one and the Ogres advance on mass. Karl Franz launches himself straight out of the gate and attacks the Stonehorn! The brave Halberdiers march forward to stall the Ogre advance. The Imperial gunners take aim! The ogres stand ready to face the cannonade before them . . . . . . In the Centre Captain Guthook continues his advance with his Ironguts in tow. In the centre the battle between the Emperor and the Hunter continues. At the start of turn two despite the outrageous amount of shot fired at my army the majority of my forces are still standing!! The Ogre advance continues while my Firebelly on his magic carpet thunders forward and tries to wreck havoc with fireballs and panic tests! Lee's White Wolves charge the lowly Gnobblers! The rest of the Imperial right wing advance at a more measured pace. On my right flank the Ogres pounce! My Hunter falls but the Stonehorn continues the fight. Turn 3 and part 3 still to come. . . . . . . .
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Post by riot on Nov 1, 2019 15:57:24 GMT
Turn 3 and the slaughter begins. In the third turn Lee unleashes his forces into my left flank. He casts 'light of something' which grants his forces Initiative 10 and an additional attack to each model. This will really turn the tide on this flank! Despite causing carnage my Firebelly in unable to cause a major stampede due to the presence of the Imperial BSB. But Lee does see this as an opportunity to have a pigeon shoot. My deployment on the left has not been the best and I find I have blocked in too many units. The only advantage of this is that Lee will have to chew through each individual unit before his flanking forces can charge to the rescue in the centre. Captain Guthook shelters in the ruined temple and prepares to unleash hell next turn!
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Post by riot on Nov 1, 2019 16:04:42 GMT
In the centre my Firebelly is pooping bricks while waiting for the shooting phase!! To my right my Giant continues the 'yell and bawl' In the shooting phase my Firebelly faces 2 cannon balls and 20 pistol shots . . . . . . . . But somehow makes it through the other side still standing!!!! The brave Imperial Halberdiers have finally had enough and flee the Giant being stomped into the ground as they turn to flee. At this point the rest of the artillery on Lee's left have been massacred through a combination of 'comet of Cassandora' and Mournfang charges! Lee loses 3 Aryans to my lowly Gnobblers!! No minstrel will be singing about these boys ;0) Despite this small victory the Imperial charge cuts through my Ogres like a hot knife through butter"! In an attempt to turn the tide in the centre my Slaughter master single handily charges the Knights carrying the BSB and attempts to cause carnage with a miscast . . . . . . Unfortunately I roll a 'magical feedback' on the miscast table. This sees all my wizards take a wound and this is the demise of my heroic Firebelly on his flying carpet 😠Lee quickly reforms his line to face my Tyrant and his body guard after they have torn through the Imperial forces in the centre.
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Post by riot on Nov 1, 2019 16:16:08 GMT
In the last gasps of the end game our remaining forces turn to finish each other off. At this point Karl Franz has fallen but his mount is determined to fight on for it's fallen master. At the start of turn 6 the battle balances on a knifes edge . . . Lee is trailing behind on points but the Imperial Grandmaster stands high in his stirrups and orders his outnumbered Knights forward in one last charge in memory of the fallen Emperor!!!!! . . . . . Irresistible force meets immovable object in a final fling of the die! . . . . . . . No quarter will be asked or given in this clash of arms! . . . . . . Caught up in this fervour the pitiful remnants of the Reiksguard charge my mass of Ogre bulls! . . . . As the mass of Knights thunder forward a final 'comet of Cassandora' plummets to the ground decimating the Imperial infantry but narrowly missing the Imperial cavalry!! . . . The last of the Reiksguard crash into the sweating mass of Ogres . . . . . . . . . . and do just enough to cause the Ogres to turn and flee!! The Ogres are cut down to an orgy of blood lust . . . . . EVERYTHING hangs on the combat in the centre were Captain Guthook stands defiant surrounded by his Ironguts . . . . . . Somehow the Imperial forces win the combat and the Ogres fail their leadership roll of a 9 with a re-roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In a roar the Imperial forces spur on their mounts and cut down the Ogre forces as they turn to flee. Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The pitiful remnants of two once grand armies stare at each other from across the battle field. The decimated Imperial forces raise their voices it triumph (but that might of been Lee)! What a game!! A last ditch, all or nothing charge, by a vastly outnumbered and outgunned ragged remnants of a once grand army. An ending befitting of any Warhammer fantasy novel and the stuff of legends. . . . . Just like Lee.
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Post by knoffles on Nov 2, 2019 6:19:07 GMT
Fantastic stuff. How long did that take to play? The death of the firebelly is classic Warhammer. To survive everything thrown at him just to die to feedback...a tragic tale of betrayal 😂
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Post by riot on Nov 2, 2019 9:08:43 GMT
About an hour to set up and then about 10 hours to play through including dinner 🥘 .
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Post by gangland on Nov 2, 2019 22:53:11 GMT
Did you use Storm of Magic rules?
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Post by mrbaldrick on Nov 3, 2019 5:17:02 GMT
Fun looking game, great looking armies too.
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Post by warlordghazak on Nov 3, 2019 7:56:37 GMT
Seems like a very fun game! It seems the gnoblars did very well!
Cheers, WGG
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Post by riot on Nov 3, 2019 8:53:17 GMT
Did you use Storm of Magic rules? No mate. The game was complicated enough as it was 🤯
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Post by riot on Nov 3, 2019 8:53:57 GMT
Fun looking game, great looking armies too. Thanks man. It was a great day of gaming
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Post by riot on Nov 3, 2019 8:55:26 GMT
Seems like a very fun game! It seems the gnoblars did very well! Cheers, WGG The gnobblers are the bane of many a gamer in my circle 🤩
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