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Dwarfs Vs High Elves 2500 Dec 17, 2018 13:50:03 GMT knoffles and strutsagget like this

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Post by Horace on Dec 17, 2018 13:50:03 GMT

It was the turn of the mighty Dawi to take on the High Elves in my latest battle!

My brother, fresh from his victory (at last) with his Empire opted to take his High Elves and trotted out a list using his new Loremaster and quite a lot of Archers which he had acquired along with some Spearmen he was after.

I opted for an Anvil of Doom list, along with a block of Rune of Slowness-wielding Thunderers & ~~Burlock Damminsson~~ Grimm Burlocksson. These were complemented with a Flame Cannon, Cannon, Miners, Longbeards, Slayers and Hammerers. I figured my Anvil could hold an area if forward placed fairly well, and that I would forward place my Flame Cannon (entrenched) along with the Thunderers, backed up by my 2 main fighting blocks (Hammerers and Longbeards). The Miners would be used as ambushers, either to move on artillery or to join as and where required. The Slayers and Gyrocopter were for use as interference.

My list:
Runelord on Anvil of Doom (Great Weapon, 2 Runes of Spellbreaking & Master Rune of Gromril)

Grimm Burlocksson

Thane (Handgun, Shield, Battle Standard, 2 Runes of Slowness & Master Rune of Grungi)

24 Longbeards (Great Weapons)

19 Thunderers (Shields)

21 Hammerers

18 Miners

18 Slayers

Cannon

Gyrocopter

Flame Cannon (Rune of Forging)

His list (approx):

Loremaster (Book of Hoeth, Talisman of Protection)

Mage (High Magic, Level 2)

Battle Standard (Shield of Merwyrm)

29 Spearmen

15 Archers

15 Archers

10 Archers

23 Swordmasters

19 Phoenix Guard

7 Shadow Warriors

Eagle

Eagle

Tiranoc Chariot

Bolt Thrower

Flamespyre Phoenix

We decided to just play a standard battleline, then rolled the scenery from the book. We ended up with a table with a river down the middle (just got a bigger table now the river didn't really reach!), some Quicksand, a Marsh and a building with a few obstacles and some ruins. I deployed as mentioned above really, with the Flame Cannon fairly central and forward and the Thunderers alongside. The Hammerers and Slayers went next to the Thunderers to make use of the Grungi banner. The Longbeards were placed on my far right and the cannon and Slayers on the left along with the Gyro. A lack of hills left my cannon somewhat exposed but I intended to swing my Slayers around to try and offer it some protection. Removing the Eagles and preferably the Phoenix and Bolt thrower were early priorities to protect my war machines.

He deployed more right-side leaving my Longbeards a little isolated, hiding his Phoenix a little behind some ruins and everything else pretty much in a line, with his Swordmasters and Loremaster at the back. His Shadow Warriors deployed just behind the Swamp pressing up on my right flank

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Dwarfs Vs High Elves 2500 Dec 18, 2018 14:52:02 GMT knoffles likes this

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Post by Horace on Dec 18, 2018 14:52:02 GMT

High Elves won the roll to go first and advanced up the table. The Eagles flew forward and pressed up on the Dwarf right flank alongside the Shadow Warriors. The magic phase saw the Phoenix Guard Walk Between Worlds and march right up over the river into the Dwarf left flank. The Archers and Bolt Thrower all took aim at the cannon but fortunately failed to wound it. The Shadow Warriors shot at the Anvil but again failed to wound.

In the Dwarf turn the Slayers swung around the Cannon to try and deter the Phoenix Guard from charging it. I was trying to find a way to block something with the Gyrocopter but it seemed impossible without exposing it to untold amounts of missile fire so it just flew up behind the Cannon. The rest of the Dwarf line advanced. The Anvil blasted one of the Eagles off the board and the Cannon downed the Bolt thrower. The Thunderers, pimped with Grimm Burlocksson's shooting ability, somehow managed to not kill the other Eagle rather annoyingly. The Flame Cannon managed to drop a template on the Spearmen and incinerated 8.

In the High Elf turn 2 the Phoenix Guard kicked things off by charging the Cannon. The remaining Eagle flew in-front of the Slayers and blocked them from counter charging the Phoenix Guard. The rest of the army continued to advance. He got his Swordmasters a little jammed up behind his other units. He directed a lot of shooting at the Slayers but Grungi helped them out again, and the remaining Archer unit only managed to kill a single Hammerer. In his magic phase he managed to cast Wyssan's Wildform on the Phoenix Guard and Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma on the Thunderers. The Phoenix Guard duly murdered the Cannon and reformed slightly.

Onto my turn. The Slayers charged the Eagle which was blocking them, I was completely banking on them finishing the Eagle and over-running out of the way of the Phoenix Guard. The Miners arrived and entered behind the Phoenix Guard and also to provide some deterrent to the Phoenix. The Thunderers, gimped by Melkoth's swung around to face the Phoenix Guard. The rest all advanced, ignoring the Shadow Warriors completely. The Anvil blasted a few Phoenix Guard but again with a miscast so was unable to utilise the rest of the power dice. The Gyrocopter also steam gunned the Phoenix Guard but to little effect. The Flame Cannon continued it's brutal assault on the advancing Elf line killing another pile of Elf Spearmen and some Archers too. The Slayers managed to dispatch the Eagle no problem and overran "safely" away from the Phoenix Guard, who were now offered a beautiful middling charge into my Thunderers...

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Dwarfs Vs High Elves 2500 Dec 20, 2018 16:43:38 GMT knoffles likes this

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Post by Horace on Dec 20, 2018 16:43:38 GMT

My brother ummed-and-ahed about charging the Phoenix Guard into the Thunderers. "They will have that stupid rune won't they" he mused. He went for it anyway, and yes, they did have that stupid rune and yes he rolled low enough that even a bad Rune of Slowness roll meant he still failed the charge and ate the Stand & Shoot. Fortunately for him Melkoth's was still in effect which limited the damage. He swung his Spearmen out the way of the Slayers to try and bring the Swordmasters to the fore, and to provide some line of sight for his archers who he hoped would shoot them to pieces now they were well away from the Grungi protection. His Phoenix flew over the Miners and threatened the rear of the Dwarf forces, whilst the Shadow Warriors also advanced. Into the magic phase and he managed a roll of a 2 and a 1. Not the best timing! He managed to Melkoth's my Thunderers yet again though. I forgot to use my Spellbreakers. He shot the Slayers with 2 units of Archers but did not manage much in the way of damage with some bad rolling. The other Archer unit shot the Gyrocopter down to 1 wound with it requiring a couple of armour saves just to survive. The Tiranoc Chariot guy also forced an armour save but the Gyrocopter survived, just!

Onto my turn, the Slayers charged the rear of the Spearmen. The Miners failed a long charge attempt at the Chariot. The rest of the army just continued advancing. The Gyrocopter swung around to pour more pain on the Phoenix Guard. In the magic phase the Anvil went full power at the Phoenix and downed it to a single wound! The Gyrocopter Steam Gunned the Phoenix Guard and sent them Panicking, they pulled up just short of the board edge! Disaster for the Elves. This left the Thunderers to finish off the Phoenix. The Flame Cannon dropped another lovely template on the Swordmasters and Archers. The Slayers gave the Spearmen a good kicking in the combat but the Spearmen remained Steadfast. The Slayers were going to fulfill their oath and meet their doom.

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Dwarfs Vs High Elves 2500 Dec 21, 2018 9:03:14 GMT strutsagget likes this

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Post by Horace on Dec 21, 2018 9:03:14 GMT

Things were looking grim for the Elves. The Tiranoc Chariot charged the Miners and the Swordmasters charged the Slayers. The Phoenix Guard rallied and readied themselves behind the Miners. The Shadow Warriors moved right up on the Flame Cannon. In the magic phase he cast Wyssan's and Lifeblood on the Swordmasters. He failed to down the Gyrocopter with his Archers. The Swordmasters brutally finished the Slayers and turned to face the Dwarf line. The Chariot rolled poorly on it's impact hits and attacks and was hacked to pieces by the Miners who reformed to face the Phoenix Guard. Then to make matters worse the Phoenix totally fizzled to death.

It was time to put the final nails in the Elven coffin. The Miners charged the Phoenix Guard. The rest of the Dwarf line advanced whilst the Gyrocopter continued pouring pain on the Elven troops. The Anvil boosted the armour save of the Miners. The Flame Cannon doused the approaching Shadow Warriors and reduced them to a single man. The Miners successfully carved up the Phoenix Guard who broke and fled from the battle.

There was not much left the Elves could do. The Shadow Warrior charged the Flame Cannon and was duly dispatched. He advanced his troops and tried to cast the boosted version of Searing Doom on the Thunderers in a desperate attempt to grab a big chunk of victory points but was unsuccessful. He finally managed to down the Gyrocopter.

The last turn saw the Hammerers charge at the Swordmasters for a particularly bloody round of combat but no-one fled. The battle ended and the Elven army was left in tatters.

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Post by knoffles on Dec 21, 2018 13:55:16 GMT

Yah to the dwarves vanquishing the haughty high elves!

I hope you are winding your brother up over being the better general 😉.

I love what I consider the ‘Wayne English’ blue and white on your dwarf unit and the green looks good too.

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Dwarfs Vs High Elves 2500 Dec 22, 2018 8:54:04 GMT via Tapatalk knoffles and strutsagget like this

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Post by Horace on Dec 22, 2018 8:54:04 GMT

Cheers

In hindsight I would paint my longbeards differently but they were the first models I painted after getting back into the hobby.

It was a fun game, his list was far from optimal and dwarfs probably the least ideal to face with all those archers. The Anvil performed fairly well. I think it's fairly good at area denial too since you can build a super tough unbreakable Runelord and just 6 dice the armour or damage spells. It is however a little boring. A few more runes (And 1 of them not being complete garbage) and it could have been really cool. The Flame Cannon and Gyro were immense. Flame Cannon with forging is really under rated imo. Love dropping templates