Solo Batrep: Warriors v Empire

Empire Turn 2:

Mounted priest successfully charges hounds on left flank while the state troops in the center maneuver and wait for the warriors. Arno repositions behind greatswords. Lloyd peeks around the side of the chapel and doesn’t like what he sees on the opposite side. Archers on the right flank hold as they prepare to shoot down the nearby spawn. The free company enter the chapel at the sight of dozens of Khorne warriors approaching. Gotrek notices Khornan in the mushroom forest and, ignoring the warrior block on his right, swings toward the giant. Shooting units on the left hold as they hope to at least destroy the knights and their BSB friend.



The large warrior unit is hit with Flame Cage but they are not wounded. This should hold them in place next turn allowing the shooters to pick targets more easily. This also helps Gotrek.



Combined shooting from outriders, volley gun, handgunners, and 2 cannons manages to kill only 2 knights and the BSB. Meanwhile one great cannon exploded due to misfire. General Arno shouted “the cannon exploded but nobody panic!” The nearby greatswords failed their panic check but passed the BSB reroll. Close one.

The archers put a wound on the spawn.



In the combat phase the priest smashed 2 hounds, broke them, and restrained pursuit. His reform positioned him well to address the incoming forsaken and lone Khorne knight.

Even the scenery looks amazing. Congrats on the win!

So, how do you record this in your overall won/loss record? Nice report.

Once video games got into him it’s been hard to get him to play. He painted minis at ages 4 and 5 but then I started playing LEGO games on Xbox and he hasn’t painted since. Games are maybe twice a month with him but at 13 he’s now old enough to do tournaments with us.

Warriors Turn 3:

The forsaken complete a very short charge on the outriders, too close for a stand and shoot reaction.


The hellcannon failed its roll and advanced 12 inches toward Luthor and the large warrior unit failed to restrain charging so their frenzy caused them to fail a long charge against Gotrek. Meanwhile Khul and his Khorne halberdiers maneuvered with the Warshrine to hold the central battle line. Oh, and the Khorne knight champion fled right in front of everyone.



The skullcrushers marched over fences and woods to set up a later charge on Arno and Lloyd. Arno could simply fly away but it appears Lloyd cannot avoid this combat.

The spawn eyed up the Imperial archers but moved a measly 2 inches toward them with his random move 2D6.

In the magic phase the Warshrine cast Giver of Glory with irresistible force. Khorgos Khul gained another attack for a total of 8(with frenzy)!

The frenzied Khorne forsaken destroyed 2 outriders, causing the surviving musician to flee from the battlefield. Frenzy led the forsaken to pursue them. Off-board for the Empire shooting phase means that they could live to cause more destruction.


End of turn 3 looks like this:


Empire Turn 4:

The greatswords with priest and BSB charge Khul and his halberd warriors while Lloyd says YOLO and crashes into the Khorne skullcrushers.

Gotrek and Felix drove off the fleeing Khorne knight champion but failed to reach the sword and shield warriors in front of them.



Luthor positioned himself to wait for the forsaken and Arno launched his griffon over the battle line to set up a turn 5 rear charge.
The archers on the right flank realized that the spawn was closing with them and tactically backed up to continue their steady, but ineffective, fire.



End of turn 4 movement:


The winds of magic blew weakly for the Imperial force as they were able to cast flame cage on the large warrior unit but failed to cause any wounds. Chaos dispelled the Shield of Faith prayer from the priest in the greatsword combat.

In a particularly inept shooting phase the Talabheim soldiers managed to kill only one warrior with a cannonball. Oof. Now they get to watch the Khorne buzzsaw fire up in the combat phase.

Lloyd was severely wounded by the skullcrusher riders but held on long enough to thump the unit champion with his massive club, causing 7 wounds to the unfortunate target. Ultimately, Lloyd was felled by a juggernaut and fell clear of the combat.



Khorghos Khul bellowed out a challenge that was accepted by the greatsword champion Karl VonBraun. Karl was minced by Khul’s axe: Slaughter-Gore, taking 6 wounds. The combat saw 7 more greatswords perish while chaos warriors only suffered 3 casualties despite the greatswords scoring an impressive 18 hits out of 21 attacks.

End of Empire turn:


Warriors Turn 4:

The frenzied warriors are forced to flank charge the nearby greatswords. The flame cage surrounding them erupted when they moved, killing 10 blood-soaked warriors!

The forsaken returned to the field and faced both the volley gun and Luthor. With a grunt, the skullcrushers juggernauts wheeled around the chapel toward the great cannon and the juicy flank of the Empire halberd bus.

On the left flank the spawn advanced 7 inches toward the skirmishing archers. Unable to roll the elusive “double ones” the Khorne knight champion sped even closer to his army’s deployment edge. Hoping to finally score a big hit the hellcannon beast pivoted into the mushroom forest to face the bulk of the Imperial troops.



Giver of Glory was cast with irresistible force granting Khorghos Khul +1sv and the two nearby champions each +1A.

The hellcannon beast belched short of its target again, hoping to melt some halberdiers and cause a panic test while Arno is in the enemy backfield.


Corchoran the warrior priest answered the Khorne Lord’s challenge and was promptly destroyed. At this point Khorghos Khul has 10 attacks in combat due to repeated trips to the eye of the gods table. Another 12 greatswords were slain by combined attacks while 5 halberd warriors succumbed to blows from the stubborn greatswords. Outflanked, outnumbered, and falling fast the greatswords refused to flee.


End of Turn 4:

Empire Turn 6:

Arno flees another 8 inches.

It’s too late for the reserves to help so they just maneuver around.

The fire wizard in the burned out house cast a boosted fireball with irresistible force, killing 3 halberd warriors. The subsequent magical feedback wounded the wizard once.


The handgunners failed to wound the hellcannon beast.

Finally, the archers brought down the spawn.


The forsaken revealed poisoned tendrils and used them to finish off the volley gun crew. They then reformed to face the house full of handgunners nearby.

In combat Gotrek defeated the chaos champion in a challenge while the remaining warriors and the Warshrine battered the halberdiers. The humans broke and fled from the Warshrine while Gotrek stayed behind to finish business with the remaining 5 Khorne warriors.