Warriors of the Silver Flame vs Empire the rematch

[Hyarion]

My list can be found here.

His list:
10 Swordsmen, full command
4 Handgunners as a detachment
4 Upgraged Knights
1 Hellblaster (Really makes me want to take a treeman next time...)
Lv 1 Wizard (had armor that let him cast spells) took lore of life, rolled Master of the Marsh.

This one will be a bit more vague, but the ending is amazing and I will take more notes next time.

Once again, Jeff got the first turn.

Empire turn 1

Moved everything forward. I was out of sight of the hellblaster.

Woodelves turn 1
Tried to shoot the handgunners with WW, managed to kill 1 (of 4). Ran the WD/Alter up the side. Shooting saw half of the swordsmen fall to the mighty HoDA.

Empire turn 2
The hellblaster vaporized the WW. All of them. Stink. Everybody else moves forward. The knights are moving a little too close now.

Woodelves turn 2
Alter get magicked goes behind rock in center to avoid hell blaster, is directly on the other side of the rock from the wizard/swordsmen. GG kill 2 swordsmen.

Empire turn 3
Knights charge/overrun GG squad 1. Wizard magicks Alter again.

Woodelves turn 3
Alter joins WD in forest behind his deployment zone, just barely not visible to the hellblaster. GG squad 2 kills a knight at close range. GG squad 3 kills remainder of swordsmen. WD hide behind handgunners(who have loaded their rifles with mothballs for all they good they are doing).

Empire turn 4
Knights charge GG squad 2 killing them, overrunning into GG squad 3.

Woodelves turn 4

Charge Alter (aka Captain Whiffing Greatsword) into Wizard, the alter does 1 wound (on 4 attacks), wins combat and overruns the Wizard. WD's charge the handgunners killing them all. Knights don't whiff all their attacks, GG stay in combat.

Empire turn 5
Hellblaster shoots WDs, 13 hits, 6 wounds, 3 saves *phew* Knights manage to kill 1 GG, the foolhardy GG hold and remain to fight another day.

Woodelves turn 5
Alter charges hellblaster, annihilates crew and manages to restrain pursuit. Knights kill 1 more GG, the lone suicidal GG passes his leadership again and decides he really really wants his head taken off by a knightly warhammer.

Empire turn 6
3 Knights of the Inner Circle and 3 horses vs Superman's secret identity as a mild mannered Glade Guard. They hit will all 6 attacks, and fail to wound with all of them. The lone GG (Mr. Lemming) decides to stay in combat (I love ld 8).

Wood Elves turn 6
The Alter flank charges the knights, kills 2, and ends up overruning him.

We didn't bother to count victory points, I annihilated his entire side. Victory to ZIM!

My Glade Guard definitely win the MVP award for this game for passing all of their leadership tests.

[Dori]

Alter joins WD in forest behind his deployment zone

I hope you don't mean he actually joined the unit, because that would be illegal.

Good battle fought. I really enjoy warband battles, as they are easy to follow and I am a big warband-freak (or warband-advocate, whichever you prefer).

Dori

[Hyarion]

No, he didn't join the unit, he just camped out in the same forest as the WD's

I agree, warband games are way more fun because you can usually play two or more in the same time as it takes to play a 2k point game.

[Dori]

No, he didn't join the unit, he just camped out in the same forest as the WD's

I assumed so. I just wanted to clarify it though.


Warband games get loads more fun when you add a few players. Multiplayer warbands are some of the best games I've played.

Dori