BrianMcG: Battle of the Gold Road: Lannister v Targaryen Mega Battle

Matt Geary hosted a massive 160 point battle, with a fully grown Drogon and 80 points of Dothraki fielded by myself and Simon against 160 points of Lannister infantry ably led by Callum.

If you have three and a half hours, watch it in all its glory...

AND IT IS GLORIOUS!!!

If not, this is a poor attempt of a report, and contains spoilers to the main video!!!

(Yeah, I know, its like coffee cups that tell you its hot)

The Battle of the Gold Road - 160 Points - ASOIAF TTMG Bat Rep LIVE - YouTube

The keys rules were that the Dothraki units destroyed could come back on by swapping a zone out when claimed by an NCU.

Th Dothraki got victory points for killing units, Jaime Lannister and the food carts.

The Lannisters got points for wounding Drogon, Dothraki units and getting the carts and units into the city...

One of the four carts has a Scorpion with 4 attacks...

But 40pt Drogon always gets a save!!! But we said Scoprion would give it a -1

The carts that must be protected (or destroyed). They also hit like a chariot, doing D3 + a wound per remaining enemy rank

The Dothraki attack begins

With the cavalry horde attacking on both flanks, as Drogon flies in head on

The Lannister Commander Callum takes a well earned break after setting up

The Lannister Army is large, but the Dothraki has a larger Dragon.

The Dothraki planned to hit hard on the Lannister right with Drogon

Drogon will soon catch up with the cavalry

The aptly named Poor Fellows would be first to feel the heat...

Simon's left flank began with a unit of Halberdiers dying from Outrider arrows and a Screamer charge...

The Lannisters advanced swiftly on my flank, the Dothraki right, using their taunt to weaken my shooting

Drogon incinerated the poor Fellows as the Lannisters sought to strengthen their right. Dismounted Screamers (Stormcrow Dervishes) also aided the Dothraki attack.

The Lannister front lines were suffering, but the Honour Guard were exacting a toll

After cutting down a Halberdier unit, the veterans totally whiffed attacking the Pyromancers and were cut down in a flurry of crossbow bolts and green flashes

My Screamers hit the Poor Fellows at the van of the column of carts

as did my Hrakkar but it took 4 wounds on activation from a failed panic check before a precision attack finished it.

Drogon avenged the dead Lion

While Simon's units were making good progress on the left, I was trading a unit a time with the Lannisters.

The first cart got flanked but survived before I failed a 3+ charge to finish it off. It healed up as a second made its way past the dragon

The Lannister forced their way through on the Dothraki right, crushing my forces but they had lost a good number themselves. But the river was stymying their rear ranks

Simon's forces were making good in roads into the Lannister ranks but Jamie Lannister was now leading the charge with his Honour Guard

The Dervishes were marooned in the small copse as the Halberdiers by-passed them.

Bronn was bringing up the rear with Red Cloaked Honour Guard

I retreated out the woods but it was only to by time for reinforcements

Drogon incinerated a cart but the most advanced one ran through my unit to escape the flames

More Outriders sped on from the board edge towards the Halberdiers, with all our NCU's being used to bring on five units, four of which converged on the cart that had nearly reached safety.

My Veterans managed to get the charge in to prevent the cart escaping, cutting it down and swinging back towards the main battle

Jaime Lannister failed to charge the Dragon but took damage from its flaming breath attack. Bronn jumped on to the rear wagon, bringing the Scorpion to bear at close range

Ser Bronn of the Blackwater, would be Dragonslayer...

My dice had been lacking all game, but this was the pinnacle. We had tweaked rules to give the Scorpion a -1 to Drogon's save, so need 3+'s. 8 hits saw Drogon took FOUR wounds

This enraged the Dragon, who charged in and wiped out Jaime's Guards, Jamie dying as Drogon then went into the last cart. Drogon destroyed the cart, and was charged on three sides by Lannisters before swooping out of combat. With more Dorthaki closing in, and an angry Dragon in their midst, the Lannisters fled the field

That was great fun. As a themed battle, the Lannisters had little chance of winning from the outset, but Callum made a good fist of it by destroying my forces. Simon faired better and cut more Lannisters down than I, but Drogon was all powerful. Bad dice dropped him to half wounds, but overall he was relatively untroubled.

UPCOMING

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