Aaron Edwards organised and ran a 10 player, 3 game, 750pt event at Geek Retreat in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK last Sunday. Andy Carr and I went up for the event, its 15 mins from Andy's and a n hour from mine.
A good mix of forces saw 2 Nords, 2 Spire, 2 100 Kingdom, 2 Dweghom, 1 W'adhrun and Aaron's own Old Dominion participate...
Having had the week off before hand, I managed to finish painting all 750pts for this, and manage da single practice game against Andy's Spire, which I eaked out a very narrow win.
745pts Nords
Blooded Warlord with Bear Aspect & Mastery: Curse of Vargr (Brute, place in Brute unit)
4 Ugr, 3 Ugr, 3 Fenr and 1 Mountains Jotnar (I have two additional Ugr painted)
I chopped and added a few bits onto the Ugr's
My Blooded, Y'ondu, Leader of the U'Donta UGR Clan
Big Bob and his pet Direwolf
Blackburn's Geek Retreat is quite spacious and has lots of, well, Geek stuff...
GAME 1
ANDREW SINGLETON
SCENARIO: BREAKTHROUGH
Andy's 100 Kingdom consisted of Mounted Noble Lord with 3 Knights, 3 stands of Mercenary Crossbows, 3 stands of Steel Legion and Imperial officer leading 3 stands of Men-at-Arms
TURNS 1-3
Andrew got his Crossbowmen on first and brought them on centrally. His men at arms popped upon my right, and Knights on the left with Steel legion behind his crossbows. We had two woods, a building and some rubble.
At end of Turn 3 my Fenr were up and ready to charge turn 4
My Ugr's on left allowed me to score as did Andrews Knights so end of Turn 3 was 2-2. Should point out Andy tried a 5+ charge at the Fenr but failed to enter the woods...
TURN 4
I got the first activation and charged the Fenr into the Men at Arms to hold them up. I managed eight hits on the charge through the woods...
Andrew managed six saves though...
Still, I felt I'd boxed his troops in a bit
The crossbowmen took aim at my Warlord led Ugr's but only scored a wound...
I moved my Giant up behind the Fenr, who were wiped out by the Men at Armsas Andrews dice were awesome!!! I then moved up my Blooded's Ugr and was charged after movement, losing only a single model to the impact hits...
END OF TURN 4
The Knights would have to face off against both my Ugr units but the Giant would be facing 3 units on his own...
TURN 5
AND I GOT THE FIRST ACTIVATION, STRIKING AT THE KNIGHTS WITH MY UGR...
But Andrews lost a single knights with some great saves rolls...
They attacked back, dropping a few Ugr's. I charged the Giant in and wiped crossbows down to one man, who was then flanked by the Men at Arms. The Steel Legion couldn't get in to the big guy but as it was a beginner frienldy event, i suggested he withdraw his solo crossbowman from melee and take D6 wounds... My giant took a total of 12 wounds, 6 from the Men at Arms all in, and 6 from melee with Steel legion. So 6 resolve to roll...
And I passed five of them, to leave him hanging on with 1 wound left!!!
My other Ugr's finished off the Knights...
END OF TURN 5
100 Kingdoms 3 VP's
Nords 3 VP's
TURN 6
Andrew got the first activation and the Steel legion killed Big Bob...
My Warlords Ugr's charged the Imperial officer and men at Arms through the woods but failed to kill them. I then moved up and charged the Steel legion in a risky but necessary move. I wasnt going to fall back or push on for an objective, as Ugr's gotta eat!!!
TURN 7 and 8
The Inspired Steel Legion caused eleven wounds on my Ugr's, killing two outright and nicking the third
Amazingly though, I passed eight resolve and so took another 3 wounds leaving one badly beat up Ugr surviving (I should have taken two wounds but in the heat of battle forgot about Oblivious)
I didnt inspire with my Blooded and his Ugr and wiped out the Men at Arms, moving forward into the flank of the two remaining Steel Legion stands. And in Turn 8 I won first activation, charging in and wiping the Steel legion and the 100 Kingdoms out...
END OF TURN 8 (and Game)
3-3 on points as we slugged it out, with my Nords achieving victory by wipe out...
Although I had only played once beforehand with the Nords, I've been running 100 Kingdoms since Conquest came out. Andrew hasn't played much, so we talked a lot about the game and the 100K, and he won his next two games, coming third overall...
GAME 2
AL
W'ADRHUN
SCENARIO: MAELSTROM
Al's W'adrhun consisted of a Predator with 3 stands of slingers. 3 raptor riders and stands of blooded
TURN 1 and 2
The Raptors didn't come on in the first 2 turns. Al got his Slingers on and advanced right up the centre. I brought my Fenr on right side and Blooded Ugr's centrally, both on turn 2.
TURN 3
My Ugr's were broken by the slingers losing two of their number helped as they had to take resolve. I brought Ugr's on my right to secure the objective there and my Fenr charged into engage but not attack this turn with the slingers!!!
This allowed my Warlord to go in for Impact damage!!!
I got an impressive 5 hits which combined with resolve (and a few evades) managed to kill a stand
My giant came on centrally as the Raptor riders came on and javelined my Fenr, scoring only two wounds...
TURN 4
Al got the first activation and his slingers with Predator wiped out my Ugr and Warlord
In response, my Fenr attacked
And wiped them out!!!
I moved up my giant as the W'adrhun Blooded repositioned. The Raptors flanked and wiped out my Fenr
I had sneaked ahead by scoring off the centre on points, but we were also both erroneously scoring from the flank objectives (you need to hold both not one)
TURN 5
Big Bob got charged by the raptors with Al's first activation and again, managed to take 13 wounds...
Unlucky Bob may be his new nickname!!! Or perhaps call his pet Direwolf "Lucky"
I attacked back and brought down a Raptor
Before flanking tehm with my Ugr's, wiping them out...
TURN 6
I got first activation and removed Unlucky Bob from the centre over to the flank objective. Al brought his Blooded over and my Ugr charged them from the woods so no impact or inspire but still scored nine hits...
I felt I could get them buggers!!!
And managed to take out two stands!!!
From the wounds taken though, the Blooded had an Aberration so lethal demise ensued causing seven hits!!!
Again, though I took four wounds (above) I passed all my resolves!!!
TURN 7
AL got first activation and wiped out my Ugr's
And Unlucky Bob stayed out the fight as a six plus charge was not in his interests!!!
END OF TURN 8 (and Game)
NORDS 8 VP's
W'ADRHUN 6 VP's
Al and I spent ten minutes before playing just chatting about the game, miniatures, painting etc. It was a really quick, bloody and intense game, swinging in the middle with one unit avenging the other in rapid succession. Shame we didn't paly the scenario correctly but as we both played it wrong it kinda balanced out and didn't realise until after the game was over
GAME 3
ANNA ROBINSON
DWEGHOM
SCENARIO: HEAD TO HEAD
Hold Raegh Warlord in 5 stands of Hold Thanes, 4 stands of Hold Warriors and 3 stands of Fireforged. A lot of cans to get my cleave 2 into!!! With no Light units on either side, we went straight to Turn 2
TURN 1-3
Anna brought on her Fireforged first, on my left. With more activations, I thought I would try a right hook with my forces, as the Thanes took the centre. and my Fenr led the way up the right with the Ugr's and Unlucky Bob following up.
The Thanes with the Hold Raegh were looking like a tough nut to crack
TURN 4
The Hold Warriors were slow to come on, so I was going to shove my units straight down at where they were going to appear
My Fenr were sent in to block the Thanes, but I needed the first activation to smash in the Hold Warriors
TURN 5
Anna got the dice roll and sent the Hold Warriors in to my Blooded's Ugr's. However, I rolled a few saves and only lost a single Ugr...
The Thanes easily dispatched the Fenr, but I moved the Giant away from them and then charged the FireForged who had moved up, although I had no attacks I had 6 impact hits. Anna's dice failed her as she took five wounds from Unlucky Bob
My second unit of 3 Ugr's charged into the woods and managed a respectable 4 wounds on the defence 5 hardened Thanes!!! My Warlord and his Ugr's left the Hold Warriors broken with a mere three wounds left...
Nords 0 VP's
Dweghom 1 VP
TURN 6
Anna again won the initiative but surprised me with activating the Fireforged (as she felt they were going to get smacked).They did four wounds on the Giant, but this gave my Ugr a reprieve so they hacked into the Thanes killing two stands and leaving one with two wounds left.
The Thanes swung back but my resolve was good and I hung on with two models. My Warlord's Ugr's didn't inspire so after killing the Hold Warriors moved in to a flanking position. The Fireforged were left hanging on by a single badly mauled stand
NORDS 1 VP
DWEGHOM 1 VP
TURN 6
Anna won the dice roll again, activating the Thanes and wiping out my small Ugr unit. They dd not inspire, so turned to face my Ugr and Lord. I duly charged in, doing 5 wounds as Anna's dice failed despite high armour and resolve.
This was getting close as the Hold Raegh and my Blooded started duelling...
The Fireforged (who auto rally due tothe Raegh Supremacy) attacked the giant, inspiring as they did. And I took a snap to show just how badly her dice were landing...
The Hold Raegh threw the first punch and I took three wounds to the Raegh's two.
The Giant finished off the Fireforged without inspiring and then moved up to flank position...
NORDS 2 VP's
DWEGHOM 2 VP's
TURN 7
I got the first turn and in went Unlucky Bob...
This cut the Thanes down to three wounds left. They dropped my Ugrs down to two and I also lost Y'ondu to the Raegh in the challenge...
Still, my Ugr's were inspired by his death and also remembered they get extra attacks (finally) when they suffered wounds.
But the Iron resolve and steel armour meant that despite all those hits, the dwarves only took two wounds and hung on with one left...
NORDS 2 VP's
DWEGHOM 3 VP's
TURN 8
I finally got first activation and had the giant smash the Thane and Raegh into a bloody pulp...
Another cracking game and really close. Chatting after, the game could have went either way and had the Thanes attacked the Ugr rather than the Fireforged v the Giant, it could have easily been a Dweghom win...
ANDREW CARR
SECOND PLACE
A draw with Anna game one and two wins meant Andy had secured a respectable runners up spot behind...
1st Place
Brian McGonigle
Everyone got a box at least so everyone was happy but as I had won all three games (barely I'm sure you'd agree) I ended up top of the pile.
Big thanks to Aaron for putting it on, and all the Blackburn (& Great Harwood) players. Will look forward to the next escalation event as the points go up. (And I have new units to add). The newer players all felt they had learned a lot, and we certainly had a good, fun and chilled time...
Aaron used the Longshanks Event summary to keep track of the event: (7884) Discovering Conquest - 750 Points • Longshanks event 7884
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