Warhammer Underworlds casual night: Sheer Brutality!

 So, three weeks to go before the Benelux Clash, and I changed warbands and decks and went out to field Hrothgorn's Mantrappers with Breakneck Slaughter.

Because all the dancing around with the vampires wasn't my thing, and this build is just pure hardcore brutality instead.

 

 

Facing me tonight would be Peter, who also still is trying to figure out what he would be taking along, trying out the Hungering Parasite with The Headman's Curse combination for two games of sheer brutality!

 

 

Both led by a "big boy", the bands deployed for the first game of their slugmatch!

 

 

Bushwakka quickly scurried forward, tossing his trap on the objective just across no-man's land. 

The Gnoblar's scrambled, Bushwakka retreating as Quiv moved up to provide Hrothgorn with some much needed arrows for his trap launcher.

But the Bearer of the Block suddenly materialized at the other side of the table, right next to Thafnir. 

The Wielder of the Blade charged the poor companion, and the tiger's nimbleness couldn't save it as the blade swooped down and felled the big kitten.

Luggit and Thwak however quickly avenged Thafnir, slapping the Sharpener of the Blade into Bushwakka's trap and finishing the ghost as such.

Bushwakka was besieged now by the Wielder of the Blade, and quickly fell to the mighty ghost's parasite ping, but at least that wouldn't bring back the Sharpener for now.

The first round as such ended at a 4 to 7 for the Headsman.

 

Hrothgorn launched a bolt at the Wielder of the Blade, and put a Move token on the big guy as a result thanks to the Gotcha card. 

The big ghost flew off, but the ogre chased after him as a battering ram, wounding the monster and pushing him along as a result.

Quiv thought his moment come, and the brave gnoblar charged the Wielder of the Blade, damaging him once and pushing him in the lethal hex.  This caused the sixth wound (he had an upgrade for +1 wounds) and ending the executioner.

But that still left the Scrivener and the Bearer of the Block to deal with, and Quiv is king as he dodged the attack from the Bearer of the Block.

But alas, this couldn't last and soon after the little guy went down, again pinged by the parasite...

Then the Sharpener returned thanks to a ploy card, and this left Hrothgorn in a pickle.

At the end of the second turn, it stood 7-9 for the Headsman.

Luggit and Thwak fell to the combined ghostly assault, but not all was lost.  If Hrothgorn would be able to take someone out in every activation, it might still be doable as I had my 5 glory for wiping the enemy in hand.  With the Scrivener at 2 wounds, the Sharpener at a single and the Bearer at 4... it might be turn out if all the attacks went my way.

The Bearer was the first to fall to the big ogre (which I forgot to Inspire d'oh, first game ever and such).

But missing the traplauncher shots next, the ghosts retreated to safe distances, and while we scored objectives, the Parasite ones scored bigger, netting the Headsman's Curse a 10-15 victory in the end.

So that called for a rematch between both big guys!

We deployed once again, with me opting to make the stacked passage the minimum width.

Hrothgron immediatly thundered forward to try and score the first attack surge, and failed miserably, only pushing the Wielder of the Blade back.

As the Scrivener drifted forward, Bushwakka tossed his trap into his path.

The Bearer of the Block went after Luggit and Thwak, taking out the dynamic duo swiftly.  

But Thafnir pounced on the Scrivener, pushing him into the trap and out of the game.

The first round ended as such with a 4-4 score on the board.

In the second round, Bushwakka became the centre of attention now for the ghosts, and was felled by the Wielder of the Blade, allowing him to bring back the Scrivener.

 

The Bearer of the Block next took down Quiv, as the plucky gnoblars became singled out and where all out of the game, leaving Hrothgorn and Thafnir to do the dirty work.

Thafnir took down the Sharpener of the Blade, resulting in him and Hrothgorn getting inspired as the ghost was adjacent to my leader.

Fortunatly, Hrothgorn used his crossbow shot against the Bearer of the Block though and this mostly to pull him out of my territory to score Eager for the Fight and Too Slow, and the second round ended with a 12-8 lead for the Mantrappers.

Going into the third, and the Wielder of the Blade having been forced to ping itself twice in a row now, the big ghost took down Thafnir in a devastating charge, and bringing back the Sharpener as a result.

Hrothgron however immediatly avenged his faithfull companion, taking the big ghost out.

Everyone was now huddled around the middle of the board, as it became an all against the now 8 wounds big ogre.

 

His crossbow thwanged, and the Scrivener was shot down by the mighty trap launcher.

But the ghost was brought back once again, and saving as such the parasite wearing Sharpener to take the ping damage instead.  However, with both scoring three glory in the last end phase, the sheer brutality of Hrothgorn this game yielded a 20-14 victory!

So conclusion after the first games?  I will be changing two upgrades in the deck, but for the rest it is okay for me.  Sure, the 5 glory wipe em all is very situational and perhaps hard to score, BUT it is fun so I keep it in there.  I will be switching out two upgrades though, one allowing to draw two cards as an action and one allowing an edge hex teleport, for simpler, even more brutal stuff.

I might not go for the top spots at the Benelux Clash, but boy will I be the bully of the place hopefully hehehe...