A 500pts game tonight as we do some try out for the Border Patrol tournament I'll be playing in september, and Steven was my opponent bringing his Beastmen to the table.
And it was a seriously savage army facing my Dawi'Zharr line of mighty warriors... and not so mighty Hobgoblins.
While my army had a senechal with Darkforged weapon and Helshard, joining a unit of warriors with hand weapon, shield and full command, as well as a unit of 10 Fireglaives as it's core, I also brought some levy along. This was a unit of Hobgoblins with handweapon and shield, and a unit of 10 Sneaky Gitz for some behind the lines annoyanceing.
His list consisted of a level 1 shaman with Deamonology on a Tuskgor chariot, an additional Tuskgor chariot, and a unit of 11 Gor with the True-horn and a standard bearer. His smaller units included a 10 man short bow Ungor herd, a Razorgor (T5 3W impact) and oh-oh, a Dragon Orge Shartak (that's a save 3+, T4 W4 beast, how the heck do I kill that!). That's a lot of impact hits thundering my way!!
Well, at least I have the numbers this time, but the question will be if we can hold against the savage slaughter that would come my way... and what better way to have them come my way then to hug the hill. We played the second scenario of the tournament pack, in which you either must score the most in 6 turns, or if your army drops below it's Break Point (a tournament special rule). My Darkforged weapon in the meantime turned out to be Hell-Forged.
As I won the roll, I had to take the first turn, and moved my regiments a little bit forward to take the charges, and bring the Fireglaives in range for the next turn, as the Beastmen advanced towards my line.
The Sneaky Gitz turned up behind the Dragon Ogre, and together with the Glaives managed to take out 3 of the beasts 4 wounds.
The Razorgor however charged into the poor Hobgoblin slaves, snorting like crazy... and missing almost everything, the brave slaves actually holding the line after winning the combat.
To add more insult to the big beast, the lowly Hobgoblins actually took the beast down. I said it many times, don't mess with the Hobgoblins!
But their tribulations weren't over, as it was the Dragon Ogre that now plowed into them. And once again they actually won and forced the beast 2 inches back... The Infernal Guard and the senechal prepared themselves for the charge of the Gors and the Shaman on his chariot, while the Sneaky Gitz kept tossing kitchen utensils at the Ungors...
As the struggle between the Dragon Ogre and the Hobgoblins continued, the Gors charged in, but the Shaman, suffering from Stupidity thanks to his deities, failed his test and wasn't allowed to thunder in.
The Infernal Guard soundly beated the goatmen, and they ran off, the pursuit taking them out of the charge arc of the chariot and the Shaman.
The Shaman then charged the Hobgoblins, who somehow STILL where keeping their ground against the massive Dragon Ogre, even though they couldn't pinch off the final wound.
The Tuskgor chariot thundered through the remaining two Ungors, and into the Sneaky Gitz, and decimating them the lone survivor decided to leg it.
The Hobgoblins where taking to much damage and ran off the field, the Dragon Ogre in pursuit and off the table for a moment.
The shaman turned his chariot now towards the Fireglaives on the hill...
... while the Infernal Guard kept moving after the now rallied Gors, ready to take them on should they care for another bout.
As the Dragon Ogre and Tuskgor joined for the charge on the Fireglaives, the Shaman having failed his Stupidity once again, he was down to his last wound after a mighty volley from the guns.
The charge did come though from the other two units, and the Dragon Ogre was gunned down in the stand and shoot, while the Tuskgor chariot charged in but failed to trouble the armoured Dawi'Zharr to much, the combat tied in this last turn for the Beastmen.
The points where tallied, and it was a solid victory for the Chaos Dwarfs. We had lost only both Hobgoblin units, mounting up a measly 108 points, while Steven had lost the Dragon Ogre and Razorgor, lost points for the Ungors and for his General being under 25% of his starting wounds.
Glory to hashut, and that means a trophy model to paint up for my slave regiment!
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