HOTT In Brisbane

It was, indeed, hot in Brisbane. 

So last week we travelled up north, crossed the border into the 1950s and went to visit my son and his family. He requested that I bring some HOTT armies as he hadn't played in a while and really fancied a game. We managed one game.

For those that remember my son from the UK HOTT compettion circuit many years ago, here he is now. 

He used the Dukedom of Ceidonia (which is strictly his army, but he left all his HOTT armies behind when he moved out and they're MINE now) - Blade general, blade, two knights, a hero, a behemoth and four spears. I used the Spawn of Tiamat - Magician general, hero, four hordes, three knights, a beast and a behemoth. The Ceidonoans defended. 

The centre saw the heroes of both sides facing off, as well as the foot.

My left flank saw our knights and behemoths get straight into a fight. I felt confident here, being one knight up. The downside for both of us was thata wood seperated this flank from the both armies' generals, making command a little harder. Still, with everything impetuous, combats would be maintained with little effort; the flank would fight itself. 

The centre wasn't looking so good for me, with hordes facing spears. Tiamat used magic to try and eliminate the enemy hero but he resisted her. 

Things quickly fell apart. 

The Ceidonians were doing OK on the flank as well; they had eliminated one of Tiamat's knights, evening up the fight. You can see Tiamat's beasts assisting on the flank.

Qingu the hero was flanked and eliminated, leaving Tiamat pretty much on her own. 

Some blades drew the beasts away from the Ceidonian tank. However they were quickly eliminated by Tiamat's creatures. 

More fighting on teh flank saw more of Tiamat's army eliminated. 

Tiamat finally ensorcelled the opposing hero. Surprisongly this brought the casualties to near parity; we were both at a stage where a couple of good combats would see us win. 

This was helped by Tiamat being able to bring back all of the dead hordes. 

But the battle was decided on the flank; Tiamat's giant worm was finally defeated by the Ceidonian tank and that was enough to break the forces of Chaos. 

Cei and I haven't played against each other in a while so it was nice to have a game, even if I did lose. In a few years I'll be able to lose to his son ...