Geoff defended in the first game. Both our armies had a core of blades with some shooters. Geoff's were supported by warband and a hero, with a magician general. I had artillery and a hero.
Initial approaches.
On the flank I lost a a shooter, which opened up a gap in my line, exposing my artillery. Geoff charged the gun with his archers and destroyed it.
This allowed Geoff to roll up my line. My blades put up a great fight against their opposite numbers, but blade vs blade is always a hard slog, and I had no way of exploiting any advantages I gained.
Geoff polished off enough of my elements to get a win. He lost nothing.
In the second game Geoff switched to High Elves; lots of spears and shooters, some knight chariots and a hero. I swapped my artillery and an accompanying lurker, for a couple of knights (the dwarves with the spiked rollers)
Our respective heroes and the knights fought each other on my right, and I gained the upper hand, destroying both chariots.
Leaving the knights to keep the Elven hero amused I turned my hero on the flank of their spear line, and attacked with the blades.
The Dwarven crossbows were outnumbered two to one by Elven archers, but put up a great fight. mostly due to the Elves attacking in a rather scattered formation, preventing them from concentrating their fire. The Dwarves even scored a kill.
The spears were driven back, and one element was lost on the flank.
The Dwarven rollers squished the Elf hero to give the Dwarves a win.
One game each seemed a fair way to end the evening.
Looks fun, but squishing an elf!
ReplyDeleteWhat else are Elves for, if not to squish?
DeleteA very enjoyable battle report. The dark elf on the horse is beautiful. I like the blue christals on his base. It's the hero I suppose?
ReplyDeleteHe was indeed a hero.
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