This was a chance to play a 6,500 game, on a 10'x4' table, getting lots of the toys out. It would be Empire, defending against a Chaos attack from Warriors of Chaos (3,500 pts) and Beastmen (3,000 pts) combined. 2 players aside. In the end we started at around 10am, and fought until 8.30 pm, a marathon (with halts for lunch and tea).
I'm not going to do a play-by-play breakdown, too much happened, but it looked great when we had all the models deployed, and was great fun for a full day, with much tea and pizza, as we took over the kitchen for the day.
Rough lists were:
EMPIRE
Empire General on Griffon
Grandmaster of knights Panther on demigryph
4 x Empire Generals (mostly leading Knight units)
2 x Empire Captains (leading infantry blocks)
1 Harbinger of Doom (with Flagellants)
2 x Lvl 4 Wizards (one on a Pegasus)
30 Greatswords
3 x 20 Crossbowmen
4 x 10 Handgunners
30 Spearmen
30 Halbardiers
5 x 5 Outriders
30 Flagellants
3 x 10 Inner Knights
4 Demigryph Knights Panther
6 Great Cannons
2 Helblaster Volley guns
WARRIORS OF KHORNE
Daemon Prince
2 Aspiring Champions
1 Sorcerer - lvl 3
30 Marauders
16 Marauders (skirmishers)
20 Chaos Warriors
20 Chaos warriors (additional hand weapons)
2 x 5 Chaos Hounds
2 x Chaos Spawn (gorbeasts)
2 x Chaos Chariots
3 Dragon Ogres
8 Chosen Chaos Knights
1 Gigantic Chaos Spawn
1 Warpfire Dragon
BEASTMEN
Beastlord
Wargor (BSB)
Bray Shaman - lvl 4
Bray Shaman - lvl 2
Ghorros
30 Bestigor
32 Gors
18 Gors
2 x 10 Ungor with shortbows
20 Ungor
6 Minotaurs
Cockatrice
10 Centigors (Sons of Ghorros upgrade)
10 Harpies
1 Chaos Giant
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| The deployment. Terrain was a few scattered woods, rocks and a stream and bridge, leaving lost of space for the big units. |
Highlights were;
The initial advance and charge of the spawn, as their random moves pinned the advance of the Empire Knights, for them to then be charged. Early disaster was averted as the knights, led by generals, held OK, lost, but didn't break. They would lose eventually, but they had bought valuable time.
The demigryphs Knights Panther charging into massed gors and ungors, and hammering them, twice, before they all broke and ran, ridden down.
Greatwsword defeating Chaos chariots and then ambushing gors, on the extreme Empire left wing.
Chaos Spawn breaking and routing the knights and pursuing them into the spears behind, aided by dragon ogres, they would carved these down in numbers too (including the captain cut down in a challenge with the dr-ogre Shartak), as the Empire centre threaten to collapse.
Harbinger and flagellants carving down the charging chaos giant (rubbish as always).
Empire cannons hititng and rolling 1s to-wound (6 times in the game!).
Cockatrice jumping a volley gun crew and turning 1 to stone, before eating the other 2.
Big monster-bash as Empire general and his griffon fought the dragon and the cockatrice (after he'd chased off the harpies threatening cannon crews). This bash result in the dragon with 1 wound left, the general with 1 wound left and the cockatrice unwounded and trying to turn him to stone.
Empire knights fleeing from the sons of Ghorros, to rally and come back and held destroy them, as the demigryph knights reformed and continued to hammer all before them (hated).
Pics of the actions:
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| Chaos right, down the table. |
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Empire centre |
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Chaos centre, warpfire dragon as cannonball magnet, and so lucky to live.
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Empire right, in the sun
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Beasts on the left, facing them
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| Khorne berserkers tear up halbardiers, aided by daemonic vigour |
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| Warpfire dragon swoops towards the griffon, his target, as cannon balls fly all around. |
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| Demigryphs advance and charge, led by their grandmaster. |
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| Demigryphs as MotM, smashing it up through the beasts. Glory for their order today. |
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| General von Winterhart fights off two enemy monsters, but can't quiet finish off the dragon. |
In the end, after 10 hours (maybe 9 playing) and exhaustion setting in (for the 4 players), the Empire still had a narrow lead on VPs, so it was their narrow win, but in the end, the result doesn't matter, the day's fun was the important bit... a game to remember. Nice to have a really big bash.
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