This is just a short battle report of a game Steve and I played before Christmas. It was a 35pt game between Khador and the Retribution. Steve’s army was –
- Kaelyssa, Night’s Whisper
- Chimera
- Griffon
- Hydra
- Dawnguard Invictors (Leader and 5 Grunts)
- Dawnguard Invictor Officer & Standard
- Soulless Escort
- Mage Hunter Strikeforce (Leader and 9 Grunts)
- Mage Hunter Commander
- Arcanist
- Ghost Sniper
- Mage Hunter Assassin
The Mage Hunters scare me. Advance deploy ‘caster killers with Stealth. When they lined up across the table I knew I’d have to keep a distance between them and the Butcher. The Ghost Sniper frightened me too.
- The Butcher of Khardov
- Devastator
- Juggernaut
- War dog
- Battle Mechaniks (Leader and 3 Grunts)
- Great Bears of Gallowswood
- Iron Fang Pikemen (Leader and 5 Grunts)
- Iron Fang Pikemen Officer & Standard
- Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts)
- Man-o-war Drakhun (without dismount)
- Manhunter
Okay, my battle plan was to keep the Butcher behind my ‘jacks and let the rest of my army run interference. If I can stall Steve’s ranged threats and let the Butcher get to the heart of his army then I might have a chance. The Manhunter and Drakhun would act as flanking threats.
THE GAME
This shot is from about half way through the game. The Widowmakers were to the right of this picture, but fared badly against the Mage Hunters. One of them did manage to take out the Commander and the Manhunter killed a couple before he was killed.
The IFP performed much better storming forward to kill a couple more Magehunters and take out the Chimera.
The Great Bears stormed out of the woods into the Hydra and wrecked on their charge. One of them was picked off, but the next turn the remaining two were within walking distance of Kaelyssa, who had feated. The Butcher cast Fury on them and feated. The Great Bears missed with three of their four Backswing attacks, but the one that contacted nearly killed the Retribution ‘caster. The Drakhun hunted down the Ghost Sniper and Assassin and was now close to Kaelyssa.
Steve’s retaliation was swift. The Invictors wiped out the remaining Great Bears and the remaining IFP. The Mage Hunters dropped loads of shots onto the Drakhun, but barely managed to damage him. Kaelyssa sensed real danger and charged the war rider. She completely stuffed up her attacks and was now standing in front of an angry horse.
The Khadoran ‘jacks were primed to cause havok. The Juggernaut was loaded with focus and had the Griffon in it’s sights. The Devastator was about to show some Invictors was it was like to be up close when he rained down some death. However, before they could do their thing the Drakhun ended it by trampling the Retribution ‘caster with his horse’s attack!
It was a good game. A lot of Khadorans died to the Mage Hunters, but it was necessary to keep them away from the Butcher. The only damage done to the Butcher was with Whiplash and the Ghost Hunter. My ‘jacks were completely stalled by Kaelyssa’s rough terrain AoE. Steve cast is on my Devastator and completely stalled their movement through a narrow gap between rough terrain. They never got into the game and this in turn stalled the Butcher. It meant I had no use for Full Throttle, which was the spell I really wanted to try out!
Owen
PS Sorry for the poor quality photos – I took them on my phone.
Butcher tends to give Retribution fits, they struggle with high arm and lots of boxes, so Butcher is just a nightmare to assassinate with anything but ‘jacks, which Khador can wreck without a second thought.
Awesome battle report.
Thanks Penguin. You’re right – Retribution really struggled against the high armour. The Drakhun was pretty much immune to their ranged attacks. The only damage done to the Devastator was by the Ghost Sniper.
Owen