Fair warning: this game was a mess. I think between us we had played about 5 games of dev host (including today), so we had a lot of mulligans for things like the pot, threat ranges, all sorts. Ended up being a fun game where we learned a lot. Because of this I’m not going to detail our mess ups in the batrep, just assume they were constant and I’ll tell it as if it had been played right. If you’re curious about what they were feel free to ask though. I got a few less photos as well sadly. Sort of start, middle and end rather than turn by turn.

Lists
Circle Orboros		Circle Orboros
Devourer’s Host	Secret Masters	Devourer’s Host	Secret Masters
Wurmwood -Cassius -Ghetorix -Pureblood Lord of the Feast Wolf Rider Champion Shifting Stones Shifting Stones Death Wolves Tharn Ravagers -Chieftain Boil Master and Spirit Cauldron Bloodtrackers -Nuala Brighid & Caul	Krueger2   All the pokemon (lesser) more or less. I didn’t really see the list and by this point I was a bit tired and so forgot when it came to writing. Woops….	Iona1 -Ghetorix -Feral Warpwolf Lord of the Feast Tharn Ravager Whitemane Feralgeist Tharn Ravagers -Chieftain Tharn Ravagers -Chieftain Boil Master and Spirit Cauldron Bloodtrackers -Nuala Brighid & Caul	Krug2 -Woldwarden -Storm Raptor -Feral Warpwolf Gatorman Husk 2 Gallows Groves Blackclad Wayfarer Bone Grinders Farrow Valkyries Druids of Orboros -Overseer

My lists: As per last game, I dropped Iona because I needed practice with her and Krueger was a mess of a list.

List choices: Wurmwood v Iona    Scenario: The Pit II   Priority roll: He did and chose first

Continue reading “Champions Tournament Round 3: Wurmwood1 (Devourer’s Host) vs Iona1 (Devourer’s Host)” →

Lists
Skorne		Circle Orboros
Imperial Warhost	The Exalted	Devourer’s Host	Secret Masters
Makeda3 -Aptimus Marketh -Agonizer -Krea -Basilisk Drake -Archidon -Archidon -Cyclops Brute -Cyclops Brute -Rhinodon Siege Animantarax Siege Animantarax Min Paingiver Beast Handlers Min Paingiver Beast Handlers	Hexeris1 -Aptimus Marketh -Mammoth -Archidon -Agonizer -Gladiator Extoller Soulward Ancestral Guardian Feralgeist Max Immortals -Command Attachment Min Paingiver Beast Handlers Min Paingiver Beast Handlers	Iona1 -Ghetorix -Feral Warpwolf Lord of the Feast Tharn Ravager Whitemane Feralgeist Tharn Ravagers -Chieftain Tharn Ravagers -Chieftain Boil Master and Spirit Cauldron Bloodtrackers -Nuala Brighid & Caul	Krug2 -Woldwarden -Storm Raptor -Feral Warpwolf Gatorman Husk 2 Gallows Groves Blackclad Wayfarer Bone Grinders Farrow Valkyries Druids of Orboros -Overseer

My lists: See last batrep. I know I’m taking Iona because I need more practice and Krug2 is a nothing list.

List choices: Hexeris v Iona          Scenario: Mirage              Priority roll: He won the roll off after 3 re-rolls (we matched 2s, then 1s, then 2s, then he finally won)

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Champions Tournament Round 1: Iona1 (Devourer’s Host) v Sloan1 (Heavy Metal)

This is my opponent from the team tournament, that round 1 game where he murdered two birds, a battle engine and my caster in one turn. Everything that I said last game still applies. Great guy and it’s always a bucket of fun. The only downside is that Legion didn’t have Lylyth3 on their masters pairing, because he had a wonderful idea for 5 huge bases which would have been brilliant fun to play into.

Lists
Cygnar		Circle Orboros
Heavy Metal	Gravediggers	Devourer’s Host	Secret Masters
Captain Kara Sloan -Squire -5 Fireflies -5 Hunters Lieutenant Allister Caine -Ace Captain Arlan Strangeways Minimum Battle Mechanics	Siege2 -some extra stuff. He had told me before the tourney he was just 1 listing sloan so I didn’t pay much attention to this list honestly	Iona -Ghetorix -Feral Warpwolf Tharn Whitemane Feralgheist Lord of the Feast Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron 2x Tharn Ravagers -2x CA Bloodtrackers -Nuala Brighid and Caul	Krug2 -Storm Raptor -Feral Warpwolf -Woldwarden Gatorman Husk Blackclad Wayfarer 2x Gallows Grove Bone Grinders Valkyries Druids of Orboros -CA

List Choices: He took Sloan, I took Iona. I had a Krueger list as well but, yeah, never my intent to drop it.

Scenario: Invasion

Priority: I won the roll and chose to go first, he chose the side to stop me getting into a trench.

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Final round and I get paired up with a local character. This guy is a champion, last year he completed a “world tour” where he bought/borrowed every army that PP had released up to that point and played a tournament with them. This year he’s back to his home of Legion, and he always has a fun pair with some weird lists. Unfortunately, as it was getting late in the day I got sloppy with photos. But I still got some 🙂

Lists
Circle		Legion
Secret Masters	The Wild Hunt	None	Ravens of War
Mohsar1 -Storm Raptor -Storm Raptor   Blackclad Stoneshaper Blackclad Wayfarer Swamp Gobber Chef   Shifting Stones   Celestial Fulcrum	Grayle1 -Gnarlhorn Saytr -Feral Warpwolf   Gremlin Swam War Wolf Wolf Lord Morraig   Death Wolves Max Warpborn Skinwalkers -UA Max Wolves of Orboros -UA Max Wolves of Orboros -UA Max Wolves of Orboros -UA	Lylyth1 -Succubus -Naga Nightlurker -Nephilim Bolt Thrower -Nephilim Bolt Thrower   Annyssa Ryvaal Shepherd Shepherd Craelix Deathstalker Deathstalker Swamp Gobber Chef   Max Raptors Max Raptors Scather Crew Scather Crew	Rhyas1 -Seraph -Angelius   Grotesque Assassin Grotesque Assassin Spell Martyr Deathstalker Deathstalker Forsaken Swamp Gobber Chef   Min Raptors Max Grotesque Raiders Max Grotesque Raiders Blightblades Blightblades Scouts

My lists: I didn’t think the round I’d find the hardest to pick would be into an opponent who also brought two random lists haha. But here we are. I felt that the Grayle list relied too much on having access to their outflanking unit, although looking back I think they could have taken Lyl1 maybe… but not Rhyas. So I dunno. Not really sure where I should have gone but that’s alright, both casters are fun and this way the birds saw the table again!

List choices: Mohsar1 v Lylyth1               Scenario: Standoff          Priority roll: I won the roll and picked the side

Continue reading “Team Tournament Game 3: Mohsar (Secret Masters) vs Lylyth1 (Out of theme)” →

So after the drubbing in round 1, we moved onto a new team. They had Cryx, Cygnar and Ret in their team. Our Menoth player who was quite new wanted to play into Cygnar to see if the game was different to his Round 1 match (he had gone up against a local store owner/WTC player running a fantastic Haley3 list). That left my and our Cryx player into their Cryx and Ret player. With just a bit of peer pressure, we ended up with a Cryx mirror (thank god) and I got to play their Ret bloke. I had actually got to play this guy at the last tourney I had made it to months ago, so I was looking forwards to a rematch (he had beaten me last time).

Lists
Circle		Retribution of Scyrah
Secret Masters	The Wild Hunt	Legions of Dawn	Shadows of the Retribution
Mohsar1 -Storm Raptor -Storm Raptor   Blackclad Stoneshaper Blackclad Wayfarer Swamp Gobber Chef   Shifting Stones   Celestial Fulcrum	Grayle1 -Gnarlhorn Saytr -Feral Warpwolf   Gremlin Swam War Wolf Wolf Lord Morraig   Death Wolves Max Warpborn Skinwalkers -UA Max Wolves of Orboros -UA Max Wolves of Orboros -UA Max Wolves of Orboros -UA	Helynna1 -Sylys Wyshnalyrr -Manticore -Manticore -Manticore   Arcanist Mechanik Arcanist Mechanik Dawnguard Sentinel Scyir   Dawnguard Invictors Dawnguard Sentinels -UA -Soulless Escort Dawnguard Sentinels -UA -Soulless Escort	Issyria1 -Hyperion -Phoenix   Arcanist Mechanik Arcanist Mechanik Eiryss1 Mage Hunter Assassin Mage Hunter Assassin Narn Nayl   Max Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters -Soulless Escort Max Mage Hunter Strike Force -MHSF Commander

My lists: As I had played Mohsar R1, I wanted to play Grayle this round. Not very tactical probably but I just wanted to be able to say I had played Grayle in a tournament to a mate of mine, and if I put it off any longer I might forget!

List choices: List 2 v List 1            Scenario: Spread the Net             Priority roll: He won the roll and chose to go first

Continue reading “Team Tournament Game 2: Grayle1 (The Wild Hunt) vs Helynna1 (Legions of Dawn)” →

So, this is the start of a recap of a recent tournament I went to. I’m going to post each battle report individually, but they’ll be linked by the heading so it should be easy enough to follow. This was a week before the CID dropped, for future reference.

The tournament was a three man event, it gets called the “German format”, but I’m not sure which event they are referring to when they say that. Anyway, living right on the outskirts of town and getting no practice, I was happy to miss this event so I didn’t drag a team down. But then the TO said they wanted another team just to make up numbers, and I couldn’t resist taking some silly Circle stuff. So there I was, with 2 fun lists at a teams tournament, my teammates were a Cryx player and a Menoth player. You can find our lists, and the lists from every other team here https://conflictchamber.com/?event=559

Continue reading “Team Tournament Game 1: Circle (Mohsar: Secret Masters) vs Cygnar (Caine3: Heavy Metal)” →

Welcome back to battle report week! Two of my mates played a game the other week, one with one of my favourite casters ever (Irusk2) and one with a list that I adore (the horde of Mechanithralls). Since the next battle report will be a Circle tournament battle report of mine, I felt that this would be a good time to go with something other than Circle before you get inundated.

Lists
Khador	Cryx
Armoured Corps	Infernal Machines
Irusk2 -Destroyer -Destroyer   Man-O-War Kovnik Man-O-War Suppression Tanker Man-O-War Suppression Tanker   Kommandant Atanas Arconovich & Standard Max Man-O-War Bomardiers -UA Max Man-O-War Demolition Corps -UA Max Man-O-War Shock Troopers -UA Min Battle Mechaniks Min Battle Mechaniks	Terminus1 -Slayer -Slayer -Nightwretch   Pistol Wraith Darragh Wrathe   Necrosurgeon & Stitch Thralls Necrosurgeon & Stitch Thralls Min Carrion Thralls Max Mechanithralls Max Mechanithralls Max Mechanithralls Max Mechanithralls Max Mechanithralls Max Mechanithralls -3 Brute Thralls

List choices: These lists were selected before play began because they wanted to test this matchup

Scenario: Invasion          Priority roll: Irusk2 won the roll off and chose to go first

Objectives: Both players chose the healing objective

Continue reading “Khador (Irusk2: Armoured Corps) vs Cryx (Terminus1: Infernal Machines)” →

On Friday I had my first game with circle after I’ve decided to actually “make a pair” and take it a bit more seriously.

Lists
Circle		Trolls
Bones of Orboros	Devourer Host	Storm of the North	Storm of the North
Thorle1 -3 Wold Guardian -3 Woldwatchers -2 Wold Wights Sentry Stones Sentry Stones Shifting Stones Shifting Stones Stoneshaper Stoneshaper Stoneshaper Wayfarer Swamp Gobber Chef	Iona1 -Ghetorix -Wild Argus 2 Max Tharn Ravagers -2 Tharn Ravager Chieftains Lord of the Feast Gallows Grove Bloodweavers -Haruspex Max Bloodtrackers -Nuala Brigid (Merida) + Caul Whitemane	Madrak1 -Glacier King Max Raiders Max Champs -Skaldi Bears Bears Valka Lanyssa Max Stone -Northkin Elder This has him 2 points under, I can’t remember if he had a 2 point thing somewhere sorry!	Kolgrimma1 -Runebearer -Bomber -Bouncer Max Raiders Max Champs -Skaldi Bears Bears Min Ambushing Pygs Fell Caller Max Stone -Northkin Elder Eilish

List choices: Iona v Madrak         Scenario: Mirage        Priority roll: I won the roll off and chose first Continue reading “Circle v Trolls” →