Warhammer Battle March - Kislev v. Orcs

Trying to learn the rules some more I got out the 600 point forces for another Battle March game. I used the Renegade Crowns list for the Kislevites.

I decided to try out the first scenario from the Battle March book where Champions from each side meet in a ford before the battle begins proper.

As I was playing solo I used playing cards to randomise the deployment of both sides a little

The rules aren't clear, so I decided both of the champions counted as charging in the first turn,

After a flurry of blows the Griffon Legion champion severed the Orc's head from his shoulders and his corpse bobbed off down the river.

The Kislevites surged forward

And enjoyed the view across the river

In turn the Orcs and Goblins pushed up

Taunts and jeers filled the air above the torrent.

The Orc chariot, unable to hold back p;unged into the water - the GRiffon legion charged into the waters to meet it.

Boarboys splashed across the water and Orcs and Halbardiers met in the ford.

A huge scrum resulted

The Orcs Battle Standard Bearer issued a challenge and the champion of the halberd armed Kislevietes answered.

Blows were swung, but the champion stood little chance.

The battle ground on with Kislev being pushed back.

In the waters the Griffon Legion had chopped the chariot to kindling and turned back to support their comrades.

The horse archers were under severe pressure

The charging lancers rode to the rescue

On the far side the Spider riders fled the Winged Lancers

Still the Kislev centre held

The Orc Standard bearer rored out another challenge and the Kislev General answered.

Both were wounded in the tussle but the Orcs broke and fled the combat.

Having cut down the Griffon Legion the Orc general now turned his attention to his rival general

The Orcs were victorious on the Kislev forces cut down.

However the remaining horse archers unleashed their bows.

And the Orc general turned tail and fled.

However as the battle came to an end he rallied and so did his boys.

The final rallies were enough to snatch victory from the forces of the Tzarina!

Waaagh!

Great fun to play through and I'm definitely finidng it a useful way to get a grip of the rules, even if The Old World is really far too fussy a set.

Warhammer Triumph and Treachery: Kislev, Goblins and Troll Horde

 A trip to the Island of Men for our Annual SteveFest event. First up a game of Triumph and Treachery with 1200 point armies, which we reckon is the sweet spot. T&T works just fine with Warhammer The Old World - there are a couple of the cards we remove from the deck as they reference old rules, but for most of the rest it works fine and we just muddle through or make up any irregularities we find.

I took my Kislev forces, the Renegade Crowns rules from Settra's Fury give a reasonable approximation of a Kislev force - you can't quite do Kossars, but everything else kind of works. Stephen took a Troll Horde army and Kenton had his Night Goblin force.

The goblins had lots of bouncy, red friends along

The Troll Horde had plenty of Orcs too

Proud Kislev stood ready

The Troll's tame giant thundered into the red masses.

And was met with swirling squiggy fury

Meanwhile River Trolls had snuck around the Kislev flank

The winged lancers found this tough going

And fell beneath Trollish axes.

Horse archers found themselves in a stand off with Trolls

And the Kislev foot archers too...

...were staring down a smelly Troll barrel

The stand off ended inevitably

Elsewhere the Griffon Legion had run down some archers.

But overran into a less than ideal position.

The Trolls continued their murderous rampage

Yum, yum, tasty archers

Yum, yum, yum...

The Goblin horde thumped home into the Griffon Legion

Stickin an a stabbin as they went

Bouncy lads found themselves some Orc archers to chew on

The Orc chariot ran down the Kislev axemen!

And, with left over Orc dripping from their toothy mouths the hoppers bounced into more horse archers.

With predictable results.

As the game came to a halt the Night Goblins had harvested themselves a whole Hag's Worth of material for some new trousers and claimed the field and the victory!

Great fun, colourful game.

Then we stopped for refreshments. 
Next up High Elves come to the party....