After some delays I made it over to Alan's house for the next campaign game. Alan had already inflicted a massacre in game one against Andy, so I wasn't expecting an easy ride. I had however painted up three new units so was able to make some twekas to my list - I dropped the bears and one of the War Wagons to allow me to take two more units of winged lancers and the Red Guard.
We were playing in Alan's newly laid out gaming room using one of the scenery sets Andy purchased to use in the Warmaster events we organise (Summer Sizzler 26 details coming soon).
Alan had taken the Scouts bonus from the campaign pack meaning I had to set up first and then he had choice of whether to go first or second.
We were playing one of the scenarios from the Winter Warmer rulespack - where you need to grab objectives. I planned to park a War Wagon right next to one of them.
I had a big brigade of winged lancers.
Alan's very nice High Elf army
The calm before the storm
I pushed up, but not too far - hindered by a few poor rolls.
The Wagon finished short of its intended target
The infantry had secured the central wood
I had a large block of horse archers lurking too
The elves pushed up steadily
A mass of cavalry and chariots on my left
The other lurked near a field.
the Elves had also secured a wooded area
Seizing a chance I launched the winged lancers into the Elf cavalry
I took some of them down but the presence of the dragon made it a somewhat Pyrrhic victory
And my cavalry were very isolated
Alan wasted no time in dealing with the remains
the horse archers failed to charge into some other cavalry and instead awaited the inevitable counter
The battlefield at the end of my second turn
The Elves laid into the Kislev horse
And caught the horse archers too
The horse archers did not fare well
On the other end of the line more Winged lancers took on the elf spear.
Everything was becoming fractured
The War Wagon had at least secured one objective
The Kislev dead pile had reached breakpoint
The field belonged to the High Elves
Cracking game and closer than it may have seemed. I struggled to finish off some weakened High Elf units and the Kislev army, with no terror causing creatures of its own really struggles against terror.
Some additional phone pictures:
Great fun game - though I am now 2 and 0 in the campaign - and Alan, with another big win is running away with things.
