And so to the final game.
Another new opponent, Neil, and yet another new-to-me army in the shape of Chaos Dwarfs.
There was some chat on the Warmaster FB group about the lack of some of the traditional armies from the event - no High Elves, Chaos Warriors or Bretonnians - I suspect this has something to do with Wormaster being quite a laid back affair, so people seemed to be taking lists they enjoyed or wanted to experiment with rather than tooling up for the win - but also the fact that WM now has a plentiful list of balanced armies and the rise of 3D printing makes them achievable to field.
This battle was to be a pitched battle with the twist that any units wiped out in a combat where the general was participating scored double points with all the risks that entailed! Fortunately the whole Tournament used the King is Dead rules which means the death of a general isn't an automatic end of game and it's possible for another character to take over.
The Big Hats wasted no time in hauling their heavy artillery up to the top of the nearest hill.
The Pink Ladies raced forward, a little ill-advisedly.
The Daemons of Tzeentch and Slaanesh decided to spend some quality time in a swamp.
Their friends took an inevitable battering from the battery, however one unit of Pink Ladies charged home!
Hounds romped in to the followers of Hashut too.
Briefly the brigade toyed with the idea of leaving the swamp then realised that might bring them into artillery range so they wisely stayed in the mud.
Fighting was going on all along the line.
The Pink Ladies spilled plenty of blood, but then suffered the consequences.
The followers of Khorne charged defended Dwarfs in a wood. Which went about as well as could be expected. Still, it's all Blood for the Blood God!, innit?
The Chaos Dwarf general threw himself into the fight, racking up victory points.
But then was himself murdered in the face by the Daemon general!
Points for the Points God!
However the substitute Chaos Dwarf general, complete with flying bull then began to hunt down the Daemon Overlord.
A crucial failed charge by the Khorne Hounds left the odds stacked in favour of the Big Hats.
Inevitably my Overlord was cut down and my army broken - but it was a darn close run thing.
A complete bloodbath of a game with not one, but two dead generals and a resultant huge haul of Victory Points for both of us.
The Chaos Dwarfs were a tough nut to crack and Neil was a great opponent.
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