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Author: | Xelee [ Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | WOTR 1000 pts Gondor vs Isengard |
Original post is here: http://roughwotr.blogspot.com/2010/12/batrep-141210-duplicitous-white-wizard.html Jason and I faced off Tuesday night somewhere in the snowy hinterlands of the White Mountains. Saruman had persuaded the 'Wizard's Pupil' (Faramir) that the Uruk threat was to the West, so as to draw attention away from the Duplicitous Wizard's upcoming plans for Rohan. I took: Faramir, Elphir of Dol Amroth (Isildur), Saruman the White, 2 formations of 5 coy of Minas Tirith Lancers, 2 formations of 4 coy of Minas Tirith Warriors and a formation of four coy of the Axemen of Lossarnach. Jason took: Lurtz, Grima, 2 formations of 3 coy of Uruk Warriors with shields, 1 formation of 3 coy of Uruks with crossbows, 1 formation of 6 coy of Orcs with 2HW and 1 formation of 4 coy of Feral Uruk Hai. The first turn had me moving first, and I occupied the farmhouse, swept the Cavalry round the hill and pushed my infantry up the middle. Jason moved Uruk Hai into striking distance of the farm and occupied the walled field with his Crossbow. I threw a few spells but only managed to kill a single Uruk. Jason's Uruks assaulted the farm and were beaten off. In turn two Jason pulled the ambush, it was the occupied farm! Surprise, surprise. I still have it and Jason must have been worried about Saruman's Ruin Spells, so he gambled on pushing the warriors out of the farm in melee, and deployed on the far side of it. I rushed all my Cavalry up into charge range. You can only see one of the formations in these 'before and after' photos though.... There was a (75pts with hourserules!) Ruin Shaman in that Orc rabble and he blasted Faramir's Knights with a bolt of fire - killing five cavalry models, half the formation gone in an instant. Crossbow fire, from the now set and ready to go Uruks in the field, kills more and Faramir is suddlenly at risk of being killed though loss of his formation! So only Elphir's Knights go into the charge, hitting three coy of Uruks and smashing them with a heroic fight. The Ferals fail to push the warriors out of the farm on the far flank, and so are now stuck there miles away from the action - that'll teach you to try and game the defensible terrain space/time bending effects, Jason ![]() So by turn five, most of Jason's troops are still in the fight. The sole formation I have destroyed is the crossbows, while even his 2HW Orcs, despite being the target of two formations of cavalry and two Epics in turn 2, are still trucking on. Jason won priority, and... let me go second! Hehehe. He moved his troops out of the farmhouse to get two units lined up and ready to smash my forces, while his troll readied itself to charge Saruman in the field. But did Saruman remain in the field to be smashed on two sides? No he did not. He fired off his spells then retreated to the far side and made ready to charge and eliminate the remaining 2HW Orcs. I also got to sneak my warriors back into the farmhouse. The upshot of all of this was that after surviving successive charges, from multiple units, those 2HW Orcs finally died! We were out of time so did not play our turn eight. It was a very close game, that's for sure. Cheers for the battle Jason, intense and very fun. |
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