Game 5: JS Imbeau (Gators)
Poor JS. If theres one thing he hates in this game above all other things, it's Cryx. So my pSkarre, Incorporeal spam list gave him absolute fits. Which made my black heart happy. With no magic weapons in his lists, JS was always on the back foot, although the inate toughness of Gatormen Posse meant that this game sort of turned into a grind. On my left, Blackbanes Raiders tied up a Posse in one zone, not attacking them at all, just marking them man for man, safe in the knowledge that they couldn't be hurt and daring the Gators to risk the free strike to be relevant. On the other side, the witches and Bloodgorgers dealt with the other 2 Posse, while the Wraith Engine one rounded the Wrastler and Spitter in back to back turns. Skarre then tried a spell assassination. Hitting the first Hellfire and forcing a tough check which Barnabus made. Knocked down, Barnabus should have presented an easy target to finish off however the dice said no. Two more Hellfires were thrown at Barnabus both of which missed on double ones. Thankfully, I tend to build redundancies into my assassination runs these days (having seen too many "sure things" blow up in my face) and the last two Bloodgorgers ambled over to Barnabus and finished him off.
Game 6: Nikola Jaksic: (Legion)
Another Legion player with no magic weapons, so out came the Skarre list again, he dropped eVayl. I went first, everything ran up and Skarre ran up behind the objective. Then Nikola announced he may as well try the turn 1 assassination as that was the only chance he had. At which point my butt puckered a bit. Carnivean ran forward, Vayl hit it with the Occulus to turn him into an arc node. First Obliteration hit, doing half a dozen damage to Skarre and killing her necro-surgeon. I held my breath as he rolled for the second Obliteration and breathed a sigh of relief as the second missed and scattered harmlessly into the distance. After that, the rest of the game went pretty much to plan, with Feat-boosted infantry and Wraith Engine killing off his beasts while the Blackbanes started converting legionnaires and pot holders to the cause. Game ended with the Wraith Engine one-shotting Vayl and collecting 5 CPs.Game 7: Ian "Heartbreaker" Hart. (Legion)
The CP haul in game 6 landed me in the 3rd place playoff vs Ians Legion. Ian also had no Naga, so once again I went with Skarres incorporeal horde of doom. Ian played a great game, wheeling his army to one flank, thereby denying the Blackbanes and Bloodgorgers a chance to make a meaningful contribution on feat turn. Typhons Dark Sentinel ability stuffed me twice and stopped me from killing him a couple of times and in the end it was Typhon that sprayed Skarre to death.
Ian played a great game and showed that the lack of magical weapons vs Incorporeal doesn't mean the game is over if you are good enough. Ian was and thoroughly deserved his 3rd place.
Overall, I ended up finishing 7th and won Best in Faction (my first). I also took full advantage of the 30% discount all competitors received from Slave to Painting to pick up a Wraith Engine of my own (I had borrowed a mates for the weekend), as well as the Hordes 2 player Starter Box. (I'm starting Legion, because I'm a terrible human being).
Big thanks to Dave for running another stellar event and thanks to all my opponents for a great weekend. I'll see some of you at Wolfcry in June and everyone else at Lords of Ruin in September.
Now, get off my lawn...
