!?!?! yeah, thats about all I can say about it
Posted by Anonymous | | Posted On Sunday, January 24, 2010 at Sunday, January 24, 2010
Well, everything kinda went as planned, but I was still on the wrong side of a draw.
I more-or-less controlled the left flank and managed to ignore some rangers in the woods, which ended up costing me a table corner, but I destroyed the Gyrocopter and the two bolt throwers that were over there. One of my Phoenix guard caught one of the bolts and used it as a toothpick, so the spearmen were the target of choice from then on out, which was what I wanted in the first place.
The Organ gun was another story. JP had it entrenched this time so I was unable to shoot it down from long range. That being said, it was pretty ineffective for most of the game only doing 2 hits a turn against my spearmen. Finally, on the last turn I finished off the crew leaving only the master engineer.
The right flank was a different story, and perhaps I should have seen it coming. I got a little over confident because of my dominance on the side where he had little to nothing, and decided to charge his unit of longbeards with my white lions in the front and a unit of dragon princes in his flank, knowing that the white lions would be taking a flank charge the very next turn if I didn't break them. So two big surprises...one he has an oath stone, which gives his no flanks, and two he has a BSB, and a rune that makes him cause fear, and my dragon princes don't charge. Needless to say, not only did he not break from combat, but I actually lost combat...good thing I'm stubborn. This happened in the top of turn three. During his turn my lions got flank charged, but again we held at the end of combat. Next turn both my Lion Chariot and my dragon princes hit the flank, but they only turned the tide for 2 combats. Long story short at the top of the 6th JP slew my BSB and routed my White Lions and my chariot, and in the bottom he routed my Dragon Princes.
In conclusion, I'm inconclusive on the necessity to hero up in a high elf army. But also that I apparently play the part of a high elf general too well in real life...overconfident...One of these days I'll have to go magic heavy on him, and see how that works out for me.
I more-or-less controlled the left flank and managed to ignore some rangers in the woods, which ended up costing me a table corner, but I destroyed the Gyrocopter and the two bolt throwers that were over there. One of my Phoenix guard caught one of the bolts and used it as a toothpick, so the spearmen were the target of choice from then on out, which was what I wanted in the first place.
The Organ gun was another story. JP had it entrenched this time so I was unable to shoot it down from long range. That being said, it was pretty ineffective for most of the game only doing 2 hits a turn against my spearmen. Finally, on the last turn I finished off the crew leaving only the master engineer.
The right flank was a different story, and perhaps I should have seen it coming. I got a little over confident because of my dominance on the side where he had little to nothing, and decided to charge his unit of longbeards with my white lions in the front and a unit of dragon princes in his flank, knowing that the white lions would be taking a flank charge the very next turn if I didn't break them. So two big surprises...one he has an oath stone, which gives his no flanks, and two he has a BSB, and a rune that makes him cause fear, and my dragon princes don't charge. Needless to say, not only did he not break from combat, but I actually lost combat...good thing I'm stubborn. This happened in the top of turn three. During his turn my lions got flank charged, but again we held at the end of combat. Next turn both my Lion Chariot and my dragon princes hit the flank, but they only turned the tide for 2 combats. Long story short at the top of the 6th JP slew my BSB and routed my White Lions and my chariot, and in the bottom he routed my Dragon Princes.
In conclusion, I'm inconclusive on the necessity to hero up in a high elf army. But also that I apparently play the part of a high elf general too well in real life...overconfident...One of these days I'll have to go magic heavy on him, and see how that works out for me.
The moral of the story is: Never give up! From turn one I felt outnumbered and I was weak on the left flank. The oath stone saved my army. My dice rolls were horrible! Ineffective shooting and I did not utilizes my rangers very well either. At the end of the day, it was still a draw. I am still feeling units, runes, and tactics out, being only my fifth battle (four with my dwarfs). Just to say it again: Never, ever give up!