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The Battle of the Underhill

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Mike Stockin:
We played a game of WFB 3rd edition.

3000 points of Undead vs 3000 points of Empire.

It was a good game.

Key Points.

The random terrain generation really hampered me as there was a lot of stuff to block LOS and impede my fast cavalry.

This was the first time I used my Kriegsritter, mounted crossbowmen, they charged toward the enemy catapults, managed only to kill one crew before they were flanked by some wights, the terrible nature of them was too much and the cavalry fled the field never to be seen again.

The Black Coach allowed itself to be charged and thus missed out on causing lots of damage by being the one to instigate the charge, as such it found the mass of the Stirland Helblitzen too much as it was turn after turn pushed back off the table.
Unfortunately, so enraged were the Helblitzen, they failed their Leadership test and followed the coach off the table in pursuit.
So that was them gone…

I positioned my mortar behind the woods hoping that even with no LOS it may actually hit something eventually, it did not.

The Direwolves were effective this game, they moved up the field and into the woods where they made short work of the Deathjacks and then followed on to kill the mortar crew.

The screaming skull catapults were again effective, when they hit even if the unit struck did not flee in fear the warmachines still did a lot of physical damage.

My Knights of the Black Rose were good, despite being hampered by woods and so on they managed to do some damage and were a key unit.

The undead vampire spent a fair amount of time in wolf form for speed, but this turned out to be a mistake as toward the end of the battle, when things were not looking too great for the Empire, the plucky and resolute lads manning the last kanone took careful aim and managed to the wolf-vampire and succeeded in killing it/her.
This was the beginning of the end, as this turn, Elector Count Alberich Haupt-Anderssen, Grand Count of Stirland, Prince of Wurtbad and Overlord of Sylvania wielding the mighty Runefang finished of the last of the wights.

All in all a close game.

Misuse of the Black Coach cost the undead a bit, and unlucky the vampire was blown to smithereens, again the fear rules caused issues on my units and many routed the field.
But victory was ours and Stirland once again holds back the forces of the undead, keeping the rest of the Empire safe.

Rowsdower:
That was great
Also: the undead are literally 'dirty' as they have just been unearthed

Mike Stockin:
Ha! True enough!

 :biggriin:

Zygmund:
Fine battle, nice report, great photos!

-Zyg

Mike Stockin:
Thanks, battle reports seem to be rare here.
It seems I am the only one to have done any since 2022?

Is there a reason that no-one bothers do you know?

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