2nd game against by friends O&G. Rolled up Dawn attack and he won the roll so set up first. His list was:
L4 Goblim shaman on spider w/shrine (all wizards within 12" channel on a 4+)
L2 Orc shaman
3 other shamans..not sure if NG or regular goblins
BlK Orc General
NG BsB with poison banner
40 NG FC, with nets 1 shaman here
40 Orc big'uns with additional HW orc shamn, shaman, BsB and General here
2 mangler squigs
2x5 wolf riders
4 bolt throwers
DD
Arok spider
His set up was from his left to right. I didn't get a pic of his set up on the right:
wolf riders-spider(base)-mangler-DD-NG's-2 bolt throwers and his L4 in the middle-mangler-wolf riders-Big'uns and last 2 bolt throwers in the right corner. The scenario did throw off his set up some with his big unit of orcs, mangler and 2 bolt throwers on his far right.
My set up from right to left was pistoliers-knights w/L4-DGK-knights-tank-DGK-cav bus and holding down the center and left flank were my tank and other knight unit. My L1 went into this knight unit.
I didn't steal the turn and he when first. His magic was kinda crazy and way to much to list so I'll just touch on the major ones that went off. He made his vanguard move with his right flank wolves and then did a general advance with all his units. Animosity really didn't hamper him any the whole game so I won't be mentioning it. In magic he picked up his big'un unit and moved it into the forest near my left side knights with my L1 wizard in it. His one wolf unit moved to the flank of my knights. He moved his one shaman out of the NG unit. Not sure why as he was blocking the unit from doing anything next turn.
His shooting didn't do much. I think his DD killed 1 knight of my bus.
My turn 1: I wanted to slow down his big unit of orcs so I thru my wizard out to block them. Took the knight unit up between the tower and forest to slow things that way down. I turned my DGK towrds his orcs and wolf riders. My tank lined up a shot at one of his BT's. My bus moved up the center towards his NG's. My tank and other knight unit took the hill. My pistoliers moved up to blast his mangler and my DGK on the right moved up to threaten the flank.
My magic and shooting was rather uneventful. I was able to put 2 wounds on the mangler. Should have killed it but flubbed some rolls.
His turn 2 saw his orcs charge my wizard. His L4 charged my knights by the tower. His other spider charged my knights on the hill with my L4 in it. His left flank wolf riders did fail their animosity and had to charge my pistoliers which I fled with. Ended up in front of his NG. He tried to get his left side mangler into my DGK unit but fell short of his roll. His other mangler moved towards my othe DGK unit. Which later on you will see worked well for me. And his wolf riders went to block my DGK by the tower. He moved his lone shaman from in front of the NG to over my the tower.
In magic he got a couple spells off but I tried to sop the most damaging ones. Nothing to hurtful to me. In shooting his BT's shot at my tank. One hit and put 2 wounds on it. His DD killed another 2 knights in my bus.
In combat his orcs killed my wizard and reformed. His L4 on spider killed 2 knights and broke the unit. The fled thru the mangler which killed the rest of them. I was hoping his spider would fail his restrain and pursue but he made his LD test. But at least I triggered the mangler so his movement would be random for the rest of the game. Which was my plan to start. So I had my DGK unit and my tank facing off against his horde of big'uns and spder if he brought it around the tower. His other spider went after my wizard and the unit of knights. He killed 2 knights but failed to put any wounds on my L4. I lost combat but was steadfast and made my roll to stay.
My turn 2 I charged my knights into his NG unit. My right side DGK charged his wolf riders who fled. In movement i backed up my other DGK unit. My rallied my pistoliers and moved them up behind his mangler on the right. I lined up my left tank on his L4 spider. And I moved my other tank into the flank of his other spider. I rolled a mishap, overpressured, took 2 wounds but got 2 extra SP for a total of 6. which I put all into movement. We both thought that would be it for the spider with 6D3 +D6 impact hits....we thought...lol
In magic I don't remember getting off any thing memerable. I put 4 wounds on the L4 spider with my cannon. My pistoliers killed the mangeler.
In combat with the NG, he netted me, I killed a bunch of them, they were steadfast but with his General and BsB on the other side of the field they failed their test and broke and were run down. I just missed over running into his BT. My tank was only able to put 4 wounds on the spider, I think my knights put another. He put a wound on my L4. He lost combat but is stubborn, and failed his LD roll. Broke and was run down by my knights.
O&G turn 3. Well with his center falling apart he brought his L4 with spider back around the tower to face my cav bus. He moved up his big'uns to square off against my DGK which were still being blocked by his wolf riders. His other wolf unit failed to rally and ran off the board.
I think he tried to 6 dice foot of gork but failed to IF it so it was scrolled and he was able to kill 2 of my pistoliers but I shut the rest of the phase down. His BT's didn't do much and his DD missed. Finally...lol.
I think i missed pics of his turn.
My turn 3 I charged my DGK into the wolf riders. My othe DGK went into the DD. My bus charged the BT. My tank on the hill moved down to line up on his spider. My other tank went in to the flank of his big'uns. My Pistoliers moved over in front of his lone goblin shaman by the tower and blasted him to death.
Magic again was uneventful. He usually had more dice then me. I did get some spells/prayers off but nothing game changing. My tank over shot his spider by a 1/4".
In combat I kill the BT and misses overruning into the other by a couple inches. Destroyed the DD and reformed. My tank killed 4-5 orcs and his General made way and put a couple wounds on my tank. My DGK killed the wolf rides and reformed.
His turn 4 he didn't have much movement going. His spider really didn't want any piece of my cav bus so he moved him over to be in front of my DGK in front of the tower. His mangler was heading towards the far side of the board away from everybody.
In magic he IF's a spell that killed 6 of my knights leaving me with just Luther, my BsB and 2 command. I think he lost a level and some PD dice. He also got off a spell on his Orc shaman that gave his extra attacks a +3 S.
I think he put another couple wounds on my other tank with a BT shot.
In combat he made way with his wizard to be in contact with my tank. So his General and Wizard are sitting there beating up on my poor tank, putting a wound or 2 on it.
From here I just do a summury of the events that happen over the next couple turns. On my turn I charged my DGK into his spider, kill it, and his wizard get's away behind his orcs, which i overrun into. So when it came time do their combat they got to fight again. I lost 2 DGK by rolling 4 1's on saves as I had 2 wounds on them from earlier. I think it was a spell that did it. He keeps getting spells of on his wizard who keeps beating up on the tank. His General reforms to move to the front to fight my DGK who eventually get taken down to just one left with 2 wounds on him. On the far side I ended up moving my Generals unit around the tower into the flank of the Orcs. And in my final turn I just shut both tanks down as the one that is fighting the orcs has taken 8 wounds and my other tank has taken about 7 or so. They got the snot beat out of them but did their jobs!
End summery: In the end I only lost 2 units. One knight unit and my L1 wizard. I still had all the rest of my units on the board. Most were in sad shape but they were still there....lol. I found tying up the Orc unit with my tank first to take the initial brunt of the bonus S attacks that orcs get and then hitting then with the DGK was really nice. His magic phase with the shrine is really nice as he usually gets more dice in both phases than his opponents have. His big mistake was having his General and BsB away from the NG's and his other spider. Their low LD and no re-rolls led to the fall of his center. I found that the DGK that were fighting his Orcs were able to able to put enough wound on them per turn and with the tank in the flank to counter his ranks and banners. So we pushed a couple rounds. After 3 games I am finding my pistoliers well worth their cost. They have been great as diverters and clearing out units that could tie up mine. They have been good lone character hunters and shooting units that I don't want to engage in combat.
So going forward I like having my L4 on horseback. I do plan on dropping the steel banner off my BsB and give his a 4+ ws. He is just too valuable to run around with just a armor save. But the rest of the list is pretty sound. A unit of 14 ICK's, 4 chaff units of knights and pistoliers and my L1 wizard if needed. 2 units of 4 DGK with flaming and gleaming banners. And my mobile firepower of 2 tanks. Comments, thoughts, suggestions welcome...
Faith, Steel and Gunpowder!!!! For Sigmar!!!
