Schism Results

Played the Schism tourney @War & Pieces yesterday and had a blast!
I played three games, the first against Joey, the store owner with his Darius Cygnar list and the last two against Ian and his Testament of Menoth Protectorate list.

I want to say this now, I could have cleaned up for the survivor medal but I didn't even think about it, I went in to have fun. At the end of the 2nd game I realized I had a shot at it, but because my first game went so long and my second game I sacrificed my Earthborn I failed :(

Here's what I should have done:
1.) I should have decided on winning that medal prior to the tournament.
2.) Run all my lists beast heavy. at 750, I can run Borka with 4 heavies and 3 lights for 18 VPs. At that point it's all about sacrificing your Warlock. Run him up to your opponent's warcaster and he has two choices. A.) allow you to walk up to his caster and beat him down at full fury and get all the VPs or B.) Kill your lone warlock and you still get the VPs.
3.) In all my games, i needed to sack my warlock. just as above, run him up, screaming and yelling, and collecting VPs.

shoulda-woulda-coulda-but didn't. damn.

I ended up with 16 survivor VPs. The winner of survivor had 22. Not a big margin, had I not sacked my EBDT in game 2 I would have been 3 points closer :)
Im on the lookout for the next one of these. At 750 I should be able to scoop up 18 VPs a game. :)

Oh and for all my hard fighting, I lost all three matches.

Cygnar 1-1

Played Andre and Art tonight. Both playing Cygnar.
Andre is a very new player (only about 4 games under his belt) and I shouldn't count his game, but this is my blog and when I played Ashe I counted that game.

I played:
Faction: Trollblood
Points: 486
Model Count: 17
Victory Points: 17

Borka Kegslayer
> Pyg Keg Carrier
Troll Impaler
Winter Troll
Fell Caller
Trollkin Champions [5]
Trollkin Champions [5]
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew [2]

I think Andre played:
Faction: Cygnar
Points: 500
Model Count: 25
Victory Points: 19

Commander Adept Sebastian Nemo
> Squire
> Lancer
> Centurion
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Journeyman Warcaster
Field Mechaniks [6] (2 added)
Sword Knights [10] (4 added)
> Sword Knight Officer & Standard Bearer [2]
Rupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord


I played a good game. Stationary + Free Strikes (Mosh Pit) will mow down almost anything short of a Centurion. Effing 24 armor jeebus. Anyways, We played No Man's Land. It came down to him having to run Nemo away and I would have just pursued with my unit of Champs that hadn't lost a single model. He did some good damage with Nemo's chain lightning the first shot, he should have just poked me with the jacks for their base attacks and just arc lightning all over the place. He'll get better, I see him being a good opponent in tourneys.

2nd Game was against Art. I told him we didn't have much time so he would have to shut up and play a quick 350 Mangled Metal game. (Art, 350 Mangled metal, don't fight me for 500 or 750 when it's 10PM and the store can/will and has closed before 10PM)

I played the Grim List I posted the other day. Art played the following:

Faction: Cygnar
Points: 351
Model Count: 4
Victory Points: 11

Captain Jeremiah Kraye
> Hunter
> Hunter
> Hunter

Yea, I know it's a point over. I wasn't about to whine. I wanted another game and I wanted to play Art without his stoopid Haley lists. Unfortunately Earthborn Dire Trolls, Impalers and Axers on their large bases don't do well against armor piercing. So I got shot to shit. The one round I had a clear shot at Kraye I muffed the roll and got 3 damage. beter luck next time Ray

Friendly Games @ Home

Rick and his girlfriend, Ashe came by yesterday for a couple games. Rick had been a little down on WM/H and wanted to play fluffy armies outside of the normal league or tourney nights.

I played Ashe first, she wanted to play a 350 point list, I went to the Trollbloods battle box (I hate that battle box, it so boring).

She played:
Faction: Circle Orboros
Points: 355
Model Count: 4
Victory Points: 13

Krueger the Stormwrath
Argus
Pureblood Warpwolf
Woldwarden

I played:
Faction: Trollblood
Points: 286
Model Count: 4
Victory Points: 11

Madrak Ironhide
Troll Axer
Troll Impaler
Troll Impaler

The game went well. Ashe almost got me, if Kreuger hadn't moved into range of my axer's melee I would have lost. She had her warden and pureblood closing in on Madrak. but Madrak pulled it out and his axer took a swing from behind and sliced Kreuger in half.

Second game against Rick went a little longer (we should play scenario!)

I played:
Faction: Trollblood
Points: 497
Model Count: 11
Victory Points: 18

Hoarluk Doomshaper
Troll Axer
Troll Impaler
Dire Troll Mauler
Earthborn Dire Troll
Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes [5] (1 added)
> Stone Scribe Elder [1]

Rick played:
Faction: Protectorate
Points: 494
Model Count: 25
Victory Points: 18

High Executioner Servath Reznik
> Redeemer
> Revenger
> Castigator
High Paladin Dartan Vilmon
Wrack
Wrack
Wrack
Choir of Menoth [6] (2 added)
Holy Zealots [10] (4 added)
> Monolith Bearer [1]

I wrote up an entirely new list because Rick had shown frustration with people who play uber-competitive lists. So I wrote up a very fluffy, beast heaavy list. I marched up the battlefielf slowly, keeping the squishy nougat of Doomy under the Metamorphose and KSB effects. I realized how badass Vilmon was so I avoided him like the plague, so much so that my entire army ended up shifting far to the right to avoid him and also because Reznik was over that direction, hiding, like a little bitch :)
When Vilmon got close enough to Doomy I just said *fuck it* and charged him. One swing with Gnarlroot is all it took. I was very surprised.
I fouled up at the end and instead of charging into the zealots to avoid the goddam firebombs I ran. I could have smoked 7 of them with all Doomy's fury he had camped, causing a command check and being VERY far away from Reznik.

Troll MVP: Dire Trolls (both), they destroyed jacks left and right, at the end all he had left was his Revenger, while I was throwing the Redeemer and Castigator around.
Protectorate MVP: Those goddam Zealots and their bombs.

Pick up game 3/26/09

I played Cary last night.  Again I failed miserably.  

And as I'm a big dufus, I forgot all my cards except my Grissel list I've been playing so that was the only list I could play.

Faction: Trollblood

Points: 494

Model Count: 18

Victory Points: 18

Grissel Bloodsong, Fell Caller

Pyre Troll

Troll Impaler

Fell Caller

Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes [4] (0 added)

Trollkin Champions [5]

Trollkin Champions [5]

Faction: Khador

Points: 486

Model Count: 14

Victory Points: 19

Kommander Sorscha Kratikoff

> Destroyer

Koldun Lord

Man-O-War Drakhun

> Man-O-War Drakhun (Dismounted)

Manhunter

Yuri the Axe

Widowmakers [4]

Ogrun Bokur

Lady Aiyana & Master Holt [2]

We played a basic SR4 scenario, No Man's Land.  I got firrst turn (yay!).  After that I was a turn behind Cary.  

Grissel dumped 4 fury onto the KSB, advanced onto a hill (biggest mistake of the game), fell called Hoof it to a unit of champs.  Impaler and Pyre troll both riled for 1 and ran.  Fell Caller moved up, sang open road to other unit of Champs.  2nd unit of champs ran up 10" (with one model still in rough terrain.  KSB moved up and dropped the aura.

After this it was kind of a blur, on the 2nd turn Sorscha (as she normally does) feated, catching Grissel up on a hill with perfect view of her.  I played too defensively, not wanting to take the charge from the Drakuhn and Yuri.  Had I moved up, I would have blocked LOS to Sorscha and Grissel would have not been frozen and knocked down.

It came down to Cary had to eliminate both my Pyre Troll and my Impaler over two turns as Grissel was sitting on full fury to transfer damage.

Cary definitely knows Sorscha much better than I know Grissel, and even though this is another loss to her, I think I'm doing better than whenI started, I just need to think my moves out better and not leave my caster on top of a hill waving her arms and shouting, I'LL BET YOU CAN'T FREEZE ME FROM THERE!

MVP: Grissel, even though she got her stupid ass killed, using Cacophony while frozen and knocked down made Sorscha's life difficult according to Cary, had Grissel survived into her next turn she would have moved back out of Ayana and Holt's range (stupid "no feats) and feated on Sorscha, with 8 or so champs around her.  I don't think she would have survived.  But as I said at the beginning, i was one turn slow, perhaps if I had moved forward more on my second turn I would have forced her to feat defensively and put her on my terms.  Oh well, next game.

Call to Arms Week 3

Game 1 vs. Cesar (Circle of Orboros)

Troll List:

Faction: Trollblood

Points: 494

Model Count: 18

Victory Points: 18

Grissel Bloodsong, Fell Caller

Pyre Troll

Troll Impaler

Fell Caller

Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes [4] (0 added)

Trollkin Champions [5]

Trollkin Champions [5]

Cesar's List:

Faction: Circle Orboros

Points: 499

Model Count: 17

Victory Points: 18

Baldur the Stonecleaver

Woldwatcher

Woldwarden

Woldwarden

Sentry Stone & Mannikins

> Mannikin

Druids of Oboros [6]

Shifting Stones [3]

I love my Grissel Evo III list!  

We played the Death Valley scenario.  He ended up with first turn.  Baldur made his way up, feated first turn and assumed that he had won the scenario.  Unfortunately the scenario stated that you couldn't win until the third turn and controlled two points in the valley.

Ended up with a huge scrum in the middle, second turn Grissel feats and one unit of champs take a good sized chunk out of a Warden and Watcher.  Then the other unit take a chink out of the other Warden.  He popped off my Fell caller, but my KSB and stone scribes made all their tough rolls.  Two champs didn't make it back either.  At the end of the top of the forth turn my opponent conceded as I dropped his Watcher and one Warden with the last one coming soon.  I would have pushed back and driven him off the scenario marker and won on scenario, but instead I took the caster kill.

Game 2 vs. Gabe (Mercs)

Troll List:

Faction: Trollblood

Points: 494

Model Count: 18

Victory Points: 18

Grissel Bloodsong, Fell Caller

Pyre Troll

Troll Impaler

Fell Caller

Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes [4] (0 added)

Trollkin Champions [5]

Trollkin Champions [5]

Gabe's list:

Faction: Four Star Syndicate

Points: 486

Model Count: 14

Victory Points: 18

Magnus The Traitor

> Renegade

> Renegade

> Mariner

Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios

Master Gunner Dougal MacNaile

Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters [6] (0 added)

Lady Aiyana & Master Holt [2]

Scenario was Tagged where there's two watchtowers who have to hit and damage every 'jack or beast in the opponent's army to win scenario.  I was doing well until I pulled a Ray.  I left Grissel hanging in the wind, as Gabe would say "hey, look at me!  I'll bet you can't shoot me with all your guns in one turn!"  So yea, the game went two turns.  Doh!

Both games were a lot of fun, my understanding of Slams and Throws needs to get better, but overall the Grissel list is a lot of fun to play and I don't think it's too abusive for my opponents to get upset about my playing it time and again.

Call to Arms League Week 2

Game 1Vs. Cesar (Circle of Orboros)

 

Troll List:

Army Points: 495

Victory Points: 18

Name	Cost	VP
Grissel Bloodsong	70	5
Troll Axer	72	2
Trollkin Champions	106	3
Trollkin Champions	106	3
Krielstone Bearer and Stone Scribes (8 pts.)	50	2
Stone Scribe Elder	18	1
Trollkin Hero	38	1
Fell Caller	35	1

 

Cesar’s List (as far as I remember)

Army Points: 427

Victory Points: 16

Name	Cost	VP
Baldur the Stonecleaver	65	5
Woldwarden	116	3
Woldwarden	116	3
Shifting Stones	21	2
Sentry Stone	25	1
Druids of Orboros	84	2

 

Scenario was Cabin Fever.  You had to have a model/unit completely within 4” of the cabin in the center of the board by the end of the first player’s third turn, if you were within 2” you took damage.  I got first turn, Grissel activated, fell called Hoof It to the KSB, dumped all fury onto the KSB and walked up 5”.  Activated and walked the KSB up 5 inches, and dropped the +2ARM aura.  Champs units flanked the KSB on both sides with the Hero behind the center most unit.  Fell Caller and Axer flanked Grissel.  KSB activated again and walked up another 5”.  Then the hurt started.  He dropped a Sentry Stone near the cabin and close to me and started making Mannikins every turn and spraying me with pine needles.  He destroyed my KSB unit.  On his second turn he pops Baldur’s feat and locked me out of the objective area.  Bottom of my third turn I couldn’t get into the area and lost.  Good game Cesar, way to play the scenario.

This morning I realized I could have shut down some of his Woldwarden spellcasting if I had fell called Cacophony.

 

Game 2 Vs. Stephan (Skorne)

 

Troll List:

Army Points: 473

Victory Points: 17

Name	Cost	VP
Chief Madrak Ironhide	64	5
Earthborn Dire Troll	125	3
Troll Impaler	75	2
Krielstone Bearer and Stone Scribes (8 pts.)	50	2
Stone Scribe Elder	18	1
Trollkin Champions	106	3
Fell Caller	35	1

 

Stephan’s List (from what I remember):

Army Points: 499

Victory Points: 19

Name	Cost	VP
Master Tormentor Morghoul	57	5
Cyclops Savage	62	2
Basilisk Krea	64	2
Basilisk Drake	67	2
Titan Gladiator	109	3
Rhinodon	104	3
Paingiver Beast Handlers (8 pts.)	36	2

 

Scenario was to hold a line 4” wide across the center of the board, 2” from each side.  I played my new(ish) Madrak Brick list against this thinking I could have done better in scenario.  First turn I dumped all Maddy’s fury onto the KSB, ran all but the KSB up and bricked up with +2 ARM and the champs at the front just on my side of the scenario line.  Then he came.  He was too beast heavy for my list.  Only one unit of champs stood between two heavies and three lights and Madrak.  We both ended up in the center.  Where I could have held up his units a bit by charging with the champs and locking him into a drawn out melee I instead stayed in close to the scenario line and allowed him to charge me.  My Impaler went down HARD against the Rhinodon (note to self: don’t underestimate that horn attack again) later in the game the Rhinodon took out a majority of my KSB’s . 

Unfortunately I didn’t see the tarpit of champs running forward and blocking his charge lanes until just now, coulda been backed up by my KSB’s further mucking up his charges, leaving my Earthborn and Madrak the only models within 2” of the center line, winning by scenario. 

Lesson learned: pay closer attention to alternate win conditions on the scenario, rather than out-lasting him on the center line, prevent him from getting there in the first place.

In other news on this game the attrition game woulda been better played out with the Grissel list with 84 wounds on the champs plus the KSB +2ARM, plus Grissel’s +1 swing per champ, but the issue would have been the assassination I would have needed to do against Morghoul.

 

On to the next game.

Vicious Cheater

So it looks like I squeezed in a Fell Caller by accident into my Borka list yesterday.  

fark.

so i ended up 35 points over.  shit.  

I lost that game horribly, probably a mixtureof contributing factors.

1.) Karma

2.) Poor playing

3.) Bad matchup for the list.

Anyways, sorry about that Chris.

Tournament #2 Recap

Didn’t meet my goal for tourney #2, went 0-3 again.  I played well in the first two games but my third game I fell apart, playing my second list thinking it would work better for the scenario.

 

List 1:

Grim Angus

Troll Impaler

Dire Troll Mauler

Fell Caller

Trollkin Champions

Kreilstone Bearer & Stone Scribes (6)

Swamp Gobber and Bellows Crew

Alten Ashley, Monster Hunter

 

List 2:

Borka Kegslayer

Pyg Keg Carrier

Pyre Troll

Pyre Troll

Trollkin Champions

Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes (4)

Stone Scribe Elder

Stone Scribe Chronicler

Fell Caller

Brun Cragback

Lug

 

In typing those out I do not have my books or cards with me, but I have a sneaking suspicion I was over on points on my second list.  Shit.

 

Game 1 vs. Khador:

I played list 1

Guy played Vlad

Scenario was Process of Elimination.  He capped the two territories on my right and almost had the last one on my left but his mortar crew never moved up allowing my Dire Troll Mauler to capture it and contest it from him.  We went to time, I had at that point thrown my champs at Vlad in the hopes of knocking him down a couple of hit points.  No. Such. Luck.  In charging Vlad I had to disengage the Doom Reavers who had charged my Champs which of course killed a few.  I played well, I bricked up from the get-go with the exception of Alten Ashley who was far out in right field.  He got smoked after one attempted shot @ Fenris.  When time was called he had two territory points to my one.

 

MVP: Kreilstone Bearer & Stone Scribes - +2 ARM essentially gave all my units an additional wound every turn.

 

Game 2 vs. Skorne:

I played list 1 again

Stephan played Makeda

Scenario was Control the Squares(?) (where there are two rows of three squares (16”x14”)  and you had to control two of the ones on your side and one on your opponents side at the end of your third turn)  And.I.Blew.It. The end of my third turn if I had move my Fell caller Back 3” I would have won.  The end of his third turn he could have won but instead charged in his Cyclops.  The remainder of the game was trying to figure out if I wanted his Praetorians to smack Grim with or without free strikes from my Earthborn.  Either way Grim got poked like a pincushion.

 

MVP: None.  Everyone underperformed after I fucked up the scenario.

 

Game 3 vs. Cryx

I played list 2

Chris (Lakeland) played Asphyxious

Scenario was Mosh Pit.  I for some reason continue to think that Borka is the caster to play for this scenario.  Anyways, I think I had too many models on the table in this scenario.  Or I just fouled up the points something hardcore.  Either way, we played, and just like the last game I played against Cryx I underestimated the Bane Knight shadow shift.  I boosted up the strength of my Champs and got ginsu’d.  I should have used my pyre trolls from as far as possible and just laid out AOEs until I was in melee.  Next time Chris, next time J  And I promise not to cheat next time (I need to recheck that list).

 

MVP: Brun & Lug.  Wow, those guys are beat-sticks.  Flank on both of them, Brun gets Weapon Master.  Basically Brun runs up and casts Bear Hands on himself, takes a swing at the target.  If he hits it’s knocked down.  Lug runs up and starts wailing away at it getting a flank bonus.  Alternatively Lug can run up first, bear hands, knock down the enemy, smack with the rest of his hits plus fury for 3 additional hits, then Brun runs up and gets a charge bonus, flank bonus, and weapon master bonus.    Things don’t live long with these two in melee.  The only thing is I need to remember when to rile and leech fury and upkeep his spells.

 

Tags: After Action Report, vs. Khador, vs. Skorne, vs. Cryx

First 750 Point Game

Played a 750 point game against Stephan yesterday.

His army:
Faction: Skorne
Points: 746
Model Count: 34
Victory Points: 27

Lord Assassin Morghoul
Basilisk Krea
Cyclops Brute
Titan Cannoneer
Ancestral Guardian
Ancestral Guardian
Extoller Soulward
Cataphract Cetrati [5] (1 added)
Paingiver Beast Handlers [4] (0 added)
Praetorian Ferox [3] (0 added)
Praetorian Swordsmen [7] (1 added)
Venators [8] (2 added)

My army:
Faction: Trollblood
Points: 741
Model Count: 27
Victory Points: 25

Borka Kegslayer
> Pyg Keg Carrier
Pyre Troll
Pyre Troll
Dire Troll Mauler
Fell Caller
Stone Scribe Chronicler
Trollkin Hero
Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes [6] (2 added)
> Stone Scribe Elder [1]
Trollkin Champions [5]
Trollkin Long Riders [5] (2 added)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew [2]

The game went well, I went against my better judgment and chose to go for straight caster kill as this was both of our first 750 point games.
At the end I was able to make my assassination run with Borka and would have made it if I hadn't sallied the first three swings.
Assassination went like this:
Pyg Keg Carrier activates - Gives Borka Liquid Courage
Dire Troll Mauler activates - Casts Rage animus on Borka (+3 STR) [2 Fury], Two hand throws Borka [3 Fury], Boosts to hit [4 Fury]. Borka deviates 2 inches to the 1 (woot! Borka ended within 3 inches of Morghul)
Borka Kegslayer activates - Borka charges (advances) to Morghul, Morghul takes his free swing from Liquid Courage, whiffs. Borka starts with a headbutt, needing a 10 boosts to hit [1 Fury], misses. Borka swings with Trauma, needing 10, boosts to hit [2 Fury], misses. Borka takes another swing with Trauma [3 Fury], needing 10, boosts to hit [4 Fury], HITS! Boost to damage [5 Max Fury], Borka swings and does 12 damage!

However, I failed to include the +3 STR from the Mauler and the additional Damage Die from Liquid courage.
Stephan chose *not* to transfer damage when he had 1 point of fury left on Morghul and had I remembered my additional buffs I would have easily killed him.

Lessons learned:
1.) Remember what buffs are on your models. I may need to pick up those WarCogs or WarClaws that GF9 is selling to help me with this.
2.) Keep your Fell Caller alive long enough to sing War Cry to Borka so he can smash those hard to hit casters like Morghul.
3.) Perhaps the ARM bonus is all you need from the Krielstone, the STR bonus was nice, but where his Ferox were riding up behind me the ARM bonus would have dragged out the KSB rearguard as a more tarpit than they were.

MVP's: the Trollkin Longriders. They took a beating and kept on hacking away, tough as nails.

Trolls 1, Khador 0

got a game against Guy tonight. He played:

Faction: Khador
Points: 500
Model Count: 14
Victory Points: 18

Kommander Sorscha Kratikoff
> Devastator
Kovnik Markov
Man-O-War Drakhun
> Man-O-War Drakhun (Dismounted)
Iron Fang Uhlans [4] (1 added)
Winterguard Mortar Crew [2]
Winterguard Mortar Crew [2]
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios


(I think)

I played:
Faction: Trollblood
Points: 493
Model Count: 12
Victory Points: 17

Grim Angus
Troll Impaler
Troll Impaler
Dire Troll Mauler
Fell Caller
Trollkin Champions [5]
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew [2]

We agreed on playing for scenario we chose No Man's Land. He went first. On my second turn I ran my Champions, an Impaler, and Dire Troll Mauler into the scoring zone. I popped my feat and kept all but his Uhlan's from being able to jump into the zone. The Uhlan's could have gotten into scoring but Guy decided to try for caster kill and didn't make it.
At that point I offered another game but Guy wanted to finish out the current game trying for caster kill. I think I did a good job of winning the scenario. The sole thing I should have done would have been to tether one of his Uhlans outside of the scoring zone to make sure I had the win.
I'm very happy with my performance and suspect it's my training sessions with the local PG that helped achieve this.

After the win, when we continued for caster kill he finished me off with Mortar fire, Sorscha feated and smoked most of my Champs, the Uhlans got off a charge on Grim which required quite a bit of damage transfers. He caster-killed me but I got this win :)

Musings

Trollbloods
497/500
17 VPs
===========
Grim Angus
Earthborn Dire Troll
Fell Caller
Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes [5] (1 added)
Trollkin Champions [5]
Trollkin Long Riders [4] (1 added)

How would this list have worked against the Menoth list last night (knowing what I know now)?
1.) I would have set up to one side of the center. Long Riders would be set in the front with the Fell Caller set behind them. The Champs would then follow aith the KSB crew behind them. Then to one side (not sure) would be Grim + EBDT.
1a.) If I set Grim + EBDT in the center behind the troops, They will have a hard time maneuvering to take the assasination attempt.
1b.) If I set Grim + EBDT to the left side of the troops they would be more vulnerable to assasination from the Holy Hand Grenade guys. Although, Grim can use EBDT's animus to increase his ARM from 15 to 18 and he would be screened (hopefully) by EBDT increasing his DEF from 16 to 18.
1c.) If I set Grim + EBDT to the right side of the troops they would be less vulnerable to the Hand Grenade guys however Vilmon and the Cav may circumvent the troop block.

Monday (er, Tuesday) Morning QB

Ok, going over it in my head, where did I go wrong last night:

1.) I didn't use my cavalry to their best. They were set up far left and could have swept around and flanked, but didn't, instead got caught up with the Raptors
2.) I didn't know the exact rules for light cav which I think would have allowed one of my cav models to survive
3.) I continue to go after the warbeasts and units instead of the warcaster
4.) I didn't commit enough resources to removing the Angelius, I should have left the Seraph with my Winter Troll and attacked Angelius with the Fell Caller, Winter Troll, *and* Borka to make sure that he didn't get back up
5.) I set my


Now, what did I do right?

1.) I remembered to camp some focus in order to perform damage transfers
2.) I remembered my tough rolls
3.) I got my Freezer off on a couple guys, my opponent admitted that this forced a couple of moves which were not intended
4.) I set up the Borka throw and would have gotten it off if the Angelius didn't splatter my Mauler the turn it did

Raptors Light Cav

I think my opponent made a mistake with his Raptors last night as he at one point advanced, took two swings with his melee weapon then retreated as if it were a ride-by attack, however light cavalry cannot make ride-by attacks.
I'll bring this up to him next time he and I talk.

Oh, btw his list as far as I rememeber:
Saeryn, Omen of Everblight
Shredder
Shredder
Seraph
Seraph
Angelius
Shepherd
Raptors (3)

Also wik:
I just found out over on GuruDojo.com that a model can only be slipstreamed once. I need to verify in my Hordes Primal, but I know for sure he opened with Angelius double-slipstreamed.

Also, also wik:
Saeryn cannot "mirror" spell a spell with a range of "self".

Legion 1, Trolls 0

PLayed my first 500 point game. I think I need to get in a lot more practice with solos and units. I also need more experience with Borka.
In other words I got my ass handed to me :)

List:
Borka Kegslayer
+Pyg Keg Carrier
Dire Troll Mauler
Winter Troll
Fell Caller
Trollkin Champions
Trollkin Longriders

I'll get in a 500 point game next week and learn to play the units (Longriders, Champs) and Fell Caller better.

Trolls 0, Khador 1, Legion 1

Got two games in last night. Both playing Grim list versus Legion and Khador.

Legion game:
I set up well, I moved decently. But I was out manned. He played:
Saeryn, Omen of Everblight
Seraph
Angelius
Raptors (2 +1)

He had 2 more models on the table than me and with no way to take out multiple models in a turn I couldn't overcome that. I may have over committed my Earthborn as well which didn't end well :) He's beefy, but he's not invincible.

Second game was a rematch against the guy playing Irusk last week.
he played:
Vladimir Tzepesci, Dark Prince of Umbrey
Behemoth
Man-O-War Drakhun (with dismount)
Alten Ashley, Monster Hunter

This one was destined to be a loss. Guy (the player) told me up front he came packing heat against Grim. Vlad's wind wall shut me down the whole game. I couldn't pop a shot at ANYTHING. I ended up over committing my Earthborn again, but Guy was surprised at how far that big fucker can move when properly goaded. I think I played well with the deck stacked so high against me, but in the end he picked me apart and killed each model in turn.

On to the next game :)

Edit: More thoughts about the Khador game

Trolls 1, Khador 0

Finally! I got a win under my belt.

He played:
Kommandant Irusk
Behemoth
Man-O-War Drakhun
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios
(looks like he's 21 points shy)

I played my same Grim list:
Grim Angus
Troll Axer
Troll Impaler
Earthborn Dire Troll

First turn I walked Grim up and sniped Eiryss out of a copse of trees (if I remember correctly, my first kill). One shot, one kill. A few turns of screwing around with the Behemoth and Drakhun jumping (getting tossed) down my throat.
During this time I took a shot at Irusk and popped a huge hole in him. After Drakhun tried to take out my Earthborn I moved Grim to the flank and popped Irusk and finished him off.

That makes me 1 and 3. I think I still need more games under my belt.

What did I do wrong?
1.) I dropped all my fury off of Grim at two points and would not have been able to damage transfer had I been attacked.
2.) I didn't throw Drakhun when I had the chance. I could have possibly knocked the Behemoth down with that.
3.) I didn't know from the get-go what happened when a warbeast who was knocked down and frenzies.

What did I do right?
1.) I kept Grim close to his Earthborn for the most part and kept him in trees and safe.
2.) I didn't keep a one-track mind. I didn't try to only slingshot my Earthborn, I didn't try to tether as my sole means of controlling the board. I used different spells and abilities and came out well.

***EDIT: apparently I didn't account for Drakhun's 20pt dismount, sounds like a gymnastics competition***

Cygnar 1, Trolls 0

Played 350 points tonight versus Cygnar.

He played:
Captain Victoria Haley
   Centurion
   Thorn
Journeyman Warcaster
Gun Mage Captain Adept
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios

I played my 350 Grim list:
Grim Angus
Earthborn Dire Troll
Troll Axer
Troll Impaler

I made a LOT of mistakes. My poorest game yet. Or perhaps I'm getting better at realizing what makes a well played game?
Mistakes made:
1.) I played a Tooth and Claw list versus a normal 350 list. There were entirely too many targets.
2.) I placed terrain poorly. I placed two pieces of forest terrain right at my deployment edge. This meant I got into it, but I was pretty well locked in that area. Then I had to run out of the forests at half speed due to Haley's Temporal Barrier and got shot to shit.
3.) I played too defensively. I got into the trees and didn't want to move.

On to the next game with more knowledge under my belt.
“All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.” ~Winston Churchill

if you're keeping track I'm currently 0 Wins 3 Losses with my Trolls

Protectorate 1, Trolls 0

Played a game tonight, troll warpack versus the Menoth battle box.

Lost.
Miserably.

As usual I'm learning from my losses.

Where did I go wrong?

• Didn't use the Impalers to throw their spears. crit slams are badass and can lock down the opponent's army


• Didn't use Madrak's Sure Foot.
  1. against Kreoss' feat (which DESTROYED me) this is a huge help
  2. I didn't realize it would give the DEF bonus.
  
  
• Guided hand, only used it once. Guided hand should be on an impaler as much as possible. crit slams rock socks!!


• When playing vs. Warmachine, don't concern myself with the Jacks unless they're immediately important, make my way to the caster and get him out of the way.

Ok, so on to another game...

Got my first game in

Saturday I got my first Troll game in. I played my Trollbloods warpack vs. the Everblight warpack @ War & Pieces.
I don’t remember the game turn for turn, but here’s the breakdown:
He came close with Lylith.
I used my Axer’s animus on my Impaler (who was closer) and charged my Impaler over terrain at Lylith. And missed every…single…swing.
Lylith ran away and I got some nice free swings at her, but not enough to kill her or a beast. She then shot and killed my Impaler (I forgot to roll for Tough, I won’t forget again though!)
Carnivean charged Madrak. Took a small chunk outta him which got scrolled away. I think Lylith took a shot at Madrak too which got transferred.
Madrak takes a swing back at the Carnivean and did a good amount of damage. I drained him of Fury to try to kill the Carnivean in one turn and get it out of Maddy’s face and just couldn’t come up with the dice I needed. All the while my Axer took a Thresher swing at two Shredders in his front arc, destroying one and wounding the other badly.
Maddy takes another bad round to the face which can’t be transferred away due to draining all his fury in his last activation. The Axer bites it and I forget the Tough roll again.
Lone Impaler takes the final swing at the Shredder he’s been dancing with but Maddy’s had it, the Carnivean smacks him once more to put him out (and I forget the tough roll again!) of his misery.

What did I learn?

• Take your Tough roll.


• Remember your abilities; the Carnivean almost got a charge on me because I didn’t know the special ability.


• Take your Tough roll.


• You can’t kill a Carnivean with a lone model in one round without cheating.


• Did you take that Tough roll yet?

Trolls 0, Legion 1