I went to my local gaming club last night to get my weekly fix of dice. I was due to have a 1750 point game with my Necrons facing an Ork horde. Sadly my opponent didn't turn up due to illness so my metal minions had to wait a little longer for blood. I had wanted to try out my new Wraiths which I had bought last month. I could slot these into my small (1500-1750 pt) lists, and just test them out. I would have loved to see them take out some big Ork Nob Warboss. I just hope they are more successful on their debut than my Pariahs. ( I will post later about this).
I tend to buy at least one full strength unit per month which is quickly making my small "side project" into a full blown invasion force. This month will see the arrival of a full unit of Flayed Ones. Next month, another unit of Heavy Destroyers.
But I'm now losing my thread.
I didn't get my 40k fix, but I did manage to get a couple of games of Warmachine. I am still relatively new to Privateer Press games, so am still trying to get a new set of rules into my head. There is a small Warmachine/Hordes tourney at my club in a fortnights time, so two more 'practice games' were very welcome.
The first game of the night for my Menoth force was against a guy called Andre and his Talion crew. We are both beginners in the game, and it was good both discussing the rules as we went along. We both went in headstrong, and were engaged in melee by the 2nd turn. I managed to take out Andre's light warjack (Buccaneer). Then I pretty much disabled the cannon on one of his heavy warjacks (Mariner) by getting my Choir of Menoth to sing the Safe Passage hymn which meant my 'jacks were immune to ranged attacks. Turn 3 came around and my Choir sung a different hymn, (Infuse, giving my 'jacks a +2 bonus to hit rolls and damage rolls. This now meant Andre can fire his cannon, which caused my Repenter and Revenger (light warjacks) quite a bit of damage. I waited until turn 4 before getting Grand Scrutator Severius (my warcaster) to 'pop his Feat'. This stopped Andre's warcaster (Captain Bartolo) casting spells and replenishing his Focus allowance. This gave me a free run into his 'caster who I didn't kill, but was in a good position to do so. At this point Andre conceded the game. We were timing the rounds to see if we were inside the 5 minutes that will be allocated during the upcoming tourney. I'm pleased to say that this happened more often than not. Overall, I was pleased with the way this game went.
Next up, my Menites faced a guy called Ollie and his Everblight. This was a bit more of a casual game as Ollie wasn't looking for a game, but I was grateful when he obliged me with one. We didn't time the rounds, but instead Ollie went through the rules a bit when I wasn't sure. Now Everblight are a Hordes army, which while using most of the same rules, plays slightly different. It was really good to play against this sort of force. I got the first turn again so raced forward and got my Choir to sing their Safe Passage hymn. Ollie opted to run his Carnivean down one flank and his Blighted Swordsmen down the other. I managed to use my Repenter to flame the Carnivean and set him on fire (which nearly killed it early on). My 'jacks kept moving forward, supported by the Choir, Reclaimer and Severius. The Reclaimer decided (as he mostly always does) to sacrifice a memeber of the Choir each turn in order to claim their Soul to use later. Ollie's Carnivean slammed my Repenter, knocking it into my Revenger causing damage to both 'jacks. Ollie then charged my Revenger with his three Shredders dealing a fair bit of damage. I somehow managed to harm the Carnivean a fair bit, but not enough. I used my Crusader to occupy the Blighted Swordsmen. This forced Ollies hand a little, so he moved His 'caster (Lylyth) within enough range to cast a few spells on Severius in order to kill him. Severius stayed alive, and because Lylyth was in range to cast spells this meant Severius could cast some of his own. He casted Immolation a twice, boosting the damage each time. This was more than enough to kill her and win me the game.
Winning twice in one night is always a good thing, but I did take quite a bit of advise from other, more experienced Warmachine/Hordes players like Ollie and others like Sam and Mig. I now have one more night to get a couple more games with my Menoth force before the tourney on the 21st. My Necrons will now have to wait until after the tourney to spill some blood.
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