Regular Dakkanaut
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Turn 1 HE
Everything moves forward.
Magic
9 power and 5 dispel dice.
2 dice to cast miasma on crossbows, 2 dice to dispel, success.
4 to cast pit of shades on hellblaster volley gun, 3 to dispel, success.
3 dice to cast enfeebling foe on great swords (-2s), IF, roll of 6 on the miscast table, wizard
Turn 1 empire
5 dice casting net on phoenix guard, IF, roll 9 on the miscast table. Lose 6 power dice and store the last dice in rod of power.
Canon fires grape shot on the eagle, kills it.
Hellblaster takes a -3 penalty for firing over infantry(didnt know it had to roll to hit), kills 2 dragon princes out of 22 shots, pretty lame.
Crossbows cause 2 wounds on the last eagle.
Turn 2 HE
Dragon princes try to charge knights, roll 1 inch short, move 4. Spearelves move forward, now 10 inches away from great swords. PG fail strength test to move, one dies. Eagle blocks knights.
Magic
Use 2 dice to cast miasma on crossbows, rolls 11. No dispel, bs reduced by 1.
Fail strength test to cast occam on spearelves, one PG dies.
Fail test to cast pit of shades, no casaulties.
Fail test to withering on greatswords, one PG dies.
Empire dispels enfeebling on greatswords with 3 dice.
Recast enfeebling on greatswords, 4 dice to dispel, IF.
Turn 2 Empire
Knights charge eagle and DPs. Greatswords move right 2 inches for hellblaster to shoot.
Magic
3 power dice, 2 dispel. 1 in ROP.
Use 4 to cast net on PG, fail to dispel.
Shooting
Hellblaster kills 6 spear elves and crossbows kill another 3.
Canon caused 3 wounds on PG but all saved.
Combat
Eagle dies, knights overrun 7 inches forward.
Knights kill 1 DP, DP flees 11 inches, knights fail to restrain, pursue 7 inches.
Turn 3 HE
Spears charge greatswords
DPs rally
PGs move forward, pass strength test.
Magic
11 power dice + 1 channel, 6 dispel dice
Try to cast occams on spear elves, fail strength test, two die.
Use 3 to cast withering on greatswords, no dispel, reduced to 1 toughness.
Fail miasma on greatswords, one die.
5 dice, large pit of shades, hellblaster. Move NE 3 inches, hits empire BSB, 2 crossbows and 1 spearelves. BSB and 1 crossbow dies. We are not sure whether the BSB can do a look out sir roll for the pit of shades so we just roll with it, BSB survives.
Combat
Spearelves champ challenges, BSB accepts, BSB overkills by 1 but takes one wound.
4 spearelves kill the warrior priest.
The remaining 25 spearelves and BSB kill 12 greatswords.
21 greatswords kill 8 spearelves, pass LD check to stay in combat.
Turn 3 Empire
Knights on the right charge DPs.
Wizard moves back 2 inches out of the crossbows.
Knights on the left reform.
Magic
11 power dice, 6 dispel.
3 dice to dispel withering, pass.
4 to cast speed of light on greatswords, no dispel.
4 to cast boosted protection, dispelled.
Shooting
Crossbows cause 2 wounds on PGs, hellblaster cause 2 wounds on PGs, canon misfires(dud).
Combat
DP and Knights cause no wounds, pass LD test to remain in combat.
Spearelves kill 4 greatswords, greatswords kill 8. Greatswords have 2 ranks now versus 1 for spearelves, spearelves flee and are caught.
End game.
Summary :
Net on the phoenix guards to stop them from moving and the archmage from casting pretty much saved the game. Spearelves with only withering managed to kill the warrior priest and more than 1/3rd of the greatswords and anymore buffs(occams, etc) would have easily swung it in their favor.
The hellblaster volley gun seems only good if you can get a clear shot against cavalry. Against large blocks of infantry, the mortar is going to be much more reliable and cause far more wounds.
Usefulness of the warrior priest : ???. I took him to nullify challenges, but outside a challenge he seems quite vulnerable to basic infantry. Not sure about the greatswords either, i thought they would be more dangerous in melee.
Miscasting the first turn net meant that i never had much spare dice for the rod of power, i was always short on dice for dispels.
Knights and crossbows didnt really cause much damage either...the knights had problems fighting the DPs for example, and the eagle put the others out of position.
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