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Longtime Dakkanaut






HATE Club, East London

Right, I fancied the idea of creating a battle report, but didn't get the idea until after my latest game. I have used the Battle Chronicler software to recreate as well as possible the most recent game I played. Once again I was up against my friend Nathan, this time at HATE Club, which plays at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club.

We played at 1500 points. My list consisted of;

CM 20 Infantry, Chaos Marauders, led by a Chaos Warrior
CH1 5 Beasts, Chaos Hounds
CH2 5 Beasts, Chaos Hounds
Og 6 Infantry, Ogres
Ha 8 Flying Infantry, Harpies
Gen Chaos Master Sorceror, General, on a Disc of Tzeentch, with Chaos Armour, a Chaos Runeblade, a Ruby Chalice and a Helm of Many Eyes
CC Champion, Chaos Champion, also on a Disc, with Chaos Armour, a Halberd and the Shield of Ptolos
MH 5 Cavalry, Marauder Horsemen, led by a Chaos Warrior.

We were playing Scenario 3, Meeting Engagement, so had to write out our order of march and deploy in that order.

My plan with this army is that the Chaos Marauders, led by my general, advance behind a screen of Chaos Hounds, who stay close to the Marauders, because they need to benefit from the general's Leadership. He has the Ruby Chalice to protect the unit from shooting and his Helm of Many Eyes gives him Strike First and thereby protects the slow-moving unit when they inevitably get charged.

The Ogres hold the ground next to them and act as a bit of a distraction. They can take a lot of hurt, but aren't actually all that amazing at hitting things! The Marauder Horsemen snake around the flanks and threaten flank charges. Even if they don't make a flank charge, the threat of one forces a response and can pull a unit out of formation. The Harpies and Champion on Disc are there to deal with archers, bolt throwers and so on.

Nathan had;

CO 5 Cavalry, Cold Ones
Ha 5 Flying infantry, Harpies
Sc1 5 Infantry, Scouts
G Cavalry Hero, General, on a Cold One with, no doubt, some magic items!
S2 Cavalry Hero, Sorceror on an elven steed, with a Book of Ashur
Cr 9 Infantry, Crossbowmen
H Bound Monster, War Hydra
HoDP Flying Hero, Hero on Dark Pegasus with a Heart of Woe

Nathan deployed with his Cavalry central and his General in the unit. His Sorceror flanked them. His Hydra was nearby, and beyond that his Crossbowmen. On the opposite flank were his Scouts and Harpies. I was expecting his Harpies to simply foil my Harpies, which is one of the reasons I brought eight. His scouts had done a lot of shooting damage in previous games, so I was afraid of them. I had learned to fear his Hydra, especially its breath weapon. His Hero on Dark Pegasus was an unwelcome surprise!





We rolled that the game would be only four turns.

I rolled ELEVEN Chaos Gifts, and but the only one I didn't get was Nurgle's Rot, so I could not slow down his Cold Ones. I killed a couple of Scouts before we even got started and my Marauders landed up with a leader having a Scorpion Tail and all at +1WS.

I drew three decent spells from the Tzeentch deck; Glean Magic and a couple of damage dealing spells.

Nathan had the first turn, and caught me by surprise by charging my Hounds with his Harpies. This would cause a roadblock and even if I could get around them, stop me marching. They killed two dogs and I killed a harpy in return. Elsewhere, his Crossbowmen killed one of my Harpies. His Hydra and Cold Ones moved forward, readying for a charge.



In response, my Harpies charged his Crossbowmen. Two can play at that game! Sadly, I played it poorly, and they killed another as my Harpies flew in, then I achieved no kills!

My Ogres advanced, and my other Hounds and my Marauders inched forwards. My General left his unit to be able to cast his spells at the Hydra, planning to return later, when he was needed. He only managed to cause one wound on the Hydra though! My Champion went the other way, for reasons I cannot fathom. At the end of the turn I felt I had made several errors I would come to regret.



In Nathan't Turn 2, his Hero on Dark Pegasus charged my Ogres. I should have though that suspect, but more on that later. My Harpies fled his Crossbowmen, and were cut down. You ought to have flown, you fools! His Cold Ones swung around ready to advance on my Marauders. His scouts shot my Hounds and they fled, standing directly in front of my Marauders. More traffic!

His Hydra failed its leadership roll, so it stood doing nothing, struggling against its binding magic!

He also tried to cast Soul Drain on my Marauders. I ummed and aahed about whether to use my Wrath of Khorne Chaos Gift, or to use Drain Magic. I wanted to use Glean Magic to steal Soul Drain, so I foolishly used Drain Magic. Despite using my Tzeentchy +1/-1 re-roll, I lost a magic level!





In my turn 2, my dogs made his Harpies flee. My general charged his Hero on Pegasus, but caused no damage. The Ogres attacked his Dark Pegasus steed and did a wound, causing him to flee. It was a very poor LD roll for Nathan, followed by a very poor flee roll. My Ogres and general both pursued and hacked down his Hero. It turns out that was very fortunate, as he had a Heart of Woe and killing him would have ripped the heart out of my army.

Contrary to the map, I now remember that my Champion charged and killed his remaining Scouts by the building.

My Marauder Horsemen snaked around the edge of the board to where his Crossbowmen would not have a shot.




In Nathan's turn 3, his Crossbowmen reformed and shot at my Horsemen, but the dice were not on his side and none died. He was cursing his decision to start turning his Cold Ones as my Ogres were now right behind them. To get them away from trouble, he charged the dogs that were pursuing his Harpies. He easily beat them in combat, but then he pursued them straight off of the table!

Incredibly, his War Hydra failed its Leadership test again, meaning it could not breathe fire on my Ogres. Hurrah!

But... his Sorceror cast Soul Drain on my Marauders. With Total Power. I cursed my decision to use Drain Magic. Had I used Wrath of Khorne, I might have even destroyed that spell! Nine Marauders died and his Sorceror gained 4 wounds!





In my turn, my Ogres and General took advantage of his Hydra's struggles and charged! They did quite a bit of damage, but it survived. Nevertheless, they did enough wounds to weaken its breath attack, which was important!

My Disc-riding champion charged his Sorceror. I think my remaining dogs (who had rallied the previous turn) did too, though that is also missing from the map. His sorceror was not killed, but fled and was cut down.

My Horsemen had reformed the previous turn, so now they charged the Crossbowmen. They did get hit, but enough of them hit, including their Chaos Warrior leader, that they won the combat and cut down the fleeing crossbowmen.



At the start of Turn 4, Nathan's Cold One Riders returned, along with his General, but it was too late. The game was over and they would not get to do anything. His Hydra died this turn (I think it even failed a THIRD leadership test)




Conclusions;

Forgive the minor discrepancies between the photos, text and maps! I only decided to write this AFTER the battle, so it doesn't quite match!

Overall, this battle was determined by Leadership tests. Nathan's fearsome War Hydra failed the tests when it really mattered. It is a big risk on such an important unit, but to fail twice was very unlucky. It still terrified me! Even worse was his Hero running away when he needed just 9 or less to stay. Had he done so, I think it all would have turned out very differently. Nathan felt it was a big mistake to start turning his Cold Ones to go after my Marauders. I think it was the right decision at the time, but it turned out to make his life a lot harder when the hero fled.

I felt my Hounds performed well, despite causing a traffic jam for my Marauders. I do think I need to position my Marauders more carefully in future as this was their second game in a row where they have not reached combat. The Ogres soaked up a lot of attention, but were very lucky to avoid that Heart of Woe. My Harpies underperformed. With just one attack, I think they are better off going after fleeing units or artillery, but at the time it seemed like a good idea. When my general left my Marauders, I initially regretted it, but it worked out well in the end. The champion did well too, not so much in terms of how much damage he did, but in terms of his mobility and threat, and he did eventually deal with the enemy Sorceror. My favourite unit are my Horsemen. I just love sending them snaking around a flank forcing units to redeploy to deal with them! I expect Nathan will have a plan for them if we play again, so I might try to think of another way to use them. They are damn flimsy at T3 and a 5+ save, so I am worried he might charge them with his harpies and kill a few before I can properly respond. I had better remember to deploy them where he can't easily do that!

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Completely awesome old-school game. Seeing the magic cards, templates, power deck all on the table really takes me back.
   
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HATE Club, East London

Yeah, playing some old games has been a lot of fun. Although I finished with 4th edition back in the day, 5th edition "feels" the same so I am enjoying it. We are organising a mini-tournament in mid-September and I hope to play plenty before then.

I have almost finished my leader for the Marauder Horseman unit...



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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

That's so bonkers and deliciously old skool. Fab batrep too.

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Upstate, New York

So much nostalgia.

5th was where I spend almost all of my WHFB time, and we played the heck out of it.

Battle report take me right back to the 90’s. Chaos and Undead were my 2 big armies, and my friend played DE.

IIRC mounted marauders with flails hit almost as hard as chaos knights, but were much softer. I don’t recall cold one knight doing much except to keep the chaff off the DE general. Trying to scrub my brain for other facts from the old times, but it was many moons ago.

Enjoy the retro-hammer!

   
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Great work on the marauder, he looks to be enjoying bouncing around on his steed! Hopefully he gets to bound around another battlefield again soon

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HATE Club, East London

So, Nurgle fella is finished...



And the rest of his gang is well in progress...

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Green Bay, Wisconson

Great variety of horse themes. Nice. Very Chao's

 
   
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Madison, WI

That is an amazing figure and a really well written back-story. Thanks for sharing it all Fifty.

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Those horsemen are amazing! Great bath rep too. Have you posted any picks of your ogres? I can’t remember seeing them


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Those horsemen are amazing! Great bath rep too. Have you posted any picks of your ogres? I can’t remember seeing them

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http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/406750.page 
   
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HATE Club, East London

Best shots of the ogres are at the bottom of page 32. I haven't posted better pics because, a) I painted them in '92 or '93, b) they aren't quite finished! c) they are bay chipped from the intervening years.

When the time comes, I might repaint them or I might restore them. In the meantime, I have another dozen era appropriate ogres to paint that are bare metal, so I'll hold off on stripping these chaps as long as I can.

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Green Bay, Wisconson

Love the Bat rep pictures.. tactical pic, then live shot. Very nice idea.

 
   
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HATE Club, East London

 Solar_lion wrote:
Love the Bat rep pictures.. tactical pic, then live shot. Very nice idea.


Without the map, I can't follow what is going on in just the photos.

Though guards may sleep and ships may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.

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Mostly, on my phone.

Love the leopard print pony! Excellent Tiger striping also.

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
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HATE Club, East London

I made another battle report.

This time, I did it as a video!



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Madison, WI

I don't know anything about WHF, but I like it! Might I suggest some shots of the units actually facing each other in close-up? It would give something for your audience to relate to.

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HATE Club, East London

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I don't know anything about WHF, but I like it! Might I suggest some shots of the units actually facing each other in close-up? It would give something for your audience to relate to.


Yeah, that is something a few people have said, or variations on that theme and better photography is general is definitely the big thing for next one.

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Houston, TX

I absolutely love the old-school battle report maps showing units movements and positions. I love looking back at the old White Dwarf magazines for those reports. Great work.

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HATE Club, East London

I made another video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JUnX9Ch9Tk

Though guards may sleep and ships may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.

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Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

Fifty,

I should sell you the rest of my green hills, they were totally 90's style terrain.

Cheers,

CB

   
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Green Bay, Wisconson

Old School .. very nice.. It does indeed remind me of the old WD Battle reports

 
   
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London

Gosh, old school batreps on Youtube - what times we live in!

Thanks for sharing



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G'day Fifty, been a while since I dropped into the blog - great stuff on the batrep and love that Mauraduer Horseman with the mutated horse
   
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HATE Club, East London

It has been ages since I had time for meaningful hobbying, and even longer since I posted here, but I am playing a game of Oldhammer at my house on Wednesday, so I decided to get my trees ready. I had a bunch of old Javis Scenics trees that I bought at GW in the early 90s, so I glued them to 40mm bases, then used a thick sheet of polystyrene sheet, followed by a thinner layer with 40mm holes cut in. I then roughed up the whole thing with sandpaper and put some vallejo sandy paste on it...



Also, I have had a Blood Bowl ogre with a missing lower leg for ages, so over the weekend I resculpted it...

Identical but undamaged mini in the pic for comparison.






Though guards may sleep and ships may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.

Posting as Fifty_Painting on Instagram.

My blog - almost 40 pages of Badab War, Eldar, undead and other assorted projects 
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

Looks good. Love a resculpt! Great to have you back, too.

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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HATE Club, East London

Weird double post from hours ago!

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Though guards may sleep and ships may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.

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Northern Ireland

That wee green boot just warms my heart. It’s like a happy ending Christmas story where the old unloved toy finds a new lease of life and gets a new foot. Nice sculpting on that.

And I also was enjoying your battle report videos (like a silent lurking not commenting kind of way, sorry.) They certainly evoke that 90s white dwarf feel and are showing promising improvement. I hope you do more if the opportunity arises. When the harpies did “Fly High” i got all nostalgic. My war hawks and eagles used to fly high, until the rules changed! Bah!

   
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Nice resculpt of the boot Fifty, looks spot on. That tiger striped horse is possibly one of the coolest things I've seen in a while, nice work!

 
   
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Love the work giving the ogre a new boot, it’s a great match for the other one.

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Saving a miniature.

Always good work.

CB

   
 
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