Campaign Update: And Then There Were Three

With the Empire and Dark Elves eliminated from the campaign, that left four players. Unfortunately, Due to his commitments to work and family and the distance needed to travel to meet up for games, Josh had to bow out.

There are rumors of a great evil returning to the Old World. Through their haruspex, the Slaughtermasters recognize a power not seen for an age stirring back to life. Content to let the lesser beings squabble over their insignificant lands, the Ogres retreat to the mountains to prepare for what is to come.

I had put a rule in place that if anyone dropped out, rather than simply clearing their territory, the positions of their banners would be marked and a Difficult Terrain test would be required to enter a territory with a Maw symbol. This represents fighting through the remaining elements of the Ogre occupation, pushing through left over garrisons, breaking fortifications, and such. Once the roll is passed, the remnant militias are scattered and the test is no longer required to enter the terrain.

Our Players

Justin Cunnane: Chixl's Warhost (Lizardmen)

Jason Pierson: Waaagh Blackfang (Orcs & Goblins)

Rob Hawkins: Skryre Lord Skreekits' Lightning Engineer Cult (Skaven) 

 

 

Chixl's Warhost, having driven off the Dark Elves, took advantage of the Ogres' withdraw and push forward.

As Waaagh Blackfang worked to recover the razed lands and scour the filth of traitorous vermin from their realm, the Skaven secured the Gesteinmund Hills and Tor Anrock, and moved to snatch the city of Malko from under the Orcs' noses (or snouts?), but the Orcs were ready to stop their attack, and the two armies came to grips outside the city.

Jay and I met at the local shop to throw down. His army had a 200 point advantage from the fortified city, so it was 2200 points of Skaven vs. 2400 points of Orcs.

 

 

The majority of Jay's army was invested in a 70-man unit of Orc Boyz, flanked by large units of Black Orcs and Savage Ork Big 'Uns, and backed up by a battery of war machines and a giant. I held back and fired with 30 Jezzails and two Warpfire Cannons. I managed to kill the giant, but not before he drove off one unit of Jezzails. The large Orc unit was too much, however, and although I was able to whittle it down below 10 men, I could not fully destroy it.

 

 

The Doom Wheel charged the Savage Orcs, but was destroyed by his Boss's giant axe.

 

 

While the rest of my army chipped away at the Green Tide at range, the Stormvermin stayed as far away as they could from the Savage Orcs. Eventually, the Greenskins closed the gap and destroyed them.

 

 

The Foot of Gork stomped unit after unit, and was probably inflicted the most damage in the entire game. Jay threw six dice at it every time, and even though he never cast the spell with Irresistible Force, I was never quite able to dispel it when I needed to (and I was just commenting on how I never bother to take dispel scrolls).

 

 

At the end of of the day, the forces of the Lightning Engineer Cult were massacred, the Engineers run off, their machines shattered.

 

 

The city of Malko was now securely in Orc hands, and the Skaven would have to lay siege to the city's fortress. On the western front, the Lizardmen and Skaven were about to meet...

'Til next time!