![]() ![]() 9 of them died outright, and another took 2 wounds. Auto wounds, no saves, D3+1 wounds per hit. Oh, I hit with all 10? That's pretty cool. Mistakes were made: The Vargheists arrived in the combat all excited and hungry, but then they had to wait for Karl Franz Amazing to attack. The Terrorgheist has a song to sing to Karl Franz. It killed a Knight or two, took a wound, and nothing much happened. The Black Knights didn't make the charge, but the Necrosphinx did. At least the pack of Ghouls that tried to launch itself into the front found the distance too great. The Inner Circle Knights on the left flank left both the Necrosphinx and Black Knights escorting the blender Vampire requiring moderate rolls of 8 or so to charge them. Karl Franz was pretty aggressive, showing little concern for the possibility of enemy charges. My Greatswords and Flagellants, with the White Wolves settling for the flank (as it was the only space left). In front of them is the regiment of 60 Halberdiers, with their horde-sized detachments arrayed on either side.īlurry blurry. Ludwig Schwartzhelm led the Reiksguard from the back of the lines. See, that's the moral high ground right there in the centre of the picture. My army, featuring little subtlety and zero Caskets of Souls hiding behind hills. The Casket is hiding behind the hill, just like every other Casket in history. The other flank, including the vanguarded Hexwraiths and the Necrosphinx (James was using a Dread Abyssal model). Because clearly James felt using him unpainted was undignified enough, and he proceeded to swing him around the room by his head until something broke (this may be a slight dramatization of actual events). The centre of the army, featuring Nagash the Black and Headless. There you go, 15 Vargheists in horde formation. I would not recommend a regular 6x4 table for games larger than this one. We were both a bit worried that James would run out of room on his side if he couldn't reshuffle things as he went along. we didn't bother with alternating deployment. Such subtlety was lost on me when I started thinking of units of 60 models.ĭeployment, after James makes his vanguard moves. The list is notable for all the things I didn't bother with - magic standards, small disposable units with which to help control the game. 6 Black Knights with Full Command, Lichebone Standard.16 TK Skeleton Archers with Full Command.40 VC Skeleton Warriors with Light Armour, Shields, Full Command, Banner of Swiftness.Vampire BSB (Level 1, Lore of Vampires) with Dragonhelm, Dispel Scroll, Heavy Armour, Great Weapon.Tomb King with Armour of Destiny, Great Weapon.Vampire Lord (Level 1, Lore of Vampires) on Hellsteed with Ogre Blade, Talisman of Preservation, The Other Trickster's Shard, Quickblood, Red Fury, Heavy Armour, Shield.The other main unit of note was the 15 Vargheists, weighing in at about 700 points. ![]() He also threw in the End Times Krell, figuring he was likely to tag along wherever Nagash went. James knew I would be taking both KFA and the fancy version of Balthasar Gelt, so decided to give Nagash a bit of backup in the form of a blender Vampire Lord. There's not much point trying to shoot the Undead to death. ![]() I decided it would be worth having, just to give Nagash something to think about. The Cannon was basically an afterthought. 15 Reiksguard Knights with Full Command.16 Knights with Great Weapons, Full Command. ![]() 16 Inner Circle Knights with Full Command.Battle Wizard (Level 2, Lore of Light) with Dispel Scroll.Captain with Full Plate Armour, Shield, Sword of Might.Captain with Full Plate Armour, Shield, Sword of Striking.Warrior Priest with Great Weapon, Heavy Armour.Arch Lector on War Altar with Armour of Fortune, Great Weapon, Shield.Apart from Karl Franz Ascendant, I guess. I figured a unit of 60 Halberdiers with 2 horde detachments of 30 would be good for a laugh (and potentially scary), so that was the most exciting thing in my list. I decided fielding really large units of knights would probably mess up the game balance, so I focused on big infantry blocks instead. I knew Nagash would be in the enemy army, but that was about it. Obviously I need more practice with this phone camera if it is going to serve as my backup. Nagash wasn't painted anyway, so I didn't bother to bring my good camera along - and now I regret that decision. I apologise for the quality of some of the photos. This is not really a battle report, but I was taking some pictures with my phone as we went along, so I thought I would give an account of how things panned out. James Brett and I decided to play a 6,000pt game on the weekend, pitting Nagash against Karl Franz Ascendant and Balthasar Gelt, Incarnate of Metal in a game where hopefully their power wouldn't completely dominate the game. ![]()
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