And we are back!
It was Thursday night; therefore it was my regular dose of
gaming goodness at my FLGS! Continuing my AoS adventure, I faced off once again
against Keith and his Bloodbound/Demon mix.
We don’t have a huge following of AoS players down the store
but by playing and getting more people watching games, I’m hoping a few more
people will pick up a small box set soon. There is an AoS event in the pipeline
down at the store where it almost goes into a ‘slow-grow’ style event over a
few weeks.
I digress. On to the battle!
Before the game, I asked Keith what he would like to play
and he chose the Stormcast ‘Warrior Brotherhood’ list at 1500 points. So, I
just took what was in the battalion:
Keith took:
Now, I think he’s missed a real trick with the
Bloodbound/Demon list – particularly in character selection, but I’ll come to
that later.
Scenario:
Three Places of Power
Keith started with the first turn and proceeded to move his
whole army completely forward and threw his Demon Princes onto two of the 3
objectives. From the point onwards, I was going to have a very difficult time
turning this game around!
Two Good
*1 Unit of Judicators, Lord Celestant and Lord on Dracoth
put 7 wounds onto the Demon Prince in the centre of the board in their first
battle round.
*2nd unit of Judicators puts 4 wounds onto Chaos
Sorcerer in the first battle round.
*Lord Celestant takes down a Skullcrusher after being 3”
away for a pile-in move.
*Chaos Warriors roll Bravery check and run…slightly!
*3 shots/hammers from the Lord Celestant hit and mortally wounded Blood Warriors.
Two Bad
*Letting Keith have first turn! Now, you’re reading this and
going – YOU F***ING IDIOT! And yes, you have every right to say that!
*Unit of Liberators which dropped behind the Bloodbound didn’t
move until the 5th battle round… because I forgot to move them… 3
rounds… yes… I really did…
*Blood Warriors roll a double 1 to charge the Lord of
Dracoth despite needing a 3…
Final Score:
Bloodbound 15 : Stormcast: 4
Lessons Learnt
*Take First Turn – Part of the process of learning a new
army is learning its capability but this was just sheer stupid on all levels.
What I should have done was drop down infront of the objectives to claim two of
them on the first turn and make him come on to me through perfectly sculpted formation
which was able to collapse a flank inward.
*Remember all models which are on board – particularly mine that are hidden
behind a building and can’t be seen when I’m in a head rush of trying to remove
those bloody Demon Princes!
In reflection, the mistake at the beginning of the game has
cost me in VPs. Keith did end the game with no models on the table but that
really doesn’t matter! It’s all about the VPs, baby! He played the game absolutely spot on and, unlike some other games we've played, he git a firm grip on the scenario and smashed it!
I love this change of AoS and it’s something which GW should
have done a long time ago with their games.
All in all, a fantastic game and one I’d love to do again
and learnt from my mistakes!
Well, that’s all from me for now!
Thanks for reading.
I’ll see you soon!
@geekphotoguy
OH! I almost forgot!
I mentioned earlier about the list Keith took and I was thinking about how it could be altered into a more hard hitting list. I really think that the Bloodsecrator should be utilised in order to give the warriors more punch!
I was playing with a 1500 point combo, using the stuff that Keith has to come up with:
*Bloodsecrator
*Bloodsecrator
*Demon Prince (of Khorne)
*Bloodstoker
*Blood Warriors (10)
*Blood Warriors (10)
*Chaos Warriors (20)
*Korgorath
*Korgorath
*Bloodletters (10)
There are a lot of models here, you could even take out the 20 Chaos Warriors and add in 40 Bloodreavers as a huge speed bump. Using the Bloodsecrator to not take battleshock, it will take a while to chew through a large unit like that, particularly when they face off against a smaller more elite army - like Stormcast. Leaving a sizeable chunk of points left over for a 1500 point list, there are many options you could visit; for example 20 Chaos Marauders to add to the huge pile of flesh in front of the enemy which isn't going to be easy to deal with, let alone wade through!
Right, that's it! I'm done! I promise!
