Down the Warhammer Hole (and other amusements)

Monday, August 15, 2011

Maybe this list will take down at least one unit this time!

Third Time's The Charm (748.5pts)
750pt Skaven Roster (Standard)

Selections:

* Lords (118pts)

* Warlord (118pts)
Enchanted Shield (10pts), Halberd (3pts), Poisoned Attacks (15pts)

* Heroes (187pts)

* Chieftain (87pts)
Battle Standard Bearer (25pts), Halberd (2pts), Poisoned Attacks (15pts)

* Warlock Engineer (100pts)
Skaven Spells of Ruin, Wizard Level 2 (85pts)

* Core (332pts)

* Clanrats (245pts)
40x Clanrats (160pts), Clawleader (8pts), Musician (4pts), Poisoned Wind Mortar (65pts), Standard Bearer (8pts)

* Skavenslaves (87pts)
Musician (2pts)
* 34x Skavenslaves (85pts)
34x Shield (17pts)

* Special (128pts)

* Rat Ogres (128pts)
Master Moulder (25pts), Master-bred Rat Ogre (15pts), Packmaster (8pts), 2x Rat Ogre (80pts)

Profile Summary:

Name M WS BS ST T W I A LD
Chieftain 5 5 4 4 4 2 6 3 6
Clanrats 5 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 5
Clawleader 5 3 3 3 3 1 4 2 5
Master Moulder 6 5 3 4 4 2 5 2 6
Packmaster 6 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 5
MB Rat Ogres 6 4 1 5 4 3 5 4 5
Skavenslaves 5 2 2 3 3 1 4 1 2
Warlock Engineer 5 3 3 3 3 2 4 1 5
Warlord 5 6 4 4 4 3 7 4 7
Weapon Team 5 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 5

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

First blood.

Blood flowed from me rather copiously tonight. My first 750 pt. friendly skirmish with Zach ended in a total rout for the Skaven. Zach fielded a bare bones Beastman army with a couple of nifty heroes, and a neat thing called a BSB...

My Skaven force, led by a brave but decidedly inexperienced Warlord Sneaky McGillicuddy, centered around a large unit of Stormvermin with a Warpfire Thrower along with a 27-rat strong unit of Clan Rats with a Poison Wind Mortar. I also had a two-Rat Ogre unit on the right flank, a unit of Gutter Runners, as well as a 2nd Level Warplock Engineer (thanks to a first game gimme from Zach).

My Engineer was tricked out with Warp Lightning and Death Frenzy spells.
Oh boy... I was going to kick some Beastman butt!!!

So. Things went sour from the first turn. Here are just a few of the things that happened:

My Engineer successfully cast a Warp Lightning spell... with Irresistible Force! I knocked down a few of his troops, and promptly forgot what a Warp Lightning Spell was and got just a li'l bit dumber to boot. And he continued his streak of ineffectiveness for the rest of the game, with Zach's caster dispelling the one or two spells I tried to cast in later rounds.

My brand new Warpfire Thrower misfired, and it's crew had the good sense to run away and right into the flank of my poor Rat Ogre unit, wounding both Mickey and Minnie in the process...

Sneaky was called out by Zach's BSB, and fought to a draw (until Sneaky's Stormvermin were routed to extinction).

Zach's caster beat off my rats with a stick... literally... He went straight up McHammer on my rats...

And the Beastlord's unit was on Magic Steroids and decimated my Stormvermin and Rat Ogre units.

And I haven't mentioned my freakishly poor dice rolls or Zach's freakishly great dice rolls when I managed to roll fistfuls of awesome!

So, turns out. The BSB is a big freaking deal! Those re-rolls really help!

I realize that it might not look it, but I had a grrreaaat time losing my first game! Though it may have been the good pizza and grog that eased the sting of the loss :-)

Got some great pointers on putting a list together, and am looking forward to Sneaky's next adventure. Did I mention that the BSB's are a big deal?

Thursday, August 4, 2011

First fight?

Skaven Skirmishers (747pts)
750pt Skaven Roster (Standard)

Selections:

* Heroes (60pts)

* Chieftain (45pts)

* Warlock Engineer (15pts)

* Core (475pts)

    * Clanrats (220pts)
        Clawleader (8pts), Musician (4pts), Poisoned Wind Mortar (65pts), Standard Bearer (8pts)
        * 27x Clanrats (135pts)
            27x Shield (13.5pts), 27x Spear (13.5pts)

    * Stormvermin (255pts)
        Fangleader (10pts), Musician (5pts), Standard Bearer (10pts), Warpfire Thrower (70pts)
        * 20x Stormvermin (160pts)
            20x Shield (20pts)

* Special (212pts)

* Gutter Runners (84pts)
Deathrunner (12pts), 6x Gutter Runners (72pts), Two hand weapons

* Rat Ogres (128pts)
Master Moulder (25pts), Master-bred Rat Ogre (15pts), Packmaster (8pts), 2x Rat Ogre (80pts)

Profile Summary:

                    Name M WS BS ST T W I A LD
               Chieftain 5 5 4 4 4 2 6 3 6
                Clanrats 5 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 5
              Clawleader 5 3 3 3 3 1 4 2 5
             Deathrunner 6 4 4 3 1 5 5 7 7
              Fangleader 5 4 3 3 3 1 5 2 5
          Gutter Runners 6 4 4 3 3 1 5 1 7
          Master Moulder 6 5 3 4 4 2 5 2 6
              Packmaster 6 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 5
               Rat Ogres 6 3 1 5 4 3 4 3 5
             Stormvermin 5 4 3 3 3 1 5 1 5
        Warlock Engineer 5 3 3 3 3 2 4 1 5
             Weapon Team 5 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 5

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Michael's Dragon

Six dollar dragon I found at Michael's (thanks, babe!). Slapped it on a base with some grass and dirt... (slappin' da bass...) Hopefully will be able to use or in a game.