Minions Lists, Battle Reports, and Musings

After too many weeks with too little gaming, it was fun to get four games in today. I was pretty rusty, but one of the most awesome moments in my Warmachine/Hordes experience happened.

The armies were Lord Carver vs Severius 1, 75 points. As the game was winding down, a lot of blood had been spilled on both sides.

Avatar of Menoth tramples through some Brigands (killing two) to get to a War Hog, but leaves him on 6 boxes.

Then, during my turn, Lord Carver moves up (after healing Spirit and Mind on the War Hog), trying to just ping it a little. He swings a couple times, does some decent damage (8-10 on three swings) and camps one. The War Hog then whiffs, leaving Carver in a bad predicament. And I have 1min ~10sec left on my clock.

My opponent's turn, the Avatar rolls for three focus and starts swinging (critically, he didn't move in range to swing with his shield) into Carver. Needing 4's to hit, he misses the first swing, deals 10 damage the second swing, 9 damage (this gets transferred), and 7 damage. Carver, for only the second time playing him, Toughs! Hand of Judgment then walks over and flamers Carver. He misses the two Brigands that were under the template, but hits Carver (who could just barely be seen at just under 3" into the woods). Boost the damage to - and rolls a 6, equally Carver's armor! Vassal of Menoth comes over, and takes a shot at him with Arcane Bolt. The blind warrior hits, but again fails to break armor! Finally, a Punch Monk sneaks around the intervening War Hog, and just barely makes it into melee (we measured it many times, just to make sure). First swing - 1, 2, 3 - fails to break armor. Second swing - 1, 1, 2 - fails to break armor! Carver is still alive!!

With only a minute remaining, I have to go quickly. With Carver bellowing at his troops, the Farrow spring into action. A Razorback crew moves up 3", just enough to get Severius in their sights. A direct hit on Severius!! Triple 5's on the damage roll deals 10. The ragged remnants of a Brigand squad start shooting - Warlord hits twice, dealing five more. Next Brigand misses, as does the third. With time rapidly ticking down, the Brigand Leader shoots at the warcaster. Hits! Damages! Dead Severius! Two seconds left on my clock!!

Holy cow, it was a wild finish for sure.

Oh, and earlier in the game, a Razorback (different than the one above) Toughs the last attack from another Punch Monk. Then stands up and whacks the little bugger where he stands! Talk about smack down! :-D