Author: Red Ones Go Faster

Crossroads and Drawbridges

Our Drawbridge Games Crossroads of Courage campaign is in full steam. Check out photos from the weeks below and the results of our play through the seasons.

Season One Recap and Standings:

Reapers came down to a horse race on week 4, with Andy and Roger both making great headway and tying for the final week’s Fate point. With equal Fate points, it came down to regular points to break the tie–and Roger won. On the Sowers side, Colton pretty much ran away with the victory with a whopping three out of four Fate points. As for Reapers versus Sowers, the Sowers gathered many more points throughout the event, scoring points 49 compared to the Reaper’s 28 points.

Note that the scores for each week are number of points (from battles won plus achievements) before the slash and Fate points (for being top point-getter that week for the faction) after the slash.

Reapers

Name	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week4	Overall
Roger Coldren	3 / 1	1 / 0	2 / 0	3 / 1	9 / 2
Andy Dobies	1 / 0	1 / 0	3 / 1	3 / 1	8 / 2
Terry Mealy	1 / 0	5 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	6 / 1
Brad Randall	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 0	2 / 0	3 / 0
Dan Hodgepodge	1 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 0	2 / 0
Brandon Mozingo	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0

Sowers

Name	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week4	Overall
Colton McBryer	5 / 1	2 / 1	3 / 1	1 / 0	11 / 3
Andrew Lotz	4 / 0	2 / 1	2 / 0	6 / 1	14 / 2
Scott Kinola	3 / 0	2 / 1	2 / 0	0 / 0	7 / 1
Xavier Walker	1 / 0	0 / 0	3 / 1	0 / 0	4 / 1
Adam Rutledge	2 / 0	1 / 0	0 / 0	4 / 0	7 / 0
Ryan Nolte	1 / 0	1 / 0	2 / 0	2 / 0	6 / 0
Steve Yaworski	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0

Holden Conversions:

Part of this campaign is converting up a Holden the Last model to be a part of your forces, so I wanted to highlight the Holdens who were converted up for the first phase of our campaign.

Andy’s Holden the Last, fitting with his wasteland-theme Cygnar force.

Adam’s Holden the Last. This Holden grew a beard fast, no doubt because of the cold winters wandering with Adam’s forces of Legion of Everblight. Tho maybe it’s to hide the shards…

This is my Holden the Last. You can’t see it too well in this picture, but he’s got a Menofix insignia shoulderpad on his left arm, as he’s taken the faith in my version of his story.

Terrain Building:

I wanted to show off the awesome terrain building that people have done so far as part of the campaign. Keep it going!

Colton’s excellent burning ash markers, that actually glow. Amon Ad-Raza for scale.

Adam’s absolutely gorgeous mine entrance (I mean, look at that thing. Wow!). And Colton’s dynamite crates. They killed three Choir of Menoth models in one of my games, so it was “fun” having them on the table.

I also took photos of the awesome mine entrance and bandit tower that Roger built, but cannot find them for the life of me (and will update with them when I get a chance).

Season One Battles:

Dan’s Retribution squares off against Andy’s Cygnar, with Holden standing bravely against two heavy Ret warjacks.

Andy’s Cygnar horsemen race into the thick of Terry’s Protectorate infantry.

On a field blown with snow and limited line of sight, the glow of flares lit the battle between Colton’s Khador and Roger’s Circle.

Adam’s Legion of Everblight tries to whittle down Dan’s advancing Retribution forces as the two exchange ranged attacks.

A clash for the fate of the Motherland, as Brandon’s Khador (in the background, spread out) battles Colton’s Khador (hugging the edge of the table).

Ryan’s Black Ogrun boarding party stares into the towering might of my warjack-heavy Amon list.

Ryan’s Captain Aiakos drives his Warjacks far ahead into the support staff of Brad’s Skorne.

Brad’s Skorne gunline tries to shoot down Andy’s Stryker2 force before they can crash into his lines.

Roger’s pair of Circle werewolves prepare to weather the storm of Adam’s Legion shooting.

It’s villains vs villains as Adam’s Legion of Everblight attempt to stop the undead menace presented by Scott’s Cryx.

Coloring the Crossroads

Okay, so Privateer Press’ Crossroads of Courage event is going on, which means I’m getting some games in–and getting a ton of painting done.

I’ll be doing a separate post for the story of Holden the Last through my game experience, so you can check that portion out elsewhere.

First, as always painting. And there’s SO MUCH. Largely because I’m finally pushing hard on my Protectorate of Menoth force.

First up, I finished Amon Ad-Raza, as I wanted to have an answer to terrain-heavy battlefields. He’s a buff caster, who casts buffs (absurd muscles joke). I like how he turned out, as the red works well for me when there are the neutral colors and metals.

I also finally put all the finishing touches on my Judicator. I really like how it turned out. I need to add some scrub grass to the base, but otherwise I’m really pleased.

Two Allegiants of the Order of the Fist, otherwise known as “punch monks”. Much debate was had on whether they should be “kick monks”, but I think they’re stretching or practicing their balance in this pose, rather than in mid-attack (very few Privateer Press models are depicted “mid-attack” it seems).

A Hierophant. Man, I love this model. Its ability to reduce the cost of a Warcaster’s spell is huge, ultimately letting me camp more Focus or get another critical spell out in early turns.

A bit blurry, but I also finished a Wrack. Can you tell I’ve been worried about Focus issues? The Wrack is a very solid solo, and at 1 point the ability to give potentially limitless rounds of and extra Focus is huge (though 1/3 chance to blow up is still pretty high).

I finished a Crusader as well, as part of the Crossroads of Courage is choosing a side and getting painting objectives based on your side. My side is Sowers, so it’s a heavy warjack or warbeast each week for me.

Finally, my Holden the Last conversion (for season one–I’ve got some later season Holdens planned too as he advances through the faith). It’s a Sea Dog Rifleman unit attachment, with a shoulder swap and the removal of the drinking cup (I put in power charges on his belt instead).

What really pleases me about this progress is that I’ve now hit more than 365 points painted in 2016 (actually I’m at 384). My goal is 500 by the end of the year, which is pretty absurd if I thought about it in January, but currently looks entirely manageable.

I got five games in with my Protectorate of Menoth these past two weeks. One practice before the league started, and then three league games.

Small practice game versus Brandon’s Khador. They gave Amon a scare, but he narrowly survived–which meant that a quick slam of a Juggernaut over Sorscha followed by generous application of a Devout in melee managed to win me the game.

My first Crossroads league game was against Roger and his woodland critters Circle army. This was one of those games where I realized how Warjacks can be a bit more limited than Warbeasts–even in Mark III. I came up short in an assassination, and Kaya2 beat Amon to death.

My third game was against Andy and his cool wasteland-theme Cygnar army, led by Stryker2. It was a clash of two very compact forces that were largely battlegroup in composition. Stryker moved to take out one of the Monks, but failed to kill him despite repeated attempts. Which left him too low on Focus and with his back to two of my Warjacks… which let a long Mobility-driven attack finish him off.

My fourth game was against a brand-new player, Scott, who is starting a Cygnar army. We played battlebox sized games, with the two battlebox casters. Through an astonishing number of bad rolls, I came up short again and again with attacks–which culminated in an assassination gone wrong and Beth Maddox using her feat to boost herself and her attacks on my Warcaster, finishing him off.

My final game of Week 1 of the Crossroads campaign was a loss to Ryan’s Bane Witch Agathia. I was winning the attrition war pretty handily, yet left a damaged Amon just a half inch too close to Barathrum. I forget how fast Cryx heavies can be.

500 Points Challenge Progress (2016):

384/500

Battles (Privateer Press):

Overall Totals 2016: 89 (Win/Loss: 53/36/0); 2015: 43 (Win/Loss: 29/14/0)

Protectorate of Menoth:

14 Wins (Agathia x3, Tanith x2, Helynna, Lord Carver, Terminus, Beth Maddox x3, Ragnor, Sorscha, Stryker2) / 5 Losses (Agathia x2, Haley, Terminus, Kaya2)

Skorne:

23 Wins (Butcher x2, Deneghra, Shae, Sorscha2, Feora2, Severius, Skarre x2, Kreoss2, Borka, Kaya2, Stryker x2, Ragnor x2, Agathia, Malekus, Durgen, Kozlov, Bart, Terminus x2, Tanith)/ 16 Losses (Rask, Xerxis, Butcher3, Thagrosh, Zerkova2, Stryker x2, Magnus2, Terminus x2, Tanith, Vlad x2, Rahn, Arkadius)

Trollbloods:

11 Wins (Karchev x2, Vayl2 x3, Lylyth x2, Kaya, Skarre, Thagrosh, Asphyxious3) / 11 Losses (Adeptis Rahn, Kromac, Caine2, Borka2, Kaya, Rhyas, Ashlynn x2, Twins Saeryn and Rhyas, Butcher3, Thagrosh, Vayl2)

Cryx:

4 Wins (Caine, Karchev, Skarre, Vlad) / 4 Losses (Asphyxious, Lylyth2, Goreshade3, Stryker)

Another Journey Ended

Well, the Summer 2016 Journeyman League I’ve been running has finally ended its Week 6, and the results are in: you can check them out here if you’re inclined to see shots of all the armies and the final standings from the various games. It’s been a bumpy road, and choosing Xerxis2 as my caster for weeks 4-6 didn’t help any. That said, I finally think I’m starting to get a sense of what he can do and cannot do–though that latter category is much larger, sadly.

But as always, painting progress first:

I finished up a Swamp Gobbers Bellows Crew, which was passed on to me by my buddy Enrico. These plus a unit of Paingiver Bloodrunners were my additions for Week 6 of the League.

I also did up an Extoller Soulward solo for my force (actually for the Champions format Steamroller featured in my last post, but I forgot to take a photo). The benefit of forgetting was getting a great shot of the model on this terrain piece that my buddy Roger built brick-by-brick from plaster molds and painted.

This week I managed to play three games spanning Saturday to Thursday, and got a victory in each one of them. Two were against Ryan’s Cryx army led by Terminus–we often play because we have matching flexible schedules it seems. And the other was against Roger’s Circle Orboros force.

The first match against Terminus this week I realized that I couldn’t go heads-up against his force or him, so I had to carefully attrition the army. It managed to work out, thanks to the deep threat provided by Rorsh and Brine headed toward his deep objective. By pulling just enough of the force in two directions, I was able to piecemeal it. He had to take a shot with Terminus, which failed, allowing Xerxis2 and a Titan Gladiator to combine together to finally take him out via assassination.

On Tuesday, I ran down to my buddy Roger’s for another League game. We played on his great fall-themed terrain table. This time, luck was on Xerxis2’s side. Tanith’s gun-and-spell assassination run on her feat turn came up short in killing him, leaving him able to ride over and finish her off.

Then on Thursday, after testing out the new Rumble Rules (not a huge fan), Ryan and I happened to be paired up for the first Journeyman game of the evening–having each played someone else in the interim, it worked out. I wasn’t looking forward to facing Terminus yet again (don’t get me wrong, Ryan is a fun player–just the Frankenstein’s Monster of a Xerxis2 list I was running as a result of Journeyman was ill-suited to take on Terminus). This time, my attrition attempts were clearly not working. So I had to take a desperate move and sprint forward, having a few beasts follow for fury purposes while the rest of my force jammed. That left Xerxis2 in his deployment zone behind a forest. I had to weather a turn of Arc Node spells before I charged the objective… and then came up one damage point shy of destroying it. With no Fury left. Yet luck was with Xerxis2 again, and the spells from the Withershadow, spells from Terminus himself, and attacks from two Soulhunters all failed to finish him off (thanks mostly to a splendid run of 3’s and 4’s rolled by Ryan in the process). I stole some Fury off the lone Basilisk Krea that still survived, and smashed the objective for a victory. An epic conclusion to a pretty epic league.

500 Points Challenge Progress (2016):

325/500

Battles (Privateer Press):

Overall Totals 2016: 84 (Win/Loss: 50/34/0); 2015: 43 (Win/Loss: 29/14/0)

Protectorate of Menoth:

11 Wins (Agathia x3, Tanith x2, Helynna, Lord Carver, Terminus, Beth Maddox x2, Ragnor) / 2 Losses (Agathia, Haley, Terminus)

Skorne:

Trollbloods:

Cryx:

4 Wins (Caine, Karchev, Skarre, Vlad) / 4 Losses (Asphyxious, Lylyth2, Goreshade3, Stryker)

Decisions Decisions

Ah, faction-jumping… My favorite pastime. I’d have a completely painted full faction together by now if I wasn’t so torn all the time. Mark III, of course, threw that into over-drive. I was initially was focusing on Protectorate for Mark III. I wanted to take them to GenCon, but the time grew too short. So I swapped to Skorne as I have much more painted for them. Then (of course) couldn’t make it to GenCon, which meant that I’m still suspended between the two: not quite enough Protectorate to be happy with what’s hitting the table, but a Skorne force that I’m not as entirely enthused about as I’ve been in the past. I swapped to Skorne for our Journeyman league, and while I was intending to play Protectorate in a recent Champions format tournament in my area, I ended up taking my Skorne there as well. Again, the curse of wanting to play fully painted.

That said, my painting addition for the Journeyman league this week was at least something that I could use in my Protectorate force as well (actually, designed and painted to accompany them more than the Skorne). Enter, Rorsh and Brine:

I did Rorsh up as a convert to the faith of Menoth, to the point where he incorporated a stolen shoulderpad from some fallen Exemplar into his armor. Sorry the pic is a little blurry on Brine’s face–he’s a long model and really leans forward.

This past week and two weekends were a flurry of Warmachine and Hordes, with my Skorne getting a lot of action. I played a couple for-fun games, two Journeyman league games, and attended a small Champions tournament at Legions Games.

Kicked it off with a battle between Archdomina Makeda and Ryan’s Broadsides Bart Mercenaries list. I wanted to try out the trick of using lots of Scarabs as shield guard targets for Makeda’s Subjugation of Will spell. This was a good list to try it against, as it was somewhat shooty at first. The melee threat after was hard to handle, and my force dwindled. We were playing with a clock, and Ryan timed out ultimately for a win for me–but he definitely was hammering me (Makeda and a single scarab were hiding at one of the flags) and if it had been a more focused tournament situation he would have most likely won in time.

Again, I faced off again (a different) Ryan’s Terminus Cryx list. It doesn’t have many of the things that he would normally include if it weren’t for Journeyman restrictions, and yet it was a very nasty list to battle with Xerxis2.

This time, Terminus beat Xerxis to death rather than Makeda. Outcome was the same. He’s a monster that Xerxis2 simply lacks answers for in the list I’m fielding for Journeyman.

My other Journeyman game for the week was against Paul’s Khador force, led by Vlad. This was a nasty fight, but Xerxis2 did as he always does, ends just a little too close to something. He managed to land a little damage with some ranged attacks as I advanced, and little damage adds up fast on Xerxis2 even with ARM 19 (occasionally 21, thanks to the Razor Wurm). Finally I tried to set up a lane to try and get to Vlad, but just a bit too much could reach him and Xerxis2 was defeated yet again.

I was glad to get in another friendly game, this time against Michael’s Trollbloods force. I took Naaresh for this one, mainly because Michael is a newer player and hasn’t seen every different type of caster. I wanted to show him what an aggressive caster played like–and Naaresh did it well. He led the charge, stomped around damaging foes and surviving attacks leveraged at him. I ended up damaging his caster with Naaresh, and finishing him off with a charging Gladiator to end the game.

As I mentioned above, I also played in a Champions format tournament this past weekend. I fielded a ranged attack Xekaar list and the multiple-shield-guard-scarabs melee list with Makeda. I ended up losing all three games, though two of them were very close.

First up, Brandon’s Aspyhxious list. I was doing very well in the match, with my Siege Animantarax and Paingiver Bloodrunners doing great work on my right flank. And that’s why my opponent took a chance at spell assassination. It worked, just barely. Aspyhxious is a good assassin, and Xekaar just didn’t have enough defense around him to survive (note a similar theme next game with Makeda… I need to get a spot for Orrin Midwinter in my lists for my Skorne to be competitive it seems).

Second game was against Kyle’s retribution. I had the distinct feeling he would play Adeptis Rahn, mainly because both of my lists were going to be awful against that match-up. Lo and behold he did, and I got a bit too close with Makeda… After all the twisting, turning, jerking, and pulling she was backwards in front of a few weapon masters and easy pickings. At least it ended quickly. In retrospect, I should have probably taken my Xekaar list and used the Battle Engine simply to deny line of sight as much as possible to my caster, with hopes that my shooting could clear enough of his stuff to try and slog it out at the end. Either way, it was unlikely, and Kyle ran his list very well.

For my third game, I matched up against Andy’s Dr. Arkadius list, complete with four heavy Pigs. I did a good job befuddling him with added fury from the Agonizer and lower thresholds from Xekaar’s feat, but he got to the far flag first and started scoring a bit quicker than I did. I tried to stop him but came up a bit short–the forest in the middle slowing all of my warbeasts besides the Aradus Sentinel, who is just as slow as a Cyclops in terrain anyhow with his Speed 3. A fun and silly game, as Andy is always a pleasant opponent win or lose.

It was a week of a lot of Skorne, which only increased my thinking that maybe it’s time to put a push into my Protectorate and get them at least a single list that’s really Table-ready at 75 points. With the upcoming Crossroads of Courage league from Privateer Press, I’m all the more torn: do I want to try to pull the character’s narrative toward Protectorate, or would it be funny to campaign for him to be a Skorne model instead… Decisions decisions.

500 Points Challenge Progress (2016):

320/500

Battles (Privateer Press):

Overall Totals 2016: 81 (Win/Loss: 47/34/0); 2015: 43 (Win/Loss: 29/14/0)

Protectorate of Menoth:

11 Wins (Agathia x3, Tanith x2, Helynna, Lord Carver, Terminus, Beth Maddox x2, Ragnor) / 3 Losses (Agathia, Haley, Terminus)

Skorne:

20 Wins (Butcher x2, Deneghra, Shae, Sorscha2, Feora2, Severius, Skarre x2, Kreoss2, Borka, Kaya2, Stryker x2, Ragnor x2, Agathia, Malekus, Durgen, Kozlov, Bart)/ 16 Losses (Rask, Xerxis, Butcher3, Thagrosh, Zerkova2, Stryker x2, Magnus2, Terminus x2, Tanith, Vlad x2, Rahn, Arkadius)

Trollbloods:

Cryx:

4 Wins (Caine, Karchev, Skarre, Vlad) / 4 Losses (Asphyxious, Lylyth2, Goreshade3, Stryker)

The Archdomina and the Rhino

Another week of painting resulted in a fair amount of progress. I completed two more Skorne Warlocks: Archdomina Makeda and Xerxis, Fury of Halaak. I’m actually nearing the point where I have every single Skorne Warlock–I’ve ordered the last two that I don’t own, and the ones that I do own that are unpainted are high up in my “to do” list for completion.

The Archdomina herself. For some reason, I never liked this model when I saw it. Yet now that I painted it, it may be one of my favorites. I feel like I did a good job with her face, which is hardly my skilled area when it comes to painting. And I like where the yellow jewels rest and the pose a lot more when I see it in person.

One of the two heavyweight Warlocks for Skorne. I need to get some scrub grass for the bases, particularly on these larger models. They need a bit more variation than they have now. But I’m pleased with how he turned out.

I also got in a few games this week, all for our Journeyman league. I ran Makeda in my first one, but then swapped to Xerxis2. The nice thing about being the event organizer and just being there to help others get games in is that it’s not a big deal if I change things up a bit. Unfortunately, the three games I played this week were all losses. I need to step up my game next week!

The Makeda attempt. It really suffered by being too bricked up against a force like Ryan fielded. Terminus with a balanced list was too tough a nut to crack, and it ended with pretty much nothing left but Makeda and her flailing wildly at Terminus in an unlikely assassination run. Demoralizing to be sure, but still a fun game because Ryan is a great opponent.

My goal was to field the worst Skorne caster, and the internet is divided between Makeda and Xerxis2. So I had to get him done and onto the table as well–first against Paul’s Khador. This match went pretty well for me, as Xerxis2 can be a big bully on the table. Yet it didn’t quite finish my way. I piece-mealed two of his Heavies, but the Decimator landed a shot and the Kodiak inflicted enough damage to get me to a Tough check. To try and make my assassination on Vlad work, Xerxis would have had to put up Mobility, leaving him precious few Fury in a run–so he needed beast support to help in the attack (the Savage and the Raider could have both contributed). So I had to leave a single Fury on the Basilisk Krea. Who promptly frenzied. And cranked the damage roll on Xerxis2. And I failed the Tough check that time. Ugh.

My second game with Xerxis2 again saw him being a great bully on the table against Roger’s Circle Orboros. This time, I mucked up what I think I could have gotten done and my defensive stats. I didn’t quite kill the Wold Guardian, but still used Sprint to get away (he killed a Moonhound before turning to the Wold). It’s free strike rolled an absurd amount of damage, that left Xerxis2 way more limited. Strapped for Fury as it is, I didn’t take any time to heal him at all, which meant that a later turn saw two Skinwalkers and an Argus able to get to him and finish him off. I’m starting to see why his defensive situation is as bad as it is. For him to contribute, he’s got to get up and involved. But that limits screening (unless you have two units that can screen back and forth), and dedicated attacks from anything remotely tough or able to take multiple swings can get really ugly fast–and Fury 5 means not enough transfers for an “ugly fast” situation. I’ll have to keep experimenting with him.

This week we got in fewer Journeyman games, because we ran a Thunderdome event as well for fun (for people who couldn’t make GenCon). We had six players who wanted to take part, which made for a very interesting game. Andy dominated with Protectorate of Menoth, while Rogers Circle and Colton’s Khador racked up a fair number of caster kills each themselves. My trio of Naaresh, Xerxis2, and Hexy2 was pretty clunky. Other than a couple of layered buffs, they didn’t do too much together… with two Feats completely pointless it wasn’t going to be a power combo to be sure. The Thunderdome table that Drawbridge Games made looked awesome though!

500 Points Challenge Progress (2016):

305/500

Battles (Privateer Press):

Overall Totals 2016: 74 (Win/Loss: 45/29/0); 2015: 43 (Win/Loss: 29/14/0)

Skorne:

18 Wins (Butcher x2, Deneghra, Shae, Sorscha2, Feora2, Severius, Skarre x2, Kreoss2, Borka, Kaya2, Stryker x2, Ragnor, Agathia, Malekus, Durgen, Kozlov)/ 11 Losses (Rask, Xerxis, Butcher3, Thagrosh, Zerkova2, Stryker x2, Magnus2, Terminus, Tanith, Vlad)

Protectorate of Menoth:

11 Wins (Agathia x3, Tanith x2, Helynna, Lord Carver, Terminus, Beth Maddox x2, Ragnor) / 3 Losses (Agathia, Haley, Terminus)

Trollbloods:

Cryx:

4 Wins (Caine, Karchev, Skarre, Vlad) / 4 Losses (Asphyxious, Lylyth2, Goreshade3, Stryker)

Journeys upon Journeys

I’ve been updating the full progress of the Journeyman league on that post, but this one tracks my own progress (Weeks 2 and 3 of the event).

I completed Week 2 games with Protectorate, but our league was getting to the point where a lot of the players were fielding Protectorate armies (there was one player who ended up facing Menoth something like five times in a row). Given that I’m the organizer and cannot win any of the prizes anyhow, I figured I’d step aside and field my Skorne starting on Week 3 in order to give people a more varied play experience.

So you’ll see both Menoth and Skorne across the two weeks of progress in the post. I also added two new Paingiver Beast Handlers to my force for Week 3.

The pair in front are the new additions, giving me the flexibility of a minimum or maximum unit.

Week Two

It was a slug-fest, but my Menoth managed to triumph over the cagey Cygnar by taking them on piecemeal.

Jon’s Trollbloods started packed in a corner, so I was able to use that little cabin to my advantage. Despite a bunch of misses on my feat turn slowing progress, I managed to take out Ragnor with Malekus to end the battle.

My match against Tom’s Cygnar went much the same way–a lot of back-and-forth attacking leaving damaged but not destroyed warjacks. I managed to claw my way to victory mostly through dice rolls being lucky for me and unlucky for Tom.

Having the Devout made a huge difference against Roger’s Circle Orboros force, and I managed to defeat Tanith with some well-placed fire sprays.

The Devout’s Shield Guard made the tight brick work against Ryan’s Cryx force and the harpoon-launching Reaper. It enabled me to bully my way up to Agathia and take her out with the Scourge + Fire Type sprays combo.

Week Three

This was the week I swapped to Skorne. Andy, my opponent playing Protectorate here, requested that I field Scarab Packs so I did up a list that had two of them. This match he got really close to killing Xekaar but fell short. Allowed the Cyclops Savage to finish Malekus off in return.

Next I played Ryan’s Cryx, and again an assassination fell short–leaving Xekaar freed to take Agathia out himself.

I took on Enrico’s alternate battle box Rhulic Mercenaries in a third game. Despite the crippling effects of my feat, his feat turn proved very successful. However, it came up two points shy of killing Xekaar. He probably would have had it if he didn’t CRA with the Ogrun Assault Corps too. After that, a thrown Warjack into his caster to knock him down and the Cyclops Savage nearby to finish him off won me the closest match of the week.

Paul’s Khador force. He never quite got two Warjacks to bear on my forces at any one time, and my feat turn really slowed him down. I managed to get to a position where he wasn’t going to be able to take the center from my force without losing his own, and we called the game a win for me.

I also managed to sneak in two larger 75 point games against Ryan as well during the weeks… both with High Reclaimer.

I won the first clash against Bane Witch Agathia (above), but lost a rematch fielding the same force against Terminus.

500 Points Challenge Progress (2016):

292/500

Battles (Privateer Press):

Overall Totals 2016: 71 (Win/Loss: 45/26/0); 2015: 43 (Win/Loss: 29/14/0)

Skorne:

18 Wins (Butcher x2, Deneghra, Shae, Sorscha2, Feora2, Severius, Skarre x2, Kreoss2, Borka, Kaya2, Stryker x2, Ragnor, Agathia, Malekus, Durgen, Kozlov)/ 8 Losses (Rask, Xerxis, Butcher3, Thagrosh, Zerkova2, Stryker x2, Magnus2)

Protectorate of Menoth:

11 Wins (Agathia x3, Tanith x2, Helynna, Lord Carver, Terminus, Beth Maddox x2, Ragnor) / 3 Losses (Agathia, Haley, Terminus)

Trollbloods:

Cryx:

4 Wins (Caine, Karchev, Skarre, Vlad) / 4 Losses (Asphyxious, Lylyth2, Goreshade3, Stryker)

Journeyman Mark III

Mark III of Warmachine and Hordes has brought not only a bunch of new players to our area, but a lot of excitement for switching factions and trying new forces. Thus, we decided to start with a Journeyman League. It’s the best way for new players to get involved and build up to regular-sized army lists. So far we’ve had a whopping 16 players show up and play at least one game in the League. This page will track the advancement of the League, with player standings and pictures of the clashes and painting progress. Players shouldn’t be disheartened though: remember that you get the full starter design patch and three bars for getting a game in all six weeks, whether you win or lose.

Awards

Given that we had so many players, Drawbridge Games‘ order for prize support got listed as two sets, so we had the luck to be able to award the reward patches to the top two in each category.

Destroyer Award: Given to the players who were awarded the most Destroyer points in the league, out of a total possible of 12 (six for painting over the six weeks, and six for tying for most wins in a given week was how we ran things). Ryan Nolte finished with an impressive 10/12 total points. Paul Zellem finished right behind him with 9/12 total points, with his final game of the League a win against Michael De Rosa’s Cygnar (which if Paul lost, could have changed the final standings at the time of the game, as Michael would have had an opportunity to tie Paul with 8 destroyer points and had the tie-breaker game… but alas, sometimes a Kodiak comes along and finishes off your Warcaster).

The armored fists of the dreaded Kodiak end up sealing the results.

Creator Award: Given to the players who had the best painted full 75-point army at the end of the six weeks, voted on by the players. We had to use photos shared on our social media coordination page for some who couldn’t make it the final evening. The winners were Michael De Rosa’s Cygnar (classic blue in the pics throughout the weeks) and Terry Mealy’s Protectorate of Menoth (classic bone and magenta in the pics throughout the weeks). Apparently our group loves classic color schemes done well!

Journeyman Award: Given to the players who were the best Sports-persons of the League, voted on by the players. The winners were Andy Dobies and Roger Coldren, both well deserving as good sports.

Final Standings

Below are the final gameplay results, completed through six weeks of play. The final week of games (75 points) saw a win total of two or more to net the Destroyer point for the week. Paul Zellem’s Khador rocked his way to two consecutive wins, which gave him the edge (I netted enough for a destroyer point as well, but as the organizer my place doesn’t get counted–I’m just glad that I’ve kind of sorted out a strategy for being competitive with Xerxis2). Note that the forward slash symbol divides each week of the league for tracking purposes, to denote when players earned the points.

Name	Faction	Win – Loss Total	Weekly Painted Bonus Points	Destroyer Points
Ryan Nolte	Cryx	13-11	1/1/1/1/1/1	1/1/1/0/1/0
Andrew Lotz*	Skorne	15-6	1/1/1/1/1/1	1/1/1/0/0/1
Paul Zellem	Khador	10-2	1/1/1/1/1/1	0/0/0/1/1/1
Andy Dobies	Protectorate	7-4	1/1/1/1/1/1	1/0/0/0/0/0
Michael De Rosa	Cygnar	4-9	1/1/1/1/1/1	0/0/0/0/1/0
Dan Hodge	Circle	8-1	0/1/1/0/1/1	0/1/0/0/1/0
Roger Coldren	Circle	5-6	1/1/1/1/1/1
Terry Mealy	Protectorate	2-3	0/1/1/1/0/1
Brandon Myers	Circle	0-3	1/1/1/0/0/0
Xavier Walker	Circle	5-4	0/0/1/0/0/0	0/0/0/0/1/0
Zach Hirsch	Khador	3-5	0/0/0/1/0/1
Steve Yaworski	Retribution	3-2	0/0/1/0/0/0	0/0/0/0/1/0
Colton McBryer	Legion	2-2	0/0/0/1/0/0	0/0/0/0/1/0
Tom Kelly	Protectorate	1-0	0/0/0/0/1/0	0/0/0/0/1/0
Thomas Jarvis	Cygnar	1-6	1/1/0/0/0/0
Jason Arena	Cygnar	3-4	0/0/1/0/0/0
Jon Forrester	Trollbloods	0-5	1/0/0/0/0/0
Enrico Nardini	Mercenaries	0-2	0/0/0/0/0/0

Modifications: We’ll have a gold and a silver finisher for each category (as we have two sets of reward patches), so in case of ties destroyer points will be given to all who win the most games for each week of the league. Likewise there will be two winners of the Creator and Journeyman awards. Of course, the final two finishers will still have to battle it out if they’re close on Week 6 for the ultimate trophy (in addition to the patches). *Also, I don’t count for the order of results or any of the awards as I’m the EO for the event.

Week One: 0-point Battlegroup Box games

Michael’s excellently painted Cygnar clashed against the might of Andy’s Protectorate. Roger faced off against Brandon in a Circle versus Circle grudge match. And Ryan’s Cryx preyed upon Roger’s Circle, obviously exhausted from the internecine clash just before.

New player Jon arrived with a fully-painted Trollbloods battlegroup box (kudos!), and it started by taking on Colton’s Legion of Everblight. Tom’s sturdy Cygnar force struggled to rid the woods of Dan’s Circle Orboros. Zach and Paul clashed Khador versus Khador to determine who was the king of the north.

Jon’s Trollbloods went on to face Roger’s Circle. Steve’s Retribution squared off against the burning fires of my Protectorate of Menoth. And Tom’s Cygnar cagily used a farmhouse to try and hold off the onrushing might of Zach’s Khador.

Week Two: 10 point games, battlegroup only

This was a strong week for the holy warriors, as the most combined wins for a faction is heavily skewed toward Protectorate (Circle coming in second). Terry’s Menites clashed with Michael’s Cygnar in a war of faith. And while Andy’s Malekus died to Dan’s Winter Argus, the Jon’s Trollbloods were stopped by a brethren Protectorate force.

Steve’s Griffon danced with Ryan’s bonejack, in a battle marked with some of the worst dice rolls on both sides I’ve seen in a long time. Paul’s Khador menace threw their weight around against Tom’s Cygnar force. And hot Circle-on-Circle action happened between Dan and Roger in a slugfest for the forest.

Andy’s Protectorate survived a nasty attack by Michael’s Cygnar, and managed to finish off Major Beth Maddox with a final spray. Tom’s Cygnar faced Roger’s Circle, and was slowed by both forest and rift. Xavier’s Pureblood (balanced on a pen cap) started the push against Jason’s Cygnar.

Week Three: 25 Point Games

Paul’s Khador crashed into Roger’s Circle Orboros and triumphed. Andy’s Protectorate came up short assassinating my Skorne. Michael’s Cygnar shot Ryan’s Cryx to pieces.

Andy’s Protectorate faced off against Ryan’s Cryx near a country farmhouse. My Skorne managed to barely survive the barrage from Enrico’s Mercenaries. And Paul’s Khador couldn’t quite piece trade against my Skorne.

Week Four: 50 Point Games and Caster Swap

Michael’s Cygnar boys in blue continued to be led by Major Beth Maddox, but faced a new foe in Andy’s Protectorate of Menoth led by Vindictus. Zach’s steely Khador rumbled against Terry’s Protectorate force. And Paul’s Khador saw Vladimir Tzepesci, the Dark Prince take the helm to battle my Skorne, led by Xerxis, the Fury of Halaak.

Paul’s Khador also managed to triumph in a grind-fest battle against Ryan’s Terminus-led Cryx force. My Skorne pushed hard against Roger’s Circle Orboros, but Xerxis took way too much damage from a free strike early, and got mopped up by a few models at the end. In addition to the Journeyman games this week, we got a bit side-tracked by a Gen-Can’t event that was run: Thunderdome!

Week Five: 65 Point Games

Colton was the first to field a Hellmouth with his Legion forces, and Terry’s Protectorate fought valiantly against it… however Kreoss fell to the rampaging Legion beasts. Tom, a brand-new player joining the league in the middle managed the old fastball special with Amon Ad-Raza to take out Beth Maddox and Michael’s Cygnar force. Paul’s Khador clashed against Steve’s expanding Retribution force, and the steady power of the Dawnguard Sentinels wore away even Khador armor.

Michael’s Cygnar is probably used to the religious chants of his foes, as he also faced off against Andy’s Protectorate force. This one was a win for Michael, thanks to a huge swamp that allowed Cygnar to stay at range a bit longer than normal. I took my Skorne into Paul’s Khador, and again got walloped as Xerxis2 is just too fragile for the table it seems. Dan and Roger clashed for the second time with Circle versus Circle warfare–a long grind of a game finally ended with Roger’s version of Tanith defeated.

Week 6: 75 Point Games

Paul’s Khador successfully defended their icy home against Michael’s Cygnar. Zach’s Khador took the long march, but triumphed over my Skorne. Terry’s religious faithful clashed against Steve’s xenophobic faithful.

Ryan’s Cryx battled against my Skorne through a ruined forest, and I finally managed to beat Mark III Terminus. Dan’s Circle managed to jam Ryan’s forces between a lake and a house long enough to win their game. And Roger’s fall-time tabletop looked great with his woodland friends themed army, as he and I clashed to get his Week 6 game in.

Full Steam

We ran a Full Steam launch event at Drawbridge Games last weekend, and these are the results. Turnout was okay, but not as many as our usual–mainly because we ran the event on a weekend and the Warmachine/Hordes crew tends to be weeknights. I got a chance to play as well, as we had an odd number of players for the event!

I’ll start with what I prepped for the event:

I painted a brand new High Exemplar Kreoss for my force. My old brown-tone scheme is hideous compared to the new red scheme, which I really like.

I also finished a Devout to help protect him.

And two Vanquishers for shooting power to support his feat turn.

Below is the full list of what I brought. The goal of the list was the score the bonus 4 points for having an army list that was completely battlegroup models and getting a win. I went for an approach that would hopefully maximize my chances at scoring many of the bonus points for the event.

Full Steam List:

High Exemplar Kreoss

Judicator

Castigator

Vanquisher

Devout

Revenger

Repenter

I even crafted my own Protectorate of Menoth miter hat to wear for the event for the bonus point that wearing a piece of faction gear gave you.

Full Steam Event:

As I mentioned above, it turned out to be a smaller event as we only had six people able to make it. The warcasters and warlocks represented were: Terminus, Haley, Lord Carver, Sorscha, Caliban, and my Kreoss.

Round One

My list faced off against Andy’s Lord Carver list–also an all-battlegroup list for the points. We fought to a standstill with no control points when round time was called. I had managed to squeeze a few more points killed than him, so ended up taking the victory.

Nate’s Khador versus Ryan’s Cryx. Cryx triumphed in the grind.

Brandon’s Cygnar versus a Minions army fielded by Xavier. Like the others, the first round proved to hinge on who could get an early Control points lead and Brandon won.

Round Two

My Kreoss list squared up against Terminus. It went poorly for the Cryx, as they moved into pretty much perfect position for the feat turn to decimate his troops. Terminus’ last-ditch attempt at assassination failed, and I finished him off.

Khador tried to weather the hail of bullets, but just couldn’t get there. A group of gun mages got around the side of the Khador line and finished Sorscha off.

Minions versus Minions. A huge bum-rush turn saw the Pigs bully their way right to Caliban and finish him, and only him off, giving Andy the amazing “Seriously, what just happened?” achievement points as well as the “Speed Demon”, “Unstoppable,” and “Blood and Oil” results as well.

Round Three

I faced off against Brandon’s Haley-led Cygnar, and Mark III started just like Mark II left me: unable to win against Haley. I set up a good position, but got assassinated. Just two small cracks for line of sight were enough to let the Cyclone and the Black 13th do the job.

Cryx faced Minions, and Lord Carver ended up getting carved by Terminus and his force.

Caliban’s Minions faced off against Khador, and Khador won when time was called for the round thanks to scoring more control points.

Results:

From L-R. Brandon went undefeated for the event with his Cygnar, and yet still won Best Sportsman. Ryan won Best Painted for his great airbrushed Cryx force. Andy secured the Champion award for the event, getting lots of the achievement points with his all-beasts Lord Carver list (and despite going 1-2 with it). 16 total points is really impressive!

I managed to finish the event 2-1, with 14 achievement points, so I was still really happy with myself and my Protectorate force.

500 Points Challenge Progress (2016):

290/500

Battles (Privateer Press):

Overall Totals 2016: 60 (Win/Loss: 35/25/0); 2015: 43 (Win/Loss: 29/14/0)

Skorne:

14 Wins (Butcher x2, Deneghra, Shae, Sorscha2, Feora2, Severius, Skarre x2, Kreoss2, Borka, Kaya2, Stryker x2, Ragnor)/ 8 Losses (Rask, Xerxis, Butcher3, Thagrosh, Zerkova2, Stryker x2, Magnus2)

Protectorate of Menoth:

5 Wins (Agathia, Tanith, Helynna, Lord Carver, Terminus) / 2 Losses (Agathia, Haley)

Trollbloods:

Cryx:

4 Wins (Caine, Karchev, Skarre, Vlad) / 4 Losses (Asphyxious, Lylyth2, Goreshade3, Stryker)

Protectorate Again

I’ve dabbled with Protectorate of Menoth before, and while I like their play style more than any other faction, I never found a color scheme I liked at all. I tried the classic one once, I tried a blue-tone version, and I tried one in drab browns and reds with greyscale for metallics rather than proper metallic paints. I got deepest into the latter, but still the painting did not excite me. As is often the case, without the enthusiasm for the painting it’s difficult to make progress.

So with Mark III I was convinced that I’d be giving Cryx a return for the new edition with Skorne and Trollbloods in support. I’ve been really motivated with my Trolls, but the other two have languished somewhat–getting the new Battlegroup Box painted for Skorne was a struggle. And in the process, I realized that maybe it was time to take care and work out a color scheme that I truly liked for my Menoth–strip them and repaint it all. Thus, the Mark Three Menoth Project was born. I messed around for a long while with colors, and finally settled on something I liked: a red-dominant scheme with dulled metals and bone portions behind any Menofixes (the little cross-looking symbols) and on the steam caps. Finally, a scheme I liked and felt motivated to paint. I finished the new Battlegroup in a single week of painting.

Malekus, the Burning Truth. I love the model, as hefty models are fun and have a lot of persona. He’s no exception, and I really like the balance that the slight portions of white and dull gold provide in the scheme I’m working with.

Castigator. I resolved to have the bone color be very limited, so he doesn’t have any on his shoulders other than the small portions. Basically the theme is red everywhere, except behind a Menofix. The Crusader/Templar/Vanquisher chassis would have more prominent cream sections, but this chassis will be nearly pure red.

Close shot of one of the light warjacks (Repenter) for their look. I was worried the gold shoulders would be too much, but I really liked how they turned out.

The completed Protectorate of Menoth Battlegroup Box for Mark III.

I also got four games in with the group. Three as part of a Journeyman League we’re running at Drawbridge Games, and fourth just for fun with some expanded models to try a later level build idea for the league.

First game of the Journeyman was against Ryan’s Cryx Battlegroup. A critical central copse of trees and the Repulsor Shield on the Revenger helped me avoid the Reaper’s Reel-in-and-Kill long enough to get two models onto Agathia and finish her off.

Ryan and I played a second game, this one with more points than just the Battlegroup boxes (but of course, they’re the only things visible in the picture… /sigh). This time we played the scenario from the Prime rulebook with the five flags, each of which can be scored only once, with scenario victory at five points. It’s a pretty ludicrous scenario, but a lot of fun. Cryx’s mobility proved to be the main advantage, as I couldn’t keep them away and still score the flags myself. Finally, Malekus was assassinated by a rampaging Helljack as he was forced to try and turn the tide himself (and came up short).

Second Journeyman game was against Dan’s Circle Orboros and Tanith the Feral Song. This is the caster that worries me the most among the new Battlegroup Boxes, as she’s got some nasty abilities between her gun, Feat, and spells. Mercifully, Dan moved her too close to my Revenger and forgot about the Arc Node. A quick Scourge later and Admonition was not going to save her, which meant flames from Malekus and the Castigator to finish her off.

Third Journeyman game was against a brand-new player to our group, Steve. He started with Retribution, with I definitely feel is one of the stronger of the starter boxes. Being able to take hits and then under Feat act without any systems being crippled is huge. As it was a new player, a fair amount of the game was helping my opponent with the best ways to assassinate my caster and deal with my own jacks. While I won this one, I think he’s better equipped than other players for what Malekus can do and how to stop him. He got very close to finishing me off, but had just a few critical misses right at the end that kept my caster alive and I could finish his last Warjack.

A good week of gaming with the Protectorate, and I’m really excited about them and what they’ll bring in terms of painting progress as well as game fun.

500 Points Challenge Progress (2016):

244/500

Battles (Privateer Press):

Overall Totals 2016: 57 (Win/Loss: 33/24/0); 2015: 43 (Win/Loss: 29/14/0)

Protectorate of Menoth:

3 Wins (Agathia, Tanith, Helynna) / 1 Loss (Agathia)

Skorne:

14 Wins (Butcher x2, Deneghra, Shae, Sorscha2, Feora2, Severius, Skarre x2, Kreoss2, Borka, Kaya2, Stryker x2, Ragnor)/ 8 Losses (Rask, Xerxis, Butcher3, Thagrosh, Zerkova2, Stryker x2, Magnus2)

Trollbloods:

Cryx:

4 Wins (Caine, Karchev, Skarre, Vlad) / 4 Losses (Asphyxious, Lylyth2, Goreshade3, Stryker)

Mark III CHARGE!!!

Time for an All-Things-Officially-Mark-III post. To kick things off: we did a Battlegroup Box Brawl launch event on Thursday, June 30th, where everyone got to try out their new battlegroups in a fast-paced small-scenario setting. We great turnout for the event: 12 total players, including three brand-new players.

Trophies for the Event. Officially the Scrap Thrall Brawl I suppose…

Minds hard at war. We used a variant of the Steamroller Rumble rules for deployment to make the small mats that come with the new Battleboxes useful for the event. I wanted people to play on their neat new terrain!

Enrico (the store owner of Drawbridge Games) specifically arranged for a local news film crew to come and film the event and interview him about his store and the hobby of miniature gaming!

Congrats to the winners for the event. Paul went 3-0 for the gold, with Ryan finishing 2-1 with strongest strength-of-schedule for Silver, and Ray nabbing a 2-1 finish with second strongest strength of schedule for Bronze. Special congrats to Ray, as he’s a brand new player! Terry went 0-3 and scored the lowest number of control points, so he received the bonus “Maybe You Should Play a Different Faction” prize of a new Battlegroup Box.

I also painted a fair share of new models, as I wanted to get two functional Hordes Battlegroup boxes ready for demos. These were painted by the end of June, so I’m using the Mark II points system to add to the totals for the year completed.

Beast Master Xekaar, a model that I really like. The insect-stinger whips are great, and model really came together well.

Ragnor Skysplitter, the Runemaster. I’m not sure his feat is as amazing as everyone is saying it is (if so, then Stryker’s is all the more amazing), but I love the model.

Finished up a Cyclops Savage. I’m surprised I never ran one before, because the animus ability to let a model boost after attack or damage proved to be amazing in the first game I fielded him in. Definitely will see rotation with my Skorne.

Side-by-side shot of the two finished Battlegroup Boxes: Trollbloods and Skorne. I’m pretty happy with both, and they’ll make for good demonstration boxes for people who want to learn the game.

I also finally finished up my unit of Paingiver Beast Handlers. Here they are in front of some funny terrain at my buddy Tom’s place: got to love the stables!

While I was running the Battlebox Brawl rather than playing, I still managed to get in four more games of Mark III against various opponents this week. A large clash against Ryan’s Mercenaries, and smaller games against newer players Tom (and his Cygnar) and Michael (and his Trollbloods).

My first game of this set was against Ryan’s Mercenaries, led by Magnus2. His list was a number of warjacks, Alexia and the Risen, and some Steelhead Halberdiers. It was my firs time running Xekaar and trying out some various Mark III ideas. While I learned that Xekaar’s feat is definitely defensively nasty (s0 many misses and so little damage), the list itself was clunky and had stuff that didn’t really gel together.

It wouldn’t be my models if a number of them didn’t work together and still fail to finish off a single light Warjack (a Renegade). Because I couldn’t clear out my flag fast enough, Magnus was able to move and gradually take the lead away and put the game in a spot where I wasn’t going to be able to reach his total. It was a good clash overall, and I had some plays that pleased me and were effective, but ultimately I’m still going to do a lot of trial and error to get Xekaar right.

My next game was against Tom’s Cygnar. As he’s building a force we played a pair of games just under 50 points. This time I went for a beast brick with Xekaar first. So much tusked death, but I’d need it to face off against the wall of Warjack armor I knew I’d be facing.

Tom’s Cygnar force: the Stryker starter box plus a Stormclad and a unit of Long Gunners with UA.

The slug-fest went exactly as anticipated for the most part. I hovered at the edge of the zone, waiting for Stryker’s feat. Then it was time to throw/slam jacks and counter-feat with Xekaar for my defense. I survived the trades well, and opened a lane to get Xekaar onto Stryker on a later turn. Prescience from the Cyclops Savage was huge in his successful assassination, as boosting after-the-fact was clutch in getting the first hit in, which enabled Mortality through Witch Mark to make the process easier.

Another game against Tom, and this time I took Hexeris2–because I wanted to try out the long-leashed Razor Worm with him, and to give Tom experience with a variety of caster styles. This time I built a pretty similar to Mark II Hexy list that focused on supporting shooting with Warbeasts.

It was one of those games where I focused so much on winning, I forgot to not lose. We played a scenario from the basic rulebook, the one with five flags that can all only be scored a single time. It’s a great scenario–not “balanced” per se, but a great one at making both forces really do something different. I had only one flag left to score, and so was angling to get that done. And I moved my Aradus Sentinel just a bit too greedily to try and add his shot to the assault–leaving a knocked down Lancer to sacrifice action to stand and simply move into the center flag and let Tom score his last point. Kudos to Tom for keeping his eye on the scenario and out-foxing me at the end.

The fourth game was against Michael, who is just starting into Warmachine and Hordes. He’s a longtime friend, who played Warhammer and Living Greyhawk with me for quite some time, and is just now starting up a Trollbloods force. He’s an amazing painter (look at the Dire Troll Mauler below!!! WOW!), but as he’s just starting out he borrowed the contents of the new Battlegroup box from me so we could play a larger-than-demo sized game. So it was my Skorne, led by Xekaar, versus his Trolls and Ragnor in a 50-point clash.

MVP combo of the game was Xekaar and the Agonizer. The -3 Threshold on Xekaar’s feat, plus the Agonizer’s cry that adds a fury to all nearby Warbeasts was epic. The Dire Troll Mauler that I threw back next to Ragnor turned and attacked him, while most of the rest of his battlegroup attacked each other. After the chaos, in my following turn, the Impaler had only a few boxes left on him–so it was time to Enrage my little Agonizer, put Mortality onto the Impaler, and that was just enough so that the Agonizer got his first confirmed kill. Sure, the Cyclops Savage could have done it and the Agonizer may have better used his add-fury or minus-strength again, but I wanted to let the little guy shine so I went for it.

Xekaar tried to finish the game out, but couldn’t quite seal the deal on Ragnor the following turn. It took a few beast attacks after this to finally stop the sturdy-as-nails Troll caster. No knockdown plus Tough means the same 33% survive chance Trolls had all through Mark II, but I finally made my way through it.

I’ve still got some adjustments to make in my mind about Mark III, and I think I need to rethink how I build a list for my Skorne from the ground up, but I’m loving the new edition so far. Definitely quicker play on my turns, even needing to look at cards more often than I did at the end of Mark II.

366 Points Challenge Progress (2016):

209/366

Battles (Privateer Press):

Overall Totals 2016: 53 (Win/Loss: 30/23/0); 2015: 43 (Win/Loss: 29/14/0)

Skorne:

14 Wins (Butcher x2, Deneghra, Shae, Sorscha2, Feora2, Severius, Skarre x2, Kreoss2, Borka, Kaya2, Stryker x2, Ragnor)/ 8 Losses (Rask, Xerxis, Butcher3, Thagrosh, Zerkova2, Stryker x2, Magnus2)

Trollbloods:

Cryx:

4 Wins (Caine, Karchev, Skarre, Vlad) / 4 Losses (Asphyxious, Lylyth2, Goreshade3, Stryker)

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