Call to Arms League Week 1

Call to Arms League Week 1

Game 1 Vs. Cary (Khador)
Troll list:
Faction: Trollblood
Points: 500
Model Count: 18
Victory Points: 18

Grim Angus
Troll Impaler
Dire Troll Mauler
Fell Caller
Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes [6] (2 added)
Trollkin Champions [5]
Alten Ashley, Monster Hunter
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew [2]

Cary's List (as close as I remember but i think it's complete):
Faction: Khador
Points: 493
Model Count: 20
Victory Points: 18

Kommandant Irusk
> Beast-09
Man-O-War Drakhun
> Man-O-War Drakhun (Dismounted)
Kayazy Assassins [10] (4 added)
> Kayazy Assassins Underboss [1]
Man-O-War Demolition Corps [5] (2 added)

I played decently. Much better than my last round against Cary. I got two shots @ Irusk one for 4 points another for 3, the second shot was a shit damage roll. If i had rolled 3 points or so moer I would have had her, she left me with a slim line of sight to Irusk. I did make some mistakes, the biggest of which was not asking which models had which abilities like stealth or cannot be knocked down. Had I been playing in a tournament I would have really fucked myself with that. Also Cary told me that it was easier to kill me because I kept my Mauler and Impaler so close so I should keep them a bit further from each other.
Troll MVP: Dire Troll Mauler - he is a good psychological piece to the game looking all mean and stuff. The Mauler made my life a lot easier by tossing Drakhun and getting him out of the face of himself and my (at this point frozen) Impaler.

Game 2 vs. Ed (Cryx)
Troll list:
Faction: Trollblood
Points: 500
Model Count: 18
Victory Points: 18

Grim Angus
Troll Impaler
Dire Troll Mauler
Fell Caller
Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes [6] (2 added)
Trollkin Champions [5]
Alten Ashley, Monster Hunter
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew [2]

Ed's List (as close as I remember but i think it's complete):
Faction: Cryx
Points: 500
Model Count: 33
Victory Points: 15

Pirate Queen Skarre
Scrap Thrall
Scrap Thrall
Scrap Thrall
Scrap Thrall
Scrap Thrall
Bane Lord Tartarus
Necrotech
Skarlock Thrall
Bane Knights [10] (4 added)
Bane Knights [10] (4 added)
Withershadow Combine [3]
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist

I rushed to get into this game in order to get in two games before the store closed (when I could have taken my time as my opponent misunderstood the meaning of "can you get a 500 point army together quickly?")
I played ok. I wasn't 100% on how far Skarre's bomb would work and did not figure into account that I would have a bitch of a time counterattacking after her feat turn. Bad move, I tried to counterattack, and got dick. Grim got in a couple nice pot shots at her, once after her first turn, aiming, he left his Skarre way out in the open with only a smoke screen in front of her.
In the end he wrecked both beasts and Skarre bombed and killed Grimmy.
MVP: Grim, feat turn fouled up a lot if not all of his movement. Taking those pot shots at Skarre and his reach kept him camping focus and not casting as many spells.

Tourney this weekend. Not sure how it's looking for me to meet my goal of going 1-2 Anyways I'm still having a good time.

I had a really good time as well. I played a 750 pt game with Haley against Laz, playing Epic Severius. Laz's army always gives me a very tough time, and I usually lose against him. Yesterday I dismantled his army early in the game and I destroyed his greatest threat, a full unit of Idrian Skirmishers, which have a very high defense value and strike as fast as lightning. He miscalculated the range from his arc node to my caster, and when Severius arced a spell that would not allow Haley to replenish focus on my turn, he was about one-quarter of an inch short, allowing me to catch the Idrian's under the Temporal Barrier and shoot them to pieces. On turn 3 Laz controlled one of the three strategic points and popped his feat. After so much work on my part, Severius took controll of 6 of my troopers and killed Haley with my own Gun Mage Captain Adept.

A good time was had by all, and we are hoping that more of you who are interested in the game will show up on Thursdays for League play. League play is very casual and you'll get to see casters that you might not see in a tournament environment. Come one come all!

- Art