Posted in January 8, 2010 ¬ 21:40h.owen
This is just a short battle report of a game Steve and I played before Christmas. It was a 35pt game between Khador and the Retribution. Steve’s army was – Kaelyssa, Night’s Whisper Chimera Griffon Hydra Dawnguard Invictors (Leader and 5 Grunts) Dawnguard Invictor Officer & Standard Soulless Escort Mage Hunter Strikeforce (Leader and 9 [...]
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Posted in December 12, 2009 ¬ 11:18h.owen
With the release of the MkII Field Test for Hordes I’ve been looking forward to getting some games in. I’m not a particularly good Hordes player, but I wanted to see how the Legion had fared with the rules changes. I should probably qualify what ‘not particularly good’ means. Around Dublin, and in Ireland generally, [...]
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Posted in September 1, 2009 ¬ 23:10h.owen
Okay – I’m too tired to write a proper battle report, so here’s a quick narrative review of tonight’s game. Dave’s army consisted of – Karchev the Terrible Behemoth Kodiak War Dog Widowmakers Mechaniks (5) I had a slightly altered list from that which I ran recently – Iron Lich Asphyxious Skarlock Gorman di Wulfe [...]
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Posted in August 29, 2009 ¬ 20:54h.owen
During the week Phil and I fought a 750pt game over my newly constructed battle board. The last time we played my Cryxian force got the better of his Menites, but this time I would be using my old reliable Khadorans. We rarely play 750pt games, so I took this opportunity to field eIrusk. This article provides a narrative description of the battle from Irusk’s perspective.
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Posted in August 11, 2009 ¬ 23:24h.owen
My newly painted Cryxian force faced off against Phil’s Protectorate of Menoth tonight. Phil is an old hand at the Protectorate and I’m relatively inexperienced with Cryx. We are, however, both very experienced at playing Warmachine, so I knew this was going to be a challenge. We decided on a simple 500pt kill the ‘caster [...]
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Posted in July 9, 2009 ¬ 23:27h.owen
On the 12th June 1944 (D-Day +6) the 101st Airborne took Carentan, a crucial objective that provided a linkup between Utah and Omaha beaches. They encountered only light resistance with the majority of the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment having withdrawn due to a shortage of ammunition. This two-battle campaign describes the events of the following day, when the 501st, 502nd and 506th PIR encountered the German counter attacking force consisting of paratroopers and the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division to the southwest of the city.
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Posted in July 6, 2009 ¬ 17:46h.owen
This is a battle report for the third, and final, game in the Flames of War mini campaign with elements of the Panzer Lehr Division attacking the 44th Infantry Division to the south of Schalbach and threatening to severely disrupt the American XV Corps advance.
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Posted in July 6, 2009 ¬ 16:58h.owen
This is a 1250pt battle report for the second game in the Flames of War mini campaign with elements of the Panzer Lehr Division attacking the 44th Infantry Division towards the centre of Schalbach in late 1944.
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Posted in July 6, 2009 ¬ 16:12h.owen
This is a 1000pt battle report for the first game in the Flames of War mini campaign with elements of the Panzer Lehr Division attacking the 44th Infantry Division just north of Schalbach in late 1944.
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