ARCTIC DIVIDE by UranusPChicago

Glyphs: Wannok (Wound), Kelda (Healer)
Astro: Masha Shingai, Tagawa Samurai Archers x5, Swaysil (485)
Dawn: Knights of Weston x4, Alastair MacDirk, Finn the Viking Champion, Kyntela Gwyn (490)

SURVIVING UNITS:
Alastair MacDirk (1 wound), 6x Knights
~200 Points Left

Current Version of Masha:


GAME SUMMARY:
I quickly claimed Wannok while Dawn’s knights advanced. Each side suffered a few casualties in the early rounds, but Kyntela absorbed Wannok well. The knights then flanked the glyph, claiming Wannok with Finn and skirmishing with the archers and Masha until Finn fell. The knights renewed their efforts, killing Masha soon afterwards.

Things looked bad for the Samurai until an initiative switch in their favor where they were able to land a few more kills from height. After that, the knight reinforcements...

GROUNDS OF ASHRA by Jaes Shurrig

Glyphs: Wannok (Wound), Kelda (Healer)
Astro: Masha Shingai, Tagawa Samurai Archers x4, Izumi Samurai, Raelin (500)
Leo: Felix, Avita, Roman Legionnaires x3, Marcus Decimus Gallus (500)

SURVIVING UNITS:
5x Tagawa Samurai Archers
~110 Points Left

GAME SUMMARY:
Both Leo and I made a beeline for Wannok early on. I managed to make it there first and pod up effectively with Raelin, clearing out some Legionnaires with a boosted Counterstrike. Leo's Praetorian Guard customs then rolled in and almost one-shotted my Raelin with their spear throws, but they failed to break through my TSA barrier thanks to some solid defenses. I managed to get in some lucky potshots against Felix, and Masha got a Fiery Retribution to finish him off.

By that point, I had effectively podded up in the center of the map with a squad of TSA. They kept taking shots at the Legionnaires and Marcus...

Played on a Spontaneous 3-Player Map
Objective: Kill the Player to Your Left
400 Points
No Glyphs

Picture of Map:


Current Version of Masha:


Astro: Masha Shingai, Kozuke Samurai, Agent Carr, Tetsuo Tyrell
Trying to kill Nathan

Nathan: Rujin, Syvarris, Deathstalkers, Wyvern
Trying to kill Nick

Nick: Ogre Pulverizer, Mind Flayer Mastermind, Elite Onyx Vipers, Sentinels of Grax
Trying to kill Astro

GAME SUMMARY:
My Kozuke got blasted by Syvarris on their approach, but one managed to engage him the next turn. Nathan then decided to try to stall the game by swiping away my Kozuke and protecting him from Nick, so that I couldn’t die before Nick did. Meanwhile, Nathan advanced Rujin and his Deathstalkers through the swamp to assassinate the Ogre Pulverizer....

Played on a Spontaneous 3-Player Map
Objective: Kill the Player to Your Left
400 Points
No Glyphs

Picture of Map:


Current Version of Masha:


Astro: Tetsuo Tyrell, Sentinels of Grax, Elite Onyx Vipers, Rujin
Trying to kill Nathan

Nathan: Wyvern, Mind Flayer Mastermind, Deathstalkers, Ogre Pulverizer
Trying to kill Nick

Nick: Syvarris, Agent Carr, Kozuke Samurai, Masha Shingai
Trying to kill Astro

SURVIVING:
Rujin (unwounded), 2x Sentinels of Grax, 2x Elite Onyx Vipers
Masha Shingai (unwounded)

GAME SUMMARY:
Nick went after me early on with Syvarris and Agent Carr, but Rujin healed away any damage that they dealt. Tetsuo came out to try and steal some turns with them, but he failed on Agent Carr and finished off Syvarris in one...

IF YOU CAN’T TAKE THE HEAT… by Dignan
Glyphs: Dagmar (Initiative +8 ), Gerda (Defense +1)
Astro: Seishin Samurai x2, Masha Shingai, Tomoe Gozen, Izumi Samurai, Kozuke Samurai
Nathan: Arrow Gruts x2, Swog Riders x3, Blade Gruts x2, Grimnak

Note: Seishin played with 4 defense instead of 5.

Surviving Units:
Tomoe Gozen (unwounded), 2x Kozuke Samurai
~170 Points Left

Game Summary:
The Samurai forces made a beeline for Gerda. Nathan split his attention between Arrow and Blade Gruts, but managed to do a good job of picking off some enemies while they developed. Unfortunately lost most of his forces to lava field damage, but the Samurai were regularly whiffing attacks and did no damage for the first half of the game to counterbalance this.

Eventually, Masha Shingai and Tomoe Gozen managed to tie down Grimnak and block off a key chokepoint, protecting his Samurai brethren for enough time to turn...