[vegietarian18]

I defeated mtl in our Control Points game tonight. I had 4 points to mtl's 0 when I finally killed his last figure, but the game was quite a bit closer than that.

Armies
vegietarian18: Axegrinders x2, Himmelskralle, Kaemon, Aubriens x2
Mtl: Vipers x4, Drake, Quorik Warwitch, Beakface Sneaks x2

Both us had openers that the other did not expect. I led with 1 2 Dwarves 3 Himmel, while mtl led with straight Drake. Mtl was expecting me to go Aubriens to counter Vipers, while I was going Dwarves to counter Vipers instead, since I wanted 6 move 4 activation bodies to shut the Vipers down from scoring control points. Drake was kind of pulled different directions by the Dwarves, but ultimately settled by plopping himself directly next to the center control point, making it very difficult for me to score there, but I was able to score on the Swamp side of the map most rounds. The Vipers came in after the Drake first round, but after some kills to open they really struggle to hurt the Dwarves. They had 3 frenzies but the 8 Dwarves just held out great. Himmel came in and did some work cleaning out Vipers (one at a time, mtl was very good at denying me chains) and getting damage on Drake, while Drake struggled to do damage back to Himmel. Aubriens and Kaemon were my finisher, taking out the Sneaks with melee attacks and leaving Kaemon to finish off the Warwitch. The game was really won by the early Dwarf solid shields, had they not held out as well the Vipers probably score a few instead of the Dwarves scoring a few and then things just get so much different. Good game.