December 20: KidScaper’s Revenge
We had already played a few times on this map when we brought the camera out again. I might have won once, I know KidScaper won most of the time. The middle area of the map is steep, jagged terrain. Slow going for non-flyers and particularly inhospitable to 2 hex figures, with the exception of Brunak, who I’d used ineffectively in one of my earlier losses.
This time my band of losers consisted of Tagawa Archers, Tagawa Samurai, Agent Carr, Kaemon Awa, Shades of Bleakewood and Shiori. KidScaper fielded Charos, Minions of Utgar, Einar Imperium, the Dumutef Guard, Deathwalker 9000 and the new Marro Stingers.
Prior experience with this map had taught us each the importance of the four glyphs, one on the snowy ledge on the north side of the map, three on the volcanic terrain on the south side. You can see the glyphs in the picture above.
So naturally I put my first order marker on the Tagawa Samurai.
For his part, KidScaper put several order markers on the Einar Imperium. Probably a better strategy.
He uncovers the Glyph of Wounding. Ouch!
I end up leaving Agent Carr in the back and piling up wound markers on him, one a round until dead.
I did eventually get a shade on the Glyph of Just Give Up. This is a good photo of the terrain, too.
The battle begins in earnest when the Tagawa Archers, accompanied by the Samurai, fire on Charos.
Charos comes down to give them a piece of his mind. If I remember correctly Charos had at least a +1 attack from one of the 3 glyphs occupied by KidScaper.
Shiori joins the fray.
With careful maneuvering and a little luck I am able to bring down the big dragon.
Kaemon Awa knocks one of the Einar Imperium off a glyph.
Yes, the date on my camera is wrong.
The Stingers come out. By this point Agent Carr has fallen to the Glyph of Wounding. Pictured here is the Shade who went down next. I hate that glyph.
Kaemon Awa approaches the peak held by KidScaper’s various Minions & Imperiums.
By this point Carr and Shiori have fallen to the glyph and to Charos, respectively, so Kaemon Awa is my only remaining hero.
KidScaper, smelling blood in the water, risks landing on lava to gain height advantage with his Minions. A risk that pays off:
KidScaper has begun to learn how to play chess, and the concept of honorable concessions has entered our gameplaying vocabulary. So I throw in the towel.
I have one more battle in the camera at the moment. I think I took much better pictures of that one; I will try to get it up some time later this week.
I missed this game!