Lyrgard's battle reports (links in OP)

[Crixus33]

I would let the heroes have the time to regroup for this scenario, reason being they have to fight a tons more points worth of figures and they should be allowed to get into the best possible position to beat the mass waves. Also wouldn't it make sense after each battle the heroes take a moment to regroup and heal. Also who says the people you're going to play with are smart enough to bring healers for this campaign. Another thing, when you played the campaign you knew exactly what you wanted each figure to do for each of your three oms, and you knew what and when to expect what was coming. The guys you'll be playing might not always be on the same page on what they are doing. They also shouldn't know what and when there enemies are coming. Also I agree that you should make it that the gm decides when he releases his army.

[Sir Yeshua]

Awesome adventure Lyrgard! I'm getting together with a couple of friends this weekend. I think we're gonna do a dungeon crawl now...

[Lyrgard]

Originally Posted by Sir Yeshua

Awesome adventure Lyrgard! I'm getting together with a couple of friends this weekend. I think we're gonna do a dungeon crawl now...

Oh, please tell us how it went !

@Crixus33 : I played this same campaign with total beginners at heroscape. Granted, I made them some pre-made army for them to choose through. They totally understood the need of healer, without me needing to tell them. As for knowing what to do with each order marker, they took lot of time to speack before placing order marker, discussing every possibility of move ! It was really great to see them, They were really good for first-time player, and very often saw through what the GM could do to hurt them and shut down this possibility before the GM could play. They even was wary enough to not trying to take treasure glyphs, without knowing the traps behind them. They also managed to beat the GM on this campaign.


More on the campaign : I made two main mistake when playing this campaign :

1) Playing mixed generals armies.
The campaign stipulate that each heroes'army must be of one general only. So Kelda + Tandros, Raelin + Kaemon are not allowed. It is really hard to find good armies with staying strictly bellow 200points, but if you let a little leisure to your players, here are the best army for each general :

Jandar : Raelin v1 + Sgt Drake Alexander v1 (190points)
Raelin is a must, Drake hit hard, has protection against range, and his grapple can come in handy

Ullar : Sonlen + Theracus (200points)
Sonlen is formidable in this campaign. hitting from range twice, healing from range, can heal himself, like a swiss' army knife. Theracus help with the mobility, can move figure of others players

Aquilla : Rhogar Dragonspine + Darrak Ambershard + Blue Wyrmling (205 points)
Rhogar is another (lesser but still pretty good) swiss army knife, Darrak is a heavy hitter and treasure glyph taker, and the blue wyrmling can hit two targets and flies.

Einar : Tandros + Ana Karithon (220points)
Tandros protects, takes hits and give hits. Ana is a mix of Raelin (def+1 aura) and Kelda (healing), but without having to use order marker on her to heal. She also have ranged SA againsts undeads (zombies, shades, pks, Cyprien, etc)

2) Playing Wo-Sa-Ga
Wo-Sa-Ga is too big. She doesn't fit in the cave. I realized it too late in the game and decided to look away, but definitely, she is too big of a snake ^_^

The second time, I used the following set of armies for the GM, and it worked great :

Forest's army :
2x wolves of badru (1X imposed, or 1x anubian)
1x werewolf lord

Cemetery's army :
2x zombies (imposed)
2x shades of bleakwood (make good fear when the gm rools the D20)

Stair's army :
2x PKs
Cyprien (with stealth flying, they can fly away for the stair, like a bunch of bats ! I like the idea)

Egg clutch's army :
Egg clutch (imposed)
3x black wyrmling (imposed)
1x deathreavers

Swamp's army :
Othkurik (imposed)
3x marro drone
2x marro stingers
1x Minions of Utgar.

[Sir Yeshua]

Oh, please tell us how it went !

I'd love to, but I don't have the time right now. I started to type my reply, but I knew I needed to put some pictures up. So for now, I'll tell you that it went great! We had a blast! (Especially the Game Master. ) It won't be a full-blown battle report, but I'll probably put it in a new thread. (Which won't happen until this weekend, 'cause I'm going to visit a college tomorrow.) I'll let you know when I've put it up.

~Sir Yeshua Forgemaster

[Lyrgard]

haha, I didn't ask for a full fledged photo report (but it would of course be warmly welcomed ), so for now I'm happy knowing you had a blast !
You should definitely make a new thread for that, and now I'm all waiting for it !

I'm currently playing a "classic" game. Vydar 'Trons and Warforged are fighting over the title of "best metalhead fan" and decided to sort it out on the battle field !

So

2x blastatrons
2x gladiatrons
Major Q10
Raelin (v1)

against

3x Warforged soldier
Heirloom
1x Iron golem
Raelin (v1)

(they both took the new clones of Raelin just out of the clonage facility of Vydar, I guess...)

They agreed to meet on Artic Divide (Eh, I received my first Tundra not long ago, I was eager to test it ! First time trying the 'trons and warforged too !). Heavy Snow, Normal Ice. As for the glyph, I'm not sure yet. I was thinking Ivor (range +4, good for 'trons) and Thorian (no more range, good for warforged). Two opposite glyphs. The 'trons move 8 figures a turn so have better map control, but the warforged can switch with a figure on a glyphe ! Do you have better proposition ?

I'll make it a full blown photo report. Stay tuned
Who'll win ?

[Foudzing]

The Blasts should have it, only Heirloom could give troubles.

[Arch-vile]

I don't think you have enough Glads to boost the Blasts; I'll guess that the Warforged will win.

[DanieLoche]

Warforged are the best.
...but just a little problem for them: they can't switch if they are engaged with 2 or more Glads ! :/

Good luck Warforged, you can do it.

[Lyrgard]

As it stands now, the crowd is 2:1 for the warforged !

@Foudzing : nicelly analyzed, with the heavy snow and little corridor, the tron will probably be a little crowded, and with some good rools, Heirloom can be devastating

@Arch-vile : As a last ressort, blastatrons can be used to give bonus to others blastatron. But you are right. I only have 2x gladiatron (man, they are hard to find now a day, especially in France !)

@DanieLoche : Cyberclaw would prevent warforged to switch even with only 1 gladiatrons engaged !

I finished playing the game, and will start to post the photos !

The preparation :

Internecine Rivalry in Vydar's ranks

The two metallic race in the ranks of Vydar's army are competing to gain the favor of the general. To definetely know who are the best metallic army, the 'trons and warforged agreed to settle this with a fight. They took rendez-vous near small montain, in a place named "Artic Divide".

The map, Artic Divide (BoV's map) :


The Army :

'trons Army
2x Blastatrons
2x Gladiatrons
Major Q10
Raelin (v1)

Warforged Army
3x Warforged Soldiers
Heirloom
1x Iron Golem
Raelin (v1)

I played this game solo. It was for me the first time playing both army (I bought a lot of Heroscape, from what I didn't have the time to try all), so it is possible I made mistakes. I would gladly accepts any comment on this, to learn to play them better.

The armies take place :

Warforged :


'Trons :


Who will gain the favors of Vydar ? It's anyone's guess !

Here is the fight :

Spoiler Alert!

First Contact !

Trons gain initiative and begin :


3 warforged Soldiers move up


Major Q10 joins the ranks of trons


On the other side, Heirloom begin a move to gain height.


Having nearly nothing to fear of ranged attacks, the Trons' Raelin move forward and places herself right in front of the corridor between two ice peak


The other Raelin also move. She takes a position to the side of the corridor, where she can see the first half of it, but cannot be seen from the other half.


The Trons once again gain initiative and move forward. The warforged's Raelin cannot be seen as planned.


2 warforged take positions to block the snowy corridor, whereas a third advance from the rear of the start zone.


The Trons move forward once again, and a gladiatron come into melee. Only 3 blastatrons can see the warforged, but the third shoot finds a weak spot.


Heirloom moves up

and does his feared 3 skull special attack :

2 gladiatrons and 1 blastatron fall, despite deing in Raelin's Aura. Heirloom is here !, trons will have a hard time progressing in this corridor !

A metal Hero's fall

Major Q10 rushes through the snow to attack Heirloom, but the heavy shielding of the warforged hero deflect the shoots


Heirloom move forward to try his chance on a big target, 2 blastatrons, 1 gladiatron, Raelin and Q10. He get 2 skulls, a gladiatron falls and Raelin takes a wound


Q10 continues his charge toward Heirloom, and this time, achieve to wound him once.


Showing no interest in confronting the Major, Heirloom shoots between the major's metal leggs, targeting Raelin and 2 blastatrons. Raelin takes another wound (3hp left)


Finally, Major Q10 reaches Heirloom to prevent him from firing at Raelin. Exhausted by the run in the snow, his attacks are too soft.


To pay him back, Heirloom put a wound on Major Q10.


Then, for 2 full round, the two heroes exchange blows, without spilling blood (well, oil ?). Some great attacks fly (Q10 obtained 4 skulls) but they are matched by equally good defense.



Finally, after two rounds, the big soulborg breaks the status quo by wounding Heirloom for the second time


Another round without wound (it was getting a little boring XD), then suddently, Heirloom stamina seems to leave him.
He take a wound

Then another, falling to the ground.


Warforged lose a turn. The Major Q10 use it to move forward (leaving his Raelin's aura) and try to kill the soldier barring him the way, without succes.


Warforged make reinforcement come to the front line


Initiative switch, the reinforcement are on the Major, but don't achieve to wound him.


Metal resound against metal, but neither protagonist want to back down.


Seing that the soulborg hero is entangled with the warforged, the Iron Golem suddently come to live and move forward.



Metalic Hulk in the water

Major Q10 is blocked by three soldiers he doesn't achieve to kill


(sorry, I was so in the game I forgot some photos here)
The warforged attacks the Major, but same result, no wounds

Q10 finally finds the weak point of the warforged. Two of them bite the dust (or more probably, the snow)


The Iron Golem advances. The next turn, he will be able to attacks the Major !

Q10 decides the last warforged soldier is too much of a hassle and disengage from it, gaining a wound as the warforged strikes him from behind. But he is now free to make bullets rain on Raelin, who takes two wounds.


The Iron Golem arrives on Q10 but fails to wound him.

Q10 plays again ! He begins by disengageing from the Iron Golem, with success, and then proceed to kill Raelin.


The Major and the Golem exchange blows.
Major Q10 takes a wound.

So does the Golem


And finally, the metalic hulk of Major Q10 cannot take anymore harm and fall in the water

Heirloom, Raelin, 2 warforged soldiers and a wound on the Golem, Major Q10 did his best !

With renewed hopes, the warforged are on the move again.


So does the trons.


The warforged's rear gard move forward, to stay in group.


The trons take positions to withstand the assault


Contact is... imminent !

The End

Warforged begin and destroy a gladiatron. One of them begin a journey to take the tron from the side.


Tron immediatly avenge their dead


The Iron Golem prevent warforged to move as they would want to. They decide to go in masse to the side.


Seeing the risk, the trons send a gladiatron to block this way. They kill the last warforged in the central corridor.


warforged immediatly retaliate.


The trons send a blastatrons to contact, the gladiatron being to far away.

Halas, it is not enough to pierce the warforged armor

Et suddently, the Iron Golem activate once more, and kill a gladiatron, begining a long stroke of 1 activation = 1 kill


The trons fear to be outflanked on both front. 2 attacks kill a warforged on the side front, while 2 others harmlessly bounce on the Iron Golem.


The warforged soldiers destroy yet another blastatron (5 blastatrons left, 2 gladiatrons left)


The trons definitely destroy the hopes of the warforged on the side front by destroying the two soldiers (only 1 warforged soldier left)


But just when the side front is stabilized, the Iron Golem kills the penultimate gladiatron. This front is wide open !


2 blastatrons come into melee to boost the others, without success
As usual, the Iron Golem kill a tron


Finally, the last gladiatron comes into melee too. 3 lucky attacks of 3 manage to wound the Golem once (1hp left)


The Golem continues its routine and kill another blastatron. There are only 4 of them left. The next death will reduce their fire power !


And even with 4 of them, as one come into melee, they are only 3 to fire boosted attacks. And it is not enough to pierce through the heavy shielding of the Golem.


Another blastatron falls, leaving them 1 short of a complete squad. The more time pass, the more the tron become afraid of the Golem !


And then, when they were thinking of defeat, a courageous one move forward, engage the Golem and attacks it, with only 1 die... to see the Golem freeze, make strident metal noises and fall backward.


The last warforged come back in his start zone to be ablt to go up easilly.


Following the last gladiatron, the 3 remaining blastatrons track him like a cornered beast.


The soldier move up, to the same level of his hunters, et prepare to die with a bang !


Halas, the trons are pityless. The gladiatron come to him and immobilize him, whereas the blastatrons take calmy aim and shoot him down.


'Trons Victory !

Whoa, the Iron Golem amazed me in this game. I was already believing he could have won the game by himself, one tron at a time ! Halas, DW syndrom striked him down

[boromir96]

I'll go with 'Trons Army. Warforged really have no way to take out Raelin other than killing all the Glads.

[Shedim Kabal]

Go Warforged!

[Lyrgard]

3:2 for the warforged ! Here come the first part of the fight !

First Contact !

Trons gain initiative and begin :


3 warforged Soldiers move up


Major Q10 joins the ranks of trons


On the other side, Heirloom begin a move to gain height.


Having nearly nothing to fear of ranged attacks, the Trons' Raelin move forward and places herself right in front of the corridor between two ice peak


The other Raelin also move. She takes a position to the side of the corridor, where she can see the first half of it, but cannot be seen from the other half.


The Trons once again gain initiative and move forward. The warforged's Raelin cannot be seen as planned.


2 warforged take positions to block the snowy corridor, whereas a third advance from the rear of the start zone.


The Trons move forward once again, and a gladiatron come into melee. Only 3 blastatrons can see the warforged, but the third shoot finds a weak spot.


Heirloom moves up

and does his feared 3 skull special attack :

2 gladiatrons and 1 blastatron fall, despite deing in Raelin's Aura. Heirloom is here !, trons will have a hard time progressing in this corridor !