Got in a couple games this week against my son.
I have a loooooong way to go getting thru all the VC units that were created while I was on hiatus and heck, there are plenty I never got to table during my first go round with with the group. Here goes...
Game 1 (530pts, I think)
Map: Ice Labrynth by
nyys
nyys: Quickblades/Swiftfangs/Greyspears/Arktos/Manauvi/Eldgrim
not so lil nyys: Deathcommander/DW9K/Zettian Infantry x4
The Varkaanans were doomed from the start. Between shaking off the rust, figuring out how to play these guys and the bottleneck pathways, they were fish in a barrel. Also didn't help that
lil nyys was rolling super hot dice.
I thought I was doing OK when I took down DW9K early, but then the glass cannon that is the Deathcommander and his minions, decided to be more cannon than glass. It was a slaughter... a fun slaughter.
Game2 (550pts)
Map: Mid-Summer by
@Sir Heroscape
nyys: Quickblades/Swiftfangs/Greyspears/Arktos/Manauvi/Marro Warriors
not so lil nyys: Azzy/Venocs x3/J15/Airborne
This map was super fun (helped that it was much more open) and after getting thru some Varkaanan growing pains in the first game, I jumped out to a great start. After the Airborne failed to drop in RD1 I quickly set sights on J15 and he fell quickly.
Started to pick off a Venoc here and there, all while losing a couple of my own to Azzy and his cohorts. Then the drop succeeded in RD2 taking my attention away from the Armocs. The grenades failed spectacularly, but the distraction was enough for the Armocs to get positioned.
My Wolf Squads however, were up to the challenge. Giving back as much they were taking. Eventually though, those squads were decimated, but a big charge from (an unscratched) Manauvi and Azzy was down to just 2 health with full health Arktos waiting for mop-up.
Then, the Wrath. Azzy was crazed and one shot said unscathed Manauvi. I had nightmares of the wolf leader's head rolling down the hill.
Next Azzy set sights on Arktos and though his Wrath got the best of him in the end a dazed Arktos had no chance against the remaining Armocs. The Marro Warriors, left to their own devices, were hunted down one by one, until nothing remained.
That probably sounded pretty one-sided, but the match was epic. My wolves were poised for victory and then the one-shot by Azzy turned everything. A lot of fun and a shout out to
SirH for a great map!
