Dean’s Saga AoM odyssey (Completed)

[Basementboy]

Looks like a massacre for both sides! Lovely battle report

[Dean]

Thanks!

[Bloggard]

yep, great stuff. Nice looking game.

[Dean]

Thanks Bloggard, and it was fun, which is what counts the most

Meanwhile, more Undead.  The mounted Wraiths are Alternative Armies, the Skeleton archers are Highland, the Hearthguard undead are Gripping Beast, and the poor doggies are Crippled God Foundry.

[Dean]

Two more units of Skeleton Warriors (Highland again) and Undead Hearthguard with Heavy Weapons (Gripping Beast).

[Dean]

Nearing the finish of the Undead army, the final Warrior unit is Gripping Beast again, the Catapult is from Mantic.  The catapult comes in kit form and there are two crew but additional parts, so I used the pointing arm on a spare Highland skeleton to make a third crew member.

[Dean]

The single largest unit in Saga AoM is the Undead Mindless, 20 in the unit.  These are a mix of Gripping Beast, Otherworld, and Heresy. So that’s Faction number 4 done! 

[hubbabubba]

I really like the mix of minis you've used for your deadites, excellent.

[Dean]

Thanks!

[Dean]

As usual, prior to their first outing, here is the full Undead faction … so far 

[Dean]

GAME 3

Becalmed near an forbidding shore line, our heroes come under attack from a powerful catapult.  There’s nothing for it but to get ashore under cover of what terrain they can find and take out that catapult.  The enemy have seen them though and have called for reinforcements, the battle is on!

Pic 1 is the setup, two sets of vikings off their ships and safely ashore, while at the other end the catapult is searching for targets and you can see the 4 unit cards for the reinforcements that will arrive at the end of each turn.

Pic 2, end of turn 1, the Vikings are advancing, the Catapult has drawn first blood, and the reinforcements have started to arrive.

Pic 3, end of turn 2.  This time the catapult rolls two 1s!  The Warlord (Necros)is furious and promises if it mis-fires again the next load will be a gunners’ head! The two armies are about to meet …

Turn 3 and Ulf’s band backed by two saga abilities and protection from their sorcerer plough into the wraiths, killing them all for just one loss.  (That was overkill probably, I used an ability that would also let me charge with the spears and even the Warlord but didn’t need them and then didn’t have enough activations left for them to move!). Happily the undead have many units that don’t generate dice (catapult, mindless, sorcerer) so they couldn’t move enough to take advantage. Though the catapult did fire and kill three more spears, the Bondi moving towards the skeleton archers expected to be shot at and were prepared (Endurance) and came through unscathed. Pic 4

[Dean]

Turn 4, the Hearthguard unit coming through the centre, sense victory and knowing they are protected by their sorcerer,  charge home against the catapult and destroy it!  The Undead Warlord takes out two of them afterwards, while the Undead Warriors turn into a howling pack and take out the remaining spears, and the archers finally kill a Bondi, this may make our heroes pause for thought?  At this point the rest should probably retreat, but then again they are Vikings! Pic 5.

Turn 5, and as expected, the Vikings attack!  Baldr himself takes out five of the hapless mindless, who still haven’t made it through the scrubland.  Hearthguards hit the undead warriors and the few left are mopped up by Ulf’s men.  Finally the Bond get to grips with the archers and leave only two ‘alive’.  Necros finishes off the Hearthguards that destroyed the catapult but his army is faltering and none can make a charge.  He himself is now exhausted and Baldr orders the withdrawal knowing he can safely get back to the boats which are now free from mystical influence and the threat of the catapult. Pic 6.

Vikings score 15, while the Undead only score 13, a victory on both counts for the Vikings as they destroyed the catapult!

[Dean]

At one point during the game, the Vikings did deploy their secret weapon, and despite being ruled illegal and removed from the table, it may account for why the Undead Sorcerer had very little impact on the game?

[Dean]

Dragon army underway as Otherworld faction, colour scheme based on Chromatic (evil) dragons from DnD.  Warlord, Sorcerer, Conjuror, and 3 Drakes as Creatures.  All 3D prints.

[Dean]

Couple of Hearthguard units finished today