They came from the Dark Lands...(Chaos Dwarf project)

[Elbows]

So, game seven occurred...pardon the table, it was just thrown together with what we could manage.

The story/scenario (as short as I can tell it):
After failing to destroy the Chaos Dwarf column, the Dwarf units fled into the wilderness.  They discover that Night Goblins have planned to show the Chaos Dwarfs a long-abandoned entrance to an old Dwarf hall...which could allow the Chaos Dwarfs to travel underground and attack the Dwarf's home hall more rapidly.  As the Chaos Dwarfs march toward the small doorway in the mountain, the Dwarfs arrive first and seek out old stashes of gunpowder to attempt to blow up the bridge (just inside the door is a bridge across a chasm)...







How it went:
We had to try a few games to get the scenario working out well, so we stopped and restarted a few times.

The 400 point Dwarf force had to use heroes to locate and drag loot tokens (crates of gunpowder) to the bridge, and perform an action to blow it up.  We decided one crate would be a 5+ roll, two crates would be 3+, and three crates would be automatic.

I had 200 points of Chaos Dwarfs attacking the doorway to the bridge (all he had to do was hold out), and inside the hall, I would generate one or two units every turn using a little random table we constructed.  So inside the hall, his Dwarfs and heroes were fighting off Night Goblins, Sneaky Gitz, etc.  This was the first time the Night Goblins hit the table!

As the flood goblins and hobgoblins started slaying Dwarfs, my buddy managed to sneak two crates of gunpowder onto the bridge just as his heavy infantry (on the bridge) broke under my attack.  However, as my Chaos Dwarfs were chasing and cutting down his fleeing Dwarfs, the hero lit the match and successfully blew up the bridge.

So the Chaos Dwarfs were cut off from entering the hall, but his general (a hermit wizard) was inside the hall when the bridge blew up, so we have a few narrative options going forward.

[Frugalmax]

That's a great idea for a scenario- sounds like it was a pretty exciting game!

[Elbows]

Yeah, sadly the first attempt lasted about two or three turns before I realized there was NO way I was going to be able to do anything (I had just scribbled up the scenario and woefully undercut my ability to actually do much with the rules I'd written...).  Then in the second game my buddy made a rather boneheaded move which then meant there was NO way he was going to do anything...so we had dinner and then decided "best two out of three", and nailed it on the final run. 

He had stacked a stone golem in the front of the door, so I sat back and hit it with bolt throwers and blunderbusses until it was dead, then charged in the proper Chaos Dwarfs.  Inside, I was assailing one of his magical heroes with a Night Goblin shaman using magical combat (i.e. wizards duking it out at range using casting dice instead of normal fighting values).  Had some sneaky gits who got to the bridge but were surprisingly beaten back by a hero, and then some Dwarfs arrived to kick the others off the table (we decided they were pushed into the chasm).

Each turn inside the hall I was able to roll a D6 for each of my table edges, but if I rolled an entry that I had no models for (i.e. they were already on the table), I didn't get it, so each turn I was getting either a low level hero or a small detachment...sometimes two, and sometimes none.  It made it tough for my buddy, for sure...and he almost didn't get it done.

[Elbows]

Ideally the "last" wolf riders I'll need to paint.  I'm pretty tired of them.  I've painted some 30+.

The white-adjust makes the highlights look a little funky, but..whatever.  These are my skirmish archers which will help unlock entry points.

[beefcake]

More cool stuff. I like the black cloth for the chasm, what a great idea.

[Elbows]

The table was..."functional" but not attractive.  While I prefer a sexier table, generally, I can cut some corners if it meets a cool scenario. 

[Frugalmax]

Nice looking wolf riders! You've managed to do a really consistent and cohesive job across your armies. They look great when all together on the table- something to be proud of!

[Elbows]

Thanks...the army is officially in the "too big to take a picture of" phase already, and there's...a lot more to go.  I keep thinking I'm close to finishing and then do the math and realize..not really

[Elbows]

Well, I managed to barely squeeze the army into a single picture - and some close-ups (a few more on the blog as always).  The army is perhaps 75-80% at this point...and yes it feels like a never-ending project despite owning all the remaining models!

[Pattus Magnus]

That’s very impressive! It’s pretty cool to see a different army like this one - don’t often see a chaos dwarf and hobgoblin army!

[Frugalmax]

Awesome! What a great looking force. Congratulations!

[majorsmith]

Nice army!

[Freddy]

A truly fantastic army!

[Basementboy]

Awesome army! Absolute inspiration

[blacksoilbill]

Quality and quantity! Superb.