Cygnar vs Khador (pStryker vs eButcher) Battle Report

This weekend we (me and two friends) went to Skellefteå, a town a few miles south, to a shop called Legend for some Warmachine. Warhammer is the main game here in Sweden, but we hope we can get a least a couple of players interested. So far a few guys have gotten into the game and will hopefully order some models soon. 

Anyway, back to the batrep. Tonight it was time for the great enemies Cygnar and Khador to face off. Just as last time I'm playing with my pStryker list. I like playing with the same list for a few games, it lets me know the strengths and weaknesses of my army. 

pStryker (+6)

 - Ironclad (7)

 - Lancer (6)

 - Squire (2)

Journeyman Warcaster (3)

 - Charger (4)

Stormblade Infantry (5)

The Black 13th (4)

My friend (or enemy for tonight) played this eButcher list

eButcher (+6)

 - Spriggan (10)

Greath Bears (5)

Widowmakers (4)

Widowmaker Marksman (2)

Fenris (5)

Gorman (2)

Ogrun Bokur (3)

Setup

Khador won the roll for first turn, but let me start. I didn't know what to expect from Khador so I played my standard strategy, put the majority of my force in the middle and try and flank with B13 and Charger.

Khador setup everything pretty much in the middle and advance deployed the Widowmakers behind cover.

Cygnar - Turn 1

Every Jack got 1 focus and ran up the table, same with the Stormblades. B13 ran up the flank (out of camera). Cast Arcane Shield on Charger and Ironclad. The Stormblades got Blur this round to protect them as much as possible from the Widowmakers.

Khador - Turn 1

Butcher rolled for focus and got a 1. Spriggan got a focus and ran across the table along with the Ogrun and Great Bears, while Fenris ran up the hill on my left flank. The Widowmakers shot at the Stormblades, but only managed to kill a single model, the Marksman killed a second one tough.

Cygnar - Turn 2

I only kept Arcane Shield (with Stryker) this turn. The Charger got 3 focus from the Journeyman and took 2 boosted shots at Fenris, killing his horse and leaving him with a single wound. Stormblades advanced and shot at Ogrun inflicting 5 wounds. B13 (once again out of camera) killed 2 Widowmakers and the Marksman. The Lancer moved up next to the cover while the Ironclad remained behind a few inches.

Stryker cast Earthquake on the Spriggan, knocking over Butcher, Gorman, Ogrun and the Spriggan. And after that I cast Arcane Blast on the Great Bears killing 2 of them and leaving the last on standing with only 2 wounds.

Khador - Turn 2

Butcher rolled for focus, and once again rolled a 1. Fenris charged the Charger but didn't cripple any system. The remaining Widowmakers killed a Stormblade. Ogrun stood up and advanced on the Stormblades, the Spriggan did the same. The last Great Bear charged the Lancer, but due to cover and Set-defense he missed his attack.

Cygnar - Turn 3

Stryker kept Arcane Shield this turn and allocated 3 focus to the Ironclad and a single focus to the Lancer. Charger got 3 focus and killed Fenris without any problems. A Stormblade managed to kill Ogrun and the remaining 2 caused a single wound/box to the Spriggan. Ironclad charged the Spriggan but didn't cripple any of the systems, but he lost quite a few boxes. The Lancer missed a boosted attack against the Great Bear. The B13 killed the remaining 2 Widowmakers.

Khador - Turn 3

Butcher rolled for focus and got a 6 (aka 7 focus this turn). Spriggan got 3 focus and Butcher used his feat. Spriggan killed the two Stormblades in front of him. Gorman advanced and threw a bomb at Stryker, but missed and the scatter fell short. The Great Bear once again missed its attack. Butcher charged the Ironclad and killed it with only 2 attacks (ouch!).

Seeing how outnumbered he was, Butcher threw down his axe and surrendered to Cygnar. Victory once again for the boys in blue.

Conclusion

I don't think I made any big mistakes this game. I had some very good dice rolls this game. The only really bad roll I had was with the Lancer when I made my boosted attack roll.

Khador on the other hand made a huge mistake when he kept all his units so close together. A single Earthquake and Arcane Blast pretty much wrecked his entire force and battle plan on a single turn. And two pretty bad focus rolls with Butcher didn't make it better.