Today I got to play a few games with two of my friends. The plan was to play a mini-tournament with character restrictions, 15-25-35 points each with a different caster. We started with the 15pts and then we skipped the 25 in favor of the more "serious" 35 points... and we didn't really have time to play that many games.
In my 15 points army I played with eStryker a Lancer and a Centurion. I won against Khador and pButcher with assassination. And I lost against Circle when eKreuger used telekenisis to move my Centurion and give him a clear charge lane with his Stalker against Stryker.
The 35pts was of course a bit more interesting. I didn't take any pictures so bare with me.These are the list we were playing with.
Points: 35/35
Captain Kara Sloan (*6pts)
* Defender (9pts)
* Squire (2pts)
Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts) (6pts)
* Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer (2pts)
* * Hunter (6pts)
Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team (4pts)
Greygore Boomhowler & Co. (Boomhowler and 9 Grunts) (9pts)
Captain Arlan Strangewayes (2pts)
Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator (1pts)
Points: 35/35
Kommandant Irusk (*6pts)
* Conquest (19pts)
* Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker (2pts)
Battle Mechaniks (Leader and 5 Grunts) (3pts)
Iron Fang Pikemen (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Black Dragon Officer & Standard (2pts)
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts) (4pts)
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution (3pts)
Points: 35/35
Kromac the Ravenous (*4pts)
* Gorax (4pts)
* Ghetorix (11pts)
* Warpwolf Stalker (10pts)
Shifting Stones (2pts)
* Stone keeper (1pts)
Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew (Leader and 1 Grunt) (1pts)
Tharn Bloodtrackers (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
* Nuala the Huntress (2pts)
Game 1 - Cygnar vs Circle
I started with running up with every unit. Boomhowlers in the middle and AGTM on my left flank and B13 on the right. Circle advanced with everything. Bloodtrackers got first blood on a troll who failed his tough roll.
On my second turn I used Kara for her feat. I managed to kill both the Gethorix, Gorax and half of the Bloodtracker in one turn. However, I forgot to move Reinholdt and my Squire leaving Kara out in the open. Circle saw their chance and Kromac cleared the entire unit of ATGM so that his Stalker could "Warpath" into a clear charge lane. Some (un)lucky dice rolls left Kara with 2 wounds left.
On my third turn I disengaged with Kara from the Stalker, who missed his free strike, and with 2 boosted shots I killed Kromac.
Game 2 - Cygnar vs Khador
I won the roll and started the game with running up the Boomhowlers into the Moshpit (scenario). Both the Hunter and Defender did decent damage on the Conquest right of the bat. Khador ran up with their pikemen to challenge the Boomhowlers. Mechanics repaired all(!) the damage on the Conquest. Widowmakers and Eyriss moved into the forest on my right and Conquest charged, with help of "Superiority" and almost killed my Hunter (it was left with 2 boxes of cortex).
On my second turn I moved Kara from the left flank towards the right. I also managed to kill Eyriss with a boosted shot. Boomhowlers charged into combat but didn't hit with a single attack (Iron Fleshed Pikemens are really something). B13 killed 2 Widowmakers. ATGM moved from the left (where the Conquest was standing) into the middle of the board. Khador started the turn with moving up Irusk and using his feat. Pikemen killed half of the Boomhowlers. Conquest finished the Hunter and killed a troll.
On my third turn Kara was just in range of Irusk, so I shot him with 2 boosted shots and killed him.
Game 3 - Circle vs Khador
Circle started with Bloodtrackers taking prey on the pikemen and running towards them. Gethorix moved into the forest on his left and Kromac and the remaining beasts advanced in the smoke of the gobbers. Khador ran up with the pikemen and used "Iron Zeal" to survive the oncoming barrage of spears coming their way. Conquest advanced to meet up with Gethorix.
Circles second turn started with the Bloodtrackers killing of 4 pikemen and helping Gethorix into combat with Eyriss, thanks to Warpath. Gethorix also killed her without effort. Kromac, Gorax and Stalker all advanced once again in the smoke of the gobbers. Khador tried a charge towards Kromac, but without line of sight to him they could only kill the Gobbers and "lock" Kromac and the Bloodtrackers in melee. Conquest didn't recive any focus and missed with all of his range attacks. Irusk used his feat this turn.
Circles Gethorix got frenzy (was out of Kromacs control) and killed a mechanic. The Stalker, Kromac and the Bloodtrackers managed to kill every pikemen this turn, but Kromac was forced to feat for it to happen. Gorax engaged the Widowmakers in melee but couldn't kill them thanks to tough. Circle also scored a point for controlling one objective (scenario: Incursion). Khadors Conquest charged Gethorix and killed him in 3 hits. Mechanics ran towards the Bloodtrackers and Stalker to block the charge lanes. Irusk cast Iron Flesh on himself and ran behind the Conquest for cover.
Circles Bloodtrackers took prey on Irusk and ran after him. Gorax killed a Widowmaker and the Stalker killed all but one Mechanic with the help of berserk/warpath. And Kromac was just about to kill the last Mechanic when time ran out and dice-down was called. As Circle was the only one to score a point they won according to the tie-breaker rules.
Conclusion
I really like Kara Sloan. I've been reading quite a lot of battle reports and tactics with her, and I'm starting to understand how to play her. Still I made some grave mistakes that could have cost me the game. I always forget the "Warpath" spell that Kromac can cast. I still want to make some minor changes in my list, and perhaps expand it to 50 points.
As for the Boomhowler I really love to have a unit I can run up the board and "sacrifice". I'm still looking on Alexia and thinking about getting her as well, but I don't know if I really need her at the moment. As always improvements can be made.
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