Blood at the Forge: Almond's weekly/bi-weekly lists and short battle reports.

I have here this idea of having a place where I can write down the list that I'm going to bring to the Forge on Fridays and write out a small report of any battles that happened that night. Hopefully this will be a semi regular kinda thing.

While Dwarves are insidiously creeping into my psyche, I foresee a lot of my list will be my ever evolving High Elf army. I'll be making a 2.5k list for them by default. At least I won't spend a lot of time on the spot thinking of what to put to the table

There's a 50/50 chance of me making it this week, but I'll put up a list regardless.

2.5K:

Lords:

(Gen) Prince on fully upgraded Griffon (black/white bengal tiger griffon), wearing Armour of Caledor, wielding Star Lance.
= 415 points.

Level 3 High Magic Archmage with Dispel Scroll.
= 210 points.

Heroes:

Noble on fully upgraded Griffon(brown/tiger griffon), wearing Dragon armour, Enchanted Shield, wielding Reaver Bow.
= 305 points.

Level 2 High Magic Mage with Ruby Ring of Khaine, Crown of Altrazar.
= 155 points.

(BSB)Noble wearing heavy armour, Lion cloak, shield, wielding Sword of Anti Heroes and The Other Trickster's Shard.
= 150 points.

Core:

Lothern Sea Guard x35, shields, full command
= 450 points

Ellyrian Reavers x5
= 80 points

Ellyrian Reavers x5 with spears and bows
= 95 points

Special:

Dragon Princes of Caledor, champion x5 (2 units)
= 310 points

Swordmasters of Hoeth x20, full command with Razor Standard.
= 335 points

Some of my command unit models will proxy in for normal units to hit these numbers though.

if you are going to start a second army, I would suggest get a 40k army. Bfr a second fantasy army.   

Hahaha. Of course. Just geli-geli only

Having two fantasy army is also good so can play back home. More than once have I thought about doing another WFB army for that reason

The Noble with the Sword of Anti-Heroes is good. What armour save he has? 3+ and 2+ in combat?

Since he's on foot, 4+ only. He does have numbers on his side though, a mage would gladly fight in his stead if his unit is challenged His placement in which unit depends on which army I'll be facing. Once a particular model has been bought, a lot of my heroes will be retired from my main dream list, sadly. Though I will still include them in my games for more variety and more practice with different stuff.

Are we gaming tonight?

While I was unable to attend HF at night due to family obligations, I did have a game with another High Elf army in the evening, thanks to my office giving the entire staff a half day off. It was a 1,500 point game that lasted 3 hours(!!!) I now have the utmost conviction that a game of WFB, no matter how many points it is, will still take the same amount of time to wrap up.

Here's my list:

(Gen) Prince on Griffon, wearing dragon armour, Enchanted Shield, Star Lance
Level 2 High Magic Mage (with the Swordmasters)

Lothern Sea Guards x25, shields, full command
Ellyrian Reavers x5, bows (2 units)

Dragon Princes of Caledor x5, champion (2 units)
Swordmasters of Hoeth x15, full command

against:

(Gen)Level 3/4? Light Archmage on Great Eagle with Book of Hoeth
(BSB) Noble with longbow, halberd, Banner of the World Dragon (with the Sea Guards)
Level 2 High Magic Mage, Dispel Scroll (with the Sea Guards)
Level 1 High Magic Mage (hanging around near the bolt throwers)

Lothern Sea Guards x30, full command
Ellyrian Reavers x5, spears + bows
Silver Helms, shields x8

Repeater Bolt Throwers x2

Not certain the full extent of his magic items and stuff, but this was what I had the chance of facing that day. I don't have prefect recollection of what happened turn by turn but I'll give the highlights of each as much as I can.

Turn 1: I had the initiative and moved first. Was just moving things along and had the chance of blasting my opponent's Reavers with a Soul Quench, which I did. All 5 dudes with their mounts were totally incinerated by an overcharged Soul Quench. The flank had a building which my griffon general hid behind completely while the Dragon Princes and the other Reaver detachment moved forward on that flank.

On his turn, his bolt throwers fired up lots of multiple bolts which caught one of my DP's total. His magic phase was a bit unincredible as well. The Silver Helms did move up to prevent his bolt throwers from being charged into. His BT's being in hard cover makes it really hard for me to crack them. He also moved his archmage out to cast some aoe spell that completely scattered away from doing any harm.

Turn 2: Seeing that the eagle archmage is out, my Reavers declared a charge and succeeded, causing 1 wound. One of my DP units also charged his Silver Helms head on to prevent them from getting their lance charge first, killing 4 of their number. The griffon lord was boldly moving closer to the warmachine to attract fire from my advancing troops, particularly my Swordmasters. At that particular point, the general was in a disposable position, so to say. The rest moved forward with my other Reavers harassing the Sea Guard block catching 1 or 2 guys at a time. My own Sea Guard block was out of range from his, but fired uneffectively at one bolt thrower in hard cover, causing no damage whatsoever.

On his turn, his archmage had a miscast, casting Net of Amyntok at my unengaged DP's. His miscast was the one that has everyone under a large template, centering on the mage, suffer a s10 wound. While his archmage took 1 wound, all my engaged Reavers died. He also rolled well afterwards (4) and lost only 1 power dice as a result. That was perhaps the best miscast result I've ever seen. The rest of the turn was spent with shooting and uneffective fighting among the Silver Helms and Dragon Princes. Perhaps the more interesting manuever was that he reformed his Sea Guards to face my General in anticipation.

Turn 3: I forgot my DP's was under the influence of the Net. Another one of their brave number died and they were unable to move after failing a strength check. The Reavers still harassed and the Swormaster regiment was marching happily towards the bolt throwers. The general did charge the Sea Guards head on anyway to avoid getting shot by the bolt throwers any longer and survived! Also taking 5 of them down. They stood quite well against the terrifying griffon and they remained engaged.

His turn was basically a melee grudge match. Taking another wound off my Prince and griffon and the Silver Helms losing one of their number, but passing panic against my DP's.

Turn 4: My DP's can finally charge the bolt throwers this time! Killing 1 crew. On the other hand, my Sea Guards killed one crew as well, after an impossible shot of needing a 7 to hit. The rest was still locked in combat. My thunderstomping griffon has only rolled 1's so far, it's kinda depressing. At this point both my prince and griffon have 1 would each. But we tied up that Sea Guard regiment pretty good. The DP's fighting the Silver Helms are still at it.

On his turn, it was pretty much a stalemate. I remember there was a bit of magic but for the life of me do not recall what they were. Another 2 Swordmasters failed to remember their Jedi training and went down to one of the bolt thrower's scatter fire. The Sea Guards finally killed of my General and griffon. Sads

Turn 5: This was a turn where the Swordmasters finally charged the bolt throwers that's been trying to kill them, killing the final crew. The DP that had charged the bolt thrower earlier finally killed off the final member as well, and the DP's finally caused a wound to the Silver Helms, causing them to panic and ran them down.

His Sea Guards (which numbers dropped to about 10-12 at this point) charged my Reavers and killed them off as well at this point. And then it was 3 hours and we decided to call it a day, giving me the win since he had no way of ever coming back at that point.

In the future I'm toying with the idea of putting a mounted Beast Mage with the DP's with Wyssan's Wildform. At least with the extra strength, they can try to break stalemates faster and perform much better. S3's really suck after their initial charge. Overall it was a fun game, but all the grudge melee really took it's toll on the time as well as our well-being.

Also, I want a bolt thrower now. They are so cool for 70 points.

HE bolt throwers are nice, but DE bolt thrower looks so much better hahaha..

Sounds like a good game there. Congrats for the win!

Since I finished my first dragon, I decided to pool everything together and was shocked that I could fit everything in a 2.5k list. I bet it'll suck with dice attached to them, since the lack of points make the heroes really paper thin, but it certainly looks impressive with a 80 model count.

(Gen) Prince on Star Dragon, Dragon armour, Enchanted Shield, Star Lance, The Other Trickster's Shard, Luckstone = 605
Noble on Griffon, shield, lance = 228
Noble on Griffon, halberd, Charmed Shield = 227
2x Level 1 Mage = 85 (170)

Lothern Sea Guard x35, shield, full command = 450
2x Ellyrian Reavers x5, bows, spears = 95 (190)

2x Dragon Princes of Caledor x5, champion = 155 (310)
2x Swordmasters of Hoeth x10, full command = 160 (320)

Another upcoming game slated for next week, at 1,500 points against Skaven. Warning, this list will not make any sense for the general choice because I WANT a dragon on the table.

(Gen) Prince on Sun Dragon = 375
(BSB) Noble on barded steed, heavy armour, lion cloak, shield = 120
Level 2 Mage = 120

Lothern Sea Guard x20, shields, full command = 270
Ellyrian Reavers x5 = 80
Ellyrian Reavers x5, bows and spears = 95

Dragon Princes of Caledor x5, champion = 155
Dragon Princes of Caledor x5, champion = 155
Swordmasters of Hoeth x10 = 130

The Swordmasters seems out of place in the list with just 10 man. Maybe better if drop them and buff the Sea Guards to 30++ man unit.

That actually does sound like a better idea. 1 solid block with mobile hammers. I'm also changing my BSB loadout to this:

BSB Noble, barded steed, dragon armour, shield, lance, halberd = 130 (lion cloak would be useless against skaven anyway)

That should tie up the loose 10 points from bumping the Sea Guards to 30.

Good luck fighting the rats.. They are full of tricks

Ah phooey. The Skaven game has been shelved. But there's a new challenge this Friday for more civil war goodness at 2000 points:

(Gen)Prince on Moon Dragon, dragon armour, Enchanted Shield, Star Lance, Luckstone = 500
Level 2 Shadow Mage = 120
Noble on fully upgraded Griffon, heavy armour, lion cloak, shield, Biting Blade, Dragonhelm, Potion of Strength = 315

Lothern Sea Guard x30, shields, full command = 390
2x Ellyrian Reavers x5, bows = 85 (170)

2x Dragon Princes of Caledor x5, champion = 155 (310)
Swordmasters of Hoeth x15 = 195

Still have no idea where I'll park the Mage. Might just roll on the day to see where he ends up.

Challenges aplenty this CNY. Got a 2.5k lined up, here's my list:

(Gen) Prince on Star Dragon, Armor of Destiny, shield, lance, Relic Sword, The Other Trickster's Shard = 615
Level 2 Dragon Mage, Dragon Armor, Enchanted Shield, Dispel Scroll = 425
(BSB) Noble, Dragon Armor, Shield of the Merwyrm, Reaver Bow = 145
35x Lothern Sea Guards, shields, FC = 450
5x Ellyrian Reavers, spears, bows (2 units) = 190
5x Dragon Princes of Caledor, champion (2 units) = 310
15x Swordmasters of Hoeth, FC = 225
10x Sisters of Avelorn = 140

Back to back engagements this evening! Have a 2.5k scuffle with my army's goth cousin (list above), but before that, a 2k game with another High Elf army. Mostly the same, but the inclusion of Sisters of Avelorn have changed it somewhat:

(Gen)Prince on Moon Dragon, Armor of Destiny, shield, lance = 500
Dragon Mage, Dragon armour, Enchanted Shield, Dispel Scroll, Ironcurse Icon = 430
35x Lothern Sea Guards, shields, FC = 450
5x Ellyrian Reavers, bows (2 units) = 170
5x Dragon Princes of Caledor, champion (2 units) = 310
10x Sisters of Avelorn = 140

Yes, my mage have better armour save than my general.

Your dragon mage can take magic armour?

Yes he can, because he can use Dragon Armour. If you are allowed mundane armour you may replace it with magical armour.

Waah.. Like a chaos sorcerer!

Dia duduk belakang naga bro, tak pakai spender tahan api nanti jadi satay!

Must be made from fire dragon scales hahaha..

I fought the 2.5k list on Friday but the game ended prematurely because of unforeseen circumstances on turn 2.

By the time, my DE killed:
9 Sisters of Averlorn (just 1 more to get the full points! bugger!)
The Mood Dragon (Crone Hellebron slain it in challenges, but since the rider is still alive, no points here)
Both Ellyrian Reavers (Both also destroyed by my Wyches unit that was superbly fast that day) 170 points!
13 Swordmasters (WarHydra!)

On the other hand, the Elves killed one of my Dark Riders unit - 105 points.

The game ended with a draw. We need to have a rematch Almond!