Dark Elf Army vs Bretonnians 2250pts battle report

warhammer tournament fantasy battle report :-

"The hydra didnt like being a large target when the duke went and added another collection of hydra heads to his trophy rack !" [Ed. I guess you can see where this is going !]

(very short and sweet, not a coffee break read because your coffee won't be cold enough !)

source : warhammer.org.uk

credit : Alex West

02-May-2009

Ah Dark Elves. Singe had 2250 to play with and had a level 4, bsb, hag on cauldron, unit of cold ones, unit of corsairs, 3 units of dark riders, chariot, furies, hydra and 2 units of 10 shades, 1 with an assassin in.

The shades all hid in the worlds biggest wood which was nicely in the middle of the table. Nice for Singe that is


Its shady in the wood, arf arf.

Whilst singe's army was very avoidance brets have a tendancy to, as someone else described, 'push forward and push the dark elves off the table'. This is basically what happened here with singe baiting and fleeing with the dark riders but running out of tabel and being caught in the end. The hydra didnt like being a large target when the duke went and added another collection of hydra heads to his trophy rack and the chariot didnt very much like the bsb's lance to the face.
The shades were a royal pain in the behind to get hold of but they elected to stand and shoot at 4 errants, killing 1 but forgetting that they are immune to psych on the charge and getting run down allowing the errants to overrun into the level 4.


After a bit of goth elf clearance the brets were starting to dominate the field


A bit of a panoramic shot. The shades to the south ran out the wood, got shot up the peasant archers and decided they didn't like that so ran back into the woods


The sorceress cops a lance to the face whilst the dark elf army plays defend the wood

End result was a major win for the brets. This was the first time i played Singe and it was a great game, really enjoyable. He played like a true gent and i'm sure with some more experience of the list he was using would have reveresed the result.

Beasts of Chaos vs Bretonnians 2500 pts battle report

warhammer fantasy tournament battle report :-

A nasty blood bath of a massacre !

(very summarised but enjoyable with some nice pics of a good looking Bretonnian army)

source : warhammer.org.uk

credit : Alex West

01-May-2009

Following vague promises of doing a torunament report i took my camera along to the recent Destruction Derby event, a cracking 1 day event in erm, well, Derby.

It used a tiered system and as i was using Brets i got 2250 to play with which was good!

Game 1 vs Beasts of Chaos

Beasts of Chaos were allowed 2500 points to play with and Dave's army was led by a slaanesh shaggoth. It also had a giant, unit of bestigor, 3 units of dogs, 3 herds, 3 level 2's, 3 chariots, unit of centigor possibly some other bits and bobs!

In Dave's first turn he moved everything forward a bit, nothing too extravagent. Magic pinned a small unit of errants in place, a bit annoying but not worth using a scroll on imho.

In my first turn i moved things forward a bit, being somewhat cautious keen not to close the gap until my archers and treb could get a turn or two shooting in. There were a hell of a lot of beasts after all!

The treb lined up a shot on a herd with level 2 in, hoping i could force a panic check to bring down Dave's magic and remove a potentially annoying unit. Luckily, unluckily for Dave, the trebs shot scattered 6" straight towards the giant, cue a partical hit which wounded and then 6 wounds later the giant was felled! As a direct result of this the herd with the shaman, 2 units of dogs and another herd all ran down the beasts line and off the end of the table! 650ish points with 1 shot, best shot the treb has ever managed!


There used to be quite a few beasts here...


Thats a scary unit to be facing off against!

The rest of the game went into the usual trying to get the charge off on various beast units which went well with the aid of some very good dice!


A beast chariot tries a desperate charge against a lance. Alas for Dave to no avail!

The crux of the game came into focus when the bsb's lance, errant lance and duke charged the bestigor and shaggoth.


In for a penny...

The hsaggoth narrowly avoided ending up on the end of the dukes lance (he had virtue of heroism) but the bestigor were broken and run down effectively giving the game to the brets in a big way.

Some other shots of the game:

Ogres don't want to play with the tincans


The duke was so angry about not adding a shaggoth to his display rack he single handedly ran down a unit of ogres. He is a mean hombre.


Not where i would want to be if i was a bray shaman !

Overall it was a massacre win to the brets. I can only apologise for the extraordinary luck which felled the giant and effectively gave me the intiative from the off but as usual Dave took it with great grace and got my vote for best sport.

Beasts of Chaos vs Bretonnians 2250 points

warhammer fantasy battle tournament report :-

"The shaggoth narrowly avoided ending up on the end of the dukes lance."
(not a detailed report but a quick read with nice miniature photos)

source : warhammer.org.uk

credit : Alex West

17-Feb-2009

Following vague promises of doing a torunament report i took my camera along to the recent Destruction Derby event, a cracking 1 day event in erm, well, Derby.

It used a tiered system and as i was using Brets i got 2250 to play with which was good!

Game 1 vs Dave Marriott - Beasts of Chaos

Beasts of Chaos were allowed 2500 points to play with and Dave's army was led by a slaanesh shaggoth. It also had a giant, unit of bestigor, 3 units of dogs, 3 herds, 3 level 2's, 3 chariots, unit of centigor possibly some other bits and bobs!

In Dave's first turn he moved everything forward a bit, nothing too extravagent. Magic pinned a small unit of errants in place, a bit annoying but not worth using a scroll on imho.

In my first turn i moved things forward a bit, being somewhat cautious keen not to close the gap until my archers and treb could get a turn or two shooting in. There were a hell of a lot of beasts after all!

The treb lined up a shot on a herd with level 2 in, hoping i could force a panic check to bring down Dave's magic and remove a potentially annoying unit. Luckily, unluckily for Dave, the trebs shot scattered 6" straight towards the giant, cue a partical hit which wounded and then 6 wounds later the giant was felled! As a direct result of this the herd with the shaman, 2 units of dogs and another herd all ran down the beasts line and off the end of the table! 650ish points with 1 shot, best shot the treb has ever managed!


There used to be quite a few beasts here...


That's a scary unit to be facing off against!

The rest of the game went into the usual trying to get the charge off on various beast units which went well with the aid of some very good dice!


A beast chariot tries a desperate charge against a lance. Alas for Dave to no avail!

The crux of the game came into focus when the bsb's lance, errant lance and duke charged the bestigor and shaggoth.



In for a penny...

The shaggoth narrowly avoided ending up on the end of the dukes lance (he had virtue of heroism) but the bestigor were broken and run down effectively giving the game to the brets in a big way.

Some other shots of the game:

Ogres don't want to play with the tincans


The duke was so angry about not adding a shaggoth to his display rack he single handedly ran down a unit of ogres. He is a mean hombre.


Not where i would want to be if i was a bray shaman

Overall it was a massacre win to the brets. I can only apologise for the extraordinary luck which felled the giant and effectively gave me the intiative from the off but as usual Dave took it with great grace and got my vote for best sport.