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Actually, I've had a couple of DR games recently, and this is not the oldest, but it is the one I've edited the photo's for; so it goes up first.
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| My forces amass |
Gav visited for a 36 point game. We set up my modest little (coffee) table, with a small town as the landscape for our battle.
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| A little open ground on the flanks |
TO my surprise, Gav had brought a bunch of GW Lords of the Rings Orcs he'd had hiding in a box for many a year. Some painted, some, not so much; but these GW models have always been attractive...
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| Goblin scouts in the woods |
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| His main battleline |
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| The black fog (photoshop) descends.... |
My force, was mostly average light foot, with some beefier Hobgoblins and Bugbears in support, a wizard in command and a Dragon in tow as the big hitter. Gav's force had similar numbers of light infantry, with his own wizard, backed up by heavy cavalry.
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| Looming forces of evil on both sides bode ill for property prices! |
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| Early advances favoured the Kobolds |
It kicked off well, but then both sides suffered a couple of stagnant turns. Still the Kobolds fared better and were soon safely into the outskirts of the town.
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| My flankers seemed less keen. |
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| The Orcs were very slow |
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| About turn four. |
On my left Hobgoblins kept the Warg cavalry at bay, as they feared either fighting them in the woods, or being close enough to be ambushed themselves.
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| Enemies close |
In the town, I had numbers, but not confidence in our fighting prowess.
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| Two units of Kobolds /= One unit of Orcs |
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| Form a defensive line! |
My Kobolds braced for battle forming a shield wall, covered by my crossbow armed scouts. The inevitable charge hit home. But my wizard had also managed to cast Sharper Blades on the unit and so buoyed up by the Red counter of re-rolling, the Kobolds gritted their teeth...
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| Steady lads. |
And...
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| Nice! |
Committed great slaughter!. The Orc unit was swiftly routed, with little loss.
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| Meanwhile |
Attempts to outflank one another went slowly, but Gav was able to bait my Hobgoblins out of cover, and came off the better. My bugbears and Dragon were stymied by those damned Goblin scouts.
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| Getting pushed back |
By this stage the losses on both sides were mounting, but I had effectively been evicted from the town. And was in the process of being surrounded. My wizard and scouts were now doing most of the heavy lifting and keeping our dreams afloat.
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| Orcs begin flanking |
Despite the desperate situation, the Kobolds fought to the last, and at times looked to have a chance.
In fact at the end, it was only a marginal loss. When we called it and totaled up the glory it was only a victory to Gav by a couple of points. I'd inflicted serious losses, somehow, but also performed rather better in my boasts for once and narrowed the defeat.
A great fun game.
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