I was supposed to have a game lined up for tonight versus my Trollbloods friend out in Kalamazoo, but yesterday afternoon he asked if we can play last night instead. So my son and I packed our bags and drove out East.We setup the table once again for the Mirage scenario (I actually really like this scenario and it is very lively) and I elected to play my same ‘Vlad 1’ Khador list that I had played on Monday night against my son. My friend TJ played a ‘Doomshaper 3’ Trollblood list with a ‘Mountain King’ and ‘Mulg’. I wont go into too many details, but forgetting my Feat that would have been a perfect situation to take out the ‘Mountain King’ really hurt me in this game. I ended up losing 9-4 on the top of Turn 4 and lost all 5 of my Warjacks. I think all I had left was ‘Vlad 2’ and 1 ‘Kayazy Eliminator’ where as the Trollbloods still had quite a few models left. When TJ popped ‘Doomshaper’s 3’ Feat, it was like I was giving free health back to his Warbeasts. I got to think about the mistakes I made after the game (while my son was getting in a game against TJ, which ‘Stryker 2’ Assassinated ‘Doomshaper 3’) and I can see where I should have done things differently. I spent time shooting the Objective and I should have gotten the ‘Widowmaker Scouts’ in a better position and taken out the one Unit that he had.
I do not care if I win or lose (really), I just need the more playing time and learning my models better, and over the last few weeks that has helped a lot. I am spending less time reading the cards/app (but I still do when need to) and that is helping me with the deathclock. Soon I’ll be ready to give my 75 point lists a try.
One of the events my son and I will be playing in this years NOVA Open in September is called “Speedmachine”. It is Warmachine/Hordes, 15 point armies and 3:00 minute turns, hence the name “Speedmachine”.
It has been some time since my last game of Warmachine/Hordes but last night my son and I finally got to get a game in downstairs in the man cave. To keep things a little quicker we played only 50 points and I wanted to proxy in my new ‘Assault Chariot’ that had just arrived.
It has been awhile since I met up with my friend for another game of Hordes (3/12/2018) just before AdeptiCon and last night it was my time to host the game. I am leaning towards playing a ‘Rask’ Will Work For Food theme at this years NOVA Open Team Tournament at the end of August and I figure it is time to actually start getting some practice in. I do not have ‘Rorsh & Brine’ assembled yet so they did not make the list last night and I also wanted to give my ‘Dracodile’ another go at it.
Well last night I got to play ‘Barnabas 2’ once again vs ‘Kolgrima 1’ and once again ‘Barnabas 2’ has not really dont too much for me. I cannot get him to battle for him to really do any damage. At least this time I did not lose by clock, but lost by Assiassination at the top of Turn 3 (Trollbloods went first). ‘Kolgrima 1’ kept on using FREEZING MIST and placing 4 3” AOE cloud effects that blocked anything ‘Barnabas 2’ can charge into. When ‘Kolgrima 1’ finally got close enough she then used multiple WIINTER’S TIDE to reduce ‘Barnabas 2’ to 1 damage box and his ‘Earthborn Dire Troll’ then charged on to finish the job (though it was much harder for the Earthborn to hit Barnabas 2). WINITER’S TIDE from ‘Kolgrima 1’ got to ignore SWARM and EXECRATION OF BLACKEST NIGHT that ‘Barnabas 2’ had on himself.
Last night I was able to get in another game of Warmachine/Hordes against my friend TJ and this time it was my time to host so TJ made the drive out. Unfortunately I was so caught up in the game that I completely forgot to take any pictures during the game and did not realize it until TJ had half his army already packed away.
For now most of my Warmachine/Hordes gaming is against my friend who only plays Trollbloods, so most of my reports will either be my Minions or Khador vs his Trollbloods (until I can get to some events and play other opponents).
Last night I was able to play my second miniature game of the week (and year) and this time it was Hordes, and the debut of my ‘Dracodile’ model. Although ‘Dracodile’ looked really good on the table, my friend playing the Trollbloods did a really good job isolating him and limiting his damage output.
Last night I headed out east again to Kalamazoo to meet TJ at Odyssey Games for another game of Hordes. I met TJ the previous day on Sunday, but we did not get a game in so we schedule one for Monday night. Even though the store is 41 miles away, it only takes me about 40 minutes to get to since it is all interstate driving for me. I am just going to have to watch my number of miles driven on my new leased car. We were planning on getting a game at his house, but a last minute change we decided on the store. TJ wanted to place an order for his Trollbloods. While I was there, I also picked up some tokens for Fire damage and such (since on Sunday I realized I had no Fire tokens).
