More WMH Games, Feb. 18 and 19, 2011

Had two games last week, one on Friday and the other last Saturday.

The one on Friday, I played at Bunker and went up against Karl's eKaya. He played beast heavy with 3 Warpwolves and a Satyr along with a Wilder solo. I used Strakhov, Behemoth, Fenris, full Doom Reavers and Escort, full Kayazy and UA, Koldun Lord and War Dog. After the game I realized I played 2 points down because I forgot to bring out the Battle Mechaniks.

I won the roll and so deployed first. Mainly moved my forces forward with Strakhov casting Superiority on the Behemoth and Occultation on himself. Karl moved forward as well. Next turn again, I moved my forces forward using the Kayazy as bait. Karl on his turn took it and killed quite a few of them. He also popped eKaya's feat and so my forces were out of position.

Third turn, i still moved my forces a bit forward to wait for the right moment to counterattack. Karl again charged in slamming my Behemoth back to Strakhov and knocked him down. He ran Laris forward and ended up just within the Dog's countercharge range. Dog countered and though I missed the attack, the dog ran back to protect the knocked down Strakhov by blocking LoS to the only model I know that can hurt him: eKaya herself. eKaya was forced to attack the dog and kill it. The dog managed to eat up her Fury for attacks by surviving once with a Tough check.

Come my turn, shook off Knockdown on Strakhov, upkept Superiority, gave Behemoth 2 focus and had it do a Two-hand Throw Power Attack on eKaya. Boosted the attack and made the roll matching eKaya's high Def. So I throw her to Laris and while I missed Laris, the distance was so small that she was still knocked down. Koldun Lord sprayed and with her lone focus she transferred. However, with 2 Kayazy and Strakhov with 2 focus waiting nearby, it would be a foregone conclusion and Karl conceded the game.

Next day I went against Fred at Fortress this time. He used Prime Asphyxious with Deathjack, Seether, Tartarus, full bane Thralls and UA and Withershadow Combine. I went with Epic Butcher, Beast, Fenris, Dog, Great Bears, Doom Reavers with Escort and full Kayazy with UA.

I won the roll again and deployed first. In the first turn, I ran my models forward. Kayazys to my left and the rest to my right. Fred moved his forces forward. My turn, I moved all my forces to the right a bit with Doomies and GB blocking the lanes to eButch. Fenris and a couple of Doomies attacked and killed some models. Fred moved the DJ forward and pGaspy charged it and did no damage. PGaspy popped his feat and decimated the Kayazy then teleported back safely. The rest of Fred's turn, he charged some of his BTs against the nearest Doomies and Fenris, killing them.

Third turn, I knew I had to do something, preferably killing the BT UA which gives them Tough. So Doomies do some attacks and he moved his BT UA around. GBs run to where the Kayazy were positioned. eButch then pops feat, casts Ravager on himself then charges into the fray. I only managed to kill 3 models and had to move him back a bit though he was very, very exposed. Beast moves forward and Threshers killing 2 more models. eButch then hands out Rage Tokens and Beast moves forward and heavily damages the DJ. one GB adds more damage and another GB kills a BT.

During Fred's turn, he decides to focus his attention on Beast. First he moves the DJ out of the way incurring a Free Strike. Beast finishes the DJ off. Tartarus, BT and Withershadow Combine then hammer beast into scrap with Dark Industries creating a Seether. The Seether charges eButcher, risking a free strike from the GB in melee with it. It did enough damage to take out an arm. When the Seether reached eButcher, the dog countercharges and takes out his other arm. eButcher survives the Seether's attack.

My turn, the dog charges a far BT so that the Doomies can be free to cover eButcher. eButcher activates, casts Ravager on himself again and being immune to Free Strikes because of the Dog proceeds to move around the Seether and Homicidal Maniac clears the opponents near one of the GBs which included the Seether, Tartarus, the BT Officer and BT leader. The GBs then were free to charge Asphyxious and 2 icebreaker attacks later, Asphyxious falls.

I'm really learning the value of patience in WMH. Before I would be itching to get the assassination as quickly as possible. Now, I try to be more prudent with my actions and not panic when half of my army gets killed like the way the Kayazy died.

Looking forward to the next game.