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The Vanquisher then takes over for the Revenger and pounds on the Ironclad
a bit more and hits twice but only causes a total of 3 points of damage.
In his one heroic, and useful, act for the game the Paladin get to and smacks
up Stryker for 3 points of damage. Thankfully, Stryker is a bit sturdier than
the fragile Miss Haley and he might just make it out of the game. Well,
maybe not considering he’s standing next to three Flameguard and the leader
and another unit member get up to the remaining Cygnar commander.
Through several attacks there are a bunch of misses and with his increased
ARM those attacks that manage to hit him bounce off. So, with the end of
turn 4 and the Cygnar forces being decimated we called the game a
resounding victory for Menoth. Oh, and if you’re wondering about a picture
for the end of turn four just close your eyes and imaging lots of dead Cygnar
troops and busted up ‘jacks with smiling Menoth men and machines milling
around. Ok, got that picture in your head? That’s what it looked like.
Brian’s Post-Game Musings
Well, that is what I call, “ One free brutal beating.” Even had I
lost I would still label the game as “fun.” I can’t recall the last
time I was on the delivering end of this kind of lopsided game. I
began to feel bad for Mark for the way his dice were treating him.
But, he has seen my dice do the same thing to me on plenty of
occasions. I have to give Mark a lot of credit for not loosing his
composure while he was getting “ roshambeauxed” . I believe that
his description of his side of the game went something along the
lines of, “Now, I know how Ned Beatty felt in Deliverance.”
completely blow chunks for two turns in a row was just stupefying and
unprecedented. Brian had two suggestions for improvements and they boiled
down to, “ roll better” (yeah, thanks a lot for that one Captain Obvious) and
“ Of course you lost, you brought a girl to the fight.” Haley has historically
done pretty well for me but her slightly lower damage (when compared to
Stryker) is likely what helped do her in. Of course, me hanging her out there
on an all or nothing type maneuver didn’t help matters but if I had pulled it off
as I had hoped (and I figure I had a reasonable chance for success) I would be
signing her praises and Brian would be recalling her battlefield heroics. I
would have really liked to have the Long Gunners and even a unit of
Trenchers in this fight. The Gun Mages did fine once they got to shoot at
someone but they folded quickly under fire from the Redeemer. I’ll have to
play some more games to decide the right balance to strike between units and
Warjacks. I just haven’t found the sweet spot yet. Yet another excuse to play
more games of Warmachine! Oh, Brian, a Scrutator, “ One who scrutinizes; a
close examiner or inquirer.” It has nothing to do with an oversexed farmer
and a root vegetable. And yes, Brian and I will be playing again, hopefully
soon!
Things went pretty much as I had hoped on my side. My simple
plan did not fail me. All of my units pretty much did what they
were supposed to do. All of my Warjacks dealt out damage. The
Redeemer amused both, Mark and me. The Skyhammer, on the
Redeemer, with it’s ROF of three and the Inaccurate ability is like
firing off a Roman candle. Lots of missiles fly, but you have no
idea where they’re going to land. Luckily for me the rockets,
when they did miss, usually did not miss by a lot. Most of the
misses still managed to generate damage on Mark’s forces. I was
right about my warcasters’ feats. They made a big difference in
my half of turn three and Mark’s part of turn four. Victoria being
prone, due to Kreoss’ Feat, made a lovely target for the Deliverers
and they took care of her. Also, Severius’ Feat meant that Mark
would be unable to regenerate Focus points for Stryker in turn
four. That made a HUGE difference. I was right about Divine
Might being very powerful. Even Mark’s use of Haley’s feat in
turn three (before she got herself perished) and Stryker’s use of
his feat in turn four could not turn the tide back in the favor of
Cygnar.
The slowness of the Protectorate ‘jacks is still a concern for me,
but I believe that it may be made up for by their sturdiness. This
showed in that none of my Warjacks were destroyed in the course
of the fight. At games end I had lost a total of six models and two
of those were from the misfire of a Skyhammer. This experience
had just gone to further reinforce my enjoyment of the
Warmachine rules and it has given me new impetus to get the rest
of my models painted. Also, in the future I want to add another
Paladin, Redeemer and Vanquisher to my collection. I might
even add another Choir. They’re cheap to field AND they are
effective. I now know how much Mark loves being on the
receiving end of Skyhammers. Ha! Will Mark ask me to do
another battle report with him in the future? Who knows? Since
I’ ve beaten him in both the battle reports that he and I have
played, that may be $64 question.
Mark’s Post-Game Musings
To quote Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny, “I could use a good ass
kicking” and boy did I get one! Man, I went down as easy as the
Broncos and Cowboys did in the Wildcard games this year.
Wow! That’s the first word that comes to mind after a game like
that. Not, “Well, I was screwed out of that one” or “What a
crock” but just a wide-eyed “ Wow!” That was as brutal a beating
as I’ ve ever been involved in. My dice did suck for pretty much
the whole game but after they abandoned me it was no longer too
much of a surprise when they stayed gone. Frustrating? Of
course, but after a while it was more of a surprise when I actually
hit or damaged something. Having Haley’s battle group com-
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