Game
277 – Vs Paul Sheard – Circle – 28/10/18
My
list:
Lord
Ghyrrshyld, the Forgiven (Legions
of Dawn)
-Chimera
-Harpy
-Harpy
Arcanist
Mechanik
Dawnguard
Sentinel Scyir
House
Shyeel Artificer
Max
Dawnguard Sentinels
-Dawnguard
Sentinels Officer & Standard Bearer
-Soulless
Escort
Max
Dawnguard Sentinels
-Dawnguard
Sentinels Officer & Standard Bearer
-Soulless
Escort
Max
Dawnguard Invictors
-Dawnguard
Invictors Officer & Standard Bearer
Min
Dawnguard Destors
His
List:
Morvahna
the Dawnshadow (Call
of the Wild)
-Brennos
the Elderhorn
-Pureblood
Warpwolf
Lord
of the Feast
Tharn
Ravager Shaman
Tharn
Ravager White Mane
Shifting
Stones
Min
Tharn Blood Pack
Min
Tharn Blood Pack
Tharn
Bloodweavers
Max
Tharn Ravagers
-Tharn
Ravager Chieftain
Max
Tharn Ravagers
-Tharn
Ravager Chieftain
With
the Circle CID now landed Paul was keen to try out a few of the new
toys in a couple of games, and I saw it as a good opportunity to get
a bit more experience with goreshade4. First up was the new Tharn
being run by a tweaked Morvanha 2. I won the first turn and we get
moving.
Dauntless
Resolve is
put onto the right unit of Sentinels and everything runs up. I really
do miss the +2” of deployment in this theme, I just feel that I’m
playing the game from so far back.
Paul
puts out Fog
of War and
gets running up the table, leading with the Ravagers with the Blood
Pack behind. Brennos puts out his animus, meaning that I’m not
going to be doing any channelling all game.
I
don’t particularly know how to progress this turn, so I advance as
far as I dare and throw the Soulless Escorts up to force triggering
Vengeance.
I
decide that between shooting from the Invictors and Destors I can get
enough work done into one of the Ravager units to make it worth
triggering Vengeance
but
a combination of bad dice and good tough rolls meant I only took out
one.
I
made a couple of positioning errors in my last turn, and was
massively punished for it. One Ravager on the left was able to
Overtake
off
a Destor and get into my Sentinels, Berserking
through
about 6 of the unit. On the right the Lord of the Feast was able to
fly in and take out most of a unit. The ambushing Blood Weavers came
on and ran to engage me on the right flank. Ravagers on the right
charged and killed my objective. Paul scores both rectangular zones
to lead 3-0.
At
this point I don’t have any great interest in continuing the game.
The combination of Berserk
(by
any other name) and Overtake
does
tend to tilt me pretty hard, especially when it is on a full unit, as
one tiny positioning error means that you lose half your army. I play
on to get a feel for the list and do manage to take out a decent
amount of Paul’s infantry, putting up my Feat to hopefully reduce
the impact of Paul’s next turn. 3-0
Unfortunately
between sprays, bows and not caring about being stationary Paul is
able to clear both zones to win 5-0 on scenario.
DEFEAT
One
of the most horrible matchups I’ve ever had to play into. Could be
playable into something like Standoff or Spread the Net but doesn’t
feel great. I’m not particularly feeling the love for Goreshade yet
but hopefully that will change over the next few games. Tharn are
pretty nasty.
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