Henchman Hardcore Neverborn VS Guild
Darrell ran Widow Weaver, Coppelius, and two Stitched Together.
Jason deployed first and took up a good position with the Death Marshall and Francisco hiding behind the walls of a ruined building, the Austringer in the middle with a sight line to the turf war marker, and the Judge off to right field behind some crystals.
Darrell deployed Coppelius and one stitched on center without much cover, one stitched matched up with The Judge, and Widow Weaver slightly off left behind cover.
Round one saw the guild models easily beating horror duels and shooting Coppelius, reducing him to half wounds and having Francisco pull him forward onto the turf war marker. A stitched moved up with him and popped creepy fog to give him some cover. Widow Weaver laid a web token on her side of the wall hoping to get a hapless model a nasty surprise on their next horror duel. The far right stitched moved up on the Judge. The Austringer popped off some shots and the round ended.
Jason got initiative for round two and had Francisco jump forward with "Enfrentate a mi!" to move into base-to-base with Widow Weaver. Widow Weaver dropped another web marker in base to base and failed both Exhale Terror and Needle-filled Mouth. The nearby Stitched tried to gamble with Francisco and lost, and Jason flipped for max damage taking the Stitched down to one wound and gaining reactivate. The Austringer was able to finish him off, and then also finish off Coppelius. At this point the Neverborn sounded a general retreat to lick their wounds, and the game win went to Jason and the Guild.
Sonnia Criid vs
Lilith
Our second game was a 30 SS matchup, Neverborn vs Guild. Sonnia brought a Witchling Handler, two Witchling Stalkers, Austringer, and a Malifaux Child. Lilith brought a Mature Nephalim, a Young Nephalim, and three Terror Tots, and took the Beckon Malifaux upgrade. The strategy was "Stake a Claim" and the available schemes were power ritual, protect territory, cursed object, bodyguard, and line-in-the-sand. Lilith took line-in-the-sand and power ritual while Sonnia tried protect territory and bodyguard. The bodyguard model was the Witchling Handler. Neither player revealed schemes. Corner Deployment.
Round one and Sonnia started strong with fire columns to block up the left hand routes. The Terror Tots sprinted up the board, with one dropping a scheme marker in it's own corner before taking off for board center. Lilith and the Tots moved towards the near left corner to take shelter in a disused desert bunker, while the Young Nephalim ran up the right side of the board. Mature Nephalim decided to head straight into the fray up center. Sonnia's crew was moving slow, herding the Stalkers towards the far center of the board. The Austringer fired a flaming bullet 36" to hit the Terror Tot in the corner dealing 3 damage and 1 burning. The Tot died an honorable flaming death at the end of the round.
Round two, Lilith moved onto the center line and got a bit overexcited by her immolated tot and dropped a claim marker on her own half of the table. The remaining Terror Tots moved up the board and were met with two walls of fire courtesy of Sonnia and the Malifaux Child. The Handler continued to move the stalkers forward and the Young Nephalim moved further towards the corner. The Mature Nephalim made a valiant flying charge at a nearby Stalker, killing it and ripping it to shreds. Fortunately, the Handler and remaining Stalker maintained their nerves and were able to deal a mighty blow back at it. Despite it roasting slowly, the Austringer added insult to injury and shot it, allowing the return of a Stalker. One Tot decided to run away after being wounded, the other tried to spring around a flaming pillar but fell short after he failed to get his trigger.
Round three and we started to drop scheme markers all over the board. The Stalkers and Handler dropped a bunch near center, and the Nephalim all dropped on the corners as far as they could get from Sonnia's hellfire. It was during this round that I realized I had dropped the claim marker on the wrong side of the table and honorably we awarded two VP for round two and three to Jason. The Tots used the fire pillars for cover and dropped another scheme marker on the centerline. Lilith moved over center and pulled per claim marker to the correct side of the table.
Round four saw almost no action as continued to focus on dropping markers. Jason revealed bodyguard on the Handler and started to count VP for keeping it alive. Lilith jumped the barrier to drop a third scheme marker on the line and Young Nephalim followed suit.
Round five and the Neverborn staked a strong claim to the board, with all the Tots and Young Nephalim dropping claim markers to even up the score.
We flipped to see if we could get another round, but fate called an end to the fracas and we tallied up our final totals.
Lilith counted two points for Line-in-the-Sand and two points for Power Ritual, learning that sometimes subterfuge can count against oneself.
Sonnia counted three points for bodyguard, three for protect territory, and two for stake a claim.
Game highlights: Terror Tots flipping masks six times in a row to sprint up the board on the first turn. Lilith claiming territory in the name of her enemy. Austringer's flaming 36" sniper shot. The Witchling Handler's composure under pressure.
Questions I came away with: How do I get the Neverborn up the board against an Austringer that can see them and shoot them anywhere? In a scheme marker heavy game, is it worth it to engage enemy models at all? Lilith vs Sonnia, the trade off of running them wide of each other to avoid blasts but losing some of their synergy that way.
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