Tom's forces march on my werewolves and ogres |
Ghouls and werewolves prepare to attack |
Tom's centre |
My wraiths about to attack the vampire cavalry (they got slaughtered BTW!) |
The killing field |
Wraiths and skellies battle it out whilst the other units move in |
stand off |
Zombies and ogres clash |
My giant makes short work of a unit of ghouls |
Undead trolls and mummies clash |
Vampire general leads his troops |
My cavalry and ogres swept away Tom's right flank |
Where the fight was when we called it |
The ogres and zombies fought out a draw |
So what did I learn? Well regiments are much better than troops (a regiment is 20 infantry, 10 cavalry; troops 10 and 5 respectively) as the latter's lower resolve means they rout easier. So next time I'll use a full regiment of wraiths rather than two troops. Undead are also tricky due to the shambling rule and it was interesting getting my head around that. In that regard I would play around with my list to make better use of units that don't suffer from shambling as well as concentrating those that do so one can make better use of necromancers that can cast surge on units that suffer from the shambling rule to help them move faster.
That was a most enjoyable battle report. I wasn't expecting such a positive review. The armies look especially good, the two armies look drastically different though they are both undead.
ReplyDeleteHope to see these armies in action again soon.
Well...this weekend I'm playing a game of 3rd edition WFB with my son (well not so much playing for him as he is 7 in two weeks but he will love rolling the dice) using 4000 points of my undead and bretonnians. Much easier to get big armies in WFB :)
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely roll out the undead in KoW again; not sure Tom is keen as I understand he is more of an Orc player. I'm also working on a full ogre army (not just allies) which has 7 giants in it! Finally I can use all the bloody giants I've collected over the years in a game of something :)