Big crunch.

Week in Modelling/Gaming

This week I was looking forward to two games... I had one. Well, that frees up a bit of time for painting and modelling, good thing I ordered up a couple boxes of Warriors as well as a Lord on a Disk of Tzeentch. Except that as of Friday the order (local hobby store) had not even been placed. (Never mind that I placed the order more than a week prior) Okay then... What to do... what to.. Internet PORN!!! Umm, wait... kids around. Oh! I'll help Jackie assemble Ogres.

So, that's what I did. Jackie has started a new job which she absolutely loves. However, her hours are not kind to her new found love of Modelling and gaming. While I work a standard 9-5, my lovely wife (I have to refer to her as such lest I get punched) has accepted a job at an assisted living facility. The hours for her shift are 2-midnight. Poopy. She studied nursing, or something... I don't understand all this college stuff her and her smart friends did. Needless to say, she may have her dream job, but I lost my modelling/gaming buddy during the week.

While my Chaos Warriors are awaiting an order, Jackie is sitting pretty currently with her Ogre Kingdoms.
She now has:

Slaughtermaster
6 Ironguts
18 Ogres
4 Leadbelchers
1 Ironblaster/Scraplauncher (She is still debating on which to build...Tips?)

I have for my warriors:

An urge to collect something else.

Ha! I'm kidding... but not really.


Game Time!

Saturday night Chris came down and we threw out 2000 points. WoC Vs Daemons, the rematch... Since he's my best friends this match-up will get a lot of playtime.


My list:

lvl 4 on a Disk
Exalted Hero BSB

15 Khorne Warriors Dual Hand weapons
15 Khorne Warriors Dual Hand weapons
20 Marauders of Slaanesh with Flails
15 Chosen of Tzeentch

Hell Cannon

5 Warhounds
5 Warhounds
5 Warhounds

He brought (This is an estimation)
Lvl 3 Keeper of Secrets
2 Heralds of Tzeentch

Big unit of Bloodletters
Big unit of Bloodletters
Unit of 6 Bloodcrushers

Big unit of Pink Horrors...

So, this game was interesting. 2 Big time casters, and yet the magic phase was actually not a factor the entire game. Our last game was basically won on my magic phase. He had no answer for Infernal Gateway. This time around he had an ample supply of Dispel scrolls, I also failed to roll Pandaemonium... Sucky!

I used the small group of Warhounds to harass is flanks and win deployment. They did their jobs splendidly. I ran them up the flanks and positioned them behind or next to units, outside the charge arc, to make him test leadership whenever he wanted to march. I placed my big Marauder unit right in the middle between to large rock outcroppings, and used the terrain to draw him in. One of my warrior units had the Banner of Swiftness, which I used to move them around the terrain and through a series of tactical advances and withdraws from my Marauders I was able to flank with both my Warriors and Chosen.

Chosen are GREAT! Except when you fail to roll enough for a charge for 3 turns.

Like I mentioned, the magic phase was infective on both sides. He shut down my big spell for the first 3 turns, and on his turns the dice just did not like him. He either failed to cast because of AMAZINGLY bad rolls, or I was able to counter. All that aside, this game was another route for my Warriors. I don't know what Chris is doing wrong with his Daemons because I am just getting back into the game after a long absence playing 40k, but everyone says Daemons are amazing. Thus far, they have been anything but...

A few thoughts:
Can I take a few small units of hounds to help with Deployments in a tournament setting?
Should I make room for a lvl 2 in my list to help counter opponents money spells? Lurker, Purple sun, Mindrazor?
If I decide that I just can't stomach painting another Warrior can I collect, build, and paint a new army by June? Skaven sound like fun... !!!

Thanks for reading.