Dain
Captain
1 x Dwarf warrior w/ banner (He forgot this guy in this game)
10 x Dwarf Rangers
? x Khazad Guard
? x Iron Guard
? x Dwarf Warriors (some w/ 2 handed wpns)
600 points
2 heros
5 Might
34 Models
Break Point 17
I played with:
Faramir
Cirion
Warrior of Minas Tirith with Horn
8 x Rangers of Gondor with Spear
9 x Rangers of Gondor
16 x Warriors of Minas Tirith with shield
1 x Warriors of Minas Tirith with shield
8 x Warriors of Minas Tirith with shield and spear
5 x Warriors of Minas Tirith with shield and spear
4 x Knights of Minas Tirith
600 points
2 Heroes
6 Might
52 Models
Break Point 26
This is an illegal list, by the way. I discovered after our second game (another report) that I have too many bows in the Ithilien section of the list. I had also forgotten to pay for the shields on my spear WoMT.
Here is my battle line awaiting the Dwarfs as my Rangers duel with his.
We were playing contest of champions, as this is one of the scenario's for the Gathering in the Desert. I had changed my list from my original list by adding Faramir and Cirion, specifically for this scenario. The plan is for Faramir to try to kill things while Cirion works to counter his champion, without dying, of course.
We started out edging forwards. I put Faramir and some Rangers in the tower, which was a mistake. Keith just kept out of range and I ended up having to move him out. Three turns to get up, three to get down. I lost a lot of shooting. The rest of my rangers were cleaning up and killed a lot of dwarfs, even with their D7.
Keith eventually got tired of the long range archery duel, which he was losing, and moved Dain and his entourage around a ruins to try and hit part of my line.
Dain is the orange spot in the center. Six of these guys will go right to block my Cavalry.
I kept back up as long as possible to enable me to keep shooting him. I managed a lot of kills through bow fire. S2 shooting is not great, but enough of it will get through most of the time. We finally engaged and the fight broke down in to two big fights. Dain was in my line just forward of where he is in the picture. The other half of Keith's army had advanced on the left (picture left) and hit my line by the tower. Faramir went in there.
I managed to win a couple of priority's that Keith wanted and he burned through Dain's Might store making Heroic moves. Cirion moved in to counter Dain and managed to hold him. Dain got three kills before Cirion got there but none afterwards. Keith realized, at home after the game, that he had forgotten that his Khazad and Iron Guards are S4. This would have meant more dead WoMT.
On the left Faramir managed to get three kills. The dwarf line was starting to bend but there was no real end in sight when the store had to close. We added up the points, since our heroes had tied and I had killed 25 points or so more than Keith. A draw really.
I learned some things in this fight. That tower was very tempting but not worth the turns of lost shooting to get in to. My Rangers need to be direct firing at the enemy for as many turns as possible. Moving forwards full to get in range is better than moving half and volleying. Faramir will need to kill some things by whacking on them with his sword. He can't get enough kills with his bow.
Keith also did some interesting positioning with his guys which worked really well. I will keep that in mind as well.
It was a good game. Keith is the one who taught me to play in the first place. He learned from some of the best players in the country and has been to several tournaments. My only regret is that I play him more than anyone else. He is a great opponent but I would like to play other people so that I can face different tactical minds.
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