When I mentioned to the kids I’d finished up a Centaur Army for Hordes of the Things they immediately started arguing
about who would get to play with it first! So this afternoon, after our meeting
with the Home-school coordinator to prove that I edumacated the boy good this
year, I busted them out and each got a turn at playing with them…
GAME ONE
FORCES
Centaurs (Keira)
1x Magician General – Sorceress
Queen of the Centaurs
8x Riders - Centaurs
1x Kngiths – Armoured Centaurs
1x shooters – Allied Satyr
Achers
Orcs (Finnegan)
1x Knight General – Fearsome
Wolf Riding Orc Cheiftan
6x Riders – Smelly, Smelly Wolf
Riders
3x Beasts – Wolf Packs
1x Behemoth – Trolls
THE GAME
(Remember: click on the pictures
for a bigger version)
Queen Keira sets out her Centaur
host to defend the Happy Horsie Lands
Finnegan the Foul whips his
warhost into a fury!
Satisfied with the infallibility
of his deployment, Finnegan the Foul gives a chuckle of amusement.
The Centaurs approach the
invading orcs – not wanting the to take one step further into their precious
steppes…
The Centaur stronghold stocked
with centaurs ready to defend against any foolhardy wolfriders that try to make
a break for the prize.
ZZZZZZZAP! First bound brought
the terrifying Sorceress Queen of the Centaurs into magical-zappy range and The
Heroic general faltered before her display of sparks and whizzbangs!
Waiting for the general to catch
up the wolfriders approach cautiously and the wolfpacks wheels out in search of
“goat meat”
The Centaur crash into the Orc
Horde.
The Centaurs are driven back by
the putrid stench of their opponents – only the Orc General (classified as
“knight”) is brave (foolish) enough to try and follow up this “success”
The Wolves smell that tasty,
tasty goat meat and rush up the hill for their meal…
The main line pushes back and
forth.
The Sorceress Queen of the
Centaurs lays waste to the surly pack of wolfriders before her.…
Immediately to their flank other
turn and flee from the field…
…leaving a bit of a gap in the
center of the Orcs line. (Orcs are down two)
The next bound the Orcs close
once again with their opponents.
It proves to be the wolves
undoing and they die in droves before the withering archery of the Satyr on the
hilltop.
At the other end of the line,
however the orcs get their first whiff of success – an element of Centaurs is
driven of back to the corral.
Orcs down three, Centaurs down
one.
To relieve the pressure on the
Centaur knights (which had been flanked the previous bound, but fought their
attackers to a standstill) two elements of Centaurs attempt to surround the
flanking wolf pack.
Another pack of wolves is driven
off by the Satyr Archers.
Elsewhere, a pack of Wolfriders
are flanked and annihilated by Centaurs
Orcs down five, Centaurs down
one. Not looking good.
The following bound the Centaur
Knights ride down some Wolfriders, effectively ending the game.
At the other end of the line the
Orcs flanked and destroyed an element of Centaurs, but it was too little, too
late.
Finnegan never got his Behemoth
in on the action…? I’d nipped out of the room while hey were selecting armies
to fetch my camera and I think when Finnegan chose to take a Behemoth and told
Keira how it was going to utterly destroy her horsie-people she started to cry.
Ever concerned for the feelings of his younger sister I think he more or less
threw the game and didn’t engage with the trolls just so she wouldn’t end up
crying again…
GAME TWO
FORCES
Centaurs (Finnegan)
1x Hero General – Heroic King of
the Centaurs
8x Riders - Centaurs
2x shooters – Allied Satyr
Achers
Amazons (Keira)
1x Hero General – Queen Libby of
the Amazons
1x Magician – Elvish Sorceress
4x Shooters – Amazon, African,
and Elf archers and slingers.
3x Spear – 2x Greek Mercenary
Hoplites, 1x Amazons
1x Warband – Wild Celtic Warrior
Wimyn
THE GAME
This time it is the Amazons
attacking the Centaurs….
Finnegan strikes an archer
pose…
Ready to do battle –
unfortunately the Centaur army is split by the river.
The advantage of an
all-Rider/Hero force – first bound brings you just bout into contact!
ZWOOOSH!
(I think I forgot to remind
Keira that her archers should have shot here…)
On the Amazon bound they held
and the Elvish Sorceress worked her magic…. With little effect…
One the next Centaur bound they
were in contact!
The results were mixed… the
Centaur lost one element.
On the Following bound the
Amazon’s General pursued the fleeing centaurs and on her nimble lioness slew
many and set the rest to flight. (Centaurs down two)
The remaining centaurs on the
side of the river where the battle was taking place charged back in and a few
of the centaurs on the other side attempted to cross and reinforce their
beleaguered comrades.
Finally some small success for
the centaurs – the Hero General and company rode down the Amazon Spear…
(Centaurs down two, Amazons down one)
On the next bound General Libby
Wheeled around and flanked another unit of centaurs while one band of Greek
Mercenary Hoplites contacted them to the front. Elsewhere Amazons rained down
arrows and sling stones and magical lightning bolts on other centaurs.
The arrows and sling stones
drove back two elements of centaurs, while the sorcery destroyed another. In
their moment of desperation, however, the flanked centaurs drove back the Greek
mercenary hoplites and the wild flanking attack by the Amazon’s General
(Centaurs down three, Amazons down one)
Things continued to go south for
the Centaurs (perhaps they were tired from slaughtering all the orcs
previously… or maybe they were just hung over from the celebrations that has
followed…). Another Element of Centaurs was destroyed as they tried to charge
home against he Amazons allied African archers. (Centaurs down four, Amazons
down one)
Others were driven back where
ever they attacked.
Then in the epic conclusion –
Libby charged into to drive of for good the group of centaurs she’d been doing
battle with for the last few bounds and the Elvish sorceress blasted a second
element to bits… (Game over: Centaurs down six, Amazons down one)
A couple of staggering defeats
fro the lad, which he seemed to take in stride.
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Hmmmm…. With the game table totally cleared off I should
play some more games… and when I get back to paintin ONLY GET OUT ONE THING AT
A TIME THAT I’M GOING TO PAINT UNTIL IT’S FINISHED BEFORE GETTING ANYTHING ELSE
OUT (We’ll see how long THAT lasts…)
Amazing looking game - really great to see the next generation getting into it too. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff. Looks like a load of fun and good to see the kids having a good time.
ReplyDeleteLooked like great fun for all.
ReplyDelete"I think he more or less threw the game and didn’t engage with the trolls just so she wouldn’t end up crying again"
ReplyDeleteGood lad. Nice to see him looking out for his sister.
Great couple of reports Tim. Really nice to see your kids getting into Dad's hobby!
ReplyDeleteI do like the Grim Reaper touch!
ReplyDeleteagreed, great-looking game, looks like the kids had fun, and they're using "stragety and stuff"!
ReplyDeleteEpic and looked great fun :)
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