Kings of War - Elves vs Dwarves II - 800pts

This afternoon we had another game of Kings of War. The Dwarves were out for revenge in this one and decided to bring along a unit of allied Ogres to help the cause! The armies lined up as follows;

Elves

1 Elven King

1 Regiment of Spearmen

1 Regiment of Palace Guard

2 Half-Regt Palace Guard

2 Troops of Stormwind Cavalry

1 Bolt Thrower

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Dwarves

1 Berserker Lord

1 Army Standard Bearer

1 Half-Regt Berserkers

3 Regiments of Ironclad

1 Half-Regt Ironwatch

1 Troop of Ogre Warriors

The Elven King gives his troops the "Freedom Speech"

 The Ogres Lumber forward

 The Stormwind Cav head out to the flanks, attempting to set-up for a thunderous charge

 The Palace Guard march towards the Dwarven Ironwatch, who stand fast and pepper the Palace Guard with fire, weakening them and bracing for the melee.

The Ogres intercept the Palace Guard, while the Spearmen and Cavalry charge into the Dwarves ranks.

 The fierce brutality of the Ogres is quickly realised as they slay through the Palace Guard Regiment in a single combat 

 Meanwhile on the Right flank the crazed unit Berserkers charge into the oncoming Stormwind Cav

The Berserkers inflict heavy damage on the Cavalry troop but due to a lucky Nerve test of double 1's the Troop fights on to counter-charge the following turn and wipe the Berserkers out.

 After a brutal melee with the Ogre Warriors, the Half-Regt of Palace Guard regroup and make a move towards the damaged Ironwatch. 

 Once the last of the Berserkers had been disposed of the Stormwind make haste and charge into the Berserker Lord himself! In what would be the final turn of the game, the Lord failed a nerve test and flees from the battlefield! 

Another fun game of fantasy. This one could have gone either way really, it was very close once all the push and shove in the centre started. It was only when the Stormwind started to flank the Dwarves started to feel the pressure..  The Ogres really are a menacing bunch, my Daughter wants to use more of them in the next game so we'll be hitting the painting table pretty soon to bolster the ranks.

Also, in the past 2 games we've intentionally left out magic users, but will be including them if desired, moving forward.

Kings of War - Elves vs Dwarves 650pts

Tonight my Daughter and I played a (roughly) 650 pt game of Kings of War. We kept the lists as simple as possible as we squeezed the game in before dinner. The armies were as follows;

Dwarves

1 Berserker Lord

1 Half-Regt of Berserkers

3 regiments of Ironclad

1 Troop of Ironwatch

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Elves

1 Elven Prince

1 Regiment of Palace Guard

1 Regiment of Spearmen

2 Troops of Bowmen

1 Troop of Stormwind Cavalry

We decided to play to the last man/unit standing, and after we rolled of initiative my Daughter got us underway.

An Overview of the battlefield. Elves to the Left, Dwarves to the right.

Sienna's Berserker Lord!

Cant have a Berserker Lord without some Berserkers can we??

The Dwarven Ironclads roll forward, slow and steady

The Elven Palace Guard hold the ranks and absorb the Berserkers frenzied charge!

A centre view of the battlefield. As the battle rages on, units begin to accumulate damage.

The Berserker Lord charges the Elven Prince, only one will walk away from this.

The fierce melee rages on!

The Victor! The Berserker Lord absolutely butcher's the Prince. A devastating final attack ends the clash!

The Stormwind Cav smash into the flanks of the Ironclad, wiping them out in a single (well rolled) charge.

The Cavalry follow up with another charge  crashing into the Berserker Lord. He manages to hold strong and route the already battle worn Cav.

Once the Lord turned his attention back toward the Elven lines he knew it was all but over. In that very moment the sky was blackened with arrows, and then silence....

650pts Kings of War

Over the weekend my Son and I had our first game of Kings of War from Mantic. It was a small 650 point battle on the kitchen table with the young bloke playing Skaven to face off against my High Elves.

Kings of War is very well written and a breeze to play, we had the mechanics sorted after the first two turns and only needed to reference for special rules and situations. While it was fast to pick up, and taking into account we had no terrain and very basic units, KoW still gave a good challenge tactics wise and gave a fun game all round. The pup even said it was the best game of fantasy he's ever played!

I can easily say that these will be the go to rules when it comes to Fantasy and I'm looking forward to the next game, on a bigger table, with more of the 'elite' units, and some terrain!

As above, it was a 650 point game and we fought to a conclusion in about an hour and a half. The High elves won the day thanks to the 2 Archer units causing an early route and badgering the Skaven menace throughout the battle.

Heres a few basic snaps of the game, again, my camera is out of action at the moment so these were taken with the smart phone.

After one or two more games and once the rules have completely sunk in, I'll try and post a decent AAR to give a better account of the game and feel for the rules. All in all a fun game and look forward to the next.

Cheers

High Elves - Prince on Griffon

I forgot to add these photo's the other day with the other High Elves;

The newest member of my HE army is the High elf Prince mounted on a Griffon. The figure is from the Island of Blood set.

High elves are on hold for a short while now as I need to work on some Saxons for my Brunanburh project and also need to get some skaven done for my son.

High Elves - Swordmaster Unit.

Here's my fresh Swordmaster Unit, all figures are the Island of Blood ones. I picked the figures up dirt cheap off eBay along with some other IoB stuff  (both High Elves and Skaven). The IoB stuff always seems to go really cheap on Oz eBay, I guess maybe because they're mostly 1 or 2 piece mini's they dont lend themselves to conversions... Suits me fine!

Island of Blood Mage

I had a camera issue last month which prevented me from posting anything new to the blog. The camera is fixed now and I have started to take some snaps to add here over the next week or so.
I've been working on a few different projects with good progress made on the Saxons, High Elves and some Flames of War.

More pictures to come this week.