This is the first report of Day 1.
The tournament on Day 1 was a masters event with three lists. I brought two, since I didn't know that it's a triad.
My lists:
Irregulars
Ossrum
- 4 Gunners
- 4 Blasters
- Avalancher
Siege Crawler
Aiyana and Holt
Free Eiryss1, Kell and Alten
King Maker
Damiano
- 2 Manglers
- 2 Nomads
- Bucaneer
2 x 10 Halberdiers
6 Trenchers + UA + 3 Grenades
Free Kell and Orin
In general, Damiano is the main beatstick, while Ossrum is the drop into Ghost Fleet, Twins and infantry hate.
My first opponent was Andreas Neugebauer. He had Thags, Fyanna 2 and Kallus. He chose Thags, because Fyanna will lose soundly to Damiano. I chose Ossrum mainly because of the infantry hate in his lists. Damiano is generally better against Fyanna but I didn't think he'd choose her.
His army consisted of:
Oracles
Thags 1
- Succubus
- Scythean
- Typhon
- Seraph
- Naga
2 Thrones
2 Forsaken
Sorceress
3 Spell Martyrs
I won the roll off and chose to go second, because this is a very live scenario. I chose the side where my rectangular zone is easier reached without pathfinder (the other side has a wood in the corner towards the center of the deployment zone).
Andreas deployed both Thrones in the center and I knew they'd get in each other's way if they try to go for the same side of the central building. My plan was to push hard on the left, since it both protects my flag and lets me contest his rectangular zone. If given opportunity, I will also score my zone (if not, I am OK contesting it). I have all gunners in the center and on the left flank and all blasters on the right one.
Andreas runs his forces forward and puts Draconic Blessing (+2 STR) on the right throne (looking from my side). I am happy with this, since I don't intend to present targets over there.
From some in-game comment I notice that my opponent is fixated on Alten and how dangerous he is. I decide to play a bit of psychology game and put snipe on him and then shoot Typhon for Grievous Wounds and the first 5 points of damage into Spirit. The Crawler gets FFE to start making serious work on the left throne soon. Otherwise, I move my troops ahead and make sure to keep them away from the throne's reach. A&H move along the BE to Kiss the throne.
Andreas doesn't want to give me anything for the killing in my right zone, and only contests it with one Martyr. He keeps both thrones tucked away behind the building and presents me the Scythean. Sorceress is in the center and casts "no shooting within 8".
Time to feat and score. I kill the contesting Martyr with a spray bunny and another that could contest next turn with another spray bunny. Score one in my rectangular zone. A&H Kiss the throne, and then BE shoots it. Avalancher and both artilleries unload on the Scythean, and with a bit of help kill him. Then the gunners finish the throne. One spray bunny runs from right flank to protect A&H, Kell and Eiryss1 (who is scoring the flag). Score goes to 2-0.
Legion tries to do some attrition (Thags also feats), but the dice rolls aren't good enough to punch through Ossrum's feat (and some rolls are downright aweful). In the end, I haven't lost one bunny. Importantly, my flag isn't contested and his isn't scored (the second spray bunny contests it, so he doesn't bother even moving a martyr there).
Unfortunately for my opponent, I only need to score two points to win, and that is easy with Bulldoze right now. His own zone is only contested with one Seraph, which needs to be bulldozed twice to get out of the zone. I bulldoze him once with the almost dead bunny after moving ossrum up field with a charge. Three of the bunnies in the center bulldoze his Scythean and sorceress around, enough that the fourth can reach the seraph without free strikes an bulldoze him out. I score my flag and his zone and win.
Analysis:
I don't remember any serious mistakes from my side in this game. My opponent was at a disadvantage here, but I think that the caution in his second round was a mistake: he just gave up too much on scenario there. Presenting me with one beast is bad: it's much better to get them all in my face at once. Yes, I will destroy the best ones, but at least the others will have targets.
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