The Battle Between Men - part 7
For our second game we played our custom scenario "
Capture the Flag"
Time to bring out my Minas Tirith company.
The goal of the scenario is to take hold of the flag (positioned in the middle of the board) and keep it in your company for four consecutive turns, only counting turns in which a member of the company carries the flag from start till end.
The 'neutral' flag is marked by a Mordor banner.
Both armies start by moving onto the battlefield at the start of their first Move phase.
Due to positioning of the river crossings my brother was able to reach the flag first, shielding it with his Kataphract.
My two Knights came in but one of them was killed swiftly.
Next turn my brother had priority and I had priority and managed to get in combat with his (now) banner bearer. My brother won that duel but wasn't able to do damage. I, instead, killed his Kataphract rider and one of his warriors.
Next turn I got priority but my brother decided to Heroic Move to move first, to counter I declared Heroic Move as well and I won the roll-off. I charged the banner bearer again and tried to capture the still present horse of my brothers company (house rule), I failed in doing so. my archer hero became trapped and my two Rangers were out of targets for the third turn in a row
My archer got killed and nothing further happened that turn.
Next turn my brother got priority and we both declared Heroic Moves again, this time my brother won the roll-off. He pinned my knight and both warriors to prevent his banner bearer to end up in combat.
My rangers still had no targets because he shielded his banner bearer with the combat between his sorcerer and my knight.
No casualties this during combat phase.
For the last turn we both had one point of might left on the table. I got priority and my brother declared Heroic move. I decided to hold my might point a bit longer. To give his banner bearer extra protection my brother used a warrior as pincushion for my rangers. They finally had a target to shoot. Only one arrow hit, but it hit the warrior in front not even wounding him.
I did spent my last point of might to declare a Heroic combat with my knight, I sadly lost the combat and thus my brother had successfully carried the flag for four consecutive turns and claimed the victory.
The aftermath of the battle gave me but a few things, I banked my Influence points for later and two of my heroes got a level up. Gaining Shoot for my Archer (he is hitting targets on 3+ now) and my leader gained an extra might point.
My brother upgraded to warriors to gain the Black Dragon special stats. His archer gained a wound and his leader gained a Might point as well.
He reinforced himself with a warrior with pike and shield. (he also got an injured warrior missing next battle)
After this battle there was even time left to play a third one. We really had a vibe going, and so much joy in each others victories and losses
Grrr, Imrahil
