Battle between man - part 10
The second scenario of the night was one we did already: "Hold the Line" but we switched sides. I was the one that had to cross the table and my brother had to prevent me from doing so.
Against my policy my brother wanted to use his mage on mount although it was not painted
Somehow I decided to make it harder for myself by adding a river to cross
My brother send his cataphracts to stop my knights and flank in with some warriors, on the other flank I divided my troops in two forces.
All the while shots were fired back and forth with no result.
My brother got priority, but I declared a heroic move with my knights to try and give them a head start and make them cross the river. The mistake I made was to hold back my archers for to long, this way they weren't able to help out in close combat. I managed to kill the horse of the Cataphract though.
I got priority in the next round and tried to run one knight ahead holding the other back to slay some warriors. His mounted mage managed to just catch up with him, also my two-handed hero got in close combat. My bow hero (top right corner) got a kill-shot in on a Black Dragon warrior.
No close combat casualties this round.
Next turn I got priority and my brother did a heroic move to pin my knights so they weren't able to run off. The Citadel guard and warrior with spear finally came across the river to combat the warriors waiting for them on the other side. I also finally decided to move up my archers to aid in battle, but that would be quote a lot to late.
My brother managed to kill one of the knights striking the rider down but saving the horse.
As per house rules he now had a chance to steal the horse, which he of course did succeeded in
He stopped my knight from running, but didn't manage to kill him. He sniped my Ranger of Gondor and killed the Citadel Guard in combat.
With now 4 of the 7 still alive I had but a mere chance to take a victory. My brother got priority again and trapped my knight completely. The warrior with spear on the bottom got trapped as well and my two-handed hero was still out of range for a charge.
My Knight survived yet another round of attacks and no casualties were made across the board.
Next turn priority again for my brother and mostly the same fights, this time my two-handed hero just managed to join in on the river crossing. My lone archer was running up the building trying to sneak to the other side.
This time around my knight did not survive the load of attacks and my company now was broken. The only 3 survivors on the board had to reach the other side of the table to win the scenario. This was not even a real possibility anymore. At the start of the turn I got priority and had to test for courage. My two-handed hero fled the battlefield, but the last two stayed. Still not under 25% of my starting army I wasn't able to flee willingly.
The only fight this turn was at the river crossing with my warrior with spear. He survived.
Last turn I gained priority again and the warrior fled so my last model could go home as well.
I think I have made three mistakes in this game:
1. Make the challenge harder than it supposed to be by adding the river and having just 3 points of crossing the river.
2. I did split my forces to much, to thinly spread they were easier to counter.
3. my archers stayed back far to long and did not do any significant damage.
In the end my brother stole my horse and gained another warrior
I now have a knight without a horse and reinforced myself with an extra warrior with spear and one with a bow.
For once the map statistics change in the favor of my brother:
Next game night will be revenge and painted models only
Grrr, Imrahil
