WHFB: Xmashammer 2012 Day Two

Day Two starts with us deploying reserves and (part of) my army.

Needless to say a shiney dragon’s tail overhanging from the edge of the table attracted the attention of BlackJack, and we had to move it fast following the first exploratory dab with a cat’s paw almost hooked it off the table and onto the tiled floor.

The Eagles are coming !

It took til the fourth turn for all my troops to come on. This was due to the Orc artillery being placed only a few inches in from the board, and because several large units of Orcs and Goblins had spent time squabbling ratheer than moving forward.

I deployed the Silver Talons (30 DE Spears) on the flank to fend off the inevitable flank attack by HE heavy cavalry.

Hoever, it was the turn of the HE and Empire to start, so our forces were pinned down immediately including the inevitable charge by the cavalry onto the spearmen – which almost won combat if it were not for the fact I was steadfast. Elsewhere we had “wind back time” due to Gav forgetting he had to release his Goblin Fanatics into the fleeing remains of the White Wolf knights, which were predictably ddestroyed, and for the HE and Empire to destroy the whirling loonies. The DE bolt throwers reaped a heavy harvest, but in return about 30 HE Spearmen charged my Dark Riders and pursued them off the board on our extreme flank.

After much humming and hawing, the demi-gryphs climbed the pyramid, to be attacked by the Spider riders – and destroy them. The Emperor on his gopld dragon pussyfooted around, before finally commiting a flank charge into my DE Silver Talons that finally destroyed them after 3 turns in combat. The Orcs and Goblins still found time squabble in amongst this and eventually my Cold One Knights wandered over to their side of the board but had no one to engage in combat. I blew up one of my own sorceresses, and Gav blew up on of his shamen. the trolls aided by their General destroyed the Steam Tank.

The final act came when after several rounds of combat the Phoenix Guard finally defeated Harboth’s horde, and my Cold One Chariot supported by Goblins bounced off the another unit of HE Spearmen that had been brought up to support them on the flank.

And that was the end of the game – at nearly midnight !

The forces of Good had triumphed – by quite some way.

Players perspectives to follow.