WHFB: A right drubbing ! Part One

Byakhee Anthony and I had a game on Monday, Dark Elves vs High Elves.

I’d thought I’d be facing a cavalry heavy army, so planned accordingly for my own cavalry heavy army.

Dark Elves:

• 3 Sorceresses
• 10 Cold Ones, plus BSB and a hero
• 2×10 Dark Riders
• 10 Worlocks
• 10 RXBs
• Eric, the Kharbdrys
• Spitty, a Hydra

Instead, Anthony brought an entirely infantry army.

• 2 War Eagles
• Lothern Sea Guard ~20
• Spear Men ~30
• Two RBT
• Phoenix Guard ~20
• 2 Mages, one of whom had all the signature spells from all the magic lists
• 2 heroes, one with the Moonbow

Vanguard move – lots of Fast Cavalry moved forward.

But Anthony won the roll for the first move…

Anthony rolled two 6s for the winds of magic, and proceeded to carry out a very canny tactic of lots and lots of low level signature spells, which eventually wore my dispel pool and reduced the RXB unit to 4…in the first turn ! Shooting then reduced them to 2 !!

I charged forward anyway trying to outflank and encircle his infantry blocks to pick them off.

On my flank, the Dark Riders raced passed the Shadow warriors in the woods, whilst the hydra headed for the war eagles. This was a mistake.

Because Anthony then charged the War Eagles into the back of the Dark Riders, who held for one turn before (as ever) I failed the LD test and they were cut down, including a Lvl2 Sorceress.

The Cold Ones charged the Lothern Sea Guard losing 2 on the way in ! Anthony then moved the Spearmen to line up a flank attack.