Amanda and I performed one other sport of Spearhead on Sunday night… Initially we had been alleged to play a Function-Taking part in-Recreation as a result of Orion acquired a brand new job and all Tuesdays had been out and the one day that may work was Sundays… however solely each THIRD Sunday, perhaps… however THIS Sunday was alleged to work… however then Orion and Nick ended up all being sick…
I recommended Spearhead as a result of I assumed it is perhaps a good suggestion to play once more quickly to strengthen guidelines realized earlier within the weekend!
She took the Sylvaneth Bitterbark Copse once more (which can probably be “HER” military for the foreseeable future – a minimum of till I get the Daughters of Khaine accomplished… or perhaps the Soulblight Gravelords).
I initially thought I’d simply play the Fangs of the Blood God once more.. largely as a result of they’re the one military that has their guidelines in a unique guide – The Sylvaneth, and all the opposite armies I’ve, are within the Hearth and Jade guide… and the Fangs of the Blood God are within the Blades of Khorne battletome. however then I remembered I had the Hedonites of Slaanesh faction card pack – which incorporates playing cards for the Spearhead military – so I made a decision to check out the Hedonites of Slaanesh – Blades of the Lurid Dream! This was the primary time I’ve performed them for the reason that guidelines replace… although I would performed in opposition to them when Orion completely crushed me with them!! Nonetheless undecided they are a prime tier military… however the small adjustments made huge enhancements!!
I have been looking for methods of creating narratives out of those battles, so this, and hopefully future sport stories will attempt to concentrate on that narrative and fewer on who scored factors how and when…
Ghyran, the Realm of Life
the Bitterbark Copse of Adharcach Hole famous a change on the wind. Dryads on the border of their realm reported via the spirit tune and encroachment by the followers of Slaanesh. Godseekers on the hunt. There have been many and had they been travelling shortly and in a course that may take them via the sylvaneth’s area, they might have been allowed previous. However their route, whether or not purposeful or purely by probability, was taking them straight in the direction of the soulpod grove and so they couldn’t danger that sacred place being disrupted or ransacked!
The main components of the Hedonites had been met close to a spoil deep within the forest. A trio of Slaangor had been the primary noticed and the Kurnoth Hunters first upon them with their nice bow. One was injured, however that solely appeared to make the Slaangors go sooner!
The Kurnothi rushed to satisfy the Slaangor, however earlier than they might be engaged, Heglog the Treelord loomed out of the forest and crushed all three right into a pulpy mess with a number of highly effective blows from its large limbs.
Tree-Revenants on the Slyvaneth’s proper flank moved as much as block passage towards the Soulpod grove.
The Hedonites, listening to the terrified dying cries of the Slaangor, swarmed ahead in quest of their assailants!
Heglog the Treelord was noticed and swarmed!
The Shardspeaker used the darkish magiks of their Twisted Mirror to distract the Treelord and weaken their spirit…. The Blissbarb archers peppered it with arrows, additional distracting it, whereas the Slickblade Seekers raced up and swarmed round it slashing and pruning with their vicious glaives! Earlier than the second group of Slaangor acquired there, Heglog the Treelord had toppled to the bottom a limbless log, pumping sap-blood from its many wounds… and left for lifeless.
The Kurnoth slipped via the hidden paths of the Realmroots to ambush a bunch of the Blisbarb archers from their rear, completely annihilating them..
The Hedonites unfold out on the lookout for their foes amongst the timber and dense underbrush. It could have regarded like panic to some, however really there was a way of giddiness at taking part in a pleasant new sport of hide-and-seek!
The Slickblade Seekers had been the primary to find one in every of their hidden enemy… The Branchwych! She was shortly felled by their glaives as they galloped previous in quest of new foes!
The Kurnothi famous the presence of the Shardspeaker and commenced firing their nice arrows on the hated sorcerer… The Blissbarb archers excorting the Shardspeaker returned the fireplace.
Tree-Revenants ambushed one other group of Blissbard archers, who had been getting somewhat too near the trail to the Soulpod Grove! They, too, had been completely destroyed…
Shifting previous the positioning of the bloodbath, the Tree-Revenants joined the Kurnothi in an assault on the Shardspeaker and extra Blissbarb Archers.
The Shardspeaker was struck twice by the Kurnoth arrows, significantly wounding them. They dropped into the undergrowth and had been seen no extra…
The Kurnoth Hunters then charged into the Blissbard Archers…
and slaughtered the lot of them…
However that wasn’t the final of the Hedonites, by far!
Whereas the Tree-Revenants had been guarding the Kurnoth Hunters flank throughout their assault, ANOTHER group of Blissbarb Archers inched ahead to ambush them. First the archers pinned down the Tree-Revenants with a hail of arrows…
Then they charged in distracting the Tree-Revenants, whereas the Slaangor attacked from the other way. Confusion reined supreme and The Tree-Revenants had been cu down the place they stood.
The Hedonites held the sphere and although they knew not of the whereabouts of their chief, the Shardspeaker… the Slickblade seekers had been properly positioned to guide on in the direction of the Soulpod Grove!!
So… after SIXTEEN GAMES of Spearhead, I lastly WON a sport…
It feels somewhat low-cost beating down Amanda, who’s simply studying the sport… nevertheless it wasn’t precisely a trouncing – I gained 22-19, it was nonetheless a really shut sport… which was fairly a feat in itself, contemplating she misplaced her Treelord within the FIRST ROUND!! (I do not assume she was more than happy with me, once I pulled that off. I do not assume she fairly understood what number of issues form of needed to go proper for that to work out for me… which usually do not!!)
Given how shortly Amanda picks up guidelines after which dominates video games. I count on this can be my LAST win…
The Hedonites appear a LOT higher with the minor modified made to the power within the June guidelines replace (decreasing the variety of depravity factors wanted to unlock the Temptations of Slaanesh Skills and giving the Slaangor the reinforcements key phrase)
I took a little bit of of venture with the Twisted Mirror enhancement. I’ve by no means actually thought of it up to now because it solely works half the time (4+ roll on d6) and did not’ appear to be it did a lot (-1 to save lots of rolls for a unit till the beginning of my subsequent flip…). Additionally, the Sharspeaker must be inside 9″ of the goal (which is usually a harmful place for the Shardspeaker to be!). However in opposition to a closely armoured opponent… if it DOES work… will be enormous… particularly for those who can swarm the unit, pepper it with Rend 1 arrows (which successfully means it is making all it is saves at -2), then cost with Slickblade Seekers (additionally Rend 1, dealing +1 injury when charging…). Yeah. That was brutal… I did not even get to the Exalted Seekers poisoned tongues, not to mention the Slaangor that managed to cost in!!
Regardless of her disappointment, Amanda says she’s prepared to play once more… in all probability simply to precise revenge on the Hedonites for thus significantly damaging poor Heglog….
(Heglog and the Branchwych survived… the Hedonites had been to busy scurrying round in a drug-fuelled frenzy to stay round and ensure their felled opponents had been totally DEAD! This being the Realm of Life, these Sylvaneth Heroes began therapeutic the second they hit the bottom…)
