ILL Met at Eightpoints #1(Ransack)

[Old Dwarf]

The following is a 1 Off Solo Game using the WarCry Red Harvest Victory,Twists & Deployment Cards with modifications
to fit the smaller hex Bladeborn Board.My 1 off Games include 1 non-core Warband in this Game it's Magore's Fiends.

This Warband is fully under the Rage of Khorne & lives only for Blood & Battle. It does not fight Campaigns for
Territory only one off Battles & moves on (Win/Lose) seeking new challenges. No Territory changes hands.
The Fighters Blood Rage is always close to the surface Lust rolls of 7/8 roll cause Battle Lust.
(Battle lust is a home rule effective on the 2nd Round that forces a Fighter to use Actions to go after an enemy Fighter.
it's a d8 roll with a result of 8 causing Battle Lust but the Fiends a roll of 7/8 will cause the effect.)

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The Despoilers having finally driven off the Reavers have erected 3 huge Herdstones to mark their Territory in the
Fang Mts. and Grashrak Fellhoof is leading some of his Fighters in a dedication Ritual.The eruption of a distant
volcano throwing up a vast cloud of ash momentarily interrupts Graskrak's concentration & he realizes his Warband
is not alone.

Magore Redhand following the will of Khrone for vengeance has tracked down the Despoilers & seeing the Herdstones as
an affront to his God intends to topple the despised symbols. He takes the volcano eruption as a sign the God wants
battle & with a cry " Of Blood for the Blood God " he sends his Chaos Warriors against the Despoilers.

Riptooth the Fiends Chaos Hound is unleashed & bounds to one of the Herdstones his claws begin raking the victory runes

Grashrak noting that the Chaos Warriors are targeting the Herdstones moves & secures a 2nd stone.

Zharkus moves to secure the 3rd Herdstone

Gnarl nocks an arrow & sends it into Riptooth but the hound's thick skin protects it (1damage)

Magore advances on Grashrak who parries most of the Fiends leader attack(2damage)

Murghoth moves on Riptooth strikes with his spear but the hound holds off the attack(0damage)

Ghartok moves to support Magore & brings his Gorefist down on Grashrak (5damage)

Draknar advances to confront Riptooth the Ripper Axe slices into the hound (7damage)

The Herdstone Grashrak is defending is wrenched from his control by the 2 Chaos warriors & sees another Herdstone
has been taken. The 1st Herdstone is contested between Draknar & the Chaos Hound; things are desperate but Ushkor
& Korsh hearing the fighting just arrived on the battlefield to aid their brothers.Just then the ash cloud from
the volcano blankets the battle field.

Krosh seeing Zharkus defacing the Herdstone is filled with battle Lust & charges to attack & is followed by Ushkor
to repel the Vile Invader.The Fiend is caught off-guard & takes a spear in the side (8damage)

Riptooth counterattacks Draknar his claws ripping into the Despoilers unprotected chest (8damage)

Draknar undaunted brings the Ripper Axe down on the Chaos Hound & takes him out(13damage) securing the Herdstone

Ghartok seeing Riptooth go down triggers his battle lust & Gnarl knocking an arrow breaks off from the Despoiler Leader
& moves to confront Gnarl.

Gnarl seeing Ghartok suddenly emerging through the ash cloud lets loose an arrow at point blank range in the fiend(6damage)

Zharkus goes on attack against Krosh beating the Despoiler down (10damage)

Ushkor retaliates for his brother & sends an arrow into Zharkus(3damage)

Magore drives Grashrak away from the Herdstone he was protecting with Horrifying Howl that causes the Despoiler Chieftan
to retreat.

The Despoilers have taken down the Chaos Hound & regained control of a Herdstone but have lost Krosh & worst yet one
of their Herdstones & another Herdstone is contested.

The Fiends keep pressing, Zahrhus turns his attention to Ushkor now that Krosh is out the only despoiler contesting him
for the Herdstone & with a couple of brutal attacks takes him down.

Grashrak recovers his courage moves to attack Ghartok throwing a Primal Curse with his assault which the Fiend absorbs (4damage)

Magore moves to the Herdstone Grashrak retreated from & begins to deface it.

Gnarl moves in on Magore through the Ash Cloud, but his shot goes wide (0damage)

Ghartok ignores Grashrak & attacks Gnarl the weaker Despoiler & hacks him down(10damage)

Murghoth probes through the Ash cloud to find Ghartok but the Fiend avoids the spear thrust (0damage)

Magore to aid Ghartok & for The Glory of Khrone attacks Grashrak his axe blow striking the Despoiler Chieftain (6damage)

Draknar with the Chaos Hound out moves to defend the Herdstone .

The Despoilers still control a Herdstone & have manage to contest a previously lost Herdstone but Ushkor & Gnarl are out
and Zahrkus unopposed on the 3rd Herdstone topples the monolith.

Ghartok counterattacks Murghoth for The Glory of Khrone his axe goes wide (0damage) but his backhanded recovery strikes(4damage)

Murghoth's spear responds with a thrust catching Ghartok off balance(4damage)

Magore continues his assault on Graskrak his axe striking home multiple times & takes him down (16damage)

Drakner seeing his brothers under attack dithers on aiding them but realizes he must protect the Herdstone he's guarding & holds

Zharkus sees Draknar hesitate & moves to attack but the Despoiler parries his blow (0damage)

Draknar responds by launching a series of brutal Ripper axe blows which takes Zharkus out

Murghoth seeing a Herdstone unprotected with Grashrak fall breaks from Ghartok to contest the Herdstone from Magore.

The Ash Storm has now fully descended on the battlefield making further fighting impossible. Magore satisfied he has
taken out 2/3 of the Despoilers & a Herdstone for the revenge of Khrone takes his fighters out of the Fang mts & on
to other battles.The Remaining Despoilers seek refuge from the storm & abandoned their 2 remaining defaced Herdstones

Magore's Fiends Victory 4VP to 3VP for Despoilers.

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I wanted to see how the Red Harvest Cards & Bladeborn Stats & Abilities based on Modified WarCry stats meshed together.
I was concerned that the Magore's Fiends of 3 Chaos Warriors & a Chaos Hound would just overpower a core Bladeborn
Warband or that having only 4 in a warband would be too restrictive.

So things worked out & it was a close Game. In this Battle Plan there were 3 objectives which gave a VP point each
round for control & if warband ransacked them the got an extra VP.The Ash Storm was a random Twist that showed up
early in the Game & penalized the Despoilers who had ranged weapons but was partially off set by the objectives
(Herdstones) that were farther away from the slower moving Fiends.


OD