The Fleet Repair Dock is also from Shapeways, and a damn fine mini if you want my opinion.
My Star Trek: A Call to Arms fleets are underway!
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Romulans and Klingons - Star Trek: A Call to Arms
Just a quick post of some Romulan and Klingon vessels. The Romulan's in the foreground are from Shapeways. The others in the background are WizKids.
The Fleet Repair Dock is also from Shapeways, and a damn fine mini if you want my opinion.
My Star Trek: A Call to Arms fleets are underway!
The Fleet Repair Dock is also from Shapeways, and a damn fine mini if you want my opinion.
My Star Trek: A Call to Arms fleets are underway!
Saturday, 17 May 2014
The Battle of the Trollshaws - Part 5 (the final Turns)
As the Battle of the Trollshaws progressed, the bloodiest action took place in Turn 4. At the turns close, Angmar was in dire straits. Lose one more unit and its game over!
TURN 5
Angmar's forces are now isolated between the Shaman, Trolls and Wargs on Forest Hill, and the Cargul with its Marauders sandwiched between Rhudaur's Knights and Spearmen.
The turn opened again with Angmar's Command phase. The Shaman, knowing that the Trolls were still located deep within the wood, decided to move the brutes to the edge of the trees. If they were located 1cm inside the wooded area, they would be secure from any cavalry charge, and yet be able to see out at their enemy.
Rolling a 8 for his command check, the Shaman orders the Trolls to move to within 1cm of the Forest Hill's edge.
Meanwhile, the Cargul was dangerously located between two units of Knights and four units of Spearmen. The Cargul at this time was still attached to the Marauders from the combat in turn 4 and would have to wait to the end of the Command phase before it could detach itself.
Burrow Hill now was too well defended by Rhudaur for the Cargul's plan of raising the dead to come to pass. So the Cargul hastily hatches a cunning plan. Ordering the Marauder's on (with a command check of 4), they burst from between the two Rhudaur battle lines and make for the far side of Forest Hill.
However, the Cargul and it's Marauders were not out of danger yet. Again it orders the Marauders on. But with the Marauders now at a -1 command penalty due to receiving a second order, the Cargul now needs to roll an 8 or less. The Angmar command roll is a 10!
Not perturbed, the Cargul calls on its Might (expending 2 points) to pass the test and the Marauders finally make it to relative safety.
Giving it one last go, the Cargul (now at a -2 penalty with the Marauders) rolls a 12. Blunder!
Fortunately, General's are immune to blundering. So the Command phase comes to an end.
The Shooting phase begins with the Shaman attempting to cast Dark Swarm on the nearest unit of Rhudaur Spearmen. Fortunately for them, the Shaman fails. The Cargul then successfully casts Faster You Dog's on the Marauders, moving them a final time. They are now well away from Rhudaur's lines.
With no fighting possible, the Combat phase closes without blood being spilt.
Rhudaur now opens its Command phase. The General is now well aware that in order to finish this battle he will need to dislodge some tough enemies from Forest Hill, or chase down the last unit of Marauders, who are now located on the far side of Forest Hill.
The Lord elects to attempt to get the Knights to head around Forest Hill in an attempt to engage the Marauders on the far side. Even if a game of cat and mouse ensues, the Knights will at least have cut off the Marauders escape rout. The Knights, still forming an irregular brigade, are given the order to head eastwards. However, a command check of 11 by the Lord puts a swift end to that idea.
The General's irritation is palpable. Barking orders at the Spearmen brigade line (command check of 6), they wield around to face Forest Hill.
A second order (command check of 7) gets the battle line moving again to Forest Hill
A third order would put the Spearmen within Initiative range of being charged by the Tolls and Wargs. So the General moves up to the battle line and decides to wait for the new turn.
With no units within shooting distance or combat, both the Shooting phase and Combat phase close with no other actions. The scene is now set for what may prove to be the final turn.
TURN 6
This could be the final turn, however the option remains open to roll to see if another turn will follow after this, should Angmar still be on the battlefield.
Angmar opens the turn with its Command phase. However, with no units within Initiative range, and holding the best defensive position on the field, Angmar elects to stay put.
The Shooting phase then opened with the Shaman attempting to cast Dark Swarm again on the nearest Spearmen unit. Needing a 5 to hit, the Shaman rolls a 3 and fails. The Shooting phase comes to an end as the Cargul is out of spell range.
With no units in combat, the Combat phase also quickly comes to an end. Angmar's turn has been uneventful.
Rhudaur now opens its Command phase.
If the game ends now, Angmar will surely be on the loosing side due to their casualties. However the Cargul and Shaman will escape with a total of 610 points of forces at the end of the battle (assuming no further turns are played). In the Fall of Arnor Campaign, any retreating forces of 500 or more points from a battle will survive on the campaign map.
So Rhudaur cannot afford to leave things as they currently are.
The Lord orders the Knights onwards (passing a command check with a roll of 6), and they make for the far side of Forest Hill in the hopes to engage the Marauders.
However the second attempt to move the Knights fails with a command check roll of 9.
The General now orders up the brigade of Spearmen to move forward in order to engage the Trolls and Wargs on Forest Hill.
Now within range of the interlopers on Forest Hill, the General makes a second order.
Passing the command check with a role of 7, the Spearmen charge!
With no shooting units within range of any enemy, the Shooting phase is passed over for the Combat phase. Two units of Trolls and a unit of Wargs in defended terrain on Forest Hill now face off against four units of Spearmen, one of which is supporting a unit in combat. And one great fight ensues.
The Spearmen score 4 hits to the Trolls & Wargs 16 hits.
After armour save rolls, the result is Spearmen inflicting 4 hits and the Trolls / Wargs inflicting 12 hits. The Spearmen are forced to retreat a total of 2cm (12 hits - 4 hits = 8 hits. 8 divided amongst 4 units of Spearmen = 2cm retreat).
The Spearmen lose 4 stands. Angmar also lose a single stand and have one outstanding hit. Angmar loses a single stand of Wargs and outstanding one hit is allocated to the Wargs.
Angmar elects to pursue the Spearmen, who are quickly surrounded. The loss of Spearmen stands meaning that the supporting unit was now isolated from the combat on the other side of the hill.
Another round of combat resulted in the Spearmen stockily scoring 9 hits to the Trolls and Wargs 25 hits. The Wargs only managing to score one of those hits (see the purple dice below). Dunedain armour comes to their rescue, saving 4 hits scored against them. Whilst thick Trollish hide deflected a single hit against them.
The resulting 21 hits to the Spearmen's 8 hits (and the single outstanding hit on the Wargs from the previous phase) sees the Spearmen wiped out. The Wargs and their Warg Chief are also killed. As this is the second phase of combat, the Trolls cannot advance to initiate a new combat with the nearest unit. As such, all combat is over and the Combat phase comes to an end.
Angmar has lost its last unit and is now forced to withdraw from the battlefield. Game over. Rhudaur has prevailed.
The final disposition of forces on the battlefield.
Angmar's losses amount to:
Rhudaur's losses are:
Post match huddle: the Trolls discuss what could have been done better.
Post match comment by the Rhudaur General:
"Wow, great match! Those Knights really stood out. They won the day for us, no doubt about that."
Post match comment by Angmar's General:
"Ssssssss... Warbandssss....We hatesss them........"
Well that's it folks for the first battle report for this blog. Its been a long one, but it was a fun battle with both sides learning something today. And that's that violence doesn't pay.
The Cargul can skulk back to the Witch-king and receive its due punishment for failure, whilst Rhudaur can hold their head high, and perhaps invest in a lot more Knights.
TURN 5
Angmar's forces are now isolated between the Shaman, Trolls and Wargs on Forest Hill, and the Cargul with its Marauders sandwiched between Rhudaur's Knights and Spearmen.
The turn opened again with Angmar's Command phase. The Shaman, knowing that the Trolls were still located deep within the wood, decided to move the brutes to the edge of the trees. If they were located 1cm inside the wooded area, they would be secure from any cavalry charge, and yet be able to see out at their enemy.
Rolling a 8 for his command check, the Shaman orders the Trolls to move to within 1cm of the Forest Hill's edge.
Meanwhile, the Cargul was dangerously located between two units of Knights and four units of Spearmen. The Cargul at this time was still attached to the Marauders from the combat in turn 4 and would have to wait to the end of the Command phase before it could detach itself.
Burrow Hill now was too well defended by Rhudaur for the Cargul's plan of raising the dead to come to pass. So the Cargul hastily hatches a cunning plan. Ordering the Marauder's on (with a command check of 4), they burst from between the two Rhudaur battle lines and make for the far side of Forest Hill.
However, the Cargul and it's Marauders were not out of danger yet. Again it orders the Marauders on. But with the Marauders now at a -1 command penalty due to receiving a second order, the Cargul now needs to roll an 8 or less. The Angmar command roll is a 10!
Not perturbed, the Cargul calls on its Might (expending 2 points) to pass the test and the Marauders finally make it to relative safety.
Giving it one last go, the Cargul (now at a -2 penalty with the Marauders) rolls a 12. Blunder!
Fortunately, General's are immune to blundering. So the Command phase comes to an end.
The Shooting phase begins with the Shaman attempting to cast Dark Swarm on the nearest unit of Rhudaur Spearmen. Fortunately for them, the Shaman fails. The Cargul then successfully casts Faster You Dog's on the Marauders, moving them a final time. They are now well away from Rhudaur's lines.
With no fighting possible, the Combat phase closes without blood being spilt.
Rhudaur now opens its Command phase. The General is now well aware that in order to finish this battle he will need to dislodge some tough enemies from Forest Hill, or chase down the last unit of Marauders, who are now located on the far side of Forest Hill.
The Lord elects to attempt to get the Knights to head around Forest Hill in an attempt to engage the Marauders on the far side. Even if a game of cat and mouse ensues, the Knights will at least have cut off the Marauders escape rout. The Knights, still forming an irregular brigade, are given the order to head eastwards. However, a command check of 11 by the Lord puts a swift end to that idea.
The General's irritation is palpable. Barking orders at the Spearmen brigade line (command check of 6), they wield around to face Forest Hill.
A second order (command check of 7) gets the battle line moving again to Forest Hill
A third order would put the Spearmen within Initiative range of being charged by the Tolls and Wargs. So the General moves up to the battle line and decides to wait for the new turn.
With no units within shooting distance or combat, both the Shooting phase and Combat phase close with no other actions. The scene is now set for what may prove to be the final turn.
TURN 6
This could be the final turn, however the option remains open to roll to see if another turn will follow after this, should Angmar still be on the battlefield.
Angmar opens the turn with its Command phase. However, with no units within Initiative range, and holding the best defensive position on the field, Angmar elects to stay put.
The Shooting phase then opened with the Shaman attempting to cast Dark Swarm again on the nearest Spearmen unit. Needing a 5 to hit, the Shaman rolls a 3 and fails. The Shooting phase comes to an end as the Cargul is out of spell range.
With no units in combat, the Combat phase also quickly comes to an end. Angmar's turn has been uneventful.
Rhudaur now opens its Command phase.
If the game ends now, Angmar will surely be on the loosing side due to their casualties. However the Cargul and Shaman will escape with a total of 610 points of forces at the end of the battle (assuming no further turns are played). In the Fall of Arnor Campaign, any retreating forces of 500 or more points from a battle will survive on the campaign map.
So Rhudaur cannot afford to leave things as they currently are.
The Lord orders the Knights onwards (passing a command check with a roll of 6), and they make for the far side of Forest Hill in the hopes to engage the Marauders.
However the second attempt to move the Knights fails with a command check roll of 9.
The General now orders up the brigade of Spearmen to move forward in order to engage the Trolls and Wargs on Forest Hill.
Now within range of the interlopers on Forest Hill, the General makes a second order.
Passing the command check with a role of 7, the Spearmen charge!
With no shooting units within range of any enemy, the Shooting phase is passed over for the Combat phase. Two units of Trolls and a unit of Wargs in defended terrain on Forest Hill now face off against four units of Spearmen, one of which is supporting a unit in combat. And one great fight ensues.
The Spearmen score 4 hits to the Trolls & Wargs 16 hits.
After armour save rolls, the result is Spearmen inflicting 4 hits and the Trolls / Wargs inflicting 12 hits. The Spearmen are forced to retreat a total of 2cm (12 hits - 4 hits = 8 hits. 8 divided amongst 4 units of Spearmen = 2cm retreat).
The Spearmen lose 4 stands. Angmar also lose a single stand and have one outstanding hit. Angmar loses a single stand of Wargs and outstanding one hit is allocated to the Wargs.
Angmar elects to pursue the Spearmen, who are quickly surrounded. The loss of Spearmen stands meaning that the supporting unit was now isolated from the combat on the other side of the hill.
Another round of combat resulted in the Spearmen stockily scoring 9 hits to the Trolls and Wargs 25 hits. The Wargs only managing to score one of those hits (see the purple dice below). Dunedain armour comes to their rescue, saving 4 hits scored against them. Whilst thick Trollish hide deflected a single hit against them.
The resulting 21 hits to the Spearmen's 8 hits (and the single outstanding hit on the Wargs from the previous phase) sees the Spearmen wiped out. The Wargs and their Warg Chief are also killed. As this is the second phase of combat, the Trolls cannot advance to initiate a new combat with the nearest unit. As such, all combat is over and the Combat phase comes to an end.
Angmar has lost its last unit and is now forced to withdraw from the battlefield. Game over. Rhudaur has prevailed.
The final disposition of forces on the battlefield.
Angmar's losses amount to:
- 8x Carn Dum Warband = 400 points
- 1x Carn Dum Marauders = 90 points
- 1x Wild Wargs = 70 points
- 1x Warg Chief = 70 points
- 4x Ghostly Legion (who never made it to the battlefield!) = 360 points
Rhudaur's losses are:
- 3x Spearmen = 135 points
- 2x Knights = 220 points
- 2x Retainers = 120 points
Post match huddle: the Trolls discuss what could have been done better.
Post match comment by the Rhudaur General:
"Wow, great match! Those Knights really stood out. They won the day for us, no doubt about that."
Post match comment by Angmar's General:
"Ssssssss... Warbandssss....We hatesss them........"
Well that's it folks for the first battle report for this blog. Its been a long one, but it was a fun battle with both sides learning something today. And that's that violence doesn't pay.
The Cargul can skulk back to the Witch-king and receive its due punishment for failure, whilst Rhudaur can hold their head high, and perhaps invest in a lot more Knights.
Friday, 16 May 2014
The Battle of the Trollshaws - Part 4 (Turn 4)
At the end of Turn 3 of the Battle of the Trollshaws, Angmar had lost 5 units and Rhudaur had lost none, however 3 units were now down to one stand each. The combat also spilled over into the new turn.
TURN 4
The turn again opened with Angmar's Command phase. One unit of Warband was unengaged in combat from the previous turn. This unit, seeing its fellows being cut to pieces by the Knights, used its Initiative to charge in to the flank of the Knights.
The Shaman, watching the carnage unfold before him, decided to get the Trolls down from Forest Hill to help out. However the tyranny of distance and a milieu of other penalties meant that he had a -5 penalty to his command role. He would have to role a 3 or less to get their attention! Sadly, he rolled a 5. Not even his 1 point of Might could help here.
Meanwhile the Cargul, who was still attached to the Marauders from the combat last turn, signalled the Warg Chief to come to the Marauders aid. The command penalty was -4 due to their distance and the fact they were in dense terrain. The presence of the Warg Chief however meant that a leader can add +1 to their command role when ordering Wargs. The Cargul kept signalling the Warg Chief, but (due to its command role of 7) failed in getting the Wargs to move. The Warg Chief must have been scratching it's fleas, the stupid mutt!
Having failed its command role, Angmar's Command phase was now over.
Angmar then moved to its Shooting phase. The Shaman proved his magical prowess by casting Foul Frenzy on the Warband that had just charged the Knights in the flank. This gave that unit a +1 attack per stand, meaning they received 4 attacks instead of the usual 3. Obviously the slaughter of their comrades had roused the Warband to a vicious fury, hacking away wildly at the Knights.
The Cargul decided that the same spell would be useful for its own combat situation. However, the melee must have been too vicious because it was distracted enough to fail at casting Foul Frenzy.
With the Shooting phase now over, Angmar's turn now move to the Combat phase.
The Marauders delivered 7 hits to the Retainers 2. Both sides in the conflict were able to armour save one hit each. The Retainers where however killed to a man (and his horse).
Having wiped out the Retainers in its first phase of their combat, the Marauders Advanced into the last unit of Retainers near by. They too had been reduced to one stand from the combat in the previous turn. This last unit of Retainers didn't stand a chance, its solitary stand being cut down with 7 hits scored against them.
The combat between the Warband and Knights was proving brutal. The Knights retained their +1 bonus from the Pursuit against the Warband at the end of last turn, and the Warband still had their -1 modifier from their Retreat. However the Knights now faced a unit of Warband to their flank and rear. Worst still, that unit was enraged by Foul Frenzy.
The Knights prevailed however scoring 18 hits to the Warband's 11. The Knights superior armour carried the day meaning they only lost two stands. The Warband on the other hand lost three stands and had 2 outstanding hits. Their loss meant that they fell back yet again under the pressure from the Knights continued assault.
Once again, the Knights pursued and hit home against the Warband. Yet another round of combat would be fought before this bloodbath would end.
As the Knights and Retainers entered a second round of combat, the Shaman's spell Foul Frenzy subsided (as it only lasts for the first round of combat). Retreating again meant that the Warband were still hampered by the -1 penalty Warband troops suffer when things don't go their way. The Knights, pumped from their continued success, retained their +1 bonus for their pursuit. Worse still for the Warband, they now had Knights to their own flank and rear.
Yet again another unit of Warband fell beneath the hooves of Rhudaur's Knights when they suffered 7 hits. With its 2 outstanding hits from the previous combat, the Warband suffered a total of 9 hits that pursuit, sealing their fate. Angmar lost yet another Warband unit.
Flushed with success, the Knights relentlessly pursued their foe, once again sending the combat into next turn. Angmar's turn now came to an end.
The Angmar dead were piling up. Angmar had lost 7 units compared to Rhudaur's 3. If Angmar lost another two units, it would be right on its break point limit. One more unit lost after that would spell the end for Angmar.
Rhudaur now had its turn.
The Command phase opened with the General calling forth his Rangers from their Ambush position. They appeared on Burrow Hill, backing up the Scouts already there. Their appearance crushed any hope the Cargul had of raising Ghostly Legion warriors from the Burrows.
With the Rhudaur defenders on Burrow Hill bolstered by the appearing of the Rangers, any plan of the Cargul to move it's Marauders on to Burrow Hill and engaging the Scouts just got a lot harder.
The General wasn't going to trust just the Scouts and Rangers with the defence of Burrow Hill. He passed orders to the Spearmen to move forward. The orders however got lost somewhere when he failed to pass his command roll by rolling 11. Having 3 points of Might, the General decided that it was time to use two points and adjust his command roll by 2, making it a 9, and passing the command check.
The Spearmen moved forward, Burrow Hill now anchoring their western (left) flank and giving the Cargul even more reason to forget about trying to get to those Burrows. The General then attempted to move the Spearmen again, but second orders, and the fact that the Spearmen were beyond 20cm, meant that his command roll of 9 failed to pass the command check. The Command phase for Rhudaur now came to an end.
The Shooting phase opened with the Rangers eyeing off the Marauders in the valley below. However the Scouts blocked their line of sight, so no shooting took place.
Rhudaur's Combat phase opened with the ongoing fight between the Knights and the Warband. The Knights scored 17 hits to the Warbands pitiful 2 hits. The Warband were quickly wiped out. Another unit down for Angmar.
Wiping out the Warband unit in the first round of combat meant that the Knights could Advance. Eyeing the remaining unit of Warband nearby, the Knights surge forward slamming into the Warband.
The ensuing fight is again bloody. The Knights score 17 hits to the Warband's 4. The Knights however failed to armour save against any of the Warband's hits, and loose a stand. They must have been getting tired!
Finally, the last of the Carn Dum Warband are slaughtered. The Knights cannot advance a second time, as victors only get to Advance once. The Marauders and the Cargul are safe... for now.
With the loss of the last Warband, the Shaman is overrun and forced to flee to the nearest friendly unit within range. Fortunately the Trolls are close enough and the Shaman joins them on Forest Hill.
The battle field now looks devoid of Angmar forces. The Cargul and his Marauders are now stuck between two units of Knights to the north of them, and four units of Spearmen to the south.
The Angmar dead now comprise 8 units of Warband and 1 unit of Marauders. Rhudaur, on the other hand, has lost 2 units of Retainers and 2 units on Knights.
As Turn 4 comes to a close, Angmar is in dire straits and is right on its break point. With no buffer remaining, the loss of one more unit will spell the end.
But the Cargul does have a cunning plan...
TURN 4
The turn again opened with Angmar's Command phase. One unit of Warband was unengaged in combat from the previous turn. This unit, seeing its fellows being cut to pieces by the Knights, used its Initiative to charge in to the flank of the Knights.
Meanwhile the Cargul, who was still attached to the Marauders from the combat last turn, signalled the Warg Chief to come to the Marauders aid. The command penalty was -4 due to their distance and the fact they were in dense terrain. The presence of the Warg Chief however meant that a leader can add +1 to their command role when ordering Wargs. The Cargul kept signalling the Warg Chief, but (due to its command role of 7) failed in getting the Wargs to move. The Warg Chief must have been scratching it's fleas, the stupid mutt!
Having failed its command role, Angmar's Command phase was now over.
Angmar then moved to its Shooting phase. The Shaman proved his magical prowess by casting Foul Frenzy on the Warband that had just charged the Knights in the flank. This gave that unit a +1 attack per stand, meaning they received 4 attacks instead of the usual 3. Obviously the slaughter of their comrades had roused the Warband to a vicious fury, hacking away wildly at the Knights.
The Cargul decided that the same spell would be useful for its own combat situation. However, the melee must have been too vicious because it was distracted enough to fail at casting Foul Frenzy.
With the Shooting phase now over, Angmar's turn now move to the Combat phase.
The Marauders delivered 7 hits to the Retainers 2. Both sides in the conflict were able to armour save one hit each. The Retainers where however killed to a man (and his horse).
Having wiped out the Retainers in its first phase of their combat, the Marauders Advanced into the last unit of Retainers near by. They too had been reduced to one stand from the combat in the previous turn. This last unit of Retainers didn't stand a chance, its solitary stand being cut down with 7 hits scored against them.
The combat between the Warband and Knights was proving brutal. The Knights retained their +1 bonus from the Pursuit against the Warband at the end of last turn, and the Warband still had their -1 modifier from their Retreat. However the Knights now faced a unit of Warband to their flank and rear. Worst still, that unit was enraged by Foul Frenzy.
The Knights prevailed however scoring 18 hits to the Warband's 11. The Knights superior armour carried the day meaning they only lost two stands. The Warband on the other hand lost three stands and had 2 outstanding hits. Their loss meant that they fell back yet again under the pressure from the Knights continued assault.
Once again, the Knights pursued and hit home against the Warband. Yet another round of combat would be fought before this bloodbath would end.
As the Knights and Retainers entered a second round of combat, the Shaman's spell Foul Frenzy subsided (as it only lasts for the first round of combat). Retreating again meant that the Warband were still hampered by the -1 penalty Warband troops suffer when things don't go their way. The Knights, pumped from their continued success, retained their +1 bonus for their pursuit. Worse still for the Warband, they now had Knights to their own flank and rear.
Yet again another unit of Warband fell beneath the hooves of Rhudaur's Knights when they suffered 7 hits. With its 2 outstanding hits from the previous combat, the Warband suffered a total of 9 hits that pursuit, sealing their fate. Angmar lost yet another Warband unit.
Flushed with success, the Knights relentlessly pursued their foe, once again sending the combat into next turn. Angmar's turn now came to an end.
The Angmar dead were piling up. Angmar had lost 7 units compared to Rhudaur's 3. If Angmar lost another two units, it would be right on its break point limit. One more unit lost after that would spell the end for Angmar.
Rhudaur now had its turn.
The Command phase opened with the General calling forth his Rangers from their Ambush position. They appeared on Burrow Hill, backing up the Scouts already there. Their appearance crushed any hope the Cargul had of raising Ghostly Legion warriors from the Burrows.
With the Rhudaur defenders on Burrow Hill bolstered by the appearing of the Rangers, any plan of the Cargul to move it's Marauders on to Burrow Hill and engaging the Scouts just got a lot harder.
The General wasn't going to trust just the Scouts and Rangers with the defence of Burrow Hill. He passed orders to the Spearmen to move forward. The orders however got lost somewhere when he failed to pass his command roll by rolling 11. Having 3 points of Might, the General decided that it was time to use two points and adjust his command roll by 2, making it a 9, and passing the command check.
The Spearmen moved forward, Burrow Hill now anchoring their western (left) flank and giving the Cargul even more reason to forget about trying to get to those Burrows. The General then attempted to move the Spearmen again, but second orders, and the fact that the Spearmen were beyond 20cm, meant that his command roll of 9 failed to pass the command check. The Command phase for Rhudaur now came to an end.
The Shooting phase opened with the Rangers eyeing off the Marauders in the valley below. However the Scouts blocked their line of sight, so no shooting took place.
Rhudaur's Combat phase opened with the ongoing fight between the Knights and the Warband. The Knights scored 17 hits to the Warbands pitiful 2 hits. The Warband were quickly wiped out. Another unit down for Angmar.
Wiping out the Warband unit in the first round of combat meant that the Knights could Advance. Eyeing the remaining unit of Warband nearby, the Knights surge forward slamming into the Warband.
The ensuing fight is again bloody. The Knights score 17 hits to the Warband's 4. The Knights however failed to armour save against any of the Warband's hits, and loose a stand. They must have been getting tired!
With the loss of the last Warband, the Shaman is overrun and forced to flee to the nearest friendly unit within range. Fortunately the Trolls are close enough and the Shaman joins them on Forest Hill.
The battle field now looks devoid of Angmar forces. The Cargul and his Marauders are now stuck between two units of Knights to the north of them, and four units of Spearmen to the south.
The Angmar dead now comprise 8 units of Warband and 1 unit of Marauders. Rhudaur, on the other hand, has lost 2 units of Retainers and 2 units on Knights.
As Turn 4 comes to a close, Angmar is in dire straits and is right on its break point. With no buffer remaining, the loss of one more unit will spell the end.
But the Cargul does have a cunning plan...
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