Here are the lists that I brought:
Krueger the Stormlord
* Warpwolf Stalker
* Pureblood Warpwolf
* Gorax
* Druid Wilder
Shifting Stones
* Stone Keeper
Celestial Fulcrum
Una the Falconer
* Rotterhorn Griffon
* Rotterhorn Griffon
Blackclad Wayfarer
Blackclad Wayfarer
Tharn Bloodweavers
Kromac, Champion of the Wurm
* Ghetorix
* Warpwolf Stalker
* Shadowhorn Satyr
* Razorwing Griffon
* Rotterhorn Griffon
* Gorax
* Druid Wilder
Shifting Stones
Druids of Orboros
* Druid Overseer
Round 1 vs Jordan B
Kromac2 vs Butcher2
IncomingThis particular Jordan is known for playing basically 2 lists, he's got Butcher2 in theme with a host of Doom Reavers and he's got Butcher1's Claws of the Dragon theme force. Essentially there's dude spam, and then there's defensive spam (Iron Flesh, plus lots of Shield Wall). For the Doom Reavers I definitely wanted to play Krueger2, but I didn't feel good about my game with him into 30 DEF 13 ARM 14, 18 or 22 depending on the turn troopers, plus dealing with clam jacks is always frustrating. I think he won't drop Doom Reavers because of Krueger2. Turns out, he doesn't drop Claws because he doesn't like SPD 2 Clam Jacks. Reviewing this with another Jordan and re-thinking it, I basically lost list chicken and should have just dropped Krueger2.
He wins the die roll after we roll off 3 times basically due to his having a +1 for a theme force benefit. Going first would have been a massive help for me in this scenario, because then I could be the one bullying the zone, instead, its his 8 units of Doom Reavers doing that. The one thing that was extremely fortuitous in this match was that my Druids basically didn't break the entire game, which is fairly unlikely. However, the big mistake I made here is that I needed to push a LOT harder up the table so that I could contest the zones, but doing so was going to lead to my demise I think.
What I learned here is that I probably should have played Krueger into this pairing, and in playing Kromac I needed to do more to contest scenario. Not sure what that would look like, but I need to think about that perhaps some too.
Result: Loss on scenario.
Round 2 vs Davis B
Kromac2 vs Borka2
Two FrontsHe has Calandra, not in theme and Borka2 in theme. Given that I'm playing Circle I'm pretty much expecting Borka because the Calandra list seems like its geared to take on a lot of dudes that I don't have in either list. My answer for Trollbloods is almost always the same thing ... Kromac2. He goes ahead and drops Borka2.
The one thing I wanted to be careful of was that the War Wagon didn't hit something directly with that 5" AOE and knock down my battlegroup, when relying on DEF this is a pretty important thing to watch for, which should surprise no one. I'm not going to get into details on this one, it was a pretty short game. I went first, aggressively charged up the table. He then dumped his 5 fury into the Krielstone, feated and charged Borka up. So, nothing is going to get more than a single hit into Borka, but I can get the Stalker at POW 22, Ghetorix at POW 23 and the Shadowhorn at POW 18, all boosted on him. I kill him without even using Ghetorix. He needed to have transfers, or better placement if he was going for that move which we discussed after. Newer player, so that happens sometimes.
Round 3 vs Brian K
Kromac2 vs Doomshaper1
OutflankBrian had the "very original" pairing of Calandra in Elemental Evolutionism and Doomshaper in Runes of War. I expected to see Runes of War, which is what I got. As it turns out, he's played this game a bunch of times which led to him being gun shy about engaging. I won the die roll, and moved up the table very aggressively, in the middle of the circles, but contesting both. This game didn't teach me too many things, other than to remember that Kromac can be a bully, and identifying what things help make my game stronger. Eventually I was able to clear out the zone on my right, and basically over some turns I was able to win on scenario.
Round 4 vs Dave B
Kromac2 vs Krueger2
DestructionDave had Krueger2 and Morvahna2. I considered, given that Destruction is a strong scenario for Krueger to play that, but hsi Krueger list was all beasts basically, and my Krueger list does more against dudes, and Kromac should be able to bully the zone hard, plus I can use Shifting Stones and the fact that a forest was in the middle of the zone, to keep from being pushed from it.
For the most part my plan worked, got into the zone on my 2nd turn, got enough Druids dead so that mine would be effective. Put my battlegroup into the zone, cast Primal Howl, had 3 transfers, and Druid clouds around and was able to take out the objective. I score 3 control points. At this point a lot happened and he was able to assassinate Kromac. I'm not going to get into everything that happened, he took nearly a 40 minute turn, but I do want to discuss some points:
- There was a point where a Rotterhorn was killed that had a single Fury on it, I chose NOT to reave that Fury because I was already pretty high on Fury. This was a HUGE mistake as it meant that I was one transfer short at the end of the game. Surviving that turn was more important than being concerned with frenzying beasts
- I should have warped my Ghetorix and Stalker for Strength. I hadn't considered that he'd port a Stalker into my Stalker to try to throw it, but it does make sense to try. Either way, there was 0 benefit at that stage of the game for him to Warp Prowl (same for Ghetorix).
- I need to pay more attention to my transferring, and possibly spend time thinking, I was up well over 30 minutes of clock and I could have afforded it, the first damage roll from his Ghetorix should have been the transfer, and then I live.
- It was probably, honestly, a not too great odds assassination, however, when playing a Warlock like Kromac2 who's designed to bully the table and put people in an awkward position, they will go for a kill and I need to do what I can to prevent it. I probably could have gotten away without upkeeping Awakened Spirit, and I should have taken the transfer.
- Another note that dying by a throw brings up, a decent number of the games I've lost have been because I'm at DEF 18 and then end up losing either to Kromac becoming Knocked Down or Stationary. I'm not entirely sure what the change should be here, but I need to be a lot more aware of it.
Game 5 vs Rich B
Kromac2 vs Xerxis2
Fire Support
This was a fantastic game, we both knew what we'd be facing the whole time. This was an attrition slog that ended with him only having Xerxis2 and Tiberion, and me winning on scenario because he couldn't get there. I think I may have let him use the Krea too much and should have sent something after it sooner, definitely something I should keep in mind. Its another one of those things where making me DEF 7 would have been awful. Definitely enjoyed this game!
Some general considerations I need to make, I think I'll maybe do another entry to discuss that though.
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