Re: Dragonlord Rising
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:52 am
Game 7: High Elves vs Ogre Kingdoms
I slightly modified this list to be less competitive since my opponent wasn't bringing a tournament list. My opponent also had just bought and painted some new Ogre models and wanted to try them out, and also wanted to test out a few other things he hadn't played before/hadn't played in a long time.
High Elves:
Prince mounted on Star Dragon w/ Enchanted Shield, Star Lance, The Other Trickster's Shard, Talisman of Preservation
Mage Level 1 w/ Dispel Scroll, Lore of Shadow
Noble BSB mounted on Barded Elven Steed w/ Ogre Blade, Dragonhelm, Dragon Armor, Shield
23x Archers w/ Standard
5x Ellyrian Reavers w/ Musician
30x Spearmen FC w/ Banner of Swiftness
9x Dragon Princes of Caledor FC w/ Banner of Eternal Flame
5x Dragon Princes of Caledor FC
Frostheart Phoenix
Flamespyre Phoenix
Ogre Kingdoms:
Butcher Level 2 w/ Dispel Scroll, Iron Fist
Bruiser BSB w/ Heavy Armor, Iron Fist, Mountaineater
Hunter w/ Harpoon Launcher, Beast Killer, Talisman of Protection
Bruiser w/ Heavy Armor, Giant Breaker, Brace of Ogre Pistols
7x Ironguts FC w/ Dragonhide Banner
10x Ogres FC w/ Iron Fists
10x Gnoblars
6x Leadbelchers
6x Leadbelchers
4x Mournfang FC w/ Heavy Armor, Great Weapons
Thundertusk
Magic:
Mage: Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma
Butcher: Toothcracker, Bullgorger
Deployment:
This table had a fairly large amount of terrain on it, making movement slightly difficult for larger units and even though the fliers could move over the buildings, they had trouble seeing through them so they were also constricted. The High Elf line had the Spearmen in the center with Archers on their right with the Mage. On the far right the small unit of Dragon Princes would try to draw Ogre attention in that direction. To the left of the Spears were the Reavers and behind this center force was the Flamespyre. The large Dragon Princes and the Star Dragon were to the left of the Reavers to drive up the left flank and the Frostheart was on the far left. The Ogres put the Hunter opposite the Frostheart with the Gnoblars in some trees on their far right and the Mournfang set up to counter the Dragon Princes. The Ogre center held the Bulls with the BSB and Butcher inside and the Thundertusk behind. One unit of Leadbelchers bridged the gap between the Mournfang and the Bulls and the other was on the Bulls' left. The Ironguts with the other Bruiser were on the far left. The Reavers vanguarded up behind a tower.
Initial Thoughts:
The Ironguts are out of place and I think I can exploit that and draw them further away with the Small Princes. The Ogre center will advance hard and fast and I'll try to slow it down with the Spearmen and Archers while the Frostheart, Dragon Princes, and Star Dragon deal with the Ogre right flank, then they will circle back around behind the Ogre center to destroy them. The Thundertusk isn't supporting the Mournfang which is good news for me. The Leadbelchers could be a problem particularly for my cavalry so they will need to be dealt with. The lack of a Level 4 should mean magic is much more balanced than I had thought it would be, and without a Tyrant I don't think there's really much of anything that can severely impede the Star Dragon.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 1:
Most units advanced forwards, the Bulls moved quickly in the center, faster than I had expected. The Mournfang shuffled forwards to make sure I didn't have an easy charge on them.
Magic is 9-6 and a boosted Bullgorger miscasts wounding the Butcher and costing the other dice.
In shooting the Hunter wounds the Frostheart once with a harpoon and the Thundertusk fires everything at the Flamespyre but fails to harm it. One unit of Leadbelchers kills a Dragon Prince while the other kills 3 Archers.
High Elves Turn 1:
The army advances forwards. The small Dragon Princes head around the church to try and draw away the Ironguts while the Reavers move in the path of the Mournfang to direct their charge into a building and prevent them from charging the Dragon Princes or the Star Dragon. The Flamespyre moves behind the tower to flank the Ogre center, the Frostheart moves behind a building to hide from the Hunter's harpoon, and the Star Dragon and Dragon Princes move up to hit the Mournfang. The Archers and Spears hold station.
Magic is a small 4-3 phase that sees Miasma on the Leadbelchers opposing the Star Dragon scrolled.
The Archers then put 4 wounds on the other Leadbelchers.
(note the Flamespyre is facing to the right but the model is facing left because of the tower and the Frostheart is beside the house not on top of it)
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 2:
A last minute adjustment of the Small Princes unfortunately brought them within average charge range of the Ironguts which I had been trying to avoid. Therefore the Ironguts charged the Small Princes who fled to prevent the Ironguts from appearing behind my flank shortly. The Gnoblars then charged the flank of the Reavers. The center again advanced forwards.
Magic was 5-5 and Toothcracker on the Bulls was dispelled while Bullgorger failed to cast the boosted version.
The Leadbelchers shot the Star Dragon but didn't harm it, the other Leadbelchers killed 4 more Archers, and the Hunter harpooned the Prince but his ward save protected him. Another direct hit from the stone thrower wounded the Flamespyre once.
In combat the Gnoblars take one casualty without causing any and the Reavers reformed to face them.
High Elves Turn 2:
I'm now in an extremely annoying situation that I didn't expect. The one possible bad result of the Reaver positioning had happened as they were now covering the Mournfang from my charges. The Dragon Princes, Frostheart, and Star Dragon could not all fit in with their charges. Worse, I couldn't get both the Frostheart and Star Dragon into the Mournfang. I therefore decided to charge the Star Dragon into the Mournfang and the Frostheart into the Leadbelchers. The Dragon Princes reformed and headed towards the center to flank the Bulls while the Archers and Spearmen shuffled backwards to be out of average charge range for the Bulls. The Flamespyre flew over the Bulls wounding them twice and took up position behind them.
Magic was 9-6 and Miasma miscast on the Bulls dropping their movement by 2, but killing 5 Archers.
The Archers then killed the wounded Leadbelcher.
The Frostheart disappointingly only wounded the Leadbelchers twice, then disastrously took two wounds. The Reavers then killed 6 Gnoblars without taking damage and ran the Gnoblars down and into the Mournfang fight. The Star Dragon and Reavers then killed 2 Mournfang and wounded another one once and took no damage in return. The Mournfang broke and the Star Dragon reformed to face the Leadbelchers to rescue the beleaguered Frostheart instead of chasing them. I then made a rules mistake in not having the Reavers pursue the Mournfang. Casualties had taken the Mournfang out of base to base with the Reavers and I thought that they then could not pursue the retreating Mournfang, though reading the rules again I believe they should have been able to.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 3:
The Hunter charged the flank of the Frostheart Phoenix skirting around the Reavers. The Bulls failed their charge on the Spearmen and shuffled forwards. The Ironguts turned towards the center and the Thundertusk turned to face the Flamespyre. The Mournfang survivors rallied.
Magic was 7-5 and a 3-dice casting of Toothcracker made it through the 5-dice dispel attempt to boost the Bulls and a bubble version of Bullgorger was scrolled.
The Flamespyre then took 3 wounds from the Thunderhorn harpoon and 5 Archers were killed by the Leadbelchers.
The Frostheart then wounded the Leadbelchers 3 times and took none in return.
High Elves Turn 3:
The Spearmen and Dragon Princes tried to execute their trap. The Dragon Princes hit the Bulls in the flank but the Spearmen rolled double-1s and stayed put. The Star Dragon charged the Leadbelchers. The Small Princes moved forwards to get back into the game. I had been waffling on whether or not the charge the injured Flamespyre into combat, and after I decided against it I promptly forgot to move him at all, leaving a flank open to the Thundertusk.
Magic was 6-5 and Miasma went on the Bulls for WS.
The heavily damaged Archers only wounded the Leadbelchers once.
The Frostheart and Star Dragon then wounded the Leadbelchers 8 times taking no damage in return. The Hunter and Belchers both fled with the Star Dragon running down the Leadbelchers and the Frostheart failing to catch the Hunter. The Dragon Princes wound the Bulls 5 times and take no damage in return but the Bulls hold and reform to face the cavalry.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 4:
The Thundertusk charges the Flamespyre and the Ironguts fail towards the Star Dragon. The Leadbelchers fail their charge on the Archers while the Mournfang charge the Dragon in the rear.
Magic is 7-3 that has Bullgorger go onto the Bulls and the bubble Toothcracker cast.
The heroic Flamespyre than manages to wound the Stonehorn twice after being invigorated by the Winds of Magic previously and then miraculously doesn't take any damage! The Mournfang then hit the Prince for two wounds while the Star Dragon wounds them 4 times, however, they hold and the Star Dragon turns to face them. The Dragon Princes then wound the Bulls 3 times taking 2 wounds for a tie combat.
High Elves Turn 4:
The Frostheart charged the Hunter and the Spearmen charge the flank of the Bulls.
Magic put Miasma on the Bulls dropping their WS by 2.
The Archers put one more wound on the Leadbelchers.
Combat saw the Spearmen and Dragon Princes wound the toughened Ogres only 4 times, with 3 Spearmen dying and 2 Dragon Princes dying. The Ogres held in combat due to the BSB reroll.
The Star Dragon then barely killed the Mournfang after some bad rolls and the Frostheart wounded the Hunter 3 times taking 1 in return, but running the Hunter down. The Thundertusk then killed the Flamespyre.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 5:
The Leadbelchers charged the Archers and the Ironguts charged the Star Dragon.
Magic was 6-4 that put Bullgorger on the Ironguts but Toothcracker was dispelled on the Bulls.
The Stonethrower made 3-for-3 and got a direct hit on the Frostheart, but failed to hurt it.
The Archers wounded the Leadbelchers once but were wiped out in return along with the Mage.
The Star Dragon then challenged the Bruiser who was forced to accept. The Star Dragon took one wound but killed the Bruiser.
With the Bulls one Spearmen died and 2 Dragon Princes but the Bulls took 7 wounds and broke from combat. The Dragon Princes not only failed to catch them but also unfortunately the pursuit took them right into the Ironguts!
High Elves Turn 5:
The Small Princes continued to move up to try to get into the fight and the Spearmen turned to face the Leadbelchers. The Frostheart moved to cover the Star Dragon from the Thundertusk and the Reavers moved behind the Thundertusk.
Combat saw the Dragon Princes killed by the Ironguts and the Star Dragon take 3 wounds. 8 wounds were done to the Ironguts, but they held in combat.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 6:
The Thundertusk charged the Frostheart and the Bulls failed to rally but stayed on the board.
The Leadbelchers tried and failed to kill any of the Small Princes.
The single Irongut on the flank then killed the BSB but the Ironguts were wiped out after losing combat and being caught in the pursuit. The Thundertusk took 2 more wounds but killed the Frostheart.
High Elves Turn 6:
The Reavers ran the Bulls off the board and the Spearmen charged the Leadbelchers killing them at the cost of 4 elves. The Star Dragon was blocking the Small Princes from charging the Thundertusk as they would have liked.
High Elf Victory!
Thoughts:
This game was tougher than I had initially expected, I thought with the Thundertusk not supporting the Mournfang and the Ironguts so far out of position it would be easier to win. My mistake with the positioning of the small Princes moving them slightly too close meant that they never got into the fight and only occupied the Ironguts for 2 turns instead of what could have been more. The Reavers and the Gnoblars were also crucial to the game in a way I hadn't expected at all. Any result of that combat would have been better than the one that occurred. Had the Reavers been forced to flee and gotten caught that would leave the Gnoblars exposed and my fliers could just move over them and the Dragon Princes could charge them and overrun into the Mournfang like the Reavers later did. Or if the Reavers had forced the Gnoblars to run then they would have been out of the way. Instead they blocked up my charges. In hindsight the charges I did were not the right ones to do. The Star Dragon was correct in the Mournfang charge but the Dragon Princes should have hit the Leadbelchers instead of the Frostheart, which I believe would have fit. This would have forced the Leadbelchers to flee and the Star Dragon could have chased down the Mournfang. I was motivated against that by the Hunter's harpoon concerning me for the Frostheart especially with his Big Name. The Frostheart could have moved to the center or moved to counter the Hunter in some other way. I also shouldn't have forgotten to move the Flamespyre and I'm really not sure how I did, but I didn't notice it until the shooting phase. The Thundertusk is also remarkably powerful, particularly with the Ironguts as it made my Star Dragon attack at the same time as the Ironguts and removed the rerolls from my Prince. The Ogre magic was also much better than it should have been, but this was partially because my opponent's casting rolls were extremely good, never rolling below a 9 or 10 to cast a spell whether using 2 dice or 3. My strategy this game broke down due to the Reaver positioning and my error in charge choices and that turned it into a swirling melee that very nearly cost me the game.
We had a bit of time left over before the store closed, so we decided to fight out a 1500 point game which I will post next!
I slightly modified this list to be less competitive since my opponent wasn't bringing a tournament list. My opponent also had just bought and painted some new Ogre models and wanted to try them out, and also wanted to test out a few other things he hadn't played before/hadn't played in a long time.
High Elves:
Prince mounted on Star Dragon w/ Enchanted Shield, Star Lance, The Other Trickster's Shard, Talisman of Preservation
Mage Level 1 w/ Dispel Scroll, Lore of Shadow
Noble BSB mounted on Barded Elven Steed w/ Ogre Blade, Dragonhelm, Dragon Armor, Shield
23x Archers w/ Standard
5x Ellyrian Reavers w/ Musician
30x Spearmen FC w/ Banner of Swiftness
9x Dragon Princes of Caledor FC w/ Banner of Eternal Flame
5x Dragon Princes of Caledor FC
Frostheart Phoenix
Flamespyre Phoenix
Ogre Kingdoms:
Butcher Level 2 w/ Dispel Scroll, Iron Fist
Bruiser BSB w/ Heavy Armor, Iron Fist, Mountaineater
Hunter w/ Harpoon Launcher, Beast Killer, Talisman of Protection
Bruiser w/ Heavy Armor, Giant Breaker, Brace of Ogre Pistols
7x Ironguts FC w/ Dragonhide Banner
10x Ogres FC w/ Iron Fists
10x Gnoblars
6x Leadbelchers
6x Leadbelchers
4x Mournfang FC w/ Heavy Armor, Great Weapons
Thundertusk
Magic:
Mage: Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma
Butcher: Toothcracker, Bullgorger
Deployment:
This table had a fairly large amount of terrain on it, making movement slightly difficult for larger units and even though the fliers could move over the buildings, they had trouble seeing through them so they were also constricted. The High Elf line had the Spearmen in the center with Archers on their right with the Mage. On the far right the small unit of Dragon Princes would try to draw Ogre attention in that direction. To the left of the Spears were the Reavers and behind this center force was the Flamespyre. The large Dragon Princes and the Star Dragon were to the left of the Reavers to drive up the left flank and the Frostheart was on the far left. The Ogres put the Hunter opposite the Frostheart with the Gnoblars in some trees on their far right and the Mournfang set up to counter the Dragon Princes. The Ogre center held the Bulls with the BSB and Butcher inside and the Thundertusk behind. One unit of Leadbelchers bridged the gap between the Mournfang and the Bulls and the other was on the Bulls' left. The Ironguts with the other Bruiser were on the far left. The Reavers vanguarded up behind a tower.
Initial Thoughts:
The Ironguts are out of place and I think I can exploit that and draw them further away with the Small Princes. The Ogre center will advance hard and fast and I'll try to slow it down with the Spearmen and Archers while the Frostheart, Dragon Princes, and Star Dragon deal with the Ogre right flank, then they will circle back around behind the Ogre center to destroy them. The Thundertusk isn't supporting the Mournfang which is good news for me. The Leadbelchers could be a problem particularly for my cavalry so they will need to be dealt with. The lack of a Level 4 should mean magic is much more balanced than I had thought it would be, and without a Tyrant I don't think there's really much of anything that can severely impede the Star Dragon.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 1:
Most units advanced forwards, the Bulls moved quickly in the center, faster than I had expected. The Mournfang shuffled forwards to make sure I didn't have an easy charge on them.
Magic is 9-6 and a boosted Bullgorger miscasts wounding the Butcher and costing the other dice.
In shooting the Hunter wounds the Frostheart once with a harpoon and the Thundertusk fires everything at the Flamespyre but fails to harm it. One unit of Leadbelchers kills a Dragon Prince while the other kills 3 Archers.
High Elves Turn 1:
The army advances forwards. The small Dragon Princes head around the church to try and draw away the Ironguts while the Reavers move in the path of the Mournfang to direct their charge into a building and prevent them from charging the Dragon Princes or the Star Dragon. The Flamespyre moves behind the tower to flank the Ogre center, the Frostheart moves behind a building to hide from the Hunter's harpoon, and the Star Dragon and Dragon Princes move up to hit the Mournfang. The Archers and Spears hold station.
Magic is a small 4-3 phase that sees Miasma on the Leadbelchers opposing the Star Dragon scrolled.
The Archers then put 4 wounds on the other Leadbelchers.
(note the Flamespyre is facing to the right but the model is facing left because of the tower and the Frostheart is beside the house not on top of it)
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 2:
A last minute adjustment of the Small Princes unfortunately brought them within average charge range of the Ironguts which I had been trying to avoid. Therefore the Ironguts charged the Small Princes who fled to prevent the Ironguts from appearing behind my flank shortly. The Gnoblars then charged the flank of the Reavers. The center again advanced forwards.
Magic was 5-5 and Toothcracker on the Bulls was dispelled while Bullgorger failed to cast the boosted version.
The Leadbelchers shot the Star Dragon but didn't harm it, the other Leadbelchers killed 4 more Archers, and the Hunter harpooned the Prince but his ward save protected him. Another direct hit from the stone thrower wounded the Flamespyre once.
In combat the Gnoblars take one casualty without causing any and the Reavers reformed to face them.
High Elves Turn 2:
I'm now in an extremely annoying situation that I didn't expect. The one possible bad result of the Reaver positioning had happened as they were now covering the Mournfang from my charges. The Dragon Princes, Frostheart, and Star Dragon could not all fit in with their charges. Worse, I couldn't get both the Frostheart and Star Dragon into the Mournfang. I therefore decided to charge the Star Dragon into the Mournfang and the Frostheart into the Leadbelchers. The Dragon Princes reformed and headed towards the center to flank the Bulls while the Archers and Spearmen shuffled backwards to be out of average charge range for the Bulls. The Flamespyre flew over the Bulls wounding them twice and took up position behind them.
Magic was 9-6 and Miasma miscast on the Bulls dropping their movement by 2, but killing 5 Archers.
The Archers then killed the wounded Leadbelcher.
The Frostheart disappointingly only wounded the Leadbelchers twice, then disastrously took two wounds. The Reavers then killed 6 Gnoblars without taking damage and ran the Gnoblars down and into the Mournfang fight. The Star Dragon and Reavers then killed 2 Mournfang and wounded another one once and took no damage in return. The Mournfang broke and the Star Dragon reformed to face the Leadbelchers to rescue the beleaguered Frostheart instead of chasing them. I then made a rules mistake in not having the Reavers pursue the Mournfang. Casualties had taken the Mournfang out of base to base with the Reavers and I thought that they then could not pursue the retreating Mournfang, though reading the rules again I believe they should have been able to.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 3:
The Hunter charged the flank of the Frostheart Phoenix skirting around the Reavers. The Bulls failed their charge on the Spearmen and shuffled forwards. The Ironguts turned towards the center and the Thundertusk turned to face the Flamespyre. The Mournfang survivors rallied.
Magic was 7-5 and a 3-dice casting of Toothcracker made it through the 5-dice dispel attempt to boost the Bulls and a bubble version of Bullgorger was scrolled.
The Flamespyre then took 3 wounds from the Thunderhorn harpoon and 5 Archers were killed by the Leadbelchers.
The Frostheart then wounded the Leadbelchers 3 times and took none in return.
High Elves Turn 3:
The Spearmen and Dragon Princes tried to execute their trap. The Dragon Princes hit the Bulls in the flank but the Spearmen rolled double-1s and stayed put. The Star Dragon charged the Leadbelchers. The Small Princes moved forwards to get back into the game. I had been waffling on whether or not the charge the injured Flamespyre into combat, and after I decided against it I promptly forgot to move him at all, leaving a flank open to the Thundertusk.
Magic was 6-5 and Miasma went on the Bulls for WS.
The heavily damaged Archers only wounded the Leadbelchers once.
The Frostheart and Star Dragon then wounded the Leadbelchers 8 times taking no damage in return. The Hunter and Belchers both fled with the Star Dragon running down the Leadbelchers and the Frostheart failing to catch the Hunter. The Dragon Princes wound the Bulls 5 times and take no damage in return but the Bulls hold and reform to face the cavalry.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 4:
The Thundertusk charges the Flamespyre and the Ironguts fail towards the Star Dragon. The Leadbelchers fail their charge on the Archers while the Mournfang charge the Dragon in the rear.
Magic is 7-3 that has Bullgorger go onto the Bulls and the bubble Toothcracker cast.
The heroic Flamespyre than manages to wound the Stonehorn twice after being invigorated by the Winds of Magic previously and then miraculously doesn't take any damage! The Mournfang then hit the Prince for two wounds while the Star Dragon wounds them 4 times, however, they hold and the Star Dragon turns to face them. The Dragon Princes then wound the Bulls 3 times taking 2 wounds for a tie combat.
High Elves Turn 4:
The Frostheart charged the Hunter and the Spearmen charge the flank of the Bulls.
Magic put Miasma on the Bulls dropping their WS by 2.
The Archers put one more wound on the Leadbelchers.
Combat saw the Spearmen and Dragon Princes wound the toughened Ogres only 4 times, with 3 Spearmen dying and 2 Dragon Princes dying. The Ogres held in combat due to the BSB reroll.
The Star Dragon then barely killed the Mournfang after some bad rolls and the Frostheart wounded the Hunter 3 times taking 1 in return, but running the Hunter down. The Thundertusk then killed the Flamespyre.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 5:
The Leadbelchers charged the Archers and the Ironguts charged the Star Dragon.
Magic was 6-4 that put Bullgorger on the Ironguts but Toothcracker was dispelled on the Bulls.
The Stonethrower made 3-for-3 and got a direct hit on the Frostheart, but failed to hurt it.
The Archers wounded the Leadbelchers once but were wiped out in return along with the Mage.
The Star Dragon then challenged the Bruiser who was forced to accept. The Star Dragon took one wound but killed the Bruiser.
With the Bulls one Spearmen died and 2 Dragon Princes but the Bulls took 7 wounds and broke from combat. The Dragon Princes not only failed to catch them but also unfortunately the pursuit took them right into the Ironguts!
High Elves Turn 5:
The Small Princes continued to move up to try to get into the fight and the Spearmen turned to face the Leadbelchers. The Frostheart moved to cover the Star Dragon from the Thundertusk and the Reavers moved behind the Thundertusk.
Combat saw the Dragon Princes killed by the Ironguts and the Star Dragon take 3 wounds. 8 wounds were done to the Ironguts, but they held in combat.
Ogre Kingdoms Turn 6:
The Thundertusk charged the Frostheart and the Bulls failed to rally but stayed on the board.
The Leadbelchers tried and failed to kill any of the Small Princes.
The single Irongut on the flank then killed the BSB but the Ironguts were wiped out after losing combat and being caught in the pursuit. The Thundertusk took 2 more wounds but killed the Frostheart.
High Elves Turn 6:
The Reavers ran the Bulls off the board and the Spearmen charged the Leadbelchers killing them at the cost of 4 elves. The Star Dragon was blocking the Small Princes from charging the Thundertusk as they would have liked.
High Elf Victory!
Thoughts:
This game was tougher than I had initially expected, I thought with the Thundertusk not supporting the Mournfang and the Ironguts so far out of position it would be easier to win. My mistake with the positioning of the small Princes moving them slightly too close meant that they never got into the fight and only occupied the Ironguts for 2 turns instead of what could have been more. The Reavers and the Gnoblars were also crucial to the game in a way I hadn't expected at all. Any result of that combat would have been better than the one that occurred. Had the Reavers been forced to flee and gotten caught that would leave the Gnoblars exposed and my fliers could just move over them and the Dragon Princes could charge them and overrun into the Mournfang like the Reavers later did. Or if the Reavers had forced the Gnoblars to run then they would have been out of the way. Instead they blocked up my charges. In hindsight the charges I did were not the right ones to do. The Star Dragon was correct in the Mournfang charge but the Dragon Princes should have hit the Leadbelchers instead of the Frostheart, which I believe would have fit. This would have forced the Leadbelchers to flee and the Star Dragon could have chased down the Mournfang. I was motivated against that by the Hunter's harpoon concerning me for the Frostheart especially with his Big Name. The Frostheart could have moved to the center or moved to counter the Hunter in some other way. I also shouldn't have forgotten to move the Flamespyre and I'm really not sure how I did, but I didn't notice it until the shooting phase. The Thundertusk is also remarkably powerful, particularly with the Ironguts as it made my Star Dragon attack at the same time as the Ironguts and removed the rerolls from my Prince. The Ogre magic was also much better than it should have been, but this was partially because my opponent's casting rolls were extremely good, never rolling below a 9 or 10 to cast a spell whether using 2 dice or 3. My strategy this game broke down due to the Reaver positioning and my error in charge choices and that turned it into a swirling melee that very nearly cost me the game.
We had a bit of time left over before the store closed, so we decided to fight out a 1500 point game which I will post next!