Friday, 6 July 2012

WHFB Daemons of Chaos vs High Elves 2500p


The Daemons of Chaos enters grassy fields of Ulthuan. To the west a Daemon Prince, a unit of Bloodletters. In centre two units of Daemonettes and a unit of Pink Horrors. The eastern flank consists of a unit of Daemonettes on Seekers, a unit of Bloodletters and a large unit of Bloodthirsters (on Juggernaut) with a Herald of Khorne.


The High Elves deploy one eagle on the fare side of each flank, followed by two units of Dragon Princes, two units of Spearmen and in centre, a small unit of archers, and a unit of Phoenix Guard and a large unit of White Lions. The Archmage joining the Phoenix Guard and a Mage joining the Archers.

Both army’s advances, the High Elves sending the Eagles forward to intercept. Magic has little effect the first couple of rounds, and since there is almost no shooting, the battle will be decided in hand to hand fighting.

On the east flank the Bloodthirsters kills of the Eagle. To the west flank the Eagle Manages to redirect a unit into centre in front of the Daemon battle line, slowing the advance of both the Bloodletters and Pink Horrors. The Dragon Princes charge them in the flank bugging the unit down.  The White Lions starts to grind down a large unit of Daemonettes, and a unit of High Elf Spearmen take the onslaught from the Seekers.  Slowly the High Elf units in centre grind down their foe, but the real threat to the Elven battle line has not yet reached battle.


To the fare left the Daemon Prince move around a building deep into the Elf deployment zone backed up by a unit of Bloodletters. Facing them a unit of High Elf Spearmen.  In the Magic Face the High Elf mage gives the unit a 5+ Ward Save, and the Archmage gives the same unit S 8. With Always strikes first S 8 Elves fighting in 4 Ranks kills the Daemon Prince before he could strike, and the unit regroups into centre to intercept the Pink Horrors.

To the east the Bloodthirsters cut down a unit of Dragon princes, and reforms to face the Elf flank. At the same time both the High Elf Spearmen to the east and the White Lions cut down the Seekers and Daemonettes, turning to face them. Again the Mage grants them 5+ Ward Save on the Spearmen, and the Archmage again give them S 8. During close combat the High Elves kills all of the centre part of the Chaos Daemon army. The fare west Bloodletters pursues the last Eagle and goes of the board, not able to engage in battle during the rest of the game. To the east the High Elf Noble issues a challenge that the Dark Lord welcomes. The Spearmen and White Lions cut down the Bloodthirsters.
However, the Noble gets cut down by the Herald, and the Dark Lord in return getting killed by combat resolution.


Ulthuan is safe once again, and The Daemons of Chaos suffers a solid defeat.

4 comments:

  1. Chaos Daemons will rise from the ashes after the defeat and will mobilize to another game.
    Very nice game and the battle rapport with picture is a great summery of the game.

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  2. Looks like Daeamons had a hard time. Better luck next time.
    Anyway seemed to be a nice and enjoyable game.

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  3. Good battle rapport and nice picture! Sounds like a fun game:)

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  4. A very fun game! Once Dag gets his priorityes "in order" this army will be very hard to deal with! Very fast and they dont break from battle easy! On the other hand, 30 X S 8 with 5+ Ward fighting in 4 ranks is almost to bad... If it had not been for the Lore of High Magic and Lore of Shadow (a powerfull combination) this game could have had a very different ending. Looking forward to see you all on the battle field soon :)

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