The Sacred Mole of Ukkert

Following on from thoughts myself and Just John had about using Dragon Rampant for skirmish we decided to organize a game. Rather than full skirmish we decided on the heroic approach. A small band of dwarf heroes (with each model representing 6 strength points) vs an entire Orc raiding warband. Heroic stuff in the Fantasy Age!

King Thorgrimm Ranulfsson has lead a mission to investigate a hold not hear from in recent months. upon arrival they find their dwarfen kin slaughtered and the hold ransacked and occupied by greenskins. Thorgrimm leads his small band of dwarfs in to the hold to recover heirlooms they know will still be sealed in the secret vault. They fight their way in and out, killing anything in their way, and bring out the lost treasure to take home. As they gain the surface they see a large orc warband arrayed before them. Obviously some sneaky goblin went for help! Shouldering their weapons they prepare to fight their way out!

This was a 30pt game with only 24pts allowed to be spent on units. The remaining 6pts had to be upgrades.

 The Dwarven heroes venture in to the mine.

Dragon Rampant Dwarfs vs Orcs

Me and JustJohn managed to get another game of Dragon Rampant in this weekend. We had slightly different army lists this time. I had a greater warbeast (Ancient Bron...See previous post) and he had a giant (Bellicose Foot). It was another fun game of Dragon Rampant with us both still learning the rules a bit (and forgetting to do stuff!).

Our lists were:

Dwarfs

Elite Foot - Hammerers with leader

Heavy Foot - Dwarf Warriors

Heavy Foot - Dwarf Warriors

Greater Warbeast - Ancient Bron

Scouts - Dwarf Rangers

Scouts - Dwarf Rangers

Orcs

Heavy Foot with Offensive - Orc Leader and 2 Bodyguards

Bellicose Foot - Giant

Bellicose Foot with Shiny Armour - Orcs with 2h weapons

Light Foot with Mixed weapons - Orcs with spears and bows

Light Foot - Orcs with spear and shield.

We rolled for scenarios and got The Ringbearer. We completely forgot to name quests, which has quite an effect later on!

The Orcs had recently come across two small fellows sneaking through their lands on foot. These annoying hairy footed chaps had been quickly stuffed in a pot and boiled up with something nice. On their person the Orc leader found a lovely shiny ring, which he quickly stuffed in its pocket.

Having heard of the news of their death King Thorgrimm wakes Ancient Bron and sets off to avenge their rather short unbearded friends (and get his hands on a magic shiny gold ring in the process! ). The Dwarfs are attacking and Orcs defending.

The location of the ring written down for safekeeping. What has it got in its pocketses?

Dragon Rampant Game 2 Dwarfs vs Elves

This was another introductory game of Dragon Rampant. This time introducing Panzermonkey and his Elves to the rules. Yet again we decided to ignore the movement penalty for terrain and to treat the stream as open as it kind of dominated the centre of the table!

The dwarfs were the same as the last game
Elite foot with leader - lord with Hammerers
HeavyFoot - Dwarf warriors
Heavy Foot - Dwarf warriors
Bellicose Foot - Troll Slayers
Heavy Missiles - Dwarf Crossbows
Scouts - Dwarf Rangers

The Elves were different to reflect their nature and Panzermonkeys models!
Elite Riders with leader - Lord with Silver Helms
Elite Foot - Elven White Lions
Light Foot - Elf spearmen
Light Foot - Elf spearmen
Light Missiles - Elf archers
Scouts - Elven Shadow Warriors

Both Warbands came to 24 points.

The scenario was the standard kill all your opponents models just for simplicity.

The Elf Cavalry are so fast they are a blur!

The Dwarf Lord and his bodyguard look on unimpressed

The two battle lines draw up againt one another

The Dwarfs (attacking) decide to stand and grumble a bit as they fail their first activation of the game

The Elves surge forwards while the dwarfs stumble along

The Dwarf Rangers make the bridge first and fire upon the Shadow Warriors killing 1

The Dwarf battle line makes it to the river

The Elf archers move forwards to fire on the Dwarf warriors

The Scouts hold the vital bridge crossing point (well not really with our terrain rules!)

The Lord and Silver Helms wild charge into the dwarf warriors 

Its a bloody combat typical of Dragon Rampant (you remove models quickly once combat joined 1)

The Dwarfs are pushed back across the river

And then fired upon by the Elf archers forcing them to retreat further (and also meaning they no longer block a charge on the crossbows)

The Silver Helms charge the crossbows battering them

The Stoic warriors charge the cavalry but get counter charged in return

The casualties are enough to rout them off the table

Elf spearmen move on to the bridge to engage the scouts but move too close and are charge by the Dwarf Lord and Hammerers

Who see them off and batter them. They then rout in their following activation

The Troll slayers charge the Elf spearmen and batter them. In return they are charged by the White Lions and routed

The Dwarf Lord then manages to charge the Shadow Warriors, wiping them out.

A bad dice roll sees the Elf cavalry fail to charge the crossbows before they retreat into the ruins. The crossbows get a round of shooting at them and then the depleted Silver Helms charge the crossbows in rough terrain.

And are wiped out.

The Elf archers fail to activate and are caught by the Dwarf Lord. They rout from the field.

We called the game there as the Dwarfs had three units remaining (Lord and Hammerers, Dwarf Warriors and crossbows) while the elves only had a half strength unit of White Lions. I may have to stop going overboard with scenery. It really hampered the cavalry in this game, or would have done if the river had been rough terrain too!