Cisharp

Yesterday saw the first mission of our "A Corner of Mantica" campaign. And it was a glorious battle with a suprising outcome! Captain Erundas and his men faced the Vanguard of Biggit Crunchem for the first time, and it was a battle to be remembered! Let me repost the prequel to the first mission from the campaign which you can find here to get you up to speed: Vanguard Game 1: Supply Grab (Vanguard Scenario 1) Erundas and his Vanguard have landed and scatter to begin to scout the area. As luck would have it, Biggit Crunchem’s troops are currently roaming the lands in search for valuables the elves might have hidden. By chance 2 small detachments crash together just as the Goblins have finally found some valuables to loot! Biggit Crunchems guts WERE right! Indeed those tricky elves had hidden some of their belongings! And now they even had the audacity to try to defend their belongings! On the elven side Erundas is surprised to make contact with the Goblins

The first mission will be the first mission in the Vanguard rule-book: "Supply Grab" In this scenario, we score at the end of the game for 3 objectives. Because we only score in the end of the game, scouts are not that important. And because I am sure my elf-opponent will again bring his "Archers of Death" I will not bring my Grunt Spitters.  My estimation is that I will be heads on with my opponent battling it out for those 3 crucial points, where not much maneuvering will be done and sheer Battlepower will be key. I also estimate he will only have around 6-8 models because the elven models are quite expensive. Therefore I decided upon the following list:  Vanguard for: First Mission Supply Grab Biggit + Hvy Wpn + Rare Mount 48 Troll 34 Wiz + Lucky Charm 30 Luggit 10  Luggit 10  Luggit 10 Luggit+Mount 15 Luggit+Mount 15 Rabble+Spear  9 Maw-beast 19 ----------------------------------- 200 The idea is to have

After our prequel battle, I finalized my company roster and supply wagon for the campaign. I tried to keep flexible and also to have a bit of backup in case some of my units get wounded.  The final list I decided upon was: 1 Biggit 2 Trolls 2 Wiz 6 Luggits 5 Spitter 4 Rabble 1 Banggit 2 Mawbeasts -------- 1x Rabble Spear 3x Potion of Haste 1x Battle Potion 1x Rare Mount (Biggit) 1x Heavy Weapon (Biggit) 1x Blade of Slashing (Troll) 1x Lucky Charm (Wiz) 1x Rare Healing Herbs (Wiz) 2x Common Mount (Luggits) 1x Long Bow (Bangit) The second troll and the wiz are both backup in case my main ones get maimed. I thought hard if I should get a third mawbeast, but fielding 3 mawbeats in one mission would limit my other choices too much anyway, so I went with only 2. Plus, I am not yet sure if they are really useful. I am right now more leaning towards using Luggits on Common Mounts. They are only 15 points in comparison to 19 points and do not use a "support"

It is finaly time to play my campaign! My opponent is a teacher and now has some more spare time in summer. We agreed to play the campaign, me of course leading the goblins. (Actually I also would have enjoyed the elves, but he is an Elf fan). We agreed to make one test match prior to starting the campaign in order to get a feel what troops we should get for our campaign roster. I clashed with him two times before and to my suprise he beat me both times. One fight was Undead (me) vs. Forces of Nature (him), I think. The second game I do not remember, but I know he played elves again. So this time I was determined to play better! We met yesterday after I had prepared my standard goblin list that I use against the abyssals. He played more or less with the same list like last time when he faced my undead (which he crushed). My list (old goblin rules!): * 4 Spitters * 4 Luggit * 1 Troll with Rare Blade of Slashing * 1 Wiz with Lucky Charm and healing bandages * 1 Biggit with