(Note: I was expecting Bretonianns, hence the Rune of Fire on my Lord🙂

VS HIGH ELVES:

List:

Lords:

Dwarf Lord Thrundorin:
Shield Bearers
GW with MRoKragg the Grim, RoMight, RoFire
GA with RoResistance, RoStone
Talisman with MRoSpite

Josef Bugman:

Thane Egrri Proudarm:
BSB: MRoGromril, RoResistance

Runesmith Alrick:
MRoBalance, Ro Spellbreaking
Shield
Great Weapon

Core:

Bugmans Rangers:
14 Longbeards
Great Weapons
Shields
Throwing Axes
Full Command

Eidriks Rangers:
10 Quarrellers
Great Weapons
Shields
Full command

Egrri's Hammerers:
13 Hammerers
Shields
Full Command
(Runesmith and BSB went here)

Thrundorins Hearthguard:
18 Ironbreakers
Full Command

Brundriks Fury:
Cannon; RoForging

Brundriks Rage:
Organ Gun;

Egrinns's Sharpshooters:
10 Quarrellers
Great Weapons
Shields
Musician

High Elf forces:

Prince on a Gryphon

Mage: Lvl 2 Wizard

Great Eagle

2 x Bolt Throwers

Lion Chariot

8 x Dragon Princes

15 Seaguard

10 Archers

Deployment:

Elves set up with a strong centre, with the chariot, dragon princes, unit of seaguard with mage here.
Seagurad and archers were to the left as I looked at it
Warmachines and flyers to the right

I set up with a compact battle line, to the right flank of the board, taking his archers and one unit of seaguard out of the game for first few turns

I had the Ironbreakers and Lord in the middle of my lines as the anchor point
The Hammerers were to their left. This put the hammerers in front of the main river crossing. (There was a river running along the middle of the table, but plenty of crossing points.)

The war machines were tucked in to the right of my Ironbreakers

The Quarrellers guarded the rght flank, ready to charge anything coming that way in the sides with great weapons

Bugman, his rangers, and the Quarreller Rangers deployed as a screen between my forces and the opposing warmachines.

(Can be seen more clearly if you look at the pics from turns one and two.)

Turn 1:

Elves:

Elves realise they have been flanked. Sea guard on my far left march towards the nearest river crossing. Archers walk forward behind them. Dragon Princes surge over the bridge, closely followed by the lion chariot.

The central unit of seaguard use their musician to do a quick reform and march staright for Bugmans flank (the quarrellers were to bugmans right)

The flyers ignore the threat of the rangers and move to support the crossing at the bridge.

The elf magic phase was shut out completely by the Runesmith

The elven shooting was quiet, the archers firing on the hammerers having moved, achieving absolutely nothing. The seaguard units had both marched. The bolt thrower fired at the quarrellers killing three.

Dwarves:

No movement on the main battle line. Bugmans unit ignores the flyers now tohis rear, and the sseagard and marches towards the warmachines on the hill, reaching the river bank.

Both Units of crossbows return fire on the elven bolt throwers, the 17 shots killing one of them. (Weird to see it work like this now, crew as counters but it worked fine)

The Organ Gun fired on the Dragon Princes, letting off two shots however failed to kill anyone (1 wound, saved)

The Cannon though had more luck, blasting the elf prince from his saddle killing him outright. The gryphon, whilst unharmed sat down to guard its fallen master.

Turn 2

Elves

Slightly phased by the loss of their prince, the elves charged.

The Eagle flew straight into combat with the organ gun

The Dragon Princes Charged the Ironbreakers

The Lion Chariot crashed into the Hammerers

The Seaguard to the left crossed the river, and the Archers Marched to the river bank to hit short range for next turn. The Seaguard moved toward bugman.

Again a quiet magic phase, however not a total lock out this time. The Elf Mage managing to inflict one casualty on bugmans rangers.

More painful shooting phase though, with the mages seaguard and the remaining bolt thrower wiping out the remaining 7 quarreller rangers.

Hand to Hand started ok for the elves, managing to kill 6 hammerers in total, however the chariot was reduced to one wound in retaliation, though the hammerers still lost combat. They held however so that was fine.

After that it started to go downhill. Despite the charge the lances of the dragon princes only managed to bring down three ironbreakers, and lost two of their own number in return, resulting in a drawn combat.

Was worse for the elves in the combat with the organ gun crew, the eagle achieving nothing, and taking a wound for its trouble. Another drawn combat.

Dwarves:

Bugman rounded on the seaguard for the loss of the supporting rangers, with a quick reform, and normal move towards them. As the first unit to cross the river without a crossing point, Bugmans rangers rolled for the terrain effect of the river, scoring river of blood. Whilst in the river, and for one turn after marching out, Bugmans rangers would cause fear!

The Quarrellers carried out a quick reform, and marched towards the flank of the great eagle in combat with the organ gun ready to charge next turn. 10 great axe wielding dwarves should sort that out.

The rest of the battle line was in combat, so that was the end of my movement.

In the shooting phase, bugmans men unleashed a volley of throwing axes at the hapless seaguard killing two, and the cannon blew the remaining elf bolt thrower to pieces for its part in the loss of the quarrellers.

Combat was a predominently dwarven affair again. The worst part was the organ gun vs. great eagle. Not only did the gun crew fail to finish off the bird, it managed to kill one of them!

Besides that though, it was all good. The lion chariot only managing to kill another two hammerers before the BSB put his hammer through the remaining lions skull.

The combat between Ironbreakers and Dragon Princes was even more one sided. The Dragon Princes scored three wounds on the dwarves, all of which were saved. The dwarves scored four on the Dragon Princes, none of which were saved. (Triple 1 and a 2 on their save!) The Dragon princes fled, losing another of their number as they broke from combat, and though the Ironbreakers weren't quick enough to run down the Champion, he didn't have the men left to rally and would be off the board or dead before the next four turns were out.

Turn 3:

Elves:

The Elf Mage was now in charge, and leading a force of purely core troops. He decided that he would stand back and blast away at the dwarves. Someone in the elf school of battle clearly hadn't told him that fire fights were not a good idea against the dwarves but he wanted to try anyway, so all units held still to fire.

The magic phase though ended the game. Casting some kind of firy spell at Bugmans men, he managed to score two casualties, however frustrated at the Runsmith shutting him out, he had thrown all 7 power dice at this spell, and up came Iressistable force. 3 Longbeards fell, burnt to a crisp before the cascading energies exploading around the elf mage ripping him to shreads and blowing up 80% of his unit.

When the smoke cleared all that reamained in front of the Dwarves were 4 seaguard. The rest of the elf middle and the flank to my right had gone.

Elf Player Concedes