I report a multiplayer game we had yesterday evening. A really close game that could have ended in either sides' victory depending on who Lady Luck favoured.

Dwarf Reinforcements of Karak Norn

Clutch Norris, Runesmith, shield, GW, RoStone, RoSpellbreaking 106
Bruce PsychoEyed BSB, Oathstone, MRoGromril, RoCleaving 155

19 Warriors, shields, std, mus 186
19 LB, shields, std, mus, RoBattle, RoDeterm288
10 Quarrelers, shields 120

20 IB, std, mus, RoAncestor 288
6 Miners, mus 71
2BTs, engs with BoP, RoPenetrating 155

Goblin Hewer 130

Wood Elf Cohort of the South Waystones

General: Tremman Ancient, Radiants, Shrikes 375
Wardancer noble, blades of Loec 140

10 GG, mus 126
5 GR, mus 129
2x8 dryads, 1 nymph 204

9 Wardancers, bladesinger, mus 183
6 Wild Riders, std, mus, Faoghir 224

5 Foresters 120

=3000 pts
2 power dice
5 dispel dice, scroll
Unit strength: 156

Ork Warband

Boss, Boar giving impact hits, best basha
Ork shaman, 1 Ld bound spell
Goblin shaman, steal power dice for dispel dice

2x25 Boys with shields, FC
10 Boar boys, FC
10 spiders, shortbows
10 wolf riders, shortbows
2x Boar chariot

Kislev army

Boris and his teddy bear
Warrior Priest

Kislevites, Mark of Ursus, FC
16 handgunenrs
10 Kislev cavalry, FC
6 Outriders
Hellblaster

Deployment was performed as usual. Most of the cheapest units of the Orks were dropped first, and the heavy cavalry last, which forced me to put the BSB of the Dwarves with the Ironbreakers, leaving the Longbeards with 19 models. They won the roll for placing terrain, deploying and first turn.

Turn 1-4, left flank

Turn 1

The bolt thrower takes out the leftmost chariot, and spends his next 4 shots at the last chariot, failing to hit twice, then hitting and failing to wound, before finally turning it into splinters. The Glade Riders and engineer shot several times against the spider riders, who eventually panicked off the table. The Orks surged forward, surprising the Glade Riders by wheeling with the Waaaagh! and charging them; the Glade Riders fled off the table, exposing the Orks flank to the Wild Riders by the forest. The Quarrelers, under the cover of the trees, shot the Boar Riders and the Orks, whichever one was in sight, without much effect. The Treeman tried all game to cast his bound spells to advance the Quarrelers in the forest in range of the handgunners, but Treesinging was always dispelled. The Dryads served as a meatshield for the Boar Riders charge, but surprisingly managed to hold, allowing the Treeman and Warriors to counter-charge. The Ork player avoided this by a keen charge in the Warriors flank with the right chariot, and then fleeing. Hatred forced me to pursue, taking the Warriors alone in the middle of the board. The chariot fled through the right Orks, causing 6 hits, and just as many wounds. With the Warriors taken out of the game for several turns, the Treeman got locked in combat, whiffing his attacks and holding thanks to his stubbornness.

Turn 2

Turn 1-4, Centre

The Longbeards marched forward under the fire of the handgunners and the sneaky magical attacks of the shamans. By the time they met the Orks, they were down to a single rank. After several turns of combat, the orks finally fled, and the Longbeards, forced to pursue, found themselves in the cross-fire of the handgunners, hellblaster and Outriders. The Goblin-hewer skewered 8 orks on the first turn, then 3 handgunners, and 5 Kislevite horsemen in the next 3 turns. The miners showed up early, approaching the handgunners from behind, taking 2 casualties on the stand and shoot, and eventually breaking and running off the board. The foresters were forgotten on the first turn, then fled from the ork block, before being overrun by the Kislevite heavy cavalry.

Turn 3

Turn 1-4, Right flank

The BSB had joined the Ironbreakers (IB) in the hope to hold the charge of the Kislevite cavalry. They marched forward, followed by the dryads on their left. The bolt thrower missed the Kislevites, and the Glade guard pin cushioned two wolf riders after stepping backwards. The Outriders reached the middle of the board, along with the heavy cavalry and the infantry following behind. The Hellblaster had no targets, and the Warrior priest granted Boris some rerolls to hit and wound.

Boris eventually charged the IB. The fight didnt start well for the Dawi. A horse trampled an ironbreaker, the bear and the Kislevites killed a handful of IB, and Boris wounded the BSB. The BSB was only in contact with Boris, so i chose to target the rider rather than the mount. Three hits meant Boris would also strike with three additional attacks. I took a wound from Boris, who then took the BSBs last wound. The IB lost by some 5 or 6, but even without the BSB, managed to hold their ground. The dryads then charged the cavalrys flank. We argued whether to kill boris or the bear, and finally went for Boris; a risky action that could either save us or cost us the game. 8 attacks became 3 wounds, all saved on a 4+ armor save. Boris strikes back with some 10 attacks, wipping out the dryads by himself! The IB again roll poorly on their armor save, losing some 4-5 models. They flee and get caught.

Meanwhile, the Glade Guard are turned to bloody shreds by the Outriders, and the wolf riders lock the bolt thrower in combat for just about the whole game. The Kislev infantrymen wheel around seeking a target. The Hellblaster shoots the Longbeards and Warriors for 2-3 turns, reducing them to a handful.

Turn 4

Turn 5-6

At this point in the game, things didnt look good for us. Lady Luck, who seemed to have abandoned us up till now, finally pitied us and gave us some occasions to grasp some victory points. The Quarellers, after an unefficient volley upon a wandering shaman, finally hit him with several hits, enough to send his stinky soul back to whatever greenhell it came from. The Wardancers, who had wandered between the lines seeking an opportunity to strike, got tempted to charge the Kislev cavalry which had overrun the foresters, but with only 5 of them in range, it was pretty unlikely that they would accomplish anything useful. I would have chosen the killing blow dance to get rid of Boris, but my partner disagreed, and considering the dryads poor attempt earlier, he took the +1 attack dance. Result, no more than 1 horseman fell, and the WD were almost wiped out in return, and easily overran. However, it did provide some easy shots for the Goblin Hewer.

Turn 5

The Treeman finally breaks the lonely hero left of the Boar boyz through fear; the hero rallies beside the wild Riders who broke and caught the Orks. He charges the Wild Riders in the flank, hoping to catch their banner and deny us the Orks banner. He rolls poorly and flees, bringing the Wild Riders in the flank of the handgunners, who get overrun as well. The runesmith leaves his unit to charge a lone shaman, who flees and doesnt rally, fleeing off the board. The RS then gets some 26 shots from the Hellblaster... The Warriors finally reach the Kislevite infantrymen, but down to a rank and no character to support, they cannot hold against the tough infantry (2 attacks S5, and a Warrior Priest with great weapon), flee and the Kislevites claim their banner. The goblin hewer goes for a flank shot on the Kislevites; an average series of roll would have cost them some 6-7 models: only one is killed...

Turn 6

Both generals remain alive, the Orks are all destroyed, Kislev has only lost some 300 points, and both Woodies and Dawi have lost approximately 1100 pts. Both teams have a table quarter, and they have one more banner than us. Hence they have a 426 points advantage: a draw. 25 points more would have been a minor victory.