[FONT=Verdana]Weekend past attended a one-day event "The Little Scrap". The event was 5 games, 1500 points and had 44 players finish. The list I took included:
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[/FONT]Thane, Shield, GW, RoStone, MRoChallenge, RoFurnace
[FONT=Verdana]Thane, BSB, RoFury, RoCleaving, MRoGromril, RoFurnace
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]15 Dwarf Warriors, Shields, Mus, Std
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]22 Longbeards, Shields, FC, RoStoicism, RoBattle
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]10 Quarrelers, Shields
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]15 Hammerers, Shields, FC. RoCourage
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]8 Miners
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Bolt-Thrower, Eng, BoP, RoPenetrating
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Bolt-Thrower, Eng, RoBurning
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Organ Gun
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[/FONT]There was also a special rule referred to as the "coffee dice". Once in the tournament you could call for the coffee and to re-roll a single D6 or force your opponent to re-roll a single D6, the only condition being you could not re-roll a re-roll.
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[/FONT]Game 1 Steel Chaos
[FONT=Verdana]Initially I was drawn against a Wood Elf army on a table with no woods at all but after introductions they announced an error and so I then found myself facing off against:
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[/FONT]Todd Wallace Warriors of Chaos
[FONT=Verdana]Level 2 Nurgle Sorceror (buboes, quagmire)
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Mounted Level 2 Tzeentch Sorceror (flickering fire, make a champion)
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Mounted BSB, scream and other stuff
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]10 Slaanesh Warriors, halberds
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]20 Slaanesh mauraders, FC, flails
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]5 dogs
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]5 slaanesh marauder horse, throwing axes
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Chariot
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]6 nurgle knights, standard of insane courage on doubles or 1s.
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[/FONT]This was the third tournament in a row where we had faced off against each other. Of course Todd made the mistake when we first arrived of stating that we might actually avoid each other today.
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[/FONT]Deployment
[FONT=Verdana]The table had some inconsequential forests to the right, a hill on the edge of both deployments, a hill to the right and a central building.
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[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Warriors with chariot behind, marauders (both sorcerors), knights (bsb), marauder cav, dogs
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Penetrating BT, hammerers (thane), organ, longbeards (BSB), quarrellers forward and on hill, warriors, burning BT out wide on hill.
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[FONT=Verdana][/FONT]Turn 1
[FONT=Verdana]Todd went first and surged forward with everything, the dogs and marauder cav going around the house. Flickering got two crossbows, dispelled quagmire and buboes failed to cast.
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[/FONT]I contently sat back for the moment and just shot. The penetrating BT got 3 knights as Todd had got his angle wrong and just given me their flank, the burning BT similarly got 3 marauder cav. The crossbows also tried there luck against the knights to no effect.
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[/FONT]Turn 2
[FONT=Verdana]The chaos forces again came forward keeping the chariot screened and moving the knights up to come through the soft flank with light cav moving to do the usual harass. The dogs moved to stand on the hill in front of the burning BT. I let flickering go to save dice for quagmire but 7 str 7 hits later and the organ gun had vanished. Quagmire then went off with IF against the longbeards and saw 16 plus the BSB fail their I test, the champion deftly jumped to the side. Of those 16, 8 drowned and the BSB demonstrated to everyone's amazement that he could swim very proficiently with the roll of a 1. Buboes then failed to cast leaving me with 4 DD (yay). The marauder cav then buried an axe in a warriors back.
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[/FONT]I was now most definitely afraid of the magic and doubting my decision to leave the RS at home. The blocks moved up to face the chaos forces and the warriors moved to take the knights away from my line. The burning BT shot a chew-toy to the dogs as they failed to wound, the penetrating BT failed to hit. Staring at the knights and not knowing what else to do the quarrellers loosed in their direction scoring two wounds and were most surprised when both of the mighty brutes fell from their saddle.
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My miner's usually get stuck somewhere obvious (like the top of a house) so i don't forget them

[FONT=Verdana][/FONT]Turn 3
[FONT=Verdana]The remaining knight and the BSB were determined to exact vengeance and charged the quarrellers who having done the best they were likely too ran in the opposite direction and escaped stranding the knights on the hill. The rest of the chaos forces had milled about waiting for the support of the knights which was now appeared to not be coming. The chariot however did move to prepare for a charge. Flickering saw a double 1, double 1 miscast but the puppet brought it back to a simple hit that failed to wound. Quagmire failed to cast and I dispelled buboes.
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[/FONT]The quarrellers rallied and the miners turned up on the flank of the warriors. The longbeards turned to put both the knights and marauders in their front arc and the thane skipped over to join them ready for some challenge action. The warriors moved up to ensure the knights would die if they fled and the hammerers moved to cover the longbeards flank. The flaming BT killed a dog and the penetrating BT missed.
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[/FONT]Turn 4
[FONT=Verdana]The knights were challenged in and they obliged content that their banner could keep them in the fight as long as they stayed alive (I had forgotten about the banner). The warriors and chariot both charged the hammerers. The marauders edged towards the warriors. Magic saw quagmire stopped and buboes had no targets of interest in LOS. Flickering may have claimed a few warriors. Combat and the knights made limited impact, as they BSB challenged the thane to a standstill, lost by heaps but with the BSB re‑roll held thanks to the banner. The warriors and chariot killed a bunch of hammerers but they held as they should.
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[/FONT]The miners charged the flank of the warriors. The warriors moved up to threaten the marauders if they thought of flanking. The quarrellers just sat down to have a nap as they would provide very little further part in the battle. The BTs had no targets except dogs which they failed to hit. Combat and the knights were again beaten but the gods abandoned them and they broke dying on the warriors but not before the longbeards chased them down to get both banners. The hammerers continued to die but drew combat as the miners killed a warrior.
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[/FONT]Turn 5
[FONT=Verdana]As the longbeards were free the marauders thought better of engaging the warriors and backed up a little. Magic again saw quagmire stopped although buboes snuck through to take a wound off the thane. Combat and the hammerers continued to hold although the miners broke.
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[/FONT]The miners rallied ready to move to take the back table quarter. The longbeards and warriors both moved up to face the marauders. The flaming BT killed a dog the other missed again. Combat and the final hammerers died.
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[/FONT]Turn 6
[FONT=Verdana]The chariot charged the penetrating BT but was found to be short. The marauders slid left so that the warriors would likely be out of charge range. Magic was ineffective as flickering fire killed a warrior, quagmire failed and I dispelled buboes.
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[/FONT]The longbeards and warriors charged the marauders although the warriors were short. They held due to being turn 6 and all. The miners marched towards the back quarter but it would be close if they made it. The flaming BT killed another dog to reduce them under US5 finally and the penetrating BT finally hit and removed the chariot. In combat the Tzeentch sorcerer challenged and the BSB stepped up to take a wound from him for none in return. The longbeards also killed two marauders for none back. This was sufficient to break the marauders who were then run down by the longbeards who pursued 10".
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[/FONT]In the end it was an 18-2 victory to the dwarves. As it was the miners had not made it far enough to claim the table quarter but the longbeards had. The longbeards alone at the end of the game had 3 banners, a table quarter and had run down the enemy general for 500 bonus VPs. Well done lads.
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Game 2 Furry Chaos
[FONT=Verdana]Liam Little Beasts of Chaos
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Beastmen Hero unsure of kit
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Level 2 Beastmen shaman (hunters spear, wolf hunts, magic movement spell item)
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Level 2 Beastmen shaman (bear's anger, crow's feast)
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]2 large beats herds
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]1 small beast herd
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]2 x 5 centigor, mus, std
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]3 ogres
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]2 chariots
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]2 spawn
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[/FONT]Liam is quite a young player and has been taking his beastmen to tournaments for about a year he had just smashed through an empire army.
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[/FONT]Deployment
[FONT=Verdana]Hills at the back of my DZ, back left of his and on the right flank, forests opposite my hill and on my far left and then a central house.
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Left to right
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Spawn, chariot, centigors in forest in front of small herd (hero), centigors, chariot, spawn, ogres both big herds ambushing with a shaman each.
F[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]laming BT in forest, longbeards (BSB), organ gun, hammerers (thane), pentrating BT, quarrellers, warriors.
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[FONT=Verdana][/FONT]Turn 1
[FONT=Verdana]I had first turn and took it content to just move the warriors into a better position to guard the flank. The penetrating BT dropped a chariot, the flaming BT missed and the quarrellers put two wounds on an ogre.
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[/FONT]The beastmen responded by running straight forward with everything except the hero's unit. No magic, shooting or combat brought it quickly back to me.
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[FONT=Verdana]My miners arrived and came on behind the organ gun and my two main units hoping that this will inhibit his ability to ambush and get magical charges off in the area. The hammerers and longbeards also move forward leaving the organ in the hands of the miners. Shooting sees the organ drop four centigors from the right unit, the burning BT miss, the quarrellers put another three wounds onto the ogres and the penetrating BT pop the other chariot.
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[/FONT]The last centigor who passed his panic test charges the organ, the unmolested centigors charge the longbeards and the ogres charged the warriors. Attempting to ambush behind the longbeards and support the centigors, both beast herds then roll 10 for their leadership test with the magic movement unit scattering to the middle of his own deployment and the other to the right flank. The hero can't keep his unit under control who want to come out and meet the dwarves. Magic was easily dispelled. Combat and my longbeards predictably ran off the centigors chasing to get the banner and the warriors send the ogres running. The lone centigor kills an organ crew member his mates fail to hit and then fail their re-rollable stubborn leadership test and are run down, with the centigor following into the miners. (I also made a mistake here as the organ gun itself was left on the table when it should have been removed).
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[/FONT]Turn 3
[FONT=Verdana]The warriors and longbeards both continue moving after the units they broke and the hammerers move to the right to the flanking beast herd. The penetrating BT crew having destroyed both chariots abandon their machine to move to the organ which shouldn't be there. In a great demonstration of shooting the quarrellers kill the right spawn whilst the burning BT kills the left. The miners lose one but can't kill the centigor and hold.
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[FONT=Verdana][/FONT]The ogre and the centigors both rally. Both big herds move slowly towards my lines whilst the little one returns to the woods. Magic and I stop anything important allowing the back unit to move. The centigor fighting the miners is finally put down.
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[/FONT]Turn 4
[FONT=Verdana]Warriors charge the ogre, longbeards charge the centigors and both hold. The hammerers continue towards the flanking beast herd. The miners start to march to my left to claim the table quarter. The BTs have no targets and the illegal organ kills 5 ungor from the flanking herd. Combat and the ogre is killed (these warriors are hitting hard) and the longbeards smash the remaining centigors.
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[/FONT]The flanking herd are rune of challenged in to the hammerers. The hero takes the opportunity to abandon the small herd and join the big herd that have backed away from the longbeards. The small herd then heads for the flank of the warriors. Magic is a non-event and combat sees the beasts beaten by the hammerers but they escape, although I do put a wound on the shaman.
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[/FONT]Turn 5-6
T[FONT=Verdana]he hammerers charge the herd to keep them running but they stay on the table and rally out of range. The longbeards move towards the hero's herd who continue to back off and the warriors just move to claim the table quarter breaking the small herd which charges their flank but the rallies in the last turn. Shooting does nothing for the rest of the game.
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[/FONT]End result was a 20-0 win to me. Liam struggled as my shooting neutralised anything that could hit hard and his units ambushed in pretty poor positions. Charging frontally into dwarf blocks had pretty predictable results. Upon review I was happy to work out that the organ had zero impact after it should have been destroyed and the result was so far out that the 30vp difference for it vs the BT at the end of the game would not have mattered.

Next up some Speedy Chaos and some Seductive Chaos...