Menoth vs. Cryx

I had another battle box game last night at the club.  It's been a while since I've played Warmachine, so it took a while to get back into the rhythm of the game.  We both have been playing WHFB for the last month or so and we both wanted to move all of our models and then shoot and then fight. We also had to keep reminding each other that pre-measuring was not cool.

Mike decided to try and see how his little devils would do on the flanks.  Against this I kept my 'jacks in a fairly small group in the centre of the field.  During the course of the game, we both learned that you have to be careful when putting your 'jacks out on the flank.  Warjacks don't do too much if you can't put focus on them.  It's also easy to over extend yourself.

Mike managed to do some minor damage on my Crusader before the big fella smashed the little devil (I don't know what they're called) to pieces in one turn.  His heavy then made a combo attack on my Revenger and toasted him when he rolled triple sixes for damage.  I could say that I sacrificed the 'jack for strategic reasons, but at best it was a murky plan in my head.  With the heavy occupied and the two little devils out on the flanks I popped my feat and then shot up the middle and behind him with my Repenter and set Denny on fire.  I will admit that I rolled well for damage and I almost toasted her that turn.  Then when the next turn started the fire got Denny for sure.

It was another learning experience.  My willingness to run up the middle and force the play left Mike's light 'jacks out of position and forced him to react.  I'm not usually that type of player, but I thought I'd take a sip of the page 5 Kool Aid.

If Canada Post can ever find my Choir of Menoth then I can start to play some bigger games.  Hopefully, the next report will be of one of those games.