Da Battle of Da Lost Toof (Part 1)

So, a Warhammer 8th edition battle report. How is such a thing even possible, you ask? Surely all of the required materials have been destroyed in the great apocalypse preceding the Age of Sigmar. Apparently not. We're still here, and we still have everything we need to play. Apart from our previously firm grasp of what we're doing, that is...

Tim and I decided to take some photos of the game as we went, so although I'm not going to go to the trouble of making maps to track the game, I figured I might as well present what happened as a report.

Neither of us had played a game of Warhammer in many months, and making the lists was a bit of a haphazard affair. I'm half convinced we should have just made the game larger so we didn't have to actually make decisions about what to put in our lists... Maybe next time.

Wood Elves - 3000 points

• Follarion the Fabulous - Glade Lord on Forest Dragon with Ogre Blade, Armour of Fortune, Shield, Starfire Shafts
• Lorielle the Wild - Spellsinger (Level 2, Lore of High Magic) on Unicorn with Talisman of Endurance
• Urian the Un-original - Glade Captain (BSB) with Hail of Doom Arrow, Gambler's Armour, Great Weapon, Starfire Shafts
• Astarielle the Afterthought - Spellsinger (Level 2, Lore of Dark Magic) with Opal Amulet
• Fran - Branchwraith
• 10 Glade Guard with Standard, Musician, Swiftshiver Shards
• 10 Glade Guard with Standard, Musician, Swiftshiver Shards
• 23 Dryads with Branch Nymph
• 39 Eternal Guard with Command, Standard of Discipline
• 6 Tree Kin
• 3 Warhawk Riders with Wind Rider
• 6 Wild Riders with Shields
• Darthur the Treeman

This was my army. The first time I've used Wood Elves under the 8th edition book. Kinda sad, hey? I pointedly ignored Trueflight Arrows because they're stupid. That was about the sum total of the coherent thought that went into the making of this list. Oh, and I wanted to use the Unicorn. So yeah, that's apparently how you make a 3000 point list. The rest is random decisions. I need to paint/update some of my other stuff so I can use more interesting things like Wardancers and Wildwood Rangers. Next time.

Orcs and Goblins - 3000 points

• Moregut Browbeater - Black Orc Warboss with Basha's Axe, Talisman of Preservation, Enchanted Shield
• Slygit Raggamuffin - Night Goblin Great Shaman (Level 4) with the Trickster's Shard
• Brorep the Muscular - Black Orc Big Boss with Battle Standard, Armour of Silvered Steel
• Nobrakes Nogginmasher - Savage Orc Big Boss on Boar with Gambler's Armour, Great Weapon
• 50 Night Goblins with Shields, Full Command, 3 Fanatics
• 49 Night Goblins with Shields, Full Command, 3 Fanatics
• 26 Savage Orcs with Full Command
• 10 Boar Boyz with Shields, Spears, Full Command
• 9 Savage Orc Boar Boyz with Spears, Shields, Full Command
• 24 Black Orcs with Full Command, Gleaming Pendant
• Mangler Squig
• Mangler Squig
• Arachnarok
• Arachnarok

This was the list Tim came up with, using my Orcs and Goblins. I can't believe he didn't field a Wyvern (or more than one). Honestly I thought he would - that was why I used a Dragon. Oh well, at least he managed to jam some other cool stuff in there.

Deployment

The two armies line up, with faster elements on the flanks in a pretty standard fashion. Tim held the Manglers until late, making it harder for me to respond.