Today with Alessandro we played in Bolter battle for 1500 points per side – I took my first army I ever started on 1997′ and my „enemy” took also old Orc&Goblin army. Compositions of armies were:

Bretonnians:
– 8 Knights of the Realm with Banner of Chalons (full command group) lead by paladin baron Roger (Morning Star of Fracasse and Virtue of Noble Disdain),
– 16 archers (full command group),
– 5 mounted squires,
– 3 pegasus knights (musician),
– 7 Grail Knights with Banner of Defence (full command group) lead by paladin duc Tancred (Grail Vow, Lance of Artois, Virtue of Confidence), Melisanda damsel of the Lady lvl 2 (2x Dispel Scroll),
– battle standard bearer Louis (Grail Vow, Sword of Might, Gromril Great Helm).

Orcs&Goblins:
– 2 units of 29x Night Goblins (including night goblin fanatic – each 3 of them),
– 3 units of 5x goblin wolf riders,
– 5 Savage Orc Boar Boys,
– 9 Orc Boar Boys Big Uns with magic banner (full command group) lead by unknown black orc big boss (with magic weapon and enchanted item),
– Orc Chariot.
– 2 goblin shamans – both had two scrolls and one had arcane item (one of them was on wolf).

  • As Bretonnians prayed, first turn belonged to greenskins.
  • First turn and one Grail Knight less.
  • Night Goblins in front of main units.
  • Battle standard was struck with magic – D6 – 2 hits with S 6 – I had save on 5, re-roll on 5 and ward on 5 – what can go wrong 😀 ?
  • Archers managed to took some goblin wolf riders and spread panic among them.
  • Mounted squires fled from savage orcs charge.
  • Archers fled after Night Goblin charge…
  • …to rally soon after.
  • Pegasus knights managed to charge Savage Orcs flank…
  • and then pursue them.
  • Orc Boar Boys clashed with Knights of the Realm and broke them in combat… they were destroyed by Night Goblin Fanatic, which was on they retreat way.
  • Pegasus Knights managed to pursue chariot, while remntants of Grail Knights charged.
  • Goblin wolf riders charged archers…
  • … but archers managed to held down (that morale test on two 1’s).
  • Brave charge of fast cavalry – no one suffered wounds.
  • Archers pursued enemy (and were hit by fanatic who killed they shaman moment before).
  • In this moment battle should end as I did one big mistake (it was 6th turn of Greenskins).

Summary:
– we had score of 1110 for me and 1125 for Alessandro – but it could be more by (I guess that Grail Knights wouldn’t held orc boar boys) 654. So it was good victory for Greenskins – generally still it was great game for me (bloodbath).
– Immune to Psychology – unit will not flee from enemy charge (first time fled – shame on me, now I have to build Grail Chapel for the such shame thing I did, we both forgot about this rule).
– at least one more lesson taken by mistake.