Battle Report - Chaos vs. Orcs 29/06/2001

TURN ONE

PLAYER	Orcs
START OF TURN	Animosity – Orc Boyz failed – We’ll show’em
CHARGES	None
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	None – Out of range
SHOOTING	Goblin Rock Lobber 44” @ Aspiring Champion – overshot Goblin Doom Diver 46” @ Chaos Knights – overshot
COMBAT	None
COMMENTS	The problem of misjudging the distance so early in the battle caused me to fight longer in close combat later on as there were more of them.

PLAYER	Chaos
START OF TURN	None
CHARGES	None
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Chaos Sorcerer miscast spell (8)
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	None
COMMENTS	Lucky that my sorcerer survived the miscast and lucky with missile fire.

TURN TWO

PLAYER	Orcs
START OF TURN	Animosity – passed
CHARGES	None
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Urzag cast Gaze of Mork @ Chaos Knights – dispelled Urzag cast ‘eadbutt @ Chaos Knights 1 hit 0 wounds Orc Shaman cast Gaze of Mork @ Beastman Chariot 4 hits 0 wounds
SHOOTING	Goblin Doom Diver 29” @ Chaos Knights – MISFIRE (4) Goblin Rock Lobber 34” @ Chaos Knights – MISFIRE (1)
COMBAT	None
COMMENTS	Turn two and I am already reduced to 50% firing power. Magic also seems too low today.

PLAYER	Chaos
START OF TURN	None
CHARGES	None
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Chaos Sorcerer cast Forked Lightning @ Orc General – dispelled Chaos Sorcerer cast Comet of Cassandora @ Orc General – failed
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	None
COMMENTS	Magic was too weak, but lucky again that my opponent misfired on both war machines, and losing one of them.

TURN THREE

PLAYER	Orcs
START OF TURN	Animosity – Orc Boyz failed – Squabble
CHARGES	None
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Urzag cast Gaze of Mork @ Chaos Knights – dispelled Urzag cast ‘eadbutt @ Chaos Knights – failed Orc Shaman cast Gaze of Mork @ Gors 2 hits 2 wounds
SHOOTING	Goblin Doom Diver 22” @ Blood Thirster – MISFIRE (1)
COMBAT	None
COMMENTS	This cannot be. Turn three is halfway through and I have no war machines left. The Bretonnian curse .. ahem blessing is still affecting my units.

PLAYER	Chaos
START OF TURN	None
CHARGES	None
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Chaos Sorcerer cast Forked Lightning @ Orc General 5 hits 2 hits General 0 wounds 3 hits Wyvern 2 wounds 1 saved (Scaly Skin) Chaos Sorcerer cast Comet of Cassandora @ Orc General
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	None
COMMENTS	Some magic is finally cast. I the meantime I really felt sorry for my opponent upon losing his other war machine too. Heck, I even told him to roll the dice again, but he disagreed. So now my units were approaching charge distance….

TURN FOUR

PLAYER	Orcs
START OF TURN	Comet of Cassandora – added marker – 2 markers Animosity – passed
CHARGES
RALLYING
MOVEMENT	Orc Boar Chariot passed Terror test
MAGIC	Urzag cast Gaze of Mork @ Ungors 4 hits 4 wounds – Ungors passed panic test Urzag cast ‘eadbutt @ Chaos Warrior Champion 1 hit 0 wounds Orc Shaman cast Gaze of Mork @ Gors 3 hits 3 wounds – Gors passed panic test
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	None
COMMENTS	At least the comet did not descend on my units or I would not have been so happy. Nothing much happened here and I am still a bit pissed at losing my war machines so early in the battle

PLAYER	Chaos
START OF TURN	Comet of Cassandora – added marker – 3 markers. Chaos Sorcerer stopped spell.
CHARGES	Bloodletters @ Black Orcs – Black Orcs passed fear test
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT	Beastman Chariot and Ungors passed Terror test Orc Boyz, Orc Big Boss and Black Orcs failed Terror test
MAGIC	Chaos Sorceror cast Forked Lightning @ Orc General 2 hits 1 General 0 wounds 1 Wyvern 0 wounds
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	None
COMMENTS	Damn comet. I had to stop it before descending as now I was entering the fray. The Bloodletters charged whilst the Blood Thirster flew behind the greenskin defensive line and caused massive panic among them.

TURN FIVE

PLAYER	Orcs
START OF TURN	Animosity Passed
CHARGES	Orc Boar Chariot @ Ungors Orc Boar Chariot @ Gors Big ‘Uns @ Gors – Gors fled. Big ‘Uns re-directed charge @ Chaos Warriors
RALLYING	Orc Big Boss rallied Orc Boyz rallied Black Orcs rallied
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Urzag cast Gaze of Mork @ Ungors 3 hits 3 wounds – Ungors passed panic test Orc Shaman cast Gaze of Mork @ Ungors 2 hits 1 wound Orc Shaman cast ‘Ere we go @ Big ‘Uns
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	Big ‘Uns @ Chaos Warriors Used Banner of Butchery (+1 Attack) 7 hits 5 wounds Chariot @ Ungors 7 hits 5 wounds Ungors failed break test and fled. Chariot pursued and overtook Ungors
COMMENTS	The rallying of the three troops brought back some happiness and the attack of the Big ‘Uns on the Chaos Warriors was one in a lifetime. 27 attacks against the Chaos Warriors and only 5 died. Hmmm… not feeling so happy now.

PLAYER	Chaos
START OF TURN	None
CHARGES	Beastman Chariot @ Orc Shaman Chaos Chariot @ Orc Boar Chariot
RALLYING	Gors and Chaos Warriors rallied
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Chaos Sorcerer cast Forked Lightning @ Orc General – dispelled
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	Chaos Chariot @ Orc Boar Chariot Impact hits – 2 hits 2 wounds 2 saved Crew – 0 wounds Steeds – 0 wounds Beastmen Chariot @ Orc Shaman Impact hits – 4 hits 4 wounds – Orc Shaman DIED
COMMENTS	Every running orc was rallied back, and my BloodThirster was being surrounded. In the meantime I cursed myself for using beastmen units. Their cheapness comes at a price; crappy leadership, and my opponent exploited that to the full. And those 27 attacks against my chaos warriors ??? Amazing bloodlust. At least I killed one of his 2 shamans to keep magic levels at par. But now I was outnumbered….

TURN SIX

PLAYER	Orcs
START OF TURN	Animosity – passed
CHARGES	Giant @ Beastmen Chariot Big ‘Uns @ Gors
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT	Chaos Knights failed Terror test Chaos Warriors and Bloodletters passed Terror test
MAGIC	Urzag cast Gaze of Mork @ Bloodletters – dispelled Urzag cast ‘Ere we go – failed
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	Giant @ Chariot - Thump with Club 9 hits 9 wounds – Chariot destroyed Blood Thirster passed panic test Giant used Overrun Rule @ charged Blood Thirster Chaos Chariot @ Orc Boar Chariot Crew – 2 hits 0 wounds Steeds – 1 hit 1 wound Orc Boar Chariot passed Break test Big ’Uns @ Gors – 1 wound – Gors flee Big ‘Uns pursue and overtake Gors Chaos Warriors passed panic test
COMMENTS	I must admit I was very lucky with the dice in this turn. The overrun rule came as an extra bonus after total destroying the Beastmen Chariot. A mistake here was to keep the Shaman away from the Chariot vs Chariot fight, as he might have tipped the scales in my favour.

PLAYER	Chaos
START OF TURN	Chaos Warriors passed panic test
CHARGES	None
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Chaos Sorceror cast Forked Lightning @ Orc General - 4 hits Wyvern 3 hits 0 wounds General 1 hit 0 wounds Chaos Sorcerer failed casting Comet of Cassandora
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	Chaos Chariot @ Orc Boar Chariot Crew – 1 wound Steeds – 0 wounds Orc Boar Chariot @ Chaos Chariot Boars – 0 wounds Crew – 1 wound Giant @ Blood Thirster – Yell and Bawl Blood Thirster passed Break Test
COMMENTS	Beastmen failure….again ! This caused the giant to charge the Bloodthirster in the corner of the table !

TURN SEVEN

PLAYER	Orcs
START OF TURN	Animosity – passed
CHARGES	Orc Boyz @ Blood Thirster Black Orcs @ Bloodletters Orc General @ Chaos Warriors
RALLYING	None
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	Urzag cast Gaze of Mork @ Chaos Warriors – dispelled Urzag cast ‘ere we go – failed
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	Orc Boyz @ Blood Thirster 3 wounds Blood Thirster @ Giant 3 hits 5 wounds Giant @ Blood Thirster – Blood Thirster passed Initiative Test Blood Thirster passed Break Test Black Orcs @ Bloodletters – 2 wounds Bloodletters @ Black Orcs – 2 wounds Bloodletters failed Break test & fled General @ Chaos Warriors General – 3 wounds Wyvern – 1 hit 0 wounds Chaos Warriors @ Orc General – 0 hits Chaos Warriors passed Break test
COMMENTS	The attack on the Blood Thirster by the Orc Boyz was a shocker. Unfortunately the Giant got beaten up pretty bad and I am seriously doubting whether he will make it through.

PLAYER	Chaos
START OF TURN	None
CHARGES	Chaos Warriors @ Big ‘Uns
RALLYING	Bloodletters rallied
MOVEMENT
MAGIC	None
SHOOTING	None
COMBAT	Chaos Chariot @ Orc Boar Chariot – 0 wounds Orc Boar Chariot @ Chaos Chariot – 0 wounds Blood Thirster @ Giant – Giant killed Orc Boyz @ Blood Thirster – 1 wound Blood Thirster failed Break test and fled. Orc Boyz pursued and overtook Blood Thirster. Big Uns’ capture Chaos Warrior Standard
COMMENTS	In his turn : Damn Incredible…rolling sixes and giving 3 wounds to the Blood Thirster !! And the BloodThirster give 5 wounds to the giant…but remains alive with only 1 wound ! And that would be my downfall. Because it effected my next turn decision. In my turn : First the Bloodletters flee the battle, then I made the fatal mistake with the Blood Thirster to attack the giant and eliminate him. Well, I managed but I lost the combat result to the orc boyz. If I attacked the Orc Boyz I would have inflicted about 7 wounds. With a great penalty to the leadership, he fled, and being at the corner of the table…he fled the battlefield. What an insult to Khorne…but he would return with a vengeance !!

Victory Points

Orcs		Chaos
Unit	Points	Unit	Points
Blood Thirster	500	Goblin Rock Lobber	75
Ungors	90	Goblin Doom Diver	85
Gors	94	Giant	205
Beastmen Chariot	85	Shaman	166
Chaos Warriors	185
Quarters	300
General	100
Captured Standard	200
TOTAL	1554	TOTAL	531

Point Difference = 1023

Solid Victory for the Orcs against Chaos

Orcs Comments : This was my first time against a Chaos army and I must admit I was scared as I knew practically nothing. Overall I must say that the dice rolls were in my favour today (except for the pesky Scatter & Artillery dice). The Giant performed very well in the battle but I would have liked to see more action from the General. That was one major problem I had. The General was following the Blood Thirster all over the place and it was not getting a chance to fit and cause some carnage. All in all a very nice battle…what can I say …. WAAGGHH !!!

Chaos Comments :

1) I think that I attribute this defeat mostly to my wrong reasoning. I usually played with an Empire army, which is most of the time defensive and which relies heavily upon missile and magical attacks. Chaos work on the opposite basis, ie, rush forward and hack em, without any missile attacks and basic magic (due to a Khorne based army). I rushed forward, but then was over cautious at the right opportunities. I also expected my greenskin opponent to charge too into battle, but I was surprised as he played very defensively. This gave him the opportunity to first charge my units. Anyway…it was the first time I was playing with Chaos.

2) My 7 chaos knights + Aspiring Champion (hero) never managed to charge into battle. Therefore a total of 426 points were wasted.

3) Although not sure if beastmen can join a chaos warrior/daemon army (as I have to wait for about a year for the Chaos army book !), I opted to have a unit of Gors and another of Ungors. They were cheap, and I thought that it would have a been a good decision as I was going to get outnumbered most of the time. But they had a crappy leadership, and my opponent exploited this weakness, caused them to panic, and in turn caused some of my chaos warriors to panic. No more cowards !

4) I forgot that the Bloodletters (lesser daemons of Khorne) had 2 attacks each.

5)The final fatal error was caused due to my inexperience with a Greater daemon.

a) Did not give the Mark of Khorne to him (Chaos Reward)

b) Forgot that he had a natural daemon armour save of 4+

c) Charged in the corner of the table, attacked the wrong target, was outnumbered which caused the Bloodthirster to take a leadership test -5 and fled off the table, end of story. Very stupid.

Well...I don't know why, but I felt humiliated. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I lost. But not to lose in such a stupid way. I knew I wanted to change everything, learn from mistakes, know no fear, and that I had to play it again to get my confidence back. But remember that the Blood Thirster did not die, but only fled for reinforcements … :)