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Well here I am again with another set of runner up armies...
in case anyone was interested...

This army was almost identical to Matt's army,
which won.
I think he has an Adrosphinx instead of a Roc,
so we both had a Wizard, Troll, Fireshadow..
very similar dragons....


Fire in the Sky
GenCon 2010
2nd place Runner Up
(thru a tie breaker)

Sealed Starter/ Firewlker Kicker

Home: Coastland Tower

Thug


Campiagn: Flatland Tower

Troll
Fireshadow
Wizard
Deadeye
Sunbust
Sunflare
Hedge Wizard
Nightsbane
Guardian
Firestarter
Shadow Chaser
Sentry


Horde:

Roc
Daybringer
Lizard Rider X2
Pony Rider
Patroller
Footman X3
Ambusher X2
Wardog Rider X2
Mugger X2

Summoning Pool:

Ivory Wurm
Blue Drake

Out of the Game:

Highland Standing Stones
Swampland Temple

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This army is one of the best I have ever made.

Worlds'S 2010
2nd place runner up

Reign Forest Fire


Home: Coastland City

Sunburst

Campiagn: Costland Tower (Dark)

Draonlord (Clear with Black Ink)
Dragonslayer (SFR Pearl with Bronze Ink)
Ashbringer
Eldar Dryad X2


Horde:

Unicorn
Lady Nereid (Maroon Ink)
Dragonne Knight (Black Ink)
Fireshadow
Gold Medallion

Summoning Pool:

Ivory/Blue Drake
Ivory/Blue Wurm

Blue Dragonkin Champion (Pearl)
Green Dragonsteed
Blue Dragonsentry
Blue Dragonfoal X2
Green Dragonfoal

Coastland Village
Highland Village
Flatland Village
Swampland Village


Strategy:

#1. 8th face Buster

I designed this army because of the scoring system,
that is if two players control an 8th it is considered a tie.

The treefolk can summon the Blue/Ivory Dragons,
thus a blus breath,
then a simple Flash Flood/ Path to Victory.

Now I first added the green/blue hybrids,
but I did not like the additional save roll the green breath provides,
as it could produce a wind walk,
or a troll could regenerate a dragonslayer,
thus thwarting the blue breath.

Though the blue breath allows a save roll,
the breath (paralyze) is in play.


I also have Red in this army,
so I wanted access to the Dragons from any color.

I added the Dragonslayer for protection of the Blue Breath,
since anyone could summon my Dragons.

Thus the unicorn is there to Dispel the Dragons.

I also wanted at least 2 Eldarim champions to ward away Frostwing mages that hang around using magic Negation.
The sneak attack whittle them down.

Since the Army was of Large dice,
mostly monsters and Rares,
the Gold medallion could unbury more effectively,
although I never had anything buried.

Lady Neried was in the army to gain additional gold in a pinch,
or used to Transplant,
which never was needed as well.

I had the Firewalkers to Elemental Blast away spells,
in particular any wind walks that might occur during the Dragon Attack.

Fianlly the dragonne knight,
once at an 8th face,
the wings do 8 damage on an initial melee attack though scorching touch.

So I had basically 5 units with counter...
4 with counter and the Dragonne Knight.

The Dragonne Knight also has Tidal Wave or Volcanic Eruption possibilites off it's Id,
if at the propoer terrain for doubling,
as my home terrain was a coastland,
in which I used as bait.

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Changes:
Possibly add a Dragon's Lair with the Air (Blue) Aspect.

Although this was the first time I used the Unicorn,
I could easily switch in the Gryphon,
as it's ferry is far more versatile,
allow 4 health to travel with it,
and it works on many more rolls...
mainly the army save roll.



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The Eldar Dryad and The Firwalker Mages:

I really wanted to use all Eldar Dryads and Sunflares.
They both have all magic faces except for 1 face.

The Eldar Dryads have a 3 save face.
The firewalker mages (sunburst,sunflare,ashbringer) have a trumped up manuever face.

Eldarim:

I just needed the White Eldarim for a few reasons,
one of which is Resist Fear.
The White Eldarim allow 4 health of Dragonkin to resist fear.
(Any color) Although this rule was not in effect during the game,
the rules now allow matching color,
versus exact matching color.

Dragon Control
Any color magic
Sneak Attack

These are some of my favorite dice,
including Lady Pink. (Lady Nereid-Maroon Ink)
That was the prize for winning Battlefest 2008 GenCon.




Prize:

Blue Fur the Wolf Pack

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What about the Acolytes?

This Battlefest army included a Fire Sorcerer (Trog) and an Earth Sorcerer (Morehl).

Although I placed 4th,
it's still a runner up army as there was a 3 way tie for first place,
and then the next slot was 4th place.

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Battlefest 2010 GenCon

4th Place

There was a 3 way tie for first place
(so there was no 2nd or 3rd place)


Home: Swampland City

Sunburst


Campaign: Swampland Tower

Death Mage X3
Inferno (Black Ink)
Inferno

Death Naga
Dragonlord (Clear with Black Ink)

Morehl Earth Sorcerer
Trog Fire Sorcerer



Horde:

Leopard Rider X6

Fireshadow
Death Naga

Gold Medallion


Summoning Pool:

Red/Gold Drake
Red/Gold Wurm

Red Dragonkin Champion (Marbled)
Red Dragonsteed
Red Dragonmount
Red Dragonfoal

Gold Dragonkin Champion
Gold Dragonspy
Gold Dragonmount
Gold Dragonfoal

One village of Swampland, Highland, Coastland, Flatland.


Strategy:

Burning hands the Leopard Riders.
(This spell won't affect the Rends,
however the 4 melee face really tops off a string of Rends nicely.)

I have two colors of Dragonkin,
Fire and Earth,
So the Acolyte Sorcerers
can be used to Promote dragonkin of the appropriate colors.
This promotion can be done across terrains.

Soiled Ground:

Since I brought a Swamplands Home....
Soiled Ground, is a deadly spell in combination with the Red/Gold Hybrid Breaths.
10 health are killed... with no possible saves...
then those that save from the red breath burial must save again or be buried.
those that are killed from the gold breath must save again or be buried.
then...
Half maneuvers.

The Infernos can cast Tidal Wave.
So if half maneuvers (from the gold breath),
and a soiled ground are in play,
it can be more of a threat.

The Infernos's 6 magic face: can cast
(Dancing lights)
(volcanic Eruption or Tidal Wave)



The Gold medallion's Flurry worked nicley with the leopard riders...
plus the TSR/SFR came up allot.

I included a couple of Death Naga's since the Army was lacking in Smites,
and in case I needed to target specific dice.