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[DialFforFunky]

My Treefolk need some more test-runs for a single-race tournament I might attend, so I've assembled a new army. This time, I'm going for a more traditional approach:



Home Army (17)
3 Elder Dryad
1 Dryad
3 Hamadryad
1 Oak Lord

Campaign Army (1)
1 Hamadryad

Horde Army (18 )
1 Gold Medallion
1 Unicorn
3 Lady Nereid
1 Nymph

Home terrain: Feyland Standing Stones
Frontier terrain: Feyland Temple

Summoning Pool
2 Green Wyrm
1 Green Dragonkin Champion
1 Green Dragonchamp
1 Green Dragonsentry
3 Green Dragonscout
1 Highland Woods
1 Coastland Village
2 Feyland Village


This game is open to all. This includes Matthias Maccabeus (my harsh but knowledgeable mentor), but I thought it would be civilized to offer the opportunity for others to play as well. So: who's up for a game?


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[DialFforFunky]

24 hours have passed and only Matthias Maccabeus has dared to challenge me, so I'll go and edit the topic title to Maccabeus match 10!


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[Matthias Maccabeus]

I've got 3 armies I want to try but only one is a single race. Since it's a single race tourney I'll play a single race as well.

Home - Coastland Temple
Herlad x 2
Knight x 6

Frontier - Coastland Grove
Enchanter
Conjurer x 3
Evoker x 8

Horde
Evoker

Pool
Blue Wyrm x 2
Coastland Bridge
Highland Woods
Feyland Woods
Swampland Woods
Green Champion
Green Champ
Green hero
Green troop x 3

Horde Roll
Evoker: 1 Melee

Good luck and have fun!
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[DialFforFunky]

Coral Elves, Nice! Good luck and have fun as well!

My horde roll:




Result: 4 maneuver

I'll take the first turn. Funny how I went first in our last 3 or 4 games. Also goes to show that going first hardly has to mean that you'll win.

I'll post a board tomorrow, with rolled terrains and all.


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[Matthias Maccabeus]

Sounds Good.

Coastland Grove: 1 Magic
Coastland Temple: 6 Melee
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[DialFforFunky]

home roll:

, reroll which gets turned up to


Turn Sequence: Matthias Maccabeus, DialFforFunky

Board Set-up and Turn 1

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	Matthias Maccabeus BUA		Matthias Maccabeus DUA		Matthias Maccabeus Reserve Army	Matthias Maccabeus Summoning Pool
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	Matthias Maccabeus		Matthias Maccabeus		Matthias Maccabeus Home Army
	DialFforFunky's Home Standing Stones		Frontier Grove		Matthias Maccabeus's Home Temple
	DialFforFunky Home Army		DialFforFunky		DialFforFunky
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	DialFforFunky Reserve Army		DialFforFunky Summoning Pool		DialFforFunky DUA	DialFforFunky BUA

• Spell and effect expiration: none
  
• Initial Effects Phase: none
  
• Dragon Attack Phase: none
  
  
  
• First March: @ your home
  Maneuver: yes, do you oppose?
  

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[Matthias Maccabeus]

With both a teleport and a wayfare and a 6th face where I only have 1 unit and can't get there next turn.....I'll pass! Feel free to move as you please.
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[DialFforFunky]

• First March:
  Maneuver: I'll take a minor terrain: (edit: correct terrain added)
  
  Action: Even though I probably wont deal damage, I'll attack:
  
  Flurry reroll:
  
  Result: 25 melee

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[Matthias Maccabeus]

I think that's a wrong minor you got there.

25! Treefolk aren't supposed to roll that well in melee!! (especially treefolk cavalry)

Herald: 3 Melee
Herald: 4 Counter
Knight: 2 Melee
Knight: 2 ID
Knight: 2 Save
Knight: 3 Maneuver
Knight: 2 ID
Knight: 2 ID

15 saves. 4 Counter coming at you.

10 damage comes through. 5 Knights to the DuA. (Yuck not a good start)

(I'll pass on the counter attack)
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[DialFforFunky]

Heh, that's the wrong minor indeed. Ah well, you get the general idea.

Counter kills the Unicorn.

• Second March: @ my home
  Maneuver: yes
  
  
  
  Result: 1 maneuver, enough to turn the terrain up to 7.
  
  
  Replanting:
  
  The Oak Lord and a Hamadryad get replanted for the Unicorn.
  
  Action: melee attack
  
  
  
  Result: 4 cantrip, 4 melee
  
  4 gold - Path on a Lady Neirid who takes the gold medallion along with her.
  
  
  
  Pfft. Return the Oak lord and the Hamadryad back to life.
  
  
  
  Result: 10 melee, which should be enough to kill your mage.
  
  
  
• Reserve Phase:
  Retreat: My mage at your home moves to reserves
  
• Spell and effect expiration: none
  

End my turn

(those rolls, those rolls...)

Turn Sequence: Matthias Maccabeus, DialFforFunky

Turn 1

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	Matthias Maccabeus BUA		Matthias Maccabeus DUA		Matthias Maccabeus Reserve Army	Matthias Maccabeus Summoning Pool
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	Matthias Maccabeus		Matthias Maccabeus		Matthias Maccabeus Home Army
	DialFforFunky's Home Standing Stones		Frontier Grove		Matthias Maccabeus's Home Temple
	DialFforFunky Home Army		DialFforFunky		DialFforFunky (Village)
*
	DialFforFunky Reserve Army		DialFforFunky Summoning Pool		DialFforFunky DUA	DialFforFunky BUA

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[Matthias Maccabeus]

Um, WOW! I think this is by far the worse position I have ever been in without ever taking a turn.

I think I'm in serious trouble but let's find out -

1st March - Frontier - unopposed to 2 Magic
Magic Action -
Conjurer: 2 Magic
Conjurer: 3 Magic
Conjurer: 2 Magic
Enchanter: 4 Magic
Evoker: 2 Magic
Evoker: 1 Maneuver
Evoker: 1 Magic
Evoker: 2 Magic
Evoker: 2 Magic
Evoker: 2 Magic
Evoker: 1 Maneuver
Evoker: 1 Melee

20 Magic - (The unicorn dispel roll is going to be a huge deciding factor right now!)
Lightning Strike - Unicorn for 6
Wall of Fog / Flash Flood for 11 at your home.
Breath of Life on Evoker for 3.

2nd March - Maneuver attempt at home -
Herald: 4 Counter
Herald: 4 Counter
Knight: 3 Maneuver

3 (Can I save that for my next save roll?)
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[DialFforFunky]

Dispel roll:


(those rolls, those rolls)

Counter maneuver:




Result: 10 maneuver, attempt opposed


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[Matthias Maccabeus]

Well That's pretty much the game so let's go ahead and melee!

Herald: 3 Melee
Herald: 4 Counter
Knight: 2 Maneuver

7 coming at ya!
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[DialFforFunky]

Save roll:



Result: 4 counter

A Lady Nereid is sent to the DUA. I wont make a counter attack.


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[Matthias Maccabeus]

Herald does to DuA as well for counter.

Reserves - Frontier is going to Reserves

Things are not looking good at all! I'll play it out though.
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[DialFforFunky]

This could be over real quick indeed.

Turn Sequence: Matthias Maccabeus, DialFforFunky

Turn 2

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	Matthias Maccabeus BUA		Matthias Maccabeus DUA		Matthias Maccabeus Reserve Army	Matthias Maccabeus Summoning Pool
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	Matthias Maccabeus		Matthias Maccabeus		Matthias Maccabeus Home Army
	DialFforFunky's Home Standing Stones		Frontier Grove		Matthias Maccabeus's Home Temple
	DialFforFunky Home Army		DialFforFunky		DialFforFunky (Village)
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	DialFforFunky Reserve Army		DialFforFunky Summoning Pool		DialFforFunky DUA	DialFforFunky BUA

• Spell and effect expiration: none
  
• Initial Effects Phase: none
  
• Dragon Attack Phase: none
  
  
  
• First March: @ my home
  Maneuver: yes, I'll take the 8th!
  
  Replanting: I'll exchange the Oak Lord for a Lady Nereid
  Action: Magic
  
  
  
  Result: 11 magic
  
  4 gold - Path on my Unicorn, taking the medallion with him.
  5 gold - TRtM on your army at your home.
  2 green - Watery double on my army at your home
  
  
  
• Second March: @ your home
  Minor terrain:
  
  Maneuver: yes
  
  
  
  Result: 4 maneuver, I don't believe you can stop that due to TRtM. I'll turn the terrain up to 7.
  
  Replanting: I'll exchange a Lady Nereid for the Oak Lord.
  Action:
  
  
  Logo brings back the Lady Nereid:
  
  Result: 11 melee

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[Matthias Maccabeus]

Herald: 4 Counter
Knight: 3 Maneuver

One thing if for sure....the herald is a counter rolling machine! (too bad that really doesn't matter because of how bad you're shellacking me and your gold medallion is a beast)

7 saves. 4 counter coming at you.
11-7 = 4....Hey!!! My knight actually lives!!! That might actually be a break!

Um, no counter.
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[DialFforFunky]

Actually, you don't get any saves from your maneuvers, as I've cast TRtM on your army. Sorry... So I believe even the Knight is sent to the DUA. My Oak Lord takes the counter damage (1 is saved by Watery Double) and is sent to the DUA as well.

• Reserve Phase:
  Reinforce: my Hamadryad from reserves moves to my home.
  
• Spell and effect expiration: none
  

End my turn

Turn Sequence: Matthias Maccabeus, DialFforFunky
Turn Sequence: Matthias Maccabeus, DialFforFunky

Turn 2

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	Matthias Maccabeus BUA		Matthias Maccabeus DUA		Matthias Maccabeus Reserve Army	Matthias Maccabeus Summoning Pool
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	Matthias Maccabeus		Matthias Maccabeus		Matthias Maccabeus Home Army
	DialFforFunky's Home Funky's 8th		Frontier Grove		Matthias Maccabeus's Home Temple
	DialFforFunky Home Army		DialFforFunky		DialFforFunky (Village) *Watery Double*
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	DialFforFunky Reserve Army		DialFforFunky Summoning Pool		DialFforFunky DUA	DialFforFunky BUA

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[Matthias Maccabeus]

Yep. You're right! (I knew it was to good to be true with how this game is going!)

Magic - Lets see how many I can bring back before I lose the game!

Conjurer: 2 Maneuver
Conjurer: 2 ID
Conjurer: 3 Magic
Enchanter: 3 Magic
Evoker: 1 Magic
Evoker: 1 ID
Evoker: 1 Magic
Evoker: 1 Melee
Evoker: 2 Magic
Evoker: 1 Magic
Evoker: 1 Melee
Evoker: 1 Magic
Evoker: 1 Magic

16 - 1 Herald and 1 Knight - Breath of Life.
Everybody to my Home. I'll go ahead and roll my counter maneuver roll for the next turn to save some time.

Conjurer: 2 Melee
Conjurer: 2 Melee
Conjurer: 3 Magic
Enchanter: 4 Magic
Evoker: 1 Magic
Evoker: 1 ID
Evoker: 1 Melee
Evoker: 1 Magic
Evoker: 1 Melee
Evoker: 1 Melee
Evoker: 1 Magic
Evoker: 1 Maneuver
Evoker: 1 Magic
Herald: 3 Maneuver
Knight: 3 Melee

4 total - so 1 TRtM should do it.

Good Game!! Thanks for shellacking me!

The safe route instead of trying to keep you off the 8th with the unicorn would have been to cast Wind Walks / Watery Doubles at my home but I went for the High Risk / High Reward with the Lightning / FF / WoF. I still like this army though. I just got hit so hard at the beginning that I was reeling pretty quickly.

Teleport / Path / Wayfare / Replanting / Gold Medallion is just nasty. Nice army you've got there.
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[DialFforFunky]

Thanks for the game! So this is what it takes to beat the mighty Maccabeus .

Seriously though, there was very little you could have done. My rolls were ridiculous. Even my bad choices paid off. For example, I realized later that I probably shouldn't have counted on wiping you out at your home, which meant that dancing lights would probably have been better than TRtM. Instead, I just rolled terrific and smashed any opposition. Which basically summed up the game. There were several pivotal rolls in which the game could have gone very differently. It was precisely at these points which I got what I wanted, and then a whole lot more.

I think your army is pretty solid. The only thing I might change is to try and add a Gryphon to the mix, as it is a great way to enable your buffs to have a target if there isn't a force present yet. Apart from that, it doesn't detract that much from the theme of the army as it is still quite quick and saves decently. This is a 'might change', however, as I believe it isn't your intention to leave your home terrain in any way, meaning the effect of Ferry is somewhat lost under usual circumstances.

As for my army: It's kind of hard to look past the fantastic rolls, but I still think I'm impressed. This force allows me to shift pressure at just about any moment, which also helps to get the most out of the medallion. The rest of the army feels like a brick. It might still be a bit slow for my tastes in 'cavalry-heavy armies', but when you play with Dragonne Knights too often, everything looks slow in comparison. I'm still a bit in doubt about my home terrain, as an additional missile face would probably be better if it wasn't for Dwarves and Lava Elves. And once again, I had great fun with the replanting-shenannigans. I was actually quite happy to see you roll your first counter of the game .


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