Howdy folks,
A couple of weeks back, I made it over to Mike's place for some Frostgrave gaming...Mike was good to go, however...I was having some trouble making decisions that day, so I did not have my warband information complete.
While I got my Wizard and his crew together, Mike threw down a pretty respectable table. We chose one of the scenarios from the MRB (the mausoleum scenario, if I recall correctly) and added in a little bit of Lich'ly goodness with a couple of beasties from the Lich expansion. At first I was pretty torqued because I had forgotten my camera, but then a few brain cells kicked in and I remembered I had my phone. So, bare with me, I very rarely use the camera on my cellphone, but here is the action.
If you would also like, Mike already posted his battle report
HERE.
Hope you enjoy the pics, it was a pretty awesome game...looking forward to some more Frostgrave in the very near future.
A new section of the Northern City for our adventurers...the remains of a mausoleum and crypt on the edge of a small hamlet of huts. Amazingly there were some old wheat field which still found a way to keep on growing...from this perspective, my warband would be coming in from the right and Mike's was on the left.
A close up of one of the crypts and some of the scatter terrain...Mike put together a great looking table in no time flat! I think my favourite part was the various scatter pieces that added to the character of the table...truly making his an expedition into the dead Northern City...
My Necromancer, formerly known as @ entered the hamlet with a Templar and Crossbowman at his side...I elected to spend the gc on higher quality troops for this scenario...trying to get the feel for the different soldiers. My warband consisted of an Apprentice, Templar, Crossbowman, Treasure Hunter, Thief, and a Ranger. As well, as part of my 'Out of Turn' spells, I was able to conjur an animal companion and raise a zombie.
On the other side of the table Mike brings in his warband...a little lower cost than my troops, Mike was fortunate to have 2 archers AND some raised platforms on his side of the hamlet to take advantage of...hmmm...
In the foreground of the shot above, you can just see the balder than bald head of my Apprentice in white and red-trim robes, Mr. Bones my Thief stands next to him, and Ragnar the Ranger on his left side as they take the main path into the hamlet.
A close up of our intrepid 3...taking the main road into town...maybe less intrepid and more on the foolish side...
On my left, Fido the Zombie and Snarl the Wolf enter into town...up and
to the right of them you can see @ the Necromancer as he makes his way
with Skald the Treasure Hunter to his left, trying to get some cover
from behind a hut.
Overview
of the table...my Templar moves up to the building edge to provide
support for my thief at the lower right building...Mr. B is about to run
to the first piece of treasure
**For
this scenario, there are 3 pieces of treasure for each player which are
placed 'inside' 6 huts...the huts should be near the centre of the
table**
Mr. B cannot resist temptation and makes a grab for a book and statue
laying around...there can't be any risk in doing this...no risk at all!!
Before he can scream "It's mine" a severely peeved Werewolf pops out of the hut...apparently the book is overdue at the Northern City library, the fines must be ridiculous because he starts to tear ass towards Mr. B...
**For this scenario, whenever a piece of treasure is about to be grabbed a die roll is supposed to occur to see if any beasts appear...For our game, Mike and I decided to make this an automatic thing and chose a variety of beasts, the die role determined who was going to jump in**
Lucky me I rolled for a Werewolf with my first piece of treasure...and a Death Knight looking Wraith Knight for my second piece...lucky lucky me!!
Just prior to this treasure grab, Mike had successfully cast a push from his Apprentice (IIRC...) and sent Skald 7 inches back from his position...this burned one of my actions next turn getting back into position, then grabbing the treasure, and then having a Wraith Knight screaming about late fees at me...
Luckily, the action on the left side (which I forgot to picture) had Fido and Snarl move up to the middle of the left side, take some turns scratching and biting a couple of Mike's warband...Snarl lasted a few turns, ate an adventurer, wounded another...Fido died a zombie death, but this allowed me to summon another zombie...So when the Wraith Knight popped up, @ beat feet backwards and then summoned another Zombie...Snowball the Zombie jumped into the fray and engaged in combat with the Knight.
As Snowball holds the Wraith Knight in place in combat, @ moves towards the main path and Skald very bravely gets the f#$k out of dodge making a dash for the table edge with a treasure.
In the centre, the Apprentice and crew around him grab the treasure,
fight the Werewolf (who promptly eats a Templar...not as filling as one
would think)...as it quickly sets its sights on my Crossbowman...Mr. B
takes the main path towards the table edge. Ragnar tries to provide
cover fire with his bow and the Apprentice tries throwing some bone
darts downrange...
Oh, and in the background we can see that Mike has rolled for the
'Mimic', treasure chest on steroids with a bit of an appetite of its
own...
@ is trying to gracefully back away from the Wraith Knight...hoping the Zombie can hold his own for a bit...
Middle of the hamlet progress shot...on the left, Mike pulled up a Ghast but quickly defeated it...the Mimic is charging hard for one of Mike's soldiers in the middle of town, and I am slowly retreating back having lost my Wolf, Zombie, Templar, and Crossbowman...my Necro, Ranger, and Treasure Hunter are all injured at this point within a point or 2 of being wounded...
Now, if dealing with various hungry, angry beasts wasn't enough...Mike continued to rain imp after imp down on my crew...I think I took out 3-4 imps, this last one steps over the disappearing corpse of Mr. B (who took an arrow in the back of the head, killing him and forcing him to drop the treasure) on its way to Ragnar who is rushing to grab the treasure...to their front, the Werewolf is about to devour my Crossbowman...
...and Skald keeps running like a mofo...the Wraith Knight easily deals with Snowball the Zombie...but he does make it off table next turn...
With the Zombie gone, the Wraith Knight angrily walks about looking for his next victim...@ the Necro is 1 point from being wounded and is keeping a low profile...even electing not to try to summon Snowball 2...
If I recall correctly, Ragnar at this point gets into combat with the Wraith Knight, @ moves behind the stonewall, and my Apprentice grabs the treasure and starts the move off table...
...in the distance, you can now see Mike's wizard...a bitter vindictive soul who keeps LOS with my Apprentice for the sole purpose of delaying his movement so the Wraith can get to him...such hatred, sigh...
Suffice to say, my Apprentice does make it to the table edge...I now have to pieces of treasure to my name...Mike successfully avoids any more beasts...does NOT grab the last piece of treasure as his warband is feeling pretty weak, he did lose his Apprentice afterall...and they leave the table with 3 pieces.
Overall, a very great game...extremely enjoyable!!! My soldiers recovered nicely as did my Wizard...Mike's apprentice suffered a permanent injury (crushed leg IIRC...).
Until next time in the Northern City.
Cheers.
