by Cain Tiberius » Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:45 pm
Another great game Kyle! And a victory well deserved! I had Supply Wagon which Kyle managed to destroy in the extended 7th turn. And Kyle had Turf War, which he managed to get Shang into my deployment turn 6. My Misaki managed to his kill Shang in turn 7. But he stole it back with a very speedy Von Schill getting to my deployment turn 7. Add this to Kyle being able to finish off all of my other models.Turn 3 saw a Ototo-Ototo show down! He got the first hit reducing my Ototo to 3/11 wounds. But the enraged my Ototo giving him Melee Master (+2) and +2 cb which was enough to kill his Ototo in one round!Turn 4 or 5 saw My Misaki attacking Toshiro and with a red joker, killing him in a single round.Kyle (Kyou) 4vp - 0vp Nathanael (Cain Tiberius)I look forward to playing you again Bud
It's a rare that the cards favour me. But tonight they truly hate me. Despite starting with 7 models to Kyle's 6, I was completely tabled by turn 5.I had the strategy Distract. Kyle had Survive and Escape. So I had to stop his Misaki from entering my table for 4vp or my deployment for 2vp. He needed to have 75%+ survive for 4vp or 50%+ for 2vp.My Ototo was wiped off the table by his Misaki turn 3 before he could strike. (I forgot Misaki's (2) diving attack ignored terrain and interviening models.. oops, my bad)Also in turn 3, his Trapper killed my Shang in a single hit. (Nice shot)Then in turn 4 my Misaki started in base contact with Kyle's. Having 2 strait attacks, +1 for Melee expert, +1 for Reckless giving me 4 attacks. Combining this with having a 10, 2 jacks, 1 queen and the red joker in my control hand, as well as using at least 3 soul stones... I wasn't able to defeat his Misaki. :OHis Misaki was just in his table half at this point. I sent in 2 Torakage in to slow him. But it was in vain as he killed both in turn 5 and waltzed over the line in turn 6 to take 2 victory points. This left a 3rd Torakage and a single Oiran, both injured previously. The Trapper finished off the Oiran and Toshiro finished off the Torakage in turn 5. Game extension roll made and the game stopped turn 6.I had 2vp for preventing his Misaki from reaching my deployment.He had 4vp for not loosing a single figure.A good game Bud, but those cards really hated me, lol.
25ss game between Myself (Nathanael) and Syndymion (Simon)I had 6 Ten Thunders models, including Misaki, Ototo, Shang, 1 Torokage and 2 Oiran. Simon had Rasputina, an Ice Golem and 2 canibalistic archers that name escapes me right now.My strategy was 'Deliver Message' (I've had this 4 times now, and it is a pain!). Any one of my crew (excluding insignificant models) has to do a (2) action within 2" of enemy leader to get 2vp or by the end of turn 4 for 4vp.Simon had the strategy 'Turf War'. He had to have more models in my half of the table than I did by game end for 2vp. In addition to this he had to have a model in my deployment for 4vp. A tall order for a very slow moving crew.Turn 1 was as uneventful as always. But on turn 2 one of my Oiran successfully cast (1) Lure on Rasputina drawing her, her walk distance (3") towards my Oiran. Simon also managed to take Ototo down to 6 wounds.On turn 3, I don't remember exactly which model did what, but Ototo had been wounded 4 more times taking him down to 1 wound left in return for 3 wounds on the Ice Golem. And Misaki had also been wounded 3 times. I used both my Oiran to Lure Rasputina again both drawing her 3" each. This left Ototo within the require 2" for the next turn.At this point (still turn 3) I decided to using (2) Diving attack (charge ignoring terrain and models) on Rasputina to make it even harder to get away from me the next turn. I was relying on my famously bad card flips. Big mistake... +flip for the charge saw me flip a red joker for damage (sevier damage + another flip), 2nd card was a 10 scoring a moderate damage.. 6+4=10... Rasputina has 10 wounds... Misaki killed Radputina in one hit making it now impossible for me to complete my Strategy.. Clever eh?For her Melee Expert, she added another 2 wounds to the Ice Golem. At this point I learn that killing the Golen would cause every model in 3" to take 3 damage (Ototo and Misaki) As a result, in turn 4 I moved Ototo away from the Golem (In retrospect, I realise we forgot see if the Golem blocked the move, sorry Simon :/ ). I figured losing 2 big models for just the Golem wasnt worth it. Ototo attacked one of the Canable Archers bit only did weak damage. As Ototo only had one wound left, the Archer finished him off, then ate him I order to recover all wounds. Hence Canable Archers, lolI attacked the Golem with Misaki (who had lost 2 more wounds due to Recklace). I killed the Golem and as a result Misaki died and Shang was also removed. (Probably a mistake)I figured with his Canabilistic regeneration, I didnt think I could kill him outright with what i had left, so I then ran the Torokage and 2 Oiran towards Simon's deployment zone.In turn 5 one of Simon Canable Archers shot at my Torokage and killed him in one go. His other Archer fired at one my Oiran and missed. I ran further into his deployment. With 2 figures each, Simon would need to kill one of mine and have both of his in my half in order to get any victory points. So at the end of turn 5, Simon decided to end the game on a draw. He could have attempted to kill one of the Oiran and then hope for a game extension.Thoughts and things I learned. After I killer Rasputina, I should have left Ototo to fight the Golem and ran everything else into his Deployment giving me 5 models to his 3.I learned that both players can cheat up their flip regardless of wether the loosing player decides to stick or not. At one point I was loosing by 3 so decide to stick, thinking he couldn't cheat it up. I was wrong and Simon increased his making a huge difference. A mistake I won't make again.I also now am aware that when Misaki dies, Shang is also removed. The same goes for any Totem creature with their attached masters. It was just something I had forgotten as the situation had never arisen in previous games.For the record, the cards still hate me, lol. But on the plus, I am very impressed that Misaki killed Rasputina so easily. I also now know that my Oiran are definitely worth taking for Strategies like this one.All in all a good game was had. Thank you Simon. I'm sure we'll meet on the table again at some point
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