A Bristol Big’un On Tour

by Steve Evans.

I had been invited to enter the Cheltenham Warchiefs first ever tournament,The Warpath. It was to be a Warhammer Fantasy Battle event using 1,500pt forces,with there being 3 games over the day.Games were to be pitched battles using vp’s as of page 198 of the rule book with the player with the most after the 3 games winning.There were no pts for sportsmanship,painting or army comp.I had decided to take my Chaos Dwarves, see below for army list.

Chaos Dwarves
1 CD Hero,army general with heavy armour,shield, Hammer of Hashut.
1 CD level 2 Sorcerer with Black Gem of Gnar.
1 CD level 2 Sorcerer with Chalice of Darkness.
15 CD Blunderbuss with blunderbuss,heavy armour,full command.
16 CD Warriors with heavy armour,shield,full command.
16 CD Warriors with heavy armour,shield,full command.
10 Hobgoblins with normal bow,boss,musician.
12 Hobgoblins with light armour,shield,full command.
12 Black Orc’s with heavy armour,extra weapon,full command.
1 Death Rocket, 2 CD crew with heavy armour.
1 Bolt Thrower, 2 Hobgoblin crew.
1 Earth Shaker Cannon, 3 CD crew with heavy armour.

Game 1
Verses JP’s Dark Elves
1 Noble with Sea Dragon Cloak,heavy armour,great weapon.
1 level 2 Sorceress with dispel scroll and seal of Groud.
15 Corsairs with Sea Dragon Cloaks,light armour,extra weapon,full command,War Banner.
16 Warriors with light armour,spear,shield,standard.
14 Warriors with repeater crossbow,light armour.
6 Cold One Knights with heavy armour,lance,shield,standard.
5 Dark Riders with repeater crossbow,spear ,shield,standard.
5 Dark Riders with repeater crossbow,spear,shield,standard.
1 Cold One Chariot,2 crew with light armour,repeater crossbow ,spear.
1 War Hydra,2 beastmasters with spears.

For terrain and set up see pictures below.
Dark Elves:

Chaos Dwarves:

Key Moments.
Rear charge by 3 Dark Riders causing a failed panic test by a unit of CD warriors, who were then ran down. The Cold One Knights bouncing off the Black Orc’s and failing their break test in the last turn of the game. A draw.
VP’s:
JP:697.
Me:793.5.

Game 2
Verses Richard’s Bretonnian’s.
A slight twist to this game, we had to swap armies so I ended up using the Bretonnians against my own Chaos Dwarves.
Bretonnians
1 Paladin army general with barded warhorse, Questing Vow,Virtue of Knightly Temper, heavy armour, great weapon.
1 level 1 Damsel with barded warhorse , 2 dispel scrolls.
1 Paladin army standard bearer with barded warhorse, heavy armour, Banner of the Lady, Knightly Vow, Virtue of Duty.
1 Paladin with barded warhorse, lance, shield, Knightly Vow.
6 Questing Knights with barded warhorse, heavy armour, shield, great weapon, Questing Vow, full command, War Banner.
6 Knights of the Realm with barded warhorse, heavy armour, shield, Knightly Vow, full command.
6 Knights of the Realm with barded warhorse, heavy armour, shield, Knightly Vow, full command.
5 Knighls of the Realm with barded warhorse, heavy armour, shield, Knightly Vow, full command.
3 Pegasus Knights with heavy armour, shield, lance, gallant musician.
5 Mounted Yeoman with horse, spear, bow, musician.

For terrain and set up see pictures below.
Brettonians:

Chaos Dwarves:

Key Moments.
The directed hit by the Earth Shaker on the Questing Knights which only killed 1 knight. The combined charge of the Pegasus Knights (front) and one of the Knights of the Realm unit which contended the Paladin (flank) on the Blunderbuss unit which contended the CD general and a sorcerer. The CD’s lost heavily, broke and were run down. This was a deverstating blow to the CD’s and left a unit of CD warriors and the unit of Black Orc’s open to multiple charges in the final turn. Both units were destroyed. A win.
VP’s:
Richard:182.
Me:1397.

Game 3
Verses John's Goblins
1 Goblin Big Boss army general with wolf, light armour, shield, Porko’s Pigstikka.
1 Goblin Big Boss army standard bearer with light armour, Gork’s Waaagh Banner.
1 Night Goblin Big Boss with light armour, great weapon, Nibbla’s ‘itty Ring.
1 level 2 Goblin Shaman with 2 dispel scrolls.
24 Night Goblins with shield, spear, 3 fanatic’s, full command.
24 Night Goblins with shield, spear,3 fanatic’s ,full command.
20 Night Goblins with short bows.
11 Goblin Wolf Boyz with wolf, light armour, shield, spear, full command.
5 Goblin Wolf Boyz with wolf, shields.
1 Squig Herd with 7 Squig’s , 14 Night Goblin prodders.
2 Goblin Chariots with 1 extra crew, spears, short bow.
2 Bolt Throwers with 3 crew.
1 Giant.

For terrain and set up see pictures below.
Goblins part 1:

Goblins part 2:

Chaos Dwarves:

Key Moments.
The Giant jumping up and down on the unit of Blunderbuss and wiping them out. The Goblin Shaman ‘ead butting one of the Sorcerers to death. Then the Wolf Boyz with the general in bouncing off the Black Orc’s, breaking and being ran down, this put the Black Orc’s within charge range of the Squig Herd which included the army standard on the last turn of the game. The charge went in, the Black Orc’s won but the Goblins pass their break test on a 4.A draw.
VP’s:
John:660.
Me:725.

Final Result: 1 win and 2 draw’s. I’m happy with that. Final finishing place 13th out of 18 players.

Just like to say a big thanks to Chris for giving me a lift to the event, to all my opponents for 3 great games and to all The Warchief for running such a fun event. Cheers, Steve.