Thursday, 25 October 2018

A year of Hordes - Further notes



Since I posted our results table, I have come across a few more diary entries:

20 November 2017
Honest Orcs
Dwarves
Dwarves win

So far the Dwarves remain unbeaten, but the Honest Orcs acquitted themselves well and the latest game was a darn close run thing!

15th January 2018
Ratmen
Savage Orcs
Savage Orcs win

Once again the Savage Orc Hordes outperformed all expectation, their Ballista unleashed Hell and their Trolls stomped across the battlefield causing mayhem.
The plucky Rats got mangled due to a series of lousy dice rolls. At least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

19th February 2018
Eastern Empire
Savage Orcs
Two games, one win each

We played two games of Hordes of the Things last night at Stronghold. Kev's Savage Orcs won the first battle when my Empire general rashly tried to tackle the trolls on his own. As that game finished rather quicker than expected we had a rematch.
The Empire re-organised and put their strong cavalry front and centre with the infantry (bows supported by spears) on either flank.
The Empire infantry managed to hold off the Orc's Trolls and Bats while the Empire cavalry rolled over the Orc Shooters in their centre.

23rd July 2018
Honest Orcs ?
Savage Orcs
Savage Orcs Win

Richard joined us, he borrowed Kev's Savage Orcs and trounced me and my army.

17th SeptemberSteppe 'N Wolf goblinsMedievalDraw ?

Kev's first outing with his new Medieval army. Hero General, Cleric, Artillery, Knights and Blades. They look superb.

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

A year of Hordes at The Stronghold

Kev and I started playing Hordes of the Things together at The Stronghold Games Club in November last year. We have managed to get a couple of games in each month since then. Best as I can recall results so far are as follows:

Date
Chris
Kevin
Comment
6 November 2017
Lizardmen
Dwarves
Dwarves win
4th December 2017
Ratmen
Steppe Goblins
Goblins win, just
11th December 2017
Eastern Empire
Savage Orcs
Orcs win
29th January 2018
Dwarves
Savage Orcs
Dwarves win
5th February 2018
Black Orcs
Savage Orcs
Not recorded
19th February 2018
Eastern Empire
Savage Orcs
Two games, one win each
12th March 2018
Ratmen
Savage Orcs
Ratmen win
14th May 2018
Ratmen
Dwarves
Close win for the Dwarves
9th April 2018
Army of the Basilisk
Dwarves
Dwarves win
23rd April 2018
Ratmen
Dwarves
Dwarves win, JC got frogged!
30th April 2018
New Reformed Dwarves
Savage Orcs
Draw due to time out.
4th June 2018
Ratmen
Savage Orcs
Ratmen win
11th June 2018
Honest Orcs
Savage Orcs
Savage Orcs win
18th June 2018
Steppe Goblins
Savage Orcs
Steppe Goblins win
9th July 2018
Eastern Empire
Savage Orcs
Draw
3rd September 2018
Eastern Empire
Savage Orcs
Savage Orcs win
10th September 2018
Steppe Goblins
Savage Orcs
Two games, Orcs win both.
Richard won with the Orcs in the second match.
15th October 2018
Eastern Empire
Medieval
Empire win
22nd October 2018
Lizardmen
Savage Orcs
Lizardmen win

Results overall are fairly even, some of the battles were pretty close. I have not kept track of who was defending or attacking, but this does not usually make much difference to our tactics!
We had one game where Richard played Kev's army and won a good victory with a surprising flank move.