The battle could be best described along the following lines “Mercs attack, mercs miss, Wuffy and spectators collapse in laughter” .. repeat. And so it went for the whole game with the mercs gradually getting ripped up until finally Eyriss managed to hit something (yes Eyriss missed lots).
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Through to the final turn Cryx had lost just the pistol wraith and were running circles around the mercs, it was all too easy. So to wrap up Terminus charged Magnus, boosted the attack by way of a formality, and rolled 3 ones…. silence hit the table, Terminus missed again, and when he finally hit, he didn’t do enough to finish off Magnus. As the saying goes “He who laughs last laughs loudest”. first hit put Terminus on the floor and the rest of his focus Magnus powered into the defenceless undead warcaster.
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1. Chris – Khador ( P1 – W 1 – L 0 – D 0)
2. Wuffy – Cryx ( P1 – W 0 – L 1 – D 0)
3. Kobby – Trolls ( P1 – W 1 – L 0 – D 0)
4. Wuffy – Skorne ( P2 – W 1 – L 1 – D 0)
5. Steve – Khador
6. Kris – Mercenary Pirates ( P1 – W 0 – L 1 – D 0)

• Lich Lord Terminus (Warcaster)
• Seether (Helljack)
• Defiler (Bonejack)
• Bane Thralls + 1 trooper (Unit)
• Bloat Thrall (Solo)
• Skarlock Thrall (Solo)
• Machine Wraith (Solo)
• Pistol Wraith (Solo)
• Ogrun Bokur (Solo)

Khador army:

• Karchev the Terrible (Warcaster / Warjack)
• Spriggan (Heavy Warjack)
• 2 Destroyers (Heavy Warjacks)
• Battle Mechaniks (Unit)

Terrain: Kris cancelled out Chris’s terrain deployment of making a fortified hill (and was called a ‘loser’ for his efforts). The only terrain to have any effect on the game was a lake placed in front of Cryx’s deployment zone. Time was short so both players ignored terrain tactics and just charged the middle.

Deployment: Chris won the dice rolls so he deployed and acted first. He had the ultimate jack heavy army and placed them all together in roughly a ‘U’ shape (with the Battle Mechaniks before Karchev). He deployed them in midfield at the edge of his deployment zone.

Kris declared Terminus as Bokur’s client. The two Wraiths deployed to the right of the lake while the rest of the army to the left. The Bane Thralls were out front (as shields).

Turn 1: Khador’s turn. There was no terrain to block Khador’s advance so Chris ran the army forward and maintained the tight ‘U’ shaped formation of the jacks. The Spriggan was on the left with one of the Destroyers on the right. Too far out of Bombard range so no attacks this first turn.

Cryx’s turn. The Wraiths on the right ran to close the distance to the Khadorian army. The rest of the army advanced and Terminus cast Shadow of Death (which gave all undead models in his control area Toughness), just in case some of the army died during the upcoming bombardment. The two jacks advanced a bit farther ahead. The Bane Thralls remained in front of Terminus. Cryx is lacking in long ranged weaponry so they had no attacks this turn.

Turn 2: Khador’s turn. The 4 jack army advanced slightly and the Destroyers shot off their Bombards at the mass of Cryx advanced. The Destroyers missed and nothing was damaged. Chris kept the same formation and it seemed to Kris that he was preparing to use Karchev’s Iron Curtain spell with the Spriggan and the front Destroyer (which who see those two warjacks charged and knockdown everything in between them).

Cryx’s turn. The Wraiths advanced. The Pistol Wraith became corporeal as he took a couple of shots at the front Destroyer. The Destroyer’s armor is too high for the Pistol Wraith to be effective. The Machine Wraith couldn’t attack this round but it was close enough to attempt a Machine Meld next round. Kris knew that the Iron Curtain would be coming next turn so he decided to sacrifice the Seether Helljack by running it up into the middle of the Khadorian jacks (and engaging them all – expect one). Khador would need to take out the Seether before they could advance on the rest of the Cryx army but they would be in charge range of Khador’s army before the Seether died. The rest of the army advanced and Terminus popped his feat. Kris did this to help ensure that the Seether survived Khador’s next turn. On Khador’s next turn, Karchev could not allocate any focus to any of his warjacks. They’d have to take straight up rolls against the Seether. Terminus also cast Shadow of Death again.

Turn 3: Khador’s turn. Chris needed to take out the Seether first. He activated Karchev first and used his auto-knockdown spray attack. It hit and knocked down the Seether and continued out to hit 4 of the Bane Thralls. Unfortunately, they all died, including the leader, except for one that made its Toughness roll. With the Seether on the ground, the Spriggan and Destroyer jack got auto-hits on it but Chris rolled shit and the Seether lived. The unengaged Destroyer used a Bombard attack and killed the Pistol Wraith.

Cryx’s turn. “Charge!” was the focus of this round. Before that, however, the Seether (with one functioning arm) stood up and hit the Spriggan. Minor damage. Terminus himself then charged… err… flew into battle and engaged the front Destroyer jack. First Terminus slashed it with his Doomsayer weapon, then slapped it across the face with Scything Claw. The Destroyer was thrown backwards and crashed into the Destroyer behind it. The Destroyer was seriously messed up and lost its axe and Bombard attacks. Both Destroyers were damaged by the throw and knocked down. Now that Terminus was no longer engaged, he used his Dragonfire spray attack against Karchev and the Battle Mechaniks behind him. Krachev was damaged and two of the Battle Mechaniks (including the leader) burned up. Terminus rules! Bokur charged the Spriggan next but unfortunately Kris only rolled a ‘1′ on his attacks so Bokur got a single POW 15 + 4d6 against the Spriggan. It hurt but the Spriggan didn’t lose systems. The Machine Wraith now moved to knocked down Destroyer in the back and Machine Melded with it. The Machine Wraith would continue to jump in and out of that jack for the rest of the game. Skarlock advanced and was going to Hellfire the Spriggan but he didn’t want to risk hitting Bokur so he didn’t cast any spells. The Bloat Thrall took a shot into the knocked down Destroyers and managed to scratch the one up front. The Defiler approached towards the Battle Mechaniks. One Bane Thralls moved to engage Spriggan and hit him. The knocked down one stood up and moved to join his unit.

Turn 4: Khador’s turn. Chris’s first task was to drive the Machine Wraith out of the Destroyer. Using precious Focus from Karchev, the Machine Wraith ejected the Destroyer and placed itself out of attack range. Chris placed most of Karchev’s Focus on the Spriggan so that it could take out Bokur. Karchev himself spray attacked the Seether and Terminus. Both were knocked down. The Seether was very nearly dead now and the front Destroyer stood up and killed it. The Spriggan attacked Bokur and Chris has never rolled so badly. Every attack missed and Bokur was unharmed (instead of the nearly guaranteed death the Spriggan should have given him). The Battle Mechanik moved up to the Spriggan and tried to repair it but their leader was dead (which meant their Repair ability was very hard to achieve). Chris needed to roll a 4 or less on 2d6 for each Battle Mechanik and they all failed. Lots of 6’s rolled then though. The Destroyer in the back stood up but he couldn’t attack anything because nothing was in range.

Cryx’s turn. The Defiler Bonejack and Skarlock moved behind the Khador army. The Skarlock cast Hellfire on Karchev but only slightly damaged him. The Defiler shot and killed one of the Battle Mechaniks and positioned itself for a channeled Hellfire from Terminus. Kris activated Bokur next and rolled a 3 on the d3 for its attacks. Bokur was within client range so he went nuts on the Spriggan and destroyed it. Bokur kicks ass! 39 point model taking out a heavy warjack four times its worth! It was at this point when time was nearly gone that Kris made a fatal mistake. In an attempt to get the game over with, Terminus charged Karchev. He used all his Focus and delivered hit after hit to Karchev. However, Karchev’s 21 ARM and 36 hit points ensure his survival. While he was about half dead and lost a system or two, Karchev was still alive. Lastly, the Machine Wraith jumped into the back Destroyer again.

Turn 5: Khador’s turn. Despite being half dead and attacking the undamaged Terminus, Karchev utterly destroyed Terminus with only 2 attacks. Karchev is Terrible indeed.

Khador Victorious!