50SS Von Schill (daniello_s) vs Tara (Mike)
Deployment: Flank Deployment
Strategy: Reckoning
Schemes: ALITS, Protect Territory, Bodyguard, Plant Evidence, Spring the Trap
Mike brought:
Tara (7SS pool) - Obliterate Symbiote, Knowledge of Eternity, Eternal Journey
Karina - The Faces of Oblivion
Killjoy - Necrotic Preparation
Bete Noire - Decaying Aura
Rotten Belle
2x Void Wretch
I took:
Von Schill (3SS pool) - The Shirt..., Survivalist, Oathkeeper
Hannah
Freikorps Strongarm
Freikorps Trapper
Freikorps Librarian
Hodgepodge Effigy
2x Void Wretch
We both picked and announced same schemes: Protect Territory and Plant Evidence
My first game with Von Schill but after short reading of his card I knew he will not need that much insight in how to play him correctly as Jack Daw :D
Table setup:
Crews deployment:
Turn 1
Tara used her traditional trick of activating first to set up a Killjoy bomb at the turn.
Trapper hurt Karina leaving her on 2 wounds left - if I only had a high Ram on my hand, Trapper would get his first kill on the Turn 1 :D
Belle lured Trapper twice and then enemy Void Wretch moved and snapped at him but missed. Also it tried to make Trapper slow but didn't succeed.
I run my Wretches along the edges of the table to start dropping scheme markers next turn.
When I had Librarian and Von Schill still to go, Tara reactivated (Killjoy and Bete started the game being buried) and did what I was expecting she would do: unbury Killjoy, make him fast and send him staright into Von Schill's face. Then the onlaught started - Killjoy attacked 5 times (one from trigger) and dropped Von Schill to the last wound (Survivalist!). For some reason I forgot to prevent some damage :D
At this moment I had two cards on my hand which the highest was 6 so I was sure to pass Horror Duel if Von Schill decides to attack Killjoy. However because Killjoy had a Black Blood ability plus Necrotic Preparation upgrade, Von Schill would suffer 2 damage each time he punched the beast in his face, which also meant some healing was needed [edit: I forgot that since Von Schill has a Freikorps suit he ignores pulses so Black Blood wouldn't do him any harm but he still would be affected by the Necrotic Preparation ability] . Librarian tried twice - no success...
As Mike had a last card in his hand I decided to gamble and I used The Shirt... which healed 3 wounds on the manl and made Killjoy paralyzed. Von Schill moved and charged Tara hurting her a bit (she took 3 wound in total plus 1 wound from Black Blood when she made Killjoy fast) and drop her Df thanks to his triggers.
Upkeep phase - No VP score by either side; Score after turn 1: Von Schill 0 - Tara 0
Turn 2
Tara won initiative with Red Joker... I knew Von Schill is in trouble... The good thing was that I had Red Joker and one 13 in my hand so I could bounce off an attack or two.
Tara unburied Bete and buried Killjoy at the second attempt. Then Bete flurry at Von Schill but thanks to my excellent flips and Mike's combination on poor hand and even worse flips Von Schill survived again on the last wound.
I took a chance and push Trapper out of combat, moved and killed Karina with one shot.
Enemy Void Wretch tried to remove paralyze from buried Killjoy, but didn't succeed.
I knew it is now or never and decided to burn Oathkeeper and make a hammer attack on Tara.
I focused but Mike is too experienced to not know what it does mean and used his soulstone to give me a negative flip. The Von Schill started to punch her which was quite easy as her defense was already lowered by his previous attacks. He slashed her 3 times dropping her to last wound burning her soulstones dramatically as well for damage prevention. Then he used Finish the Cur which ended up her life. No one mess up with the man! [edit: here we accidentally forgot that after Tara's death, Killjoy should have unburied (still paralyzed) as he was buried with the Glimpse of the Void trigger. Today we both analyzed how it would impact the game and we have concluded that in the turn 3 Von Schill would kill Killjoy (I had Red Joker, Black Joker and 10, 9 and 8 of Rams on my hand when Mike had poor hand on the turn 3), then possible he would die of Bete, who consequently would die from Strongarm or Librarian. Eventually game would end around even 7-1 as I wouldn't even try to kill anything but rather keep Belle and Wretch in check with Hannah and Trapper]
Mike announced that in this moment game is practically over but we played on.
Second enemy Wretch finally removed paralyze from Killjoy.
I moved forward dropping scheme markers and put some pressure on remains of Tara's crew who started a withdraw to his corner.
Upkeep phase - Von Schill: +1VP; Score after turn 2: Von Schill 1 - Tara 0
Turn 3
I won initiative.
Von Schill put Bete back under the ground (not killed) and moved towards Librarian.
The remain of the crew moved forward dropping scheme markers and setting a trap for Belle and enemy Wretch.
Trapper focused and shot at other enemy Wretch dropping her to the 2 wounds.
Librarian and Hannah healed Von Schill who at this point had only 1 wound on himself.
Upkeep phase - No VP score by either side; Score after turn 3: Von Schill 1 - Tara 0
Turn 4
Trapper killed Wretch - Killjoy pop out and because he had no valid target for his charge he moved and dropped scheme marker.
Belle and second enemy Wretch were hiding behind the buliding so I moved Hannah on one side and Von Schill on the other to attack them next turn.
Then I tried to set up a Strongarm and my Wretch to remove scheme marker Killjoy dropped but I did it poorly (Strongarm was to far to move and lift the marker - I didn't measure it correctly).
Rest of my crew were dropping more markers.
Upkeep phase - No VP score by either side; Score after turn 4: Von Schill 1 - Tara 0
Turn 5
Killjoy charged and killed Wretch, then dropped a scheme marker.
Hannah charged enemy Wretch and hurt it, but not killed it. One of the attack wne with a moderate damage so Belle wa caught by the balst.
Von Schill moved and charged Belle but was only able to drop her to last two wound. Then he used Finish the Cur on Hannah who killed enemy Wretch.
Then Trapper moved and shot Belle but first he had to randomize between her, Von Schill and Hannah - three flip and success! After that Trapper killed poor undead girl. Bete pop out and took some swings on Von Schill (flurry) with limited success.
Game ended here.
Upkeep phase - Von Schill: +1VP Startegy, +3VP Plant Evidence, +3VP Protect Territory; Tara: +3VP Plant Evidence
Final score: Von Schill 8 - Tara 3
Few comments after the game:
- generally I had between good and very good hand (except turn 1) and my flips were also above average. Mike on the other hand had poor hand almost all of the time and his flips were average. That help me a lot.
- Von Schill is a beast although his min damage of 2 and 1'' melee range is a bit of boomer.Still he his excellent tank and his damage (even if low) is very consistent. Combined this with Finish the Cur it gives a very, very solid hitter.
- Trapper is a monster. He killed 3 models that game and constantly harassed enemy. I wonder what would happen if I field 2 of them :D
- Hannah is amazing also, especially when surrounded by Von Schill and his Freikorps boys and girls.
- Strongarm did nothing this game as either Von Schill killed stuff first or enemy models were running away from him. Still he secured one flank and if I run him better he would get high mark as well.
Till next time!
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