50SS Tara (daniello_s) vs Colette (Owen)
Deployment: Close Deployment
Strategy: Reconnoitre
Schemes: ALITS, Protect Territory, Breakthrough, Frame for Murder, Distract
Owen brought:
Colette (4SS pool) - Practised Production, Cabaret Choreography
Cassandra - Smoke and Mirrors
2x Coryphee
Joss
2xPerformer
Mechanical Dove
I took:
Tara (4SS pool) - Dead of Winter, Knowledge of Eternity, Obliteration Symbiote
(bury/unbury and Slow/Fast shenanigans)
Malifaux Child
(Slow/Fast caster; healing support)
Death Marshal
(burying shenanigans; Breakthrough runner)
Desolation Engine
(heavy hitter and target for Tara's burying/unburying shenanigans)
Johan
(heavy hitter and Construct-killer)
Nothing Beast - Void Shield
(very mobile heavy hitter and target for Tara's burying/unburying shenanigans)
2x Void Wretch
(ALITS scheme runners; healers for friendly buried models)
Owen picked: ALITS and Breakthrough (both revealed).
I took: Breakthrough (revealed) and Frame for Murder (Engine).
I was thinking about taking Killjoy but because I haven't used Desolation Engine for a long time and because his after-death Abominations summon I decide to pick him.
Because of the close deployment and Colette's Prompt action I knew the game will be really bloody.
Deployment:
Turn 1
Initiative duel: Tara - Colette allowed to go first.
I didn't go with Tara as first model to activate as I did expect something to be Prompted heavily towards her ans then attacking her. Now I think I should just move, bury Engine giving him Fast as well and then just move in some save position.
Anyway, Marshal put Engine into the pine-box (I think it was rather big pine-box :D) and moved together with one Void Wretch to my right flank. Malifaux Child pinged Nothing Beast with Fast.
Colette's crew advanced towards the middle dropping as many scheme markers on the centreline as possible.
I decided to inflict first casualty and double walked Nothing Beast behind the building, Focused and swung at Coryphee. I had two high cards (13 and 11) so I was ready to cheat for attack if necessary and then for 7 damage which would remove Coryphee. Of course plan was good but Owen disrupt it by cheating defensive flip with Red Joker which put me on negative damage flip and effectively on 1 damage on Coryphee.
Colette used Prompt on Performer who pushed toward Nothing Beast and hit it for 1 damage and +2 Poison. Also Joss was prompted to take position to attack Nothing Beast.
Now it was time to evacuate Nothing Beast from this situation - Tara unburied Desolation Engine and buried Nothing Beast.
Cassandra moved and charged Desolation Engine hurting it, then she used Southern Hospitality.
With Desolation Engine left to activate I focused him and swung at Cassandra for 3 damage which was fully prevented with soulstones. Second hit missed. She also suffered 1 damage fro Engine's pulses (some damage prevention done here as well) . Joss moved closer to Cassandra and my guys.
Situation looked really bleak to me...
Upkeep phase - No VP score by either side;
Score after turn 1: Tara 0 - Colette 0
Turn 2
Initiative duel: Tara
I had two choices - activate Engine and try to kill Cassandra unburying heavily bruised Nothing Beast in the process which would expose it to Joss or activate one of the Void Wretches and heal Beast so even if Desolation Engine dies it will be quite healthy after unburying and might survive the turn.
I picked option 2 - Nothing Beast was healed and Poison removed from it.
Joss charged Nothing Beast - first attack went through but Black Joker on the damage saved Engine. Second hit went through but wasn't enough to kill the construct.
Now it was Desolation Engine's time to attack - first went through - 1 damage in total (damage prevention). Second went through - Red Joker on damage! Cassandra was dead and Desolation Engine fully healed himself! Yay! Nothing Beast unburied close to Joss. Engine's last attack hit Joss for minimal damage which was reduced by armour to 1 wound.
Owen was quite devastated with Cassandra's deathso he lured Joss away from Nothing Beast with his Performer.
Nothing Beast moved, focused and hit Performer killing her.
Owen pushed his crew along my left flank to secure points from Breakthrough. One Coryphee went to support Colette who was engaged with Nothing Beast at this stage.
Marshal and Void Wretch moved foward which secured two table quarters and also Wretch dropped first scheme marker for Breakthrough.
Child pinged Johana with Fast who was immediately tarpit with Dove. Tara buried Johana, moved and unbury her so she could walk and then charge Coryphee. Here we forgot Coryphee couldn't be charged. Either way Johana hit it once (I did cheat the attack flip) and double positive damage flip showed only weak damage (I had nothing to cheat it with...). Second hit missed. So even if I didn't charge Coryphee I would walk twice and hit it once anyway.
Now the situation looked bleak for Owen :D
Upkeep phase:
Tara: +1VP Strategy
Colette: +1VP Strategy,
Score after turn 2: Tara 1 - Colette 1
Turn 3
Initiative duel: Tara
Johana flurried and killed Coryphee.
With 4 significant models left Owen decided to call the game.
We agreed that the game would end up around 10-4 to Tara with my VPs max out and extra 3VPs for Breakthrough on Colette's side.
The most decisive moment in the game was Desolation Engine surviving Joss' charge and Cassandra's brutal death. If that didn't happen I would be in huuuuge trouble. Well, it seems bad things happen to others as well in Malifaux :D
Till next time!
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