Game Report 02.04.15 40SS Viks vs Levy

Game report - 02.04.2015

40SS Viks (daniello_s) vs Leveticus (Eoghan)

Deployment: Corner Deployment
Strategy: Reconnoitre
Schemes: ALITS, Bodyguard, Breakthrough, Outflank, Frame for Murder
 
Eoghan brought:
Levi (2SS pool)- To the Earth return, Oathkeeper
Rusty Alyce
Lazarus
Freikorps Strongarm
2x Waifs
2x Abomination 

I took:
Ash Viki (3SS pool) - Sisters in Fury, Survivalist, Oathkeeper
Blood Viki -  Mark of Shez'uul, Oathkeeper
Student of Conflict
Freikorps Librarian
2x Ronin
2x Void Wretches

Eoghan picked Frame for Murder (Strongarm) and Outflank (not revealed)
I picked Frame for Murder (Blood Viki) and Bodyguard (Librarian).

Seeing those 4 good shooters in Levi's crew my plan was simple - using both Viks kill as much as possible (preferably Strongarm and either Lazarus or if possible Rusty) and the rest of crew would defend themselves using LOS blocking terrain and earn VPs for Strategy and for Bodyguard. 
VPs for Frame for Murder were almost certain - no one can ignore this crazy Sister - she must die or otherwise she would wreck a havoc among the other crew :D

The table was set up this way:

Levy won deployment flip and deployed first.

I have deployed on the opposite corner of the table.

  

Turn 1
Viks won initiative but gave Levy a green light to go first.
We have moved forward. Abominations double-walked towards Levi's left flank. Rusty and Lazarus moved closer towards centre and positioned themselves behind the wooden fence. Strongarm duck behind the building in the centre of the table. I moved Student, Ronin and Blood towards buidling in the centre. Librarian and one Void Wretch walked towards my left flank. Ash and second Ronin walk near my right flank behind other building.
Levi, who did activate as a last model in his crew,  burned Oathkeeper, double-walked and fired twice at Blood Viki (my bad, bad positioning....). 

Both shots hit - first has triggered no-soulstone use against it and Levy cheated damage with Red Joker (6 wounds). I have burnt soulstone during second attack to get + flip for Df and - flip for Levy's damage. Of course second shot hit as well with moderate damage - enough to kill Blood. One teh one hand I would score 3 VPs at the turn 1 for Frame for Murder but on the other hand I wouldn't mind to keep Blood Viki alive at least one turn more so I have burnt second soulstone for prevention and thankfully I have prevented all the damage :D

My last activations was Void Wretch - I decide to inflict a bit of terror on Levy and attacked him as he was buried. Combination of good flip for attack and severe damage left Levy with 4 wounds after he unburied himself at the end of the turn. Eoghan 

Upkeep phase - no VP points for either side Score after turn 1: Viks 0 - Leveticus 0


Turn 2

Viks won initiative.
Librarian healed Blood twice with minimal effect (2 wounds healed). Abomination walked towards Levy's left flank.
The I decided to burn Oathkeeper and charge Strongarm. I killed poor guys (moderate and severe damage). Eoghan announced that Strongarm was a decoy and got 3VPs for Frame for Murder.
In return Levy came out and killed Blood Viki - then I announced similar thing - 3VPs for me for Frame for Murder. Levy for the last action moved back but he didn't bury himself (Void Wretches were waiting... :D)

Rusty moved and fire the blast in Ronin's face. Severe for damage dropped Ronin's life to the last wound remaining. I hid wounded Ronin behind the building, second moved closer to walk and hit Rusty in the next turn. I moved Wretches and made sure they will be safe to secure me points for Startegy.
Abomination attacked Levy and killed him so he could bury himself and heal his wounds.  

Lazarus and two Waifs moved towards behind building in the centre (the one with the roof on the above picture).

Unfortunately they were 2'' from each other and I still had Student and Ash inactivated :D
So, I moved Student and used Sisters in Spirit to bring Ash in b2b with Student. Then Ash activated, burned Oathkeeper, double-walked and charged Waif the way she would be able to Whirlwind on second Waif 
and Lazarus.  

With + flip for attack for her East and West 0 action and Red Joker on my hand I was pretty confident.
First attack flip was disaster - Black Joker.
Second attack hit but without necessary suit (I forgot to burn last soulstone to get a suit but to be honest I forgot about it during first attack too so possible I would burn it at the first attack wasting it with Black Joker flipped...). So I cheated with Red Joker to trigger Whirlwind. Severe damage flip killed first Waif.
Additional attack on second Waif wasn't too spectacular but hit. Eoghan decide to cheat defense flip with high card and I had to cheat my to punch through defence with marginal success and negative flip for damage. Now I had to flip moderate damage with negative flip - 6 and 7 so I killed second Waif which meant no more Levy tonight!
I tried the last swing from Whirlwind on Lazarus but I missed.

Eoghan tried to call a game but I told him to wait for the next turn and see if he wins initiative, kill Ash and push me to defence.


Upkeep phase - Viks +3VP for Frame for Murder, +1VP for Strategy; Levy - +3VP for Frame for Murder, +1VP for Startegy  Score after turn 2: Viks 4 - Leveticus 4


Turn 3
Viks won initiative. Levy tried seize initiative burning the soulstone with no success.
Ash 3 times attacked Lazarus - first attack flip was with Black Joker, but the rest were brutal - severe and Red Joker flips for damage finished Lazarus.

Rusty then tried to rapid fire on Ash but thanks to hard cover Ash didn't suffer a single hit. After that Eoghan called the game.

Final Score : Viks 10  - Leveticus 4

Running Viks as two, separate beatsticks wasn't bas idea. I was a bit hesitating if I should to take Student + Librarian or maybe Vanessa + Child but Student was really, really helpful with her Sister in Spirit action. Thanks to her I was able to remove both Waifs in one go :D
Void Wretches  - I love them and I'll buy the box once they are released.

Till next time!

Levy's art...

Levy was quite busy recently.
Raising all those Abominations is quite time consuming task. But finally they are ready to support their Master :D

Game Report 29.03.15 50SS Viks vs Seamus

Game report - 29.03.2015

50SS Viks (daniello_s) vs Seamus (Mike)

Deployment: Standard Deployment
Strategy: Headhunter (Gaining Grounds 2015)
Schemes: ALITS, Bodyguard, Assassinate, Make Them Suffer, Vendetta
 
Mike brought:
Seamus (3SS pool)- Bag of Tools, Decaying Aura, Necrotic Preparation
Sybelle - Not too Banged Up, Bleeding Tongue
Copycat Killer
Rotten Belle
The Hanged
The Yin
Chiaki the Niece
Nurse
 
Before we flipped for Strategy/Schemes and announced Factions I knew two thing: no matter of what I'll play Viks and use Killjoy for the first time. When Strategy/Schemes were flipped I had a moment of hesitation cause I knew Levy would fit better in this game but nevertheless I've decided to stay with my Viks and Killjoy.

So I took this crew:
Ash Viki (4SS pool) - Sisters n Spirit, Sisters in Fury, Synchronized Slaying
Blood Viki -  Mark of Shez'uul, Oathkeeper
Vanessa
Ronin
Ronin
Hodgepodge Effigy
Killjoy
Malifaux Child  

Mike picked Assassinate and Bodyguard (Chiaki).
I picked Make Them Suffer and Bodyguard (Vanessa)

Table was setup like that (big thanks to Mike for bringing his terrain - the table looked really nice).

Turn 1 - crews are ready for the bash

We both moved forward. I knew Sybelle and Belle can Lure me into open where Saemus and Copycat can kill anything in the blink of the eye with their pesky guns so I decided to move Ronin forward behind the obelisk and second Ronin around the windmill. Vanessa and Child would stay behind the hedge and Viks would go closer to the building in the middle section of the table. And after that I realized that Seamus can easily shorten the distance to Ash (Back Alley... it really should be 2AP action not 1AP... :D) and shoot her. So it happened. I got 4 damage in my face. Then Copycat got into base contact with Seamus with 0 action and shoot Ash twice - one miss but the other I had to prevent damage so Ash ended up with 5 wounds. Blood Viki killed Belle but Seamus raised other Belle from the corpse and that newly arrived Belle engaged with Blood,

Upkeep phase - no VP points for either side Score after turn 1: Leveticus 0 - Lilith 0

Turn 2

I won initiative and I did realize that Mike will get 3VP for killing Ash shortly so I had two options - either run away with her or go for fun swinging her katana. So I did :D But I made a mistake - I buffed Viks with Sisters in Fury and then charged Copycat. What I really should do was to move Ash, charge Seamus and try to trigger Whirlwind to kill Copycat, then chain activate Blood, burn Oathkeeper, kill Belle and charge Seamus. That could work as Blood would have 4 attacks in total. Well, mistakes were made so I paid the consequences later :D.
Ash killed Copycat, Blood killed Belle. In retaliation Yin killed Ash - there was my second mistake - I should unbury Killjoy now but I didn't do that.
Vanessa shot Yin hurting her a bit (4 wounds remained).
Seamus engaged Blood but she survived attacks (heavily beaten , but survived) and then he summoned another Belle. Ronin stepped back and picked the head token. Hodgepodge covered her with the Mist. Second Ronin came closer to pick the other head token. Sybelle jumped close to that head token.

Upkeep phase - Seamus +1VP for Strategy, +3VP for Assassinate; Viks +1VP for Startegy, +1VP for Make Them Suffer. Score after turn 2: Viks 2 - Seamus 4

Turn 3

I lost initiative flip so I knew Blood will die now. But she survived... On the last wound but survived.Unfortunately Seamus made her attacks be on -2MI against him. I burnt Oathkeeper and hit Seamus with 3 attacks but couldn't kill him (7 wounds inflicted).
Belle lured Ronin which allowed Seamus to heal 2 wounds.
Vanessa then aimed at Hanged and shot him twice with 6 damage inflicted but also was able to blast Yin (severe damage on Hanged) killing her. Hanged charged Blood and killed her triggering Horror test on Child, Vanessa and Hodgepodge. If I were unbury Killjoy now I would have to take horror test on him to and as my hand was drained (I had last card, 3 tome...) I decided not to do that. Result of horror tests was horrible - Child and Vanessa were Paralyzed...
I flurry Belle with Ronin (don't ask about the results of those attacks...) and sacrifice her to bring Killjoy. Sybelle attacked him, triggered 1 action and walked him close to the Hanged and then walk to engage Ronin.
As an act of desperation Hodgepodge charged Belle with small success. I decided not to attack Sybelle and Hanged as I was afraid to fail Horror tests so Killjoy did nothing (I should attack as I would loose the remaining activation and wouldn't be Paralyzed on the next turn anyway) and Ronin did double defensive stance.

Upkeep phase - Seamus +1VP for Strategy; Score after turn 2: Viks 2 - Seamus5

Turn 4
I lost initiative. Seamus charged Killjoy killing him and after that I called the game.

Final Score : Viks 2  - Seamus 10

It was my second game against Seamus and I must say he is tough as nails. But if I didn't make this mistake when declaring the charge against Copycat not Seamus. Also I've just realized one thing - since he shot me with his 10'' range gun then he was also in the range of my charge, even without initial walk action. So I could buff Sisters with Fury, charge Mister S. with Ash, kill Copycat also, chain activate Blood, burn Oathkeeper, kill Belle and finish (or even try to) Seamus... How could I miss that... Seems like I played Levy way too often lately :D

Till next time!

Who would Levy be without his Waifs?... :D

He loves them... That his biggest secret... He loves them so much he would sacrifice them rather than allow them to be with someone else :D

My another puny effort to get fully painted Levy crew - this time Hollow Waifs.
Now for next week and a half I can focus on 4 Abominations.

Game Report 19.03.15 50SS Levi vs Lilith

Game report - 19.03.2015

50SS Leveticus (daniello_s) vs Lilith (Gavin)

Deployment: Standard Deployment
Strategy: Turf War
Schemes: ALITS, Breakthrough, Bodyguard, Plant Evidence, Frame for Murder
Gavin brought:
Lilith (7SS pool)- Beckon of Malifaux, Wicked Mistress Barbaros - Rapid Growth
Teddy
Baby Kade
Sorrow
2x Terror Tot
Cherub
I took:
Levi (4SS pool) - Desolate Soul, To the Earth Return Rusty Alyce - Desolate Soul, From Aether 2x Hollow Waif Lazarus
Ashes and Dust Hodgepodge Efiigy
Abomination

Gavin picked Frame for Murder (Teddy) and Plant Evidence (announced).
I picked Frame for Murder (Ashes and Dust) and Bodyguard (Rusty) (not announced). Here I've made first mistake - since I took A&D I should go for Plant Evidence rather than Frame for Murder or if I took Frame for Murder I should pick less obvious model than A&D.

Since we had Turf War and Lilith has Tangle Shadows and Illusionary Forest I knew it won't be easy game, but 'job has to be done' as every Outcast master used to say :D

The table was set up like that:

The centre of the table will be marked with lovely red 'teddy' marker - you will have to notice that on the next photos :D This graveyard area had walls of Ht2 so we agreed that models with Ht1 and Ht2 can't climb through the wall and there is no LOS to them.

Turn 1 - crews are ready for action:

This turn generally we have approached towards centre line. One Tot sprang behind the wall but unfortunately for him Levi was able to double Walk to aim at him with Unmade. Despite having hard cover I was able to kill him (Channelling rules!) and I summoned Abomination in his place. poor Abomination didn't last long but bought me some time. Rusty dropped scrap marker.

Upkeep phase - no VP points for either side Score after turn 1: Leveticus 0 - Lilith 0

Turn 2 - you can see remains of summoned Abomination (scrap marker), Barbaros with Defensive Stance on him and Lazarus + A&D preparing to hit Barbaros hard.

During the draw phase cards told me big no-no. The highest card I had was 8, then 7 and then everything between 4 and 1... I spent SS to get extra two cards - got 1 and 3... I really hoped for good flips...
Gavin moved his Sorrow towards centre point, same with Barbaros and Lilith. Tot sprinted towards me but remained hidden behind the wall. He pushed Abomination with Lilith towards her so it was left on the last wound. Lilith also casted Forest in front of Teddy and Kade to screen them from Rusty. Barbaross duck behind the wall and took double Defensive Stance. 

I tried to hit kill Teddy with Levi but i only damaged him badly. Rusty re-posiotned and took single shot on Tot with miss. Lazarus used rapid fire on Barbaros with no success. I charged Barbaros with A&D hurting him a bit. In this moment Gavin figured out I might have Frame for Murder on A&D...
Rusty luckily summoned Abomination from the scrap marker.

Upkeep phase - Lilith +1VP for Strategy; Score after turn 2: Leveticus 0 - Lilith 1

Turn 3

Gavin won imitative and moved Barbaros behind the house (out of Levis LOS) and took double Defensive Stance. In return I moved Levi and charged Barbaros. During first attack - Gavin flipped Black Joker and I flipped severe damaged - enough to kill Barbaros (even damage prevention wouldn't save him at this moment) and summon Abomination.

Gavin killed my Abomination. I charged Cherub, killing him and summoned another Abomination! 

Lilith killed that poor construct and used Tangle Shadows to jump in contact with Teddy. Then he casted Forest closer to Rusty and rooted Rusty with her last action. Teddy took Walk towards Rusty and hit her but missed. Lazarus killed Tot. Sorrow dropped scheme marker on my half of the table close to the terrain area.

Upkeep phase - Lilith +1VP for Strategy; Levi +1 VP for Strategy; Score after turn 3: Leveticus 1 - Lilith 2

Turn 4

Due to the shortage of time it was the last turn we could play that night.
I won initiative and in desperate attempt to save Rusty I charged Teddy with Levi - killing him summoning next Abomination. Unfortunately this action gave Gavin +2VP for Frame for Murder. I sacrificed newly summoned Abomination to get in base contact with it and used last action to shoot Kade (3 wounds inflicted). Kade charged Levi but missed and suffered wound from Unmade dying in process :D

I moved my models closer to the Lilith. She moved and dropped another scheme marker. I shot her with Lazarus but only inflicted 3 damage in total.

That was the end of the game.

Upkeep phase - Lilith +2VP for Frame for Murder, +3VP for Plant Evidence ; Levi +1 VP for Strategy, +2VP for Bodyguard;

Final Score : Leveticus 4 - Lilith 7


If (big IF as I would really depend on who won initiative) we played last turn I might have a chance to get a draw (5-5) but that would require killing Lilith (with 7 wounds remaining and 4 SS) and remove one scheme marker.

Anyway I really enjoyed that game. Levi was a monster as usual and I really, really don't like Lilith and mobility and Illusionary Forest :D

Till next time!