Strange things were happening in the world of men. The forces of evil were split, and so it was that two different factions had reanimated piles of ancient bones, brought forth life from dust, playing with men as with pawns, in their attempts to gain dominion over the world of men.
This was thee scene for a 48 army point game of HoT that Andy and I played last night. I took the core of my mythical Ronan army, with an allied command of Undead, while Andy took his Greek and eastern men, with their very own allied command of Undead.
My Roman command was composed of:
- 1 x hero general
- 2 x artillery
- 1 x knight
- 2 x riders
- 2 x shooters
- 3 x blades
The Undead command was composed of:
- 1 x hero general
- 1 x magician
- 1 x reanimated bone dragon
- 1 x shooter 2 x hordes
- 2 x blade
- 2 x beast
Andy's army was light on 3 and 4 point elements, but included a behemoth (4 horse chariot), a hero general in each command, and a mix of blades, spear, and shooters.
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| The initial deployment from the Roman side |
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| The Romans were defending an Undead stronghold. Such were the games that the Undead played, using the humans to their own ends. The structure was scratch built ... the 'furnace of skulls'. |
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| Undead magician backing up a blade element |
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| Roman hero general, and the two artillery elements |
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| Assyrian behemoth, supported by riders and shooter |
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| Andy's own Undead... |
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The Roman artillery eliminate an opposing shooter base
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| The Roman left hits the opposition right, with the behemoth. The Roman hero general recoils from the behemoth |
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| The Roman blade are dominant in the centre |
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| The battle continues on the left |
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| Action with the two Undead commands. The beasts on the right have eliminated a blade base and broken through the first line |
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| An Undead blade base (yes, they are 'Grim Reapers' ) is eliminated by Andy's blade |
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| Still they battle it out on the Roman left |
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| There's some 'argy bargy going on between the heaps of reanimated bones on both sides |
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| The Eastern behemoth (4 horse chariot) is finally eliminated by the Roman hero general. Things are turning against the Greek/eastern forces |
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| The Graeco eastern command is demoralised |
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| The Greek hero general is eliminated, and with a single casualty on the Undead command the force is defeated |
We have played a few 48 point (two command) battles, but not in a while. Recently we have been playing either 24 or 72 point games. The game played differently to the other force sizes, really interesting.
This was a great game... well worth the time invested. We both need to do some work to get more variety in these commands/armies. More painting is now demanded... yay.
