Game 146 - Varangur - 2020/05/24

Greetings!

In the last, fourth round of the Rage of Isolation tournament, being played on Universal Battle 2, I played against Michael. The Big Boss and Tournament Organiser himself! If you were following my games from this event you would notice I did not post about the round 3. It is due to the fact that, unfortunately, the game was not played and I moved straight to round 4.

Michael plays with many armies but for this event he chose evil Northern Alliance, i.e. Varangur. It's been a while since I played against this army and I have not yet fought against them under 3rd edition rules. It was great that I had the first hand opportunity to see this army in action.

Michael decided to bring the army that is focused on melee and almost every single unit in it was able to deal a lot of damage in its own. Here are the details

Varangur - Army List

Frostfang Cavalry Horde (FC1), Large Cavalry - 265

Frostfang Cavalry Horde (FC2), Large Cavalry - 265

Huscarl Regiment (H1), Heavy Infantry - 225

Huscarl Regiment (H2), Heavy Infantry - 225

Draugr Regiment (D1), Infantry - 75

Draugr Regiment (D2), Infantry - 75

Reaver Troop (R1), Infantry - 135

Reaver Troop (R2), Infantry - 135

Reaver Troop (R3), Infantry - 135

Reaver Troop (R4), Infantry - 135

Snow Fox Regiment (SF), Swarm - 80

Lord on Frostfang (LoF), Hero (Large Cavalry)Aegis of the Elohi, Snow Fox - 215

Magnilde of the Fallen (M). Hero (Heavy Infantry) - 175

Cursed Son (CS), Hero (Heavy Infantry), Mournful Blade, Mask of the Reaper - 160

Game 145 - Salamanders - 2020/05/17

Greetings!

In the second round of the Rage of Isolation Universal Battle 2 tournament I had a great pleasure to play against Ben who commanded the army of Salamanders. You may know Ben as Bensome of Direct Misfire fame. If you don't or have not listened to this great podcast yet, you are really missing out! I suggest that you go and check it out, especially that the new episode about Ratkin Army has just been released!

It is not the first time when I had an opportunity to play against Ben as we played against each other at CanCon 2014. Six years ago! Boy, time flies indeed! If you are interested, here is a battle report from the game when we played something different, with a bit different composition of the armies and at the time when it was mandatory for me to include blurry pictures! :)

CanCon 2014 - Lizardmen vs High Elves

I was obviously very happy to have a rematch and it was great we played with the "same" armies but in a different system. I am quite lucky that my opponents bring very interesting armies and Ben is no exception! He definitely followed the rule of 2 while composing his force! Here are the details:

Salamanders - Army List

Tyrant Horde (T1), Large Infantry - 240

Tyrant Horde (T2), Large Infantry, Brew of Haste - 260

Kaisenor Lancer Regiment (KL1), Cavalry, Sir Jesse's Boots of Striding - 210

Kaisenor Lancer Regiment (KL2), Cavalry, Mead of Madness - 205

Salamander Ceremonial Guard Regiment (CG1), Heavy Infantry - 160

Salamander Ceremonial Guard Regiment (CG2), Heavy Infantry - 160

Ancient Troop (A), Heavy Infantry - 120

Ghekkotah Warrior Troop (GW1), Infantry - 60

Ghekkotah Warrior Troop (GW2), Infantry - 60

Fire Drake (FD), Titan - 210

Phoenix (P), Titan - 195

Clan Lord on Fire Drake (CL), Hero (Titan), Brew of Sharpness - 335

Herald (H), Hero (Heavy Infantry), Lute of Insatiable Darkness - 85

Game 144 - Undead - 2020/05/14

Greetings!

Welcome to the first battle report from the online tournament called Rage of Isolation! This even is organised by Michael, who was recently interviewed on Counter Charge podcast about building Kings of War scene in Sydney:

Counter Charge - 423 - Community Spotlight - Michael Clarke

I participated in a similar even Michael organised last year just before the release of 3rd edition of Kings of War. It was a great experience and and I was really happy he decided to do something similar again. 

The games are played over Universal Battle 2 platform, with one week time to arrange your game with your opponent. There are four rounds planned and armies are at 2300 points. However, the composition restrictions are used for 1995 size armies. If you are interested, full player's pack can be found here:

Rage of Isolation - Player's Pack

We are currently into 3rd round although I have not played my 3rd game yet. If you want to check the current standing, please follow the link:

Rage of Isolation - Results

There are 18 players participating with quite a diverse armies and you can check the details of the army lists here:

Rage of Isolation - Army Lists

Please note that players are not allowed to change the army lists and need to play all four games with the same force as during the usual event.

In the first round I was paired with Matthew. We have played against each other twice so far and the last time was during CanCon 2020 a few months ago. Matthew decided to bring Undead army this time and I must say when I saw his army list I knew I am about to face a very tough foe!

Undead - Army List

Soul Reaver Infantry Regiment (SR1), Infantry - 250

Soul Reaver Infantry Regiment (SR2), Infantry - 250

Wight Horde* (W1), Large Infantry - 260

Wight Horde* (W2), Large Infantry - 260

Zombie Regiment (Z1), Infantry - 70

Zombie Regiment (Z2), Infantry - 70

Zombie Regiment (Z3), Infantry - 70

Zombie Regiment (Z4), Infantry - 70

Zombie Regiment (Z5), Infantry - 70

Deathpack Regiment (D1), Swarm - 75

Deathpack Regiment (D2), Swarm - 75

Vampire Lord on Undead Dragon (VL1), Hero (Titan), Blade of Slashing, Lightning Bolt (4) - 335

Vampire Lord on Undead Dragon (VL2), Hero (Titan), Lightning Bolt (4) - 330

Revenant King (RK), Hero (Cavalry) Undead Horse, Surge (5) - 115

Game 143 - Trident Realm - 2020/05/10

Greetings!

In the second game at 2300 points per side I played against Jeff again! We were about to submit our army lists for a local online tournament to be played on Universal Battle 2 . More about the tournament in the next battle report :)

I noticed in the past that even if I may not be able to play many games prior to the event, it does pay off to play a game or two. I did not intend to make many changes to the army list but I wanted to see if the items choice and allocation is what I would like to play with during 4-battles tournament. 

Jeff also wanted to have one more game to decide on the final list. But what is also important, we wanted to play with the use of an online chess clock to be used in the tournament. We used the one recommended by Michael, the tournament organiser:

Online Chess Clock

We were allocated 10 minutes each for the deployment, followed by 90 minutes each for the game. It looks like a lot of time in comparison to normal tournament. However, some games on UB2 are done with the use of chat. And even if you are talking directly to your opponent, the online games always take longer for me. I was thus very intrigued and I hoped I would not time out!

Jeff decided to take Trident Realm to the tournament and here is the army he used for this battle (spoiler alert, he made some last minute changes to it before submitting the list to the event):

Trident Realm - Army List

Gigas Horde (G1), Monstrous Infntry - 205

Gigas Horde (G2), Monstrous Infntry - 205

Depth Horror Horde (DH1), Large Infantry - 185

Depth Horror Horde (DH2), Large Infantry - 185

Depth Horror Horde (DH3), Large Infantry - 185

Depth Horror Horde (DH4), Large Infantry - 185

Placoderm Regiment (P1), Infantry - 160

Placoderm Troop (P2), Infantry - 105

Placoderm Troop (P3), Infantry - 105

Tidal Swarm Regiment* (TS), Swarm - 70

Depth Horror Eternal (DHE1), Hero (Large Infantry) - 115

Depth Horror Eternal (DHE2), Hero (Large Infantry) - 115

Naiad Stalker (NS1), Hero (Infantry) - 95

Naiad Stalker (NS2), Hero (Infantry) - 95

Thuul Mythican (TM1), Hero (Infantry), Lightning Bolt (3) - 100

Thuul Mythican (TM1), Hero (Infantry), Lightning Bolt (3) - 100

Naiad Envoy (NE), Hero (Infantry), Lute of Insatiable Darkness

Game 142 - Sylvan Kin - 2020/04/29

Greetings!

It's been a while since I played against Ed. In fact, exactly 10 games ago! You can read about this battle here:

Forces of Nature vs Elves

It was thus about time that we played against each other again! Fortunately for me, despite the fact that Ed is playing quite often these days (at least in from my point of view :)), he was kind enough to save a spot for me in his gaming calendar.

This time, Ed used his Sylvan Kin version of the army that is designed around Forest Shamblers. In addition, we played at 2300 per side. If you are interested, here is the link to the topic Ed writes on KoW Forum where you can check the photos of his growing Sylvan Kin army:

Edzig's Forces of Nature/Sylvan Kin

And here are the details of Ed's Sylvan Kin army:

Sylvan Kin - Army List

Forest Shamblers Horde (FS1), Large Infantry - 200

Forest Shamblers Horde (FS2), Large Infantry - 200

Forest Shamblers Horde (FS3), Large Infantry - 200

Forest Shamblers Horde (FS4), Large Infantry - 200

Forest Shamblers Regiment (FS5), Large Infantry - 120

Forest Shamblers Regiment (FS6), Large Infantry - 120

Kindred Archers Regiment (A), Infantry - 120

Wild Gur Panthers* Troop (GP1), Cavalry - 85

Wild Gur Panthers* Troop (GP1), Cavalry - 85

Wiltfather (W), Hero (Monster), Sacred Horn - 315

Tree Herder (TH), Hero (Monster), Mace of Crushing - 265

Forest Warden (FW), Hero (Large Infantry) - 90

Avatar of the Green Lady [1] (GL), Hero (Infantry) - 185

Master Hunter (MH), Hero (Infantry) - 115