Manda's (Amachan) Battle Reports

Today’s game of SAGA Age of Magic was 6 points of my Order of Heimdallr (Great Kingdoms) against my friend’s Tyranids (The Horde) with the following lists:

Order of Heimdallr
Þórhildr (Warlord on foot)
1 unit of 4 hearthguard with heavy weapons
2 units of 8 warriors
2 units of 8 mounted warriors
1 unit of 12 bow levy

Tyranids
Swarmlord (Warlord on a beast)
Tyrant Guard (Lieutenant/Champion)
3 units of 8 Hormagaunts (basic warriors)
2 units of 2 Tyranid Warriors (bipedal creatures)
Tyrannofex (Static Warmachine)

We rolled up the following scenario from the Book of Battles:
Frontier Region
Vanguard
Under Pressure
Dash of Nostalgia
Overrun

The important bit here is that this game was about survival points, so the more we kept alive, the more points we got.

I was the first player and because of the scenario rules I was not allowed any charge or shooting activations in the first turn. I manoeuvred some of my troops around and then the Tyranids did the same and tried to shoot 1 unit of my horses with their Tyrannofex (Static Warmachine) but failed to cause any casualties.

My archers took a shot at the Swarmlord (Warlord on a beast) managing it to take 1 fatique.
1 unit of cavalry moved up and charged a group of Hormagaunts (basic warriors) and kill 3 without taking any casualties. The cavalry moved their full movement range back to my lines afterwards.

The Hormagaunts (basic warriors) wanting some revenge moved up and a unit of 8 charged my exhausted cavalry killing 2 while losing 4 themselves.
The other unit charged in afterwards killing another one and losing 3 more themselves.
After that the Tyrannofex (Static Warmachine) managed to find a sneaky line through their units to shoot at the cavalry, killing 1 more.

My archers open fire, killing 3 more Hormagaunts (basic warriors) and reducing the unit to 1.
At this point we start a bit of a stand off, where my friend is waiting for me to get into range or charge and where I’m keeping safe because he’s lost way more than me and so I’d win on survival points.