Eye of Terror Maggotkin of Nurgle for AoS Escalation League

I’m running quite behind with this update – my report on my first Escalation League Battle on 7th April. I partly blame the length of time it takes to upload things to this site, unfortunately, although I’ve also been very busy.

Anyway, the battle was against 12 year old Arthur and his Seraphon, led by Lord Scalius (I think this was his name!). His dad, Jamie, did a magnificent job explaining the rules to both of us.

I deployed nearly everything ready to be able to seize the central objective (which was a mistake, as I lost out on some crucial summoning points by leaving my deployment zone). Half my army got into a fight with Arthur’s Saurus Warriors and then his skinks. I gradually ground him down (mainly thanks to disease rather than my attacks).

Unfortunately, the arrival of the Carnosaur-riding lord and the Kroxigor result in the crushing of my Herald, Plaguebearers and Nurglings before I’m able to finish the Saurus off.

The Saurus and Kroxigor then head off to cover the objectives, leaving the Carnosaur to take on my Blightkings who’d effectively been held in reserve.

Biting off more than he can chew, the Carnosaur is brought down by weight of attacks (and a little luck).

The Seraphon won, with control over two of the three objectives.

I was pretty pleased with the game. It had been a lot of fun. Arthur was a lovely and his dad was also a great guy. If Arthur had played more aggressively I think he’d have swiftly wiped me out. As it was, his feeding of units piecemeal into the fray gave me a chance. I also forgot several important things – like leaving space to deploy endless spells, spreading units out to generate summoning points, etc.

The main challenge now, other than a lack of time, is a feeling of not really wanting to invest more time in learning the current rules when there’s a new (and from what I’ve seen so far, better) set coming out soon.

That, and a desire to get some paint on some metal Diehard miniatures!