Manda’s (Amachan) Battle Reports

My archers kill 2 more Hormagaunts (basic warriors) wiping out the unit and the stand off continues.

In my turn I continue the stand off, but in the Tyranids turn the Swarmlord (Warlord on a beast) moves and charges into my hearthguard killing 3 but ending up exhausted in the end.
The Tyrant Guard (Lieutenant/Champion) charges into my cavalry on the bottom of the board, not doing any damage.

My archers easily take out the exhausted Swarmlord (Warlord on a beast) and my now rested cavalry charges into that last remaining Hormagaunt (basic warriors) killing it.
The Tyrant Guard (Lieutenant/Champion) charges into the cavalry again, this time supported by abilities killing 6, but dying in the process.

That was the end of turn 6 and the end of the game.
I won with 20 points to the Tyranids’ 13 points in the end.

My friend should never have let this stand off to continue for so long, but the dice gods were really not with him this game and he just couldn’t.

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.

My levy bowmen have been slowly picking off my friends Hormagaunts (warriors) over time.

I rested my warriors this turn.

Viðarr (lieutenant) charged the exhausted Tyrannofex (behemoth) killing him and getting exhausted himself.

The Valkyrjur (hearthguard) tried to kill the Hormagaunts (warriors) at the top and failed losing 1 of their own in the process. Þórhildr (warlord) finished them off.

The Tyranid Warriors (creatures) charged Þórhildr (warlord), not doing much and collecting 3 fatigue in the process.

I foolishly charged my warriors into his Hormagaunts (warriors) not doing anything and getting them killed in the process.

My warriors on the top moved up and the lone Valkyrja (hearthguard) killed one of the Tyranid Warriors (creatures)

Þórhildr (warlord) killed the last Tyranid Warrior (creatures) and my levy bowmen picked off enough of the Hormagaunts (warriors) at the bottom for my opponent to not be able to generate any more SAGA dice and thus the game was over.

It was an overwhelming victory for the Order of Heimdallr, winning with 29 point against 15.

I played a game of SAGA Age of Magic today, 6 points of my Order of Heimdallr (Great Kingdoms) against my friend’s Tyranids (Otherworld). The armies where:

Order of Heimdallr

• Þórhildr on Griffon (warlord on flying beast)
• Viðarr (lieutenant/captain)
• 4 Valkyrjur (hearthguard on winged mounts)
• 8 warriors on mounts
• 2 units of 10 basic warriors
• 6 levy bowmen
• 6 levy crossbowmen

Tyranids

• Swarmlord (warlord on a beast)
• Tyrant Guard (Lieutenant/Conjurer)
• 2 units of 10 Hormagaunts (basic warriors)
• 2 units of 2 Tyranid Warriors (bipedal creatures)
• Tyrannofex (behemoth)

Since we were both getting back into SAGA to keep it simple we just played the basic Clash of Warlords scenario and we decided not to use the Age of Magic army specific scenery pieces. We rolled for deployment method A and we rolled cursed ground on the battlefield chaos table.

So after we tossed some terrain on the table and rolled out our armies this is what the table looks like.

I had the first turn and I manoeuvred my warriors around and moved one unit up. I also started to move my Valkyrjur (hearthguard) and Þórhildr (warlord) around the flank.

In hindsight I could have manoeuvred them to where I wanted them since they all have flight, but it has been a while since I played.

My friend used portal to move 1 unit of Tyranid Warriors (creatures) to within my line in order to then use rift to cause some damage to my warriors. I lost 1 warrior. He moved up some more of his models in this turn as well.

I charged my mounted warriors into his Hormagaunts, this really didn’t go to well, I lost 3 guys there, he lost 4 so I won that combat. At this moment I should have moved them even further back, but I only realized that by the start of my friends turn and I did have a SAGA die ready for it.

My warriors charged the Tyranid Warriors (creatures) and wiped them out in a great combat.

I moved Þórhildr (warlord) and the Valkyrjur (hearthguard) in position on the flank, I forgot to prepare and extra SAGA die to have them attack at that point.

My friend in his turn charged the Hormagaunts (warriors) in my mounted warriors, killing 2 more and then charged in his warlord to finish them off.

His Hormagaunts (warriors) at the top attacked my Valkyrjur (hearthguard), doing quite well and killing 2 and losing 4 themself.

I charged my warriors into his warlord, exhausting him in a great combat and finished him off with a volley of my archers hiding in the woods.

Þórhildr charged his Tyrant Guard (lieutenant) and exhausted him, I then charged in the warriors to finish him off.

My Valkyrjur (hearthguard) charged his Hormagaunts (warriors) at the top killing 3 more without taking any casualties.

My friend moved his Tyrannofex (behemoth) around and charged it into my warriors that killed the Tyrant Guard (lieutenant), reducing their numbers from 10 to 4 getting exhausted in the process.