Goblins Vs. Empire

The battle was fought as part of the ongoing campaign, fought in a fiction land etc etc...  In this battle The Goblin army is making a land and sea attack on the main settlement of the Empire.   The Empire, are the human protagonists based on the British empire in the 18th Century. 

The Goblin fleet chose to attack through the ships and land Goblins to the Empires rear.

The Empire ships led by a submarine 

On the shore troops await a possible land invasion.

The goblin army set out  for battle

The forward troops with light guns take cover behind a fence

The initial attack came from trolls who attacked the gun on the far flank of the Empire forces.  grenadiers tried to  flank them but failed to stop the gun been smashed by the trolls.

Goblin cavalry make a rush for the battle line, the Volley fire has little effect.

The wargs thinned out hit the line

At sea the Goblin ship in the lead gets blasted by broadsides and turned to matchwood.  However it successfully ran over the submarine while still  surfaced. 

Ignoring the lost ship the second goblin ship makes a successful ram against the ship of the line, capsizing it sending it to the bottom, a terrible loss for the defenders.

The Empire line broken is sent reeling back to the farm.

Empire troops escape the chariots but the wargs hunt them down.

The Empire manages to stabilise the line,ignoring the wargs flank breakthrough  and launch a counter attack.

Goblin spear-men make no match for the empire firing line

The guns are destroyed by the rampaging wargs.

A goblin ship lands its troops but they are contained by a reserve regiment.

The second ship is boarded by the second reserve regiment and captured.

In the main battlefield the shattered goblins try to hold

Grenadiers bring down the trolls, finally

The goblin general goes into the attack personally but with only a shaman for support, he is slain without doing any real damage.

the last goblin ship tries to escape but is straddled by gunfire.

The game was a good one, and the first time most of both armies have met, I was playing goblins with phil.   Haley and my youngest played the Empire.  If I made any mistake it was to try and attack all at the same time, the Empire held reserves so could fight fires easily where when ever I broke through I could not follow up.  

Ofcourse Phil's mad Goblin ship attack was out of my control so I cannot accept any of the blame, he was in such a rush to get to shore and land troops he ignored the smaller empire ships, and although sinking the line of battle ship it did not make up for the loss of his Trireme Dromon or the capturing of one of his biremes.
If anything can be learned from the battle its that those pesky Empire guys have good firepower and good moral, and goblins need more points! 

Battle Report - Dwarves, Undead and cthulhu

 The Deep ones army is on its first outing, and it was a 3 way battle, each with objectives picked from a deck.  The Deep ones, made up of Fishmen, Cthulhu cultistes and a mix of older creatures such as Elder things, Cthulhu Spawn and Shoggoths, took posession of an old ruin.   

 

 Dwarf forces advanced on the Deep ones, keeping a firm line, the Dwarf Steam Ironclad made a run against the Deep ones, coinsiding with an undead attack of Skeletons and Vampires.

 The Steam Ironclad made a good show against the skeletons but when attacked my Shoggoths and Cthulhu himself the Dwarf tank stood little chance.

 Undead forces fought it out with the deep ones routing Fishmen and cultists but came up against the old ones forces and the attack halted.

 The vampiures did the most damage but up against Shoggoths the undead stood no chance.

 The Dwarf steam dirigable cleared the hill of enemy and Dwarf guns took up a commanding position on the hights.

 The  Deep ones brought up their Elder thanks and crabs, but under heavy fire the crabs could not hold the Dwarves.

 The elder thaings pushed the dwarves back to the river on a moral fail.

 a large counter attack by fishmen decided the matter and the dwarves were pushed from the river bank.

 Ending the game the dwarf artillary came under attack from the elder things but poor fire dice led to the old gods taking posession of the hill.

I have not mentioned the undead much as they did not do anything interesting, but the game proved the deep ones and their older gods were a match for the Dwarf steam powewred machines and Dwarf guts.  (which they saw alot of).

Fantasy Battle Undead vs. goblins

 The Goblin army holding the high ground

 Goblin light troops hold the fortress

 

 

 Undead army defending the graveyard and mausoleum

 Goblin cavalry hit the flank while the goblins shieldwall advances.

 Goblin spear batter the defences with bat and shaman support

 

 The walls are breached with the aid of cave trolls the defences crumble.  However the vampires call upon a spirit host which pushes the goblins back.

 

 

The battle ended with a draw.

Battle of the three armies

 The first battle of the three armies.  Sounded like a good idea at first, turned out into 2 separate battles. 

Goblins sent in the Cave trolls against the undead, while moving most of the infantry around the undead flank, after this they sent a small unit of warg riders and bats to hassle the dwarves.

Undead Attacked across the stream, For some reason the vampires got instantly killed, so the skeletons had to launch a full attack with all the infantry.  This failed and the skeletons ended up back on the opposite bank of the river.

Quick necromancy spells filled the un-dead ranks and a second attack carried through.

Goblins attacked across the flank of the undead, killing the unit of skeletons guarding the fort and taking the fortress and necromancer hiding in it.

With the skeletons crumbling to dust the victorious goblins rushed the dwarf survivors, 8 turns for the goblins to win the table.