tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445564010639451535.post5675014835168114325..comments2023-11-23T02:24:13.712-06:00Comments on The Blue Gnoll: Not in the face!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160230067937554668noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445564010639451535.post-80940077234174974622011-09-27T10:42:34.476-05:002011-09-27T10:42:34.476-05:00WFB is all about placement and positioning-- this ...WFB is all about placement and positioning-- this ain't the mob combat of 40K! I looked up the rule and it turns out the Beastmen unit that hit your cannons COULD NOT have come on the board because in that scenario, the sides of the board are considered totally impassable, making the beastmen ambush even more useless than it already is. So you can say you were pildriven by rules misinterpretation as well as getting the shaft on the dice (well when you needed them, you did roll snakeeyes for a morale test).littlemutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995764088506385208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445564010639451535.post-69222331116474607942011-09-06T20:00:50.736-05:002011-09-06T20:00:50.736-05:00@Blactaculus: You're not wrong. We did actua...@Blactaculus: You're not wrong. We did actually send the undead ahead of the dwarves for the reasons you mentioned, but mistakingly held the skeletal horde itself back. The thunderers never had a clean shot because of terrain and my dubious placement. Still like agemmanjw said, play again, hope the dice are little more friendly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160230067937554668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445564010639451535.post-24127908794993194082011-09-06T15:45:13.823-05:002011-09-06T15:45:13.823-05:00MRAAAK! nice post. My thoughts are: dwarves were...MRAAAK! nice post. My thoughts are: dwarves were in front, and the undead were in the back. Dwarves (good and tough but limited quantity) should have been in back with the undead (brittle but unlimited quantity with the 'regrowth' spells from the vamps) should have been in front. Let the beasts/fanatics/chariots hit the horde of skeletons and then have the dwarves come in for the clean up. You guys had pretty soft flanks as well, especially due to the cannon being out of the fight (chariots hate cannons). With the trolls, I think the thunderers would have been the best answer (shoot them up real bad before they get close and then run away when they charge), but in close combat the only thing to answer would have been the skellington horde (which would have destroyed the trolls in one turn with combat resolution if the gobbo general wasn't around). 9 MAX skellingtons would have bit it with perfect rolls from the trolls vs 25+ attacks from the bone horde + standard + 3 ranks + BSB. The trolls would have had to kill 5 skellingtons without taking any wounds just to be at parity.littlemutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995764088506385208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445564010639451535.post-22118197485019747472011-09-06T14:03:44.160-05:002011-09-06T14:03:44.160-05:00too often, I've had these games. I enjoy the ...too often, I've had these games. I enjoy the hobby immensely, but these are the games that can butt-hurt for a long time. But, the lesson I'm still in the process of learning in my old age, the only way to fix it is to play again and hope the cubes of probability actually follow those laws at least a little more. Also, undead and dwarves? You cheezy bastard! :-)agemmanjwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14584348604301217214noreply@blogger.com