The Hykrian wastes - Year 2 - 1699ic - Warmaster - Turn 2-6

 

The 2nd month of the campaign saw the Orcs lose 150points to the Kul-Tor river trying to cross, whilst the Dwarves and Men retreated steadily south. 
 The 3rd and 4th month saw the Orcs begin to starve due to no baggage, losing an additional 150points; turning North East and Storming the Grey tower the hungry Orcs began slaughtering and eating the 200 points of Skaven defenders, the orcs lost a further 150 points in the assault. Turn 5 saw the Dwarves retreat further south whilst the orcs liquidated a Skaven controlled village north west of the Grey Tower.

Whilst all this was happening the Dwarven and Orc fleets swung into position to fight out 2 major fleet actions, the Battle of Balafor and the Twin battle of Karungol.

The Battle of Balafor was auto resolved using the Ships chart in the Mighty empires rules, the Dwarves won an easy victory over the expeditionary Orc Pirates.

We fought a game of Manowar to resolve the battle of Karungol.

The Orcs carried a banner of ground troops, we agreed that gave me d3 extra crew I could allocate to my ships, I got 1 extra crew and assigned them to the red Hulk. The Orc fleet lined up with the expendable Big Chukka ships out front and the troll laden Hulks in the centre with Drilla Killas on the flanks.

I changed my boards around and haven't painted a seascape on this one yet, so we're sailing in a swamp I guess.

The dwarves went for Monitors in the centre with the ManOwars on the flanks. The pushed forward firing their guns engaging the Big Chukkas putting on lots of hits.

The Scrum unfolded on the right flank, the Dreadnought closed and pumped shots into the Big Chukka Squadrons before the Hulk used the Ironclaws to close with the Dreadnought and then MISSED with its smash hammer, unleashing the Troll Pens the Orc Admiral Gorfang Dwarfcrusha lead the assault with trolls and Orcs overruning the crews manning the cannons and pushed deeper into the vessel to clear it out in an orgy of close combat.

After this the Drilla Killas on the Right flank managed to sink the Ironclad after punching a number of holes below the waterline however two of the Drillas sunk in the process.

The Drilla Killas on the left flank closed the turn before the last and failed to penetrate the Ironclad across 3 turns so it was summarily decided the ships was unsinkable and allowed to escape.

After such a brutal turn 4 the game was called and the dwarves sent packing with 2 lost fleets and 1 in full blown retreat to the capital.