Mighty Empires - Gronbef-Afor - Orcish realm - Log entry 1

 Deep in the Gron mountains lay the ruins of the GronAfor Dwarfs, in 1629IC the Orcs of the Waaagh Gorwaz overran the Karak and slaughtered all the defenders as Warboss Gorwaz-bag fell from a Warhammer to the skull. Shortly after the sundering of the Karak Gron the Orc Waaagh! broke down into several Clans as no Warboss was able to rise up and take control of the throng.

  Ingrim-Ruk Chaos deamonsmith of the Chaos Dwarfs, descends upon the Orcish realm of Gronbef-Afor. In a bloody ritual where hundreds of Golin slaves were sacrificed to Hashut, the Tower of Dun-Gabab was raised from the scorched earth, with months of work the minor forges and mills of their dark industry began to churn out weapons and minted coin.

The Campaign began with Orkish expansion south west, subgegating the Yellow Snake goblin tribes before turning east and massacring a remant village of Dwarves. 

The Chaos Dwarves Expanded south and east, looking to secure the rivers as a frontline against the incursion of Orcs. The Human city of Altenberg refused to submit to the Chaos Dwarves, the Chaos dwarves then marched to besiege the city - but the Men of Altenberg Sallied out!

I had basically forgotten how to play warmaster - and my opponent who was playing as the orks was playing for the first time so it was a good start!

I marched the Chaos Dwarves forward with no real plan and was met with a hail of handgun and Cannon shot, the intense shooting destroyed a stand of Blunderbuss and drove a unit of chaos dwarves from the field also destroying the Hero on Bullcentaur.

The following turns were a series of advances and retreats and the Blunderbusses tried to break up the Empire knights, the Bullcentaurs then turn the flank around the forest and charged into the Knights destroying 2 of the 3 bases.

The Empire flagellants and a unit of Halbadiers charged, bouncing off of the shaken Chaos dwarfs the combined Chaos Dwarves and Hobgoblins then ground the two units down winning the combat then withdrawing.

The Final act of the game was a big charge by the Chaos Dwarves, smashing into the big block of Halbadiers and Handgunners, in two rounds of combat the empire lose 2 units and the Chaos dwarves lost 2 stands. Ultimately the game was a tie, with the Chaos Dwarves losing the most points. I suspect the Empire will now withdraw into their city and continue the siege but lets see!