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After an incredibly swingy battle in Game 1, that ended up in a draw, it was onto Game 2. This time I was drawn against a stalwart of the Ninth Age, Ed, the Scottish Knight @Scottish Knight himself! It’s a Team Scotland off, Captain versus the lowly grunt. Ed has decided to abandon his faithful Knights of Equitaine and had instead jumped onto the filthy Greenskins. He had a very close battle in Game 1 in an Orc & Goblin civil war that ended up with plenty dead but Ed came out on top thanks to the objective.

Here’s my list (you can read about my reasons for taking the list in my Game 1 write up if you haven’t read it already)

For round 2 the Deployment is going to be refused flank and the objective is Secure Target. Not one of my favourite objectives but certainly not one of the worst for me.

705 - Minotaur Warlord, General, Light Armour (Destiny's Call), Paired Weapons (Blessed

Inscriptions), Obsidian Rock, Crown of Horns

570 - Soothsayer, Wizard Master, Shamanism, Light Armour (Trickster's Cunning), Hand

Weapon (Ancestral Carvings), Seed of the Dark Forest

475 - Minotaur Chieftain, Greater Totem Bearer, Battle Standard Bearer, Light Armour

(Aaghor's Affliction), Great Weapon

325 - 3 Raiding Chariots

303 - 29 Wildhorn Herd, Shield, Standard Bearer (Legion Standard), Musician, Champion

(Totem Bearer (Gnarled Hide))

273 - 18 Wildhorn Herd, Paired Weapons and Throwing Weapons , Ambush, Musician

642 - 6 Minotaurs, Shield, Standard Bearer (Banner of Speed), Musician, Champion (Totem

Bearer (Black Wing))

240 - Razortusk Chariot

170 - 10 Longhorn Herd, Ambush, Halberd, Musician

160 - 10 Longhorn Herd, Ambush, Halberd

150 - 5 Gargoyles, Scout

140 - 5 Gargoyles

115 - Raiding Chariots

115 - Raiding Chariots

115 - Raiding Chariots

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Here’s the list that Ed is using:

610 - Goblin King, Forest Goblin King, Gargantula, Paired Weapons (Shield Breaker), Light

Armour

500 - Orc Shaman, Feral Orc Shaman, Wizard Master, Shamanism, Skull Fetish , Obsidian

Rock

405 - Orc Shaman, General, Feral Orc Shaman, Wizard Master, Pyromancy

120 - Goblin Chief, Forest Goblin Chief, Scuttler Spider, Lance

120 - Goblin Chief, Forest Goblin Chief, Scuttler Spider, Lance

820 - 31 Orc 'Eadbashers, Feral Orcs, Spear, Standard Bearer (Green Tide), Musician,

Champion

315 - 21 Orcs, Feral Orcs, Spear, Musician, Champion

370 - 10 Mounted 'Eadbashers, Feral Orcs, Paired Weapons, Standard Bearer (Stalker's

Standard), Musician, Champion

330 - 3 Goblin Wolf Chariot

210 - 5 Mounted 'Eadbashers, Common Orcs, Shield, Lance, Musician

130 - 5 Goblin Raiders, Common Goblin, Shield

120 - 5 Goblin Raiders, Forest Goblin, Shield

450 - Great Green Idol, Battle Standard Bearer

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So Ed has a particularly nasty list I think. The big block of Feral Ord Eadbashers could prove to be difficult for me to shift, especially with the Spear meaning that if I charge him we are going to be striking at the same time, that could just end up in a bloodbath. I need to whittle that block down a bit before I tackle it. Maybe I will have to try the old frenzy baiting and Break the Spirit trick, but I’m fairly sure Ed will see that one coming a mile off.

Double Shaman Master is an interesting choice and gives him lots of choice for spells, Pyro always proves frustrating for me, Scorching Salvo has the potential to wipe out big chunks of my army. Also the new version of Cascading Fire will have a time to shine in this game against the Minos, it will take them down to Agility 1 and make the Orcs either strike first or at the same time, very annoying. That Pyro Shaman master is his general and is also very vulnerable so he will be the target for my ambushers. The Skull Fetish with double Master means that he's going to be generating a load of Veil Tokens each turn so i best be prepared for some horrific magic phases.

The Mounted Feral Orc Eadbashers are not be sniffed at. Ed and I had a practice game before the Masters and that unit was the difference in a key combat, so I can’t ignore them. They are a bit of a glass cannon though with just a 5+ Armour Save and 6++ aegis. If I can get the charge on these guys with anything I should wreck them.

The 2 big monsters in the list are a little scary. The Spider King has what it takes to kill my Soothsayer in one go with all those poison attacks and there isn’t much out there that can do that. I have to make sure my Soothsayer is safe from that charge. The Great Green Idol can be a real pain at time, in our previous game I charged it with my BSB, did 3 wounds, then it killed me in one with a Crush attack. I won’t make that mistake again (although I probably will do it again because it was a solid plan, he just got lucky with the crush attack!).

The Goblin Chariots could be an issue if I allow them to get the charge off. With an advance of 9 they outrange me so I need to be careful of them.

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Jack is joined this time by Matt Perris to go over the first round of the Masters Open, as well as predict what will be going down round 2!

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