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Battle Report 26.04.2017

Flank, Head Hunter
Claim Jump, Quick Murder, Frame for Murder, Leave your Mark, Last Stand

This time I played against Marko and his awesome converted Ghost rider-Nightmare McCabe.

Marko is kind of my student when it comes to playing Ten Thunder. I have to say that I know each TT master well, but I only played Shen and Asami myself. This game was decided very quickly, because of the Desolate Engine… This happened very commonly the last time, because people don’t know it that good and I think this model is much underrated.  

Ten Thunder: (Frame for Murder, Leave your Mark)

• McCabe (Promises, Glowing Sabre, Elixir of Life) 4 SS
• Shadow Emissary (Conflux of Exploration, Badge of Speed)
• Katanaka Sniper
• Luna
• Dawn Serpent (Quick Murder)
• Warden
• 2x Guild Hound (Frame)

Outcast: (Claim Jump, Quick Murder)

• Leveticus (From Ash, Pariah of Iron, Oathkeeper) 3 SS
• Joss (Oathkeeper)
• Rusty Alice (Oathkeeper)
• Hodgepodge Effigy
• Freikorps Librarian
• 2x Hollow Waif
• 2x Abomination
• Mobile Toolkit

Deployment:

Marko won the flip and let me deploy first.

Turn 1

I won the flip for Initiative and let Marko go first.

• 1^st activation TT: The Emissary walked once, gave the serpent the nimble upgrade and then pushed it giving it fast.
• 1^st activation OC: First Waif did nothing.
• 2^nd activation TT: Sniper took a focus shot on the Librarian dealing 2 damage after armor.
• 2^nd activation OC: Second Waif did nothing.
• 3^rd activation TT: First dog walked a bit.
• 3^rd activation OC: First Abo did the card draw thing.
• 4^th activation TT: Second dog walked.
• 4^th activation OC: Effigy double walked.
• 5^th activation TT: Luna just walked a bit staying in cover.
• 5^th activation OC: Librarian double walked.
• 6^th activation TT: McCabe walked twice (a bit too aggressive) took the Upgrade from the serpent (don’t know why), handed out the sabre to the Warden and gave the Warden reactivate.
• 6^th activation OC: Second Abo did the card draw thing.
• 7^th activation TT: The dawn serpent double walked to the other table side and shot at the Effigy, missing it.
• 7^th activation OC: Mobile Toolkit walked twice in front of the group.
• 8^th activation TT: Warden double walked towards Effigy.
• 8^th activation OC: Joss charged the Toolkit generating two Scrap marker.  
• 9^th activation TT: Warden charged Effigy, killing it.
• 9^th activation OC: Levi summoned two Abos and turned into a Waif.
• 10-12^th activation OC: Waif walked, one Abo did card draw and the last one turned itself and its friends into a Desolate Engine.
• 13^th activation OC: The Engine (placed in a way it could see McCabe) charged him, dealing a good amount of damage.
• 14^th activation OC: Rusty Alice dropped Oathkeeper, walked once and needed two AP to give the Engine reactivate.
• 15^th activation OC: With the Ml expert it killed McCabe first time. With its zero and the last two AP it finished him off completely. With the Pulses of both activations a dog was killed too.

 

Turn 2

I won initiative and went first.

• 1^st activation OC: The Engine walked once to engage the Warden, so he could not pick up a head. Then it hit the Serpent twice.
• 1^st activation TT: Warden walked towards the Engine and hit it once.
• 2^nd activation OC: First Waif double walked.
• 2^nd activation TT: Sniper hit Waif for 3 wounds.
• 3^rd activation OC: The Librarian walked forward.
• 3^rd activation TT: Serpent hit Engine twice and healed itself.
• 4^th activation OC: Alice walked and picked up a head.
• 4^th activation TT: Emissary walked towards the Center.
• 5^th activation OC: Second Waif walked twice towards the center.
• 5^th activation TT: Dog walked towards Levi and attacked him once.
• 6^th activation OC: Levi turned the dog into an Abo, giving Marko 3 VPs for Frame and walked in base contact with the head marker.
• 6^th activation TT: Little Luna ran away.
• 7^th activation OC: Joss dropped Oathkeeper, walked and charged the Emissary.

I scored Head Hunter and Marko scored Frame. 1-3 for Ten Thunder.

Turn 3

I won initiative and went first.

From now on I will sum the game up. The Engine killed the Serpent and the Warden. Joss killed the Emissary and after that, Marko called the game.

So it ended 10-3 for Outcast.

I guess it is always a hard hit if you lose your Master in turn one and Marko wasn’t really aware of what the Desolate Engine is able to do.

 

 

 

 

Battle Report 17.04.2017

Battle Report 17.04.2017

Flank, Head Hunter
Claim Jump, Eliminate the Leadership, Set Up, Leave your Mark, Dig their Graves

Time until our next tournament was actually too long, so here is another report. This Report is about the rematch against Michael. There is not much to say before. It was a really close game as always.

Again it was a match of nature versus madness. 

Arcanists: (Eliminate the Leadership, Leave your Mark)

• Marcus (Trail of Gods, Feral Instincts, The Hunger Cry) 6 SS
• Rogue Necromancy (Imbued Energies)
• Joss (Imbued Energies) represented by Johanna
• Hoarcat Pride
• Jackalope
• Myranda (Imbued Energies)
• Arcane Effigy
• Malifaux Raptor

Outcast: (Claim Jump, Set Up [Necromancy])

• Leveticus (Survivalist, Pariah of Iron, Oathkeeper) 5 SS
• Joss (Oathkeeper, Scramble)
• Ashes & Dust (Scout the Field)
• Hodgepodge Effigy
• Freikorps Librarian (Oathkeeper)
• 2x Hollow Waif
• Abomination

Deployment:

I won the flip and deployed first.

Turn 1

I won the flip for Initiative and let Michael go first.

• 1^st activation AC: Raptor turned Joss into a beast, but needed both attacks, because the first one was BJ.
• 1^st activation OC: First Waif double walked.
• 2^nd activation AC: Cat double walked.
• 2^nd activation OC: Abo double walked into cover.
• 3^rd activation AC: Jackalope also walked towards the center staying in cover.
• 3^rd activation OC: Effigy gave his condition to Levi and then walked a bit.
• 4^th activation AC: Necromancy walked once and attacked the Abo with its Ca, missing because I cheated a high card.
• 4^th activation OC: A&D walked twice and placed a scheme marker.
• 5^th activation AC: Effigy took (0) on Marcus and walked a bit.
• 5^th activation OC: Second Waif double walked.
• 6^th activation AC: Myranda walked twice towards Michael’s Joss.
• 6^th activation OC: Levi sacrificed A&D for 2 cards, walked once, focused and took a double focused shot on the Jackalope, giving me a soul stone.
• 7^th activation AC: Joss just walked a bit thinking he stopped out of my reach. Michal forgot about Scramble at this point.
• 7^th activation OC: Librarian walked once and healed Levi.
• 8^th activation AC: Marcus took Alpha on the Necromancy and then walked towards Joss. The Necromancy killed my Abo this time with its range attack and then walked back.
• 8+9^th activation OC: A&D parts just reunited.
• 10^th activation OC: Dr. Freeze Joss dropped Oathkeeper and charged the other Joss who had 7 lives left. Dealing weak with the first attack which was prevented down to 2 damage. Second attack hit with a double minus on damage and of course I flipped moderate this time….. Giving Michaels Joss reactivate.
• 9^th activation AC: Joss dropped Imbued Energies and hits 3 times and of course my Joss was left at 2 wounds left for no reactivate…

Turn 2

Michael won initiative and used his chance.

• 1^st activation AC: Marcus activated, turned Dr. Freeze into a beast, put him on minus flips and then killed him (Ml expert+1AP). Then he walked back a bit, took the head and accomplished Myranda.
• 2^nd activation AC: Myranda healed Joss for 5 wounds without spending a hand card and sacrificed herself for a Blessed and 4 cards.
• 1^st activation OC: A&D used the Scrap from the Abo to change the side of the table and picked up the head marker from the Abo.
• 3^rd activation AC: Joss just walked in cover behind the house.
• 2^nd activation OC: Waif charged the Cat, doing nothing.
• 4^th activation AC: Cat attacked Waif, suffering one damage from the Waif’s trigger, but dealing no damage itself.
• 3^rd activation OC: Effigy did his (0) and double walked.
• 5^th activation AC: Raptor buried itself.
• 4^th activation OC: Levi dropped Oathkeeper, jumped towards A&D and shot at Joss twice. One time focused, one time double focused, but I wasn’t able to deal enough damage, even with RJ on hand, but Michael’s flips and hand were too good.
• 6^th activation AC: Effigy just walked towards Marcus.
• 5^th activation OC: Second Waif walked a bit.
• 7^th activation AC: Necromancy walked once and took a shot on Levi.
• 6^th activation OC: Librarian walked once and healed Levi a bit.
• 8^th activation AC: Blessed leaped and walked once towards the left flank.
• 7+8^th activation OC: A&D reunited again and core fasted Effigy.

Both scored Head Hunter, Raptor denied me Claim Jump and Michael scored Eliminate for bringing me down below half wounds. 2-1 for Arcanists.

Turn 3

Michael won initiative.

• 1^st activation AC: Marcus walked once and casted Alpha on the Necromancy which dropped imbued energies, walked and charged Levi. Levi was brought down to his hard to kill.
• 1^st activation OC: Librarian dropped Oathkeeper and healed Levi 3 times.
• 2^nd activation AC: Necromancy again brought Levi down to the last wound and gave him 1 poison.
• 2^nd activation OC: Waif attacked the Cat two times for zero damage.
• 3^rd activation AC: Effigy walked to the left side.
• 3^rd activation OC: Second Waif engaged the Raptor.
• 4^th activation AC: Raptor attacked Waif twice, but missed both times.
• 4^th activation OC: A&D walked once used his (0) on the scrap from Joss, placed a scheme maker and then engaged Joss.
• 5^th activation AC: Cat killed my Waif with first hit and then walked towards A&D.
• 5^th activation OC: My Effigy dropped two scheme marker.
• 6^th activation AC: Blessed walked once, leaped and then attacked Levi once, missing him.
• 6^th activation OC: With no cards left for a Horror duel and on 1 wound plus poison, Levi tried to disengage 3 times and after he failed he sacrificed himself.
• 7^th activation OC: Summoned Waif walked once.

We both didn’t score Head Hunter. Michael got another point for Eliminate and I score 2 on Set Up and 1 on Claim Jump. 3-4 for Outcast.  

Turn 4….

Michael won initiative and went first.

• 1^st activation AC: Marcus walked once towards A&D and killed it. Placing Marcus in a way that I couldn’t summon the Core. At this stage we were not sure if I was allowed to summon the Storm.
• 1^st activation OC: Levi killed Joss.

…and 5 

I guess at this stage I can sum it up.

None of us was able to kill any important. Michael picked up heads another two times and in turn 5 I was able to score Claim Jump a second time and Michael scored Leave your Mark once.

So the Game ended 6-5 for Arcanists.

I think against a strong opponent it is really hard to win with Levi, if Eliminate is in the pool.

I was really glad that I tried the Librarian and Joss (with Scramble). Got some great ideas for my next tournament where I plan to not lose a single game.

But this was one of the most exciting games for a long time.