Combat Artifacts

[mwigdahl]

In one of my games, I was attacking a village with a small group.  I had a Wand of Lightning in the group and two Power-2 wizards.  Both of them cast spells (shield and valor, if it's important).  In the combat narration, there was no artifact section and no mention of the lightning wand being used.  I was counting on that early damage to help end the fight before charge and melee.  I have had rods of fire trigger properly before, so I'm not sure why the wand didn't.  Is there something I need to do to trigger it, did it fire and just not report, or something else?