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[Mauler]

After a brutal game long war of attrition, here is the final showdown. 16 brigade GI group vs. a 36 brigade BL group. Needless to say both groups were led by 3 warlords and near max morale. GI group had a value in terrain of 125k. GI lost 6 brigades while the BL lost 18. Beware the Giants!

BATTLE BETWEEN THE 1ST BLACK DRAGON ARMY GROUP AND THE 1ST GIANT ARMY GROUP IN THE FOREST OF AREA OP:

BLACK DRAGON GIANT
WARLORD BENIMOR < COMMANDER > WARLORD TIRIKIA
POWER-3 WIZARD JIERIK < RANKING WIZARD > POWER-1 WIZARDHERATON
3050 DRAGONS/WYVERNS < OTHER TYPES > 14504 GIANTS/OGRES
11 < KINGDOM-NAMED BRIGADES > 10
0/0 < RECRUIT/VETERAN BRIGADES > 0/0
25 WYVERNS < OTHER BRIGADE TYPES > 6 OGRES
VERY HIGH MORALE / EXCEPTIONAL HEROES < OTHER > VERY HIGH MORALE / EXCEPTIONAL HEROES
DETERMINED ATTACK < TACTICAL SELECTION > HOLD AT ALL COSTS
AT THE FIRST LIGHT OF DAWN WARLORD BENIMOR COMMANDED THE 1ST BLACK DRAGON ARMY GROUP TO EXECUTE THE ATTACK ON
THE DEFENSIVE POSITION OF THE 1ST GIANT ARMY GROUP COMMANDED BY WARLORD TIRIKIA. AMONG THE BLACK DRAGON
TROOPS WERE BRIGADES OF WYVERNS, WHICH NOW RACED TO THE FRONT LINES! AMONG THE GIANT TROOPS WERE BRIGADES OF
OGRES, WHICH NOW LEAPED AHEAD TO THE FIRST RANKS! AS THE ATTACKERS SWEPT DOWN FROM THE DARKENING SKY TO JUST
ABOVE THE DENSE FOREST THE FIRST MISSILES SANG OUT.
HOLDING THAT THEIR NATION HAD DECLARED THE GIANT TO BE AN ENEMY OF THEIR INTERESTS, THE BLACK DRAGON TROOPS
WERE INVIGORATED AND GAINED A MORALE BOOST AS THEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE THEIR DECLARED ENEMY!
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEIR NATION HAS MADE THE BLACK DRAGON BE TREATED AS AN ENEMY OF THEIR KINGDOM, THE
GIANT TROOPS WERE VISIBLY ENERGIZED AND HAD THEIR MORALE RAISED AS THEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE THEIR DECLARED
ENEMY!
AS THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP OF THEIR NATION THE TROOPS ARE VISIBLY HEARTENED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE FIRST
BLACK DRAGON'S BANNER!
AS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF THEIR PEOPLE THE FIGHTERS ARE VISIBLY EMBOLDENED BY BEING UNDER THE FIRST
GIANT'S COLORS!
BOTH THE BLACK DRAGON FLYING WAVES OF DESTRUCTION AND THE BOULDER HURLING TROOPS OF THE GIANT FORCE IMPOSED
LIGHT DAMAGE IN A TENACIOUS DISPLAY. THE BLACK DRAGON POWER-3 WIZARD JIERIK SLOWLY SPOKE IN AN ARCANE
LANGUAGE, GESTURES BUILDING TO A CRESCENDO. WITH AWE-INSPIRING PRECISION HE LAUNCHED MANY KILLING ILLUSIONS
AND WAVES OF DEADLY COLD INTO THE HEART OF THE ENEMY FORCE. THE BLACK DRAGON POWER-3 WIZARD JIERIK BEGAN
SORCEROUS INCANTATIONS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. A BLUE TRANSLUCENT SHIMMERING BEGAN TO MOLD AROUND THE ENTIRE
BATTLE LINE, AS IF A MAGICAL SHIELD HAD FORMED AROUND THEM. THE BLACK DRAGON POWER-3 WIZARD XANIX GLOWERED
INTENTLY AND ISSUED INDECIPHERABLE UTTERANCES. WITH AWE-INSPIRING PRECISION HE LAUNCHED MANY PHANTASMAL
FORCES AND DEADLY PYROTECHNICS INTO THE RANKS OF THE ENEMY. THE BLACK DRAGON POWER-3 WIZARD XANIX BEGAN
SORCEROUS INCANTATIONS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. HIS MAGIC CAUSED ILLUSIONARY SOUNDS AND SIGHTS TO CONFUSE HIS
FOES AND CONFOUND THEIR COMMANDERS: CHAOS REIGNED AND THEY WILL BE FORCED TO FIGHT LONGER THAN THEY OTHERWISE
ANTICIPATED. THE PRESENCE OF WARLORD TIRIKIA PREVENTED THE CHAOS SPELL'S EFFECTS! THE BLACK DRAGON HAZNAKA
(POWER- 2.0) TRIED TO AVOID AS BEST ABLE THE ENEMY'S ATTACKS. THE GIANT POWER-1 WIZARD HERATON INCANTED IN A
LOW FORCEFUL TONE. HE THEN CREATED A POWERFUL WARDING, WHICH WOULD PROTECT THE HEROES AND WIZARDS OF HIS
FORCE FROM THE BLACK MAGICS OF ANY OPPOSING SPELLCASTERS. THE GIANT POWER-1 WIZARD DRU MADE A SERIES OF
INTRICATE GESTURES. A LIGHT SPARKLING MIST SEEMED TO FALL BRIEFLY OVER HIS TROOPS, AND THEN THEY GREW
CLEARLY MORE INTREPID. THE GIANT POWER-1 WIZARD NERAFANA GLOWERED INTENTLY AND ISSUED INDECIPHERABLE
UTTERANCES. A LIGHT SPARKLING MIST SEEMED TO FALL BRIEFLY OVER HIS TROOPS, AND THEN THEY GREW CLEARLY MORE
INTREPID. THE POWERFUL BLACK DRAGON MAGES ADDED TREMENDOUSLY TO THE DEFENSE OF THEIR GROUP. THE MAGES DID
NOT APPRECIABLY EFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE.
QUICKLY WARLORD BENIMOR LED THE BLACK DRAGON NIGHTMARISH BEASTS RIPPING OVERHEAD WITH A CRACKLE LIKE
THUNDER, DOWN UPON THE GIANT POSITION. THE SMALL CAVALRY CONTINGENTS PROVED NOT TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN
THE BATTLE.
THE DRAGONS FOUGHT NOW FROM THE EARTH AND THE FIGHTING WAS HARD AND CHAOTIC. THE BATTLE WAS NOW WAGED ON
THE GROUND. HERE DRAGONS AND INFANTRY IMPOSED NOTICEABLE CASUALTIES. HOUR AFTER HOUR PASSED, YET NONE COULD
TELL WHICH SIDE WOULD FIRST BREAK AND WHICH WOULD TRIUMPH. DESPITE ALL THAT HAD PRECEEDED THIS MOMENT, THE
BATTLE OUTCOME WAS STILL IN DOUBT. NOW ALL REMAINING TROOPS OF ALL TYPES HURLED THEMSELVES INTO THE THICK OF
BATTLE TO SETTLE IT IN BLOOD RED FASHION.
LOSSES TO THE BLACK DRAGON HAD RISEN ABOVE EXPECTATIONS: WARLORD BENIMOR ORDERED THE RETREAT. THE RETREAT
WAS A CREDIT TO THE BLACK DRAGON FORCE'S DISCIPLINE, AS FEW ADDITIONAL LOSSES WERE SUFFERED WITHDRAWING.
BLACK DRAGON LOSSES WERE ESTIMATED AT 1500 CREATURES. BLACK DRAGON LEADERS FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY. ALL BLACK
DRAGON LEADERS SURVIVED THE BATTLE. THE BLACK DRAGON WIZARDS JIERIK AND XANIX AND HAZNAKA SURVIVED THE FRAY.
AS A RESULT OF THEIR TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE THE MORALE OF THE BLACK DRAGON IMPROVED WITH THEIR ORGANIZED
RETREAT. GIANT LOSSES WERE SAID TO BE 6000 CREATURES. GIANT HEROES FOUGHT BRAVELY. ALL GIANT LEADERS
SURVIVED THE BATTLE. THE GIANT WIZARDS HERATON AND DRU AND NERAFANA SURVIVED THE FRAY. THE CONVINCING
COMPLETENESS OF THE GIANT FORCE'S VICTORY HAS NOTABLY INCREASED MORALE.

[Mauler]

When a 4 brigade Gnome group ends it's turn next to a Troll army group, you have to expect to have your clock cleaned if you do not have access to wall of fire. Lucky for the gnome, the troll group was all orcish infantry allowing them to get their licks in and escape to fight another day.

BATTLE BETWEEN THE 5TH GNOME DIVISION AND THE 5TH TROLL ARMY GROUP IN THE PLAINS OF AREA UH:
GNOME TROLL
CAPTAIN I CORULA < COMMANDER > GENERAL I SIMORIAN
POWER-3 WIZARD GYATAR < RANKING WIZARD > NA
6000 LIGHT/MEDIUM/HEAVY < INFANTRY >
800 MEDIUM < CAVALRY >
1200 MISSLIERS/BOWMEN < ARCHERS >
< OTHER TYPES > 28000 ORCS
4 < KINGDOM-NAMED BRIGADES > 0
0/0 < RECRUIT/VETERAN BRIGADES > 0/0
< OTHER BRIGADE TYPES > 14 ORCS
HIGH MORALE < OTHER > N/A
PROBING ATTACK < TACTICAL SELECTION > STANDARD BATTLE PLAN
EARLY IN THE DAY CAPTAIN I CORULA COMMANDED THE 5TH GNOME DIVISION TO ENGAGE THE ADVANCING LINES OF THE 5TH
TROLL ARMY GROUP COMMANDED BY GENERAL I SIMORIAN. AMONG THE TROLL TROOPS WERE BRIGADES OF ORCS, WHICH NOW
RACED TO THE FRONT LINES! AS THE ATTACKERS CROSSED THE GREEN FIELDS THE BATTLE BEGAN.
AWARE OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION THAT HAS DECLARED THE TROLL TO BE HOSTILE TO THEIR KINGDOM'S IDEALS, THE
GNOME FORCES WERE NOTICABLY ENERGIZED AND GAINED A MORALE BOOST AS THEY PREPARED TO BATTLE THEIR DECLARED
ENEMY!
MISSLE FIRE FROM BOTH SIDES WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE BATTLE. THE GNOME SLINGERS AND LIGHT ARCHERS
THE GNOME POWER-3 WIZARD GYATAR MADE A SERIES OF INTRICATE GESTURES. WITH AWE-INSPIRING PRECISION HE LAUNCHED
MANY MINOR PHANTASMS AND MAGICAL BOLTS INTO THE HEART OF THE ENEMY FORCE. THE GNOME POWER-3 WIZARD GYATAR
MADE A SERIES OF INTRICATE GESTURES. WHILE INVISIBLE, HIS SORCERY SENT LETHAL SONIC BLASTS DIRECTLY INTO
ENEMY FORMATIONS WITH IMPRESSIVE EFFECT. THE GNOME POWER-3 WIZARD VERDIKAR SLOWLY SPOKE IN AN ARCANE
LANGUAGE, GESTURES BUILDING TO A CRESCENDO. WITH AWE-INSPIRING PRECISION HE LAUNCHED MANY KILLING ILLUSIONS
AND WAVES OF DEADLY COLD INTO THE RANKS OF THE ENEMY. THE GNOME POWER-3 WIZARD VERDIKAR BEGAN SORCEROUS
INCANTATIONS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. WHILE INVISIBLE, HIS SORCERY SENT LETHAL SONIC BLASTS DIRECTLY INTO ENEMY
FORMATIONS WITH IMPRESSIVE EFFECT. THE GNOME POWER-3 WIZARD FIRE BRAIN INCANTED IN A LOW FORCEFUL TONE. HE
THEN DIRECTED WITH GREAT EFFECT A SERIES OF PHANTASMAL FORCES AND DEADLY PYROTECHNICS INTO THE HEART OF THE
ENEMY FORCE. THE GNOME POWER-3 WIZARD FIRE BRAIN BEGAN SORCEROUS INCANTATIONS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. WHILE
INVISIBLE, HIS SORCERY SENT LETHAL SONIC BLASTS DIRECTLY INTO ENEMY FORMATIONS WITH IMPRESSIVE EFFECT. THE
GNOME RESOURCEFUL MAGES INFLICTED APPRECIABLE DAMAGE TO THE TROLL RANKS..
NOW CAPTAIN I CORULA LED THE GNOME HIRED CAVALRY DOWN UPON THE TROLL POSITION.
THE GNOME FORCE WAS WELL SUITED TO THE FLAT GRASSLANDS THE BATTLE WAS WAGED ON, AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS
FACTOR. THE TROLL FORCE WAS WELL SUITED TO THE ROLLING PLAINS THE BATTLE WAS WAGED ON, AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF
THIS FACTOR.
WHILE MAINTAINING A SUPERIOR POSITION CAPTAIN I CORULA LED THE GNOME AWAY FROM THE CONFLICT AS THE BATTLE
TACTICS HAD CALLED FOR. THEIR FOES HARRIED THE REAR, COMPLICATING THE GNOME WITHDRAWAL SOMEWHAT. GNOME
CASULTIES WERE ESTIMATED AT 200 TROOPS. GNOME LEADERS FOUGHT BRAVELY. ALL GNOME LEADERS SURVIVED THE BATTLE.
THE GNOME WIZARDS GYATAR AND VERDIKAR AND FIRE BRAIN SURVIVED THE FRAY. THE INTENSITY OF THE GNOME VICTORY
INSPIRED THE ASSEMBLY OF VICTORIOUS TROOPS TO EARSPLITTING CRIES OF TRIUMPH AND INCREASED THEIR MORALE! TROLL
CASULTIES WERE PUT AT 6400 CREATURES. TROLL HEROES BATTLED COURAGEOUSLY. ALL TROLL LEADERS SURVIVED THE
BATTLE. A NEW LEADER, CAPTAIN FA'DIEN HAS EMERGED AS A QUICK THINKING LEADER OF MUCH PROMISE. THE TROLL
TROOPS ARE EAGER FOR MORE VICTORIES: MORALE IS UP!

[Cloud]

I was happy to see that game end.

Not sure how chaos works if the warlord starts the fight but dies during the fight. Also we both retreated so would have been interesting to see how that works.

lol. Me too, frankly. I assume Chaos still wouldn't have worked since leaders death check appears to happen after retreat. This was the first game in which I did any combat at all, so I was still learning.

In retrospect, I clearly should have attacked at a 3 in this case, but I was afraid to lose the artifacts in the group if things went south. We knew it would be the last turn and I was thinking about status points more than battles.

[The Broken]

Thank you guys, this is great!