Battle Report: Dwarfs vs Skaven part II

The mighty battle begins.

Dwarf Turn 1:
The Dwarven Lord looked out over the battlefield. His scouts had warned him of the rat horde, and of course he had heard stories over a good ale back in the Hearth of Karak Eight Peaks. But never could he have imagined the sight before him. His small force was outnumbered well over 3 to 1. This would be no easy battle, but he had faith in his runic hammer and armor. He would carry the day, he must.

First he ordered his faithful Hammer unit to turn and start making the march into the middle of the battlefield. He then ordered the Gyrocoptors to circle around and thin the ranks of the furred horde. The Thunderers felt they were out of range and moved up anxious to get into a fight. The Crossbowmen held their ground and thined out the slave unit (S2). The Cannon took a shot long and barely picked off a couple of clanrats from (CR4).


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Skaven Turn 1:
Warlord Velsquee looked out at the very small Dwarven force in front of him. He snickered to himself, this will be easy pickings. He Ordered his horde forward and everything jumped at his command. Velsquee liked it that way. The Gutter runner scouts in the woods were the only ones not moving, waiting for the right moment. The warlocks both joined up with the slave shields in front and cast their powerful warplightning.

Squelch let loose with a powerful bolt into a crossbow unit(x-2) on the hill. With irresistable force, the Horned Rat smiled down on the skaven forces and he hit and killed no less than 8 stunties in the unit.
Squeek seeing this, let loose with a powerful bolt of his own, only to see the rune smiths working their evil counter-magic sorcery to stop it.

The Jezzails opened up on the gyrocopter in the middle of the battlefield and hit it twice. It spun wildly for a minute but the pilot was able to retain control. Damn him, spat Velsquee. But he couldn't help but let loose with a wicked grin.


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Dwarf Turn 2:
The Dwarf Lord spat on the ground. By the Royal Blood that flowed through his veins, this was not a battle he would lose because of this vermin scums sorcery and shooting. He ordered his Warrior and Hammer units forward. He would take the battle to them if he had to kill a hundered of the rats himself. The Dwarf Lord, a veteran of a hundred battles, looked to his Ancestors for the strength to perservere. He ordered his missile units to thin the ranks some more. The Cannon overshot badly again and killed none. The crossbowmen continued to thin the ranks of the same slave unit.
The gyrocopter in the middle flew to the rear of the skaven units and blasted his steam, but it seemed weak and pathetic. Killing no more than a single clanrat and a couple slaves from s1. And to top it off, failed to catch the ratling gun in its crosshairs.
The 2nd gyrocopter decided it was too risky and flew back behind the safety of the woods. The thunder unit let loose with a volley on the rat swarms, but with the protection of the stone wall, they did nothing.


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Skaven Turn 2:
Warlord Velsquee smoothed his fur a bit after the cannon ball flew over his head. This pitiful shooting would not slow him down. The brown furred rats continued to surge forward into the hail of fire. Even the gutter runners ran out of the safety of the trees and into the dwarven flank.
The rat swarms on the right flank scurried over the walls and into the thunderer unit. swarming over them and dragging one of the brave dwarfs down. The dwarves swung their axes at the rats but there were many and only a couple of good blows fell.
The Ratling gun unloaded into the gyrocoptor behind the rat lines. A few warpstone pellets into the engine saw it crashing into the side of the hill.
The jezzails were a bit upset they were cheated of this chance to take down the coptor, shot some long range shots at the dwarf warriors and killed one from even this distance.
The warlocks were completely shut down and Squeek even had his spell destroyed, leaving him pretty ineffective for the rest of the game.


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Dwarf Turn 3:
"Damn them vermin scum" the Dwarf Lord raged as he watched helplessly as the mighty dwarven gyrocopter crashed to the ground. "Aim lower" he yelled to the cannon crew who again shot long but managed to kill a couple more clanrats. The Lord ordered the 2nd gyrocopter into the fray, get out there before its too late.
So the coptor flew over the woods and into the very midsts of the skaven horde. Firing its steam trying to catch the warlock and warlord in the blast. But both had clanrats jump in the way to save them. and the steam did minimal damage.

The crossbowmen concentrated fire on slave unit 4 and killed a few, but both them and the clanrats 4, stayed with the warlords leadership nearby.
The thunderers continued to battle the rats swarming over them, but their attacks were not affective against the small rodents, with only 1 blow striking true. Meanwhile, 2 of their own were drug down.

The warriors turned to face the gutterrunners and spotted the 2 large giant rat units coming around the woods as well. The rats were just too many and too fast.


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Skaven Turn 3:
Velsquee smiled, it was all coming together. Time to unleash his traps. The night runners charge into the dwarven handgunners, chopping down 2 more of the stunties, but the dwarfs refused to give up, killing 4 of the rats in the swarm allowing the battle to rage on.
The Plague Censor bearers charged the gyrocopter and it fled, running just out of reach of the fanatics.
The tunnel team popped up and charged into the unsuspecting cannon crew and slew them to a man and overran into the 2 dwarfs left in the x-2 crossbow unit.
The gutterrunners, wanting no part of the dwarf warriors ran around their flank and were in the rear arc of the 1st crossbow unit x-1.
The rest of the horde moved up. And the warlocks magic completely shut down.
The ratling gun on the ground shot into the Hammer unit. 4 hits, another hit, 2 more hits, then 6 more hits. 13 warp-pellets fly in and around the hammer unit, but most bounce off to their tough hide and only 1 falls to the ground.
The 2nd ratling gun on the hill aims down at the fleeing gyrocoptor. 6 hits!! What a great shot, but the warlord wanted to make sure he took down the nuisance. "MORE" he yelled. The skaven operator, shut his eyes and pulled again gently. Another hit, but only 1 more. But this was enough, as the 7 hits, jolted the gyrocopter around and it crashed on top of the wreckage of its brother.


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Tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion.