Firstly my apologies for this taking so long as with 4 people involved and 2 directly scribing and keeping tabs on the battle report it took a bit longer than expected to collaborate all the data required.

I was lucky enough to have a local gaming store host the game for me which was great for two reasons, firstly it showcases to any local readers what the new shop has to offer to the gaming community, and secondly it gave us a great location that was neutral to duke out the battle.

Just a quick spiel about the Dice Spot. The Dice Spot is a fantastic little shop that runs regular wargame leagues, Tcg tournaments as well as RPG nights. It also stocks a large variety of new and second hand gear to compliment all systems of games and if they don’t stock it, it’s never a problem for them to get it in. Open 7 days they have four 8x4 tables for war games and seating for 26 for RPG's and other games plus awesome air conditioning, drinks and snacks. The fantasy scene is a little slow in my area so the owner Al jumped at the chance to host the game which was very kind of him and I can certainly see his shop becoming a hub for the local community and fingers crossed it grows. Check them out at http://www.thedicespot.com.au/

Just a friendly reminder about the battle reporting itself, I normally do these myself and have a certain format that I like to follow and my brother kindly did the report up in Battle Chronicler using it for the first time after I gave him a 5 minute lesson in it so it isn’t entirely accurate and hopefully the text makes up for this.

Without further ado:

The lists:

High Elves
Prince - Star Dragon, Aoc, VoD, Other tricksters shard, GW - General
Prince - Star Dragon, Helm of fortune, 4+ ward, GW, Dragon armour, shield
AM - Lv4 Book of Hoeth - Shadow Lore (archer horde)
AM - Lv4 Vortex Shard, Skiensliver, High Magic

Noble - BSB, GW, 2+, single re-roll (undecided)
Noble - Reaver Bow, GW, DA (goes with Archer horde)
Mage - Lv2, Tricksters Pendant (High)
Mage - Lv2, Sigil of Asuryan (Fire)
Mage - Lv2 Annulian Crystal (Fire)

40 Seaguard - FC
30 archers - FC, Flaming Banner (AM Bunker)
20 Archers - Muso (Mage bunker)
20 Archers - Muso (Mage bunker)
35 Spearelves - FC
35 Spearelves - FC

30 White Lions - FC +1 ld banner, Gem of Courage
21 Swordmasters - FC, Standard of Balance, Talisman of Loec
21 Swordmasters - FC, Banner of Sorcery
20 Phoenix Guard - FC, Razor Standard
10 Dragon Princes - FC Banner of Ellyrion, Potion of Strength
10 Silverhelms - FC
Tiranoc Chariot
Tiranoc Chariot
Lion Chariot
5 Ellyrion Reavers

4 x Great Eagles
3 x RBT

Dark Elves:

Dreadlord on Dragon
Dreadlord on Pegasus
Lev 4
Lev 4 on Pegasus
2 x Lev 2
BSB on Cold One
2 x Hag Queens on Cauldrons
10 Dark Riders
12 Dark Riders
2 x 22 Crossbowmen
10 Shades
13 Shades
Cold One Chariot
20 Cold One Knights
2 x 30 Corsairs
40 Warriors
20 Witch Elves
20 Executioners
20 Black guard
2 x Hydra
3 x RBT
10 Harpies

Magic Selection

High Elves

Shadow Archmage
- Miasma, Steed of Shadows, Withering, Mind Razor.

High Archmage
- Flames of the Phoenix, Fury of Khaine, Drain Magic, Curse of Arrow Attraction, Vauls Unmaking.

High Mage
- Shield of Saphery, Courage of Aenerion, Drain Magic.

Fire Mage
- Fireball, Flaming Sword

Fire Mage
- Flamestorm, Flame Cage

Dark Elves
Supreme Sorceress. (focus familiar)
- Chillwind, Doombolt, Blade Wind, Black Horror, Power of Darkness

Supreme Shadow Sorceress
-Miasma, Withering, Steed of Shadows, Mindrazor

Fire Sorceror
- Cloak of Flames, Burning Head

Metal Sorceror
-Enchanted Blades, Rust.
 
Vanguards
Dark Elf wins, No vanguarding for High Elves.

Deployment




HE Turn 1

HE wins dice off. No charges from HE. Seaguard move behind fence for defensive position.

Magic: 12 Dice, 7 Dispel. No Channels.
lvl 2 casts fire ball (2d6) at Dark Riders on a 14, dispelled on 19.
Miasma on xbows reducing bs, cast on 9. Let through BS drops by 3 to 1.
Flames of the Phoenix on Corsairs casts on a 19 vs 15 dispel. Wounds 19 times and kills 10.
Vauls Unmaking on the Corsairs with General in it cast on 15. Scrolled.




Shooting:
Dragon Breaths on Dark Riders, 7 Wounds, 7 Dead flees from dragon.
Volley fire on other Dark Riders by archers, 6 wounds, 5 Dead, Panic Check Pass
RBT - Volley on Dark Riders cause 1 wound.
20 Archers + reaver bow volley on witch Elves. 7 Dead.
Horde Archers volley on Hydra, 2 Wounds, but saves 1.
Seaguard Volley on Executioners and kill 2.
RBT - Volleys on Peg Lord, who soaks like a boss.
RBT - Volleys on panicked Dark Riders, murders unit and causes panic check on both buildings + harpies. No fails.


 
DE Turn 1

Dark Elves grant Corsairs 5+ ward and Executioners 5+ ward via cauldrons. Nothing rambles in stupidity.
Witch Elves find a stupid forest and the executioners and hydra also occupy forest.
Xbowmen take a casualty from the boiling river, this basically prevents anything from moving across that part of the battlefield for the entire game.



Magic:
14 Vs 12 (was 15vs 11 but Annulian Crystal)
Flames of the Phoenix Dispelled off corsairs.
Blade win cast on Phoenix Guard, failed dispel. 18 Hits! But only 6 wounds and 1 on champ. 2 Models Die.
Black Horror on Seaguard Scrolled with Sigil of Asuryan resulting in spell destroyed.
Failed Ruby ring cast
Miasma dispelled with 9 Dice.

Shooting:
Shades Kill Great Eagle.
xbows vs Silver Helms on 8’s to hit cause 1 wound but is saved.
Dragon Breath on Seaguard and archers. 21 Models + chariot hit, 14 dead elves. Toasty toasty. Pass panic.
xbows from building on Dragon, 2 Wounds 1 on Dragon, on Rider.




HE Turn 2

Dragon Charges Harpies who flee, redirects into xbows in building, stand and shoot does 1 wound on dragon, 1 wound on lord (conveniently forgetting about my re-roll armour saves!)
Seaguard Charge CoK’s
Spearelves charge Pegasus Lord
Phoenix guard and characters enter building.
White Lions leave building.

Magic:
14 Pd, vs 9 DD
6 Dice IF (book of hoeth) Mindrazor on Seaguard
Shield of Saphery on Spear Elves Dispelled.
Flame Cage Fails on corsairs
Vauls Unmaking Dispelled on Corsairs (Dreadlord).
Miasma Fails on CoK’s

Shooting:
Breath on Warriors, 13 Dead. Pass Panic.
RBT puts 2 wounds on Sorc lord on pegasus.
Reavers Kill 4 WE
Archers kill 1 WE.
Single Bolt on Chariot Misses.
Shade Dies to volley fire.

Combat:
Eagle Wins combat by 2. (does wound)
ASF Cold ones vs Mind Razor Seaguard, Champ kills champ in blitz, 2 wounds on each. Seaguard kill 10, CoK’s kill 13. Drawn combat.
Peg Lord kills 5, vs 0 in return. Holds.
Dragon Vs building kills 5, but they hold.



 
DE Turn 2

CoK get 5+ ward.
Warriors gain KB.
Corsairs & Witch Elves charge swordmasters
Dreadlord on Dragon charges Lion Chariot
Executioners charge Archer horde
Warriors charge Dragon

Magic:
13 Dice vs 10.
Fire Cloak on CoK’s let through.
Mind razor on Corsairs
Enchanted Blades on xbows.
Power of darkness -> Blade Wind, 11 hits 2 wounds.

Shooting:
1 Wound on dragon from xbows.
8 Wounds on Eagle from shades, dead birdie. 

Combat:
CoK’s take 0 casualties, kill 10, end up in combat with White Lions somehow, not really clear by the diagrams I’m afraid.
Peg lord does 5 wounds, Spearelves Hold.


 
HE Turn 3

Dragon Princes fail charge on dreadlord to support spears
Spearelves charge Cold One Chariot
Tiranoc Chariot charges flank of Hydra
Tiranoc Chariot charges Corsairs
Great Eagle charges RBT
I move the Shadow Archmage out of the archer unit to protect from incoming dragon attack next turn.
Phoenix guard leave building.



Magic:
19 Dices vs 13
2 dice on Courage of Anaerion covering chariot into corsairs.
Flaming Sword on Archer Horde, IF, 6 Dice lost and 6 Dead.
Miasma vs Executioners to drop Initiative Dispelled.
5 Dice Withering Drops 1T on Executioners.

Shooting
Dragon lord takes 2 wounds.

Combat:
Silverhelms lose 2, xbows lose 2. Drawn combat.
WE are destroyed, Asassain dies but kills 5. 9 Corsairs Die from SM, 7 SM dies from corsairs. Corsairs win by 2. SM run 9 (was 11), Corsairs persue 7. Standard of Balance was/is amazing.
4 Executioners Die, 3 Archers die to Assassin., champ dies clocks up 3 points from bsb in challenge. 8 archers die to executioners.

1 Wound on Hydra, White Lions do 2 wounds.
2 White Lions die, 4 from hydra, 4 from thunderstomp.
lions and chariots hold.

Warriors KB Dragon Lord, lords kill 2, dragon kills 5, stomp kills 3. Dragon goes stupid. Warriors hold.
Corsairs lose 6 from impact hits, then further 1 from chariot. Assassin slots chariot with venom sword.



Eagle kills RBT reforms down line.
Peg Lord takes 1, kills 2, peg stomps 1, and then holds.


 
DE Turn 3

DE 5+ ward BG, 5+ ward CoK.
Black Guard + Hydra Charge flank of spear elves
Black Dragon charges archers
Cold One Knights charge White Lions

Magic:
11 DD 10 PD.
Enchanted Blades on xbw dispelled
Chillwind vs Shadow archmage dispelled.
Doombolt vs Shadow archmage dispelled.
flame cascade goes off on Cold One Knights.
Bladewind goes off on Shadow Archmage and kills him.

Shooting:
Eagles fall out of the sky.
Dragon takes 2 more wounds from Shades/Crossbowmen in buildings.

Combat:
SH kill 4, none back and xbows hold.
Chariot takes 1 wound, deals 1 wound and hold vs spearelves.
Assassin deals 1 wound vs bsb. BSB kills assassin. Archers kill 4. Bsb gets killed by executioners, they kill 2 others. Executioners break, run 6 archers pursue 3. (I really should have challenged here to protect my BSB)
Dragon gets called out vs noble in archer unit. Lord dies but wounds noble with black armour. Dragon guards body, kills noble and 2 wounds. Archers hold.
WL deal 4 wounds to hydra, regens them all. 2 wounds on bsb killing him, deal 3 wounds on Cold One Knights. Cok kill 15. Hydra kills 4. Gem of courage to hold on WL.
Assassin deals 2 wounds on dragon but no autokill. Dragon kills 8 (stomp of 4) assassin and warriors hold.
Peg lord does 5 wounds and takes none in return. Hydra and BG kill 15, and breaks them, they run 9, peg lord only chaser flies 5.


 
HE Turn 4

Dragon Princes charge Peg lord
Phoenix Guard + Dragon charge Corsairs
Swordmasters charge Blackguard

Magic:
14 PD, 9 DD.
Shield of Saphery on Dragon Princes.
Fury of Khaine on Peg sorc lord which is dispelled.
Flame cage IF dispel vs assassin.
Flames of Phoenix on BG – let through kills at least 10 although doesn’t appear to be documented.
Vaul Fails.

Shooting.
Hydra Dies from shooting
Peg Sorcerous takes 1 wound from shooting. (Think she was supposed to be dead?)

Combat:
Silverhelms kill 3, xbows kill 1. Xbows hold.
Spearmen punch wood, 0 wounds. Chariot kills 1, chariot runs away 4, spearelves catch on 11.
Dragon kills 6 and archers run away whilst dragon watches.
Cok kill 8 WL, WL kill 3-4 back.
Assassin slots Dragon. 
5 Corsairs dies from PG, 3 die from Dragon Lord, 3 PG die, 3 Corsairs die from air swinging dragon (5 1’s to wound)
Swordmasters butcher 8 BG, BG butcher 1. Stubborn hold on BG.

Peg Lord takes another wound from DP but kills 2 in return, holds. (Forgot about ward saves – sigh)



DE Turn 4

DE – Cold ones stupid, KB on Corsairs.

Magic phase: cancelled with vortex shard.

Combat. 2 xbw die from SH, 2 SH die, Drawn combat.
PGvs warriors, 6warriors dead, 1 PG dies, PG catch and run into CoK.
SM vs BG, SM kills BG, Hydra Kills SM and Overruns.
DP vs Peg lord. Nothing from DP and 1 from Peg lord. Peg lord holds. (lost to muso)





4527 vs 4599

Conclusion:

Yes we decided to call it after turn 4!

Well a great game was had by all but I would certainly change a few things if/when I do a huge battle like this again. Firstly I think I’d document it all myself as there seems to be a fair few inconsistencies between what happened on paper, what happened on the map and then what actually happened in the game which is a little frustrating but I guess it’s going to happen in such a big game like this and things will get lost in translation so to speak.

Incredibly there was only 1 miscast the whole game which blew me away, I figured my opponent would be throwing dice around like his life depended on it especially which access to power of darkness however I couldn’t have been more wrong. So the trickster’s pendant didn’t really come into play like I was hoping. Secondly the Vortex shard, I should have popped it a single turn earlier to prevent the death of my Archmage however you know what they say about hindsight.

It looks bad on paper but I think if this went further than turn 4 I would have had it in the bag, I had a full unit of Spearelves coming down the flank, a dragonlord still cruising around, the phoenix guard block and still a strong magic outgoing.

Amazingly none of my RBT died whole game which has to be a first but of course my opponent had other things to concentrate on.

Please fire any questions off as I completely understand the diagrams aren’t the clearest and I’ll do my best to answer all questions.