S&SF Tournament

We had a mini tournament for Sword and Spear Fantasy at the club over xmas. Six of us played three games each over the course of the day.

We played with a few restrictions on army lists, to help things go more simply. We all had exactly 1 general, 2 captains, 1 second level wizard, a camp, and a 600 point army: no morale tests or break points,  just see what the casualties’ AV total is after 6 turns. We played with ready-built tables to save time, and used scouting to decide choice of table edge.

I chose a bunch of expensive, meaty units; heavy infantry, impact cavalry, and large beasts and thought that therefore my army would be quite small compared to others. But everyone had a similar sort of idea, but more so, so I ended up with the biggest army coz I fielded a few cheap units, my crossbows and arquebuses, too. I felt that with such small armies having the extra one or two activation dice in the bag helped much more than it would with bigger armies.

It was a fun day, and although I do prefer getting the big armies out and playing long games, there is definitely something to be said for having smaller, more manageable armies and getting quick results.

Here are the army lists, more or less:

Dwarves

Name	Type	Disc	Str	Protection	Missile	Melee	Other	Points	Army Value
Mammoth	L Beast	4	3	Arm	-	Imp	Und/Fear	66	4
Mammoth	L Beast	4	3	Arm	-	Imp	Und/Fear	66	4
Bears	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Imp/Sav	Undrilled	88	4
Bears	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Imp/Sav	Undrilled	88	4
Spear	HvyFoot	3	4	Arm	-	Spear	Undrilled	72	4
Spear	HvyFoot	3	4	Arm	-	Spear	Undrilled	72	4
Xbow	MedFoot	4	3	-	XBow	-	Melee	42	3
Xbow	MedFoot	4	3	-	XBow	-	Melee	42	3
Arquebus	LtFoot	4	2	-	Firearms	-	Steadfast	30	2
Arquebus	LtFoot	4	2	-	Firearms	-	Steadfast	30	2
Camp	Camp	4	3	-	-	-	-	0	3
11								596	37

People of the West

Name	Type	Disc	Str	Protection	Missile	Melee	Other	Points	Army Value
Knights	Cavalry	3	3	Hvy Arm	-	Impact	-	88	4
Knights	Cavalry	3	3	Hvy Arm	-	Impact	-	88	4
Foot Kngts	Hvy Foot	3	4	Hvy Arm	-	Powerful	-	80	4
Men/Arms	Hvy Foot	4	4	Arm	-	Powerful	-	60	4
Eagle	Monster	4	2	Arm	-	Impact	Fear/Flight	90	2
Inf	MedFoot	4	3	-	Longbow	Spears	-	48	3
Inf	MedFoot	4	3	-	Longbow	Spears	-	48	3
Pikemen	Hvy Ft(L)	4	4	-	-	Pikes	-	78	6
Camp	Camp	4	3	-	-	-	-	0	3
Augury								20
9								600	33

Hyborians

Name	Type	Disc	Str	Protection	Missile	Melee	Other	Points	Army Value
Horse	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Impact	Undrilled	80	4
Horse	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Impact	Undrilled	80	4
Foot	HvyFoot	4	4	SW	-	Impact	Undrilled	60	4
Foot	HvyFoot	4	4	SW	-	Impact	Undrilled	60	4
Trolls	HvyFoot	4	4	Arm	-	Imp/Pow	Und/Fear	78	4
Trolls	HvyFoot	4	4	Arm	-	Imp/Pow	Und/Fear	78	4
Archers	MedFoot	4	3	Lacking	Longbow	-	Melee	42	3
Foot	MedFoot	4	3	-	-	Impact	-	54	3
Giant	Monster	4	2	Arm	-	Powerful	Fear	66	2
Camp	Camp	4	3	-	-	-	-	0	3
10								598	35

  

Orcs

Name	Type	Disc	Str	Protection	Missile	Melee	Other	Points	Army Value
Boars	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Impact	-	88	4
Boars	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Impact	-	88	4
Black Orcs	HvyFoot	3	4	HvyArm	-	Impact	Fear	104	4
Trolls	LBeasts	4	3	HvyArm	-	Fear	Regen	87	4
Orcs	MedFoot	3	3	Arm	-	-	Brave	60	3
Orcs	MedFoot	3	3	Arm	-	-	Brave	60	3
Archers	Med Foot	4	3	Arm	Bow	-	Melee	48	3
Skirm	Light Foot	4	2	-	Bow	-	-	24	2
Artillery	Artillery	4	2	-	-	-	-	36	2
Camp	Camp	4	3	-	-	-	-	0	3
10								595	32

Beastmen

Name	Type	Disc	Str	Protection	Missile	Melee	Other	Points	Army Value
Centaurs	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Impact	Fast	100	4
Minotaurs	HvyFoot	3	4	Arm	-	Savage	Fear	112	4
Beastmen	MedFoot	3	3	Arm	-	-	Brave	60	3
Barbarians	MedFoot	3	3	Arm	-	Spear	-	64	3
Archers	MedFoot	3	3	-	Bow	-	-	48	3
WarWagon	WarWagon	3	3	Arm	-	Steadfast	Fast	60	3
Archers	LtFoot	3	2	-	LongBow	-	Brave	44	2
Slingers	LtFoot	3	2	-	Sling	-	-	42	2
Konga	Monster	3	2	HvyArm	-	Savage	Fear	88	2
Camp	Camp	4	3	-	-	-	-	0	3
10								598	29

Kingdom of Rum

Name	Type	Disc	Str	Protection	Missile	Melee	Other	Points	Army Value
Kavallarioi	L Beast	4	3	Arm	-	Imp	-	66	4
Kavallarioi	L Beast	4	3	Arm	-	Imp	-	66	4
Latinikon	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Imp	-	88	4
Latinikon	Cavalry	3	3	Arm	-	Imp	-	88	4
Skoutatoi	HvyFoot	4	4	-	Bow(R)	Spear	-	54	4
Varangians	HvyFoot	3	4	Arm	-	Powerful	Steadfast	88	4
HorseArchers	LtFoot	4	2	-	Bow	-	-	36	3
HorseArchers	LtFoot	4	2	-	Bow	-	-	36	3
HorseArchers	LtFoot	4	2	-	Bow	-	-	36	2
Giant	Monster	4	2	-	-	Powerful	-	42	2
Camp	Camp	4	3	-	-	-	-	0	3
11								600	35

My first game I renewed hostilities with the Hyborian barbarians from last week. I put my best units on the right, and so did my opponent, so it was a bit lopsided and predictably we lost one flank each. I managed to do a bit more damage, and my centre fortunately managed to hold on against the enveloping barbarian horse, and managed to edge the game.

The second game I played the People of the West, which looked like a scary list on paper. As it happened, my mammoths burst straight through the centre and I won massively. This was one of those games where everything goes exactly right, and all your rolls are great, and it makes you feel like a military genius.

The final game was against an Orc army, which also looked scary. My opponent fielded some regenerating trolls, which I know well from my goblin army, so I tried to engage them quickly and stop them doing whatever they wanted. My best units certainly got the worst of things, and I spent most of my magic buffing and rallying them, which kinda worked coz although they were hanging on, they didn’t flee. And I ended this with a narrow loss.