50SS Jack Daw (daniello_s) vs Jakob Lynch (Gavin)
Deployment: Standard Deployment
Strategy: Guard the Stash
Schemes: Convict Labour, Leave Your Mark, Hunting Party, Inspection, Set Up
Gavin brought:
Jakob Lynch (1SS pool) - The Rising Sun, Wanna See a Trick, Woke Up With a Hand
Hungering Darkness - Addict
3x The Illuminated
Mr Tannen
Beckoner
2x Insidious Madness
I took:
Jack Daw (4SS pool) - Writhing Torment, Twist and Turn, 3x Injustice
(Curse-giver and relaible hitter who also supports his Tormented crew)
Hannah
(resilient hitter plus extra card anyone? ;))
Strongarm Suit
(resilient hitter)
Johana
(yet another hitter plus condition removal)
The Guilty
(used to Torment Hannah, Johana and Strongarm; scheme runner)
Nurse
(annoying toolbox with her Take Your Meds action)
2x Winged Plague
(scheme runners)
Gavin picked: Convict Labour and Leave Your Mark
I took: Convict Labour and Hunting Party.
Plan for a game was simple:
- turn 1: Torment Hannah, Johana and Strongarm and move them forward towards Stash markers in loose bobble with Jack in the middle.
- rest of the turns: using mobility and damaging output of the crew secure Stash markers and kill a minion a turn plus drop scheme markers with Winged Plagues and score Convict Labour. Nurse was tasked with disrupting Huggy and one other model (Illuminated of Lynch) with his job with her pesky Ca action.
Deployment: Jack deployed first (at bottom of the picture)
Turn 1
Initiative: Jakob Lynch
Key actions/moments:
- We both pressed forward. One Illuminated and Madness (then Huggy joined them nearby) run on my left flank where I had single Winged Plague only. I thought it should be OK as long as I keep enemy models distracted there and hold on as long as possible while I'll try to dominate centre and right flank fully.
- As planned I did Torment my 3 key models. Strongarm used his extra push, then walk and shot seconds Madness almost killing it.
- Beckoner lured Nurse but Jack was able to call her back a bit ;)
Upkeep phase:
No VPs scored by either side.
Score after turn 1: Jack Daw 0 - Jakob Lynch 0
Turn 2
Initiative: Jack Daw
Key actions/moments:
- Strongarm didn't wait and charged Madness killing it which gave me first VP for Hunting Party.
- Nurse gave Huggy - flip on all duels and secured Stash Marker.
- Beckoner lured Johana, then Jakob hit her hard once and Illuminated hit her again leaving her on last wound remaining... Johana hid behind Stash marker and hit Illuminated in the face once.
- Jack moved and tried to attack opponent but my flips were lousy and Jakob burnt his hand for cheating.
- I dropped 3 scheme markers which gave me VP for Convict Labour and Gavin dropped 2.
- On the left flank Winged Plague charged Madness, hit twice but couldn't kill it (one wound left).
Upkeep phase:
Jack Daw: +1VP Guard the Stash, +1VP Convict Labour, +1VP Hunting Party
Jakob Lynch: +VP Guard the Stash
Score after turn 2: Jack Daw 3 - Jakob Lynch 1
Turn 3
Initiative: Jakob Lynch
Key actions/moments:
- Despite re-flipping initiative unfortunately I didn't win it, so Illuminated walked once and killed Johana... very sad moment for me... :). What's worse she (Illuminated) healed up fully.
- Nurse made Huggy only walk/interact this turn and put Illuminated on - flips till the end of the turn.
- Winged Plague on the left flank died from Illuminated's charge which freed up Madness to move and drop scheme marker for Leave Your Mark.
- Beckoner lured Guilty
- Jack Daw hit Illuminated twice, giving her Firing Injustice. Strongarm followed with the charged and killed her - another VP for Hunting Party
- Hannah pushed 3'' and hit Illuminated twice. Only one hit went through however I flipped severe damage which clipped nearby Jakob and Tanned with 4 damage blast.
Upkeep phase:
Jack Daw: +1VP Guard the Stash, +1VP Convict Labour, +1VP Hunting Party
Jakob Lynch: +1VP Guard the Stash; +1VP Convict Labour, +1VP Leave Your Mark
Score after turn 3: Jack Daw 6 - Jakob Lynch 4
Turn 4
Initiative: Jack Daw
Key actions/moments:
- Nurse forced Huggy to walk/interact only and put Illuminated on - flips again ;)
- Guilty charged Beckoner wounding her. Beckoner lured Nurse away from Stash marker and run away out of Strongarm's LOS.
- Jack attack Jakob 3 times but again my flips (and hand) was so bad he missed everything. Thankfully Strongarm charged Jakob killing him.
- I secured second Stash marked with Winged Plague and in the same time I negated one Gavin's scheme marker for Convict Labour
- Huggy and Illuminated negated my scheme markers but Gavin accidentally forgot to move second Illuminated close to Stash marker which costed him VP for strategy this turn (he decided to walk and shoot Plague in hard cover instead).
- Due to the time restriction (we started game late and shop was closing down before we had a chance to play turn 5) game ended this turn.
Upkeep phase:
Jack Daw: +1VP Guard the Stash
Jakob Lynch: +1VP Leave Your Mark
Final score: Jack Daw 7 - Jakob Lynch 5
Just for the craic we shuffled cards, draw hand and flipped the initiative to see who would go first and which cards we would have for turn 5. Gavin won initiative but had very poor hand when I had 2x 13 and loads of above average cards so we concluded that Beckoner possibly be hunted down by Strongarm and we both would secure points for Guard the Stash and Convict Labour plus Gavin would get final point for Leave Your Mark. Eventually game would end up around 9-8 or 10-8 tin Jack's favor.
Few comments after game:
- Nurse was a star of the game. She put out Huggy and Illuminated from the action long enough to allow me deal with other models.
- Strongarm is really good alternative for Taelor. He is mobile, resilient and hits hard.
- Hannah with her severe damage and blasts is scary too.
- Winged Plagues are excellent scheme runners. Cheap, fast and protected by armor.
- One Guilty is enough in Jack's crew ;)
Till next time!
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