Dirty Hippies Love Flying Snakes to Death…

In my last post, I teased that I was going to move up to my 500 pt Circle list…Ha…if you can expect anything from MenothJohn, it is the unexpected.  Take that readers!

I got a chance to bust out and get some gaming in this afternoon, and I decided it was time to get me some Circle love going against one of my favorite opponents…Jefferson Jorgensen.  Jeff is a a helluva guy.  A VERY talented artist (he had his Carnivean featured in Beast about Town in No Quarter issue before last) and a really good sport.  His only problem…he plays the Legion of Easybutton.  A fella of his gaming skills shouldn’t have to rely on the broken shinannigans of the flying snake brigade.

That being said, it is always a pleasure to play against him.  He is the kind of guy that will let you take a move back in a friendly game even if it screws him.  And, while what I am about to describe is a win for me, I have to give much of the credit to Jeff for allowing me to un-screw myself at least twice.  We have a cool local meta here I must say.

So…what is my new 750 list…Let me introduce you to Kreuger Wishes He Had Two WoldWyrds V2:

Faction: Circle Orboros

Points: 742

Model Count: 28

Victory Points: 25

Krueger the Stormwrath

Woldwyrd

Megalith

Woldwarden

Professor Viktor Pendrake

Gatormen Posse [5] (2 added)

Shifting Stones [3]

Tharn Bloodtrackers [10] (4 added)

Tharn Wolf Riders [5] (2 added)

Faction: Circle Orboros
Points: 742
Model Count: 28
Victory Points: 25

Krueger the Stormwrath
Woldwyrd
Megalith
Woldwarden
Professor Viktor Pendrake
Gatormen Posse [5] (2 added)
Shifting Stones [3]
Tharn Bloodtrackers [10] (4 addeTharn Wolf Riders [5] (2 added)

The concept behind this list is mobility, mobility, mobility.  When I play my Menoth armies, or even the occasional situation when I trot out my Khador, I play an attrition game.  I expect to roll up on an opponent and use my superior numbers or survivabilty to whittle down his army until I can move in for the kill or remove his entire army from the board.  I don’t expect that from the Circle.

There are lots of things that work against that.  My hardest hitting beast in this list is a POW 16.  My lowest hitting heavy in my Menoth force is a POW 15, but it comes with auto-fire and a chain attack.  My heavy infantry in this list…the Gatormen…hit three times but a max of P+S13, non-weapon master.  But that is not what this list is about.  It’s about combo buffs.  It’s about multiple attacks.  It’s about prey and about preying on the already bloodied.

I was facing the following list…more or less…

Rhyas
Carnivean
Typhon
Angelius
Shredders (x3)
Warmongers (3) + The War Chief
Shepherds (x2)
Raptors (x3)

Jeff always tends to run very beast heavy, and this was no exception.

My strategy was as such.  I would use my Wolf Riders to prey the Carnivean, and use Pendrake’s Beat Lore to give them 4d6 on the charge.  Plus, If I could pull it off and get a back strike, It would be 5d6+13.  The Gatormen would have Lightning Tendrals up all game to give them all a 4″ attack and two more 2.5″ attacks.  When the time was right, I could put Beast Lore on them against damaged warbeasts, and I would be rolling 3d6+6 to hit and 4d6+13 for the first attack, 4d6+13, 4d6+9 on the third…for 5 gatormen.

I had Megalith and the Woldwarden out front on a flank spell striking with Forked Lightning against softer targets, and then when I got in range of the Shredders and any of the other beasts left standing, I would feat and put them in frenzy mode.

It worked pretty much perfectly.

I still continue to struggle with the Bloodtrackers.  I attempted to ambuscade the Carnivean, and I just couldn’t crack his high armor.  It ended up costing me much of the unit.  The only thing that saved me was putting up Windstorm to help against ranged attacks.  I will figure them out.  They are fragile, but I know against the right target they will be great.

The Gatormen were the stars.  They took out a fresh Typhon and Angelius in the same activation…after one of the gators had already died.

The constructs were wonderful as the Forked Lightning helped keep the Warmongers at bey.

The feat was wonderful as it caused all the Shredders and the Carnivean to Frenzy, and two of the Shredders ate each other.

In the end…I won be eliminating the entirety of Rhyas’ army.  I really crippled her by taking so many of her beasts down, and then rendering the Carnivean moot through a combination of frenzying and Pendrake’s snare.  I love this list.  The models are first on the block to paint.  Good enough little Kreuger…good enough.

—————

Lazy lightning
That sleepy fire in your eyes
Is that desire in disguise
I keep on trying but I
I can’t get through

-Bob Wier of the Grateful Dead…clearly talking about Kreuger the Stormwrath