WMH Game 02: Kommandant Irusk versus Thagrosh, Messiah of Everblight

A rushing river is where Kommandant Irusk decided to take his deployment on the outskirts of a small farming village

I got to play against Dick Sy's Legion of Everblight force last Wednesday evening at Pitshop.

I decided to use an infantry-heavy list - specifically something with Iron Fang Pikemen.  The reason behind that was: it was only recently that I bought the P3 Khador token set, and it included some nifty Shield Wall tokens.  And since I don't have Man-O-War Shocktroopers and Assault Kommandos, the only unit I have that can Shield Wall are my ignored IFP.

Kommandant Irusk, Behemoth, Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich, Koldun Lord, War Dog, Iron Fang Pikemen with unit attachment, Winter Guard with unit attachment and Rocketeer, Widowmakers

Kim's Khador force: [Warcaster] Kommandant Irusk, [Warjack] Behemoth, [Units] Iron Fang Pikemen, Iron Fang Pikemen Unit Attachment, Winter Guard, Winter Guard Unit Attachment, Winter Guard Rocketeer Weapon Attachment, Widowmakers, [Solos] Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich, Koldun Lord, War Dog

Thagrosh, Messiah of Everblight; Typhon, Scythean, Shredders x3, Raek, Blighted Nyss Shepherd, Spell Martyrs x2, The Forsaken x2

Dick's Legion of Everblight: [Warlock] Thagrosh, Messiah of Everblight, [Warbeasts] Typhon, Scythean, Shredders x3, Raek [Solos] Blighted Nyss Shepherd, Spell Martyrs x2, The Forsaken x2

Rolling SR2011 Sacrifice, Dick marks his deployment radially from a corner

Irusk's main force rush towards the flag!

After months of sitting on the shelves, the Behemoth redeems itself by blasting away a Shredder with accurate bombard shots!

Irusk's War Dog running alongside its master as the forces of the Motherland advance

Led by Kovnik Jozef Grogorovich, the Winter Guard advance towards the control zone

The Winter Guard Rocketeer priming his artillery in the shallows as a Legion Spell Martyr dares further forward

Deadly ground! Shredders will rush up Irusk's left flank while the Messiah and Typhon blast away the Iron Fangs!

My GF9 tin with the newly-bought Khador tokens; and yeah everyone should always have their own set of D&D polyhedral dice

Scenario: 35PC SR2011 Sacrifice
Result: Kim's Kommandant Irusk victorious over Dick's Thagrosh, Messiah of Everblight via concede

Thagrosh makes a gamble and orders a pair of Rabid Shredders run up Kommandant Irusk's unsupported left flank.  After Typhon incinerates several Iron Fang Pikemen with its multiple breath weapons and vicious attacks, Thagrosh strides forward and fails to his the Khadoran warcaster with a damaging spell.  Using his feat, the two Rabid Shredders scurry up at Irusk and bite away, but one made a crucial miss.  With no more fury left for damage transfer, Dick's Thagrosh was a sitting duck at the center of some undyingly loyal Great Bears, Iron Fang Pikemen and Winter Guard.

[IRY Navarro]