Dark Elves vs Empire - 14.04.2007
(Engin DOGUSOY vs Murat KILICOGLU)

At Karargah we held an organisation of election based tournement at 2000pts under name Warhammer Cup 2007. This is my first match in this organisation.

I knew Engin's army very well for this reason prepared a magic heavy army list with 3 blocks of infantry, handgunners, archer screen. I had 2 hellblasters (always 2 is better than 1 :-)) and a great cannon to kill the scary things and pistoliers to close any gaps. I usually take my Arch Lector with War Altar in 2000pts and this time I gave him the mace of hellstrum which he made great use 
of.   

Engin had 2 bolt throwers, 2 fast cavalry units -one with a hero-, a block of executioners, 2 repeter crossbow units, a dispell scroll caddy and the scary things; a dragon mounted lord and a war hydra.

Here is the initial deployment;


And then the scouts I suddenly see his scouts behind the wall I had omitted.

Hey fellas we have nice targets here.... 

Turn 2 (forgot to take photo in turn 1) I have taken down 4 of his scouts with my hellblaster when they came out. He hide his war hydra in the woods and dragon behind the woods.


Huh what is the 5 differences between turn 2 and turn 3 ?
- The painted hellblaster is not here
- The crossbow detachment no longer exists
- There is a dragon in my line
- There is a war hydra in my line
- The fast cavalry has breached my lines 


I choose to shoot at the dragon with hellblaster which wounds the dragon and kills the lord, great cannon guesses the range right but gives only 1 wound. Meanwhile my handgunner detachment in left flank and pistoliers got rid of his second fast cavalry unit. Both my swordsmen unit in right flank and its halberdier detachment gets charged.

After the halberdiers death I charge the dragon and he fells under the strikes of mace of hellstrum. But his war hydra wins the combat and failing the leadership both spearmen and swordsmen get off the table. Great cannon takes down the war hydra now finding the clean shot.


The executioners are surronded all ways and finally disappear from the scene.


This side of the table is clean (of dark elves)... 


The remmants of dark elves;


The dispell caddy just stayed in the ruins and watched the game. :-))

Result : Empire Solid Victory

*Agora; The public open space that formed the heart of ancient Greek cities and it's the origin of most western conceptions of public, or civil, space as center of for social interaction for ceremony and democratic life on a pedestrian scale.