Round 5 Part 1

Round 5 proved to be another split round with Bish making a pilgrimage to the Cathayan highlands to consult a panel of mystic dice gurus. He may well need them as he now has to face the unconquered dwarves in his next match.

The other games proceeded as normal.
In the latest installment of the Battle for Aspendale Gardens, Mark took exception to AG's freshly (and beautifully) painted Kroxigor and Salamander units by mercilessly targetting them with Trebauchet and bow fire, killing them before they saw real action. AG's chances were hampered in this game by more bad rolling, possibly meaning a trip to the dice gurus himself will be in order. He started by failing both Stupidity tests to kick the game off and it pretty much went downhill from there. Mark, who needed little in the way of that kind of help gleefullly seized the opportunity to wipe out every lizard that came under his gaze with a series of sound tactical moves that had the lizards flailing.

It was also a fine night to be an Ogre, as both Staks and Dale had big wins over Ryan and Jack. Whilst the High Elves were beaten to a bloody (if pleasantly smelling) pulp throughout the game, Staks had to recover from early setbacks as two small fleeing units set off a series of failed panic tests across the Ogre lines. The Tyrnat however managed to pull himself and the rest of the army together after this and returned to give the 'kings a sound beating of their own.
Jack was heard to ruminate later that perhaps Tomb Kings aren't the army for him after all.

The results have Dale breathing down the Dwarven neck for overall honours, but will now be relying of Bish to turn his fortunes around or see the campaign fall into Dwarven hands.

Round 4 : The Split Round

The split round began with Staks claiming AG's Lizardman 'scalp'. Stak's Ogres have quietly begun racking up victories of late and this was no exception. Another disturbing trend has been AG's dice rolling (as shall be seen in Round 5!). Is it time for new dice?

A week later the other three games were fought, with AG proving the Ogres simply had the advantage by defeating his own Lizard army with Staks Ogres in a reverse fixture friendly.
On the other table Bish yet again snatched defeat from victory's jaws, this time against Dale, andother rising star of the Ogre Kingdoms.
Across the room the Dwarves put away another contender, with the help of some iffy Bretonnian dice from Mark. Mark's freakish ability to miss with his knights but hit with the horses made little headway upon the dwarven ranks. Other features were two lances being run down after breaking by two separte Dwarf units, and the Dwarven brewery proving its worth by making the Longbeards Unbreakable.
In the final battle, Jack succumbed narrowly to Ryan High Elves in a controversial fixture that was stopped early due to bad light. After the dust had settled Ryan had the upper hand by a fraction, although Jack was heard to be mumbling a week later about scoring irregularities (or something). For some Tomb Kings, a Curse isn't apparently enough.

The standings now have the dwarves within a whisker of taking the campaign, but with Ogres 'sneaking' up behind them.