Malifaux 2e Battle Report

Buenos Dias fellow geeks!

     I sauntered down to my FLGS last Sunday to spend some time with my friend Jason and to play some Malifaux 2e. I am going to attempt to write my first battle report. Jason, feel free to amend any details I get wrong!

THE TABLE

   

 I brought the Viktoria's to the table and Jason brought Pandora. Squatter's Rights was flipped for the Strategy with Close deployment.  I failed to note each players chosen schemes...sadly, as you will see, they became irrelevant.

     Teddy was positioned to drive up the center of the table with 3 sorrows and the Doppelganger in tow. Pandora was hiding in the trees, just out of range of the Viktoria's and Candy was on the right flank. Primordial Magic settled in safe behind a rock deep in Pandora's deployment zone and crapped out an extra card every draw phase.

     Knowing that the Sorrows (incorporeal) can AOE 1 wound each on failed willpower checks, I positioned Bishop in the center to take advantage of his ignore incorporeal ability and planned on not bunching up my crew to try and mitigate the Sorrow's potency. Taelor was also positioned center to employ her relic hammer against Teddy (construct). The Ronin moved into the trees to provide ranged support. The Viktorias and the Student of Conflict took the right flank to deal with Pandora and Candy. With Sister's in Spirit & Syncronized Slaying for upgrades I hoped to slingshot into combat and alpha strike Pandora.

TURN 1:

     Teddy moves forward and goes for my Victoria of Ashes that has moved up into the trees. I move Taelor to engage Teddy so that Jason can feel the pain of her relic hammer but she is just out of range of a charge. (Grrr..)  The Sorrows move up the center along with the Doppelganger. Bishop moves up and the Ronin take some shots at the Doppelganger to little effect. Pandora and Candy move forward to the right flank.

TURN 2:

Bishop charges the Sorrows as planned but fate is not on his side. He does inflict some wounds on the Sorrows but their ability (or Pandora's) allows them to shift some of the wounds to Pandora causing the charge to fall flat and none of the Sorrows to die. Another round of fire from the Ronin does little. Teddy pushes away from Taelor and ends up engaged with a Ronin. 



   

TURN 3:

          The Viktorias chain activate and strike at Candy and Teddy. Perhaps I should have stuck with my plan to take down Pandora but I grew impatient.  Both targets die but at the cost of my Viktoria of Blood and my Student of Conflict. Pandora charges in & smacks Viktoria around, leaving me with one less model. I had yet to claim a single squat marker or work either of my schemes. On the left flank Bishop falls to the Doppelganger and the Sorrows. With my top 3 models gone and Pandora set to sweep across the table with the Sorrows in tow, I decided to call it and the win went to Jason and his infuriating Neverborn.