SoBH Campaign 3 - Battle 14

Weather: 
Scenario: Catch The Critters
Defender: Barbarian

Forces:
New additions marked in purple italics

Dwarves (677 pts):

• Valgen Maest: DWARF COMMANDER 120 Pts, XP: 3, Quality 2+ Combat 4
  [Brain Damaged: **** ],Short Move, Leader, Fearless, Free Disengage, Shieldwall, Snow Walk, Hatred (Barbarian), Forester
• Falster Vonlyr: ELITE WARRIOR 75 Pts, XP: 3,  Quality 2+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Steadfast, Fearless, Free Disengage, Shieldwall, Snowwalk
• Halgar Snowbeard: ELITE WARRIOR 56 Pts, XP: 3, Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Opportunistic, Snow Walk, Shieldwall, Forester
• Ireheart: ELITE WARRIOR 46 Pts XP: 3, Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Lethal (vs Barbarians), Snow Walk
• Manon Hardfoot: WARRIOR 48 Pts, XP: 1, Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Shieldwall, Snowwalk, Forester
• Rod Grimiron: WARRIOR 48 Pts, XP: 1,  Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Shieldwall, Snowwalk, Forester
• Hono Pickbattler: WARRIOR 48 Pts, XP: 1,  Quality 3+ Combat 4
  Short Move, Shieldwall, Snowwalk, Forester
• Harti Soreheid: WARRIOR 26 Pts, XP: 2, Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move, Brewmaster
• Scotti MacIrnbru: WARRIOR 24 Pts, XP: 2, Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move
• Geruk Foebreaker: SLAYER 30 Pts, XP: 2 Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move, Hatred (Barbarians)
• Mistress Loveshields: WARRIOR 24 Pts, XP: 1 Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move
• Cerri Crakshot: CROSSBOWMAN 38 Pts, XP: 0, Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move, Medium Shooter, Snowwalk, Forester
• Slarti Bartfast: CROSSBOWMAN 34 Pts, XP: 0, Quality 3+, Combat 3
  Short Move, Medium Sh
• Haggar Swiftbolt: ELITE CROSSBOWMAN 44 Pts, XP: 0 Quality 3+, Combat 4Short Move, Medium Shooter, Good Shot, Unerring Aim [Equipment: Ammunition]
• Boindel Beaststrider: BEAR CAVALRY 74 Pts, XP 0 Quality 3+ Combat 4Mounted, Running Blow, Free Disengage

Barbarians (568 pts):

• Ardaric Blackmaul: BARBARIAN COMMANDER 90 Pts, XP: 3  Quality 2+, Combat 4
  Leader,  Fearless, Free Disengage, [Equipment: Charmstone, Healing Potion]
• Ooko: ELEMENTALIST 34 Pts (+ 75 Pts Summoning pool), XP: 3 Quality 2+, Combat 1
  Elementalist, Short Move, Acrobat [Equipment: Healing potion, spell scroll]
• Erwig Bonetooth: ELITE ARCHER 72 Pts, XP: 3 Quality 3+, Combat 4
   Fearless, Shooter (Long), Forester,  Free Disengage [Equipment: Charmstone]
• T-ord Keenbow: ARCHER 50 Pts, XP 2 Quality 3+, Combat 3
    Fearless, Shooter (Long), Free Disengage
• Remos Arcfur: WARRIOR 52 Pts, XP: 2 Quality 3+ , Combat 4
   Fearless, Steadfast, Mounted
• Cohan Deathaxe: VETERAN WARRIOR 30 Pts XP: 2 Quality 4+, Combat 4
  Fearless, Short Move, Opportunistic
• Halka Skulldrinker: WARRIOR 36 Pts XP: 2 Quality 3+, Combat 3, 
  Fearless

Setup:

Both warbands set up with a rough outcrop in the centre of the table. Here the critters lived. Figures would approach the outcrop edge and automatically poke into the outcrop , hoping to flush out a critter from the other side to the rock. The Critter could then be caught and returned to a home base area.

After the mauling in the previois encounter the Barbarians were keen to minimise contact with the Dwarves and rushed forward. An early critter was flushed out...

And returned to the the home base

But despite surging forward they couldn't budge enough of the critters

before the Dwarven force arrived en-mass.

Plan B came into effect and Elementals were pushed up the flanks to protect the main force and as many critters were flushed out as possible to hopefully distract the dwarves.

The Dwarves gleefully closed in on the objective critters

whilst also taking some pent up frustrations on the blocking elementals.

The Dwarves soon were heading back with their catches

As were the barbarians

but not as well as their foe.

And a final flurry of fire extinguishing and critter catching ended a satisfactory day for the dwarves.

Result: Win for Valgen's Dwarves.