The Dead march on...

Last night I rolled out the VC at 2400pts for a first run out. With a month or so until Fall of the old World 2 and 5-6wks until Storm Over Stirling and no experience of running Vamps, I thought it was time to get some practice in.

Lined up for battle:

Lady Genevieve, her Cursed Sister, & Drippy the Terrorgheist

The Shambling Masses next to a graveyard

The Vanguard didn't last long...

My opponent ran a blocky Skaven army with a penchant for weapons teams (which almost did me in by the end of Turn 1!), the usual tricks to prevent flying were a royal pain in my a**e, and Skaven magical shooting tore big chunks out of my army - the Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Dire Wolves and a Spirit Host were all hammered in turns 1 and 2, luckily my opponents fear of Hexwraiths let the Terrorgheist survive most of the game.

It was a bloody encounter, I took a pasting in the first couple of turns, but once the Vamp got into combat and the 'gheist got in behind his lines, I made my come-back.

In the end it was a draw (I shaded it by around 200pts, not enough for a minor victory).

Highlights: 

• Skaven Slaves passing every terror test and even wounding the 'gheist.
• 3 Rat ogres bouncing off my skeletons and getting run down
• Wrecking a massive Stormvermin unit inc. Grey Seer & BSB with only 3 Crypt Horrors and the Vamp Lord
• Wind of Death - that spell is brutal
• Terrorgheist screaming a Warp Lightning Cannon to death

Lowlights: 

• Misreading the rules on Invocation and failing to raise anything like enough casualties back
• Seeing my L1 vamp turned into a toad by the hex scroll
• Not rolling up Vanhels
• Having to remove the Hexwraiths before they even moved

Lessons learned:

• Read the spells properly
• Don't split deployment
• Try and take fewer, larger units - need to go first in the face of weapons teams.

Next up, High Elves, the same HE that I tabled last week with Hirad's Warrior of Chaos.... I suspect not so easy with Vamps, especially as he's bringing his SOS list...