A little bit of kings of war action as the undead arrive......

Our last game saw a fantasy clash and a first outing using Kings of War for my undead army. They were opposed by my dads dwarf army in a straight up pitched battle which as can be expected from this rule set was a pretty brutal affair with lots and lots of destroyed units. Neither side could quite get the victory in the time we had but it was a mighty close game and a draw was a fair reflection of the action. The undead faired pretty strongly, they are slow to get into the action which they are in other rule sets , which can be frustrating but once they reach the enemy they can be very durable in melee and have some good units which can be very hard hitting. The game was was a nice change from the norm and next time we are going to try one of the scenarios in the kings of war book to add a tactical element to the game. Here are some photos of the action....

The set up

Undead catapult looks to launch its screaming skulls among the massed ranks of dwarfs

The dwarf elite body guard and organ gun

Troll slayers await their doom along side the rock elements

The over eager  werewolves try to swarm the steam tank for reasons they only know and pay the price as the trollslayers and dwarf cavalry (yep cavalry) counter charge with devastating effect

These dwarfs cavalry fair less well against the might of the blood knights and supporting undead cavalry

The troll slayers fresh from victory over the werewolves charge into the massed phalanx of undead Spearmen along side the rock elements as the stream tank stumbles foward into to the unfortunate Gouls 

The hard hitting Wrights prove more than a match for the rock elements

The undead  finally reach the dwarf battleline as the wraiths and soul readers charge Home

The lumbering zombie leigion finally overruns the flame belcher as the trollslayers finally have the chance to unleash their rage and meet their doom as the mummies enter the scene

The dwarf horde struggles to hold the wraiths and vampire Lord at bay

The Dwarf Lord charges in to inspire his shild bearers to glory

The rock elements are completely surrounded as the undead magic surges the mummies foward

Although they die easily a(for a second time 😄) the massed ranks of zombies pins down the trollslayers and dwarf horde for a number of turns

As do the rock elements who are quite literally chipped away at by the surrounding undead units

The remains of the dwarf army become surrounded in the centre as the vampire and dwarf lords battle each other in a challenge

The end of the game, with a lot less troops on than when we started 😄