Monday 17 September 2018

OGAM Pan vs Artemis "All Father, I just killed Pan"

All Father, I just killed Pan.
Put an arrow in his head.
For now he's dead.
All Father, I meant for him to die.
Moo moo's, they helped too.
I made  Legends die.
He'll be back tomorrow.
Wizz Wham! Wizz Wham! Works for me!   For Me!


Last time I did a game based on the 2 smallest forces (same points, though)  This time I worked on the 2 largest.  no reason, I'm pretty sure we haven't done these before.

My normal modus operandi is to start the blog post as a document that becomes and/or generates the playsheet.  This is one of the few times I had everything in front of me ready to rock n roll.  Remember, this is all based on my Olympics campaign.  This why this type of campaign is good from an "oh shit, I need something for tomorrow".  The campaigners creed should be:

Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Playing.

Lettuce delve into the Wild Wood. 

Artemis Forester, Shooter (Long), Shoot into melee, Legendary shooter, Good shot, Animal mastery
Legends Hydra, Q3 C4, Combat master, Armored, huge 116
Nemean lion Q3 C3 invulnerability,
 Chariot Hero, Q3 C3 Armored, Mounted @ 96
Mortals
8xOO Stampeding cattle Q4 C1 Dashing, Animal, Long move,
8xCO/OO archers, Q4 C2 shooter medium @ 20,
5xOO javelin Q4 C1 shooter short @ 11
1,003.


Pan Q2 C4 Forester, Transfix, Tremble before my might
Legends Herakles Q3 C4 Group fighter, Hammering blow,
Cyclops Q3 C3 Huge, Shooter medium
Chiron Q3 C3 Long move, Dashing @ 35
Mortals 8xOO Satyrs or cyclops Q4 C2 Drunkard @ 15,  (Sober)
8xOO Satyr or cyclops missile Q4 C2 Shooter medium Drunkard @ 20,  (Drunk thus Q5 C3, my left)
4xOO Centaurs Q4 C3 Drunkard, long move, dashing @ 35 (Sober)
1004

Here's initial setup.  I then dice for sobriety.  I came off light!  I was expecting a completely drunk army-.  Why aren't Chiron & the big cyclops drunkards?


A hydra trying to sneak just doesn't work.


Notice that Tony's zooming in on my cyclops.  He has a plan.


I begin to assemble my avengers in order to throw back the lion.  I can push the damn thing back, but it has to roll a 1 for me to kill it.


I thought I saw a puddy cat! Note that my drunkards are preying rather than advancing.


Lion must have diamond teeth, number of rocks it catches.



Tokenos moves up on the right, taking a supporting position.  But the local lad sees him, the crowds with him, he has a rock and throws!  Tokenos is down!  A beautiful throw and the crowd is going wild!  That's first blood to the home team.




Taking advantage of the gap, the party ponies go in and do their thing.  But so do the archers, taking one down before clash.




On the other flank the light troops move up in support of the lion.



Aided by those preying pisshead archers, Pan pounces on the hydra, gets pushed back.  Hydra doesn't follow up, his primary target is the centaurs.



Lion goes for its target, but gets pounced by Herkules.  Now if this had been the other way round, but no, the big feller goes down.  Will the pussy wear Herkales skin or carry its club?



Pan goes back in and strangles the snake!





She comes.  Wipes out Chiron and sends the cyclops fleeing with arrers 'round 's ears.


Gratuitous bum shot.


Hiding-



Now comes the big mash.  OGAM handles this very well.  The sides are actually balanced, a legend & 8 mortals on each side to start.  What makes the difference is who's attacking who.


Here she comes again.  1 reaction allows Pan to move into the fray.  But she gets to within a long and shoots!  One dead pan.  Morale- my forces dissolve, leaving the cyclops and the fighting unit here.


Post morale-.



My attempt to recall Pan fails.  Tony stampedes into my remaining mortals.


In their haste, the archers run into the cyclops.


Do you like my representation?


Then it runs after the cows


Here she goes again!



I'm ground down to less than 4-.  No possibility of Pan now.




As always with OGAM, great, varied game with interesting side-themes developing.

















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