Battle Report: Vlad3 and All the Horses versus Zaal and the Immortal Host

Another battle report!  This time we again completely ignore the overly competitive side of Warmachine and go with a fun list: Vlad3 and ALL THE HORSES.  Vlad, two 'jacks (which, by nature, can't ride horses unfortunately), the new Greylord Outriders, 3 Uhlans, Fenris, Kovnik Markov, and a Drakhun (with dismount, although he and Fenris both lose style points if they get knocked off their horses).

Facing the newest iteration of Vlad is a Zaal list that I took from Chain Attack.  If you like zappy attacks that ignore line of sight, having your own people benefit you more in death than they did in life, and a magical ghost that can threaten your opponent in completely oblique ways, this is a list for you.  If you want to hear how the Chain Attack guys did with it, you should check out their Episode 104, where Zaal takes on pSkarre.

Can all the horses handle all that ranged firepower?  Read on and find out.

Tactics: The Illustrated Molik Missile

Greetings and welcome to the first issue of Tactics, a section where we look into (obviously) the tactics of some aspect of play for various games.  In this case, I'm sticking to what I know and bringing you an illustrated guide to the Molik Missile for Skorne in Hordes.

A while back, I typed up the guide to the Molik Missile on battlecollege.  I certainly didn't invent the Molik Missile, which is essentially just using various methods for getting one of the hardest hitting warbeasts in the game up the field as quickly as possible.  I rarely use it when I play because it is relatively easy to counter if you're prepared.

Nonetheless, I thought it would be nice to re-visit what I wrote up and illustrate it using the awesome VASSAL program and the Warmachine/Hordes module.

Analysis: Mortitheurge Willbreaker

Masters of the powers of death and agony, the mortitheurges known as willbreakers can influence the mind of an enemy soldier as easily as they can control the great beasts of the skorne war host. A soldier who faces a willbreaker knows the roiling fear of uncertainty, that his own weapons might be turned against his friends and allies or he might be forced to lay down arms and placidly accept the blows of the enemy. Few things can terrify a warrior more than the stark realization that his fate is not his own.
Say hello to the latest solo joining the ranks of the Skorne: the Mortitheurge Willbreaker.  

In this episode of Analysis, we're going to be looking at what makes this guy such a big deal for everyone's favorite empire.