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Vampire Counts vs Warriors of Chaos

-In the winter camp of the kurgans, stories are told of legendary battles and of mighty warriors. One of the more unknown stories tells of when the warband of Rochus Festerhart, roaming the borders of the Empire in the search of villages to burn and plunder, instead of men met the undead...

This was my first encounter with the vampire counts, and I didn't quite know what to expect more than a lot of fear causing horrors...

The game started with both sides carefully shuffling around troops and circling one another for a couple of turns.

After positioning units there was close combat erupting from my right flank, zombies and marauders clashing..

The enemy Necromancer was slain in this battle, effectively turning the battle to my favour...

After that, most of our troops were locked in big, messy multiple combats in the center of the board. I suffered some failed fear rolls but traded back with Mark of Nurgle, evening the odds..

I found out that grave guards are dead tough (pun intended)! I hit them with warriors in front and hounds in flank, but only managed a draw combat result for two turns...

Out of the main battle my marauders killed the varghulf. Glory!

A better look at the beast!

I had to kill the undead horde to last shambling corpse, in good epic, old fashioned way! After the battle, the field was littered with bones and ancient rusted armour plates... And Rochus Festerhart and his men had deserved their place in the sagas of the Kurgan.

Undeads never lie still for long...

Man kan ju tänka sig att mitt warband tog troféer i form av skallar etc... Dina grave guards champion kanske var en uråldrig kung eller något, och nu kommer en odöd armé efter för att kräva tillbaka hans huvud! Vips så har vi en narrativ tråd! :)

Låter som en riktigt bra idé! Skulle vara kul att fortsätta vidare på något sådant... kanske en vampyr som vill ta hämnd för att chaoskrigarna dödade hans underhuggare eller liknande?

Ja, och så kom Rochus Festerhart över nån formelbok, typ "Liber Necronomica" el dyl. Nu sitter han i en eremitkoja på steppen och fuskar med mörka ritualer; plötsligt börjar det röra på sig i kurganernas stenrösen...