Joel and I played a game of Confrontation: Age of Ragnarok last night. We played 2000 points so that he could test his Hyena list for a tournament in Dayton at Krystal Keep Games on 12/22/07. Here was the list I used:
- Warriors of the Abyss x9 (Min, +2 Specials – Collector, Standard-bearer, +1 Extra) w/Nilarakh (Elusion Doll)
- Fire Spitters x4
- Hydra Warriors x4 (Min, +1 Special – Psychopomp) w/Kelzaral (Fang of the Hydra, Resurrection of the Cyclops)
- Cyclops x1
- Cthonian Larvae x2
2000 points exactly
Joel’s army went something like this:
- Huntsmen of Vile-Tis x3 w/Velrys (some healing spell)
- Headhunters x3
- Warriors of Blood x9
- Flesh Eaters (pain) x3
We played the “Invasion” scenario. My Fire Spitters sat up on a hill in the center of my deployment zone the whole game and fired when they could. The Cyclops and Warriors deployed on the far right side to go up against the Warriors of Blood. Larvae were toward the left and the Hydra warriors went to the far left to go up against Velrys and Huntsmen. First round the Cyclops was on the Warriors of Blood Killing two of them. The Warriors of the Abyss took out maybe one of them. Larvae jumped on the Flesh Eaters. Hydra Warriors ran toward the Hunstmen. Next round, the Hydra Warriors were wiped out, four Warriors of the Abyss were killed and subsequently resurrected, the Larvae were wounded but saved them all via the gift and Regeneration, and more Warriors of Blood died to the Cyclops. Next round more death to the Warriors of Blood, more wounds saved on the Larvae, Kelzaral ran for his life, Fire Spitters were now in HTH. In the end, we were tied for Elixir, the Larvae were down to one vs. two Flesh Eaters, and the last Larvae finally died thus making it so in this sixth round I would lose, but not by too much. It was a really good game.
I really like the Mid-Nor in this version of Confrontation. They have a lot of staying power and do have some units capable of laying some beats. It’s a shame that they won’t get any new models in coming years, but that’s okay with me since I have a lot of just about everything for that army.
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So what do you think of the rules as a whole? Is it worth spending more money to be able to at least play the new game? I think I’m close to being able to field a valid army but I want an honest opinion.
P.S. Just over a month and I will be back!
Good to hear you’ll be back soon. We’ve missed ya!!
My honest opinion of the new Confrontation rules is that they are a new game. It is not an upgrade (or downgrade) of the C3/3.5 rules. I look at it as more of a version of WHFB than anything. The character and unit names are the same, but just about everything else is new. It’s more like AT-43 than anything as far as mechanics.
If you keep that in mind, then you can see that these new rules are actually quite fun. Joel and I have played several times and I’ve yet to feel like I was getting beat because of the rules as opposed to my bad tactical decisions. The game plays pretty quick and has a large emphasis on scenarios rather than wiping out your opponent.
I like the rules a lot and I’m sure I’ll like them more when the “real” rulebook comes out and there’s less question of what will be changed (no Elixir for casting) or what has been misinterpreted.
Of course, we’ll be more than glad to give you a demo when you return.