Chicago Skirmish Wargames

Here we are at Night 5, the penultimate game of this phase of the CSW Mordheim Campaign. For this evening we ventured out to the suburbs where Michael hosted us in his lovely home.

GAME 1

For this game Michael had assembled a remarkable table that combined the original card-and-plastic Mordhiem buildings with traditional bases, other terrain elements, risers, water and even a ship!

A three way battle with Mattias's Possessed Lurkers, James's Duchain undead and Tim's Middenheimers, This chaotic fight in the port hunting for wyrdstone saw the Lurkers of Leechhead both trying to push across the river to challenge the mercenaries while also trying to hold their own in a desperate struggle against a vampire amongst the ruins.

Highlights from this battle included: The demon J'Gog'th'soz failing a leaping charge from the bridge and falling into the water, only to emerge enraged and cut down at least 3 of Tim's fighters; Tim's spear-wielding hero defending the bridge rolling a crit with his spear that drove my beastman back through the scrum, knocking everyone off the bridge and taking them all out of action; James' vampire Count Duchain killing the mutant Leonid Skree before dying to chaos cult.

In the end, the Lurkers of Leechhead were the last band standing and took the win.

GAME 2 and 2.5

On the other Table, a combination of pieces of Michael's terrain, James' buildings and sections of Mattias's Modular castle made up a maze-like multi-level setup across a narrow channel where  Michael's Debauched Posessed battled with Karl's Afligast Norse.

As it happened, they were able to quickly play out Two scenarios. The Gods of Chance favored the Norse heavily...

A treasure hunt ended almost as soon as it began when the Norse found the treasure in the second location searched.

 

Then, a second Breakthrough scenario went quickly sideways for the Possessed as the Norse concentrated their forces and knocked out enough Possessed to break the warband before any of the rest had a chance to reach the other side of the board.

It was a bit of a brutal night for the Possessed, but the permanent damage was minimal, and a good deal of experience was earned on all sides.

To Summarize, Karl and Michael played 2 games and Karl won both.   James, Tim and Mattias played and Mattias won.
So, after Night 5, the standings are:
Sam Flat Akafligast (Norse Explorers) 4-2
Mattias_ Lurkers of Leechhead (Possessed) 3-1
Tim: (Middenheimers) 3-1
James: Count Duchain (Undead): 2-3
Michael: Debauched ones (Possessed): 1-4
Charlie: (Skaven): 0-3
Jon: (Church of Sigmar): 0-2

It's getting near the end of the campaign with one more day to go. Improbably, Karl has moved up to first. Tim and Mattias are now tied for second. James is only one game behind them with a game total that could allow him to jump up in the rankings depending on how game 6 goes.    We will likely have sporadic Mordhiem sessions in future, but the next game will be the 6th and last game of this part of the campaign.

Stay Tuned for a massive battle next time!