Long time no see!
These holidays I brought my army home for some 6th edition fun
One Saturday evening we had enough time for a 3-player battle as described in Warhammer Chronicles 2003. While the most famous battle of three armies is of course La Maisontaal Abbey, we decided to use the "standard" scenario of pages 124 and 125.
The most interesting rules are the order of playing, which is different each turn (all 3 players roll a D6, winner picks position, second best picks from those remaining, a player cannot have two consecutive turns) and magic, where if a spell could affect both players they have to bet dispel dice secretly (or a dispel scroll) and whoever reveals a higher bet must attempt to dispel it.
Combat may get slightly messy when units from all three players are involved, but it did not happen during the battle.
The involved armies were High Elves, Wood Elves and Greenskins, and the root of the conflict was no doubt the Elves blaming each other for the Greenskins making it so deep into Asrai territory and threatening to interrupt a magical ritual
Here's a picture of deployment!
The ruins of a tower in the middle were considered a defended obstacle in combat for units inside them, no mounted units could enter them (but Flyers could fight a unit inside them) and they granted hard cover. We thought it was a good incentive for each army to control the centre of the field by trying to claim them.
My High Elves got the short board edge deployment zone, which was smaller than the other two as described in the scenario: 12 inches from each long edge so 24 wide, while the other two players got a 36 wide zone.
I wanted to try a list with no RBTs to free a Rare slot for the Phoenix Guard and I thought that, as I was going heavy on infantry, investing in a strong magic phase was a good idea to have some ranged pressure:
(225) Elven Prince, Pure of Heart (honour), Armour of Protection, Radiant Gem of Hoeth, Sword of Might
(175) Mage, Level 2, Seer (honour), Jewel of Dusk
(170) Mage, Level 2, Seer (honour), Silver Wand
(194) 16 Spearelves, standard, musician
(194) 16 Spearelves, standard, musician
(234) 8 Silver Helms, heavy armour, shield, full command, Banner of Ellyrion
(130) 5 Dragon Princes
(97) 5 Ellyrion Reavers, musician
(168) 12 Swordmasters, champion
(310) 15 Phoenix Guard, full command, Banner of Sorcery
(50) Giant Eagle
(50) Giant Eagle
Total: 1997p
I can't write a full battle report as I did not take enough pictures, but I will post my opponents' army lists and a summary of the battle in my next post.
Cheers!