Jeux avec frontieres

 Having been very impressed with Kaptain Kobold's Its a (HoTT) Knockout tournament, I thought I'd give the format a go using The Portable Wargame Fantasy rules and five of my very small armies (10mm).

I am using a random army generator based on the system in One Hour Wargames. The terrain is determined by the territory being attacked; Goblins hilly, Men mainly flat, Elves wooded, Dwarves & Orcs very hilly.

Starting off with a Map and a handful of D6s, this is how things have gone to date...

Season One:

Orcs attack Elves

The Elves, using the cover of the woods, repulsed the Orcs, forcing them to Exhaustion (50% SP) and then cutting them down. A convincing Elf victory.

Season Two:

Dwarves attack Goblins

After a promising start, with Dwarf cavalry getting to the rear of the Goblin lines, the Dwarves were slowly reduced to EP (on the same turn as their foe). On count back the Dwarves had suffered greater losses and the defenders prevailed.

Season Three:

 

Men attack Elves

The Wild Men arrived without Archers but made an aggressive start attacking the Elves in the woods, initially with some success. This didn’t last however, and they were brought to Exhaustion Point and then destroyed, almost completely. Another Elf victory.

Season Four:

Dwarves attack Goblins (again)

The Dwarves, still smarting from their early defeat, attacked the Goblins again. The two armies met on a dark and stormy morning in the Valley of Skullz and this time the Dwarves prevailed, annihilating their old foe. (Finally a decisive battle!)

  The Map now looks like this

This format is certainly a great way to get boots on the board! On to Season 5...