The Thousand Chills

 A 50 point game of Warmachine.

My list:

Horruskh with Inviolable Resolve and Silence of Death
-Tyrant with Relentless Charge, Ripper and Harpoon
-Jackal with Arc Node, Pole Arm and Shield
Strike Reavers & Standard
Assault Reavers
Ulkor Barragers
Maulgreth, Charnel Plague

Opponent had:

Bane Witch Agathia
- 2x Slayer
-Deathripper
-Defiler
2x Bane Warrior units
2x Pistol Wraiths

Cryx went first and had a pretty symmetrical Bane Warriors  - Bonejack - Slayer - Pistol Wraith - Agathia formation that was mirrored on the other flank. Orgoth had Ulkor Barragers, Horruskh and Tyrant in the middle, Strike Reavers on the left and the rest on the right. Silence of Death went to Tyrant and Inviolable Resolve on Assault Reavers.

Second turn Cryx continues flanking operation with Bane Warriors spreading near table edges, just contesting the rectangular zones. Cryxian forces kept their distance and even used Agathia's feat defensively. Fortunately a single Strike Reaver was the only casualty that turn.

It was obvious feat round for Horruskh. Strike Reavers went to take shots against enemy objective. Tyrant missed Deathripper with harpoon and I completely forgot about Fate Blessed. Oh well, Assault Reavers went within 5" of Deathripper and dragged the thing into melee with them. Damage wasn't all that impressive, but at least there were was armor 19, 4+ tough detachment that wouldn't get knocked down in the middle. They received tough from command card.

Ulkor Barragers couldn't figure out anything better to shoot than Agathia, and so didn't really do anything. Maulgreth had the sorry duty of contesting rectangular zone on right, with Jackal standing nearby. 

Cryx then activates and Slayer on the right is absolutely on fire. It kills both Maulgreth and objective, thus getting two control points! What a disaster. At least damage made by Slayer and Deathripper in the middle was tolerable - only two Assault Reavers died. A pistol wraith shot one Ulkor Barrager stationary and the other killed a Strike Reaver. Bane Warriors just closed in as they were a bit far from the action.

The scenario pressure was real. And it didn't help when Strike Reavers tried to do double duty and kill corporeal Pistol Wraith and destroy the objective - failing at both. Assault Reavers relocated a little and tried to poke holes in Deathripper, but didn't accomplish much. Ulkor Barragers did more damage to Deathripper with blast damage when they shot at hellwrought Slayer in the middle.

It certainly pained me when Jackal had to charge Slayer on the left rectangular zone and left it with only around four or five damage boxes remaining, although Maulgreth had already softened the helljack a little with defensive strike. 

Deathripper in the middle didn't have too many damage boxes left, so Horruskh who had two focus points charged the thing. He needed to roll only around six with three dice if the charge attack hit. If the charge attack hit.

It didn't, not even with re-roll. At least last bought attack removed the Deathripper from board and triggered Blood Boon, which went into Inviolable Resolve on Horruskh, but still my warcaster was now in the middle with zero focus.

Tyrant manages to land harpoon against hellwrought Slayer and totals the helljack, which evens score as Horruskh controlled the flag and plenty of units had the circular zone.

Agathia attempts assassination, which started to look a real possibility when first Pistol Wraith death chilled him. After that all the remaining attacks hit without effort, and while they didn't do a lot of damage, each point counted towards Horruskh's demise. The other Pistol Wraith chilled Horruskh a second time and Defiler splurged bile over Horruskh. Agathia charged Horruskh, cast Parasite on him and attacked a couple of times. He sure is a tough fellow, as even after this The Thousand Wraths was standing with around six damage boxes or so.

But with -5 armor, the assassination wasn't resting on remaining Slayer's shoulders. It was on rightmost Bane Warriors. Jackal with Set Defense and shield was engaging the Cryxian heavy. Warriors were hitting on 8+, dealing damage with dice -6.

Out of five attacks only one missed. Granted, two attacks in removed Set Defense from equation. 

Jackal went down, and so went stationary Horruskh.