50 Points pSorcha vs Ravyn (and a meatlog)

Playtesting for the Madison 6 Pack Event #2, a friend and I decided to try out 2 lists we are both thinking of. In an attempt to try different battle report formats out, this time we have photos at the end of each turn. First, the lists.

Kommander Sorcha
*Behemoth
*Spriggan
*Sylass Wyshnylyrr, the seeker
Battle Mechanics (min)
Kayazi Assassins (min) + Underboss
Man-o-War Demo Corps (max)
Widowmakers
Man-o-War Drakhun (with dismount)
Manhunter

(this only adds up to 49 points, so I'm guessing I'm missing something, but it gives the general idea)

Ravyn, Eternal Light
*Discordia
*Phoenix
Mage Hunter Strike Force (full) + Commander
Stormfall Archers
Stormfall Archers
Arcanist
Arcanist
eEiryss
Fane Knight Skeryth Issyen
Lady Aiyana and Master Holt

The Mission: Control the black rectangular zone on the opponent's side of the table. On turn 2 or later we can bring in reinforcements off the side of the table. (Sadly as you will see, we didn't get to reinforce anything) Khador won the roll off and elected to go second. The deployment:

TURN 1
Ravyn allocates 2 to Discordia, 1 to Phoenix. Most of the army runs straight up field. Exceptions include Ravyn casting Snipe on the MHSF, the MHSF walking up to the wall to shoot at the Widowmakers (half an inch out of range) and Discordia activating her imprint before running up to the MHSF to shield them from possible bombard shots.

Sorcha gives 3 to the Behemoth (2 to sub cortex), 1 to the Spriggan. Most of the army runs forward up field. Notable exception is the Behemoth who tramples up and towards the near (to camera) hill where Eiryss and the Mage Hunter Assasin are waiting. Two bombard shots and two boosted damage rolls later both of the stealthed elves are dead.

TURN 2
Looking at the table for a minute to make sure Ravyn wasn't seeing things, she eventually allocates no focus but upkeeps Snipe. Ravyn activates, feats, and walks forward to right behind the Stormfall Archers. Mage Hunter Strike Force all walk up to be within range of Sorcha. Need 10's to hit on 3d6. First hits for 6 damage, second for 2, third for 3, fourth for 5. Oops. Looks like Sorcha died 12 minutes into the game.

Ok, so that was anticlimactic. He wanted to know how pSorcha would work out. I showed him she's a bit too fragile for his playstyle. His second list will most likely be pButcher now.

I'm pretty happy with the list above as my first list (with reinforcements being Sentinels (min) +UA and a second Mage Hunter Assassin), I just have to work out the details of my 2nd list. I'm looking at something with a few more numbers to it, but I'm not sure if I can keep my turns fast enough with it. Currently pondering the following:

Kaelyssa
*Phoenix
*Manticore
Dawngaurd Invictors (full)
Dawngaurd Sentinels (full) + Commander
Stormfall Archers
Stormfall Archers
Mage Hunter Assassin
Mage Hunter Assassin
pEiryss
Arcanist
Reinforcements: Mage Hunter Strike Force (full) + Commander

Well, I have 11 days left to decide. Event is on the 10th, hopefully I'll have pictures and reports from the event when it's done. And as the battle report was so short this time we have a bonus cooking addendum.

The Infamous Meatlog.

Take a pound of thick cut bacon and weave it like so.

Season it with what spices you like, then spread a pound of sausage over it like so:

Again, season to taste. Now add whatever fillings you like in your meat log. This time I tried Asparagus and Swiss:

And then roll up the sausage with the fillings inside of it:

Roll the sausage log up in the bacon so we have a beautiful log of meat. Put in a baking pan on a rack so that it won't cook in its own drippings:

Baked at 250 for 2 hours and then 300 for 30 minutes to crisp the outside more:

Slice it up and enjoy for dinner. Sadly in an effort to make this one slightly healthier I used turkey sausage instead of pork. BIG MISTAKE. Texture isn't right, it's too dry and crumbly inside, and the flavor isn't quite there either. This thing needs the full pork treatment. Oh well. A bad meatlog is still better than most meals.