The battle of Varenka Hills

For the last game of the campaign I wanted something special, so I gathered four players of a big 3.000 points doubles game in the Varenka Hills north of Barak Varr, the winners of which would get to grab an extra territory before the war for the Border Princes came to an end

Karaz a Karak and empire were facing an antinatural alliance between elves and slayers in a battle for the control of some ruins in the middle of the battlefield. Rushing both dwarves to the objective thanks to several runes and special rules

The enemy left flank was composed mostly of elves

Holding the slayers the right

First blood went to the Empire when a cannonball killed a doomseeker

Then Asarnil came out from behind the woods, ordering his dragon to breathe fire on the artillerymen

It was now the second turn and everyone was charging the foe

A unit of Reiksguard running down some poor shadow warriors who had advanced too much

And the formidable brotherhood of Grimnir cutting dwarf warriors to ribbons

having annihilated the foe my knights them smashed into the dragon princes and received a flank charge from some lancers, but well protected by plate armour they slaughtered the arrogant elf nobles and sent both units packing

In the center meanwhile the dwarfs were keeping a tense standoff on top of the ruins, while greatswords and spearmen got into combat

The brotherhood meanwhile had been slowed down by the dwarf warriors, who redirected them away from the ruins with a smart use of rallying and pinpoint attacks that killed the enemy general

In an ill conceived move that won us the battle the slayers pursued out of the board, leaving the ruins unprotected and themselves exposed to artillery fire

The Reiksguard meanwhile had a field day killing elves

While the spearmen were surrounded and slaughtered by the Carroburg greatswords

Even Asarnil fell after enduring miraculously a turn of fire unscathed, killed at last by a dwarf cannons and the imperial helblaster gun

Some losses were suffered however, such as this regiment of spearmen that fled

But on the far left a humble unit of halberdiers was holding the elite phoenix guard 

Time was running out for the slayers, and they launched a series of charges that saw them shot down by the disciplined imperial troops

At last the hammerers charged, slaughtering the pitiful band of slayers that was contesting the ruins

It was all over for elves and slayers, who lost the goblin hewer to a single round of artillery fire

And the brotherhood to hellbalster and organ gun

And so the day ended in a victory for dwarves and men, who held the ruins with two units

After the battle Barak Barr and Matorea were liberated, ending the Empire as the overall winner of the campaign with nine territories