Somewhere in the North Atlantic...
Once upon a windy early morning on the cavernous clifftop of some abandoned island a heretic crew of slavers has unearthed 5 stone idols inscribed in the glyphs of some lost alphabet of Europe's heathen antiquity, two anointed emissaries from hell oversee malnourished wretched slaves erecting the engraved stones in arrangement with forgotten constellations, while a heretic priest burns sage over a padlocked coffin stained with blood slowly sinking into the center of an old muddy battlefield...
Satisfied with their preparation the congregation of hell marches back to shore. They hope to be a safe at sea by midnight when the stars would hang in alignment above the odious carvings and Crom Cruach awakens. Reborn, full of hate and hunger...
how unhappy must they be to see that a cruiser typical of the Eire Rangers, Faithful soldiers of the Church, have laid anchor. And worse yet! Boot tracks headed straight to the site of their ritual!!!
Will the devoted Rangers cleanse the Island of idolatry before it's too late??? Can the servants of Evil thwart the pesky interpose of the pious??? Stay tuned dear reader, you're about to FIND OUT!
BATTLE REPORT
This was a game played at 700 ducats and 0 glory using the 1.5 playtest rules for Trench Crusade. Using the Scenario "Sabotage" on a 4 foot by 4 foot board. The Attackers were the Eire Rangers sub faction of New Antioch and the Defenders were the Heretic Legion without any sub faction. Lists are posted below.
EIRE RANGERS:
Trench Cleric with Standard Armour, Grenades and Pistol
Berserker Lieutenant with Trench Shield, Sword, Grenades and Shotgun
Shocktrooper Bard Fianna with Carnyx, Sword and Standard Armour
Shocktrooper Fianna with Submachine Gun, Two Swords and Standard Armour
Shocktrooper Fianna with Submachine Gun, Two Swords and Standard Armour
Shocktrooper Fianna with Semi Automatic Rifle, Two Swords and Standard Armour
Shocktrooper Fianna with Semi Automatic Rifle, Two Swords and Standard Armour
[ EXPLORATION MODIFIERS ] Reroll
HERETIC LEGION:
Heretic Priest with Silenced Pistol
Heretic Death Commando with Tartarus Claws
Anointed Heavy Infantry with Great Sword
Anointed Heavy Infantry with Great Sword and musical instrument
Heretic Legionnaire with Gas Mask Shovel Semi-Automatic Rifle and Unholy Trinket
Heretic Trooper with Gas Mask Shovel Semi-Automatic Rifle
Heretic Trooper with Gas Mask Shovel Semi-Automatic Rifle
Wretched with Sword
Wretched with knife
Wretched with knife
Turn 0 setting up the board,
After the Trench and ruins were on the table we took turns placing the point scoring relics the attackers are meant to destroy, represented by 5 upright Stones scattered around the board and a coffin in the middle. Now time to deploy the troops.
All but one of the Ranger team were skirmishers, while my Heretic's only skirmisher was Death Commando so I placed all my wretched, my Legionnaire, and my Musical Anointed Heavy Infantry on the front edge of their Deployment Zone, clear of any obstacles ready to climb the trench and rush into no-man's land,
Death Commando would sulk inside a ruined building near the middle edge of the board. According to the rules for this mission I had to leave 4 guys in reserve so Heretic Priest, Troopers, and the un-musical Anointed Heavy Infantry, sit on the bench for the time being.
The Rangers set up more spread out, one fireteam of 2 Shocktrooper Fiannas hiding in a separate room of the metal ruined building ready to charge the commando, one Shock Trooper at the top of the cliff One at the Base of the Cliff behind some scaffolding, and the rest behind their own trench.
Now, time to let the blood flow!
Turn 1 Crusading this Trench!
First unit to activate was the humble Wretched with knife dashing up into no man's land hoping to shank the Shocktrooper at the base of the cliff.
However, he was not able to reach the Enemy before the end of his turn so it's on to the Rangers.
The Ranger fireteam get to act as one unit so it's both of their turns and it's Open Season on Death Commando,
After the first hit left him with a blood token the second killed him completely, and that marks the first casualty of our trench crusade careers! The second member of the fire team ends the turn by moving out of the ruined building into no mans land eager to get a head start on idol smashing in the next turn.
Now Wretched with Sword is dispatched against the Fireteam to get revenge! Because of his proximity to the Music of the Anointed Heavy Infantry his movement gets a boost
he scrambles up into no man's land and lunges his sword at the Fianna.
Complete miss.
Back to the Rangers it's the Trench Cleric and he moves right up the support beam of the trench and shouts something about snakes
resulting in my wretched feeling a sudden compulsion to lie down in the dirt, snake-like.
Then he turns to face a nearby stone idol and lifts his holy crozier off the ground...
Before drawing his pistol and shooting it to bits and pieces!
+1 point to the Rangers
Heretic Legionaire activates and climbs on top of a pile of cargo to get a line of sight on the Rangers
He fires one shot and misses, Then hides under the trench convincing himself to charge over into closer range next turn.
Continuing our story, the Ranger under the scaffolding at the base of the cliff counter charges the humble wretched with knife
Sliding right up behind him and in front of another stone idol, he bloodies the wretched...
and transforms the heretical stone into a patch of gravel.
the last reluctant wretched prepares his journey over the trench walls
Luckily for him, I've reached the image limit on this site so he'll have until Part 2 to steady his nerves.
End of Part 1...