The Grim Week 6 Escalation League Results

So another week has come and gone, and here's the list I took at 800 points:

Chieftain (General) w/ Weeping Blade, Heavy Armor, Shield
Ratassin w/ Warpstone Stars and Smoke Bombs

6x Gutter Runners w/ Tunneling, Poisoned Hand Weapons and Poisoned Throwing Stars

2x Rat Swarms
9x Night Runners w/ Two Hand Weapons
7x Night Runners w/ Slings
5x Night Runners
5x Night Runners w/ Two Hand Weapons and Throwing Stars
5x Night Runners w/ Two Hand Weapons and Throwing Stars
5x Night Runners w/ Two Hand Weapons and Throwing Stars
5x Night Runners w/ Two Hand Weapons and Throwing Stars

I went up against Ogres and Wood Elves... and was slaughtered both times.

Ogres: Fear sucks. I couldn't charge because my leadership is terrible. Additionally, he fielded a Butcher and I had no magic protection, and thus, his two Magic Missle spells (Bangstick and some other spell) hurt me in a bad way. I almost killed his general (Bruiser) right off the bat with my Assassin and his Warpstone Stars, but I left him with one wound and then proceeded to get magic missled to death... I took out a unit of bulls and a unit of gnoblars with my 9 NRs accompanied by my Chieftain, but it was all for naught as the rest of my army was torn asunder. It was definitely an enjoyable game for both parties.

Wood Elves: His army consisted of 3 units of Dryads, a unit of Glade Riders, a unit of Glade Guard, and a unit of Wild Riders. His general had the Hail of Doom Arrow, which he unleashed on my Assassin (ouch). So pretty much he was just as fast as me and he hit harder. It was an ugly game. I almost took out his Wild Riders, but when I had the chance to finish them off, I got lured into a baited trap (damn you Glade Riders and your looking so soft and squishy before running away!). I just don't know what I could have done in that game that would have prevented me from getting a butt-kicking... Definitely a bad matchup for me.

Next week is 850 points, PLUS we get a free character of up to 100 points. So I'm thinking that free character will be my Sorcerat. Oh well, that's a week away, so there's plenty of time to figure all that out...