Thoughts

So I'm rather disappointed right now, as I just finished playing a couple games at 750 points... and won both.

Now, I'm not disappointed that I won, but I'm disappointed with how and why I won: I avoided combat at all costs and pecked away with slings and stars. Well, I did manage to Skitterleap my Ratassin into combat in the first game and slay the Empire general, which was cool, but aside from a couple other charges with Night Runners, that was the extent of my combat for two entire games.

My opponents were Empire and Dwarfs. The Empire army consisted of a large block of infantry supported by gunners and swordsmen as detachments, as well as a couple small units of knights and a unit of handgunners. I concentrated on his soft gunners, took them out, skitterleaped into the general and slayed him (then fled and got caught), and then avoided combat while pecking away at the big soft unit. I could tell this was not the most enjoyable game for my opponent, but he was very kind and said he had a good time.

My second opponent was a Dwarf and he had a unit of Clansmen with the Thane of Pain, a unit of Thunderers, and a unit of Hammerers. Three big blocks that I just avoided. I ran around claiming table quarters and then just picked at his warriors and thunderers. Talk about boring. The game went by so fast because he never did anything aside from move his piddly 6" march... Now, I didn't have fun this game even though I won due to table quarters, because I was sure that my opponent was pissed at having to play against me.

I am worried that the SoC: Eshin army is not fun to play against. Again, against certain armies (Wood Elves) I'm sure people will be able to keep up with my movement, but for slower armies, it just appears to be ZERO fun.

I'm hoping this proves to be a one-time occurance, and that my games next week are full of enjoyment for both parties--win or lose.