Putting Fiona Together

System: Warmachine
Faction: Highborn Covenant
Casters: 1/1
Points: 35/35
Fiona the Black (*6pts)
* Rocinante (9pts)
Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters (Cylena and 5 Grunts) (7pts)
Greygore Boomhowler & Co. (Boomhowler and 5 Grunts) (6pts)
Long Gunner Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts) (10pts)
Eiryss, Mage Hunter of Ios (3pts)
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist (2pts)
Master Gunner Dougal MacNaile (2pts)
Taryn di la Rovissi (2pts)

With this as my 35 point list, I ventured down to the shop to test Fiona's mettle.

The first game was against Khador:

Kommandant Irusk (*6pts)
* Decimator (9pts)
* Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker (2pts)
Great Bears of Gallowswood (5pts)
Kayazy Eliminators (Leader and Grunt) (3pts)
Kayazy Eliminators (Leader and Grunt) (3pts)
Widowmakers (Leader and 3 Grunts) (4pts)
Winter Guard Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts) (6pts)
* Winter Guard Infantry Officer & Standard (2pts)
* 2 Winter Guard Infantry Rocketeers (2pts)
Winter Guard Mortar Crew (Leader and Grunt) (3pts)
Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich (2pts)

I had thought that I might have a bit of a chance.  A large problem that my list had is the min units.  It doesn't take the death of too many of them to make the unit nearly useless.  The Eliminators had their way with the Long-gunners.  Nothing I had was able to really deal with the Winter Guard, as there were just too many.  It ended up with me taking a long-shot assassination run.

I picked up the idea of putting Telgesh mark on Eiryss.  A stealthed arc-node works pretty well.

Next up, Trollbloods:

 System: Hordes
Faction: Trollblood
Casters: 1/1
Points: 35/35
Calandra Truthsayer, Oracle of the Glimmerwood (*5pts)
* Winter Troll (5pts)
* The Mountain King
Kriel Warriors (Leader and 9 Grunts) (6pts)
* 2 Kriel Warrior Caber Thrower (2pts)
* Kriel Warrior Standard Bearer & Piper (2pts)
Krielstone Bearer and 5 Stone Scribes (4pts)
* Krielstone Stone Scribe Elder (1pts)
Stone Scribe Chronicler (2pts)

I may be off on points, but this is what I recall. 

Dougal popped his mini feat, which meant a full CRA from the Longgunners on the Mountain King.  Sadly, a single POW 20 is unlikely to crack that thing.  I was able to introduce the Mountain King to the idea of Black Oil, much to the player's consternation.  The Nyss were great on a charge, and even Boomhowler put out some good damage.  In the end, though, the Mountain King turned to a task too difficult.

I'm thinking of dropping the Nyss, moving up to a full unit of Boomhowlers, and adding Ragman for some debuffing.  I really need to get eEiryss.

Well, the Talion 2013 is 0-2-0.  Let's see what lies over the horizon.

Fiona the Black - 2013

For the Pardox Plunge 2013, also know as Turd-Polisher 2013, I'm taking on Fiona as my primary 'caster.  Sure, I would rather have Shae, but it's going to be all about Fiona for now, as she's considered a bit lower tier (well, some would say Bart, but he's amazing with the Galleon, thanks for ruining that, Keith).


To that end, I'm trying to work out what she does that Shae doesn't.  Bear in mind that I am not the world's best general, but I'm trying.

With Shae, I bring table saturation.  I fill the table full of guys that are hard to remove while I move Shae to a position to get the drop on your caster.  It's still a work in progress that I enjoy playing.

For Fiona, I have to put threats on the table.  Since she has access to Highborn mercs (I have more Highborn friendlies than Four Star.), she can bring some of the more threatening pieces that they own. 

Fiona the Black (*6pts)
* Rocinante (9pts)
* Sylys Wyshnalyrr, the Seeker (2pts)
Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters (Cylena and 9 Grunts) (10pts)
Horgenhold Forge Guard (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts)
Lady Aiyana & Master Holt (4pts)
Long Gunner Infantry (Leader and 9 Grunts) (10pts)
* Long Gunner Infantry Officer & Standard (2pts)
Sea Dog Deck Gun (2pts)
Eiryss, Angel of Retribution (3pts)
Gorman di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist (2pts)
Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord (2pts)
Taryn di la Rovissi (2pts)
More thoughts on this later.