Warhammer: The Old World

Garage Skirmishes - VC vs WE · 2000 PTS

Casual game · Updated 8/21/2026

Final score

6—14

Author

r0m · Created 8/21/2026

Player roster

Vampire Counts

Vampire Count [368 pts] (Hand weapon, Heavy armour, Shield, Abyssal Terror, Ogre Blade, Charmed Shield) Master Necromancer [420 pts] (Hand weapon, Wizard [Level 4 Wizard], General, Mortis Engine, Talisman of Protection, Sceptre of De Noirot, Necromancy) Wight Lord [114 pts] (Great weapon, Heavy armour, Battle Standard Bearer, On foot, Helm of Commandment, Charmed Shield) Tomb Banshee [90 pts] (Hand weapon) ++ Core Units [519 pts] ++ 20 Zombies [60 pts] (Hand weapons) 20 Zombies [60 pts] (Hand weapons) 26 Grave Guard [399 pts] (Great weapons (replace shields), Heavy armour, Shields, Seneschal [Levitating Shield], Standard bearer [Drakenhof Banner]) ++ Special Units [90 pts] ++ 6 Fell Bats [90 pts] (Claws and fangs (Hand weapons)) ++ Rare Units [397 pts] ++ 6 Hexwraiths [192 pts] (Hand weapons, Great weapons, Skeletal hooves (Hand weapons), Hellwraith) Terrorgheist [205 pts] (Filth-encrusted talons, Rancid maw, Calloused hide (light armour))

Opponent roster

Wood Elf Realms (Luc)

++ Characters [1000 pts] ++ Orion [405 pts] - Cloak of Isha - Hawk's Talon - Horn of the Wild Hunt - Spear of Kurnous - Hand weapon (Hound) Glade Lord [470 pts] - Hand weapon - Light armour - Asrai longbow - Talismanic Tattoos - General - Forest Dragon - Armour of Meteoric Iron - Amulet of Spell Attraction - Charmed Shield Waystalker [125 pts] - Hand weapon - Hunter's Scorn - Mantle of Drifting Shadow ++ Core Units [500 pts] ++ 9 Wild Riders [250 pts] - Hand weapon - Hunting spear - Light armour - Shields - Wild Hunter 9 Wild Riders [250 pts] - Hand weapon - Hunting spear - Light armour - Shields - Wild Hunter ++ Special Units [500 pts] ++ 1 Wood Elf Beast Pack [27 pts] - 2x Deepwood Hound [Hand weapons (Claws + fangs - tusks - teeth)] 1 Wood Elf Beast Pack [27 pts] - 2x Deepwood Hound [Hand weapons (Claws + fangs - tusks - teeth)] 4 Sisters of the Thorn [102 pts] - Hand weapons - Blackbriar javelins - Handmaiden of the Thorn - Standard bearer 4 Sisters of the Thorn [102 pts] - Hand weapons - Blackbriar javelins - Handmaiden of the Thorn - Standard bearer 3 Warhawk Riders [134 pts] - Hand weapon - Cavalry spear - Asrai longbow - Wicked claws (Warhawk) - Trueflight Arrows - Wind Rider 6 Wardancers [108 pts] - Hand weapon - 6x Additional hand weapon - Bladesinger

Battle recap

A friendly game in the garage to test our lists before the tournament. Deployment: Lucjan had a ton of small units so he easily out-deployed me. Not knowing which flank he was going to take, I set up in the middle, so that my flying units could eventually swoop over to wherever needed attention. Turn 1: I failed to get a reserve move off the spells, so I'm slowly trudging forward. In his turn Lucjan starts flanking with Wild Riders and Sisters on the flank where I only have Zombies. The units on the other flank hide behind the forest and the obelisk. Turn 2: On one flank things go according to plan - the Hexwraiths block the Sisters and the Wild Riders, and I additionally manage to land a missile and a scream on the latter, leaving only 2 of them. My centre stands and waits to see what the dragon does. On the other flank I lose the Zombies, and a slight under-run lets the Sisters hit the Fell Bats with an overrun (they rolled nicely). The Dragon flies up to the forest very close to me. Turn 3: Things start getting interesting. This turn I also make mistakes that were crucial for the course of the game. Let's start with the right flank, where the Sisters are fighting the Fell Bats. The spirit of the forest clearly inspired them, because 4 of them cut down 6 Fell Bats (wtf, that's 12W :D) without losing a model. In the middle of the table all my screamers move up to the dragon with the intention of screaming it to death. The Dragon gets all the debuffs, including -5 Ld. But I forget that it has Evasive and can safely run away from the screams :) My Vampire charges the Wardancers, kills the champion and decides not to chase them, but to hunt the Wild Riders instead. Another mistake here, I should have finished off the Wardancers first and only then gone after the Wild Riders. On the left flank the Hexwraiths kill the Sisters and run into the Wild Riders. Unfortunately they get counter-attacked by Orion. Turn 4: Another costly mistake. I move the Guard forward thinking I'll take a charge from the dragon and the dancers, but then I'll resurrect and we'll just stand there with a balance rather favourable to me. Carelessly I move up an inch too far, so Orion can see me through a gap in the forest. I get sandwiched from all sides - dragon, Orion, hawks and dancers. 2 Grave Guard are left (awful saves and regens) :) I land a few wounds on the dragon. The Vampire goes after the Wild Riders. The last Wild Rider on the left flank takes 2 screams and survives :) Lucjan's Sisters go for the baggage train, Turn 5: The drama continues, because it turns out that, sandwiched from 4 sides, I have no room to resurrect the Guard. The backup plan is to kill the dragon, which has 5 wounds left. A total of -5 Ld lands on it. 3 screams go in. The result? 2 wounds dealt... And it turns into a mess, the Guard die, the dragon flies off to safety and doesn't even give up half its points. Orion turns around and is ready to charge the Banshee and the Mortis Engine. Luckily the Vampire kills the Wild Riders. Turn 6: Mop-up. I lose the Mortis Engine and the Zombies. The Terrorgheist kills the Wardancers. In the end I kill 2 units of Wild Riders (minus 1 guy....), the Sisters, the Wardancers, and some junk. I lose everything except the Vampire and the Terrorgheist. I win a lot on strategic locations, but Luc takes the baggage train. 6-14