Peace Was Never an Option

  Round 4! We’re doing another GG All strategy with Corrupted Ley Lines. You have a Lodestone Token you are trying to end the round in contact with a strategy marker – one in the middle of each table quarter and one in the centre. Models with the Lodestone can’t be placed (but can be pushed). The schemes and my initial thoughts are as follows:   Catch and Release – You need a minion to get within 1” of the enemy Master and then run away to survive the game. I am very sceptical of the ability of most Bayou minions (at least in the keywords I have) to survive to the end of the game when the opponent knows that killing them will deny a point. Load ‘em Up – Again, this looks okay for marker crews. Both Mah and Angler can put out a silly amount of markers. Sabotage – Two scheme markers near a chosen terrain piece with no enemy models nearby during the game, then one near it with no enemy scheme markers at the end. There’s a lot of terrain that you can try and score this w...

  Round 3! This time we’re playing Break the Line, similar to Symbols of Authority in setup but you have to move the markers into the opponent’s table half at 2” a time. If you get them 8” or more over the line they are worth two, and as is common you need more markers than you have scored VPs to score VPs. The schemes (and my initial thoughts) are: Research Mission – This seems okay for marker based crews. Scheme marker, corpse/scrap marker, one of your crew’s markers in the same place and you can score the first point. Three models alive on the enemy table half and within 2” of a different marker type also feels doable, so long as your opponent doesn’t bring a ton of marker removal. Detonate Charges – Two scheme markers within 2” of the same enemy model, that seems like a False Claim dream but keeping Sly alive to the end of the game when they know that’s what you’re going for doesn’t seem likely. Just bringing him at all probably signals he needs to die before he can mak...