Warmachine MK4 Battle Report

This one was tough to get through due to work & family life ramping up quite a bit over the last few months including an ER trip with our granddaughter last month (thankfully, she's all healed up now). Due to all of that, I want to apologize for both the delay in this video's release as well as the quality of certain things being less than what I strive for.
Scenic Steamroller variant: disgruntledwargamer.com/sceni...
The Scenic Steamroller variant calls for d3+3 pieces of terrain to be scoring pieces. However, Donna & I found that in smaller point games, that can make scenarios VERY live. We spoke to Thomas & got his blessing to use d3 terrain pieces when playing small games (25 pt MK3 / 50 pt MK4).
Some sound Effects from: Pixabay
Some effects (visual & audio) created by me, some effects (visual & audio) purchased from Envato.
"Strength and Seething", "Enter the Maze", "Crusade", "Strength of the Titans"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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[@steamsorcery9573]

Batrep Editing Notes + After Action Review *** Editing Notes *** This one was tough to get through due to work & family life ramping up quite a bit over the last few months. I normally record all the vocal narration audio in a single session in 1 day. Due to my free time being extremely limited lately, I had to break up the recording of the vocals over 5 different days spanning across 3 weeks. Due to that, there are a few times where the vocals sound a bit different due to me having a cold on one day, but being healed up from it 2 weeks later when I recorded more. This even happened in spots where I had to go back to record audio corrections to splice into a previous recording. Also, the split up audio recording caused massive delays in getting the video edited because the audio is needed in order to get the timing of when sound & visual effects need to trigger as well as how long certain fx need to be visible on the screen. I apologize for both the delay in this video's release as well as the quality of certain things being less than what I strive for. Mistakes made either in filming or game play: 1 - I had to re-record a part after 2 of the Bane Warriors had been destroyed, but when I set up to record it again, I accidentally put an extra Bane into play. This mistake was only visual in the re-recording AFTER game play & had zero effect on how the game turned out. I only caught this LATE in the editing. So, I just put a speech bubble where the Bane calls me out for the screw up. 2 - Being so new to Goreshade & his spells, we both misunderstood how Lamentation works. It DID affect Severius at times, but it should have cost him extra in at least 1 more round where we thought the upkeep only cost more if Severias was in Goreshade's control range, not the model(s) who the upkeep spells were on. In the long run, I don't believe this had too much of an effect on how the game played out overall. 3 - In Protectorate Turn 3, Donna forced Rebuke to stand up after powering up, but BEFORE allocating focus. That should have been done after allocating focus, but she only ended up allocating one to him that round. So, while it was timed incorrectly, it had no bearing on the game itself. *** AAR *** Donna: Until we get my Khador Winter Korps painted up, I mostly want to focus on Circle in MK4 right now. But we wanted to mix things up for this video so I played the Protectorate list Jason built last month. Protectorate was my first faction with Severius being my first warcaster. Most of these models are the ones I started the game with 2 years ago. Though, I do miss having my Indictor but I think I was able to use my warjacks effectively. It was especially important to protect them early with the Choirs and then give them that added punch later on to tear through his solos, Banes, and keep his Slayer away from Severius. That big combo strike from the Slayer is just too powerful for a warcaster like Severius to deal with in melee with his weak DEF & ARM. I pulled off a few good moves like clearing charging paths with one warjack so another one could rush in or so the Bastions could charge & I felt like I got a better handle on when to use which command cards to get the most out of their value. Jason: I love Cryx. They were my first ever faction...but I am so new to Banes and there's so much new to me in this list that I definitely didn't put things together well. I totally forgot about the Bastions having Defensive Strike when I charged in with Tartarus. I was just excited to get that extra free attack with his Rapid Strike, but that gamble did NOT pay off for me. Also, losing Tartarus halfway through the game hurt a lot. I really didn't get to take advantage of so much of what he can do, especially since he was destroyed before I popped the feat to get the Bane Warriors in play. I figured it'd be better to wait to pop the feat so that I could get them into play right in the middle of the fight, but I didn't protect Tartarus early enough so that he could help them with Curse. I also had to go a lot heavier in solos that I'd usually play due to only have 1 unit of Bane Warriors built & painted so far and needing to save them for Goreshade's feat. Once I can get either another 5 Bane Warriors or the Withershadow Combine built & painted, I'll be able to tailor the list a little more balanced to my liking.

[@thehoffman2787]

Love the Immersion. This is the game we love

[@jacknickleberg4504]

Very new to the game, but gotta say this has been one of my favorite games I have ever watched. Keep it up guys.

[@CJStigen]

Great Batrep, really good narrative pacing, and the music was nice!

[@WarGamerGirl]

Nice battle report. I enjoyed the varied camera angles and added lore =)

[@steamsorcery9573]

Thank you! We just got into the game a few years ago & your batreps were a huge inspiration from day one. We’ve watched all of them multiple times.

[@pietrosilvi6671]

I've never seen so much work done by a single unit of bastions

[@BjornTengelin]

These are some fine paintjobs!

[@thewacokid936]

As someone who can't play this game, watching these detailed and immersive battle reports really helps satisfy my enjoyment of them game. It's not the same as playing but it's a good second option. Thanks for all the hard work!

[@legomech1946]

Haha the naming section for the Bane in the Neck list was fantastic!

[@brianquinlan5638]

Great Batrep , your hard work shows , thank you , this is great

[@scottbarber2736]

Very entertaining as always. I feel your love for the battle. Your names for models that do not need names, is a nice touch. Thank you for what you do!

[@steamsorcery9573]

Thank you for the kind words! I’m working on our next batrep right now & it’s been a struggle to find time after work some days. Was starting to get discouraged but logged on to see your comment & it made my day.

[@scottbarber2736]

You add the elements of story which adds drama. Than you for your hard work!

[@tabletopsidekick]

Absolutely spectacular video. Very well done. I'm looking at doing some batreps myself and you've inspired me with your format. Keep it up! :)

[@triedtrue1221]

Great report! Absolutely love the dice rolls and damage grids to track damage. The sound and visual effects are great. Digging the skulls on the removed models :D

[@torymiddlebrooks]

This is a very attractive battle report! Thanks for keeping it going.

[@Hammermans]

Great batrep as always. Love the little visual gags :)

[@MaximeCRosa]

"You bastard", gets me everytime XD

[@stephenwilliams5004]

Well done as always. Great to see another battle report from you all.

[@plumbeo]

Great narrative!

[@veilofdarkness000]

You may have caught it in post but in the second round of combat between rampart, pyre and the bane warriors, you didnt roll an extra dice as the banes are weapon masters and always throw three dice for damage. S tier battle report as always 👌👌

[@steamsorcery9573]

Yeah. I’ve only played Banes a few times and I totally missed them having weapon master several times.

[@cronanevermore2033]

I hope we can see some Khador or Cygnar soon.

[@steamsorcery9573]

I’m in the process of painting up my wife’s Khador Winter Korps right now so she can start playing them against my Orgoth.

[@cronanevermore2033]

Good to hear, these are great. @@steamsorcery9573

[@explorer4161]

Naming every unit is cool and all but makes it incredibly difficult to follow the gameplay

[@andrelereu497]

Nicely done. So playing MK4 rules with old models?

[@steamsorcery9573]

Yes. All the models are MK4 legal and their stats / cards played in this batrep came from the new Warmachine App.

[@Christian2k02]

ty was a great video!!! Where did yall get your custom tokens??

[@steamsorcery9573]

Thank you! We bought the tokens from Muse On Minis.

[@robertchmielecki2580]

Looks nice, but a lot of the decisions seem random. I especially didn't get that the Slayer "moved to support" the Stalker. Support how, exactly? More like "to be in convenient range to get killed alongside the Stalker" Also, Severius, being 14/14 is such a perfect target for Goreshade's Banes. They can charge through models and terrain and their total range from Goreshade's starting position is 20"! That's of course if you don't throw Tartarus away for nothing - his Curse ability is key.

[@steamsorcery9573]

lol We've never claimed to be teaching anyone how to play the game the most optimal way. Also, the vocal narration is just me giving flavor to what happened on the table when we first played the game. It's not meant to always be the exact strategic thought process that we were going through while playing. We're very casual players. My batreps are me having fun retelling the story that played out on the table. That's all. In the case of the Slayer & Stalker, I wanted to get them up to hold her off from the only scoring piece on the table. Which it did work in that regard in the end. What cost me the game more than where the Stalker & Slayer moved in the first turn was that over half of the list was completely new to me. I'd never played with Goreshade, Tartarus, Bane Warrior, etc. As for Tartarus, I covered that in the AAR comment on the video. It was my first ever play with him and clearly screwed up how I used him.

[@robertchmielecki2580]

@@steamsorcery9573 Cool, experimenting is great in games like this! :)

[@thegremlin3194]

You name every model ?

[@steamsorcery9573]

Yes. My wife & I play mostly motivated by the narrative aspect and like to name all our models.

[@thegremlin3194]

@@steamsorcery9573 How does this edition compare to the older ones?

[@thegremlin3194]

I guess it gives you inspiration to paint every model well if they all have a personality @@steamsorcery9573