The Battle of the Greenspyke, a 15mm game of Fantastic Battles.

Battle of the Greenspyke. 

A 1500 point per side battle. 

Ian's triumphant Denizens of Dingly Dell marched deeper into elf lands. Once again 1500 points of Wylde Elves met his fiendish force determined to defeat them this time???

For this game we decided to try out the rules for Settlements for the first time. At the start of the game the village of Bordstead is neutral; otherwise follow the usual 'Pre-Game' procedure.   

Battle of the Greenspyke. 

A 1500 point battle. 

After their defeat at Merith Moor the Wylde Elves fell back deeper into their own lands. Reforming on the banks of the Greenspyke River they received reinforcements from across the ford there. Close by lay the small village of Bordstead and the Wylde Elves drew up in a line stretching from the ford to the village to meet the rapidly advancing hordes of Dingly Dell.  

For any figures moving into Bordstead use the rules for settlements on p21.

Deployment: Mishaps played havoc with my Wylde Elves (far right) whilst the forces of Dingly Dell (left) were largely unaffected. 

The green and blue tokens show which characters and units have been activated. 

Elf pegasus riders swoop into Brodstead to claim the village (and grabbed a point of prophecy which I then forgot to use!). 

Wylde Elf ents tear into the Dingly dell giant 'Shrooms' and pulp them, great start for the elves. 

However, over on my left flank I was soon to discover how tough the giant spiders were. Ian also used the 'Bles' spell to great effect so that I could never quite wear them down. 

The sword sisters (bottom right) summoned a treman to help the elves but he was not within command and threw poorly on his 'impetuous' action roll and he decided to withdraw away from the Dingly Dell giant. Stupid Treeman!

The elf pegasus riders meet their match as Maisie the dragon made a snack out of them. 

Lindir, the mounted elf mage on the left used 'Blink' to get the centaurs out of trouble but the forces of Dingly Dell son caught up with them and wiped them out. 

With both sides heavily damaged it was down to who could force the enemy over their breakpoint first. It was close, very close but sadly for the elves Dingly Dell just won the day and the ford over the Greenspyke River and into the Wylde Elf homelands is now open.