[Chaos] CitOW game 14 - First Game of Champions - Slaanesh Victory!

Hi I'm Vee!

I've meddled with everyone pretty much equally. That's how you play this game.

You're getting rid of the only chance to prevent Khorne from double dialing this turn.

The Cow King

I'm not getting rid of any chance.

You see you've given me a cultist!

I wasn't complaining but I really, I mean really don't have any other options other then passing or that move. I apologize if my post seem angry they aren't meant to be I'm really enjoying my self.

You still have control of the cultist and I don't need you to ruin the region.

Rius

I am guessing, Cow King, that Tzeentch intended to get as many Dial clicks as possible this round in order to prevent me from double clicking. I had a plan for that but it seems it's not necessary now as he's somewhat muddled up his cultists.

Move my cultist from Tilea to Bretonnia; Khorne rests @ 0/8 PP.

Hi I'm Vee!

Well I could have pretty much guaranteed that Khorne wouldn't double dial, but Slaanesh neatly hamstrung that attempt, so now we have to depend on some whiffs from Khorne.

So you know, good job there Slaanesh.

Summon acolyte from The Empire to Tilea, bringing a warpstone.

2/6 PP

Rius

It's not fair to be pissed at him; he's playing to benefit himself. And I think he has a right to not play second fiddle to your plan, since you forced him to discard a few times, removing the very cards he could have used to get around my Battle Cry.

If you make a plan that requires the cooperation of another player without fully informing that player, and then he doesn't play along, well, then who can you really blame?

Edit: Unless you think Slaanesh's last 1 PP is really going to alter what your last two moves are, you might just want to post them now.

The Cow King

Well I apologize for not seeing your plan.

Pass.

Hi I'm Vee!

Sending my two cultists in The Empire with Warpstones to Tilea and The Border Princes.

0/6 PP

I guess it's one of the things I don't like about playing this online. If we were playing in person, Cow King and I could have had a discussion about his move. The thing is, I can't just lay out my plan because then it tips Khorne off to what's going on and gives him a chance to counter.

I feel like maybe Cow King could have asked me to clarify a bit further before explicitly making a move that went against my suggestion, but looking back I was definitely way too snide about it. I apologize for that, I've had an irritating day today and I was really grumpy.

In any case, it's down the dice now, so we'll see what happens.

Darian

Round 5 Old World phase

Double Peasant Uprising is in effect (+2 to resistance for each peasant)

Khorne (7/8) screams a Battle Cry echoing throughout Bretonnia (no corruption placed)
Nurgle (6/7) oozes back into Estalia with a leper
Tzeentch (7/6) Drains the Power from Khorne and Nurgle in Bretonnia (6/8 PP, 5/7 PP)
Slaanesh (6/6) continues his Perverse Infiltration of Troll Country (instant)


Khorne (5/7) bellows a second Battle Cry to the North in Troll Country (no corruption placed)
Nurgle (4/7) calmly produces another leper in Estalia
Tzeentch (6/6) moves an acolyte from the Empire to the Border Princes, dragging a Warpstone
Slaanesh (5/6) shakes with rage as he sends a seductress from Troll Country out to Norsca

Khorne (3/7) deploys a bloodletter for the upcoming battle of Estalia
Nurgle (3/7) keeps the lepers popping out in Estalia
Tzeentch (5/6) slides an acolyte with a Warpstone North from the Empire to Kislev
Slaanesh (4/6) sends another seductress to Norsca

Khorne (2/8) orders a bloodsworn into Estalia
Nurgle (1/7) prepares for a Great Foul Consumption in Estalia (remove all N figures, +1 corruption per 2 figures)
Tzeentch (4/6) zips an acolyte from the Empire to the Border Princes
Slaanesh (4/6) reaches out to the Degenerate Royalty of Norsca (no effect)

Khorne (1/8) arranges for Ritual Slaying in Estalia (draw a card for each figure killed)
Nurgle (0/7) spits out a final leper in Estalia

Tzeentch (3/6) waves an acolyte from Kislev to Norsca, Teleporting him and the Warpstone
Slaanesh (1/6) brings the Keeper of Secrets to Norsca

Khorne (0/8) rests after sending a bloodsworn from Tilea to Bretonnia
Tzeentch (2/6) slips into the vacated Tilea with an acolyte and Warpstone from the Empire
Slaanesh (0/6) rests

Tzeentch (0/6) flees the Empire, sending the final two acolytes dragging Warpstones to Tilea and the Border Princes

Darian

Round 5 Battle phase

The Keeper of Secrets takes control of an acolyte in Norsca

Norsca: 2 dice
Troll Country: 2 dice
Kislev: 4 dice
The Empire: 2 dice
Bretonnia: 2 dice
Estalia: 3 dice
The Border Princes: 1 die

Roll at will; I don't see your choices of kills affecting each other this round.

Rius

Kislev (4d6.hitsopen(4,6)=3) 3 Hits in Kislev; kill me some peasants.

Empire (2d6.hitsopen(4,6)=0) 0 Hits in the Empire, let's hope those are the only whiffs.

Bretonnia (2d6.hitsopen(4,6)=3) 3 Hits in Bretonnia, kill two Lepers and a peasant.

Estalia (3d6.hitsopen(4,6)=2) 2 Hits in Estalia, kill two Lepers and draw two cards.

Border Princes (1d6.hitsopen(4,6)=0) 0 Hits in Border Princes; Frak! That'll make next round pretty interesting.

Hi I'm Vee!

It's going to make the next round fascinating.

Darian

It would have been even more exciting if Slaanesh had let you double-tick last round, setting up an any double for the win for you, Khorne, and Slaanesh.

Rius

I'm sort of hoping that Cow King defies my expectations and posts sometime before late tonight =(

Edit: I'm almost positive that Tzeentch would win the double-tick race with 9 warpstones on the board and the cultist upgrade.

The Cow King

Battle Dice for Norsca; Troll Country:

Norsca 1! Aha slay me a peasant!; Troll Country 2! A peasant and air!

Rius

For what it's worth I think you can kill Tzeentch's cultist if you wanted to.

The Cow King

I can't sadly it's my figure until the end of the round.

That going on the basis of after the end phase a new round begins. I'm not sure though.

Rius

It's not your figure, you're just controlling it for now 8-)

Darian

Rius wrote: »

It's not your figure, you're just controlling it for now 8-)

He cannot kill the acolyte; it is a Slaanesh acolyte until the end of the round.

Darian

Round 5 Battle phase

The Keeper of Secrets takes control of an acolyte in Norsca

Norsca: peasant
Troll Country: peasant
Kislev: 2 peasants
The Empire: miss
Bretonnia: 2 lepers, peasant
Estalia: 2 lepers
The Border Princes: miss

Khorne draws two cards from kills in Estalia; Khorne receives 2 DIAL tokens.

Darian

Round 5, Corruption phase

Domination step:
Norsca: Slaanesh +3 VP (9 > 5)
Troll Country: Slaanesh +2 VP (4 > 1 = 1)

Corruption step:
Norsca: +5 DIAL
Troll Country: Battle Cry
Bretonnia: Battle Cry
Estalia: +1, +2 DIAL
Tilea: +2 DIAL
The Border Princes: +1, +3 DIAL

A Great Foul Consumption devours the remaining lepers; +1 corruption in Estalia

Norsca is the second region ruined (13 + 1)
Slaanesh scores 4 VP for contributing to its ruination this step
Nurgle scores 3 VP for their Ruination upgrade


Updated VP:
Khorne: 8
Nurgle: 20 + 3 = 23
Tzeentch: 24
Slaanesh: 20 + 9 = 29

DIAL advance tokens:
Khorne: 2
Nurgle: 1
Tzeentch: 2
Slaanesh: 1

Rius

Swap Tzeentch and Slaanesh down at the bottom there, Darian.

Edit: Not that it really matters

Darian

Round 5 End phase

Board after corruption:



During the end phase:
1. Remove Chaos Cards from the Board - no lingering effects

2. Hero Tokens are resolved - none

3. Resolve Old World cards - none

4. Score Ruined Regions -
Slaanesh scores 7 VP for singlehandedly ruining Norsca

5. Advance Threat Dials - Khorne and Tzeentch tie for the most tokens; each god ticks once
Khorne:
31 - Draw 2 Cards
Nurgle:
26 - Remove 2 Corruption
Tzeentch:
21 - Place 2 Warpstones
Slaanesh:
24 - Upgrade


Updated VP:
Khorne: 8
Nurgle: 23
Tzeentch: 24
Slaanesh: 29 + 7 = 36



6. Check for Game end - the game does not end


Things that need to happen (feel free to go out of order):

1. Nurgle to remove two corruption tokens
2. Tzeentch to place two Warpstones
3. Slaanesh to choose an upgrade
4. I'll reveal the Old World card for round 5; Tzeentch to make any decision
5. Tzeentch may discard a card before drawing back to 6 (4 in hand)
6. I'll update all hands, ready for the next summoning phase

tzeentchling

Don't forget my +3VP from Norsca ruining, thanks to my upgrade.

Remove two corruption from Troll Country.

I have no figures left on the board. On the plus side, I guess this means I can summon anywhere I want! #falseoptimism

Darian

End of round 5, pending decisions by Tzeentch and Slaanesh

The Cow King

Power of Pleasure I suppose.

tzeentchling

let's all go to Kislev! The Thirster can't kill us all!

Hi I'm Vee!

Place both warpstones in Kislev.

Discard Persistence of Change.

Darian

Round 6 Old World phase

A few mortals take up arms against Chaos, helping to calm the fears of the locals...

Road Wardens
Place one Hero token in each of three different Populous regions.
In the end phase when Old World cards are resolved, the player with the lowest Threat score removes one Hero token from the board.

Heroes are placed in Estalia, Bretonnia, and Kislev.

One Peasant Uprising (+1 to resistance for each peasant) remains in play



Khorne is active to begin the summoning phase

Hi I'm Vee!

Goddammit.

A LITTLE LATE FOR THAT, OLD WORLD.

Rius

Let this be our final battle!

Summon a Warrior to Tilea; Khorne @ 6/8 PP Remaining.

tzeentchling

Rehash of last time! Leper to Estalia. 6/7 PP.

Darian

Note: I forgot to put Khorne's corruption from Estalia on the map; he's at 1 corruption token there.

Hi I'm Vee!

Ack sorry forgot it was my turn.

Casting Temporal Stasis in The Border Princes

(M) Temporal Stasis - 1 - The cost for your opponents to summon figures to this region, and play Chaos cards in this region, is increased by two.

5/6 PP

The Cow King

Perverse Infiltration - 0 - When you play this card, place one corruption token in this region. This does not give you a dial advancement token. In Troll Country. 7/7 PP.

Darian

Round 6 Summoning phase

Road Wardens (lowest thread removes a Hero) and Peasant Uprising (+1 to resistance for each peasant) remains in play



Khorne (6/8) orders a bloodletter into Tilea
Nurgle (6/7) coughs up a leper in Estalia
Tzeentch (5/6) shields the Border Princes with a Temporal Stasis (+2 PP for others to act)
Slaanesh (7/7) reaches out and touches Troll Country with a Perverse Infiltration (instant)

Rius

Play this into Troll Country;

The Blood God's Call - 2 - When you play this card, immediately move up to two of your figures to this region from any other region or regions.

Move the Bloodthirster from Kislev, no need to move anything else.

Khorne @ 4/8 PP Remaining.

tzeentchling

Not dragging that lonely bloodletter in the Empire with you? For shame.

Leper to Estalia. 5/7 PP.

Hi I'm Vee!

Casting Warp Shield in The Border Princes.

Warp Shield - 0 - When you play this card, choose one of your figures in this region. That figure cannot be killed in battle this round.

5/6 PP

Darian

Chaos hand update:
Khorne: 10 (1 left in draw pile)
Nurgle: 5
Tzeentch: 4 (1 left in draw pile)
Slaanesh: 2

The Cow King

Insidious Lies - 1 - For each Noble token and each Hero token in this region, add two to your domination value here. In Kislev 6/7 PP.