Spearhead: Slaves to Darkness vs Idoneth Deepkin | Warhammer Age of Sigmar Battle Report 

fair, Ryan didn’t know it yet but he was sick and about to spend the next week in bed which I am sure was messing with his usual jovial self. ;)

That or double the size of the board. Also: no way in hell should cavalry get both their "normal" move AND the charge bonus on top. Elite cavalry like chaos or blood knights is just flat out broken in this format.

@@СтилианСтоянов The small board size is clearly part of the appeal and GW isn't likely to change it or require extra boards, and I also don't want to see cavalry removed from new versions of the boxes the way powerful units were from the 40k ones (not least because all the indications so far are that cavalry is the best thing to be doing in AoS 4 generally, but also the visual appeal and variety is a draw for both new players and Spearhead as a format). So I think the fix does need to be to stats and/or rules. At the most basic level they could remove the +1 damage rule from lances, as they've adjusted things like the Carnosaur (which hardly needed it), but I think mobility is an issue more generally. A universal 'you can't move and charge' rule might help (flavourwise it's not easy to justify that just for cavalry, and it should play fine with infantry as well), perhaps combined with the complete removal of the run mechanic in games of this size. That way cavalry retains a mobility edge that makes it relevant without being oppressive.

Nothing force you to deploy at the limit of your territory. Too many people do this and expose themselves Also it's not unique to spearhead, plenty of pitched battles scenarios make you start 18" away of the ennemy which make first turn charges super easy The problem here is also the sceneries which separate each army in 3 parts, making it nearly impossible to properly punish a 1st turn charge on your flank.

@@franzt8955 Spearhead gives far fewer tools than full-scale battles to respond or to protect units, and deploying far back isn't even that much protection against some of the fastest units while limiting some armies' objective play (good luck deploying further back and even reliably contesting the centre with Fyreslayers). And this particular game was somewhat balanced by Chaos also having an all-murdering unit - against a lot of Spearheads there wouldn't even have been a chance to come back against a Spearhead with both a strong, fast (and resilient) cavalry unit and the only good chariot unit in the format. You have to wonder somewhat about the balancing when Ossiarch have to put a unit in reserve but neither Idoneth nor Gitz do.

I mean, you’re only 12” away from your opponent after deployment. Even with average movement on units it’s easy to make a charge. From what I’ve seen, it’s not that crucial to charge first turn but prioritising positioning and when to properly use your units is the way to go

@@thesophistichimp7425 I come in long after your comment but : while it's not "critical" to have the t1 charge, having it often means you can either wipe or lock an unit in combat for the first two turns; and that's a HUGE advantage.

Great idea!

Never doubt a strong booty!

objectives are sticky, so if you start on one and move off it, you still hold it until an enemy moves on to it

@@jamesmatthews5903 But when do they become yours? At the start and/or the end of your turn? At the start and/or end of your turn and your opponent's turn? Or any time, so if you move across one objective and end on another, do you get both?

I have not read any Spearhead. But in AOS3, control is checked after deployment concludes. After that, at the end of each turn.

@@scottmills4164 That makes more sense then, thank you.

You don't get to draw new cards in Spearhead, if you take a double.

@@SeasonofWar Unless the underdog is 5 points or more behind! Ryan could have gotten a double turn at the end with new cards if he had just won the roll off.

No, it's much more on objective control and playing towards the twist cards. Rushing to the the middle and clashing won't give you many points unless the cards in your hand/twist promotes it. I've noticed a heavy, HEAVY bias towards Ghyran (the green, life board) being used over Aqshy (the board used in this game). Aqshy is much more fight oriented vs the more slow burn of Ghyran.