SoBH Batttle Report- Tomb Kings vs Lannisters

Tywin Lannister leads his force deep into the valley of the Tomb Kings!

Song of Blades and Heroes is a squad-based skirmish game and the warbands are typically in the 300-500 point range. I wanted to try something larger, so I went with 800(ish) point armies.

The Armies:

Lannisters- 804 pts
Tywin Lannister (2/4 Leader, Heavy Armor) 95
Jaime Lannister (2/4 Hero, Heavy Armor, Fearless) 103
Captain of the Guard (3/3 Leader) 60
Knight Captain (3/4 Mounted, Heavy Armor, Long Move) 78
4x Banner Knights (4/4 Mounted, Heavy Armor, Long Move) [59] 236
3x Knights of Casterly Rock (3/3/ Heavy Armor, Short Move)[30] 90
3x Men at Arms (4/2) [15] 30
4x Bowmen (3/2 Shooter-Medium) [28] 112

Tomb Kings- 813 pts
Tomb King (2/5 Leader, Terror, Undead) 145
Hierophant (2/4 Leader, Terror, Undead, Magic User) 170
Ushabti (3/4 Big, Terror, Undead) 82
3x Skeleton Warriors (3/3 Undead) [36] 108
6x Skeleton Archers (3/3 Shooter-Medium, Undead) [44] 264
Tomb Scorpion (4/4 Big, Poison, Undead) 44

The Battle

Early on, the Lannisters were the aggressors. On the right flank, the knights, backed by Tywin, charged. (Sorry for the blurry pic)

On the Lannister's left flank, Jaime charged ahead, supported by the Lannister foot troops, led by the Captain of the Guard.

Early on, the Tomb Kings were hampered by poor dice rolling. Lots of early turnovers allowed the Lannister forces to move forward en-masse, remaining within long move range of their leaders. When the Tomb Kings finally engaged, though, the tide began to turn.

On the Lannisters' left flank, their progress was slowed by a gruesome kill of a Bowman. As his support dwindled, Jaime found himself outnumbered and eventually fell.

On the other side of the battlefield, the terror-inducing Hierophant and Ushabti shattered the knights' charge, breaking up the wall and sending three of their number fleeing, though none completely fled the battlefield.

The Lannister forces began to rally, though the Banner Knights, having fled beyond their leader's range, struggled to recover. The Bowman managed to kill the Tomb Scorpion, but their ranged attacks could do nothing against the skeletons.

On the Lannister right flank, the Hierophant fell to a Banner Knight, but his forces passed their morale checks and an opportunity to turn the tide of the battle fell to the wayside.

Terror became a major factor on both end of the battlefield. The knights struggled to charge the Ushabti, while the Tomb King similarly managed to drive the enemy back or even off the table. Finally, Tywin fell to the Ushabti. Having lost a leader, the subsequent morale check devastated the Lannister forces, with several of the remaining units fleeing off the table or breaking from combat.
*I had an unusual situation in which Tywin's death also brought his army below 50% strength. I suppose I should have had each unit pass two Morale tests, but their forces were so diminished that I decided to go with a single check.

From that point on, the outcome was inevitable. The few remaining Lannisters either fell in combat or were driven off the table by the Tomb King and Ushabti.

In the end, the Tomb Kings won with just over half their force remaining. A couple of thoughts:





I shouldn't have bothered with Bowmen against the skeletons. I forgot the special rule about ranged attacks against skeletal figures. Melee units might not have turned the tide, but would have fared better.


Having a quality of 4 for the Banner Knights makes them too ineffective on Morale checks. Knights should be braver than that. I'll definitely make some adjustments there.

All in all, the larger-point battle was a lot of fun. With the way I broke up the armies, it was really like running two simultaneous 400-point battles. Will definitely do more large-scale skirmishes.