The different armies that fought were the following:

                       Vampire Counts :  3
                        Lizardmen          :   2
                        Dwarf                   :   1
                        Orcs & Goblins  :   1
                        Wood Elf             :   1

As can be seen a high proportion of Vampire Counts were about, attempting to stake there claim as the Warlord. Would one of them attain the throne or would the rest usurp them?

A Few close matches and major upsets as well as total annihilation was seen in the battles:

This could be seen between Joel and Matt. By turn three both sides had reduced each other to just two regiments each. By turn 4 there was only the regiment where each general was.

Several opponents realized the up-hill battle in trying to “kill” the undead and making them stay down in the dirt. The Dwarfs regardless of their high skills and leadership broke and ran against such fear causing forces. Larry’s accurate firing of cannons blew up rank upon rank of undead but they just kept on popping up like weeds. One cannon blew clean a Necromancer hiding in a regiment of skeletons. Finally Peter’s Vampire Count reached the Dwarf runelord and hacked him to bits sealing his win.

The toughness of the Carsteins would be seen again as Peter faced the Wood Elves. Though after 4 turns the undead army was reduced to just the Vampire Count and the Black Coach, Peter played on. In the 4th turn his Vampire managed to charge a regiment of Archers and proceeded to hack them to bits. An impressive 15 Archers were killed by the Carstein vampire when the game ended.

It was of course inevitable that Vampire would face Vampire. Ricky went up against Joel in a bloody battle. Vampire Count fought against Vampire Count in an epic duel. Ricky’s scream of triumph could be heard across the store as his Vampire felled Joel’s general with a Killing blow.

Freddie’s tactics of using the Stegadon and Kroxigors in attacking one regiment allowed them to punch holes in the opposition, destroying Zombie Regiments before they can be raised again and totally obliterating an Orc Warboss and his retinue of Black Orcs.

His Skinks also were more than a nuisance to the slower armies, shooting with there poisoned tipped arrows and then fading. This was what happened to Ricky as he failed to kill anything in Freddie’s army except for two Skinks.

As always, unpredictability and total confusion arose whenever the Orcs were about. Successful casting of Gork’s Warpath caused far ranging destruction in Sonny’s Wood Elves. However twice Gork’s warpath hit Carlo’s Giant, finally killing it. However the giant fell on top of  a bunch of Scouts crushing them and causing the rest to flee. Sudden deft maneuvering by Glade Riders by Sonny managed to deal out a draw.

Against Matt’s Lizardmen Carlo’s Giant headbutting the Stegadon killed it and he’s Orc Regiments weathered the kroxigor charge. He then proceeded to destroy everything in the army. In his final game against Freddie’s Lizards revenge was exacted as the fury of Slann Magic fell on the Orcs wiping them out.

The Final Tally of Scores was done after 3 Rounds of Intense combat. The results can be seen below.

The tournament lasted the whole afternoon and into the night. A fun time was had by all. Everyone is now getting warmed up for the October Grand Tournament by Games Workshop. See you all there.