50 pts. 8×4 Table Here we Stand Night’s Watch has the Throne

Below are the Army Lists

Neutral	50	Nights Watch
Vargo Hoat		Jon Snow
House Bolton Cutthroats	5	Veterans of the Watch	7
Bloody Murmur Skirmishers	6	Builder Stone Thrower	8
(1) Stormcrow Lieutenant	1	Sworn Brothers	7
Bloody Mummer Zorse Riders	6	(1) Othell Yarrick	1
House Bolton Blackguards	6	Ranger Vanguards	7
(2) Ramsay Snow	2	Ranger Hunters	7
House Bolton Flayed Men	8	Ghost	3
(1) Glory Seeker	1	Craster	4
Hedge Knights	7	Quorin Halfhand	6
Walder Frey	4
Roose Bolton	4

Below is the initial setup. I am nervous about Jon Snow and Ghost being on an island on their own against Flayed Ones and Zorse Riders. Hopefully, the stone-thrower can damage a few units before it is engaged. I liked Neutral’s chances based on the game mode. I always roll a d10, and this was the one. The cav-heavy list could really cause issues for NW.

Round 1 and 2 were relatively simple. Neutral cav pushed to the flanks and the ranger vanguard, with help from the stone thrower locked in the hedge knights. Round 3 is where it got very interesting.

The ranger vets and ghost one-shotted the Zorse riders, and the flayed ones with a charge reroll failed to get a 2+ on either roll. And the ranger hunters did 7 damage to the cuthroats and eliminated them. At that point, the game was essentially over, but I was truly shocked. The sworn swords were eliminated.

I called the game after round 4; the veterans were able to kill the flayed ones, and the blackguard were also killed. It was an easy victory for The Nights Watch. I was very surprised at the result. The one-shot kill of the zorse riders plus failed charge completely changed the game. Also, 7 damage from ranger hunters on the cutthroats was a very good roll. Plus they routed 2 other models for 9 total wounds to eliminate them.

As far as the game itself, Walder Frey was really good. He was the only reason Neutral had a chance after round 3. It was my first time bringing a stone-thrower which was a complete glass cannon, it did 8 wounds against the blackguard, 3 against the hedge knights and that was it. The only reason it did so well against the blackguard was Yarrick, who was killed by one of the boltons. It was also my first time with Zorse Riders. I was shocked at how easily they left the table, but sometimes that’s how it goes.

This will be my last ASOIAF battle report for awhile. I am going to switch to Flames of War for a few weeks.