Slayer - A warhammer skirmish battle report



With their outlandish hair and tattoos, Dwarf Slayers are some of the most well known and characterful warriors in the entire Warhammer World. Everyone knows that during major battles of the dwarfs, these angst-ridden killing Machines search out the enemy's most fearsome monsters for combat, but what do Slayers do in the meantime? When not drowning their sorrows in pints of Bugman's XXX, Slayers can be found seeking hulking foes for either brutal destruction or a hero's doom!

 



"There is nothing as sure in the world as the glitter of gold and the treachery of elves"

 

 

A friend of mine was at my house the other day, we decided to play a game of warhammer, as I haven't really moved all of my warhammer stuff out of the moving boxes, nor did we have as much time available as we would want, we decided on playing a game of Warhammer skirmish.

The skirmish can be found in the 6:th edition book, there was also a small booklet released in 6:th edition which was simply called Warhammer skirmish, in it you can find 25 scenarios, some with specific rules & forces, others with just a small narrative.

One of the scenarios is called Slayer, it pits 6 Dwarf Slayers vs a single Giant. And since I had finally painted up 6 Slayers about 5-6 months ago just to play this scenario, we decided to try it out.



 

 

 

Deployment: The giant was placed in the middle of the board, the slayers are then deployed randomly 2D6 away from him, as luck had it, only one slayer was deployed to the South of the giant, while most of them was placed North of him.

 

 

 

I took the role of the giant, while my friend took control of the slayers.

Turn 1: With a drunken roar the giant charges the closest dwarf, without a chance to respond the slayer is picked up & thrown towards his comrades, knocking the air out of him. The salyers move towards the giant as fast as possible.

 

Turn 2: The iant picks up yet another slayer & throws him onto one of his kin. The rest of the slayers charge in with a mad look in their eyes, eager for a kill or an honourable death!

 

Turn 3 - 6: The slayers charge the giant one at a time, the giant kills them off as quickly as they charge him, but suffer horrendous wounds in return, soon there are only 2 slayers left, one trying to finish off the giant while the second one is still recovering from being thrown several yards away from the combat.

"The bigger the enemy, the greater the glory!"

"Oi! I ain't done with you yet!!"

 

Turn 7: Seeing his friends going down one by one has turned the last slayer into a whirlwind of destruction, he doesn't care about his own safety, doing everything he can to avenge his fellow kinsmen, with a headbutt to the groin the giant bends down far enough for the slayer to give him a final blow.

Aftermath: The scenario was very balanced, the giant lost his final wound to the last slayer alive, we discussed tactics & what we could've done different. The giant can't do much differently, he has to try & split the dwarves up, taking them one at a time, when able to throw them, then do so, trying to kite for a while. The slayers on the other hand has to try to engage the giant as fast as possible, but not on their own, it's better if they engage as small groups of 2 or more slayers.

Overall the scenario was very fun, we've replayed it twice after this game, the giant & the slayers winning one each, but each time it's been very close.