h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Just for a change played Qui-Gon John and his Chaos Beastmen. I took the usual list, John had a unit of Bestigor, two units of Gor (one of which ambushed), *three* chariots, one with his general aboard (the massive number of chariots you can take is one of the things that makes the Chaos list so utterly reasonable and balanced - sarcasm), a load of Minotaurs, some Marauder Cavalry, a Shaman, a Sorcerer and a Drake Ogre.

Well, the first wave of charges went my way but John's counter-charges pretty much put me out of the game, demolishing my boar riders and Black Orcs. Like a wimp I sent the Black Orcs in against Gors rather than Bestigor in the hope I'd break them and pursue out of the Bestigor charge arc. Ah, no: only a 3" pursuit move. Great. My forgetting to impose Terror tests for my Giant probably played a part too.

I clawed back some glory by the end - my Shaman abandoned the subtle arts in favour of braining the sorcerer with his staff, the Bestigor were routed and destroyed by Night Goblins (!), and the big fella continued his run of good form by giving the Drake a headbutting it'll never forget, driving the Beastman shaman into the ground like a tentpeg, and turning one of the chariots into toothpick material. But too little too late.

Must be more aggressive with Black Orcs. (The Chaos list is potentially *really* nasty though.)