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This was a playtest of Monster's Ball Scenario. It is a great way to play when you've got lots of players but few tables.

There were seven players. Their teams were as follows, clockwise from the top

Dana - Dementia, with 15 heads

Trevor - Elder Dragon and a unit of Unicorns

Justin - Dragon and a unit of Air Elementals

Micah - Unit of Vampires

Thane - 2 Elder Wyrms and 2 Air Elementals

Henry - A six-headed Hydra and a unit of Centaurs

Mike - A unit of Dwarf Heroes on Bears and Ram

A village was set up around a hill, with 4 ballista surrounding the center tower. Lots of peasants were scattered about the town. Each building had ten more peasants in them, with buildings having 10 wounds each. The monsters encircled it, and the fun began.

Most of the monsters dove right in - Dementia slaughtering over a dozen men hiding in the woods, Micah's vamps taking on another dozen, and Henry's team putting down a good number on their own. The Great Wyrms moved to stalk the vampires, and Justin's team moved towards the center hill.

Throughout the game, great mockery was heaped upon those actually wounded by the peasants. Here, 7 point figures wound 70+ and 200+ point figure respectively :) Yeah, ok, they still died like... well, peasants, but still...

The battle tightens up. Justin makes a move to take out some peasants and ballista on the hill, but gets jumped by Micah's Vamps. The great wyrms attack some peasants and make a pathetic attempt to take down a house. Henry's Centaur Archers get brutalized attacking the ballista on the other side, while Dementia takes down a barn on the far side of the field.

Yeah, so a peasant got lucky. Justin's Dragon holds his own against the vamps.

Henry's hydra continues it ramage, moving to attack another house. Thane's great wyrms take down two buildings. The chaos in the center of the table grows, while Trevors Elder Dragon "helps out" in the battle between Dementia and peasants.

The ballista takes out a Unicorn, while Justin's air elementals move to kills some Vampires. The Vampires manage to take down the dragon this turn though.

The game more chaotic. The Bear Lords, heady with their crushing victory over the ballista, chase Henry's Hydra off. Dementia rushes the hill top, taking down a Tower and destroying the last ballista on the way. The great wyrms move into the center chaos, attacking the air elementals, while Trevor's Dragon fires into the fray. If you look under his wing, you can see the luckiest peasant ever, who survives throughout this combat, only to be finally killed by Dementia.

Henry's hydra faces off against the bear lords. It views it's future Doom.

The Aftermath of the center battle is enormous. A tremendous amount of Trophies lie in the center of the contested battlefield. Justin's air elementals fail their morale, and wither. This provides an opportunity for Thane's great wyrms and remaining air elemental to overrun out of the combat, carrying a huge number of trophies with them.

The air elemental gets blasted out of the sky, while the first wyrm is chased down by dementia a few inches from the board edge. The second wyrm is chased down by Henry's hydra and Trevor's elder dragon. The weakened hydra is then destroyed by Mikes still fresh bear unit.

Dementia is then attacked by the bears and killed. Trevor's dragon timidly flutters about in the sky as Mike claims victory!