Shifting Loyalties Campaign - Week 2

Week 2 of our Shifting Loyalties campaign saw Old Major and the Hogs face off against The Daimyo again, as we have two Ten Thunders players using him as their Leader.

The Hogs added The Sow to their Arsenal for 3 Scrip as she was their first and only hire of the week.

Deployment: Flank Deployment
Strategy: Stake a Claim
Schemes: Protect Territory, Frame for Murder (Wild Boar)
Weekly Event: Vermin Infestation

Gremlins:

- Old Major with Corn Husks and Expanded Palette
- Gracie
- The Sow (proxied by a metal War Pig)
- Wild Boar
- Piglet
- Piglet

Ten Thunders:

- Toshiro the Daimyo with Command the Graves
- High River Monk
- High River Monk
- Lost Katanaka Sniper (appears on Turn 3)
- Komainu
- Injured Komainu (must discard a card upon activating or receive Slow)

Deployment:


The Piglets advanced, chasing Vermin markers around the table for Scrip (the Ten Thunders kept cheating in high cards to make the counters scurry away) until the Slow Komainu charged in and distracted them for a few turns. The Wild Boar tried to Interact with one of the Vermin Markers before going after the Daimyo, but flipped a Red Joker, taking 3 damage and ending his Activation!

The Sow advanced and squished a Vermin for 2 Scrip, while Old Major and Gracie moved up to the centre.



The Daimyo and one of the Monks squished a Vermin and repositioned to the other side of the board. The Sow took a charge from a Komainu and one of the Monks, taking some Burning counters and losing some health, but not enough to lose the positive flips to attack and damage from Three Headed, meaning she tore the Monk apart in return, with healing flip triggers as a bonus.

Old Major, with nothing much to do, tried to squish a Vermin while the Piglets brawled with the Komainu, but to no avail. The Wild Boar, too far to Charge anything, continued chasing after his Vermin Marker. The Daimyo summoned an Ashigaru, but with no cards left, the Ashigaru couldn't discard a card to charge, and Old Major gained Reactivate.



Gracie charged into the fray, targeting the Daimyo and flipping a Red Joker for damage on her second attack, killing him. Gracie Riled Up to gain Reactivate, finishing off the second Komainu and Eating her Fill to go back to full health.

The Sow charged the summoned Ashigaru, killing it, and Old Major took a (2) Interact Action to Stake his Claim.

Despite only having the Komainu and the recently arrived Katanaka Sniper left, the Ten Thunders fought on. The Komainu was eaten by Piglets while the Sniper took chunks of health from The Sow. With nothing left to do, the Hogs went about squishing Vermin and Protecting their Territory for Scrip. The Wild Boar caught his Vermin, almost dying in the process (which would have been great for Framed for Murder!) but sadly the Ten Thunders saved the Red Joker in their hand to kill one of the Piglets, who cheated death with an Ace to avoid injury after the game.



After a brutal game, not helped by extremely good flips for the Hogs and the opposite for the Ten Thunders, the Hogs ended with 7 VP, three Vermin Markers and one of two of the Scrip-scoring games needed for their Bounty, Strange Times. Gracie gained Tough Hide, for a horrific Regenerate +1, and Old Major bought a Grotesque Trophy, gaining Terrifying (All)!

Spare a thought for whoever has to face the Hogs next...!