Jack of Harts

The third battle of the day was King of the Hill, and I elected to bring all of my BattleMechs and a Marauder BattleArmor unit to the ball. It was time to stand up with all my big guns and make the enemy cry.

The crying started on turn one when the enemy moved VTOLs and BattleArmor in for a swift turn one capture of the hill. My advancing BattleMechs and BattleArmor destroyed one VTOL and both enemy BattleArmor in a pitched firefight that cost me my BattleArmor. His last remaining VTOL managed to earn the enemy one point though.

My BattleMechs advanced into the hill on turn two, while my Uziel jumped behind the enemy Mad Cat to shoot it in the back. The surviving enemy VTOL and fast heavy physical BattleMech attacked me in the hill while the enemy Kodiak and Mad Cat harassed me from medium range. There was a lot of missing weapons fire and no losses on either side, though I had the most tonnage in the hill and got the point.

Turn three saw the enemy Kodiak charge into the hill and face down my Warhammer IIC. Weapons fire converged from all angles and both BattleMechs died on the hill, along with the sole surviving VTOL. Once again, I had tonnage and got the point.

The enemy Mad Cat moved into the hill on turn four and his two BattleMechs faced down my four for an epic final battle of supremacy. I focused fire on the Mad Cat, while they spread their fire across my Javelin and Shadow Hawk IIC. The Mad Cat died, as did my two lighter BattleMechs, but the Warhammer and Uziel had the tonnage advantage over his last remaining BattleMech. I got a third point.

The game ended on turn five with his last BattleMech getting in close to engage my Uziel. I don’t think either BattleMech died, even with my Warhammer firing on the enemy, but I did get the point and brought the game to an end in my favor. It was the only game of the night where I destroyed more of the enemy force than what I lost.

Turn one is where I won the game in this case. He got a point, but I slaughtered his BattleArmor and VTOLs. They were never a major force again after that, and in a BattleMech on BattleMech duel, my forces had the definite advantage.