April

Events Phase-
The newly erected Observatory of Absolute Truth grants Stubborn to El Jefé's bodyguard, Los Conquistidores Nurglos: Bearers of the Festering Shroud of Tirun.

Move Phase-
All armies are replaced on the tiles.
1. El Jefé moves into the mountains, muttering "egilson" like a John Huges principal.
2. Skrillix moves to claim one of the last remaining unclaimed tiles, adjactent to the dark elf lands.
3. Morikhi engages Andros at the Observatory of Absolute Truth.
4. Vampire allies, en route to claim fresh territory, move to defend The Observatory.
5. Andros cannot move since an enemy shield is also in the tile.

Mine Phase-
The mine produces a relic! It might have done something else that I forgot/squandered.

Battle Phase-
Morikhi (3,800 pts) vs Andros (1,600 pts) and Vampire allies (1,600 pts), set on a 8'x4' battlefield. The Brettonians would all hate chaos models as per Morikhi's previous roll on the defeats table.
An Awesome game in every sense, with many epic moments, "lead changes", and heros doing heroic things. It was really cool to see a larger than normal game, and all three of us were able to adapt to the changes easily. We decided that since it was my territory, Andros would be the general. I thought it would be really cool if Adam and I just pulled units from our normal lists and tossed them on the field. He felt that a strong caster was too crucial to VC's playstyle and opted to toss in a necrolord. I couldn't disagree from a listbuilding standpoint, although I'm not sure it really mattered on the table: Wizards counted as loremaster from the observatory, most of our magic phases were paltry, and Andros was already lvl 4 for dispelling. In the end, our alliance came away with 200 more points than the brettonians... A technical win, although it was much more of a tie at those points levels. No Heros of Legend were dropped, Andros came away with a free standard worth 50 points from the victory table, and Morihki rolled a 6 on the defeats table again (!!), and will hate both warrior and vampire counts in his next battles against them. Somehow, my vampire allies snuck their reward away while I was distracted with aftergame banter... Those vampire counts are a sneaky bunch.

Expedition phase-
1. El Jefé reclaims the wartorn mountains.
2. Morikhi is forced backwards one tile
3. Skrillix claims the uncontested tile
4. Andros' tile already has an upgrade.