It's been a few years since I got in a game of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. Although I played quite a bit between 2016 and 2020, COVID stifled the local scene in South Florida. Then, I moved to Georgia. So I finally picked up a copy of the Third Edition Core Rules as well as the most updated Gloomspite Gitz battle tome to re-familiarize myself with the game.
I diverged from my usual focus on large numbers of grots and squigs, choosing this time to field a list of troggoths, along with some Boingrot Bounderz and Mangler Squigs. My opponent meanwhile utilized a classic Slaves to Darkness list with a mix of Chaos Lord, Chaos Warriors, Chaos Knights, Chaos Chosen, and the Spire Tyrants.
Though the early game momentum briefly went in the goblins' favor, things quickly took a turn for the worse. The Bounderz darted across the board and landed a quick charge on the Spire Tyrants, eliminating them quickly. After that, the Chaos Knights and Chosen went on a rampage, eliminating the Bounderz, then taking out a unit of troggoths.
Although the Mangler Squigs survived and did some damage, the buffs on the Chaos Warriors from the hero made them into an extremely effective tar pit.
In the end, the StD army nearly tabled the grots by round 3. Seeing no mathematical path to victory, I chose to resign. Although the troggoths have the ability to regenerate wounds, and although the Loonshrine can return units to the table, the losses were nonetheless too great to return from. Definitely will take me a few more games to get comfortable and fine-tune the army list.
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