Frostgrave - Well of Dreams and Sorrows

 

In last night's Frostgrave game... my Orc witch and his swarthy crew entered the frozen city and went up against Lizzy's wizard and her bunch of dwarven reprobates in a skirmish over a magical fountain in "The Well of Dreams and Sorrows" scenario from the main rulebook.. We were using the Ulterior motives cards: Lizzy had "Last Meal" in which she was trying to hunt down a zombie who had eaten a magic ring... and I had "Once Bitten" -  one of my thugs had been bitten by a werewolf, and if it wasn't killed by the end of round 4, he would also become one...

 

 

 

 

There was an initial telekinesis battle over the central treasure marker which Lizzy's apprentice won.

 Then my captain, barbarian and bear companion got in position to lure over the werewolf, whilst my witch made a dash for the well, and my treasure hunters tried to secure the nearest treasures... meanwhile Lizzys' wizard and two infantry men made for a high vantage point to try and rain down arrows and spells on all and sundry...

 

My heavy mob managed to take down the werewolf, saving my thug from a hairy fate... my witch made it to the well and managed to drink from it without getting pushed in. Lizzy's dwarfs finished off the zombie and retrieved the ring from his rotten inards... meanwhile as the treasures were being picked up some wandering monsters appeared... Two snakemen entered the board behind Lizzy's wizard, and two Ice spiders behind my apprentice...

 

My bear raced to intercept some of Lizzy's team whilst my apprentice and two archers took on the Ice spiders, it was a struggle, but they managed to kill them... Lizzy's bowmen took down one Snakeman whilst the other tried to rush up the stairs at them... but they took that one out in the next turn...

 

My bear was badly wounded taking on 3 of Lizzy's guys at once, but he managed to weaken one before my captain arrived as backup and used his one off frenzied attack skill to finish him off.... My witch and barbarian ran over to join the fight... so Lizzy's wizard took a gamble and blasted everyone in the melee with an elemental ball! Unfortunately this only succeded in killing one of her own guys who was already near death from the previous fighting..

 

In the end Lizzy had two casualties, we both completed our Ulterior Motives, we fought off all the wandering monsters, Lizzy got three treasures, I got two, and I managed to drink from the well... so we both ended up with about 300 xp each. I really enjoyed this one - very fighty, and I'm glad more monsters turned up to spice things up a bit!