The Abyssals strike back!

Another battle between my wife's Forces of Nature and my Forces of Abyss.  I tried a different build while my wife changed her Fire Element for a Tree Herder instead, but pretty much had the same build.

Here is what I have:-

I fielded a different army this time using my Tortured Souls.  It turned out that in our setup, I totally missed my Imp Horde and went into battle without them!

Turn 1:-

 

Left flank:  I fielded a Lower Abyssal horde, backed up by a Tortured Soul Horde and a troop of Gargoyles.  I was facing the Wyrm Riders  and Heart Piercers again!   Next were another Lower Abyssal Horde with 2 Efreet and a Warlock between my mighty Moloch Horde.  In the rear was another Tortured Soul horde with another troop of Gargoyles on the flank.

Facing me were a horde of Earth Elements, a horde of Forest Shamblers, then a Naids horde and on the extreme right, a Salamander Horde.  Tracy moved first.

Turn 2:-

Tracy's Wyrm Riders moved forward along with most of her army. I charged her Wyrm Riders with my Lower Abyssals(2H weapons), inflicted lots of hit and casualties then rolling high twice to remove them from the game.  I charged her Heart Piercers and killed them off, turning he Lower Abyssal horde around to fight the Tree Herder.  All the time her Green Lady kept casting Cloak of Death on everyone within 6 inches, so I decided to get my Hero Matu-bu-su to take her out.

On the right, the Salamanders and Niads who had scouted forward, moved forward to flank me.  I turned a horde of Tortured Souls to face the onslaught.

Turn 3:-

I had moved the Molochs forward to take out another Regiment of Heart Piecers leaving my flank guarded by a Tortured Soul horde.  The Salamanders moved up behind her Niads so they could move around on my flank.  A second horde of Tortured Souls meanwhile tackled the Tree Herder to try and bring it down.

Turn 4:-

This is where it fell apart for Tracy.  After taking out my Tortured Souls horde, I explained to her the options available for the Tree Herder, because no matter which way she went, she would be flank or rear attacked.  She didn't fully comprehend the damage a rear attack would do.  After she choose what she thought was the best option of moving forward(only 3 inches), I rear charged her with Lower Abyssal horde with Crushing +1.  With 75 dice, the result was obvious in killing off the Tree Herder.  Also, she tried to kill off my Efreet with the Heart Piercers, which in turn were flank charged by the Molochs.    I also had rear charged her Earth Elements with a troop of Gargoyles.  She also forgot to move her Salamanders(even I missed that) and the results were obvious.

Turn 5:- 

I finally pinned her Green Lady down on 3 sides and the forth side with my hero Matu-bu-su.  The other 3 heroes got little or no damage, but Matu with her 'Duel' and Crushing +1, rolled enough hits, then wounds. Tracy had to roll, she failed, rolled again, but luck was not smiling on her that day.  The Niads and Hear Piercers also fell, leaving her with just the Salamander horde and one other hero left for turn 6.

Turn 6:-

I hit the Salamanders on three sides and killed it in one hit.  All that was left of her army was one hero, who beat a hasty retreat.  I had lost one Efreet and a Tortured Soul horde.

Luckily there was no 7th turn.

For us, its still a learning game, but Tracy learnt the value of protecting your flanks, never letting a unit(Hero Tree Herder) go into battle by itself with little or no support and to also make sure you move every unit before firing(I would pay that penalty in my next game).
In all, we both learnt how to move and attack and how to look up rules that were not clear.  Shambling and Surge were things we didn't understand, but YouTube tutorial on it cleared it all up.  I have a healthy respect for the Forces of Nature and would never underestimate them if you were to fight them.  We have found a 'Hydra' for her which can be a real apin, not to mention 'ScorchWings' as they move and shoot.  We are trying to find suitable figures for them.

I hope that you have found this battle interesting.  Feel free to leave any comments or recommendations.