Geeks do manage to procreate sometimes, which explains the Assault on Equestria game:
To begin with, we assembled teams. She used eight of her ponies, including the core 6, Princess Celestia and Miss Cherilee. I gave her the choice of defending her castle, or trying to recover it post-invasion. She chose to defend. (Even at age 5, she displays a level of tactical genius which G.A. Custer could perhaps have used a smidge more of…)
As the attacker, I selected six of my DDM dragon minis, including a wyvern. The non-wyvern dragons all naturally had dragon breath as a weapon option. I thought my experience and the advantage in having more ranged attackers and fast movement for all of my “troops” would offset my numerical disadvantage.
As with most minis games, the first couple of turns moved slowly while I crossed the open plain approaching the castle. I thought she was in trouble when she forsook her defensive advantage to rush out of the front gate and meet me head on. But that assessment was dashed once my front line got a face full of Applejack and Pinkie Pie…
In retrospect, R. was quite in the right to blunt my advance with melee fighters while keeping her casters up on the castle ramparts. Blind luck or masterful strategy, it kept me acting on the defensive, in spite of my role as aggressor. Also, the disparity in numbers was a lot heavier in practice than originally anticipated, and once dragons started dropping, the shrinking economy of action limited my available options dramatically. By contrast, whenever I landed a shot lucky enough to fell a pony, it was not difficult at her at all to find a spare unicorn to heal her right back up the next turn.
Long story short, I got my butt handed to me big time and R. is raring to go for another round asap. I think next time we will look to set up better number parity (sorry, Miss Cheerilee) and will simplify the magic options and rules a bit, cutting the chaff we didn’t bother to use.
Looks like his daughter schooled him in the art of the opportunely timed sally. :D