Command Points to the Rescue!

This past weekend, while Matthew was dominating his swim meet -- he finished first overall! -- Nathaniel and I hung out at home and finally had time to dive into the current edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. He wanted to play the Stormcast Eternals, so I took the Orruks. The starter set did a pretty good job of introducing the rules piecemeal over several small-scale scenarios. In one memorable episode, his line of spear-wielding, golden-armored warriors charged headlong into my ranks, slaughtering half my troops. After a feeble response by the Orruks, they failed their Battleshock test and the entire group fled! It was, needless to say, a rather ignominious way to lose a game! Once we layered in all of the game rules, however, I was able to use command points to keep my panicky greenskins from fleeing. That proved to be decisive in one of our battles, as I was able to hang on long enough to win the game by controlling enough objectives!