The Stand at Crowmere
Battlefield: a frozen tundra in light snow · 7 Oct 2026 · Ranked
Young Dragon
A young dragon the size of a large horse with armoured scales, sharp claws and fire breath that it can use in short bursts before needing to recover.
Lone Sherman
One WWII M4 Sherman tank with a 5-man crew, a 75mm gun with 40 shells and two machine guns. It cannot refuel and the crew must eventually rest.
ROUND 1 OF 4
Young Dragon lands with a thud, smoke curling from its jaws. Across a frozen tundra in light snow, Lone Sherman rumbles onto a frozen tundra in light snow, turret traversing slowly.
ROUND 2 OF 4
Lone Sherman fires high explosive into the thick of Young Dragon. Young Dragon is grounded for a moment, bleeding.
ROUND 3 OF 4
Young Dragon sets Lone Sherman ablaze with a roaring burst of fire. Lone Sherman is half-blinded with its vision slits clogged.
ROUND 4 OF 4
Young Dragon sets Lone Sherman ablaze with a roaring burst of fire. Lone Sherman falls silent, the exhausted crew bailing out.
» One last blast of fire, and Lone Sherman is gone.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
Lone Sherman has a clear edge: immune to pre-modern weapons and 75mm gun and machine guns. Young Dragon needs its flight to land early, or fire comes in short bursts will decide it.
- Immune to pre-modern weapons
- Fire comes in short bursts
- The battlefield: a frozen tundra in light snow
MVP: The dragon's fire breath
Nobody expected Young Dragon to walk away from this, and few of them did. Lone Sherman will be talking about a frozen tundra in light snow for a long time.