First game of Thud and Blunder

I pre-ordered the rulebook but I haven't been able to play a game until now. My son was bored at home so I proposed him a game with two bands I have already designed from the book,  using the figures I have available, Orcs vs. Barbarians. 

We played scenario 2, breakthrough, in which one warband, the barbarians leaded by my son, had to cross the lines with a secret and important message, while my Orcs had to stop them. I included one magic user in my warband as I wanted to try the magic rules. I picked up the spells, heal, shatter, spectral dart and teleport.

I deployed in a spread line to cover the whole border but the Barbarians chose to run in one big group across the centre of the board.

Soon a huge melee started. The Tough trait of the Barbarians and his chieftain killing machine made the difference and my Orcs fell like flies. Luckily I could kill the messenger and won the game.

My shooters and the magician. They didn't do anything during the whole game.

My son lost the battle but had a lot of fun slaying Orcs. His chieftain killed five of them single handle. When the game ended he said he felt like painting some dwarfs for future games!