In our final game we were facing upto to a Daemon / Imperial
Guard Alliance. The mission was Table Quarters (where anything could captured,
assuming it wasn’t an immobilised Tank) and the deployment was Spearhead.
Below you can see a sneaky picture of our opponents!
Below you can see a sneaky picture of our opponents!
We won the roll off, and setup as far forward as we could.
The Assault Marines provided moving cover for the Scarabs, and the Ghost Ark
provided cover for another unit of them.
The Stormraven, as has become our practise had the
Librarian, Terminators & Furioso in it.
Our Opponents setup their Command Squad with the Astropath in
a Bastion that we let them actually call a Bastion (as mistakes go that was
pretty frustrating) and their Executioner Leman Russ.
The Stormraven did very little to the Company Command Squad,
other than to pin them so they didn’t lose their Astropath.
In their first turn,
two Daemon Princes Showed up, along with a Unit of Horrors including the
Changeling. Due to the Solar pulse their shooting was limited, but they did
wipe out 3 Assault Marines in the unit that failed its unholy Alliance role,
fortunately it was the unit with 2 Flamers, and they both survived!
In turn 2, the Furioso was dropped off next to the Horrors,
along with the two Flamers who moved up on them.
The Scarabs skittered towards the Leman Russ, with the
Annhilation Barge focusing on the Daemon Prince in its Table Quarter.
The Lord had his Command Barge drop him off next to the
Daemon prince that arrived in our deployment zone.
In the shooting phase we managed to kill 5 Horrors out of
the 9 in shooting, the Immortals and Command Barge took two wounds off the
Daemon Prince, while the Annhilation Barge inflicted 5 wounds on the other, and
it failed 4 saves!
In combat the Lord charged into the Daemon Prince, its
Scarabs doing their work and making the Daemon Prince hit himself three times,
causing 1 wound. The Lord himself was
unable to kill him as he passed both saves and his save for losing combat!
The Terminators were unable to hurt the bastion
(unsurprisingly), and the Stormraven failed to stop the Leman Russ from
shooting this turn.
In their turn, the Daemonettes turned up deep Striking in
near to the Annhilation Barge, but fortunately not close enough to Dance them.
Also one of their Vendettas arrived with its Veterans, along with Sly Marbo.
The Vendetta and Sly all shot at our Stormraven, however
they failed to do any damage to it. The Executioner shot at the Scarabs,
killing three Bases worth, thank god they are fearless! The Veterans Shot at
the Ghost Arks rear armour, but only managed to destroy one of its flayer
arrays.
In combat the Necron Lords Mindshackle Scarabs, failed to
kill the Daemon Prince, however his Warscythe soon did the job, allowing him to
consolidate back towards his Command Barge.
The Furioso and Assault marines managed to kill the last
horror, leaving just the Changeling who passed every 4+ we made him take,
leaving them tied up in combat!
Turn 3:
In our turn, the Terminators & Librarian left the
Bastion alone to make their way at the Vendetta & Veterans. The Ghost Ark itself
made its way towards the Leman Russ, allowing all the Necrons to Disembark
within Rapid Fire Range!
The Stormraven turned round to get some range on the
Daemonettes with its weapons. The Annhilation Barge Lined up on Sly Marbo.
The Lord jumped in his Barge and rushed towards the
Daemonettes to give them a small speed bump on their way to my Immortals.
In the shooting phase, the Stormraven passed its check due
to the Changeling to shoot at the Daemonettes, and between them, the Command
Barge, and the Immortals Tesla Carbines we managed to wipe them out!
The Annhilation barge inflicted 4 wounds on Sly who failed
one of his cover saves, and was instagibbed.
The Warriors got their Range on the Leman Russ, stunning it
so it couldn’t shoot, while the Scarabs continued to roll poorly on their run moves
so hid (just in case) behind the Annhilation Barge.
In the combat phase the Terminators mutlicharged the
Veterans & Stormraven with 6 Attacks on each. They killed 4 Veterans and
managed to destroy a Lascannon off the Vendetta (and stun it due to being
Thunderhammers). The Veterans broke and ran off the board.
In combat, the Furioso & Assault Marines both failed to
hurt the Changeling so Combat was once again drawn!
In their turn they had their second Vendetta with Veterans
Arrive, and they turned up near the beleaguered Leman Russ, as did their Blood
Letters, who misshaped and I got to place them where I wanted. This meant dropping
them exactly where the Daemon Prince and Daemonettes had died (right in range
of all my shooting!). The First Vendetta went flat out to get some chance of
surviving the following turn and to contest an objective.
Their Shooting resulted in no damage from the Vendetta, but
between First Rank Fire! Second Rank Fire! On the Veterans & Company
Command Squad I lost 9 out of 10 Warriors, fortunately the remaining warrior
passed his break check, and 4 more warriors got back up to help him out!
The combat between Changeling and the Furioso and Assault
Marines once again was drawn, with the Changeling now having survived 4 rounds
of combat with us.
Turn 4 came around and the Scarabs leapt towards the Leman
Russ, while the Ghost Ark Resurrected another 3 Warriors bring the Squad upto
8.
The 5 man Assault Marine Squad that had been hiding in ruins
most of the game jumped out and at the Veterans, while the Warriors remounted
the Ghost Ark.
The Terminators charged towards the Bastion intent on
finally killing it, while the Librarian detached to get in Range to Blood Lance
the Vendetta & Veterans, while the Immortals, Command Barge and Annhilation
Barge took aim on the Blood Letters. The Necron Lord also dismounted ready to
charge in and finish them off. The Stormraven
turned round to aim at the flat out Vendetta. The Ghost Ark Parked itself in front
of the Bastions only exit, to cause the company command squad a problem.
In the shooting phase I unleashed hell on the Blood Letters,
reducing them to 3 men. The Stormraven shot everything at the Vendetta,
immobilising and therefore destroying it. The Librarian’s Blood Lance took a
Lascannon off the other Vendetta, and the Ghost Ark prevented it from shooting.
The Necron warriors in the Ghost ark took aim on the Leman Russ again, hoping
to kill it so the Scarabs could charge into the Veterans with the Assault
Marines. However all they did was prevent it shooting.
In combat, the Terminators charged in and got 6 Penetrating
hits, and 1 Wrecked result. This forced the Gaurdsmen to Emergency disembark
(because of the Ghost Ark) effectively pinning them for next turn. The Scarabs
ate the Leman Russ, while the Assault Marines didn’t break the Veterans they
did lock them in place.
The Changeling yet again survived a round of combat with the
Dreadnought and Assault Marines! While the Necron Lord charged into the
Bloodletters, shackling one of them and holding them in place, although neither
they nor he were able to win combat!
In their Turn 4, the Stunned Vendetta moved flat out and
with everything else locked down or dead we moved straight to combat. The Blood
Letters and Lord duelled it out with the Lord winning and wiping them out,
while the Changeling finally died to the Furioso. The Veterans survived another
round of combat holding the Assault Marines in place.
Our Turn 5 rolled around and for the main our forces simply
consolidated their position. The Ghost Ark brought the Warriors back to full strength,
and they jumped out to shoot at the Vendetta, along with the rest of our army.
The Terminators charged in and wiped out the Company Command
Squad. And the Librarian Charged into the Veterans helping the Assault squad to
wipe them out as well. The Assault squad then did their best to get between the
Librarian and the Vendetta to provide him with a cover save.
When we rolled to see if the game continued, our opponents
got a 1 leaving us as the Victors!
Overall we lost only the Blood Angel Librarian with all or
other units surviving intact! Another great game where our opponents put up a
good fight.
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