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Happy Holidays to my readers and hopefully everyone has a good New Year's too. I have decided to start posting other topics besides Battle reports of mine and my brothers games. I thought I would share what my wish list was for the holiday and to mention that Games Workshop had a contest this year about sending them wish lists and possibly winning up to a $100 dollar item. Of course I didn't win but congratulations to those that did. So without further ado here it is:
- Codex: Chaos Deamons
- Warhammer 40,000 Expansion: Apocalypse
- Water Effects
- WH40K: Imperial Sector (a terrain piece)
- The Bloodthirster
- Chaos Space Marine Defiler
- Imperial Guard BaneBlade
- Tau XV8 Crisis Suit
- Tau XV88 Broadside Battlesuit
- Tau Fire Warrior Team
- Kroot Carnivore Squad
- Commander Shadowsun
- Tau Sky Ray Missile Defense Gunship
- The Balrog
- Eldar Harlequin Death Jester
- Eldar Harlequin Shadowseer
- Eldar Wave Serpent
- Chaos Deamons Skulltaker
Out of this list I received the Sky Ray and Commander Shadowsun. Awesome right and when I have finished painting I will post pictures. Until next time.
Seek and Destroy
Ok readers here is the last installment of our 2 on
2 battles. Unfortunately we probably will not be gaming again until
sometime after the New Year now because we want to bulk up our armies
and have a 1 on 1 tournament this time around. So without further ado
here is the play by play for this mission.
Turn 1-Space Marines and Eldar take the first turn as the SM heavy weapons squad kills 3 scarab bases.
Necrons
and Tyranids turn the Destroyers kill 3 Devastators and the Pariahs
wipe out the other 2. The monolith destroys a dreadnought.
Turn
2-On the SM and Eldar turn the Dark Reapers kill a genestealer and a
Gaunt. The space marines deep strike in the assault marines and they
kill an immortal. Then in the assault phase the Space Marines kill
another immortal.
Then the Necrons and Tyranids the Raveners
deepstrike in and so do the Flayed ones. The Tyranid warriors kill 2
Dire Avengers. In assault the genestealers kill 2 Dire Avengers and
they break, also the Raveners take out a Fire Dragon. The immortals
kill 2 assault marines and the assault marines in turn kill 2 immortals.
Turn
3-The SM and Eldar Snipers kill a genestealer and the Land Raider kills
a wraith. The Avatar kill a genestealer and the wraithlord kills 2
more. The Dark Reapers kill 2 Gaunts. In assault the Avatar kills 2
genestealers and the assault marines take out an immortal. Marneus
Calgar kills 2 Pariahs and the regular marines kill a flayed one.
Then
on the Necron and Tyranid turn a spore mine kills a Dire Avenger as
well as a Ranger. The Zoanthrope uses Warp blast to kill 4 Dire
Avengers and the Hormagaunts kill 3 Dark Reapers. The Raveners kill a
Fire Dragon and in turn the Dragons kill both of the Raveners. The
Avatar also kills 2 genestealers.
Turn 4-The SM and Eldar
Wraithlord, Vyper and Fire Dragons all kill a total of 12 Gaunts
together. The Harlequins kill all 3 Lictors and the Land Raider
destroys the Monolith. The Dark Reapers kill 4 Gaunts. Then in
assault phase the Striking Scorpions kill a Hormagaunt and so do the
Dark Reapers. The Avatar kills the Broodlord and Marneus kills 2
Wraiths. The assault marines also kill an immortal.
On the Necrons
and Tyranids turn the Nightbringer destroys the Rhino and the Tyranid
warriors kill 2 Harlequins. The Biovore kills a Dark Reaper and a
Harlequin with a spore mine. In assault phase the Avatar kills 2
genestealers and the Dark Reapers kill a Hormagaunt. The rest of the
immortals kill an assault marine.
Turn 5-On the SM and Eldar
turn the Swooping Hawks deepstrike in and then between them, the
Wraithlord and the Vyper they kill 6 Gaunts. The Wave Serpent kills
the Zoanthrope. In assault phase the Swooping Hawks kill the last
remaining Gaunts, the Avatar kills a hormagaunt and so does the Dark
Reapers. The Striking Scorpions also kill a Hormagaunt and the SM
Sergeant kills a Flayed One.
On the Necrons and Tyranid turn the
Warriors kill 3 Harlequins and the Biovore kills another one with a
spore mine. In assault the Carnifax kills 2 Swooping Hawks and the
Hive Tyrant kills 3 more. The Hormagaunts kill a Dark Reaper and a
Striking Scorpion. The Nightbringer kills 2 Veteran Marines and
Marneus kills 2 Necron Warriors.
Turn 6-The Space Marine and
Eldar Rangers kill a Biovore. In Assault the Harlequins kill a Tyranid
Warrior and the Avatar kills 2 Hormagaunts. The Striking Scorpions
also kill a Hormagaunt but then the Hormagaunts kill 3 on the
Scorpions. The Space Marines kill a Flayed One.
Then finally on the
Necrons and Tyranids turn they go right into assault as the Tyranid
Warriors kill a Harlequin and the Hive Tyrant kills a Swooping Hawk.
The Wraithlord in turn kills the Hive Tyrant and the Hormagaunts kill a
Scorpion as well as a Hawk. Then of course the Scorpions kill 5
Hormagaunts.
Conclusion-Since it was a Seek and destroy mission
and by the time the end of the game there were still miniatures on the
table we had to go by victory points.
SM and Eldar take 2191 pts
Nids and Necrons take 1826pts
Turn 1: The Necrons and the Tyranids turn goes uneventful.
The Eldar and Space Marines turn I park my Wave Serpent next to the objective (that Bunker in the picture above) and unload my Dire Avengers. The SM Razorback takes out 6 gaunts.
Turn 2: The Necrons and Tyranids attack and the Monolith kills a Fire Dragon and the Nightbringer takes out a Dire Avenger.
In the Eldar and SM turn my Dark Reapers take out 3 scarab bases while the SM Devestators, Dreadnought and Razorback all take out 12 Gaunts. The Veteran squad takes out a Genestealer.
Turn 3: The Necrons and Tyranids attack and the Destroyers take out the Vyper and the Hive Tyrant kills a SM Devestator. In assualt the Flayed ones (who deepstriked early I just forgot to mention it) take out 3 Dire Avengers. The Lictor kills a SM and Marneus kills a Genestealer.
The Eldar and SM turn my Fire Dragon Exarch takes out a Pariah and the SM Dreadnoughts take out 8 Genestealers. In assault the Harlequin Troupe Master and the Striking Scorpions Exarch each kill a Flayed One and the SM Dreadnought kills a Lictor.
Turn 4: The Necrons and Tyranids turn the Monolith kills 3 Dire Avengers and the Immortals take out a Fire Dragon. In assault the Wraiths kill 7 Harlequins.
In the Eldar and SM turn my Pathfinders take out 2 Scarab bases. The SM Dreadnought takes out the Carnifax, the Land Raider takes out the Hive Tyrant and the Land Speeders take out a full squad of Tyranid Warriors (3).
Turn 5: In the Necrons and Tyranids turn the Destroyers wipe out the Wave Serpent. A spore mine kills a Veteran Marine and the Immortals take out the Wraithlord. In assault the Nightbringer takes out the Striking Scorpions Exarch and the Lictor kills a space marine.
Then in the Eldar and SM turn the Razorback kills a Biovore and the Assault Marines shoot down 6 Hormagaunts. In assault the Nightbringer kills a Striking Scorpion and a Wraith kills a Harlequin. The space marines take out another Lictor.
Turn 6: The Necrons and the Tyranids Heavy Destroyers take out 2 Dire Avengers. In assault the Nightbringer kills 2 Striking Scorpions and the Immortals kill a Swooping Hawk.
On the Eldar and SM turn we decided to end it because we wouldn't have been able to take out the troops they had near the bunker so we called it a tie because we also had troops near the bunker.
So the final verdict was that we called a tie and set up the tie breaker for next week at another Seek and Destroy! Wish me luck.
Turn 1: For the Space Marines and Eldar turn the Vyper takes out 2 genestealers and the Whirlwind takes out 8 more.
Then for the Necrons and Tyranids nothing special happens.
Turn 2: Space Marines and Eldar; the land speeders deep strike in and the Dark Reapers take out 5 genestealers. The Wraithlord also takes out a genestealer. The Land raider kills 4 Gaunts and Marneus kills 2 more. The heavy weapons marines squad kills 2 Necron Warriors and the Whirlwind takes out 8 gaunts as well.
Then for the Necrons and Tyranids; the immortals kill 4 marines and the heavy destroyers take out a land speeder.
Turn 3: The SM and Eldar; the Wraithlord and the Dark Reapers kill 4 genestealers and the path finders kill 3 hormagaunts. The assault marines destroy the Monolith. In the assault phase the flayed ones kill 2 Fire Dragons.
In the Nids and Necrons turns the Necron lord fires the Solar pulse to shed some light into the night and the Raveners deepstrike in. In assault the Raveners kill 4 Harlequins and manage to over take the rest after they fail thier leadership test. The hormagaunts kill 3 Swooping Hawks and so does the Hive Tyrant.
Turn 4: The Dark Reapers kill 2 genestealers and the Vyper kills the Broodlord. Then in assault the Hive Tyrant kills 2 swooping hawks and so does the hormagaunts. Marneus kills 3 gaunts.
In the Nids and Necrons turns the heavy destroyers take out the Dreadnought and the Zoanthrope kills a Dark reaper. Then in assault the Lictor kills a Dire Avenger and the Flayed Ones kill a fire dragon. Marneus kills 2 gaunts and the Wraiths kill a swooping hawk.
Turn 5: The space marines and eldar decide to go right into assault phase where the Avatar takes out the Lictor and the Wraithlord takes out the Zoanthrope. Marneus takes out the Tyranid warriors.
Then the Tyranids and the Necrons also go right into assault as the Hive Tyrant kills a swooping hawk and the fire dragons kill the last flayed one.
Turn 6: We decided to end it early because this last turn wouldn't have really made a difference and it would have ended up a tie either which way.
So the final score would be that neither team won and the game ended in a tie. Well until next time.
I know it's been awhile but we were finally able to get together after a very crazy summer at my job to game. Since this mission used both types (alpha and omega) we rolled to see if we also got the from dusk till dawn scenario. So here goes, it was an interesting battle.
Turn 1: The Necrons and the Tyranids take the first turn. The only thing they did was that the Carnifax killed a Striking Scorpion.
The Space Marines and Eldar turn the Wave Serpent and the Dark Reapers kill 4 Termagants (or Gaunts). The Space Marines Dreadnought kills a Genestealer and the Land Raider kills a Scarab base.
Turn 2: The Necrons and the Nids have an uneventful turn.
The SM and the Eldar and the Assault marines deepstrike in while the Dark Reapers kill 7 Gaunts and so does the Whirlwind tank. the Dreadnoughts kill 4 genestealers. In assault Marneus Calgar kills a Tyranid Warrior then that Warrior kills one of his bodyguards.
Turn 3: The Flayed ones and a Lictor deepstrike in. The Monolith annihilates a Vyper and kills a Hormagaunt, and a Lictor in the explosion. Then in assault the Flayed ones kill 2 Reapers. The Hormagaunts kill 3 Scorpions.
The Land speeders deepstrikes in and so do the Swooping Hawks. The Wraithlord and the Fire Dragons kill 4 Immortals, the heavy space marines kill 3 Necron warriors, the land raider kills 2 heavy destroyers and the Land Speeders take out a Biovore. In assault the Hawks and Scorpions kill 6 Hormagaunts and the Flayed ones kill 2 Reapers.
The Tactical squad kills 6 Termagants and then in assault the Avatar kills a Termagant and the Wraithlord kills an Immortal. The Scorpions kill another Hormagaunt and the assault marines kill the Carnifax.
Turn 5: Once again the Tyranids and the Necrons decide to opt to go right into assault phase and the Avatar ends up killing the last Termagant while the Scorpions kill another Hormagaunt.
The Tactical squad kills 3 Necron Warriors, the Whirlwind also kills 1 and the Fire Dragons immobolize the Monolith. The Rangers kill a Biovore and then in assault the Dreadnought destroys the Monolith. The Raveners kill a Scorpion.
Turn 6: Straight into assault again the Scorpions kill the rest of the Hormagaunts and the Lictor kills 2 Dragons.
The Land Speeders kill 2 Frag spore mines. The Dreadnought kills a Lictor and the other Dreadnought kills a Necron Warrior. Then in assault the Lictor kills a Dragon, the Wraiths kill a Hawk then the Hawks kill a Pariah. Marneus kills all 3 Wraiths and Nightbringer kills the Wraithlord.
The Final results were that since it was sort of like the objective in the Meat Grinder mission which was total annihilation it turned out that we, I mean the Space Marines and the Eldar win this mission. Until next time.
We decided to start a Campaign. I haven't named it yet but we played a Meat Grinder mission with the Necrons and the Tyranids versus the Eldar and the Space Marines. It was a 2000 point game per person. The game is set at lasting for 5 turns.
Turn 1: The Eldar and the Space Marines go first. The Dark Reapers kill 5 genestealers and 2 immortals and the Pathfinders kill 2 Destroyers.
On the Necrons and Tyranids turn the Monolith kills 5 Fire Dragons and the heavy destroyers destroy the wave serpent.
In the Necrons and Nids turn the Necron warriors take out the Vyper. The monolith wipes out the rest of the Dragons. In assault the Wraiths kill 4 scorpions, the Tyranid warriors kill 2 veterans and the veterans in turn kill a genestealer. The Carnifax destroys a speeder, the raveners kill a tactical marine and the genestealers take out 2 Avengers and force the rest to break and then they are overtaken. The Lictors take out a Swooping Hawk.
In the Necrons and the Nids turn the Necron warriors kill a tactical marine. The Tyranids don't really do anything special besides to shoot spore mines. Then in assault the SM commander kills a Zoanthrope, the Broodlord takes out a Veteran and so do the Tyranid Warriors. The Scorpions kill the last of the Termagants and the Hormagaunts kill 4 Avengers.
In the Necrons and Nids turns the Monolith takes out a Reaper. Then in the assault phase the Nightbringer takes out the Avatar, Marnius takes out the Hive Tyrant and 3 Termagants as well. The Wraithlord takes out a Hormagaunt.
Turn 5: The Land Raider finally destroys the Monolith and the Eldars turn goes uneventful. Moving into assault the Lictor's kill an assault marine and the Wraithlord takes out 2 more Hormagaunts.
In the Necrons and the Nids turn the Heavy destroyers take out a dark reaper and so do the Immortals then in assault the Wraithlord finally takes out the last of the Hormagaunts.
In conclusion, the Eldar and the Space Marines fail to complete the objective being to wipe out the defenders.
I decided that a 4 way cleanse mission would be a good idea with Omega rules. Well I was right except that it was crazy! It was the Necrons vs. the Tyranids vs. The Eldar vs. The Ultramarines. The total points were 1300 points each. I can't do a full battle report on this game because of all the craziness but I have plenty of pictures! The final results of the battle, however, was that no one accomplished the main objective which of course was to occupy quarters. So in the end we occupied our own quarters and had to go by victory points.
The Space Marines came out on top with a stunning 1534 points, in second we had the Necrons with 422 points, then in third was the Tyranids with 421 points and in last place was the Eldar with 253 points. Following the battle we decided to start a Campaign (I will think of a name later). We each picked our own missions depending on our winnings so the tree will go like this: Meat Grinder, Seek & Destroy, Night Fight, Take and Hold. That's all I have for now. Enjoy the pictures.
At the rate I get to game lately I will take any opportunity to do so and I have with this 2 on 2 again. This time though we played a 2600 point game (that’s 1300 points each) and the mission was a Seek and Destroy! Personally I wish there were more missions that take multiple fighters into account.
Let the carnage begin!
Turn 1: The Tyranids and the Necrons get to go first but their turn was uneventful (unless you count moving around).
The Eldar (that’s me this time) and the Marines go with the Land Raider taking out the Destroyer squad. The Heavy Weapons team takes out a genestealer.
Turn 2: The Nighbringer takes out the Vyper in their turn and that is it.
In the Eldar and SM turn the swooping hawks and the assault marines deepstrike in. The assault marines kill a biovore and the Hawks kill 4 genestealers. The dreadnoughts take out 5 scarab bases, and the Avatar kills the Wraith with the wailing doom. Then the Librarian uses a psychic power and kills a genestealer.
Turn 3: The Nids and the Necrons deepstrike their Flayed ones and the Raveners to go into assault in which the genestealers make the Hawks break after killing 2 of them (one of which was the Exarch). The flayed ones kill 2 marines.
Eldar & SM’s turn in which the Land speeders deepstrike in and the Wave Serpent kills the Nids Warrior squad. In our assault phase the Avatar kills 2 genestealers, the veterans kill 4 flayed ones and the command squad takes out 2 genestealers.
Turn 4: The Nids & Necron’s go right into assault in which the Raveners kill the Wraithlord.
Eldar & SM’s also go right into assault in which the Avatar kills another genestealer and the Veteran’s wipe out the remaining flayed ones.
Turn 5: The Necron warriors take out an Avenger and the Immortals kill a Hawk. In their assault phase the Avatar kills another genestealer, the Raveners kill 2 Avengers and the SM command squad kills the broodlord.
For the Eldar & SM turn the Land Raider kills the Nightbringer and then we enter assault. The Raveners take out an Avenger and then the Avengers kill both of the Raveners.
Turn 6: Last Turn in which the Nids and Necrons have chosen to just enter into the assault phase. The Necron Warriors kill 2 more Hawks, the Hive Tyrant kills 2 Avengers and the Avatar kills yet another genestealer.
Eldar & SM’s the Rangers kill a Necron warrior and so does the Avengers. We enter into assault and the Avatar kills another genestealer, the Hive Tyrant takes out another Dire Avenger and the assault marines wipe out a Necron warrior squad.
Results: The Eldar and the Space Marines are victorious. Not much left on the Necron and Tyranid side.
