Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Tau for Tots!


First off, want to apologize for the lack of posting recently. I haven't had much personal time lately, let alone time to play any 40k.

Any free time I do have has been spent on either Hearthstone or the occasional LoL game.

However, on December 7th a local group called Gateway Gamers are hosting a 1000 point Toys for Tots tournament and I'm free that day! So game on! And its for a good cause, so double bonus.


Friday, November 15, 2013

40k Battle Report: Chaos Space Marines/Daemons Vs. Black Templars/Dark Angels


Two headed giant league has come to an end at the FLGS. I could only make it to 2 of the 5 games but I won both of the games I played pretty soundly. Time to give the Eldar/Tau a break as we move to open play for the next few weeks. I decided to delve into my roots and go back to playing the army that I started 40k with, Chaos Space Marines. I also managed to put together a pretty nice Daemons army while in the Fantasy League a while back, so I wanted to be sure to run them as allies.

Deployment: Hammer and Anvil
Mission: Purge the Alien


My List (Chaos Space Marines/Daemons):

HQ
Daemon Prince (Warlord - Master of Defence) (Enfeeble, Life Leech, Doom Bolt)
  • Daemon of Tzeentch 
  • Flight
  • Armor
  • Psyker Level 3
  • Spell Familiar
Daemon Prince (Endurance, Warp Speed, Doom Bolt)
  • Daemon of Tzeentch 
  • Flight
  • Armor
  • Psyker Level 3
  • Spell Familiar
Keeper of Secrest (Psychic Shriek, Puppet Master, Hallucination)
  • Psyker Level 3
  • Greater Reward (18" S8 AP1 Assault 1, Lance)
  • Greater Reward (3+ Armor)
Troops
10x Pink Horrors
10x Pink Horrors
6x Chaos Space Marines
  • Plasma Gun
6x Chaos Space Marines
  • Melta Gun
Fast Attack
Heldrake
Heldrake
Heavy Support
Soul Grinder
  • Mark of Slaanesh
  • Baleful Torrent
3x Obliterators
  • Mark of Nurgle

Opponents List (Black Templars/Dark Angels):

HQ
Chapter Master
  • Artificer Armor
  • Thunder Hammer
  • Shield Eternal
  • Bike
Librarian (Prescience, Foreboding)
  • Mastery Level 2
  • Power Field
  • Force Axe
  • Bike
5x Raven Wing Command Squad
  • Apothecary
  • Champion
  • Raven Wing Grenade Launcher
Troops 
16x Crusader Squad
  • 10x Initiates
  • 6x Neophytes
  • Flamer
  • Power Axe
  • 14x Close Combat Weapons
  • Sword Brother with Combi-Flamer and Power Axe
12x Crusader Squad
  • 10x Initiates
  • 2x Neophytes
  • Melta Gun
  • Power Axe
  • 10x Close Combat Weapons
  • Sword Brother with Combi-Melta, Power Axe
10x Tactical Squad
  • Plasma Gun
  • Plasma Cannon
  • Rhino
5x Scouts
  • Camo Cloaks
  • Sniper Rifles
Fast Attack
Storm Talon
  • Skyhammer Missiles
Heavy Support
Stormraven
  • Hurricane Bolters
  • Twin-Linked Lascannons
  • Twin-Linked Multimelta


Monday, November 4, 2013

40k Battle Report: Farsight Enclave/Ultramarines vs Iyaden Eldar/Dark Eldar




A few weeks back I finally had the chance to run my Farsight/Ultramarines list at the LGS.
I was pretty excited to finally get my Tau on the table and try out some Ultramarine goodness...until I saw my opponent who was "Randomly" assigned.

My List:
Farsight(Warlord)
3 Crisis Suits - Twinlinked Missile Pods, Plasma Rifles, 6 Gun Drones, Bonding Knives
10 Firewarriors - Shas'Ui, Bonding Knives
7 Pathfinders - Shas'Ui, Bonding Knives
Riptide - Earth Caste Pilot Array, Ion Accelerator, SMS, Early Warning Override
Riptide - Stimulant Injector, Ion Accelerator, SMS, Early Warning Override
Riptide - Stimulant Injector, Ion Accelerator, SMS, Early Warning Override
Tigurius - (Forewarning, Prescience, Perfect Timing)
5 Man Tactical Squad - Graviton Gun, Razorback - Lascannon
5 Man Tactical Squad - Graviton Gun, Razorback - Lascannon
5 Man Devastator Squad - 4 Missile Launchers
Aegis Defense Line with a Quad Cannon

His List: (Best I can remember)
Farseer (Warlord)
Avatar
10 Guardians - Heavy Weapon Platform, Shuriken Cannon
3 Guardians Jetbikes
Wraithknight - Two Heavy Wraithcannons
Wraithknight - Two Heavy Wraithcannons
Wraithknight - Two Heavy Wraithcannons
Crimson Hunter
Haemonculus
3 Dark Eldar Reavers
5 Warriors - Venom
5 Warriors - Venom
4 Wracks - Venom
Razorwing Jetfighter

Vanguard Deployment, Mission was Crusade with 2 objectives each.

He has 2 objectives in his deployment, one in the ruin on the left, and one behind the ruin on his side in the  middle.

I have one objective behind the building on the far right, and one behind my lines.

He had 1st turn, no night fight.