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

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)

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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.

40K: Titan Tournament Qualifier Round 1 Recap

This past Saturday was the first of  the four rounds for the Ogre's Titan Tournament coming up in February.

It was a 1500 pt tournament and around 20 people showed up which was good, because they only had 10 tables. There was a large amount of Daemon and Tau players of course, with a surprising lack of Eldar.

My List:

Fateweaver

Keeper of Secrets - Mastery Level 3, Greater Reward, Greater Reward, Lesser Reward

13 Pink Horrors - Iridescent Horror Upgrade

13 Pink Horrors - Iridescent Horror Upgrade

Slaanesh Daemon Prince - Mastery Level 3, Wings, Armor, Lash of Despair, Exalted Reward

Slaanesh Daemon Prince - Mastery Level 3, Wings, Armor, Lash of Despair, Exalted Reward

40K Dual Battle Report: White Scars vs Tau/Eldar

The other night I met up with Capnmoe for a late night game to test out some stuff we both had.

I wanted to try out some bikes. I've never liked bikes, just not my thing, but with the new Space Marine codex being what it is, I figured if I wanted to play them competitively, I would need to pick some up and learn how to use them properly.

Capnmoe wanted to test out a small point Tau/Eldar Army.

There is a large 1500 point tourney coming up and we both wanted to get some practice in running low point lists, considering that all we have played for the last 2 years or so has been 1850+ point lists.

Anyways, enough back story, here's how shit went down.

My List:
Khan - Moondraken
5 Bikers - Graviton-gun, Graviton-gun, Sgt. with a Power Fist
5 Man Tactical Squad - Graviton-Gun, Sgt. with a Power Fist in a Razorback
5 Man Tactical Squad - Graviton-Gun, Sgt. with a Power Fist in a Razorback
5 Terminators - All Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield in a Land Raider Crusader with Multi-Melta.
Land Raider - Multi-Melta
Predator - Autocannon with Lascannon Sponsons.
Predator - Autocannon with Lascannon Sponsons.

Small, redundant forces.
I figured he would have at least 3-4 Monstrous Creatures so personally I was just trying to build a list to piss in his cereal...and I haven't played my Marines in awhile.
I knew going in that I had little chance to win, but if I could piss him off then mission accomplished.

Capnmoe's List:
Commander: Command and Control Node, Multi-Spectrum Suite, Puretide Engram Neurochip.
7 Firewarriors
7 Firewarriors
10 Kroot
Riptide - Twin-linked Fusion, Ion Accelerator, Early Warning Override
Riptide - Twin-linked Fusion, Ion Accelerator, Early Warning Override
Riptide - Twin-linked Fusion, Ion Accelerator, Early Warning Override
3 Broadsides - High Yield Missile Systems, 6 Missile Drones
Farseer - Singing Spear, Jetbike, Mastery Level 3
3 Guardian Jetbikes - Shuriken Cannon
3 Guardian Jetbikes - Shuriken Cannon
Aegis Defense Line + Quad Cannon

Basically just an ass load of shooting.

The Farseer powers were Prescience, Guide and Foreboding. 

Mission was Crusade with 3 objectives.
Deployment was Hammer and Anvil
Nightfight was in affect.
He won the roll to deploy and chose to go first.

40k Battle Report: Eldar/Tau Vs. Imperial Guard/Space Wolves

Two headed giant league has started at the FLGS. You can either run a team of players using 1k points each or run two 1k point armies together as a single person. Makers wasn't able to get to the store this week so I ran two 1k armies myself. I ended up getting paired against Sqouze and CJ with their Imperial Guard/Space Wolf combo.

Deployment: Dawn of War

Mission: Big Guns Never Tire

My List (Eldar/Tau):

HQ
Farseer (Warlord - Warlord is a scoring unit) (Guide, Fortune, Puppet Master)

• Jetbike
• Shard of Anaris
• Singing Spear

Farseer (Prescience, Misfortune, Terrify)

• Jetbike
• Singing Spear

6x Warlock Seer Council (Conceal/Reveal, Embolden/Horrify, 3x Protect/Jinx, Empower/Enervate)

• 6x Jetbikes

Tau Commander (Warlord - Princeps of Deceit)

• Command and Control Node
• Puretide Engram Neurochip
• Multi-Spectrum Sensor Suite 

Elites
Stealth Suit Team

• 2x Fusion Blasters

Riptide

• Twin-Linked Fusion Gun
• Ion Accelerator
• Early Warning Override

Troops
9x Dire Avengers

3x Guardians Jetbikes

• Shuriken Cannon

6x Fire Warriors

10x Kroot

Heavy Support
Wraithknight
3x Broadsides

• 3x Twin-Linked SMS
• 3x High-Yield Missile Pods
• 6x Missile Drones

Fortification
Aegis Defense Line

• Twin-Linked Quad Gun

Opponents List as Best I Can Recall (IG/SW):

HQ
Logan Grimnar (Warlord)
Commissar (Warlord)
Company Command Squad

• 4x Grenade Launchers

Troops 

10x Veterans

Platoon Command Squad
20x Infantry Blob
8x Wolf Guard

• 2x Combi-Melta
• Drop Pod

7x Terminator Wolf Guard

• Landraider Crusader
• Assault Cannon/Power Fist
• 2x Frost Axe/Storm Shield
• 2x Thunder Hammer/Storm Bolter
• Sword/Storm Shield
• Power Fist/Storm Bolter

Fast Attack
Vendetta
Vendetta
Heavy Support
Leman Russ Battle Tank
Leman Russ Battle Tank
Leman Russ Battle Tank

40k: Iridescent Horror

Just a quick update, as I have been extremely busy prepping for the Titan Tournament coming up next weekend.

I have noticed lately that a lot of people are running small units of Horrors, and even blobs of them, without using the Iridescent Horror upgrade.

This is a huge mistake.

Don't forget that this upgrade makes him a character. So for only a 5 point upgrade, all of your Flickering Fire shots become precision shots.

Also remember that only one model needs to be alive to fire, leave a few of them out in the open with line of sight to a few targets, and get the rest of those guys behind some line of sight blocking terrain.

If they start taking fire, go to ground! You can still cast powers while on the ground, although they are snap shots...which only hit on 6's...so therefore are also precision shots from the Iridescent Horror!

40k Battle Report: Eldar/Tau Vs. Chaos Space Marines

As open play at my FLGS comes to a close, I think I've finally got a good handle on the new Eldar and Tau codexes. I'm really enjoying the parings and combos I can make with both books, especially when allied with each other or Grey Knights. Last week I got to play a game against my good buddy Sqouze. He's a great dude and one of the best modelers I've ever met. Be sure to swing by /r/Warhammer on Reddit and take a look at some of his work.

Deployment: Vanguard Strike

Mission: The Relic

My List (Eldar/Tau):

HQ
Farseer (Warlord - Warlord is a scoring unit) (Guide, Executioner, Doom)

• Jetbike
• Singing Spear

Farseer (Fortune, Prescience, Dominate)

• Jetbike
• Singing Spear

6x Warlock Seer Council (2x Conceal/Reveal, Embolden/Horrify, Protect/Jinx, 2x Quicken Restrain

• 6x Jetbikes

Tau Commander

• Command and Control Node
• Puretide Engram Neurochip
• Multi-Spectrum Sensor Suite 
• Missile Pod

Elites
Riptide

• Twin-Linked Fusion Gun
• Ion Accelerator
• Early Warning Override

Troops
10x Dire Avengers

• Exarch with Twin-Linked Shuriken Catapults

3x Guardians Jetbikes

• Shuriken Cannon

10x Fire Warriors

• Sahs'ui

10x Fire Warriors

• Sahs'ui

Fast Attack
5x Warp Spiders

Heavy Support
Wraithknight
3x Broadsides

• 3x Twin-Linked SMS
• 3x High-Yield Missile Pods
• 6x Missile Drones

Fortification
Aegis Defense Line

• Twin-Linked Quad Gun

Opponents List as Best I Can Recall (Chaos Space Marines):

HQ
Chaos Lord (Warlord - 2 units out flanking)

• Mark of Nurgle
• Bike
• Power Claw

Chaos Lord

• Mark of Khorne
• Power Axe
• Aura of Dark Glory

Troops 

10x Cultists

10x Cultists
9x Khorne Berzerkers
10x Khorne Berzerkers


Fast Attack
10x Chaos Bikers

• 2x Plasma Guns

Heldrake

• Bale Flamer

Heldrake

• Bale Flamer

Heavy Support

Landraider

• Dirge Caster

Landraider

• Dirge Caster

2x Obliterators

• Mark of Nurgle

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