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.

Toys for Tots Information.

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.