I believe this was a 1500 point game with myself playing the unstoppable orks surging forward to overwhelm the pitiful humans who stood in our way.
Since this was a breakthrough scenario, I wanted hard-hitting formations that could take a punch and keep slogging forward. No speed, no trickery and no subtlety. I picked a unit of boarboyz, a unit of foot-slogging Snakebites backed by grots, Stompas and Squiggots, a unit of BloodAxes filled with plenty of long-range fire power and a commanding general.
The Imperial Fists player took specialty formations- a unit of assault troops and units of tactical troops backed by Whirlwinds. As the defender, he lined his side with razor wire (the unpainted popsicle sticks with posts in them and trenches (the unpainted black thing) while using his option to hide to great effectiveness.
I took a gargant, a unit of boarboyz,
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File comment: Orks moving forward, turn one
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File comment: The board from the orks side.
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File comment: My Boarboyz moving up on my right
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File comment: The Imperial Fists reveal their center- Tactical troops with Whirlwinds. I had not expected him to have any artillery and bunched up to help him kill as many boyz as possible.
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File comment: His assault troops revealed their hiding place in one of the bocages and leapt to assault my boarboyz after the Whirlwinds pounded them. The orks won, but at a cost and drove the assault troops back.
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