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3000 points of Squats (Thurgrimm 1.3 list) vs. Dark Eldar (Raiders 2.0 list).
Squats
Warriors + Grand Warlord + Rhinos
Warriors + Termites
Berserkers + 2 extra + Rhinos
1 x Overlord
1 x Overlord
Land Train Engine + 2 x Mortar cars + Living Ancestor
Iron Eagles + Iron Hawk
Thudd Guns
Mole Mortars
Bikes + 1 Trike
Thunderfire
Thunderfire
Dark Eldar
Incubi + Archon + Raiders
Ravagers
Warriors + Raiders
Reavers
Slavebringer
Wyches + beasties
Vessel of Pain
Vessel of Pain
Tormentor Titan
Mandrakes
Mandrakes
Game results: 3 / 0, victory to the Squats on turn 3.
Dark Eldar held two formations of Mandrakes off board. Squats had the Warriors in Termites showing up on Turn three about 25cm from the blitz and 20cm from another objective. My Thunderfires were set up as garrisons in the center of the board within 15cm of each other. Both were on overwatch.
Dark Eldar took Strategy rolls all three turns, but it didn't help them one iota. Cameron also deployed his Wyches improperly which made a mess of things, not the least of which was it screwed him royally.
Dark Eldar did their best to avoid the Thunderfires, an easy task being that the list only had one aircraft (Slavebringer). He brought it on empty which you are not supposed to do, but by then the board was set up and I let him roll with it. He used it to ground attack my mole mortars. One died. Oooooooh.
My Berserkers moved up into building cover on my left flank and enjoyed that 3 second respite. After that, Cameron made it his mission to destroy them. Nevermind that they already activated, were a 150 point formation, and had no ranged attacks. He moved in Warriors in Raiders to shoot at them. Then moved in Reavers, prepping for a turn 2 assault. In the mean time, I used the long range attacks of the Overlords to hammer away at a variety of targets.
The tormentor moved up and scored a critical on one of the Overlords, sending it 8cm north and blowing up nothing. Well, it blew up itself. (Sigh) I don't think I've played a game without one of these bad boys getting a crit. Anyway...
I moved the land train up and scored a 1 DC damage against him.
Mole Mortars score nicely against the Incubi in their Raiders. One Incubi dies and One Ravager dies. The Supreme Commander is now stuck in the back.
The Ravagers moved down and into position, firing on a double against my Berserkers. The Berserkers lived, but a few Rhinos out of cover died. The formation was on the verge of broken.
The Thudd Guns had the dubious honor of having everyone run away from them, so I marched them out of cover and behind a hill that was more central to the board. My hope was to hit something on turn 2.
Cameron then moved one of his precious VoPs down to ‘trigger’ by overwatches. Both formations of Thunderfires trigger and both score hits. It’s enough to break the darned thing. The second VoP moves down and wipes out my one Thunderfire formation.
I move my Warrior formation (BTS) to the center and fire at the VoP #2, breaking it.
The Wyches, on foot, move up.
Turn 2
Dark Eldar teleport in Mandrakes near the Mole Mortars. Not a bad move. But then he teleports in the 2nd set to fight against… The Berserkers? I don’t get this. They are neutered without transports. They have no ranged attacks. There are two formations on their doorstep, and yet he added a third. I tried discouraging him but he must have thought I was playing a Jedi mind trick because he ignored my advice.
My Iron Eagles take damage from the bomber but marshal and damage the Warrior formation.
The attack on the Mole Mortars go smashingly well and it breaks with 2 survivors. My right flank is empty. Of course, I am not worried because the only thing the Dark Eldar have there are a limping Incubi formation in the back and a Mandrake formation in the woods, but still in range of the Thudd guns.
I fire at the Tormentor titan and score another point of damage with my choo-choo. It now has 3 BMs and needs to activate. Best to fire with it, or assault with it, or at least marshal it. Instead… He assaults my Berserkers with his Reavers. This act was rewarded with his Reavers breaking when he rolled a 1 and 2 for his assault resolution dice. My Berserkers break too, but stay put.
I fire my remaining Overlord at the Tormentor and bring it down to 1 DC, also breaking it. This is the beginning of the end.
The Ravagers have an opportunity to perform some harassing fire on my Warriors or train, but instead they move up a single move and remain within 25cm of a lot of guns. It destroys my choo-choo but there won’t be a Ravager formation when I am done.
The remaining Thunderfire kills a Ravager. My Thudd Guns kill two more. My bikes sweep up and perform a clipping assault and the formation breaks, leaving nothing left after assault resolution.
Turn 3
Tunnelers pop up and pose a problem for the Dark Eldar. Nobody can do much except the Wyches who are close combat specialists. The problem is they can barely get an assault within range. Desperate, Cameron tries it anyway and breaks. My bikes move up to take the Dark Kin’s blitz. The Mandrakes can’t even do anything except hold an objective. My Thudd Guns move and break them on a direct fire. Weird that I haven’t fired these indirect the whole game.
Warriors try to take my blitz, but my Overlord breaks them and sends them packing. I also hold my own blitz with this move.
My warriors from the termites achieve take and hold.
The rest maneuver to defend the flag. I also got -> <- this close to taking BTS.
Defend the Flag
Take and Hold
Blitzkrieg
AAR
The Dark Eldar really messed up. This is an army that has to be played without error and he made at least four critical mistakes. It was difficult to judge the Squats performance on this game. The Overlords seem much more powerful with the ability to bear down on a target with 6xAP4+/AT4+. I am thinking that they may need a boost in price after all. They are at 225 and could stand to go to 250, Support Craft or not.
I was hoping to use the spotter rule, and probably would have had the Dark Eldar not committed suicide. But once again this rule was not implemented. If I can’t get some playtests recorded with it, I may end up just dropping the rule entirely. As much as I want it, why bother if I can’t get anything situation to actually play out using it?
_________________ author of Syncing Forward and other stories...It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I've got my Milkbone underwear on.
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