Had a game against Steve54 and his Tau last night, and amazingly, managed to take some pics!

his list (from memory)

Crisis suits - supreme commander
fire warriors - skyray, 10 fire warriors, 5 devilfish
fire warriors - skyray, 6 fire warriors, 3 devilfish
railheads - skyray
railheads - skyray
pathfinders
recons - 5 tetra, 1 pirhana
recons - 5 tetra, 1 pirhana
recons - 1 tetra, 5 pirhana
barracudas
orca
spaceship

my list

Tacticals - supreme commander, hunter
scouts - razorback
scouts
land speeders - tornados
vindicators (6)
vindicators (6)
fellblade
terminators - chaplain
thunderfires
hyperios
hyperios
storm talons

Turn 1


setup (note fellblade hiding in terrain, what with him being the only legit target of the tau pinpoints...)

IF win rolloff and fellblade doubles forward to pop the skyray in the BTS firewarriors....

it fails dangerous terrain test, then crits and explodes


recons call co-ordinated fire on land speeders...


...two die


scouts engage recons.... win by one, lose rolloff and break...


speeders marshall and move


third recon formation calls co-ordinated fire and attempts to hit vindicators, overwatching thunderfires kill three and break the formation, removing the markerlights


fire warriors are forced to move but not shoot


hyperios stall


something broke speeders who left themselves markerlit


vindicators double up and pop four stands of firewarriors (ignore cover FTW!)


HHeads double up and put a blast marker on them


scouts double up and ping fire warriors to break them, killing another stand


pathfinders double up and take a scout out


vindicators fail to kill anything


Hammerheads fire on markerlit vindicators, killing 4


tacs double and miss...


barracudas strafe them and miss...


stormtalons break recons

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Turn 2


Start of turn, terminators teleport in front of big fire warrior formation with 1 BM


IF win rolloff, tacs sustain on fire warriors and do a wee bit of damage, terminators retain and kill 5 stands, but lose 3 in return, termies win, but break


fire warriiors withdraw


speeder pops a devilfish


hammerheads destroy two vindicators


pathfinders sustain on tacticals and snipe the supreme commander


thunderfires blast some hammerheads


recons hit the tacticals


scouts engage and destroy pathfinders


fire warriors attempt to hit the scouts but most are out of range


storm talons CAP....


...and shoot down an orca full of crisis suits, thanks to the nearby hyperios for the extra crucial hit!

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Turn 3


start of turn


IF win initiative, vindies and scouts break fire warriors


storm talons hit broken BTS


barracuda kills lone speeder


vindicators wipe BTS out


recons move into my table half


hammerheads maul my BTS who break


thunderfires shoot at recons


scouts move up to screen blitz and miss recons completely

Turn 4


railheads break vindicators maybe?


end of game

just couldn't manage to convert the 1-0 into a victory thanks to steve playing a stellar defensive game, I also thought my scouts could march back to my blitz to claim DTF but they were 10cm out......

thoughts on the game, the hyperios are so much more useful at 45cm, in the last two games I've played they've been actively able to hit and damage aircraft.... thunderfire cannons are great but their speed lets them down, as I spent much of the game doubling, they didn't have the impact they have had in the past

storm talons are great, the 1+ int makes them super reliable, and they're as good as tbolts at intercepting, the fellblade exploded before it could do anything so yay.... and the big vindicator formations worked quite well again, they are harder to break and remain useful for longer, they definitely don't feel overpowered at 300 for 6

telelporting terminators.... although steve got 7 hits on them and I failed too many saves, they definitely feel quite weak, especially compared to when they come out of a thunderhawk, I think they are reasonably justified at 325 points, the loss of air-assault is a big reduction in their damage potential

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thanks for the report!

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Oh that poor poor fellblade

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yup, the driver was too preoccupied with avoiding getting the paintwork scratched that he failed to notice the deep hole in front of him...

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Damn unlucky with the fellblade. Great report and beautiful armies.

D.

Good rpt.

Gotta admit, after the first 2-3 activations of the game I thought the IF were in trouble...
Good work on pulling it around kyuss!

looks like it was a good fight, and 2 really nicely painted armies punching on is always nice to see

first turn first activation would have been heart breaking, i think i would have retained to weep manly tears

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*fellblade explodes*

"Ok I'm going to attempt to retain and cry"

*fails activation roll*

*tears well up, lip trembles*

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Two great looking armies.

I really like the Yellow on the Imp Fists.

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Good stuff Simon and Steve!

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Nice looking report guys, looking at the table I initially thought the IF would get owned as it look quite open, and the fists list is pretty short ranged. Still they slugged it out as IF do I suppose.

I guess the fellblade would have helped, but no arty or air-assault seems risky against fast moving skimmer armies.

Thanks again and pics look great.

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