A game from this past Sunday against CaptPiett's Tau:

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Start of Game


Start of Game


Barracuda's go on CAP.


Long Fangs double up and take out a Pathfinder.


Recon skimmers lay a BM on them.


The other Long Fangs double and take out two skimmers.


The Pathfinders marshal.


The THawk comes in and the Grey Hunters engage.


The recon skimmers are wiped out.


Fire Warriors fail and regroup.


Grey Hunters double up.


Recon skimmers take out a Rhino.


The SC doubles up.


Tigersharks take out the THawk.


Sky Claws double.


Fire Warriors double and take three out.


Grey Hunters double.


Crisis double and lay a BM on the Grey Hunters on the right flank.


The Orca lands and vaporizes a chunk of Grey Hunters on the left flank.

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Stealth Suits teleport in with 4 BMs.


Scouts teleport in.


Turn 2


Turn 2


Grey Hunters engage the Stealth Suits.


Three get away for a Marine. Long Fangs retain and sustain on the Crisis, they break with the crossfire from the Scouts.


Crisis and Fire Warriors on the left flank finish off the Grey Hunters and Sky Claws.


Scouts advance on the Recon unit and lay a BM.


The SC retains and engages, two go down.


The rest are wiped out.


Pathfiners lay a BM on the Grey Hunters.


The Long Fangs double and lay a BM on them. The Grey Hunters retain and engage, wiping them out for a Marine.


Tigersharks come in and lay a BM on the SC. A Hunter shoots one out of the sky.


The Orca comes in, taking a hit. The Crisis think better of embarking on it.


The Fire Warriors fail and regroup.

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Scouts teleport in.


Turn 3


Turn 3


Long Fangs advance on the BTS, taking out three vehicles in a crossfire. The Grey Hunters retain and engage to break it.


The Fire Warriors on the blitz finally decide to join the battle. They double and take out a whole lot in the SC's formation.


Crisis suits double.


Scouts fail and regroup.


Crisis double on the Long fangs, taking out a Rhino.


Grey Hunters double.


The Orca stands down.


At this point, the Marines coule have grabbed the Blitz for T&H and Blitz. End of Game

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Turn 3 win for the Wolves with Blitz and T&H.

The Grey Hunters are expensive at 300 points for Tacs with a character and without missile launchers. The codex formation would be 325 points. Six missile launcher shots are worth more than 25 points, I'd say 50 or 75 points.

Scouts were great for a crossfire but that's about it. I'm fine tossing a 150 point formation out to die in the codex list, but think better of it when they're 225 points for identical stats.

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Thanks for the photos and report!

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Thanks for the report!
And you are probably right on both points, especially with the Scout

I know this is only one game, but you basically spammed the two units you think is "over costed" and still managed to win. That isn't bad

Identical stats? Doesn't wolf scouts have teleport also?

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True, but would you pay 75 points for the ability (on this kind of unit)?
Teleporting also mean you leave the rhinos and other support at home, that said I would have put the price tag at 25-50 points. Probably 50 since they are very good for crossfire with their high strategy rating...

Nice report, good looking table surface to, what is that?

Some sort of mousepad material mat. Frontline maybe?

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Yup, Frontline FAT mat. Got the same one. Real nice piece of work.

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Besides getting my ass handed to me yet again, there doesn't seem to be many issues with the list. I'd echo Dave's and Gunslinger's concern about the cost of the core formation - seems out of whack to me. The only other issue is that while the termies don't teleport, you gain a cheaper formation that can, which allows the SW player to 'win' the teleport position jockeying by easily fitting more than 1 teleport fm into his list. This gets me a little concerned about spamming teleporters. Not a big concern but there nonetheless.

the highlight of the game for me was the mat - the rest sucked donkey balls, frankly. The LGS went all-out and put them on almost all of the tables. They're top-notch. If only they had spent a little more on the new bar stool chairs; those things have all the structural integrity of... [metaphor failure] something with really poor structural integrity.

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