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Ulthwe -
2x Guardian Warhosts, Seer Council and 3 HWPs on one, 1 HWP on the other
1 Vampire Raider (weaker Guardians inside)
2 Night Spinner Troupes
2 Fire Prism Troupes
1 Falcon Troupe, 2 Firestorms
2 Revenants
Steel Legion -
SC formation
Mech formation
Mech formation w/ 4 2x Autocannon guys
2 Hydra formations
3 3-strong Manticore formations
2 Deathstrikes
Eldar deployed in two concentrations (where the forests were), fairly spread out to avoid Manticore fire. Guard shoved almost everything into a corner (roughly behind a forest).
Turn 1 - Strategy: Ulthwe
Falcons double forwards to land in the big forest that the Guard are cowering behind, killing a Deathstrike and breaking the formation on the way in. One of them hits a tree and dies. Some Prisms along the board edge, taking advantage of the SC reroll, took potshots at some Manticores in the corner - no casualties. They then moved behind a hill halfway up the board. The Night Spinners in that corner then failed initiative, and decided to regroup (they were still intermingled with some Guardians, but other than that, this corner was clear of Eldar stuff). The Guard Manticore response broke the Night Spinners (killing one), killed a Guardian, while the next set of Manticores put 2 BMs on the Revenants and broke the other Night Spinner troupe (these, along with the other Prisms, were in the middle of the Eldar deployment zone), killling one again. The Vampire came in and broke some Manticores, killing one. One mech formation ran up behind the Falcons and unloaded, killing 2 and breaking them - they ran back behind the Prisms. The prisms were shot at by another doubling mech company, killing one and breaking them. The unbroken group of Prisms (the one in the middle) failed initiative and moved forward. The last group of Manticores put another BM on the Revenants. They then regrouped and moved forwards. The last mech formation failed initiative and moved a bit to its right, and the Guardians decided to move slightly so as to get as far into their forest as possible. Unfortunately, my memory is starts to fail me at this point, but most of the Eldar stuff failed to rally, as did most of the Guard artillery.
Turn 2 - Strategy: Ulthwe
Night Spinners fired on one of the tightly packed mech formations, putting 4 BMs on it and killing 2 of the 2x Autocannon units. The Vampire then came on and broke the only Manticore formation that rallied (leaving just one unbroken - the one that the Prisms failed to injure). A mech formation ran forwards and shot up the Guardians, killing two. A single Revenant (they failed their 1+ rally roll) fired at them, killing one. Hydras swooped around the other side of the forest, taking down the last of the Guardians. The next mech formation came in and dropped a Prism from the 2-strong Prism unit, breaking it. The 3-strong Prism group shot up the broken Deathstrike, eliminating it. The last mech group did little. Lots of stuff rallied, excepting one Manticore formation and a few of the broken Eldar things.
Turn 3 - Strategy: Ulthwe
The Vampire came in and promptly disgorged Guardians, shooting at and breaking the Manticores in the corner while it did so (we think this was legal). The Guardians retained and assaulted another nearby group of Manticores, wiping them out. The Revenants (who now only had 1 BM) retained and sustained on the nearby mech formation, wiping out 10 models and breaking them. The Guard used their next two activations to break every unactivated Eldar formation. They moved out so as to claim several objectives, but ended up not pulling out a win thanks to the Guardians deep behind their lines, though not for lack of trying. Hydras and the largest mech formation had moved over and fired on them.
Turn 4 - Strategy: Ulthwe
The Avatar having been summoned, he called a combined assault with the Guardians and Vampire (again, was this legal?) against the big mech group. It was a total slaughter - the Avatar was critical'd, and the Vampire destroyed. Four Guardians bit it too, and the rest were cleaned up in the aftermath. The Guard used their next two activations to break the remaining Eldar formations, excepting the Titans. The Revenants then failed initiative and sat around doing nothing. The rest was cleanup. The Guard ended up winning 2-0, having two objectives on the Eldar side and no unbroken formations on their side.
Analysis to come, and apologies for the lack of detail. I'm having trouble remembering where everything was for some reason.
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