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PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:46 pm 
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Well, with the newest update to the Tyranids out, I felt I had to get a game in with them as soon as possible.

Put together an army without know what my opponent would bring, and wound up facing Black Legion!  Haven't seen them on the table that much, and this time they were packing a Banelord!




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 Post subject: [BatRep] Black Legion vs Tyranids
PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:55 pm 
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Epic Update 2008
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Sons of the Abyss – 2980 points

Black Legion Chosen (Slaanesh)
5 Chosen
1 Daemon Prince
1 Chaos Champion (assigned to Daemon Prince)
1 Obliterator

Black Legion Retinue 1 (Slaanesh)
8 Chaos Marines
1 Warlord
4 Noise Marines
6 Rhinos

Black Legion Retinue 2 (Tzeentch)
8 Chaos Marines
1 Sorcerer Lord
4 Havocs
1 Obliterator

Raptor Cult (Undivided)
1 Chaos Lord
5 Raptors

Armoured Company (Undivided)
4 Land Raiders

Banelord (Undivided) – (BTS Goal)
1 Banelord

Swiftdeath Fighters (Undivided)
3 Swiftdeaths


Tendril Nine – 3000 points

BTS Goal – 6 Synapse Creatures

Nexus Swarm
1 Hive Tyrant
2 Warriors
3 Haruspex
1 Malefactor
8 Raveners
4 Gargoyles
4 Termagants

Assault Swarm 1
3 Warriors
4 Gargoyles
8 Termagants
6 Hormagaunts

Assault Swarm 2
3 Warriors
4 Gargoyles
8 Termagants
6 Hormagaunts

Attack Swarm 1
1 Hive Tyrant
4 Dactylis
1 Malefactor

Attack Swarm 2
1 Hive Tyrant
6 Carnifex
1 Malefactor

Lictor Swarm 1
4 Lictors

Lictor Swarm 2
4 Lictors




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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:08 am 
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Battlefield:

4x6; Terrain is mainly hills, jungle, scrub, and swamp.

Deployment:

Black Legion kept the Chosen in reserve.

Tyranids kept both Lictor Swarms in reserve.

Black Legion garrisoned Retinue on overwatch near their Blitz.

Tyranids garrisoned both Attack swarms on overwatch, Attack Swarm 1 off of their Blitz and Attack Swarm 2 on the bridge near Tyranid Objective 1.

All other deployment as shown:




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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:36 am 
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Turn 1

No teleports.

Strategy Roll: Black Legion

The Banelord growls as it looses two Havoc Missiles at the distant Attack Swarm 1.  The Sustained fire destroys two Dactylis, severely inhibiting the Tyranid artillery.

Assault Swarm 2 marches forward, taking cover in the thick jungle.

The Raptors then double forward into the scrub on the large hill, near the strange crystals.

The Nexus Swarm senses the approaching prey and also marches forward, climbing the hill and scurrying about the unusual rock formations.



The insane pilots of the Swiftdeaths dive out of the alien sun to strafe the Nexus Swarm, tagging two Termagants.

Assault Swarm 1 marches forward to claim the bridge the Carnifex have been perching on.

The Land Raider then advance on the Nexus Swarm, accurate fire cutting down 1 Malefactor, 1 Haruspex, 1 Gargoyle and  1 Ravener.

Trying to accomplish its biological imperative, Attack Swarm1 sustains fire, only a single Dactylis is able to fire, targeting Retinue 2 and placing 2 Blast markers.

The Warlord leads Retinue 1 on a double and they mount up to fire on the Nexus Swarm taking out 1 Ravener and 1 Termgant.

Attack Swarm 2 then double forward off the bridge and into the swamp, firing on Retinue 1 for a single Blast marker.

Retinue 2 drops overwatch and advances to fire on the Nexus swarm: 2 Raveners and an unlucky Tyranid Warrior go down… over a third of the Black Legion army has spent a turn firing at the Nexus, and it only has 5 Blast markers!

End of Turn:

All formations rally.

Nexus Swarm spawns 1 Gargoyle and loses 1 Gargoyle out of Synapse range.

Assault Swarm 1 spawns 1 Ravener, 1 Gargoyle, and 1 Termagant.

Assault Swarm 2 spawns 2 Raveners.

Attack Swarm 1 gets its 2 Dactylis back.  (YAY!)

Attack Swarm 2 only births a single Ravener.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:59 am 
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Turn 2

Black Legion defers to the Tyranids, who elect not to teleport anything.

Black Legion then deploys the Chosen right beside Attack Swarm 1!



Strategy Roll: Black Legion

The Chosen tear Attack Swarm 1 a new one!  Not a single Tyranid creature survives and the might Chaos Marines suffer no casualties at all.



Inspired, Retinue 1 moves to engage Attack Swarm 2 in a firefight.  Massed fire takes down two Carnifex and the Tyranids are unable to pierce the baroque Marine armour and leave a Ravener and Malefactor cooling in the swamp as they are forced to withdraw.



The Nexus Swarm then surges forward, engaging the Raptors, and barely in support range of Retinue 1 and the Armoured Company.  Three Raveners and 1 Gargoyle cutting down 4 Raptors, the Chaos Lord’s invulnerable save keeping him momentarily alive… until the Bugs win by “1â€Â

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:02 am 
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Quote: (Hena @ 05 Nov. 2008, 05:56 )

Is that a typo perhaps :smile:?

WHOOPS!

Yeah, it's been corrected, thanks Hena!  Just got finished watching the American Election coverage and I'm heading to bed.  Will finish the batrep tomorrow.

Congrats America!

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:41 pm 
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Turn 3

Both Lictor Swarms show up, one harassing the surviving Chosen and the second near the Armoured Company.





Strategy Roll: Black Legion

The Chosen seize the initiative and engage the Lictors, who can’t bring a lot of claws to bear… and are wiped out for their trouble.  *sigh*



Retinue 2 advances on Lictor Swarm 2, and can’t seem to hit the nimble Bugs, taking down a single Lictor.

Driven into a frenzy, the surviving Lictors pounce on the Armoured Company and tear apart two Land Raiders before support fire cuts down another Lictor… and the fight goes into a second round!  



The last two Lictors proceed to tear apart the last two Land Raiders, winning the fight and spreading Blast markers around, but they also withdraw to lurk in the shadows…



Attack Swarm 2 then comes boiling out of the swamp to engage Retinue 1.  



The Bugs lose a Gargoyle and the Black Legion loses one Rhino and one Noise Marine… and again the scores are tied!  Two Carnifex and the Hive Tyrant go down, and 3 Chaos Marines and another Rhino are torn apart before the sole surviving Carnifex bellows in triumph scaring two more Chaos Marines away… and then takes a nap.



Still chained to the Chaos Blitz, the Banelord howls and unleash the remaining four Havoc Missile far across the battlefield to pummel Assault Swarm 1.  The 8BP manage to cover *seventeen* targets and wind up tearing apart 4 Hormagaunts, 3 Termagants, 2 Gargoyles, 1 Ravener… and two very unlucky Tyranid Warriors… but the swarm is still strong!

The Swiftwings dive down to try and change that, but one of their planes goes down to an errant Gargoyle before they get there and they only take out 2 Termagants and a Gargoyle.

Assault Swarm 2 marches to the Black Legion Blitz and the nearby Banelord.



While Assault Swarm 1 marches to the Tyranid Blitz…



End of Turn:

Yet again all formations rally!

Assault Swarm 1 spawns 1 Hormagant.

Assault Swarm 2 spawns 1 Hormagant… how special!

Score:

Black Legion 1 (BTS) vs Tyranids 0 (none)




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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:57 pm 
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Turn 4

No teleports.

Strategy Roll: Black Legion

Retinue 2 doubles into the woods near Assault Swarm 1 to take out 1 Termagant and support the Banelord…

The Banelord is *finally* let off its leash and it roars into Assault Swarm 2 in a brutal assault.  



The Bugs drop 5 Void shields and do a single DC damage, while the Chaos Titan clears away 3 Hormagants, 2 Gargoyles, and 1 Hormagant… and Retinue 2’s support fire cuts down 2 more Termagants, a Ravener, a Hormagant, and a Tyranid Warrior.  Both sides roll a “sixâ€Â

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:20 pm 
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Wow a brutal fight and one that looks like it was a lot of fun.

Thanks for sharing.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:28 pm 
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Wow, that was one big blood bath. How did you find the +1 to Engage and Rally over the former +2?

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:32 pm 
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Quote: (Dave @ 05 Nov. 2008, 14:28 )

Wow, that was one big blood bath. How did you find the +1 to Engage and Rally over the former +2?

Considering I never failed a single activation for either (until the very end), I felt it was fine; it helped, but it didn't seem "too good" like the +2.

I still think I'd like to see it expanded to include the March order, but I can live without.

Additionally, I really don't see the need for a "cheap/always there" Supreme Commander for the Bugs.

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Either the +1 to March or the cheap SC would be fine in my book.

Wait to your start failing activations though. Did I mention I failed 8 last game.  :whistle:

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:48 pm 
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Quote: (Dave @ 05 Nov. 2008, 14:38 )

Wait to your start failing activations though. Did I mention I failed 8 last game.  :whistle:

Oh, I know *all* about failing activations... and then, also, failing the re-roll... *laugh*

For Bugs, I feel that only, for actions, Engage and March should be "sure things"; sustaining or such should carry some risk, though a base 2+ isn't *that* much of a risk, so that's why I'm against the "cheap" Supreme Commander in the Phase IV list.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:49 pm 
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Quote: (Dave @ 05 Nov. 2008, 09:38 )

Wait to your start failing activations though. Did I mention I failed 8 last game.  :whistle:

Quit your griping. You still won, didn't you?  :shutup:

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