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[BatRep] Iyanden vs Marines - 3000
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 Post subject: [BatRep] Iyanden vs Marines - 3000
PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:00 am 
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Other than some demo games, I haven't gotten in a lot of EPIC so far this year... Warmachine has been the hot ticket lately.

After dominating with my Khador at a tournament last weekend, we all thought it would be nice to play EPIC again, so a game was played this evening!

I won't have time to do the full report yet, but here's the armies that faced off:

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 Post subject: [BatRep] Iyanden vs Marines - 3000
PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:01 am 
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Rules Used

Epic Rulebook 2.0
Iyanden Craftworld Eldar v3.3

Armies Used

Nomad Space Marines - 3000 points

Tactical HQ
6 Tactical Marines
1 Supreme Commander
2 Rhinos
2 Razorbacks (lascannon)

Tactical Detachment 1 - (BTS Goal)
6 Tactical Marines
1 Librarian
2 Rhinos
2 Razorbacks (lascannon)
1 Hunter

Scout Detachment
4 Scouts
4 Razorbacks (Lascannons)
Sniper
1 Librarian

Land Speeders 1
5 Land Speeders
1 Librarian

Land Speeders 2
5 Land Speeder Tornados

Thunderhawk
1 Thunderhawk

Whirlwind Detachment
4 Whirlwinds
1 Hunter

Warhound 1
1 Warhound

Warhound 2
1 Warhound

Thunderbolt Squadron
2 Thunderbolts

Warriors of Death - 2985 points

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Spirit Warrior Warhost 1
6 Wraithguard
1 Wraith Seer

Spirit Warrior Warhost 2
6 Wraithguard
1 Spirit Seer

Guardian Warhost
1 Farseer
4 Guardians
3 Heavy Weapon Platforms
3 Support Weapon Platforms

Aspect Warrior Troupe - (BTS Goal)
4 Dark Reapers
4 Falcons
1 Exarch

Ranger Troupe
4 Rangers

Windrider Troupe
4 Jetbikes
2 Vypers

Spirit Warrior Troupe
6 Wraithlords

Swords of Vaul
5 Fire Prisms
1 Firestorm

Nightwings
3 Nightwings

Vampire Raider
1 Vampire Raider

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 Post subject: [BatRep] Iyanden vs Marines - 3000
PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:37 pm 
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Battlefield:

4x6

Marines chose corner deployment.

Deployment:

Iyanden kept Spirit Warrior Warhost 2 in reserve in the Vampire

Marines garrison the Scouts and Speeder 2 on overwatch (but not popped up), with Speeder 1 as back up.

Iyanden garrisons the Rangers on overwatch.

Remaining deployment as shown:

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:59 pm 
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Turn 1

No teleports

Strategy roll: Iyanden

The Nightwings loiter on combat air patrol.

And Spirit Warrior Warhost 1 doubles over the hill, into cover, guarding the two forward Eldar objectives.

The Thunderbolts also circle overhead on CAP.

While, firmly ensconced in the walls, the Tactical HQ goes on overwatch.

The Swords of Vaul double forward, flying NOE and staying out of line of sight of any Marine detachments and knock out a Rhino and a Razorback from Tactical 1.

The Wraith Seer then convinces the Vampire pilot to run the gauntlet to ground attack the battered Tactical 1? and a furball develops!  The Thunderbolts race in to intercept, and the Nightwings dive down to stop them!

First, both Marine Hunters fire on the Vampire, doing 1DC damage, but not hitting the Nightwings.  The Marine planes are just out of range of the Firestorm, and fire defensively on the Nightwings, but the nimble Eldar rocket-jockeys are impossible to hit (?4+ saves?!  It?s like they?re always jinking!? exclaimed my opponent.), but their return fire is deadly accurate and both Imperial planes go down in smoke.

The Vampire lands, disgorging a horde of Deadites? I mean Wraithguard (I was using Necrons to proxy them? I thought I had a lot more Wraithguard based? but they?re all in a bag in one of my hobby drawers!) and they engage Tactical 1.  


It?s a bloodbath, as all the Marines are wiped out? but they get their revenge by luckily taking out the Spirit Seer!  As well, with 2 Blast markers, the Vampire is broken after the fray?

The Whirlwinds then sustain fire on the Swords of Vaul, taking out 2 Fire Prisms.

The Wraithlords then march forward, moving from ruin to ruin, but manage to lose one of their numbers to a sinkhole?

Speeders 2 advances on the Swords of Vaul, takes out 2 more Fire Prisms and the grav-tanks break and fall back.

The Windriders double forward to put a Blast marker on Speeders 1.

Warhound 1 advances and uses its Mega-bolter to take out the Vampire, stranding Spirit Warhost 2 far behind enemy lines.

Speeder 1 needs the help of the Supreme Commander to advance on Spirit Warhost 2 and melt one of the Wraithguard.

The Dark Reaper Aspect Warriors mount up and double after Speeder 2 and knock 4 Tornadoes from the sky, breaking the survivor.

The Thunderhawk strafes Spirit Warhost 2, breaking them.

The Guardian Warhost marches into some buildings, hunkering down in cover.

Warhound 2 advances on the Rangers and takes one out.

The Rangers stay on overwatch.

The Scout Detachment drops overwatch and double to fire on the Dark Reapers taking out 1 Aspect Warrior and 2 Falcons!

End of Turn:

Speeder 2 fails to rally.

All Iyanden formations rally.

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 Post subject: [BatRep] Iyanden vs Marines - 3000
PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:12 pm 
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Turn 2

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Strategy roll: Marines (on a tie)

The Scout Detachment sustains fire on the Aspect Troupe, taking out 2 Falcon and breaking the elite Eldar warriors.

Speeder 1 again needs the affirmation of the Marine Supreme and then sustains fire on Spirit Warhost 2, sending them all back to their graves.

The Nightwings take a Blast marker coming in to ground attack the Whirlwinds? and only manage to place a single Blast marker of their own.


The Wraith Seer gets the Windriders to advance on the Scout Detachment and destroy a Razorback.

The Wraithlords then stride forward to engage the Scouts? losing *another* member to a hole in the ruins before getting into the fight with support from the Windriders. ?


The undead constructs take out 1 Razorback and 1 Scout, before losing 2 more Wraithlords (I rolled ?snake-eyes? four different times for this formation!), but the ancient Eldar machines narrowly manage to win, pushing the young Marines back before breaking themselves.


The Whirlwinds then sustain fire on the Windriders, taking out 1 Jetbike.

The now much smaller Swords of Vaul advance, popping up to hit Speeder 1, taking out another Land Speeder.

Warhound 1 advances on the Windriders and scythes down 1 Jetbike and 1 Vyper, easily breaking them.

The Rangers double on Warhound 2, placing a Blast marker.

Warhound 2 replies by sustaining fire on them? but all-in-all, the Plasma Blastgun only manages to kill one of them, but they break and move back.

The Guardians go on overwatch to guard the Eldar objectives.

The Thunderhawk does a ground attack against the Swords of Vaul and takes out the last Fire Prism, leaving a broken Firestorm behind.

Spirit Warhost 1 advances to spread out and also guard the Eldar objectives.

The Tactical HQ stays on overwatch, guarding the Marine Blitz...

End of Turn:

The Scouts and the Rangers both fail to rally?

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 Post subject: [BatRep] Iyanden vs Marines - 3000
PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:22 pm 
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Turn 3

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Strategy roll: Iyanden

Nothing the Wraith Seer can say seems to be able to convince the Nightwing pilots to return to the fray, so they stand down? *SIGH*

Warhound 2 advances on the Dark Reapers? and places a Blast marker.

Warhound 1 also advances on the Dark Reapers? and wipes them out!

The Windriders try to advance, but fail, moving into the corner of the battlefield.

Speeder 1 advances on the Wraithlords and breaks them.

The single unit of the Swords of Vaul attempts to double, but fails and breaks!

The Thunderhawk ground attacks the Windriders and wipes them out as well.


The Guardian Warhost spreads out to secure the Eldar Blitz and Eldar Objective 1.

The Whirlwinds double out from behind their protective wall, securing Marine Objective 1 and firing on the Rangers, killing one and breaking the other.

Spirit Warhost 1 goes on overwatch, overlooking Eldar Objective 2.

The lone survivor of Speeder 2 doubles over to the last Ranger and takes him out.

The Tactical HQ keeps up the good work, staying on overwatch and keeping the Marine Blitz out of xenos hands?

End of Turn:

Iyanden 2 (BTS, DTF) vs Marines 3 (BTS, DTF, TSNP)

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:42 pm 
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Nice report, shame that the dead lost... ;)
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:04 pm 
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Wow, that sounded brutal.

I have enough models to do an Iyanden army, but they are currently well down my list of priorities so won't be testing these for a while.

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 Post subject: [BatRep] Iyanden vs Marines - 3000
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:32 pm 
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(Tooninki @ Jan. 26 2008,15:42)
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Nice report, shame that the dead lost... ;)

I blame the living's laziness in failing activation rolls and not listening to their Wraith Seer...  *laugh*

It was a good game though, and felt in "contention" the entire time.  My opponent almost forgot about preventing me from getting "They Shall Not Pass", so it could've gone into Turn 4 at 3-3 quite easily.

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