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Author:	Dave [ Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:54 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
I got together with the coach (Matt) yesterday for his third game. He was one of the guys we picked up for NEAT-I. I'm glad to see we didn't scare him off. I used the 9.0 rules with some shiny new models that I got from DS, well 6 of them were shiny anyway, the other 6 were primed. I had my camera but didn't have my battle report sheets, so I took lots of pictures and pieced the battle report together just now. I one in the fourth by victory points, we didn't add them up but I think it was safe to assume I had the points. Pictures are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/the.epic.ga ... Tyranids90 Dave's List 250 Genestealer Swarm 8 Genestealers, Broodlord 200 Genestealer Swarm 8 Genestealers 600 4 Assault Groups 100 1 Attack Group 200 1 Harassment Group 100 1 Gargoyle Flock 300 6 Hormagaunt Clusters 450 6 Termagant Clusters 350 2 Assault Swarm Clusters 3 Malefactors 450 3 Bio-artillery Clusters 2 Dactylis 3000 8 the coach's List forthcoming...

Author:	Dave [ Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:55 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Turn 1 Initiative: Dave Genestealers 2 - march to rubble Forlorn Hope - advance on Assault 3 Deathwhell - advances on Assault 3 Assault 2 - fails its activation, moves up next to Attack SwArmoured Retinue Feral 1 - doubles on Attack SwArmoured Retinue Haridan - advances on Feral 1 Armoured Retinue - doubles on Haridan Assault 4 - doubles on Feral 1 Raptors - march to the hill in front of the Attack Swarm Feral 2 - marches to Feral 1 Assault 1 - engages Raptors it looses and retreats to the rubble Retinue 2 - doubles on Assault 3 Assault 3 - doubles on Retinue 2 Genestealer 1 - engages Retinue 2 with Assault 3 supporting they win but break Attack Swarm - sustains on Feral 1 which breaks and falls back Retinue 1 - advance on Assault 4 End Phase Tyranids: spawn 5 and all formation rally Black Legion: all formation rally

Author:	Dave [ Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:00 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Turn 2 Initiative: Matt Chosen - teleport but fail their activation, they shoot at the Haridan Genestealers 2 - engages the Armoured Retinue and wipe it out with supp from Assault 4 Haridan - fails it activation and shoots Feral 2 Feral 2 - sustains on Assault 4 Deathwheel - sustains on Assault 3 Assault 4 - engages Feral 2 and destroy it outright Assault 2 - engages Raptors and destory them all Forlorn Hope - goes on overwatch Retinue 1 - sustains on Assault 4 Assault 1 - sustains on the Chosen Genestealer 1 - marches to rubble in Black Legions depployment zone Assault 3 - engages Forlorn Hope they loose those and are forced back End Phase Tyranids: spawn 6 and all formations rally except for Assault 3 Black Legion: all formation rally

Author:	Dave [ Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:04 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Turn 3 Initiative: Dave Assault 4 - advances on Retinue 1 Genestealers 2 - engages Retinue 2 they loose however and fall back to the cover of the rubble Chosen - sustains on the Haridan Feral 1 - advances on Genestealer 1 Attack Swarm - sustains on the Chosen Retinue 2 - marches to the Black Legion Blitzkrieg Deathwheel - advances on Assault 2 Assault 2 - engages Deathwheel they win but hte fearless Deathwheel stays put Genestealer 1 - engages the Forlorn Hope they loose horribly however with no kills and are wiped out. Forlorn Hope - doubles on Assault 2 Retinue 1 - sustains on Assault 4 Assault 1 - sustains on the Chosen breaking them Haridan - advances on Retinue 1 End Phase Tyranids: spawn 4 and all formations rally Black Legion: both the Deathwheel and the Chosen fail to rally

Author:	Dave [ Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:09 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Turn 4 Initiative: Matt Feral 1 - advances on Assault 2 Retinue 1 - sustains on Assault 4 Assault 3 - engages the Forlorn Hope they win and all but one Chaos Marine squad is wiped out, Retinue 2 - advances on Genestealers 2 Assault 4 - advances on Retinue 1 Assault 1 - engages the Chosen they loose and are driven back to the rubble Assault 2 - engages Feral 1 and win taking it down to 1 DC Attack Swarm - sustains on Feral 1 and the remaining Forlorn Hope squad destroying them both Haridan - advance on Retinue 1 Genestealers 1 - engages Retinue 1 with support from Assault Swarm 1 they win but break due to losses End Phase Tyranids: spawn 5 and all formations rally Black Legion: the Deathwheel rallies

Author:	Dave [ Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:23 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Thoughts: This was my first game with the Phase IV. Thanks to DS for hooking me up with the SM/TL era metal I needed. This was also my first game with Malefactors and I have to say that they are some tough bugs. I found I was doubling them a lot to get into support positions for multiple assaults and they just chalked up a whole bunch of kills. They were easily worth their points. I've already said most of this to Chroma but I'll repeat it now for others interested: I think the +2 to Engage is too much. +1 to Engage was good enough with initiative of 2+. I'm happy that there's no more auto-rally but I think the +2 to Rally would be better off as "ignore the -2 to rally if the formation is broken". This will give swarms more incentive to move more than 30cm away from the enemy in order to rally. The global spawning roll makes for a smaller sampling which I don't think is good. I'd rather have spawning spread out of numerous rolls then one roll so that the game isn't effected by one roll as much. The arithmetic needed for the current spawning system makes my head spin. I still find the 8.4m variant quicker and requiring MUCH less thought. No spawning when broken was also a good thing.

Author:	Tiny-Tim [ Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:17 am ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Thanks for the report Dave, I'm as yet to have a game with the current list but can understand your thoughts on spawning.

Author:	stugmeister [ Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:47 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
I'm going to be using the 9.0 Nid list this friday so hopefully I'll be able to give some input. Thanks for the Bat rep sir!!!

Author:	Dave [ Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:03 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Thanks guys, it isn't the prettiest but with no notes at least I got it fairly accurate. I look forward to the report stugs, let us know what you and your opponent think.

Author:	Chroma [ Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:36 pm ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Thanks for the report! I'm hoping to get in a couple game myself this week.

Author:	stugmeister [ Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:26 am ]
Post subject:	3k Black Legion vs. Tyranids 9.0
Quote: (Dave @ 08 Jul. 2008, 21:03 ) I look forward to the report stugs, let us know what you and your opponent think. Playing my game today - tis gonna be 2625pts Nids Vs Siegemasters. Don't know which side I'm playing as yet but if I am the Nids then I think the Sieger's arty is gonna scare me the most...

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