Turn 2
Turn 2
The Lictors teleport in and engage the Manticores.
They prove to be delicious.
Swarm 4 attempts to retain and engage but fails and moves to unintermingle.
The SC engages and swings left, engaging Swarm 4.
The Hydra goes down and the Tyranids are hacked down barring the Warriors.
The Storm Troopers retain and engage Swarm 5.
Two Valkyries go down but the 'nids break, only the Warriors survive.
The Genestealers crash into the SC.
Thre Chimera go down before the stealers are wiped out.
The Guardsmen sustain on the synapsless Swarm 2 and break them.
Swarm 1 engages the Sentinels.
Three hits for the Sentinels, and a save sends the bugs back the way they came.
The Rough Riders double up.
Swarm 7 marches towards the blitz.
The Harridan is straffed by the TBolts and takes a DC.
Swarm 6 marches up.
The Russes advance and lay a BM on Swarm 1.
Swarm 1 swings right and lays a BM on the Storm Troopers.
The Sentinels, riding high on their good fortune, double on the Harridan and lay a BM (4 1s to hit
).
The Genestealers engage the Sentinels.
They make short work of them.
The Shadowswords advance and take out the Lictors.
The Harridan doubles and catches a Guardsman in a crossfire.
) it's pretty glaring that the 'nids rarely, if ever, fail an activation. I understand the reasoning behind dropping the "+1 or 2 (can't remember, makes them 1+int) to engage/ rally" special rule, but it does give them a very SM flavour. They'll always be able to march into the opponent's face and they'll pretty much always get to do what they want when they get there, which removes alot of uncertainty regarding tactics (it's always "march, engage"). I get the whole SR1 thing as well, but it just feels, I dunno, a bit off. Another comment along the same lines is that I've only read a few reports where you have an SC - given that these creatures are controlled by a central hive mind, shouldn't there be something like this on board, almost as a given?
