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| Author: | Matt-Shadowlord [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Cancon 2014 has come and gone, and once again featured one of Australia's greatest Epic Tournaments. Aaron (C4l) ran an extremely professional event, and it was well worth the trip even for those of us who travelled 4000km to get there. I'll post some battle reports when I have a moment, but first here's a glimpse of Cancon:  
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| Author: | Matt-Shadowlord [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
★★★ STALINGRAD ★★★ Fate decreed that my Soviet-themed Minervan Tank Legion should meet the Wehrmacht Steel Legion on the board nick-named Stalingrad. Who are we mortals to question such bounty offered by a tournament's random matchup system?  (Since I wanted to run something different from my usual Hoth Krieg, the tanks were kindly leant to me by local tread-head Tyson, and the Warhounds by Steve.) The invader's army was equally impressive: Basilisk artillery formations and Hydras cover the blitz, a formation of 3 Bane Blades guard the central road, while Leman Russes prepare to move out on the right flank. An armoured company take the left, while both armies' thunderbolts wait on nearby airfields for launch.  Objectives were placed in a very tight group of 4 as is often the case when Imperial Guard armies meet. This was no meeting of friends or allies however, there are no times for niceties in this shell of a city. Behind the rubble of the ruined metropolis an entire Armoured Company lie in wait. Immediately behind them are artillery formations, with Hydras providing an anti-aircraft umbrella.  Like History itself, the Initiative roll favours the Communists who open up with Manticores to take out one of the enemy Artillery formations before it gets to fire, and manages to break the nearby Hydras as blast templates rain down. The Deathstrikes then launch, taking out a baneblade and badly damaging a second. Even after impact of this first exchange, the Steel Legion still have a superiority in ranged weapons and fire back to break the manticores. In an attempt to redress the balance in ranged-firepower, scout Salamanders rush forward in a suicide attack. While only armed with autocannons, their mission is to double move forward and at least place a blast marker on the enemy artillery to suppress one or make them fail an activation. This is a success, but in retaliation the armoured company is ordered forward, smashing through the debris to engage and destroy the salamanders.  Their sacrifice shall not go unremembered! Martyrs for the Motherland, history is written in the blood of such patriots! Meanwhile Steel Legion Leman Russes pour forward looking for an early breakthrough. They swiftly overtake their scout screen of Sentinels, which allows them to take shots at the Soviet armour but leaves them exposed to possible counter attacks.  Spurred forward by their commissar tank, the Executioners rush forward to engage, although their weaker Twin linked Autocannons aren't capable of doing the same damage as the Leman Russes' battle cannons. With the smoke of turn one fading, this sets the two formations up for a struggle for the heart of the city in turn 2.  In the next turn, a Warhound doubles around behind the Leman Russes and opens up on them. The goal of this risky move is to set up crossfire; Formations that take fire from the flank or rear are caught in a deadly crossfire, and will suffer additional casualties as troops struggle to find cover from attacks coming from an unexpected direction. If the firing unit can trace a line to a friendly formation 45cm or less long, the enemy armour saves are reduced by 1, the effect of which is magnified when firing at Reinforced Armour units like Russes who get to reroll their saves. The Warhound does minimal damage killing just 1 tank, but the next activation is the Executioners who Sustain fire to gain a +1 bonus to their shots, a -1 to the enemy armour and +1 extra blast marker for the enemy's first casualty after coming under crossfire.  The result is devastating, and the few broken survivors rapidly retreat from the area. This sucks the wind out of the sails of the Steel Legion offensive, who are fored to switch to damage control mode. They do however still have a virtually unscathed an armoured company, which is positioned to take two objectives in the midfield. Seeing the threat a Warhound joins the second Exterminator formation, both of which take up position right between two objectives as the armoured company comes rolling down towards them to engage.  The resulting assault turns into a massive firefight involving massess of infantry and vehicles, but it is the Steel Legion that eventually break under the weight of casualties. The troops routed and cut down as they flee, this seals the battle. The tanks form an unplanned but appropriate victory parade through the war-torn and battered streets - both formations stretching out to their maximum coherency to take 5 objectives between them.  The result is a triumph for the Union of Soviet Socialist Minerva, as the capitalists are chased from the city. Score: 5-0: Break their Spirit, Take and Hold, They Shall Not Pass, Blitzkrieg, Defend the Flag. Victory Points Destroyed: 2,475 |
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| Author: | GlynG [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Great report, very atmospheric terrain and armies. I'm a bit more tempted to base my DK on urban ice terrain now. You should think about posting this up as a battle report on that other 40k tournament site? |
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| Author: | Matt-Shadowlord [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
GlynG wrote: Great report, very atmospheric terrain and armies. I'm a bit more tempted to base my DK on urban ice terrain now. You should think about posting this up as a battle report on that other 40k tournament site? The terrain at Cancon was fantastic, every board was world-class. I'll post more battreps and pics as time allows. I do plan to post some of these on 3plusplus.net , but with additional detail about rules and victory conditions etc so they can learn enough to get started. |
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| Author: | caregadras [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Now, what can I say? You captured the quintessence of the game! Whoa everywhere. |
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| Author: | Vaaish [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
cools stuff guys. I look forward to the battle reports and pics! Did anyone use any of the AdMech lists? |
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Looks like fun ! 
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| Author: | Markconz [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Looks wonderful! |
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| Author: | primarch [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Hi! Makes me wish I could go to that con in Australia, everything looks awesome! Primarch |
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| Author: | Xenocidal Maniac [ Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
WOW. Are all of those people there for Epic?! I don't think there are that many Epic players in the entirety of the U.S.! |
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| Author: | ortron [ Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Xenocidal Maniac wrote: WOW. Are all of those people there for Epic?! I don't think there are that many Epic players in the entirety of the U.S.! Ha.. no there were only 18 for epic but still that's an impressive effort and a big increase over 2013's field of only 4. I'd say that photo shows about 20% of the gamers that came for a range of different systems, the other hall was significantly bigger and had the main 40k, warhammer and other systems + stalls etc. Great write up Matt, I'll be sure to let Gugs know his steel legion are famous! shame it wasn't his finest moment but he did ok for a guy who only learnt to play the game in late 2013. Looking forward to seeing some more write ups. |
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| Author: | CAL001 [ Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Vaaish wrote: cools stuff guys. I look forward to the battle reports and pics! Did anyone use any of the AdMech lists? Mate, No AMTL, I was going to run them, but as we needed up with even numbers I was not required to field an army. I will be sure to get some games in post bush and get you some reports. Matt, Awesome stuff, really looking forward to seeing more of your pics. Cheers Aaron |
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| Author: | Vaaish [ Sun Feb 16, 2014 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cancon BattleReport - ★★★ THIS IS STALINGRAD ★★★ |
Thanks Aaron, I look forward to seeing them! |
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