Hey guys!

I’ve not longed joined the forum, and other than saying hello I’ve not had much to contribute. Well, I thought I would change that by posting my first battle report!

This game was between myself and my friend (on these forums as The_Unpronouncable), and as we’re both a little out of practice we thought we would have some fun…so out rolled 4000 points of Titan Legions vs his newly converted Ork Gargant Bigmob. If you’ve not seen them yet I seriously recommend checking them out:
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First up, here are the lists:

Titan Legions [4000 points] – Using NetEA AMTL v3.24

Warlord Battle Titan [850]
- Gatling Blaster
- Laser Blaster
- 2 x Apocalypse Missile Launcher

Warlord Battle Titan [850]
- Gatling Blaster
- Volcano Cannon
- 2 x Turbo Laser Destructor

Reaver Battle Titan [650]
- 2 x Turbo Laser Destructor
- Apocalypse Missile Launcher

Reaver Battle Titan [675]
- Gatling Blaster
- Volcano Cannon
- Apocalypse Missile Launcher

Warhound Scout Titan Pack [500]
- Plasma Blastguns
- Vulcan Mega Bolters

Warhound Scout Titan [275]
- Plasma Blastgun
- Vulcan Mega Bolter

Orbital Bombardment [200]

Ork Gargant Bigmob [3985] – Using NetEA Bigmob Developmental list v3.1

Great Gargant [925] 
- Twin Soopagun
- Ripper Fist
- Lifta Droppa
- (Kustom) Wyrdboy Tower
- (Kustom) Reinforced Boiler

Gargant [700]
- (Kustom) Wyrdboy Tower
- (Kustom) Power Fields
- Deth Kannon
- Gatling Kannon
- Ripper Fist

Gargant [675]
- (Kustom) Wyrdboy Tower
- (Kustom) Power Fields
- 2 Mega Lobba
- Mega Choppa

Gargant [675]
- (Kustom) Wyrdboy Tower
- (Kustom) Power Fields
- Mega Choppa
- 2 Soopa Zzap Gun

Supa Stompa [505]
- 2 Soopagun
- Mega Choppa
- 3 Stompa

Supa Stompa [505]
- 2 Soopagun
- Mega Choppa
- 3 Stompa

That’s the lists. Myself on the side of the Imperium vs my friends Orks. I’ve always hated Orks! Haha

To make things a bit easier, I built my list out of the what titans we had available and to keep things WYSIWYG. We also agreed not to use the objectives and just have a straight up gun fight.

Now for the apology. I didn’t get round to taking any notes (due to enjoying the game so much) so as a battle report this will be missing plenty of details. Instead there are plenty of pictures and I’ll write about what I can remember! Here goes!

Table and Setup:


Imperial Lines:


Ork Lines:


First Turn:

So, nothing overly exciting happens this turn. Mostly moving units forward and taking pot shots between units that can see. As the Imperial player I decided I needed to start stripping powerfields as soon as I could.

I had moved my lone Warhound up to nearly halfway across the battlefield, with the intention of starting to put some blast markers out there and to create a “sausage”. Suffice to say by the end of the first turn, he was the first casualty!

The_Unpronouncable started moving forwards with his Gargants, with the Great Gargant heading towards the ruins on my middle left flank. The Stompa unit on the far left hugged cover as much as they could and started getting into position.

All in all this turn involved minimal damage, but the blast markers were flying and I had managed to strip the Gargant in the centre of most of its Powerfields…ready for next turn!

Something to note….not a single Volcano Cannon managed to hit! Testament to my dice rolls. Of which my bad luck is quite legendary!

The “Sausage”:


“Target acquired”:


Great Gargant trying to “hide”:


Second Turn:

So, second turn and things start getting a little more interesting. I win the roll for Initiative…and have a plan (partly helped along by my opponent!). First up I decide to finish off the powerfields on the central gargant. I then retain and bring in my Pin Point Orbital Bombartment on him….one moment there is a huge walking Ork marching towards me, the next there’s a searing light and the Gargant is now a crater! Revenge for the loss of my sole Warhound!

The Orks are starting to get closer now, which worries me. The Great Gargant is looking quite scary and has only lost about half his shields. I’m quite lucky though. Due to my opponent deciding to make Double actions (to help with his activation rolls) meant that he rarely managed to hit. Generally this turn I lose Voids and take Blast Markers while once again laying on the fire. This turn I concentrate as much fire as I can on the Great Gargant as I know it needs to come down before he reaches my lines! This not only strips his fields, but I get some good hits against him too!

This turn the Orks advance further up. The Gargant with the twin Lobbas get ups close and throws everything it can at my Reavers on the left flank. I’m pretty sure all it did was take down voids and failed to get any damage across.

Empty Space after Orbital Bombardment:


Great Gargant looking even scarier now!:


Third and Final Turn:

So, the last turn went quite well for the Imperials by managing to completely destroy one Gargant and stripping most of the Fields off the Great Gargant as well as casusing damage! Unfortunately this meant I had ignored the other Gargants and the Stompas…and ignoring those Stompas was about to cost me!

This turn I decide I had to drop the Great Gargant. I can’t remember exactly which order things came here, but I managed to cause more damage, leaving him on about 2-3 DC, which in turn broke him so he retreated back to the safety of the ruins. I ended up finishing him off and the beast was gone! However, had this not been the last turn (due to the lateness of the hour) I felt like it might of cost me later as the Stompas now had their fun.

The Stompa unit on my middle right flank Engaged the Warhounds. They promptly killed off one, while sending the other packing. The Warhounds did take a Stompa down in return, but this gave me a taste of what the small buggers were capable of in combat…and I had seriously underestimated them! The Supa Stompa himself being the biggest threat due to his TK Combat Weapon. Something I wasn't aware of! There was another unit sneaking around the left flank too!

“Enemy engine target lock”:


Stompas move up after Engaging the Warhounds:


“Engine Kill”:




So, there you have it. The Titan Legions managed to hold off the Gargant Bigmob.

As I have said, during the write up, I think if we had continued for another turn I think the tables may have shifted due to the Orks now getting into range of Engaging. Those Supa Stompas can seriously pack a punch!

I’d also put a fair amount of firepower into the Great Gargant. But can you blame me….have you seen it!! This meant I had pretty much ignored two Gargants that next turn might have started causing me real problems.

In the end though it was a great game and was great to be playing Epic again. I’m sure The_Unpronouncable will want a re-match in the future!

Oh, and here’s what happens when I need to hit on a 3+:

Cool! thanks for the report!

If you play again it would be great if you guys used the tournament scenario. That way i could use the data in the list development.

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Thanks for sharing.

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You're welcome!

We have said that using objectives would probably make a big difference, but I'm not sure we will be using any "Tournament Scenario" as we don't intend to attend them. Mainly due to where we both live, and partly because neither of us are into the tournament scene.

However, if you could send me a link to the scenario, we will certainly take a look and have a go next time to help you out!

The scenario is in the rulebook, it's very much become the standard way to play epic armageddon, not just in tournaments....

Epic tournaments are *nothing* like others, not sure why you're so averse to em? afraid you might like it?

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Hi!

Cool!

Primarch

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Ah ok. Yeah that's what we normally play anyway, so next battle will be using that scenario.



Haha fair point...but I've been playing more than long enough to know that I generally don't enjoy the tournament environment. I actually prefer attending tournaments so I can enjoy watching the games and appreciating the painted armies.

I haven't completely ruled it out though!

I'll say that I was very apprehensive when I first started attending, but it's more like a club that meets once a month or so and has a structured day of playing than a serious, win at all costs, super competetive event, after a few months you get to know most of the players and I consider many of them to be friends now, some guys will play to win, but they still like a laugh while doing it

I can honestly say that I've never not enjoyed a game played at an EpicUK event, even against the top-tier players who have handed out many 4-0 kickings there have been things to laugh about and the games were enjoyable learning experiences

I hope you'll come to the Leicester event in october and check it out for yourself, you may well find you like it!

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Cool report, thanks!

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Thanks for the report!

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Thanks for the support guys!

Unfortunately we won't be able to get our games in very often (Myself in the Midlands, one in London and the other up in Leeds!), but I will certainly keep you updated with whatever games we get upto!

Maybe next time I will remember to take notes haha

Well, if your mate in London wants a game, we have a pretty active community (~15 gamers).

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