This was a game where Eldar (Lord_Bruno) and Tau (Lord_Hector) warred against the other. I took the opportunity as i wasn't playing to take photos and notes to make this battle report. It took more than i expected, but i looked up some battle reports and inspired from them, so think it is OK for a first try.
Scenario: Pitched Battle. It's like the Tounament scenario where the difference is that only capturing the 4 objectives (1 point each) and smashing the BTS to bits give points. The rest is the same as usual.
Eldar Biel-Tan (UK) 2500 points.
Wraithgate 50
Aspect Warriors - 8x Warp Spiders 300
Guardian - 3 Heavvy weapon platforms 150
Swords of Vaul - 3x Falcons 2x Firestorm 250
Windrider - 5xJetbikes 1xVipe r200
Night Spinner 175
Fire Prisms 250
Engine of Vaul - 1xScorpion 250
Rangers - 4x rangers 100
Aspect Warriors (BTS) - 2x Dire Avengers, 2x Fire Dragons, 4x Swooping Hawks, 2 Warp Spiders 475
Nightwings 300
Tau Vior'La (UK) 2500 points.
Crisis - Shas'o 2 drones 400
Fire Warriors (BTS) - 3xDevilfish, Ethereal, 2xPathfinders + 1xDevilfish, 1xSkyray 475
Broadside - 6xBroadsides 300
Hammerhead - 5xRailgun 250
Recon - 3x Tetra 3x Piranha 175
Recon - 3x Tetra 3x Piranha 175
Kroot 9+1xKroot 175
Skyray 250
Orca 150
Barracuda 150
Deployment: - All four objectives are placed on the center quite close of each other, near cover or inside the ruins.
- Eldar garrison a Ranger formation on the runs on his left flank and Tau garrison a Broadside formation in the ruins almost in front of them, both on overwatch.
- On Eldar side, Nightwings on air and Guardians And Warp Spiders are kept in portal. - On Tau side, Orca with Kroots and Barracuda are kep on air as reserves.
- Tau spread out evenly across the battlefield, with infantry disembarked. Eldar too, but making groups of two formations each.
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/enrhcxeytq1ljp5/DSC07208_1.jpg?dl=0Turn 1:Tau gets the initiative.
T: Air assault by the Orca and Kroot on the intermingled Prisms and Nightspinners.
AA by the prisms doesn't do damage (1BM).
Orca rams into the a Nightspinner and drop the Kroot on both formations. Countercharge, the Eldar lift off the ground to force FF.
Tau destroy a single Prism, Eldar nothing. Tau have 3 and Kroot 2 before dice. Tau win by 1 so one extra damage goes to Nightspinners and Prisms each. Here the rule for intermingled formations was missunderstood and applied as one hit for each formation.
Prism retreat to Windrunners and Nightspinners to the Mechanized Aspect Warriors (BTS). Tau consolidate.
E: Scorpion doubles and shoots at the exposed Hammerheads, destroying one(2BM), moving again to behind the hill.
T: Crisis march toward the ruins
E: Windrunners advance towards the hill with the Scorpion
T: Mechanized Fire Warriors (BTS) double to nearby woods in the center, embarking on the first and disembarking in the second movement.
E: Mechanized assaults Kroot and Orca, but part of the units don't move enough to reach the combat. Kroot countercharge slightly to put everyone in range.
4 Kroot and 2 Swooping Hawks die. Eldar have 8 and Tau 2 before dice. Eldar win by 7. Again the intermingled rule is used wrongly and it is asumed that both formations recieve 7 loses, so both formations are exterminated.
Eldar consolidate back to their original positions (2BM).
T: Cap on Barracudas
E: Falcon double toward behind the hill to join their brothers.
T: Recon1 fail and hold, moving towards the objective. (1BM)
E: Nightwings ground attack the Mechanized formation, dealing (1BM) and receiving (1BM) from the same formaion. Barracuda pass on intercepting.
T: Recon2 double toward the Mechanized, advancing 2 Tetras more to Mark the formation behind the hill with a pop up.Fire to the Falcons for no loses (1BM)
T: Retain with Skyray, Sustain to marked Falcons for 2 Falcons and one FireStorm destroyed, breaking the unit, which retreat to where the Nightspinners and Prism deployed.
E: Guardian formation double from the Wraithgate towards the forest, capturing the objective on Tau side and firing towards the Mechanized FWs (BTS), taking down a Devilfish (2BM)
T: Hammerheads marshall, removing all blastmarkers and moving towards the forest with the Mechanized FWs.
E: Nightspinners regroup (1BM)
T: Recon 1 regroups (0 BM)
E: Falcons regroup (1BM) after using the Autarch's repetition
T: Mechanized regroups (0 BM)
E: Lone prism regroups
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/2e2wvkhchdb19xu/DSC07209_1.jpg?dl=0Turn 2:Eldar gets the initiative. And the Avatar is summoned between the Guardians and the Mechanized FWs (BTS).
E: Assault with Warp Spiders towards Recon2, which wereren't afar enough from the Wraithgate. Tau don't countercharge to avoid loses. One Piranha is destroyed for no loses. No support fire involved. Eldar have 2 and Recon2 0. Eldar win by 2, destroying 2 extra Tetras. Recon2 retreats behind the ruins behind the Crisis Suits. Eldar consolidate slightly towards the Mechanized FWs.
E: Eldar retain. Avatar assaults towards the Mechanized FWs barging 5 units including the Ethereal!! Tau counter-charge to get more units into range except a Skyray ¿?
Avatar kills 4 for no hits against, the Etheral is saved by one from assigning hits. Tau loses by 5, killing the Etheral too, so one FW and Skyray survives, which retreat behind the Broadsides. Avatar consolidates to the forest.
T: Recon1 double towards the hill, marking Scorpion, Windriders and Warspiders, two units fire, two hits get lucky on the scorpion that can only save one, and the other becomes a critical which blows the Scorpion, engulfing one Jetbike unit (1BM).
E: Mechanized Aspect Warriors assault Recon1, but forgot the Broadsides and advanced into their range. Broadsides activate over-watch and blow up one Waveserpent and one of the infantry inside (3BM). Recon1 doesn't counter-charge to avoid loses. No side gets a single hit on. 2 to 1 to Eldar before dices. Eldar surprisingly loses by 3, leaving alive a Swooping Hawk, a Fire Warrior and a Dire Avenger, including the Autarch. Retreat to the forest behind the Wraithgate.
T: Skyray fails and holds, does nothing as nothing is in range (1BM).
E: Nightspinners sustain fire on Hammerheads, cutting to shreds two, breaking them. Hammerheads retreat with Recon2.
T: Crisis Battlesuits double to the Warp Spiders, killing two (3BM).
E: Falcons double between the Rangers and Crisis and shoot the Mechanized FWs (BTS) killing one with (1BM), now a lone Skyray.
E: Lone Prism doubles near the Avatar, shoots the Skyrays for no loses (1BM).
E: Rangers abandon Overwatch (nobody tried to approach them in the slightest) and join the fray, double and shooting Recon2 annihilating what remains of the formation.
E: Jetbikes advance, in front of the Warp Spiders, not being able to shoot due to BMs.
E: Nightwings ground attack Crisis. Barracuda intercepts from behind them. Both sides are ineffective, with no loses(1BM) for Nightwings and Crisis.
E: Mechanized Aspect Warriors (BTS) fails even with Supreme Commander.T: Mechanized, now lone Skayray (BTS) regroups. (0BM)
E: Nightspinners regroup. (1BM)
T: Crisis regroup. (0BM)
E: Warp Spiders regroup. (1BM)
T: Hammerheads regroup. (1BM)
E: Falcon regroup. (0BM)
T: Windriders fail.E: Skyray regroups. (0BM)
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/rdeitkj4amdfnrl/DSC07211_1.jpg?dl=0Turn 3:Eldar gets initiative for a second time.
E: Rangers double on the Crisis or no loses. (1BM)
E: Warp Spiders assault the Crisis fomation with support of Windriders.
Eldar kills 1 Crisis stand for no loses. 2 for Eldar and 1 from Tau before dices. Eldar win by 1 and 1 drone is lost. Tau retreat between the Skyray and Hammerheads.
T: Recon2 Coordinates fire with the Hammerheads against the Rangers. Recon2 makes a crossfire with the Hammerheads and kills 2 rangers, breaking the formation wich retreats to their initial positions and leaving the Hammerheads with no target.
T: Tau retain. Broadsides fail and shoot the Falcons wiping them out.
E: Nightspinners sustain fire on Skyrays, not managing to get a single hit (1BM).
T: The Mechanized formation (lone Skyray) (BTS) fails and breaks retreating behind the Hammerheads.
E: Prism sustain fire on Skyrays for no loses (1BM).
T: Skyrays advance from behind the ruins blasting away the remaining Prism.
E: Windriders take the opportunity and double on the Skyrays, causing no loses but demoralizing them with a single BM. Skyrays retreat flying past the Hammerheads to the ruins afar.
T: Barracudas CAP.
E: Nightwings fail.
T: Guardians double to the forest with the Warp Spiders, firing at Recon 2 for no losses (1BM).
E: Aspect Warriors no longer mechanized (BTS) regroup (0BM).
T: Recon 2 regroup (0BM).
E: Rangers fail and stay where they are with the objective.T: Skyray fails and stay where they are.E: Warp Spiders regroup (0BM).
T: Broadsides regroup (0BM).
E: Winriders regroup (1BM).
T: Now lone Skyray (BTS) regroups.
E: Hammerheads fail.1-1 on objectives
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/ip2bnld4b2hvuvc/DSC07212_1.jpg?dl=0Turn 4:Tau gets the initiative.
T: Crisis coordinate fire withe the Hammerheads on the Windriders. Double behinds the Windriders, spreading to get in a crossfire with the Broadsides. Kills 2 Jetbikes and 1 Viper, breaking the formation, which retreats, leaving again the Hammerheads with no targets. 2 Jetbikes remain.
E: Warpspiders assault spread Crisis. Crisis counter-charge but can't get everyone on range.
Eldar have very lucky throws with 1 drone and two Crisis down for no loses. Remaining Crisis get wiped out by combat resolution.
Warp Spiders consolidate back to the forest.
T: Broadsides fail to sustain and shoots to Guardians, killing 1 Guardian unit (2BM).
E: Aspect Warriors (BTS) marshall to the Wraithgate capturing the objective.
T: Lone Skyray (BTS) boldly (suicidally) doubles towards the Guardians for no losses (1BM).
T: Barracuda retain and ground attacks the Guardians for no losses (1BM).
E: Nightwings ground attack Recon2, blasting one and breaking the formation.
E: Guardians obviously assault lone Skyray (BTS). First round ends in draw like a miracle. Second round ends with the Skyray down or no losses. 1 POINT (BTS) for the Eldar!
E: Nightspinners sustain on Broadsides, causing 4BM and destroying 2, breaking the formation.
Eldar have 3 objectives + 1 more from BTS. Tau have nothing. Both have heavy casualties.A costly but decisive victory against the pale skins and their tank imitations!
PS: Forgot to take a photo of the end of the turn, Sorry guys! You'll have to imagine it.
