As organiser, I had decided to play a "fast" list to give me time to do the scores etc, so I decided to field a reasonably 'fluffy' 2nd /3rd turn Marine drop army though I did not expect much from it.
350 Battle Barge
350 Tacticals + Dreadnought
300 Tacticals
300 Devastators + Librarian
450 Terminators + Supreme Commander
400 Terminators + Chaplain
200 ThunderHawk
175 Assault Marines
175 Assault Marines
150 Thunder Bolts
150 Thunder Bolts
Following a random draw, I ended up playing Tom (Exodus Wars) Webb's IG in the first game. Some really fantastic models there. Turn #1, Tom marched the IG towards my blitz. At the start of turn #2, the Terminators teleported on either side of Tom's upgraded Leman Russ Company without getting any BMs - only to lose the Strategy roll! So the LR sustains at point blank on the termies in the open. 30+ dice and 199 hits later, not a single terminator dies! Worse, the SHT company also sustains - felling only a single terminator
(Has my legendary luck changed at last?? 
) Well, the inevitable fire / assault occurs, and three LR tanks scurry towards my blitz, and the game went downhill from there for Tom. 3-0 to the Marines
Game #2 was against Steve Gullick's superb Black legion army. Turn #1 saw the BL advancing across the table harrassed by the Marine airforce, grouping in the centre of the table. In turn #2 flushed with their earlier success, the terminators again teleport down either side of the enemy BTS. Winning the SR, one shoots while the other assaults, throwing 3x '1's and 2x '2's losing this assault,
(normal service resumed 
). Both formations are quickly dispatched. The battle hung in the balance for a while following the successfull attack by the THawk with assault marines, but in turn #3 the BL managed to break the tacticals threatening their Blitz while the Chaos Terminators were just able to secure the Marine Blitz against determined resistance. BL 2-0
Game #3 was against Mark Williams Eldar, including a fearsome Warlock. Turn #1 saw the Warlock escorted to the center of the table by three formations, leaving some Rangers, Guardians and Bikes defending the Void Spinner by the Blitz. Though cleverly posistioned, the Rangers were intermingled with everything but the bikes, so the Marine Terminators teleported in position for a combined assault, gaining 5x BM's!
(how familiar 
) - Then Mark won the SR on a tie (as I had won turn #1) and destroyed both formations. The Assault Marines exacted bloody revenge, but things were looking tricky. In turn #3 the Devastators had little chance of defending the Blitz against the combined attention of the titan and its companions, and the Eldar Aspects took up position defending the two take and hold objectives. In the last shot of the game, the tacticals managed to inflict sufficient casualties to break them, clawing back a point. Eldar 3-2
Many thanks to Tom, Steve and Mark for three tense and enjoyable games.
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