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[BatRep] War Gryphons (3.06) vs Orks

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:03 am 
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Okay, finally got in another game of EPIC!  Warmachine fever is still gripping the area, but a few people a hankering to get back to playing with *lots* of soldiers... instead of a couple of armoured tin cans...

So, we thought we'd give the new Titan Legions for a spin, and E&C put in a request for Orks.

WAAAGH!

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 Post subject: [BatRep] War Gryphons (3.06) vs Orks
PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:04 am 
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Epic Update 2008
AMTL 3.06
Neal?s Ork Changes

Armies Used

War Gryphons? Titan Mayhem - 3000 points

Reaver Battle Titan Omega - (BTS Goal)
One Reaver Titan
3 x Plasma Cannons
Carapace Multilaser
Sacred Icon

Reaver Battle Titan Alpha
One Reaver Titan
2 x Plasma Blastguns
1 x Plasma Cannon

Reaver Battle Titan Beta
One Reaver Titan
3 x Plasma Blastguns

Warhound Scout Titans Delta
Two Warhound Titans
4 x Plasma Blastguns

Warhound Scout Titans Omicron
Two Warhound Titans
4 x Plasma Blastguns

Bad Moon ?Ead-bustas! - 3000 points

Big Warband
1 Warboss
3 Nobz
12 Boyz
4 Grotz
1 Boyz
1 Grot

Gargant - (BTS Goal)
2 Soopa-Gunz
1 Supa-Zzap-Gun

Big Mekboy Gunzmob
10 Big Gunz
1 Nob
1 Oddboyz
1 Supa-Zzap-Gun

Stormboyz Warhorde
6 Stormboyz
4 Deth Koptas

Big Kult of Speed
2 Skorchas
4 Buggies
10 Warbikes

Big Blitz Brigade 1
6 Gunwagonz
2 Flakwagonz
2 Oddboyz
2 Soopa Gunz

Blitz Brigade 2
6 Gunwagonz
2 Flakwagonz
2 Oddboyz
2 Supazapp Gunz

Fighta-Bommerz
4 F-Bs

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 Post subject: [BatRep] War Gryphons (3.06) vs Orks
PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:05 am 
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Battlefield:

4x6

Orks rolled and chose edge deployment.

Deployment:

Orks garrisoned the Gunzmob and Big Warband on overwatch.

AMTL had no garrisons.

Remaining deployment as below, with all Titans, except Omega, in cover:

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:02 am 
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wow it is late will be looking forward to this tomorrow.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:16 pm 
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Wow. All the slow-firing plasma...and thats against a horde army!

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:56 pm 
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Turn 1

No teleports.

Strategy roll: AMTL? who hand it to the Orks!

The Fighta-Bommerz show up and dive down to ground attack Warhounds Omicron? and place a single Blast marker.

Reaver Alpha doubles up, moving cover to cover, targeting the Gunzmob? which fires first!  Two Void Shields are dropped? and the Supazzap misses on a 50/50 shot.  The Titan unloads everything? and kills? 2 Big Gunz. (Oh oh!)

Blitz Brigade 2 advances, strips the Void Shields from Reaver Alpha and also does 2DC damage to the mighty war engine.

Reaver Beta then doubles forward, moving cover to cover as well, opens fire with everything on Blitz Brigade 2? and kills? 2 Flakwagonz.  (OH OH!)

Blitz Brigade 1 doubles forward to fire on Reaver Alpha? and places a Blast marker.

Warhounds Delta double on Blitz Brigade 2, fire everything, and erase all the Ork tanks from the battlefield. (That?s more like it!)

The Kult of Speed revs up to a double and fires on Warhounds Delta, placing a single Blast marker? they didn?t want to fire on the nearly broken Reaver Alpha, as that would mean it could run away from the fun!

Reaver Omega advances, cover to cover, and gets the Kult of Speed in its sights? destroying 5 Warbikes, 2 Skorchas, and 1 Warbuggy, cutting the Kult in half and easily breaking it. (This is the kind of effect my opponent was looking for with all that plasma!)

The Warboss and his Warband march up to get nice and close to Reaver Beta, grabbing some cover in the ruins.

Warhounds Omicron double up, and only one fires on the Ork Warband, frying 2 Grots.

The Stormboyz take to the air, bounding on a march to the forest near the AMTL Blitz and lurk in the bushes.

Time for a road trip as the Gargant performs a road march right to the Y-intersection?

End of Turn

The Kult of Speed fails to rally, even with a re-roll.

Warhounds Delta fail to clear their Blast marker?

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:21 pm 
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Turn 2

No teleports.

Strategy roll: AMTL

Warhounds Omicron double forward again, getting close and firing their remaining Plasma Blastguns on the Ork Warband, killing 1 Grot and 1 Boy?

Reaver Beta then follows up by engaging the Warband in a firefight with lots of friendly support.  The Orks knock down 2 Void shields and lose 2 Grots and 3 Boyz, the cover of the ruins protecting them from the brunt of the Titan?s attacks? but the Titans win by ?1?, pushing the Orks back while they lose another Boy?


Trying to get some kind of revenge, the Gunzmob sustains fire on Reaver Alpha? dropping its new Void shield and doing 1DC damage with Big Gunz? as the Supazzap misses because of the Titan?s cover!

Blitz Brigade 1 advances (On a 4+!  My opponent couldn?t believe the ?un-Orky? rolls I was making!  *laugh*) on Warhounds Delta, hitting both them and Reaver Alpha with Soopagunz, but only managing to drop a Void shield from each enemy formation.

Reaver Omega then moves slightly forward to engage Blitz Brigade 2 in a clipping firefight? the Orks promptly ram themselves into Warhounds Delta!  The Reaver takes no damage, while one of Delta?s Hounds lose 2 Void shields and 1DC? while the Orky tanks are completely wiped out.


The Fighta-Bommerz then dive down to strafe Reaver Alpha, don?t do any damage, but the rokkits are enough to shake the Titan?s crew and they break.


Bellowing loudly and belching black smoke, the Gargant doubles down the road, targeting Reaver Beta, but catching Reaver Omega and Warhounds Delta in the blasts.  Reaver Beta loses a Void shield and takes 1DC damage, Reaver Omega loses a Void shield, and nothing happens to the Warhounds? other than 1 Blast marker.

Warhounds Delta reposition themselves with a marshal, clearing all Blast markers and restoring all Void shields? the Cads!

Far from the action, the Stormboyz double around the AMTL Blitz?

End of Turn

All Ork formations rally.

Reaver Alpha fails to rally?

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:35 pm 
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Turn 3

No teleports.

Strategy roll: Orks? on a TIE!

The Gunzmob sustains fire on Reaver Beta? dropping its Void shields and doing 2DC damage as the Supa-zzap finally hits!

Know a good thing when he sees it, the Gargant?s Kaptin engages the intermingled Reavers Beta and Omega!  


A little damage is done to each side and the fight goes to a second round.  The Gargant has lost 3DC and all its Power fields, Reaver Beta has suffered 2DC? Reaver Omega is fine, but worried.  AMTL is up by ?1? as the roll-off comes at the end of round 2? and they win by ?1?, pushing the Gargant back.  (SO CLOSE!)


Warhounds Omicron advance after the Gargant and do 1DC damage.

Warhounds Delta advance on the other side of the Gargant, flanking it for crossfire and unload everything, tearing the towering Ork machine to smoking shreds of metal? *SIGH*


Taking a cue from the Titans, the Warband needs a re-roll to advance and put Warhounds Delta in a crossfire with the Gunzmob? but they only manage to drop a Void shield!


Reaver Omega finally realizes that there?s Orks in their backfield, and marches down the road to prevent the Stormboyz from grabbing AMTL Objective 2.

The Fighta-Bommerz then dive down to strafe Reaver Beta, but just place a Blast marker.

The Kult of Speed doubles around AMTL Obj 1 and shoots ineffectively at Reaver Beta.

Feeling left out of all the fun, the Stormboyz continue to jump around the AMTL Blitz, whooping and laughing?

End of Turn

All Ork formations rally.

Reaver Alpha fails to rally? again!

Score

AMTL 1 (BTS) vs Orks 2 (Blitz, T-n-H) ? Narrow Ork victory!

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:39 pm 
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Looks like a really great game!

I demand your thoughts! :)

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:50 pm 
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(Evil and Chaos @ Mar. 21 2008,16:39)
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Looks like a really great game!

It was!  Lots of fun, and nice to play something other than Warmachine... even if we used a couple of Warmachine models in the battle... *laugh*

I demand your thoughts! :)

First off, I didn't destroy a single Titan... I was a little surprised at that!  *laugh*

Second, if my opponent had rolled even *average* dice for his plasma shots, the game would've been a lot different... two full volleys of plamsa killing only 2 units each was pretty poor performance... average shots would've probably broken both targeted formations and that would've really altered Turn 2.

I wish I could get my opponent to post, but he avoids forums.  

He was mentioning that he should've taken a Lasburner or two, but couldn't figure out why anyone would take anything other than plasma weapons on Titans... double and shoot in Turn 1, assault in Turn 2, and plasma again Turn 3 should do a *lot* of damage to the enemy.

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He was mentioning that he should've taken a Lasburner or two, but couldn't figure out why anyone would take anything other than plasma weapons on Titans... double and shoot in Turn 1, assault in Turn 2, and plasma again Turn 3 should do a *lot* of damage to the enemy.


I agree that the plasma loadout is powerful... but is also short -ranged.

Interesting to see him take 3 Reaver Titans... not a fan of Warlords is he?

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(Evil and Chaos @ Mar. 21 2008,16:57)
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I agree that the plasma loadout is powerful... but is also short -ranged.

Well, I wouldn't consider 105cm short-ranged... *laugh*  Starting at the edge of the deployment zone, that's the width of the board on a double!  On bigger Titans it's obviously less... but they can take longer ranged versions...

Interesting to see him take 3 Reaver Titans... not a fan of Warlords is he?

Actually, he's a fan of Reavers... quicker and cheaper.  *laugh*

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Well, I wouldn't consider 105cm short-ranged...


Well, the Warhound is a very different beast to the bigger Titans... :)

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One other thought... risking the walker test and constantly keeping your Titans in cover seems to be a really good way to protect your Titans!

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(Chroma @ Mar. 21 2008,17:33)
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One other thought... risking the walker test and constantly keeping your Titans in cover seems to be a really good way to protect your Titans!

I do that a lot with titans, walking them trough woods and buildings.

Thanks for the battle report.

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