Last night I got to try out my guard for the first time after a somewhat unsuccessful day out as Tzeentch traitors.

Reg HQ + flak + Ogryn + sniper 650
Leman Russ 650
Baneblade Coy (standard weapons from E:A)
Shadowsword Coy
Mech + hellhounds
Flak Batty

vs

2 boy mobs each with battlefortress, gunfortress and flak wagon
3 fightas
stompa mob
Great gargant
blitz brigade

City fight 4'x4'. Would have taken photos but not much painted.

Gargant doubles forward determined to put the hurt on the shadowswords but fails to hurt them. Leman russ advance and strip all but 2 shields. Shadowswords advance and open against him (made no difference to sustain) and strip away his shields and take 4 wounds. No criticals. Stompa Mob double forward with a boy mob. Mech company advance and fire on boys, taking grots down and flak and a wound on gun fortress. Battle fortress goes critcal and kills a nob as well. 2nd boys double into the city and are fired upon by the reg HQ. Baneblades advance and shoot at stompas but do little damage but supress. Hydras advance to spread flak bubble. Fightas come under flak, lose 1 before attacking the shadowswords for no damage.

Turn 2
Gargant sustains on shadowswords and downs 1. Leman Russ attack the blitz brigade reducing it to 1 model. Shadowswords strip Gargant down to 4 DC and start 2 fires. Boy mob on left flank engages mech coy and are thoroughly repelled 14-8. Mech coy then advances and fires on stompas, downing one. Baneblades open up and down another. Reg HQ fires on city boys and a last shot from the hydra battery breaks them. Gargant takes another 2 wounds in end phase as fires continue. Both boys fail to rally.

Turn 3.
With not much left to contest, the mech coy marches on blitz objective. Shadowswords finally down the gargant BTS and russ advance on the last objective.

Outcome.
I never much fancied the guard for a long time but liked how they looked. Now I like how they play too! I realise I should not have had 2 BTS but for next time I will switch out snipers and ogryns from HQ and add ogryns in chimera to mech coy.

I thought it was a great game but i was on the winning side. Both of us are getting a firmer grasp on the rules now and only need the ref sheets for shooting.

Hope you enjoy. Any glaring rules errors let me know.

D.

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