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 Post subject: [BatRep] Biel-Tan vs Tyranid
PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:09 am 
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Well, my opponent and I decided to go "extreme" today... and played a 5000 point game of Bugs vs Biel-Tan.

Let me just say, seeing *two* Eldar Titans on the table at once... and they weren't in a pack... was a little frightening.

I won't get the report up tonight, but I will post the armies used.

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 Post subject: [BatRep] Biel-Tan vs Tyranid
PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:17 am 
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Rules Used

Epic Update 2008
NetEA Recommendations
Tyranids v9.1
- Lictors have sniper instead of MW extra attacks
- Hierodule/Trygon Clutch provide a single war engine.

Armies Used

Biel-Tan Swordwind – 4900 points

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Wraithgate

Aspect Warrior Warhost 1
8 Dire Avengers
1 Exarch
1 Autarch

Aspect Warrior Warhost 2
8 Shining Spears
2 Exarchs

Guardian Warhost
1 Farseer
7 Guardians

Ranger Troupe
8 Rangers

Fire Prism Troupe 1
3 Fire Prisms

Fire Prism Troupe 2
3 Fire Prisms

Windrider Troupe
2 Vypers
4 Jetbikes

Engines of Vaul 1
2 Scorpions

Engines of Vaul 2
2 Cobras

Falcon Troupe 1
4 Falcons
1 Firestorm

Falcon Troupe 2
4 Falcons
1 Firestorm

Phantom Titan
2 Pulsars

Warlock Titan - BTS Goal
1 Psychic Lance
1 Pulsar

Big Momma’s Bug Bonanza – 5000 points

BTS Goal – 12 Synapse Creatures

Hive Swarm
1 Dominatrix
2 Barbed Hierodules

Nexus Swarm
1 Hive Tyrant
2 Tyranid Warriors
2 Haruspex
1 Malefactor
6 Raveners
3 Gargoyles
4 Hormagants
6 Termagaunts

Assault Swarm 1
3 Tyranid Warriors
5 Raveners
3 Gargoyles
6 Hormagants
7 Termagants

Assault Swarm 2
3 Tyranid Warriors
3 Gargoyles
5 Raveners
6 Hormagaunts
7 Termagants

Attack Swarm 1
1 Hive Tyrant
4 Dactylis
1 Malefactor

Attack Swarm 2
1 Hive Tyrant
6 Carnifex

Harassment Swarm
1 Harridan
3 Gargoyles

Lictor Swarm 1
5 Lictors

Lictor Swarm 2
5 Lictors

Genestealer Swarm 1
7 Genestealers

Genestealer Swarm 2
7 Genestealers

Bio-Titan Swarm
1 Hierophant

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 Post subject: [BatRep] Biel-Tan vs Tyranid
PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:25 pm 
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Battlefield:

4x6; Biel-Tan chose edge deployment

Deployment:

Biel-Tan kept Aspect Warrior Warhost 2 and the Windriders in the Webway.

Tyranids kept both Lictor Swarms in reserve.

Biel-Tan garrisoned Rangers on overwatch.

Tyranids garrisoned both Genestealer Swarms in cover.  Both Attack Swarms were also garrisoned, both on overwatch.

Remaining deployment as shown:

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:13 pm 
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Turn 1

No teleports.

Strategy Roll: Biel-Tan

The Wraithgate opens up and out races the Windriders, zooming to engage Genestealer Swarm 1.  Two ‘Stealers are cut down in a hail of razorblades… and *FOUR* more are forced to scatter during resolution! (My opponent deftly avoided the nearby Hive Tyrant’s overwatch range.)



Attack Swarm 2 then sustains fire, lobbing Bile Pods deep into Eldar territory, catching both the Cobra Engines of Vaul and Falcon Troupe 2 in their deadly splashes.  The war engines suffer only some bubbled paint, while the Falcons lose a Falcon and a Firestorm, breaking badly.

Aiming for revenge, Falcon Troupe 1 advances, pops up, and peppers one Dactylis from Attack Swarm 2.

Assault Swarm 1 doubles up the nearby snow and tree covered hill and fires on the Windriders, placing a Blast marker.

Prism Troupe 1 advances, popping up to hit Attack Swarm 1 again, skewering one Dactylis and one Malefactor.

With rasping screams, Attack Swarm 2 engages the Windriders… one Carnifex goes down, no Eldar are hurt, and the elusive Jetbikes win by “1â€Â

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:04 pm 
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Turn 2

No teleports.

Strategy Roll: Biel-Tan

Feeling flushed with victory against their fearsome foes, the Windrider Troupe attempts a clipping assault on Genestealer Swarm 2, with the support of the nearby Guardians and Falcons.



They fail!  Only one Genestealer is taken out and, ridiculously, *three* Jetbike units crash in a panic!

The Dire Avengers of Aspect Warhost 1 then take to the parapets of the Cathedral to engage Assault Swarm 2.  They cut down five Termagants, 2 Gargoyles, and 2 Ravener and win, taking out another Termagant, but it’s a pyrrhic victory as *six* Dire Avengers are lost, only the Exarch and Autarch surviving to tell the story of the battle.



The Guardian Warhost then engages the hunkered down Genestealers, with the support of the nearby Falcons.  No damage is done in the fight, but three Genestealers scatter in resolution and the three surviving Bugs hide in the bunker.



Attack Swarm 1 sustains fire on the Scorpion Troupe and Fire Prisms 1… one Scorpion suffers 1DC damage and one Prism is melted, breaking the survivor.

The Hierophant is told to advance… it doesn’t want to.  The Dominatrix demands that it do so… it *still* doesn’t want to… so it fires on the Guardians, placing a single Blast marker.

The Phantom Titan stands proud upon the hill and sustains fire on the ass of the Dominatrix, doing 2DC damage to the horrid She-beast!

Angered, the Dominatrix doubles towards the Warlock Titan, and fires everything at it… placing a single Blast marker.

(This raised an interesting situation with the flamer template… it was place using the rules as written, but the target formation, the Warlock Titan, was out of range, but the Guardians fell under it if it was placed in a straight line with the target Titan… is this an intended effect?  We didn’t allow it, but weren’t clear on it.)



The Warlock advances, targeting its Psychic Lance directly on the Dominatrix… to no effect!  The Pulsar does 2DC damage to the lead Hierodule.

Attack Swarm 2 marches into the woods near Eldar Objective 1.

The Scorpions advance on the Dominatrix, and kill the lead Hierodule.

The Nexus Swarm advances on the Rangers.  Their overwatch fire takes out a Ravener (I didn’t let my Tyranid Warriors get in range), and they only suffer a single Blast marker from the Tyranid fire.

The Wraithgate then opens up and the Shining Spears ride forth in an attempt to impale the Dominatrix.  It’s a vicious, vicious fight that lasts two rounds.  In the end, all the Shining Spears are wiped out, but the Dominatrix is left with 3DC.



Falcon Troupe 1 advances on the Dominatrix, does 1DC damage to Her, and She breaks, falling back to try to find some protection.

Prisms 2 advance and pop up to fire on the Dominatrix, but do no damage.

The lone Cobra fails to double and regroups instead, clearing all Blast markers…

End of Turn:

The Ranger Troupe and Falcons 2 fail to rally.

Assault Swarm 2 and THE DOMINATRIX fail to rally!

Spawning is pitiful… and unrecorded.  *laugh*




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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:41 pm 
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Turn 3

The Lictors show up, one swarm on each Blitz, with the one near the Tyranid Blitz getting a Blast marker.

The Avatar also shows up, right near the Guardians.



Strategy Roll: Biel-Tan

The Phantom Titan advances slightly to target the Dominatrix… its scores two TK hits… but the Great She-Beast’s invulnerable save stops one, and She still lives!  (I must admit, I made a ridiculous number of invulnerable saves this game.)

Prism Troupe 2 sustains fire on the Dominatrix, to no effect.

The Warlock Titan then advances and, finally, finishes off the Dominatrix, netting the “Break Their Spiritâ€Â

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Quote: (Hena @ 19 Dec. 2008, 16:26 )

The idea behind the original rule is that they would not be. But that was the question on how it should be done in the thread about the control range.

I just didn't think it had come up that a swarm was in a situation where it was broken by the loss of it Synapse creatures... it was new to me!

Turn 4 may not arrive until after lunch.

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Turn 4

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Strategy Roll: Biel-Tan

The Scorpion Troupe sputters for a moment before the Autarch calms them down and they advance to pop-up and fire on Attack Swarm 1, eliminating one Dactylis.

Attack Swarm 1 responds by sustaining fire at the Autarch, but only manages to place a single Blast marker.

Assault Swarm 1 engages the Scorpion Engines of Vaul and swats both of them out of the air without a loss!  The nearby Fire Prism 2 breaks and flees.



Falcon Troupe 1 doubles to the rear of Assault Swarm 1 and kills a Ravener.

The Phantom Titan advances and is able to tag 2 Dactylis from Attack Swarm 1.

The Guardian Warhost then clip assaults Assault Swarm 1, which counter-charges into the Phantom Titan!



The Titan suffers 3DC damage and the Tyranids lose 3 Gargoyles, 2 Termagants, and 3 Hormagaunts as the narrowly lose.  The victorious Eldar do a happy dance.

The Genestealers then leap from the bunkers to engage the Phantom Titan… and are stomped into paste.



The Warlock Titan advances on the Nexus Swarm… and takes out a single Gargoyle!

The Rangers then engage the Nexus Swarm… and my opponent realizes he’s placed his Warlock Titan in support range to help… only if I counter-charge into the Rangers!  I elect not to… and lose 2 Termagants and a Malefactor as the Rangers lose four of their members to as the Bugs win.



Still feeling hungry, the bulked up Nexus engages the Warlock Titan!  



The Warlock suffers 2DC damage, while the Bugs lose two Hormagaunts, 1 Termagant, 1 Ravener, and 1 Haruspex.  It’s still viciously close as Biel-Tan only wins by “1â€Â

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:58 pm 
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So... 5000 point game... no after game comments?  Not even about the flamer template concern in Turn 2?

Must be those damned Tau distracting eveyone!

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I've only just woken up on a Saturday morning, give us a chance Chroma!!  :))  :;):

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:46 pm 
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Quote: (Markconz @ 19 Dec. 2008, 22:39 )

I've only just woken up on a Saturday morning, give us a chance Chroma!!  :))  :;):

I've been snowed in all day here... so I've been itching for comments.  *laugh*

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:09 am 
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Quote: (Chroma @ 19 Dec. 2008, 21:46 )

Quote: (Markconz @ 19 Dec. 2008, 22:39 )

I've only just woken up on a Saturday morning, give us a chance Chroma!!  :))  :;):

I've been snowed in all day here... so I've been itching for comments.  *laugh*

:yes:  I still need to catch up on a decent amount of the tyranid back chat before I make too many comments about rules or tactics etc, but good to see a decent sized game being played!!  :agree:

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Fantastic read as always, thanks Chroma. I have been thinking of using different table sheets for snow fields, desert or ash wastes and after seeing this I think that's what I'll be doing. Quite effective. I love the layout. Hill of Hero's right enough, way to go Biel-Tan for holding on so long. It looked like your Tyranids were all over him too.

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