30/08/09
Table: 6’ x 4’





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World Eaters World Eaters v0.9.1 List
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Marines – 2008 Change version Book

Blish – World Eaters v0.9.1 3025 points (9-10 Activations)
- World Eater Berserkers1 + Dreadnaughtsx3 + Dreadclaws - 475
- World Eater Berserkers2 + Dread + Dreadclaws - 375
- World Eater Berserkers3 - 275
- World Eater Terminatorsx4 + Daemon Prince + Teleport + DP - 575
- World Eater Chosen1 + Skull Lord (infiltrators) - 225
- World Eater Chosen2 + Skull Lord (infiltrators) - 225
- World Eater Chosen3 (infiltrators) - 175
- World Eater Bike Retinue – 250
- Helltalon Bombers - 200
- Bloodletters x5 - 100
- Strike Cruiser - 150




Frogbear – Marines   3000 Points (9-10 Activations)  
- Terminators + Chaplain = 400pts
- Whirlwinds = 300pts
- Tactical + Dreadsx2 + Laserback + Commander = 475pts
- Devastators = 250pts
- Assault Marines + Chaplain = 225pts
- Thunderhawk = 200pts
- Warhounds x2 = 500pts
- Bikes + Chaplain = 250pts
- Thunderbolt Fighters = 150pts
- Marauder Bombers = 250 points

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Note: All directions in battle report will be given from the standing point of the Marine Player


Objectives placed on the table



Garrisons:
- World Eater Berserkers3 garrison within the middle ruins
- World Eater Chosen1 garrison within the right side craters


Set-ups
- Devastators set up on the left hand side
- World Eater Chosen2 set up on left hand side behind the ruins
- Marine Bikes set up
- World Eater Chosen3 right hand side city
- Warhounds set up next to Devastators
- World Eater Bikes set up centre of the table
- Whirlwinds set up left hand side of the table
- Tactical unit sets up left hand side with Devastators + Warhounds


Pre-game table set-up (Marine Player Side)


…and from the World Eater’s end



Teleports:
World Eater Terminators teleport in front of Devastators – no BM

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Turn 1
Marines win Initiative

- Devastators sustain vs World Eater Terminators (5 hits) killing 1
- Tactical retain & fail activation. Elect to shoot Terminators breaking the unit
- World Eater Berserkers3 march into left hand side crater
- Thunderbolts go on CAP
- Chosen1 March to forward crater
- Warhounds advance into craters & shoot World Eater Terminators – no damage
- World Eater Bikes March towards Tactical squad
- Thunderhawk GA Terminators killing 1
- Chosen3 Double to right hand side craters
- Marine bikes Double up right hand side table
- Helltalons GA Marine bikes. Thunderbolts enact CAP killing both Helltalons.
- Whirlwinds sustain vs World Eater bikes killing 1 stand
- World Eater Chosen2 March towards middle ruins
- Marauder bombers GA World Eater bikes breaking the unit.
- World Eater Cruiser activates. Bombard does nothing. Pin Point attack causes 1 wound on a Warhound. Dreadclaws are released forward poition of the Devastators.

Up to this point


- World Eater Berserkers1 Charge the Warhounds. 1 Warhound dies to 4 Berserkers. Combat is a draw. 2nd round Berserkers destroy last Warhound for 1 Berserker death. Berserkers become gain 5 BM.


- World Eater Berserkers2 March towards Tactical unit.


Rally Phase
> Devastators remove BM
> World Eater Terminators Rally
> Tactical Unit fail to remove BM
> World Eater Berserkers1 remove BM
> Whirlwinds remove BM



End of Turn 1 – World Eater View

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Turn 2

Teleports:
Space Marine Terminators teleport next to World Eater Terminators

World Eaters win Initiative

- World Eater Terminators summon 2 Daemons & Charge Marine Terminators. Both units wipe each other out.  


- World Eater Berserkers1 retain and Fail. They gain BM and charge Devastators and intermingle Whirlwinds. Marines are broken and double back towards own Blitz.


- Tactical unit double back and shoot Berserkers2. No kills
- World Eater Chosen3 Charge Whirlwinds and wipe them out.
- Thunderbolts fail their activation and stand down
- Berserkers3 go on Overwatch
- Marauder Bombers GA World Eater Chosen2 for no kills
- Marine bikes Charge World Eater Chosen2 in a clipping assault killing 2 and breaking them (1 extra dead due to combat resolution).
- World Eater Chosen1 remain on Overwatch
- Thunderhawk GA/Charge Berserkers2 killing 3 Berserkers and 2 extra on combat resolution.    


Rally Phase
> World Eater bikes rally
> All other units fail to rally or remove BM


Turn 3

Teleports: None

Marines win initiative

- Marauder Bombers fail to activate and stand down
- World Eater bikes Marshall remove 1 BM
- Thunderhawk GA Chosen1 killing 2 and breaking the unit.
- Berserkers3 Double into crater for cover
- Marine bikes attempt to secure the game by taking the Blitz and Take and Hold objectives and fail to activation (WTF!). Instead they stand and remove a BM
- Chosen3 Advance onto Blitz
- Thunderbolts GA Chosen3 killing 1
- Tactical unit doubles around ruins and fires on Chosen3 killing2 and breaking them
- Assault unit charges Berserkers2 wiping them out for 2 losses themselves

Game over


Marines – 2 (BTS & TSNP)
World Eaters – 1 (BTS)

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After Game Thoughts

- World Eater player was too eager in using the Terminators. If they had not teleported in the first turn, the Dreadclaws would have landed on 2-3 squads of Advancing Marines and the outcome of the battle could have been very different from Turn 1.

The World Eater list is a finesse army and every unit needs to be used to it’s full effectiveness. The above example is one example of this.

We found that the ‘Stubborn’ rule is nowhere near a replacement for Fearless, yet the extra CC attacks in BtB are a good change. A few more games will determine whether the points are right for each of the units. My personal preference is that Berserkers and Bike units are reduced by another 15 points. Terminators appear perfectly balanced so far, however this battle was not a good representation of that.

World Eater Chosen need some serious consideration for improvements as the 4 per unit is quite limiting with the substitution of Fearless with Stubborn.

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- World Eater Berserkers1 retain and Fail. They gain BM and charge Devastators and intermingle Whirlwinds.



thought you could only move or shoot after failing to retain ?

The Fearless rule proposed for the World Eaters, is that instead of a hold action (move, shoot or remove BM), you can only either Shoot or Charge.

This effectively means that they have trouble removing BM, yet they are more likley to charge at the enemy no matter what. It is the player's choice however. Most times, if you are not within a charge range to get into BtB, it still allows them to effect a single move (charge) to get into some type of cover.

We thought it was a fitting change to represent the Blood Rage of the World Eaters.

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