Due to the help of our very own Bissler I have managed to find a new local opponent. Yesterday was our first game and as such we opted for Minigeddon using the GW lists as a first training match. Battle report below.

An Imperial Guard Legion had turned its back on the Emperor. The Dark Angels had chased the trators down to a small, backward planet and taken it upon themselves to burn the heretics out of their grubby little fox holes. However it was not to be.........

Forces used

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Turn 1

IG won initiative.
IG - basilisks sustain fire on speeders destroying one
SM - Assault marines take this as a sign of things to come and move in behind the hill close to the enemies deployment zone
IG - Advance the Mech infantry to cover an objective and use the factory complex as cover. They open fire on the assault marines but fail to do any damage
SM - Land Speeders consolidate, move up behind the other hill close to the Mech infantry and prepare to spring the trap in turn 2 while removing blast markers
IG - Put the baneblades on Overwatch
SM - March the devs and prepare to destroy the Mech Infantry in the factory complex

Turn 2 - AKA the beginning of the end
Termies Teleport in next to the basilisks

SM win initiative
SM - Termies open fire on the basilisks, destroying two and causing them to flee in terror behind the bane blades
IG - Baneblades return the favour and open fire on the termies. I fully expected the termies to weather the storm. however they proceeded to fail the emperor and are wiped of the face of the planet. This was the beginning of the end for the SM......
SM - Devs advance and shoot at the IG in the factory and also fail the emperor and end up only killing one
SM - Speeders retain initiative, move to continue the assault on the IG mech infantry and also only kill one unit
IG - Mech infantry return fire and kill on land speeder, and marshal to remove BM's.
SM - Assault move up to the retreating basilisks to destroy them next turn

All BM removed in end phase

Turn 3

Marines win the initiative.

SM - Move the Speeders in an attempt to destroy the Baneblades, but fall a few CM short and end up doing nothing other than get caught between the Baneblades and Mech infantry.
SM - Try and retain initiative with the Devs, and fail miserably.
IG - Baneblades open fire on the assault marines destroying two (yup, my roles were so bad that the assault marines survived better than the Termies did)
IG - Retain the initiative and using the support of the Baneblades, completely destroy the speeders
SM - Attempt to assault with Assault marines on the broken basilisk but fail (SM role a 2, IG a 6) and flee

End of turn 3 victory points
IG have BTS, SM have they shall not pass (out of luck rather than design) based on the appalling dice roles to date, and the fact I had no forces left I admit defeat and hand the win to the IG who played brilliantly. I was out played, out gunned, and abandoned by the dice gods.

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Main failings on my part

1) forgot to specify the type of speeder and razorback
2) completely forgot the crossfire rule
3) Land speeders failing to get into range
4) over confidence in the termies. They have always been faithful in previous games however part of the issue was...
5) really horrendous dice roles by myself and some cracking ones by my opponent. The dice gods had abandoned the dark angels that day.

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Some pictures from the resounding IG victory

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Last of the pics. Supplied by my opponent. I have to hand the day to him, he played very well!

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Great report. Minigeddon can be a bit that way, a few dice here and there can swing it and with so little on the table you really have to dig deep to get back in it. But then, it's so quick you can rack em up and have an other game (or two.)

Thanks for the report! But why use the outdated and slightly unbalanced GW lists when there are better and more used alternatives available from both EpicUK and NetEA?

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Great stuff! I read the other take on this game by your opponent on fb! Great to hear both sides and I look forward to reading future reports!

Oh, and pleased to have had a small role in making this happen! Long live Epic!

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Many thanks to you bissler! Next match planned for November, 3k. So room for bad dice this time!

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I have every confidence that you and your dice will not fail the Emperor a second time!

One day we should do a Scottish tournament. Common Ground Games in Stirling would be a good venue. The main problem would be which ruleset to use. Are you both sticking with EA (I know Richard enjoyed it) or are there still plans to try Net Epic?

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The Dark Angels will not fail the Emperor again, or I will tell everyone their secret....

Yeah a game or two somewhere mid way would be great. We are sticking with E:A for now but we have discussed also trying other games, so we will see.....

Scottish tournament would great though!

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Scottish team for the euros next year?

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Haha we are a long way away from that yet. Plus I don't know if I would have time to paint a full 3k by then!

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