Our local Game Store has just finished week 4 of our current League (Wednesday nights, each League is 6 weeks long. The top 4 run semis in week 7 with everyone else having open gaming, and finals in week 8 while everyone else plays a 750 point mini-RTT). Missions are mixed, but in this League we have to keep the exact same list (2ooo points) each week.
So the mission was a single objective in the center of the field. In addition the center had a large chunk of terrain that counted as blocking LoS. Deployment was taken from the 4th edition, deploying in the diagonal run from 16" off opposite corners. Terrain was a mix-mash of ruined buildings, low hills, and a few pieces of blocking terrain. The first game-turn was Night Fight.
I won the toss and in a chose to setup first. Typically in an Objective mission their is a benefit to going second (being able to make that last run to the objective) however I felt the terrain on the side I chose was much more conducive to my List; giving adequate cover for my Inducted guard with nice firing lanes and clean open field where my vehicles could make fast time towards cover and the objective.
So the mission was a single objective in the center of the field. In addition the center had a large chunk of terrain that counted as blocking LoS. Deployment was taken from the 4th edition, deploying in the diagonal run from 16" off opposite corners. Terrain was a mix-mash of ruined buildings, low hills, and a few pieces of blocking terrain. The first game-turn was Night Fight.
I won the toss and in a chose to setup first. Typically in an Objective mission their is a benefit to going second (being able to make that last run to the objective) however I felt the terrain on the side I chose was much more conducive to my List; giving adequate cover for my Inducted guard with nice firing lanes and clean open field where my vehicles could make fast time towards cover and the objective.
SETUP:
This was my deployment. The Immolator with the HQ in the bottom ready to make a dash and hide behind a ruined building. Next up an Exorcist to provide fire support into the enemies deployment area.
Then a Rhino with 10 girls. The First Platoon of Guard, 3 squads combined and the Platoon Commander. The Immolator with 2 Melta Celestians (set to position in cover on either side of the big ruin in the center). 2nd Platoon, 2 squads combined and their Commander.
Finally a pile of vehicles, 2 Exorcists, the 2nd Rhino with 10 girls, and an Immolator with Celestians (1 melta, 1 hvy flamer). From this view you can see the deployment zone shape.
The enemy setup, a pile of heretic I-Guard who have chosen to turn away from the glories of the Emperor.
Everyone piled into the corner. A Manticore as the anchor, 2 Chimeras running out from their(the top one has the Platoon Command squad, the closer one has the HQ squad), then 2 Leman Russ Executioners at the ends. The building has a combined Platoon of 3 squads with Autocannon. Not shown are 3 Vendettas and a Psyker Squad in reserve.
TURN 1:
A bad Turn one for me. I moved as planned (the major move being the Immolator moving behind the ruin for cover and the Rhinos toward the objective. The pile of vehicles moved towards the corners where Jay deployed. Shooting; I whiffed on every night-fight roll.
Jay moved his tanks out from behind the building. His night fight rolls were much better, the Command Chimera getting a great roll and Jay Illuminating the HQ Immolator with his searchlights. This allowed the Executioner and Autocannons to open up freely, destroying the Immolators T/L Hvy Flamer and immobilizing the vehicle.
TURN 2:
This pic shows my turn 2 movement. The disabled Immolator has discharged her passengers and they are moving through cover towards the advancing heretics. My shooting was almost as effective as my previous night fighting rolls. The HQ continued movement by running through the building.
Jays Turn 2. His rolling continues to be spot-on. All of his reserves come on. Here he sets 2 Vendettas ready to give my vehicles some tasty 3 T/L Las shots on rear armor. The Psyker Squad jumped inside the closer Vendetta.
In this shot you can also see where I've castled an Immolator and 2 Rhinos. The Rhinos stayed in position the majority of the game...ready to discharge the girls onto the Objective.
The 3rd Vendetta popped in on the opposite edge so he placed it in position to shoot up the Exorcist in that area, however with the the Emperor's guidance my cover saves were spot on. The paired Vendettas destroyed the weapons on the Immolator that was castled and the other Vendetta blew up the closer Immolator. The Executioner and Autocannons killed off the Vet Sgt, a bolter and the Heavy Flamer that was with the Canoness.
TURN 3:
A key turn for me. My HQ got out of the building, but not quite close enough for an assault on the vehicles (measuring for the glory range of the Melta was 7" from the closest vehicle. Naturally my melta shot missed.
The Exorcist on this side did kill the Vendetta, so that was a nice turn around.
On the other end,the girls from the blown up Immolator tryed hitting a Vendy with melta...but was out of range by 1/4 inch. The girls from the weaponless Immolator jumped out to move on the Vendettas with their 2 melta guns The remaining Immolator (sans weapons) moved out of cover to act as a blocker from Executioner.
On Jay's Turn 3 he moved a Chimera with Vets into position to disgorge it's cargo of troops with 3 melta guns. He then moved the HQ Chimera into position to give Orders (1st rank/2nd rank) to the troops in the building and the Vets that just got out of the Chimera. At the shooting phase the HQ and remaining girls went Faithful and picked up Invulnerable saves. Despite that the girls succumbed to mass fire while the Canoness made hers. On the other side the girls from the destroyed Immolator got shot up, all but 2 dieing. The remaining 2 failed their Leadership and started the long haul back across the board. However the Melta gun did act as a deterrent to keep the Vendettas and Executioner back along the board edge. A Vendetta fired on an Exorcist, killing it. The Manticore finally got a good shot off stunning the other Exorcist.
Turn 4: Sorry, piccys died at this point.
I moved my Canoness strait towards the Executioner and ended up in perfect position to assault any of the 3 vehicles in that area. Rhino 1 discharged its girls directly into the objective, then moved towards the Canoness to block the Chimeras in that area. Rhino 2 dumped her girls (who moved into the cover outside the objective) and then positioned itself to provide cover from the Vendettas. The weaponless Immolator tried a Ram attack on the Northern most Chimera (with the Platoon Command Squad, but immobilized itself on terrain; but still in a good position to act as a block for the Executioner.
In assaults the Canoness chose the Executioner as the biggest threat and, Eviscerator in hand, she destroyed it.
Jay's turn 4 he repositions the northern Chimeras and Executioner around the immobilized Immolator. Over by the Canoness he moved the 30 man squad out of cover to maximize shots on the Canoness. In addition his HQ jumped out of the Chimera and readied their melta weapons for firing. The Vet Squad jumped back into their Chimera, which then moved towards the remaining Exorcist.
The Canoness goes faithful again for the Invul save. After much shooting (and saving) she still stands unwounded. On the other side the Executioner laid the smack down on the Celestians with the 2 Meltas. Despite going faithful many saves were failed and they went to meet the Emperor. The Vendettas killed off the last retreating girls and killed the Rhino acting as cover (preventing me from using it as a block against the vehicles to the north).
On assault the Canoness went invulnerable again and Jay's tarpit troop squad failed to reach her (failed terrain check) so he moved in with the Command squad. He hit first on initiative and managed to wound her with 2 power weapons and a regular attack. She finally failed one of the power weapon hits, so she too went to discuss things with the Emperor.
TURN 5:
The 2 squads of girls move deeper into the building, both holding the objective (this was a bad move on my part...more later). The Autocannons from the 1st Platoon finally get into the game by immobilizing the Chimera that was advancing on the Exorcist. The Autocannons from the 2nd platoon shake one of the remaining Vendettas. The Exorcist immobilizes the HQ Chimera, effectively taking them out of the game.
Jays Turn 5 his Vets jump out of the immobile Chimera and set up Melta shots on the Exorcist. The 2 Chimeras and the Executioner to the north advance on the objective and make ready for a turn 6 charge. The remaining Vendetta leaps into the terrain just close enough to contest the objective. Had I moved one of the sisters squads from inside the ruins to the terrain outside the walls they would have prevented the Vendettas base from getting within range while still getting cover saves/going to ground saves.
The Vets from the immobile Chimera pretty well wreck the Exorcist, but in doing so they too are now out of range to reach the objective. The Executioner dumps Plasma on the 1st Platoon Squad and manage to kill 7 Lasgunns. The Commissar keeps everyone in check and the squad holds fast.
Jay rolls the dice for turn 6 and rolls a 1. The game ends as a tie.
This was my 4th game with the Sisters and my record now stands at 2-1-1.
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