PFE100: BLITZKRIEG! Scenario

BLITZKRIEG! Scenario
Adapted from the Epic 40K Battles Book’s Battle 4: Blitzkrieg! scenario, pg. 92-93.
Situation: Force A has punched through the lines of Force B into weakly held territory. The attackers must brush aside the scattered enemy resistance and seize their objectives before fresh defenders arrive.
Forces: Any legal tournament army. We used 4000 points per side.
Set-up: 4 ft. x 6 ft. table was used, played along the short sides. Both players place 3 objective markers each in the defenders area from back edge to 3 ft. in. Next roll 2D6, the high roller is the attacking Force A. Force B will deploy up to ¼ his force hidden (ie, a marker placed on the table indicating the centre of its position. Its position is revealed if it moves, fires or enemy approach within 15cm immediately) anywhere on the table but the far most 20cm. from its table edge. Note that War Engines can be deployed, but not hidden. 1 dummy marker is allowed for each real one.
Force A deploys just off its table edge. All the rest of Force B is in ‘reserve’ and will be deployed before initiative rolls along a table edge turn 2+. On each turn roll 1D6 for each unit to arrive just off board on its table edge, or adjacent edges. Roll 4+ turns 2-3, 3+ turns 4-5. Automatic turn 6. Units that have a speed of 35cm+ gain a +1 to their roll. Units in transport are considered to move at the speed of their transport but must arrive on it. The speed of the unit is determined by its slowest.
Objective: Game length is 6 turns. Normal Tournament objectives are not used. Each side will get 1 victory point for each objective marker it alone has a unit within 10 cm of. Routing units & aircraft cannot be used to claim objectives. The player with the most VPs wins.
A Few words from the sub-commander of the Iron Claws
Tonight we had yet another game of Epic A, with Greg playing an Eldar Armor Heavy force and Trent & I the Ironclaw Space Marines. Trent did most of the work while I(Britt) advised plus GM’d a little. The Blitzkrieg scenario proved to be a very close and very bloody encounter. Three units of Marine Scouts and a Warhound sold their lives dearly in an effort to slow down the Eldar Juggernaut so that reinforcements could arrive in time. A real nail biter J
Besides the drama spread before us, we also had a lot of laughs and a very fun game. Some memorable events were:

The Scout unit that actually held its ground for a turn, defeating some Falcons (?)
The disheartening spectacle of Greg making all those saving rolls. Not as bad as Knights, but still demoralizing. No complains though, as those units of his were VERY expensive giving the SMs more units. Cuts both ways.
One of the independent Warhounds being hit, and a critical causes it to leave the table!
The death of the Scouts. Heroes all!
The lack of turn 2 SM reinforcements. Some, but not many arrived, and the ones that did (like the Whirlwinds) being shot up on arrival.
Good dice luck for both sides tonight. A rare event indeed.
The speed and maneuverability of the Eldar tanks. The Eldar kept finding holes in the SM line, much to our consternation.
Greg almost tying the game on the last turn. A ‘1’ activation roll kept him from moving his Revenant Titan to a position where he could dispute or take an objective and deny it to the SMs.

I believe the scenario to be balanced and a lot of fun. It can go off the rails if the reinforcement rolls are atypically good or bad, and teleporting units like the Necrons could unbalance the game, but other than that, most armies should find this a tough little fight with plenty of decisions and strategy for both sides. Defend forward or back? Where to put the reinforcements? Should the attacker go for broad front or narrow front? Go for objectives or kill now & worry about objectives turn 6? Fateful decisions indeed.
If anyone else plays this out, please let us know how your game went. Great game guys
Army List

Codex Astartes (NetEA Tournament Pack 2013)

SCOUT	4 Scouts, Razorback, Rhinos	175 points
SCOUT	4 Scouts, Razorback, Rhinos	175 points
SCOUT	4 Scouts, Rhinos	150 points
TACTICAL	6 Tacticals, Razorback, Rhinos	300 points
TACTICAL	6 Tacticals, Razorback, Rhinos	300 points
TACTICAL	6 Tacticals, Rhinos	275 points
PREDATOR	4 Annihilator	300 points
PREDATOR	4 Annihilator	300 points
PREDATOR	4 Annihilator	300 points
PREDATOR	4 Annihilator	300 points
WHIRLWIND	4 Whirlwind	300 points
WARHOUND PACK	2 Warhound Class Titans	500 points
WARHOUND	1 Warhound Class Titan	275 points
WARHOUND	1 Warhound Class Titan	275 points
WARHOUND	1 Warhound Class Titan	275 points

CRAFTWORLD MYMEARA ARMY LIST

Guardian Warhost	One Farseer unit, five Guardian units and three Wave Serpents	275
Guardian Warhost	Autarch, five Guardian units and three Wave Serpents	325
Swords of Vaul Warhost	Six Warp Hunters	300
Swords of Vaul Warhost	Six Warp Hunters	300
Swords of Vaul Warhost	Six Fire Prism	390
Swords of Vaul Warhost	Six Fire Prism	390
Lynx Troupe	Three Lynx	400
Lynx Troupe	Three Lynx	400
Aspect Warrior Troupe	Six Fire Dragons + Exarch and Six Falcons	575
Revenants	Two Revenant Titans	650