Scions of Iron V’s Space Wolves 2.4.2

 

Well today sis Friday and we manage another game of epicA. As always points sizes was 5000 points and today forces were the Scions of Iron V’s Space Wolves 2.4.2. Any ways on with the report……

Armies used

Space Wolves (NetEA Army Compendium v20120208)

GREAT COMPANY [500]
6 Grey Hunters, Wolf Lord, 6 Razorbacks
GREAT COMPANY [450]
6 Grey Hunters, Battle Leader, 6 Razorbacks
GREAT COMPANY [625]
6 Grey Hunters, Battle Leader, 2 Long Fangs, 8 Razorbacks
THUNDERHAWK [225]
Space Wolves Thunderhawk Gunship
THUNDERHAWK [225]
Space Wolves Thunderhawk Gunship
SKYCLAWS ASSAULT PACK [350]
6 Sky Claws, Wolf Priest, 2 Skyclaws
SKYCLAWS ASSAULT PACK [350]
6 Sky Claws, Wolf Priest, 2 Skyclaws
WHIRLWINDS [300]
4 Whirlwinds
PREDATORS [250]
4 Predator Annihilator
LAND RAIDERS [325]
4 Land Raider
GREAT COMPANY [450]
6 Grey Hunters, Battle Leader, 6 Razorbacks
MARAUDER SQUADRON [250]
2 Marauders Bombers
LAND SPEEDERS [200]
5 Land Speeder
MARAUDER SQUADRON [250]
2 Marauders Bombers
LAND SPEEDERS [250]
5 Land Speeder, Wolf Priest

Scions of Iron (NetEA Tournament Pack 2013)

HEAVY TACTICAL [725]
4 Tactical units, 4 Land Raider, Supreme Commander in Land Raider and Hunter
LAND RAIDER [525]
5 Land Raider, Chaplain and Hunter
PREDATOR [400]
4 Predators (Annihilator or Destructor), 2 Predator Annihilator, Chaplain
THUNDERHAWK CAS [250]
Thunderhawk (Close Air Support configuration)
THUNDERHAWK CAS [250]
Thunderhawk (Close Air Support configuration)
WHIRLWIND [300]
4 Whirlwinds
TACTICAL [450]
4 Tactical units plus transport, 4 Predator Destructor, Chaplain
TACTICAL [475]
4 Tactical units plus transport, 4 Predator Destructor, Chaplain, Razorback (twin heavy bolter)
HEAVY TACTICAL [525]
4 Tactical units, 4 Land Raider, Chaplain
TERMINATOR [700]
4 Terminator units, 4 Land Raider, Chaplain
PREDATOR [400]
4 Predators (Annihilator or Destructor), 2 Predator Annihilator, Chaplain

Deployment

• Space Wolves deployment..Looking from right(Photo1) to left flank(Photo3)

• Space Wolves scout deployment,,,

• Space wolves aircraft and units deployed off table…

• Scions of Iron deployment… Looking left(Photo1) to right flank(Photo3)

• Scions of Iron aircraft

Turn 1

• Space wolves go first.
• SW double move great company, up their left flank and place behind hill…

• SOI double move tactical unit(Photo1) and shoot the land speeders and manage to do a BM(Photo2)

• SW move land speeders and shoot the tactical unit(Photo1) and manage to do a BM to the unit(Photo2)

• SOI bring CAS support and shoot Great company, giving it 2 BM’s(Photo1)

• SW move land speeders and shoot the tactical unit(Photo1) and manage to do a kill and give the unit 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• SW then retain the turn and open up with the whirlwinds(Photo2), and hit the tactical unit, giving the unit a BM(Photo1)

• SOI double move Predator unit up onto hill(Photo1) and shoot land speeders, killing two and giving the unit 3bm’s all up(Photo2)

• SW double move great company so that its near the objective in the woods(Photo1)

• SOI double move heavy tactical unit up(Photo1) and shoot land speeder unit, killing a unit and give it 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• SW then double move Predator unit up(Photo1) and shoot the heavy tactical unit , killing 2 of the AV’s and giving the unit 3BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SOI then open up with whirlwind unit(Photo1) and target land speeder unit, killing one and giving the unit 2 BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SW then do marshalling action on great company, so move the unit up onto the hill and removes all BM’s(Photo1)

• SOI double move heavy tactical with SC up(Photo1) and shoot predator unit, killing 2 AV’s and giving the unit 3BM’s(Photo2)

• SW bring bomber unit and SOI AA fire brings down one(Photo1), so the bomber unit shoots the predator unit on hill and manages to give the unit a BM(Photo2)

• SOI move tactical unit up(Photo1) and the predator unit up, managing to break the unit on BM’s, so it flees behind hill(Photo2)

• SW bring Thunder hawk gunship and do a FF with the Predator unit and call intermingled and this drags in the tactical unit. The sky claws give support to the Thunder hawk gunship(Photo1). Also the Land speeders give support to the assault and the start of FF and CC(Photo2). After the smoke clears the SW win the assault, by 1(Britt manage to roll a double one), both SOI are broken and flee back to their deployment zone(Photo3). The SW consolidate, so that the sky claws are move closer to the objective(Photo4) 

• SOI bring in CAS (Photo1) and target the thunderhawk gunship, managing to kill the Unit out right(Photo2)

• SW bring another bomber unit(Photo1) and target broken Predator unit, doing enough hits to kill 3 units(Photo2)

• SOI double move Terminator unit(Photo1) and targets the Land speeders, wiping them out(Photo2)

• SW double move great company on to hill to claim objective(Photo1) and then they shoot the tactical unit, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• SOI double move land raider unit up(Photo1) and shoot great company, killing 3 and giving the unit 4 BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SW move up landraider unit(Photo1) and shoot land raider unit, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• SOI then double move predator unit(Photo1) and shoot the Landraider unit, killing one and give the unit 2BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SW bring Thunder hawk gunship and do a FF with the Predator unit.The sky claws give support to the Thunder hawk gunship(Photo1). So the CC/FF is worked out and the SOI win the combat by 1(Photo2), so the Sky claws flee back to the woods and the Thunder hawk is destroyed(Photo3).

• Both sides rally broken units, and both sides remove blast Markers….

Turn 2

• Scions of Iron go first
• SOI do sustain fire with the predators(Photo1), Killing two of the AV’s and this breaks the unit(Photo2), the unit flees around the corner and behind the hill(Photo3)

• SW then open up with the whirlwind battery(Photo2) and target Heavy tactical company and manages to clip the other heavy tactical company with the SC, one getting 2BM’s and the one with the SC gets a extra BM due to kill(Photo1)

• SW try and retain the turn and failed rolled a one, so used the SC reroll, failed again, rolled a one, so move speeders over the hill(Photo1)

• SOI then open up with the whirlwind battery(Photo1) and so shoot the great company, kill 2 and giving the unit 3 BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SW move predator unit up(Photo1) and shoot tactical unit and mange to kill 2 and give the unit 3 BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SOI then move Landraider unit (Photo1) and shoot great company, killing three and give the unit 4BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SW double move great company and shoot landraider unit and manage to place a BM on the unit
  (Photo1)

• SOI bring in CAS (Photo1) and target the Great company, giving it a BM(Photo1)

• SW do a marshalling action and so move the Great company and manage to remove 3 BM’s(Photo1)

• SW try and retain the turn and roll a one, so move the sky claws around in the woods and receive another BM for the failed activation(Photo1)

• SOI move Tactical company up to be on objective(Photo1)

• SW double move great company up, to be near the objective(Photo1)

• SOI move up Predators(Photo1) and shoot land speeders, kill 2 and break the unit(Photo2), so the unit flees back to the city(Photo3)

• SW bring bombers and shoot the Land raiders and manage to clip the predator unit with blast templates. Both units only received 2 BM’s each(Photo1)

• SOI then march move Terminators, so that they are just out of range of the Blitz objective(Photo1)

• SW bring bombers(Photo1) and shoot the Heavy tactical unit with SC and manage to kill one and give the unit 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• SOI then do marshalling action on the Heavy Tactical unit with SC(Photo1) and shoot the predator unit(Photo2), killing the last two figures.

• SW do marshalling action with great company(Photo1), and so shoot the Terminator unit, giving it a BM(Photo2) and then they manage to remove all BM’s(Photo3)

• SOI do a marshalling action on heavy tactical unit and so move it to be on the objective and manage to remove all BM’s(Photo1)

• SW then do engage action with the sky claws and target the Terminator unit(Photo1), and so the CC/FF is worked out, and the Terminators win the combat by 1(Photo2). The sky claws flee behind the woods(Photo3)

• SOI bring in CAS (Photo1) and target the Great company, Killing one and giving it 2 BM’s(Photo1)

• Both sides rally broken units, and both sides remove blast Markers….

Turn 3

• Space wolves go first (only because I use the SC reroll and tide the score)
• SW do engage action with Great company and use the commander rule and take another great company in, target the landraider unit and call intermingled and drag in the Predator unit(Photo1). The result of the FF/CC is worked out and dice rolled(Photo2) and the SW win the combat and so both SOI are broken and flee(Photo3), The Predator unit flees behind the hill(Photo4) and the landraider unit flees back to its deployment zone(Photo5). The two great company's consolidate(Photo6)

• SW retain the turn and do engage action with Great company and target the Terminator unit in a FF(Photo1), the results are worked out and the Terminators win(Photo2) and so the great company falls back to the woods(Photo3)

• SOI double move a Heavy tactical unit up to take the objective marker in the woods(Photo1)

• SW do a double move with the sky claws(Photo1) and place them in ruins near the broken predator unit(Photo2)

• SOI shoot with whirlwind unit(Photo1) and target great company, kill 2 and giving the unit 3 BM’s(Photo2)

• SW shoot with whirlwind unit(Photo1) and target Terminator unit(Photo2) and manage to kill one and give the unit 2 BM’s all up(Photo3)

• SOI bring in CAS (Photo1) and target the Great company, and giving it a BM(Photo2)

• SW bring bombers and shoot the Heavy tactical unit with SC and manage to kill one and give the unit 2 BM’s(Photo1)

• SOI move predator unit up(Photo1) and shoot great company and manage to kill one and give the unit 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• SW double move great company up(Photo1) and shoot tactical company(Yep three pred’s), manages to kill one and give the unit 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• SOI then march move Terminator unit, up into the woods, on the hill(Photo1)

• SW double move land speeder and shoot the tactical unit, giving the unit a BM(Photo1)

• SOI bring in CAS (Photo1) and target the Great company, and break the unit due to BM’s, so it flees to woods just out of picture(Photo1)

• SW double move sky claws and place them in the woods not far from the whirlwind unit(Photo1)

• SOI roll to activate a Tactical unit and fail, not once but twice(SC reroll) and so move towards the objective on the hill with ruins to its right(Photo1)

• SW Try and bring on bomber and fail to do so(SORRY NO PICTURE)
• SOI then do marshalling action on the Heavy Tactical unit with SC(Photo1) and move the unit to be on objective and manage to remove all BM’s(Photo2).

• SOI then put tactical unit on over watch(Photo1)

• SOI don’t rally Land raider and Predator unit. Both sides remove Blast markers…..

Turn 4

• Scions of Iron go first
• SOI move predator from city(Photo1) and shoot great company, killing 2 and giving the unit 3 BM’s(Photo2)

• SW do a engage action with sky claws and target the Terminators, getting support from a Great company(Photo1), the results are worked out and the Sky claws are broken and flee back to the woods(Photo2) and the support company gets a BM(Photo3)

• SOI move tactical unit up and shoot the great company(Photo1), and manage to kill a unit and give it 2 BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SW do engage action with sky claws and target the whirlwind unit in a FF(Photo1), after the smoke clears the whirlwinds lose the FF and are broken(Photo2), they flee down the base line(Photo3)

• SOI do a engage action with the terminators and target the Great company(Photo1), the results are worked out and the Terminators win, wiping the great company off the board(Photo2)

• SOI bring in CAS (Photo1) and target the whirlwind unit, and give it a BM’s(Photo1)

• SW Try and bring on bomber and get shot down by AA fire(SORRY NO PICTURE)
• SOI bring in CAS (Photo1) and target the Great company, Killing one and giving it 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• SW double move landraider unit(Photo1), SOI use overwatch and kill landraider(Photo2)(Two ones in a row on armour saves)

• SW then do a march move with land speeder and try and capture, the blitz, but fail the DTT and is destroyed(Photo1)

• SOI move the tactical(Photo1) and shoot the great company, killing one and giving the unit 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• SW bring bomber unit(Photo1) and target broken Whirlwind and Landraider units and does enough hits to wipe both units out(Photo1)

• SOI double move heavy tactical unit up(Photo1) and shoot the great company on the hill, killing 2 and giving the unit 3 BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SW do sustain fire with great company(Photo1) and target tactical unit on hill, killing one and giving the unit 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• SOI put Heavy tactical unit with SC on overwatch(Photo1)

• SW shoot with whirlwind unit(Photo1) and target heavy tactical unit and manage to kill  2  and give the unit 3 BM’s all up(Photo2)

• SW march move with great company and contest a objective marker(Photo1)

• SW try and active the great company(Photo1)and roll a one not once but twice(Used the SC reroll), and shoot the Tactical unit, kill all of them(Photo2)

• SOI don't rall Predator unit and the SW don't rally Sky claw unit. Both sides remove BM’s…
• SOI win on cant back 1750 to 2300

 

Victory Conditions

Victory Condition	Space Wolves 2.4.2	Scions of Iron
1. Blitz	no	no
2. Break their sprit	no	no
3. Defend the Flag	no	no
4. Take and Hold	no	no
5. They Shall not Pass	no	no
Total	0	0

FEW WORD FROM THE OPPOSING COMMNADER

That was a great game today Greg. Both SM armies shot like a bunch of Star Wars Stormtroopers and saved like Star Trek Redshirts! Never have I seen so many 1's and 2's rolled. As to the battle itself, that was certainly very close with so many of the fights being equal or within a factor or two of each other. You thwarted my efforts to get your Blitz marker very well. Predators in larger units survived much better but my Land Raiders seemed to die like flies!
Both the Wolves and the Scions armies were good, hard hitting fighting formations that gave their leaders lots of opportunities as well as hard choices. It was a very mobile battle as well as a fun game and a most enjoyable time. Thank you.

Yes the dice cannot be with you, some days.

May the dice roll high for you……..

regards

Greg