San Lando Campaign.

Well we manage another game of epic. It was between Emperors children and Iron Hands.

Trent used the Iron Hands and Britt the Emperors children..

This was also the start of the San Lando Campaign(6 weeks to get the first game in). Which will be run over the coming months..

The following forces will be used by the players involved.

Trent- Iron hands

Britt- Emperors children

Me- Minervan Tank Legion

The campaign will also be using a experience system for the formation in question..

The rough map(Yes its a work in progress)

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Armies used

CODEX IRON HANDS ARMY LIST V1.11

(1+) Iron Hands Clan
4 Tactical units
2 Iron Hand Devastator units
iron father
plus transport

Dreadnought Talon
3 Dreadnoughts
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Venerable Dreadnought Supreme
Commander and Invulnerable (once per army)

Dreadnought Talon
3 Dreadnoughts
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Venerable Dreadnought Iron Father

Dreadnought Talon
3 Dreadnoughts
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Venerable Dreadnought Iron Father

Dreadnought Talon
3 Dreadnoughts
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Venerable Dreadnought Iron Father

Strike Cruiser 
1 Strike Cruiser

Assault
4 Assault units
Iron Father

Whirlwind
4 Whirlwinds
1 Hunter
1 Veteran Sergeant

Emperor's Children (4.0)

DAEMON POOL [105]
7 Lesser Daemon
EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS [420]
Chaos Lord, 6 Terminator, Daemonic Pact
EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS [300]
Chaos Lord, 4 Terminator, Daemonic Pact
RETINUE [475]
6 Chaos Marine units, 6 Chaos Marine, Replace 4 chaos marine units with 4 Havok units, Chaos Warlord (Supreme Commander)
RETINUE [400]
6 Chaos Marine units, 6 Chaos Marine, Replace 2 chaos marine units with 2 Havok units, Sorcerer Lord
RETINUE [400]
6 Chaos Marine units, 6 Chaos Marine, Replace 2 chaos marine units with 2 Havok units, Sorcerer Lord
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
HELLBLADE SQUADRON [200]
3 Hellblade Interceptors
RAPTOR CULT [175]
Chaos Lord, 4 Raptor
ARMOURED COMPANY [250]
5 Emperors Children Predator

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Deployment

•  Deployment of Emperors children, objective markers and Iron Hands..

 

• Off board forces..

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Turn 1

• Emperors children teleport in terminators, gets a BM(Photo1)

 

• Emperors children won the SR and went first..
• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do a engage action with the TERMINATORS(summoning 4 Daemons) and target the whirlwind battery(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the TERMINATORS win the combat and the whirlwind battery is wiped from the board(Photo2) and the TERMINATORS consolidate into the ruins(Photo3)

• Emperor's Children double move RETINUE(Photo1)

• IRON HANDS Strike Cruiser turns up(oh joy)(Photo1) and does it orbital bombardment, hitting the QUESTOR TITAN, taking a shield down and giving it a BM(Photo2)

• Drop zone one is Iron Hands Clan and lands in open ground(Photo1)

• Drop zone Two is Dreadnought Talon and lands on the Right side of table, between ruin and hill(Photo1). The ARMOURED COMPANY, loses 3 from Death wind and breaks due to BM and flees forward(Photo2)

• Drop zone Three is Dreadnought Talon  and lands in front of the QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1)

• Drop zone Four is Dreadnought Talon and lands in open ground, in the half of the table(Photo1)

• Drop zone Five is Dreadnought Talon and lands between the buildings and ruins in open ground(Photo1)

• IRON HANDS retain the turn and do a engage action with the Dreadnought Talon and targets the QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) wins the combat and the QUESTOR TITAN is wiped from the board(Photo2) and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) consolidates 5 cms (Photo3)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN move QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1) and shoot Dreadnought Talon, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• Emperors children bring in HELLBLADE SQUADRON and shoot Dreadnought Talon, giving it a BM(Photo1)

• IRON HANDS move Iron Hands Clan up(Photo1) and shoot RETINUE(SC), giving it a BM(Photo2)..

• IRON HANDS  do a engage action with the Dreadnought Talon and targets the RETINUE(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the RETINUE(4BM) wins the combat and the Dreadnought Talon is broken(Photo2) and the RETINUE(4BM)consolidates 5 and the Dreadnought Talon, flees back towards the ruins(Photo3)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do sustain fire RETINUE(Photo1) and shoot broken Dreadnought Talon , killing 1(Photo2)..

• IRON HANDS  do a engage action with the Dreadnought Talon and targets the RAPTOR CULT (Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) wins the combat and the RAPTOR CULT is wiped from the board and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) consolidates 5 cms towards the Blitz marker(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN fail to activate RETINUE(SC)(Photo1) and shoot Iron Hands Clan, giving it a BM(Photo2)..

• IRON HANDS double move Assault, onto objective marker(Photo1)

• IRON HANDS do a engage action with the Dreadnought Talon and targets the RETINUE(Support from QUESTOR TITAN)(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) wins the combat and the RETINUE is broken(Photo2) and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) consolidates 5 and the broken Retinue flees toward the Objective marker. The QUESTOR TITAN gets BM for supporting failed assault(Photo3)

• Emperors children don’t rally QUESTOR TITAN and retinue. Both sides remove BM’s.
• NO aircraft were lost in the disengage section…

END OF TURN SHOT

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Turn 2

• Emperors children won the SR and went first..
• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN move QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1) and shoot Dreadnought Talon,killing 1 and giving it a 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do sustain fire RETINUE(Photo1) and shoot Iron Hands Clan, killing 3 and giving them 4 BM’s(Photo2)..

• IRON HANDS do a engage action with the Dreadnought Talon and targets ARMOURED COMPANY and calls intermingled   and drags in the QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon wins the combat and the ARMOURED COMPANY is wiped from the board, the QUESTOR TITAN is broken(Photo2) and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) consolidates 5 cms towards the objective marker and the QUESTOR TITAN flees forward to the Blitz(Photo3)

• IRON HANDS retain the turn and do a engage action with the Assaults and targets the RETINUE(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Assaults(3BM) wins the combat and the RETINUE is broken(Photo2) and the RETINUE flees back to objective marker in building. The Assault break due to BM’s and flees to the other corner of the Building(Photo3)

• Emperors children bring in HELLBLADE SQUADRON and shoot Iron Hands Clan,killing the formation out right(Sorry No picture)
• IRON HANDS double move Dreadnought Talon and shoot RETINUE(SC), killing 1 and giving it 2 BM’s(Sorry No picture)
• IRON HANDS double move Dreadnought Talon up to claim objective marker(Photo1)

• Emperors children march move TERMINATORS into building(Photo1)

• IRON HANDS double move Dreadnought Talon up to claim objective marker(Photo1)

• Alien wild life try's to take over the battlefield….

• Both sides remove BM’s.
• NO aircraft were lost in the disengage section…

END OF TURN SHOT

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Turn 3

• Emperors children teleport in terminators(Photo1)

• Emperors children won the SR and went first..
• Emperors children bring in HELLBLADE SQUADRON and shoot Dreadnought Talon, giving it a BM(Photo1)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do a engage action with the RETINUE(SC) and  targets the Dreadnought Talon(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon wins the combat and the RETINUE(SC) was broken(Photo2).The Dreadnought Talon consolidates 5 and the RETINUE(SC), flees towards the side of the table(Photo2)

• IRON HANDS activate the Assault formation and do a engage action and target Broken RETINUE(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Assault formation wins the combat and the broken RETINUE is wiped from the board(Photo2).The Assault formation consolidates 5(Photo3)

• IRON HANDS retain the turn and do a engage action with the Dreadnought Talon and targets the broken RETINUE(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) wins the combat and the broken RETINUE is wiped from the board(Photo2) and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) consolidates 5 cms towards the objective marker(Photo3)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do sustain fire with terminators(Photo1) and targets Dreadnought Talon, giving it 3 BM’s(Photo2)

• IRON HANDS retain the turn and do a engage action with the Dreadnought Talon and targets the broken RETINUE(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon wins the combat and the broken RETINUE is wiped from the board(Photo2) and the Dreadnought Talon consolidates 5 cms towards the objective marker(Photo3)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do a engage action with the TERMINATORS(summoning 4 Daemons) and target the Dreadnought Talon(support from assault)(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the TERMINATORS win the combat and the Dreadnought Talon is wiped from the board(Photo2) and the TERMINATORS consolidate 5 and the Assault breaks due to BM’s and flees towards objective marker..(Photo3)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN move QUESTOR TITAN and shoot broken Assault formation, killing it out right(Photo1)

• IRON HANDS  do a engage action with the Dreadnought Talon and targets the terminators(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon wins the combat and the terminators is wiped from the board(Photo2) and the Dreadnought Talon consolidates 5 (Photo3)

• Both sides remove BM’s.
• NO aircraft were lost in the disengage section…
• Winner is, Iron Hands win 2 -1
   

Victory Condition	Emperors children	Iron Hands.
1. Blitz	YES	YES
2. Break their sprit	no	yes
3. Defend the Flag	NO	no
4. Take and Hold	No	no
5. They Shall not Pass	NO	no

END OF TURN SHOT

 

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Summary

 

Well you can always have Trent pull off a shit load of armour saves, when he needs too. I think i counted at least 9 Inv saves made..So as the first game in the campaign he’s taken a piece of dirt..Although both sides lost formation at a alarming rate, some will gain experience..

 

Regards

Greg