Emperor's Children(4.0) Vs Iron Hands

Well we manage another game of epic. It was 3000 point per side and it was between Emperor's Children(4.0) and Iron Hands 

Trent played the Iron Hands and Britt and I played the Emperor's Children(4.0)

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Armies used

Emperor's Children (4.0)

RETINUE [225]
6 Chaos Marine units, Sorcerer Lord
RETINUE [400]
6 Chaos Marine units, Sorcerer Lord, 6 Chaos Marine, Replace 2 chaos marine units with 2 Havok units
RETINUE [450]
6 Chaos Marine units, 6 Chaos Marine, Chaos Warlord (Supreme Commander), Replace 2 chaos marine units with 2 Havok units
ARMOURED COMPANY [200]
4 Emperors Children Predator
CHOSEN [125]
4 Chaos Space Marine Chosen
EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS [300]
4 Terminator, Daemonic Pact, Sorcerer Lord
EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS [385]
5 Terminator, Icon Bearer, Daemonic Pact, Sorcerer Lord
HELLBLADE SQUADRON [200]
3 Hellblade Interceptors
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
DAEMON POOL [120]
8 Lesser Daemon

CODEX IRON HANDS ARMY LIST V1.11

(1+) Iron Hands Clan 350
4 Tactical units
2 Iron Hand Devastator units
iron father
plus transport

Dreadnought Talon 450
3 Dreadnoughts
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Venerable Dreadnought Supreme
Commander and Invulnerable (once per army)

Dreadnought Talon 450
3 Dreadnoughts
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Venerable Dreadnought Iron Father

Dreadnought Talon 450
3 Dreadnoughts
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Ironclad Dreadnought
1 Venerable Dreadnought Iron Father

Predator 300
4 Predators
Iron Father

Vindicator375
6 Vindicators
Iron Father

Assault 225
4 Assault units
Iron Father

Whirlwind 400
4 Whirlwinds
1 Hunter
1 Veteran Sergeant

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Deployment

• Deployment of Emperor's Children,Iron hand and objective markers…

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Turn 1

• Emperor's Children win SR and go first..
• Emperor's Children double move ARMOURED COMPANY(Photo1) and shoot the Dreadnought Talon giving it a BM(Photo1)…was hoping to place more than 1 BM

• Iron hand do sustain fire with Whirlwinds(Photo1) and shoot RETINUE, killing 2 and giving it 3 BM’s(Photo2)

• Iron Hands do a engage action with Dreadnought Talon(BM from OWF) and targets the RETINUE(Photo1) and the dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon(2BM) wins the combat and the RETINUE is broken(Photo2).The RETINUE flees further back into the ruins and the Dreadnought Talon consolidate 5 into the ruins(Photo3)…want to clear the area of enemy forces

• Emperor's Children move QUESTOR TITAN UP through ruins(Photo1) and shoots the Dreadnought Talon, giving them a BM(Photo2)..was hoping to break them..

• Iron hand double move Vindicator up the left flank, so on road next to ruins(Photo1)..getting ready next turn

• Emperor's Children double move RETINUE up, on their right flank(Photo1) and shoot the Vindicator, giving them a BM(Photo2)

• Iron hand double move Iron Hands Clan up behind the ruins, to claim objective markers(Photo1)..getting ready next turn

• Emperor's Children bring HELLBLADE SQUADRON and shoot the Vindicator, giving them a BM(Photo1)..

• Iron hand march move ASSAULT troops, over into buildings(Photo1)..

• Emperor's Children do a engage action with CHOSEN and target the Assaults(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the Assaults(2BM), win combat and the CHOSEN are wiped from the board(Photo2).The assault consolidate 5(Photo3)..almost, but no cigar

• Iron Hands double move Predator up(Photo1), and shoot ARMOURED COMPANY, wiping them out(Photo2)…yep failed armor saves

• Emperor's Children move QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1) and shoots the Predator, killing 1 and giving it 2BM’s(Photo2)..was hoping to break them..

• Emperor's Children double move RETINUE up(Photo1) and shoot Predator, killing 2 and breaking the formation, which flees back to it deployment zone(Photo2)..wanted to break the formation

• Iron hand keep Dreadnought Talon on over watch(Photo1)..guard duty

• Iron Hands move Dreadnought Talon up behind hill(Photo1)..

• Emperor's Children don’t rally RETINUE.Iron hand don’t remove blast markers from ASSAULT..
• Emperor's Children lose aircraft in the disengage section..

END OF TURN SHOT

No end of turn shot

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Turn 2

• Emperor's Children teleport in EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS(Photo1&2)

• Iron hand win SR and go first..
• Iron hand move Whirlwind down their base line(Photo1) and shoot the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS, giving them a BM(Photo2)..

• Iron Hands do a engage action with Vindicator and targets the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS(Photo1) and the dice are rolled and the Vindicator(2BM) win the combat and the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS is wiped from the board(Photo2) …want to clear the area of enemy forces and yes I cant make are saves

• Emperor's Children do a engage action with EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS(summon 4 daemons) and target the Whirlwinds(support from Predator)(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS win, the Whirlwinds are wiped from the board and the Predator is broken, due to BM’s(Photo2).The EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS consolidate 5 and the predator flees to the road beside building in the right corner(Photo3)..want to claim the Blitz

• Emperor's Children move QUESTOR TITAN across through ruins(Photo1) and shoots the Vindicator, killing 1 and giving it 2BM’s(Photo2)..was hoping to break them..

• Iron Hands do a engage action with Dreadnought Talon and targets the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS(Photo1) and the dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) win the combat and the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS is broken(Photo2) and the Dreadnought Talon consolidate 5 and the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS flee to the woods(Photo3)…want to clear the area of enemy forces

• Iron Hands do a engage action with Dreadnought Talon(support from Vindicator)and targets the QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1) and the dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon(BM) win the combat and the QUESTOR TITAN(2 DC)is broken(Photo2) and the Dreadnought Talon consolidate 5 and the QUESTOR TITAN flees back 10cm(Photo3)…want to clear the area of enemy forces

• Emperor's Children do a engage with RETINUE and target the Vindicator(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the RETINUE wins the combat and the Vindicator are wiped from the board(Photo2).The RETINUE consolidate 5(Photo3)..wanted to clear the area of enemy forces

• Emperor's Children move QUESTOR TITAN, up to Building(Photo1) and shoots the Assault, killing 1 and breaking the formation, which flees forward to the blitz(Photo2)…want to clear the area of enemy forces

• Iron hand double move the Iron Hands Clan, side ways(Photo1) and shoots broken QUESTOR TITAN, killing it out right, it only had 1 DC left(Photo2)…dam,can’t make armor saves

• Emperor's Children bring HELLBLADE SQUADRON and shoot the ASSAULT, doing nothing(Photo1)..bloody inv save…

• Iron hand keep Dreadnought Talon on over watch(Photo1)..guard duty

• Emperor's Children double move RETINUE up(Photo1) and shoot broken Predator,doing nothing(Photo1)..bloody inv save…

• Iron hand don’t rally Predator and Emperor's Children don’t rally RETINUE.Both sides remove blast markers
• No aircraft were shot down in the disengage section..

END OF TURN SHOT

No end of turn shot….Hey I was wrapped up in the game..

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Turn 3

• Iron hand win SR and go first..
• Iron Hands do a engage action with Dreadnought Talon and targets the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS(Photo1) and the dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon win the combat and the EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS is wiped from the board and the Dreadnought Talon consolidate 5(Photo3)…want to clear the area of enemy forces

• Iron Hands do a engage action with Dreadnought Talon and targets the RETINUE(Photo1) and the dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon(Broken) win the combat and the RETINUE is broken(Photo2).The RETINUE flees into the ruins and the Dreadnought Talon flees down the road(Photo3)…want to clear the area of enemy forces

• Emperor's Children bring HELLBLADE SQUADRON and shoot the ASSAULT, killing the last one(Photo1)..couldn’t make his inv save now..hey

• Iron hand move the Iron Hands Clan formation on their left flank, across to cover the objective marker(Photo1)..was make sure no one took it off him

• Emperor's Children march move RETINUE and spread it out to contest the Blitz and one other objective marker(Photo1)..money grabbing exercise

• Emperor's Children move QUESTOR TITAN up on the Left flank(Photo1) and shoots Dreadnought Talon, killing 1 and giving them 2BM’s(Photo2)

• Iron hand fail to activate Dreadnought Talon and so regroup(Photo1)…was hoping to move them forward..

• Iron hand don’t rally Dreadnought Talon.Both sides remove blast markers
• No aircraft were shot down in the disengage section..
• Game called due to Time, Emperor's Children win on count back 1900 to1447

Victory Condition	Iron hand	Emperor's Children
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	Yes

END OF TURN SHOT

 

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Summary

 

Wow talk about a blood bath..I think the Iron hand may have won it on the Fourth turn, if time had not run out…It was critical that the EC got turn two SR, but it didn't happen..Oh well till next time..

 

 

Regards

Greg