Codex Astartes and Gryphonne IV Skitarii Legion 2.1(take 2)

Well we manage game of epic…. It was 4000 point per side and it was between Codex Astartes and Gryphonne IV Skitarii Legion 2.1…

Same forces as last time and table was basically the same, we add some more ruins…Trent took the Gryphonne IV Skitarii Legion 2.1 and I took the Codex Astartes..

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Armies used

Codex Astartes (4000 points)

PREDATOR [350]

4 Annihilator, 2 Vindicator

TACTICAL [425]

6 Tacticals, Supreme Commander, Rhinos, Vindicator

TACTICAL [375]

6 Tacticals, Rhinos, Chaplain, Vindicator

TERMINATOR [400]

4 Terminators, Chaplain

TERMINATOR [400]

4 Terminators, Captain

TERMINATOR [400]

4 Terminators, Chaplain

LANDING CRAFT [350]

1 Landing Craft

THUNDERHAWK [200]

THUNDERHAWK [200]

THUNDERHAWK [200]

THUNDERHAWK [200]

MARAUDER SQUADRON [250]

2 Maurader bombers

MARAUDER SQUADRON [250]

2 Maurader bombers

Gryphonne IV Skitarii Legion (NetEA 2.1)(4000 points)

ORDINATUS MAJORUS [550]

1 Ordinatus Majorus, Ordinatus Golgotha (Hellfire Missiles)

ORDINATUS MINORUS [600]

3 Ordinatus Minorus, Minorus with Carapace Landing Pad, 2 Minorus with Quake Cannon

SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY [275]

5 Sagitarii units, 5 Rapiers

SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY [275]

5 Sagitarii units, 5 Rapiers

SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY [425]

2 Secutor units, 8 Hypaspist units, Magos Character, Minorus with Support Missile

SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY [225]

2 Secutor units, 8 Hypaspist units

SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY [225]

2 Secutor units, 8 Hypaspist units

ORDINATUS MINORUS [425]

3 Ordinatus Minorus, 3 Minorus with Gatling Blaster

ORDINATUS MINORUS [425]

3 Ordinatus Minorus, 3 Minorus with Gatling Blaster

ORDINATUS MINORUS [575]

3 Ordinatus Minorus, 3 Minorus with Plasma Destructor

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Deployment

 

Off board forces

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Turn 1

Strategy roll: Codex Astartes
Pre-turn Notes: SM teleport TERMINATOR 3 no BM off course.

[Codex Astartes ] [TERMINATOR 3] - [ENGAGE] Notes: "actives and engagement and wipe out the ORDINATUS MINORUS 2"(yeah no joke, mange to get all but one of my hits and he failed all of his saves..)

[Codex Astartes ] [Thunderhawk1] - [ENGAGE] Notes: "Thunderhawk 1 bring in TERMINATOR 1 to do an engagement with ORDINATUS MINORUS 1(BST), TERMINATOR 1 killing 1 ORDINATUS MINORUS with landing pad, Thunderhawk deals a FF hit and a ORDINATUS MINORUS loses a shield.. Roll off turns into a tie. Round 2 TERMINATOR 1 deal another wound and the Thunderhawk make an ORDINATUS MINORUS loses another shield.. SM wins the engagement about time!! and the ORDINATUS MINORUS 1(BST) falls back."

[Skitarii Legion ] [SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2] - [MARCH] Notes: "actives and march move into the other half of the table."

[Skitarii Legion ] [RETAIN] [ORDINATUS MINORUS 4] - [DOUBLE] Notes: "actives and double move to provide AA cover for the infantry out front."

[Codex Astartes ] [Thunderhawk 2] - [ENGAGE] Notes: "Thunderhawk 2 bringing TERMINATOR 2 to do an engagement against ORDINATUS MINORUS 1(BTS) which is broken, Thunderhawk 2 takes BM from AA fire. engagement is one side and the ORDINATUS MINORUS 1(BTS). SM gain VP for killing BST."

[Codex Astartes ] [RETAIN] [Thunderhawk 3]- [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and targets the ORDINATUS MAJORUS, miss to hit and deals a BM to it."

[Skitarii Legion ] [SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY1] - [MARCH]Notes: "fails to actives and does the hold action."

[Codex Astartes ] [Thunderhawk4] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and targets the ORDINATUS MINORUS 3 and misses and deal a BM."

[Skitarii Legion ] [ORDINATUS MINORUS3] - [ADVANCE] !Sup Cmd Reroll!Notes: "Actives using SUM CMD reroll, moves and shoot at term3 and wipes it out. "

[Codex Astartes ] [MARAUDER SQUADRON1] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and targets ORDINATUS MAJORUS, AA shots first up missing and deals a BM, Bombs the ORDINATUS MAJORUS and SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY 1 and missing completely..The AT fired, gets one on the hit ORDINATUS MAJORUS loses a shield. but dealing two BM to both squads."

[Skitarii Legion ] [ORDINATUS MAJORUS] - [SUSTAIN]Notes: "fails to actives and with that it has enough BM’s to brake."

[Codex Astartes ] [MARAUDER SQUADRON2] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "fails to actives."

[Skitarii Legion ] [SLSK1] - [SUSTAIN]Notes: "SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY 1 fail to active and does a regroup or hold action. removing all BM"

[Codex Astartes ] [TACTICAL2] - [DOUBLE]Notes: "actives and double moves into cover and the Vehicles make their DTT

[Skitarii Legion ] [SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY2] - [OVERWATCH SET]Notes: "actives and stay on overwatch."

[Codex Astartes ] [TACTICAL(SC)1] - [OVERWATCH SET]Notes: "actives and goes on over watch ."

[Skitarii Legion ] [ SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY3] - [OVERWATCH SET]Notes: "actives and stay on over watch."

[Codex Astartes ] [CALT] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "Landing craft lands and the PREDATOR comes out to shoot at ORDINATUS MAJORUS, taking down it reminding shields."

post-Turn Notes: Thunderhawk 1 goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, Thunderhawk 2 goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, MARAUDER SQUADRON 1 goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, Thunderhawk 3 goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, Thunderhawk 4 get shot out of the sky, Landing craft goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, ORDINATUS MAJORUS fails to rally and the ORDINATUS MINORUS3 doesn't remove BM.

END OF TURN SHOT

The dead pile at the end of turn 1

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Turn 2

strategy roll: Gryphonne IV Skitarii Legion

Pre-turn Notes: the dice roll was a tie which gives the Admech first go.
[Skitarii Legion ] [ORDINATUS MINORUS 3] - [SUSTAIN] Notes: "fails to actives and takes BM and shoot at TERMINATOR 1 killing a TERMINATOR and dealing two BM."

[Codex Astartes ] [TERMINATOR2] - [ENGAGE]Notes: "TERMINATOR 2 actives and does engagement against SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY 1 and calls intermingled and drags in broken ORDINATUS MAJORUS, killing 4 stands, roll off SM difference of 7, which kills all but the ORDINATUS MINORUS but leaving it with one DR."

[Codex Astartes ] [TERMINATOR1] - [MARCH]Notes: "actives and march into covers."

[Skitarii Legion ] [SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY2] - [MARCH]Notes: "actives and march moves onto a objective in the open."

[Codex Astartes ] [PREDATOR] - [SUSTAIN] Notes: "actives and does sustain fire at the ORDINATUS MAJORUS, taking out shields and dealing a DR, which turn into a critical and destroys it and two formations get BM’s, because of the  effect.,"

[Skitarii Legion ] [SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 1] - [MARCH]Notes: "actives and march into cover."

[Codex Astartes ] [CATH1] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "fails to active"
[Skitarii Legion ] [ORDINATUS MINORUS4] - [ADVANCE]Notes: "actives and moves up to shot at TERMINATOR 2, firing and killing a TERMINATOR and dealing two BM."

[Codex Astartes ] [THUNDERHAWK2] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "THUNDERHAWK 2 actives and targets at SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY1, the ORDINATUS MINORUS from the formation,but misses to hit."

[Skitarii Legion ] [SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY 3] - [MARCH]Notes: "actives and spread itself out over both objective."

[Codex Astartes ] [MARAUDER SQUADRON 2] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and targets SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY2, killing three and dealing 5 BMs."

[Skitarii Legion ] [ SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY2] - [MARSHAL SHOOT]Notes: "fails to actives, and breaks due to BM’s and fall back into cover."

[Codex Astartes ] [MARAUDER SQUADRON1] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "fail to actives"

[Codex Astartes ] [THUNDERHAWK3] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives  and does a ground attack against SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2 killing a stand and dealing 2 BMs."

[Codex Astartes ] [LANDING CRAFT ] - [GROUND ATTACK] Notes: "actives and targets at SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY1, the ORDINATUS MINORUS from the formation,taking a shield down."

[Codex Astartes ] [TACTICAL(SC)1] - [OVERWATCH SET]Notes: "stay on over watch.”

[Codex Astartes ] [TACTICAL 2] - [OVERWATCH SET]Notes: "actives and goes on over watch."

Post-Turn Notes: Thunderhawk 2 goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, landing craft goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, CASM 1 goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, Thunderhawk 3 goes off the table with an extra BM for flying off the wrong table edge, TERMINATOR 1 removes BM, TERMINATOR 2 removes a BM, ADMECH, SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY(SC) rallies it, ORDINATUS MINORUS 3 removed BM, SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2 fail to rally, SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2 removes BMS….

END OF TURN SHOT

The dead pile at the end of turn 2

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Turn 3

strategy roll: Codex Astartes
[Codex Astartes ] [TERMINATOR 2] - [ENGAGE] Notes: "actives and target SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY(SC) with a engagement, killing the lone ORDINATUS MINORUS by fracture."(he made all but one armour save from 8 hits)

[Codex Astartes ] [MARAUDER SQUADRON 2] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and target the broken SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2 squad, but missing all hits, still kills two due to BM’s."

[Skitarii Legion ] [SLSK3] - [MARCH]Notes: "fails to actives, does a regroup."(this move was critical, he would have contested the Blitz and take point off me, so forcing a turn 4)

[Codex Astartes ] [THUNDERHAWK1] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and target SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2 with a ground attack, killing 2 stands and dealing three BMs"

[Skitarii Legion ] [ORDINATUS MINORUS3] - [ADVANCE]Notes: "actives and move up and shoot at the TERMINATOR 1 wiping it out."

[Skitarii Legion ] [ SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY1] - [ADVANCE]Notes: "actives and target PREDATOR, killing the vindicators and dealing three BMs."

[Codex Astartes ] [MARAUDER SQUADRON 1] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and targets the broken SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2, killing 4 all up."

[Skitarii Legion ] [SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2] - [MARSHAL MOVE]Notes: "actives and moves around a bit and removes all BMs,"

[Codex Astartes ] [THUNDERHAWK2] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "fail to actives and removes BMs."

[Skitarii Legion ] [ORDINATUS MINORUS4] - [ADVANCE]Notes: "actives and march toward the blitz."

[Codex Astartes ] [THUNDERHAWK3] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and targets with SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2, killing one and dealing 2 BM’s."

[Codex Astartes ] [LANDING CRAFT] - [ENGAGE]Notes: "actives target SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2 with a engage, killing one stand while CENTURY 2 deals DR to the landing craft, roll off SM wins. last stand falls back."

[Codex Astartes ] [TACTICAL(SC)1] - [OVERWATCH SET]Notes: "stay on over watch."

[Codex Astartes ] [TACTICAL2] - [OVERWATCH SET]Notes: "stay on over watch.

[Codex Astartes ] [PREDATOR] - [DOUBLE]Notes: "actives and double moves to shoot at ORDINATUS MINORUS4  taking off the shields for one ORDINATUS MINORUS, and dealing a BM."

Post-Turn Notes: Thunderhawk 1 and 2 get off with no extra BMs, same with the MARAUDER SQUADRON 1 and 2, Landing craft staying and remove the BM, CAP doesn't remove BM, TERMINATOR 2 does remove the BM, ORDINATUS MINORUS 3 doesn't remove BM, ORDINATUS MINORUS 4 remove BM, SKITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2 doesn't rally, SAGITARII DEMI-CENTURY 2 rallies.

Victory Condition	Codex Astartes	Skitarii Legion 2.1
1. Blitz	Yes	no
2. Break their sprit	Yes	NO
3. Defend the Flag	NO	no
4. Take and Hold	No	no
5. They Shall not Pass	NO	no

END OF TURN SHOT

 

The dead pile at the end of turn 3

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Yep..the SKITARII need to get their deployment right and that would have help them to some degree. I understand each player is going to do things different and they play how they want to.Putting the deployment thing aside it was still a interesting game, Trent made plenty of his armour save, at the right times..I don't think he once thought he was out of the game, till that failed activation in turn three, if he pulled that off, would went to turn 4..Yes, it would/ may have gone to count back and I would have won, by miles..but hey, it was nice to see the grit…

Yeah, I had my wonderful dice rolls come back and lost Two Terminators formations….Just got to love, not making your 4+ RA saves…Let’s not take about losing the Thunderhawk…

We will look a few more games as time permits, although we are now both tempted to do 4000 again and throw in a Reaver..We also thought about adding in some Hydras too..We did look at the Avenger Strike Fighter and thought why would you use it..

Regards

Greg