Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Death Watch Vs Red Corsairs

<![CDATA[TEMPLATE FOR LAY OUT]]>Well, we manage another game of epic. It was 3000 point per side and it was between Death Watch and Red Corsairs..

Trent Death Watch and Britt used the Red Corsairs..

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Armies used

Death Watch (V1.4b)

INQUISITORIAL BLACK SHIP [175]
THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS [175]
2 Thunderbolt Fighters
THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS [175]
2 Thunderbolt Fighters
WATCH COMPANY [375]
4 Veteran, 2 Corvus Black Stars, Chaplain
WATCH COMPANY [400]
No Transports, 4 Watch Terminator, Chaplain
WATCH COMPANY [375]
4 Veteran, Chaplain, 2 Corvus Black Stars
WATCH COMPANY [375]
4 Veteran, Chaplain, 2 Corvus Black Stars
WATCH COMPANY [450]
2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator, Chaplain, 3 Corvus Black Stars
INQUISITORIAL WARBAND [195]
Inquisitor, 5 Warrior Acolyte, 3 Chimeras, Death Cult Assassins
0 -1 INQUISITORIAL STORM TROOPER PLATOON [300]
8 Inquisitorial Storm Trooper, 4 Chimeras, Inquisitor, Hydra

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Red Corsairs

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Deployment

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Turn 1

Strategy roll: Death Watch
Pre-turn Notes: DW wins the int.
[Death Watch] [INQUISITORIAL BLACK SHIP] - [PLANETFALL] Notes: "actives and does orbit bombardment and hits Blight Drone Swarm, killing 1 and giving it 2 BM’s

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WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator) scatter two CM’s, WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 1 does a direct hit but due to forest and enemies, places the unit just outside the forest further away, WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 2 scatter 5cm to the right and just snuggly fits between units."

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[Death Watch] [RETAIN] [WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 2] - [ENGAGE] Notes: "actives and does an engagement with the Blight Drone Swarm 1, and calls intermingled and drags in Renegade Warband(BTS)1, Chosen 3, WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 2, killing 2 skimmers, Red Corsairs kills two Blackstar, Red Corsairs support kills another stand. Roll off Red Corsairs wins 6 – 9….. $%^&*&^ double 1’s (curse Greg dices(how's that my fault)).Blight Drone Swarm is broken and the WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 2 are wiped from the board(could not move far enough from enemy formations).."

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[Red Corsairs] [Renegade Warband 3] - [ENGAGE]Notes: "actives and does an engagement action against WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 3, Red Corsairs kills a infantry stand, WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 3, kills 3 stands, Red Corsairs support kills the black star, roll off it tie 10 – 10.. Round 2 FIGHT!!, Red Corsairs kills another stand, WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 3 kill nothing, Red Corsairs support kills another stand the chaplain, roll off RC wins 10 - 6."

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[Red Corsairs] [Renegade Warband 4] - [ADVANCE] Notes: "fails to actives decides to shoot at WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator)BTS 1 squad, Red Corsairs hits and kills an Blackstar, Watch Terminator inside made his save."

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[Death Watch] [THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS1] - [CAP SET] Notes: "actives and goes on Cap."

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[Red Corsairs] [Hell Talon Fighter Bomber] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and attempts a ground attack, THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS 1 actives using cap and wipes out the bomber squad."

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[Death Watch] [THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS 2] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and does an ground attack against CHOSEN 2, killing two stands and dealing three BM’s all up."

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[Red Corsairs] [CHOSEN 3] - [MARCH] Notes: "actives and does an march move to claim objective 4."

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[Death Watch] [WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 5] - [DOUBLE] Notes: "actives and double to target CHOSEN 3, killing 1 stand, and dealing 2 BM’S."

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[Red Corsairs] [Blight Drone Swarm 3] - [DOUBLE] Notes: "actives and double move to target WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 5, killing 2 stand and dealing three BMs,"

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[Death Watch] [INQUISITORIAL STORM TROOPER PLATOON] - [OVERWATCH SET] Notes: "actives and goes on over watch."(Yes, new work saying for the INQUISITORIAL STORM TROOPER PLATOON)….

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[Red Corsairs] [CHOSEN1] - [MARCH] Notes: "actives and does an march move"
[Red Corsairs] [Renegade Warband(bts)1] - [DOUBLE] Notes: "actives and double moves back to blitz."

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[Death Watch] [WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator)1] - [ENGAGE] Notes: "actives and does an engagement with Renegade Warband 4, DW1 kills five stands, RCR4 kills two stand, roll off DW wins 11 - 6. the Emperor protects.Renegade Warband 4,is wiped from the board and the WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator)1 consolidate 5"

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[Red Corsairs] [CHOSEN 2] - [MARSHAL MOVE] Notes: "actives and does an marshal action, removing all BM."

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[Death Watch] [INQUISITORIAL WARBAND] - [OVERWATCH SET] Notes: "stay on over watch."

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[Red Corsairs] [Blight Drone Swarm 2] - [DOUBLE]Notes: "actives and does double move to target at WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 5, managing to kill a Blackstar, dealing another two BMs."

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[Red Corsairs] [Renegade Warband 2] - [OVERWATCH SET] Notes: "actives and goes on over watch."

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[Red Corsairs] [Hellblade interceptors] - [AIR ATTACK] Notes: "actives and does an AA against THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS, Hellblade interceptors wipe out THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS"

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Post-Turn Notes:

DW AC: Thunderbolt 1 fly off with no worries.

RC AC: inceptors fly off with no worries.

DW rally time; WATCH COMPANY(Veteran) 5 removes BMs, WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator)(BST) removes BMs.

RC rally time; Renegade Warband 3 fails to remove BM’s, CHOSEN 3 removes a BM, Blight Drone Swarm 1 fail to rally.

END OF TURN SHOT

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Turn 2

Pre-turn Notes: DW doing teleporting of WATCH COMPANY(Watch Terminator)

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Strategy roll: Death Watch DW wins the int…

[Death Watch] [WATCH COMPANY(Watch Terminator)] - [ENGAGE] Notes: "actives and does an engagement with Renegade Warband 1(BTS). WATCH COMPANY(Watch Terminator), lose stand and Gain 2 BM’s from OWF… WATCH COMPANY(Watch Terminator) kills five stands, Renegade Warband 1(BTS). kills two stands.. roll off ..Renegade Warband 1(BTS) wins the combat by 1 pip..WATCH COMPANY(Watch Terminator) are broken and flee, the Renegade Warband 1(BTS) is broken.

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[Death Watch] [WATCH COMPANY(Veteran)5] - [ENGAGE] Notes: "actives and does an engagement with CHOSEN 3, calls intermingled and drags in Blight Drone Swarm 2 and 3,WATCH COMPANY(Veteran)5 kills 3 stands..But in return are wiped out..The CHOSEN 3 are broken and flee forward….

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[Red Corsairs] [CHOSEN 1] - [ENGAGE]Notes: "actives and does an engagement action against WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator), Red Corsairs kills nothing, WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator), kills 2 stands. the dice are rolled and the CHOSEN 1, win by a pip

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[Death Watch] [THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS 2] - [GROUND ATTACK]Notes: "actives and does an ground attack against broken Renegade Warband(bts) 1, killing one stand"

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[Red Corsairs] [Renegade Warband 3] - [ENGAGE]Notes: "actives and does an engagement action against broken WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator), Red Corsairs kills 3 infantry stand, WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator), kills nothing, roll off RC win and the Broken WATCH COMPANY(2 Veteran, 2 Watch Terminator), is wiped from the board.Renegade Warband 3 consolidate 5"

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[Death Watch] [INQUISITORIAL STORM TROOPER PLATOON] - [OVERWATCH SET] Notes: "Stays on over watch."(Yes, new work saying for the INQUISITORIAL STORM TROOPER PLATOON)….

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[Red Corsairs] [Blight Drone Swarm 2] - [DOUBLE] Notes: "actives and double move to target broken WATCH COMPANY(Watch Terminator) doing nothing,"

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[Red Corsairs] [Blight Drone Swarm 3] - [DOUBLE] Notes: "actives and double move to target broken WATCH COMPANY(Watch Terminator) , killing last stand..

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[Red Corsairs] [CHOSEN 2] - [MARCH MOVE] Notes: "actives and does an march action, and  claims objective 4"

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[Red Corsairs] [Hellblade interceptors] - [AIR ATTACK] Notes: "actives and does an AA against THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS, Hellblade interceptors wipe out THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS"

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Post-Turn Notes:

RC AC: inceptors fly off with no worries.

RC rally time; Renegade Warband 1 fails to Rally, Blight Drone Swarm 1 fail to rally.CHOSEN 3 rally.

Game called and it was RC win..DW had 2 formation left and the RC had 8 formation that it could activate..

Victory ConditionDeath WatchRed Corsairs..
1. BlitzNOYES
2. Break their spritNOYES
3. Defend the FlagNOYES
4. Take and HoldNoYES
5. They Shall not PassNOYES
END OF TURN SHOT

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Summary

OK, so I thought I put want Britt wrote up about the afternoon

The Chaos Red Corsairs battled the Imperial Inquisition Death Watch today, and a bloodbath from the start it was. On turn one the Inquisition does orbital bombardment on me then lands skimmers loaded with Terminators and SM Vetrans. What a furball! My furry little blue Drones took losses and the whole 3 unit force surrounding my Blitz (home base) came within an ace of being routed when Trent assaulted it, and almost took it! Almost. That was close, and if it had been successful, could have given him the game.

Chaos counterattacks destroyed or weakened two other threats, but it was back and forth. My poor Hell Talons got shot out of the sky before they could fire their guns in anger, but my Hell Blades avenged them.

The last real threat to Chaos occurred when Watch Terminators teleported in near my Blitz. Only a lucky shot in the back by my nearby Retinue turned the tide, though both attacker and defender were routed. Attempting to kill that last Terminator was a real pain, taking two full units of Plague Drones. Trent kept rolling 6 on Invulnerable Saves after failing his two normal saves. Fustrating.

The game was close several times, but in the end The Red Corsairs were victorious and The Inquisition Death Watch a very worthy foe. I can’t fault Inquisition tactics. Strike hard, strike quickly, keep up the pressure is the only way to go when outnumbered 2 to 1, no matter how good you are.

Trent wrote up the battle report and played Death Watch (except for Greg running the DW Terminator assault), Greg GM’d, sorted rules, & took photos, and I played the Red Corsairs. At least no one laughed at my “furry gyrocopters”. Looked like Plague Drones to me.

A great afternoon of skill, strategy, dumb luck, fortune, and laughter among friends. Wargaming at its best.  

Regards
Greg

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