San Lando Campaign….Rescued

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…

The San Lando Campaign, this will be run over the coming months...

The scenario was Rescued, which is from the booklet Ill met by moonlight.

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Armies used

CODEX IRON HANDS ARMY LIST V1.11(red force)

(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

Emperor's Children (4.0)(blue force) 

DAEMON POOL [75]
5 Lesser Daemon
EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS [300]
Chaos Lord, 4 Terminator, Daemonic Pact
EMPEROR'S CHILDREN TERMINATORS [420]
Chaos Lord, 6 Terminator, Daemonic Pact
ARMOURED COMPANY [250]
5 Emperors Children Predator
ARMOURED COMPANY [250]
5 Emperors Children Predator
RETINUE [400]
6 Chaos Marine units, 6 Chaos Marine, Replace 2 chaos marine units with 2 Noise Marine units, Sorcerer Lord
RETINUE [400]
6 Chaos Marine units, Chaos Lord, 6 Chaos Marine, Replace 2 chaos marine units with 2 Noise Marine units
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
QUESTOR TITAN [300]

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Deployment

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Turn 1 

• The dice are rolled for the SR and the Iron Hands win.
• Iron Hands double move Dreadnought Talon up behind hill(Photo1)

• Iron Hands double move Iron Hands Clan up(Photo1) and then shoot the QUESTOR TITAN, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• Emperor's Children double move ARMOURED COMPANY on to table(Photo1) and shoot the Vindicator, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• Emperor's Children double move ARMOURED COMPANY on to table(Photo1) and shoot the Dreadnought Talon, giving it 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• Iron Hands do a engage action with Vindicator and targets the ARMOURED COMPANY(Photo1) and the dice are rolled and the Vindicators win the combat and the ARMOURED COMPANY is broken(Photo2) and so the ARMOURED COMPANY flees to the hill on the side of the table(Photo3).

• Emperor's Children move QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1) and shoot Whirlwind battery, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• Iron Hands march move Assault up beside the ruins(Photo1)

• Emperor's Children double move RETINUE on to table(Photo1) and shoot the Vindicator, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• Iron Hands do sustain fire with whirlwind battery(Photo1) and target the RETINUE, killing 2 and giving it 3 BM’s(Photo2)

• Emperor's Children double move RETINUE on to table(Photo1) and shoot the Dreadnought Talon, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• Iron Hands double move Dreadnought Talon up(Photo1) and shoot RETINUE,killing 3 and giving it 4 BM’s(Photo2)

• Emperor's Children march move QUESTOR TITAN, up the side of the table(Photo1)

• Iron Hands do a engage action with Dreadnought Talon(support from Dreadnought Talon) and targets the ARMOURED COMPANY(Photo1) and the dice are rolled and the Dreadnought Talon win the combat and the ARMOURED COMPANY is wiped from the board(Photo2).

• Emperor's Children march move QUESTOR TITAN, up the side of the table(Photo1)

• Iron Hands march move predators across table.(Photo1)

• Emperor's Children don’t rally ARMOURED COMPANY  and IH don’t remove BM’s from whirlwinds.

END OF TURN SHOT

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Turn 2

• The Emperor's Children teleport both Terminators in(Photo1)

• The dice are rolled for the SR and the Emperor's Children win
• Emperor's Children march move QUESTOR TITAN, off table and this wins them the game..(sorry no pic)
• Emperor's Children do engage action with Terminators(summon 4 demons) and target the Vindicators(Photo1) The dice are rolled and the Terminators are the winners and the Vindicators are wiped from the board(Photo2)

 

Well gamed called since the Emperor's Children won…

 

 

Regards

Greg

San Lando Campaign…Ambush

Well we manage another game of epic. It was between Emperors children and Minervan Tank Legion.

I used the Minervan Tank Legion and Britt the Emperors children…

This was also the third game in the San Lando Campaign. Which we will be run over the coming months..

The scenario was Ambush which is from the booklet Ill met by moonlight.

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Armies used

Minervan Tank Legion (NetEA Tournament Pack 2014)
TANK COMPANY [800]
Supreme Commander, Flak Support (Hydra), 9 Leman Russ, Vanquisher
MECHANIZED PLATOON [300]
10 Infantry, 5 Chimera
MECHANIZED PLATOON [300]
10 Infantry, 5 Chimera

FORCE A

SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY [550]
3 Baneblade, Flak Support (Hydra)

MARAUDER BOMBERS [250]
2 Marauders

FORCE B

SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY [550]
3 Stormsword, Flak Support (Hydra)

MARAUDER BOMBERS [250]
2 Marauders  

Emperor's Children (4.0)

CHOSEN [125]
4 Chaos Space Marine Chosen
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, Sorcerer Lord, 6 Chaos Marine, Replace 2 chaos marine units with 2 Havok units
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
QUESTOR TITAN [300]
RAPTOR CULT [175]
Chaos Lord, 4 Raptor
ARMOURED COMPANY [250]
5 Emperors Children Predator
ARMOURED COMPANY [250]
5 Emperors Children Predator

SORRY NO PICTURE

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Deployment

• Deployment of Minervan Tank Legion and Emperor's Children..

 

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Turn 1

• Minervan Tank Legion..go first as per scenario.
• Minervan Tank Legion double move TANK COMPANY(Photo1) and shoot ARMOURED COMPANY, killing 1 and giving it 2 BM’s(Photo1)

• Minervan Tank Legion do a engage action with the MECHANIZED PLATOON and target the ARMOURED COMPANY, calls intermingled and drags in the CHOSEN and QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the MECHANIZED PLATOON(4BM) wins the combat and the ARMOURED COMPANY, CHOSEN and QUESTOR TITAN are broken(Photo2) The MECHANIZED PLATOON(4BM) consolidates 5 cms and the CHOSEN flees to the other side of the road, the QUESTOR TITAN and ARMOURED COMPANY flee down the side of the ruins(Photo2)..was done to try and take formation out..

• Minervan Tank Legion double move MECHANIZED PLATOON up(Photo1)

• Both sides remove BM’s.
• No aircraft are lost in the disengage section…

END OF TURN SHOT

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Turn 2

• Emperor's Children went first..
• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do a engage action with the RETINUE and uses the commander ability and brings in a QUESTOR TITAN and so targets the MECHANIZED PLATOON(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the RETINUE&QUESTOR TITAN wins the combat and the MECHANIZED PLATOON is wiped from the board(Photo2).The RETINUE&QUESTOR TITAN consolidates 5(Photo3)..was looking to break the formation

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN march move RETINUE into the ruins(Photo1).

• Minervan Tank Legion bring MARAUDER BOMBERS in and target RETINUE and clip the ARMOURED COMPANY.The RETINUE, loses 3 and gets 5 BM’s. The ARMOURED COMPANY gets 2 BM’s(Photo1)was hoping to break formation..

• Minervan Tank Legion move TANK COMPANY(Photo1) and shoot QUESTOR TITAN, doing a DC and giving it 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN double move QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1) and shoots the MECHANIZED PLATOON, killing 1 and giving it 2 BM’s(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN move QUESTOR TITAN(Photo1) and shoots the TANK COMPANY, killing 2 and giving it 3 BM’s(Photo2)

• Minervan Tank Legion double move SUPER HEAVY TANK COMPANY(FORCE A)(Photo1) and shoot QUESTOR TITAN, taking down 2 shields and giving it a BM(Photo2)

• Minervan Tank Legion double move MECHANIZED PLATOON(Photo1) and shoot QUESTOR TITAN, giving it a BM(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do marshalling action with RETINUE and so move and regroup(sorry No pic).
• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do marshalling action with ARMOURED COMPANY and so move and regroup(Photo1).

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do marshalling action with CHOSEN and so move and regroup(Photo1).

• Both sides remove BM’s.
• No aircraft are lost in the disengage section…

END OF TURN SHOT

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Turn 3

• Minervan Tank Legion..go first
• Minervan Tank Legion do sustain fire with TANK COMPANY(Photo1) and shoot QUESTOR TITAN, killing it out right(Photo2)

• Minervan Tank Legion fail to activate SUPER HEAVY TANK COMPANY(SC reroll used)(Photo1) and shoots the QUESTOR TITAN, and break the formation due to BM’s, so it stays put(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN move ARMOURED COMPANY(Photo1) and shoots the TANK COMPANY, killing one and giving it 5 BM’s(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do marshalling action with QUESTOR TITAN and so move(Photo1) and shoot TANK COMPANY, giving it a BM(Photo2)and than regroups(Photo3).

• Minervan Tank Legion double move SUPER HEAVY TANK COMPANY(FORCE B)(Photo1) and shoot RETINUE,killing 4 and giving it 10BM’s, which break the formation and flees down the ruins(Photo2)…

• Minervan Tank Legion fail to bring on MARAUDER BOMBERS(Photo1)…

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN double move RETINUE(Photo1) and shoots TANK COMPANY, breaking and so it flee behind the woods

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN march move RETINUE into the woods(Photo1).

• Minervan Tank Legion bring MARAUDER BOMBERS in and target RAPTOR CULT and clip the broken RETINUE.The RETINUE, loses 4. The RAPTOR CULT loses 2 and breaks(Photo1) and so the RAPTOR CULT flees up the middle of the ruins(Photo2)was hoping to break formation..

• Minervan Tank Legion fail to activate MECHANIZED PLATOON and so shoot the RETINUE, killing 1 and giving it 2 BM’s(Photo1)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN double move ARMOURED COMPANY(Photo1) and shoots SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY, doing a DC and giving it 4 BM’s(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN double move CHOSEN into the ruins(sorry no pic).
• Minervan Tank Legion don’t rally COMPANY. Both sides remove BM’s.
• No aircraft are lost in the disengage section…

END OF TURN SHOT

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Turn 4

• Emperor's Children went first..
• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do a engage action with the RETINUE and  targets the MECHANIZED PLATOON(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the MECHANIZED PLATOON wins the combat and the RETINUE is broken(Photo2).The MECHANIZED PLATOON consolidates 5 and the RETINUE, flees towards the other side of the woods(Photo3)..was looking to break the formation

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do a engage action with the QUESTOR TITAN and  targets the MECHANIZED PLATOON(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the QUESTOR TITAN wins the combat and the MECHANIZED PLATOON is broken(Photo2).The QUESTOR TITAN consolidates 5 and the MECHANIZED PLATOON, flees towards back to it base line(sorry no pic)

• Minervan Tank Legion bring MARAUDER BOMBERS in and target QUESTOR TITAN,giving it a BM, which is enough to break the formation(Photo1), so it flees into the ruins(Photo2)…was hoping to break formation..

• Minervan Tank Legion bring MARAUDER BOMBERS in and target ARMOURED COMPANY,killing 1 and giving it 3 BM’s (Photo1)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do sustain fire with ARMOURED COMPANY(Photo1) and shoots SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY, killing 1 W/E(bloody critical) and giving it 5 BM’s(Photo2)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do a engage action with the QUESTOR TITAN and targets the SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY wins the combat and the QUESTOR TITAN is broken(Photo2).The SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY stays put and the QUESTOR TITAN, flees back into the ruins(Photo3)

• Minervan Tank Legion move SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY up(Photo1) and shoots ARMOURED COMPANY, killing 1which breaks the formation and so it flees down the road to be beside the woods(Photo2)..done to cut down on activations.

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN do a engage action with the RAPTOR CULT and targets the SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY(Photo1).The dice are rolled and the SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY(2dc) wins the combat and the RAPTOR CULT is wiped from the board(Photo2).The SUPER-HEAVY TANK COMPANY, breaks due to BM’s and so flees behind hill(Photo3)

• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN put chosen on overwatch(Sorry No picture)
• EMPEROR'S CHILDREN double move RETINUE up the road(Sorry No picture)
• Game called due to time..Emperor's Children win 65 to 47
   

END OF TURN SHOT

 

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Summary

 

That was a close game till I started losing SHT. I’m looking forward to the next one. The experience system seams to be working but more testing is need…

 

Regards

Greg