I was playing my Sorylian Collective fleet, Ryan was playing the Dendrenzi Federation, and Phil was playing Terran.  In deployment I ended up in the corner between Ryan and Phil.  Because of this, both of them were gunning for me.  Luckily my broadside firepower was able to make a dent in both of them, but in the end it wasn’t enough.  I was eliminated first, and then Phil went on to finish Ryan off.

It was a good time, and nice to finally play the game.

In the first game the objective was to have a scoring unit in the opponent’s deployment zone at the end of the game while also scoring killpoints.  Nicks army consisted of 10 Boyz in a Truk, 3 Nob Bikers, 13 Boyz on foot and 5 Lootaz.  The Bikers died quickly to Walker fire, with the foot boyz going shortly after.  The Lootas got eaten by my bikers, and the boyz in the Truk held in reserve for a while, but then got shot up once they came in.

In the second game there were 4 objective markers that we were trying to secure.  This time Nick too a crazy army consisting of two squads of 30 Boyz and 2 Rockit Buggies.  There were a ton of Orks on the field, but even with them getting cover saves I was able to keep shooting and eventually wiped the green menace off the face of the table.

In the end Nick decided to go with an army similar to his second army for the tournament.  We figured that most people would not be able to deal with that many bodies on the table.  My army was an exception just because of the huge amount of shooting that it was able to do.

Crisis Suits:

Broadside:

Kroot Warriors:

The mission was 4 objectives with a Spearhead deployment.  I won the roll and passed the turn to Ryan.  He deployed his two Razorbacks towards the center, with his Devastators in the back and one Combat Squad of marines in some trees.  I deployed one squad of Walkers forward behind some trees with my Jetbikes behind them and my other 4 Walkers in my corner on a hill (which was a mistake).  I then proceeded to seize the initiative and took the first turn.

The actually game went pretty quickly, and was relatively uneventful.  My forward Walkers were able to wreck both Razorbacks in the first two turn, while the rear Walkers needed two turns to get into range of anything.  From that point on, Ryan was having a tough time shooting anything other than my Jetbikes, which I had pushed forward very aggressively.  After turn 2, though, Ryan stopped failing saves.  From turns 2 through 6, I must have shot nearly 75 times and wounded close to 30 Marines, but only 4 ended up dieing.  Ryan had at least 1 Marine from every squad alive at the end of the game, while my Jetbikes had been dead from the end of turn 4.

My only hope was to contest with my Walkers, but on turn 6 Ryan was able to take one of the contesting Walkers out with Missile Launcher fire and won the game 1 objective to 0.

It was a good game, but I really need to learn to deploy my Walkers better.  They need to be in range on turn 1 otherwise they just are not as useful.  And while my Jetbikes do have Warlocks, they are not good in Combat.  About all I can hope for is to clean up 1-2 Marines, but even then it’s not guaranteed.

My army:
3 Jetbikes with Shuriken Cannon
1 Warlock with Destructor

3 Jetbikes with Shuriken Cannon
1 Warlock with Embolden

3 squads of 2 War Walkers each with 2 Shuriken Cannons

Ryan’s army:
2 squads of 10 Tactical Marines with Flamer and Rocket Launcher and Melta-Bombs
5 Devastators with 4 Rocket Launchers

I won the roll to go first and deployed across the board.  The Walkers were deployed with one squad on each side of the table and the third in the center.  The Bikes were deployed behind cover between the Walkers.  Ryan deployed all of his Marines behind a hill on the far left.  This caused most of my army to be completely out of range from my army.  I used my scout move to get my Walkers a bit closer.

On my first turn I moved my Jetbikes flat out to the center of the table, while my Walkers moved closer to the marines.  Only one squad of Walkers was in range for shooting, and manage to kill the Devastator squad’s Leader.  Ryan moved everything except the Devastators closed and took out one of the close Walkers, and took the weapon off the other one.

Turns 2-4 were spent moving closer and slowly whittling down Ryan’s army.  One Walker managed to hold up an entire squad of Marines in assault for 3 turns before finally causing a wound and causing them to fall back.  That squad then regrouped and managed to make it all the way across the board ending up in my deployment zone on turn 5 with 2 Marines left.

At the end, Ryan had two Marines in my deployment zone, while I had a squad of Jetbikes in his.  So the game was a draw.  I should have deployed my Walkers in the center of the table so I could have brought all of their firepower to bear on at the same time, rather than splitting them up.

It was a good game, and I really liked my army, but I learned that I need to be a bit more careful with deployment when I can’t rely on superior range to see me through.

The Outcasts deployed in the far left corner behind the buildings, and I deployed in the trees. Outcasts were going for Reconnoiter and I was going for a slaughter.

The first couple turns consisted of everyone moving forward, my zombies raced forward to get into combat, while Nico and Mort hung back and tried to generate some zombies with no luck. The gun-Vik moved straight at me with a Ronin, while the other Vik, Ronin and Taelor made a flanking move around the buildings to my left.

I was unable to get my Zombies into combat before the gun-Vik got to them, so my Punks were dead quickly and then Nico was surrounded. He was able to kill the gun-Vik with Decay, and get some Mindless Zombies, but by then it was too late.

At the end all, of the Resurrectionists were wiped out and the Viks were able to secure three of the four table quarters for the win.

Eldar:
2 squads of 3 Jetbikes with 1 Shuriken Cannon, 1 Warlock on Jetbike with Embolden
2 squads of 2 War Walkers with Scatter Lasers

Space Marines:
3 Land Speeders with Multi-melta and Flamers
2 Heavy Bolter Razorbacks with 5 Marines

The first turn I was able to wreck one Razorback and immobilize a Speeder with Scatter Laser fire, and it basically went downhill for Ryan from there.  He was able to take out one squad of Walkers and a squad of Jetbikes, but the other squads caused problems for Ryan all game.  At the end of the game all of the speeders and Razorbacks were wrecked and the remaining squad of bikes was tied up in combat with the Marines.

The second game was against JJ’s Space Wolves and I was playing Tau.

Tau:
4 Pathfinders
Devilfish with Disruption Pods
6 Fire Warriors
6 Stealth Suits
2 Crisis Suits with Plasma Rifles and Missile Pods

Space Wolves:
3 Thunderwolves
10 Grey Hunters in Rhino
6 Long Fangs with 5 Missile Launchers

This game did not go well for the Tau.  I was able to take out the Thunderwolves with the Crisis Suits after feeding them some Gun Drones and the Fire Warriors.  The Stealth Suits failed to do anything more than shake the Rhino and then died to Grey Hunters.  And the Crisis Suits died to missile fire.

Overall it was a fun night.  I learned quite a bit about how to work with a very limited point level.

Blood Angels:
Sanguinor
5 Death Company with Jetpacks
7 Assault Marines
Sanguinary Priest
Death Company Dreadnaught
Stormraven

Tau:
10 Kroot
6 Fire Warriors
Devilfish with Disruption Pods
Commander Shas’el with Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle and Multi-tracker
2 squads of 3 Crisis Suits with Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle and Multi-tracker
Broadside with Targeting Array
Hammerhead with Dispuption Pods, SMS and Multi-tracker
Piranha with Targeting Array and Fusion Gun

We played Sieze Ground with 5 objectives and Pitched Battle.  JJ won the roll and passed me the first turn.  I placed my Kroot in some trees in the middle of my side with my suits and Piranha behind them.  The Hammerhead was on a hill to my right, while the Broadside was on the left.  My Devilfish with the Fire Warriors were in reserve.  JJ deployed the Stormraven behind a hill with the Dreadnaught and Death Company inside.  The Assault Squad and Priest were in reserve.

First turn I managed to immobilize the Stormraven, but that was it.  JJ moved the Death Company and Dread up towards my center.

On the second turn, I was able to wreck the Dreadnaught with the Piranha and kill off two of the Death Company.  They got close enough and took out my Kroot in assault.  The Stormraven killed the Piranha.

Turn three saw my Devilfish come onto the table in my right corner.  I fired more at the Death Company whittling them down to just 2 plus the Sanguinor, but that didn’t matter.

For the rest of the game, I couldn’t keep away from him and he managed to take out the Crisis Suits and my Devilfish before my Fire Warriors finally killed him.  My Broadside shot terribly, either missing completely, or hitting and then failing to wound him.  The game ended with JJ’s Assault Squad holding one objective, while my Fire Warriors were stranded too far away from their objective.

Anyways, here’s the pics of the progress so far.