Tourney Batrep: Game 1 vs. Chaos
On 4/13/13 I participated in my first ever tournament. The army I used was as follows:
1848pts:
190- Belial
95- Librarian: Bike, Auspex, Infravisor
355- DWCS: 4 THSS, CML, Champ, standard of fortitude
230- 5 DWT: 4 SB, HF
270- 5 DWT: 5 THSS, CML
104- 6 Tacs: LC
99- 6 Tacs: PC
165- 3 RAS (ravenwing assault squad)+AB: 2 PG, MM
210- 5 BK (Black Knights): RGL
130- 5 Devs: 4 ML
first game was versus Chaos list with
Juggernaut of khorne w/ 4 spawn
Chaos lord on Bike with nurgle mark
Plague marines x10, plasgun x2
Plague marines x 5, plasgun x2
Plague marines x 5, plasgun x2
Cultists w/ champion
bikers x8 w/ champion
Helldrake
Havocs with ML
Aegis w/ quadgun
The missions were from adepticon 2013. the first mission was vanguard deployment with two objectives games played simultanneously, relic and table quarters objectives. the games were scored by giving 10 pt for winning each of the objective games. if the game was tied after that score calculation, secondary objectives were counted at two points per secondary achieved. eg. If one player wins "scouring" and the other wins "big guns..." then they are tied at 10pts each until it is determined that player one has more secondary objectives.
His WL trait lets him infiltrate a troop of 10 plague marines 6in from the relic. I scout he attempts to seize, but doesnt.
DA1:cant kill those plauge marines, might've helped if id remembered I had PREFERRED ENEMY vs. chaos!
C1: shooting up the DWCS he kills the banner first turn. he also kills the RWGL from the black knights. he charges the spawn and juggernaut into the Belials squad killing belial and three squad members.
DA2: realizing my mistake i play the rest of game remembering my inner circle rule... DW squad has claimed the relic and starts moving backwards. With no RWGL and faced with the choice of FA T6 bikers with the warlord or a troop of plaugue marines i go for the troops, killing all and leaving BK exposed to fire. without any vehicles to shoot i decide to fire the RAS on the chaos bikers. Finally the DWCS charges to aid the last two termies, but they do nothing with the champ dieing in a challenge to the khorne lord.
C2: Hell drake arrives, and eliminates one tact squad. Chaos bikes shoot and kill the exposed Black knights. Khorne lord and spawn kill the remaining terminators from both squads, but the remaining plague marines are killed.
DA3: termies with relic continue to retrograde. Devs fire on the plague marines in the back field with the expectation that they will try to claim another objective. the RAS go after the cultists shooting and then assaulting them. cultists pass morale.
C3: The warlord biker breaks off to engage the RAS and save the cultists. Dragon flames more marines leaving only one in the second tact squad. the Juggernaut and spawn move to engage the squad with the relic both assault at the same time and they die to mass of dice. Warlord joins the assault kills the RAS.
DA4: Devs miss all their shots at the plague mairines, who will likely reach the corner objective. lone tactical marine reaches the objective, until...
C4: dragon enters hover mode and flames devs, khorne lord and entourage assault lone tact marine.
DA 5: at this po0int i have only one marine left and I concede.
Fun game but rough way to start i had never played the dragon before and have only played chaos on one other occasion. Generally i think i was a little frazzled because i had not seen the misions ahead of time and did not have a chance to practice with my army. Critical mistakes were extensive but, they're were some glaring exceptions.
1.) Need to remember preferred enemy. I use it so infrequently i forgot it completely. Had i remembered i could have re-rolled the ones i got to wound from the cyclone and a myriad of other shots, and wound rolls. Which would have given me first blood and eliminated those plague marines.
2.) positioning of banner and RWGL. Just foolishness here, if i hadnt lost both so early from having them in the wrong place i might have been able to survive longer in combat and take on those bikers turn 2.
3.) Not sure if i landed belials sqaud in the right place, as they were charged first turn which was not ideal.
4.) i pretty much just ignored the dragon which seemed the right call except when it went into hover mode. which basically sealed my fate.
5.) basic time management. Having never played games under a time limit. I am sure that at times effected my descision making.
Comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.
1848pts:
190- Belial
95- Librarian: Bike, Auspex, Infravisor
355- DWCS: 4 THSS, CML, Champ, standard of fortitude
230- 5 DWT: 4 SB, HF
270- 5 DWT: 5 THSS, CML
104- 6 Tacs: LC
99- 6 Tacs: PC
165- 3 RAS (ravenwing assault squad)+AB: 2 PG, MM
210- 5 BK (Black Knights): RGL
130- 5 Devs: 4 ML
first game was versus Chaos list with
Juggernaut of khorne w/ 4 spawn
Chaos lord on Bike with nurgle mark
Plague marines x10, plasgun x2
Plague marines x 5, plasgun x2
Plague marines x 5, plasgun x2
Cultists w/ champion
bikers x8 w/ champion
Helldrake
Havocs with ML
Aegis w/ quadgun
The missions were from adepticon 2013. the first mission was vanguard deployment with two objectives games played simultanneously, relic and table quarters objectives. the games were scored by giving 10 pt for winning each of the objective games. if the game was tied after that score calculation, secondary objectives were counted at two points per secondary achieved. eg. If one player wins "scouring" and the other wins "big guns..." then they are tied at 10pts each until it is determined that player one has more secondary objectives.
DA1:cant kill those plauge marines, might've helped if id remembered I had PREFERRED ENEMY vs. chaos!
C1: shooting up the DWCS he kills the banner first turn. he also kills the RWGL from the black knights. he charges the spawn and juggernaut into the Belials squad killing belial and three squad members.
DA2: realizing my mistake i play the rest of game remembering my inner circle rule... DW squad has claimed the relic and starts moving backwards. With no RWGL and faced with the choice of FA T6 bikers with the warlord or a troop of plaugue marines i go for the troops, killing all and leaving BK exposed to fire. without any vehicles to shoot i decide to fire the RAS on the chaos bikers. Finally the DWCS charges to aid the last two termies, but they do nothing with the champ dieing in a challenge to the khorne lord.
DA3: termies with relic continue to retrograde. Devs fire on the plague marines in the back field with the expectation that they will try to claim another objective. the RAS go after the cultists shooting and then assaulting them. cultists pass morale.
C3: The warlord biker breaks off to engage the RAS and save the cultists. Dragon flames more marines leaving only one in the second tact squad. the Juggernaut and spawn move to engage the squad with the relic both assault at the same time and they die to mass of dice. Warlord joins the assault kills the RAS.
DA4: Devs miss all their shots at the plague mairines, who will likely reach the corner objective. lone tactical marine reaches the objective, until...
C4: dragon enters hover mode and flames devs, khorne lord and entourage assault lone tact marine.
DA 5: at this po0int i have only one marine left and I concede.
Fun game but rough way to start i had never played the dragon before and have only played chaos on one other occasion. Generally i think i was a little frazzled because i had not seen the misions ahead of time and did not have a chance to practice with my army. Critical mistakes were extensive but, they're were some glaring exceptions.
1.) Need to remember preferred enemy. I use it so infrequently i forgot it completely. Had i remembered i could have re-rolled the ones i got to wound from the cyclone and a myriad of other shots, and wound rolls. Which would have given me first blood and eliminated those plague marines.
2.) positioning of banner and RWGL. Just foolishness here, if i hadnt lost both so early from having them in the wrong place i might have been able to survive longer in combat and take on those bikers turn 2.
3.) Not sure if i landed belials sqaud in the right place, as they were charged first turn which was not ideal.
4.) i pretty much just ignored the dragon which seemed the right call except when it went into hover mode. which basically sealed my fate.
5.) basic time management. Having never played games under a time limit. I am sure that at times effected my descision making.
Comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.
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