This month was a heavy tournament so since Jwolf wanted to run my 'crons and Minus had my demons for the fantasy 'ard boys this weekend, I decided to play the Templars. It's close enough to Christmas right?
Emperor's Champion, Accept Any Challenge
Terminator Marshall with duel lightning claws
Gray Knight Grandmaster
10x Crusaders, melta, power fist, rhino
10x Crusaders, melta, power fist, rhino
10x Crusaders, melta, power fist, rhino
5x Assault Terminators, 2 hammers, furious charge
Land Raider Crusader
Vindicator
Vindicator
ROUND 1 - Imperial Guard
Pitched Battle
Primary: Annihilation
Secondary: Unit in opponents deployment zone
Tertiary: Unit in own deployment zone with none of opponents
Bonus: All HQs are still alive at the end of the game
Primary: Annihilation
Secondary: Unit in opponents deployment zone
Tertiary: Unit in own deployment zone with none of opponents
Bonus: All HQs are still alive at the end of the game
For round 1, I was paired up against Josiah and his completely borrowed guard army. I knew I was in for a shitty game and it did not disappoint. His list consisted of all the most broken units in the guard book... 2 demolishers, an executioner, psychic battle squad, a ton of vets, valkyrie, 40 plasmas, 20 meltas, etc. He deployed spread out on his line as would be expected. My list is not really geared to handle this sort of thing so I decided just to pick a flank and attack it.
Though I had high hopes when after the first turn the worst result I had was an immobilized rhino... but guard is still guard and all I had left at the end of the game was the marshal and the grandmaster. I denied him extra points, and that was good enough for me. 12-6 loss.
ROUND 2 - Eldar
Spearhead
Primary: Capture and Control
Secondary: Destroy all of opponents heavy choices
Tertiary: Destroy all of opponents fast attack choices
Bonus: non-scoring unit within 6" of opponents long table edge
Bonus: 2 non-scoring units in opponents deployment zone
Spearhead
Primary: Capture and Control
Secondary: Destroy all of opponents heavy choices
Tertiary: Destroy all of opponents fast attack choices
Bonus: non-scoring unit within 6" of opponents long table edge
Bonus: 2 non-scoring units in opponents deployment zone
Round 2 I was paired up against Jim and his eldar. Jim is always a fun opponent and I was relieved to not have to play against guard or orks, which I find to be the least fun to play against. I don't think Jim has much experience at using eldar to it's most cheesy and chose to go first. He had 3 lance serpents, a falcon, a prism, a wraith lord, eldrad, a second farseer, some dragons, some guardians, and some pathfinders.
I wasn't really sure how the game would end up, but with him going second I had some high hopes. I do have some trouble with super mobile armies though. I moved forward and tried to shoot away the wraith lord since he would give me some serious trouble if he wanted to assault some tanks. I was eventually able to kill him and worked my way toward his objective which was mostly unprotected.
In the end I was able to contest my own objective and wipe out the models protecting his for a 1-0 victory.
ROUND 3 - Orks
Pitched Battle
Primary: Seize Ground
Secondary: secretly choose an opponents troop choice, kill it.
Tertiary: I don't remember...
Bonus: None
The last round I was paired up against Ben and his ork army. Just my friggin luck, guard and orks in the same tournament... suckage. I have no idea what he had really other than a bike squad with a warboss, a bunch of nobs in a truck, a battle waggon, some orks in another truck, a bunch of lootas, a shock attack gun with gretchin wounds, and a bunch more orks. *SNORE*
Since it was orks, I made the fateful decision to hold my army in reserve (as he won the roll and chose to go first). That would give him a couple turns to get to my side of the board and I hoped for a little reserve luck to get my army in early. My luck failed. Only a couple squads came in turn 2, and sporadically for the rest of the game. My deathstar unit and a squad of mooks were ready come in turn 4, except for my dice coming up snake eyes. Since he had every objective at that point, I was down to a single immobile Vindicator with no weapons (and 2 squads not coming in until turn 5), I conceded the game. Goddamn Orks. I wasn't thinking and should have deployed the Land Raider, he had no answer for it really...
Well, at least the game against eldar was enjoyable.
In the end I was able to contest my own objective and wipe out the models protecting his for a 1-0 victory.ROUND 3 - Orks
Pitched Battle
Primary: Seize Ground
Secondary: secretly choose an opponents troop choice, kill it.
Tertiary: I don't remember...
Bonus: None
The last round I was paired up against Ben and his ork army. Just my friggin luck, guard and orks in the same tournament... suckage. I have no idea what he had really other than a bike squad with a warboss, a bunch of nobs in a truck, a battle waggon, some orks in another truck, a bunch of lootas, a shock attack gun with gretchin wounds, and a bunch more orks. *SNORE*
Since it was orks, I made the fateful decision to hold my army in reserve (as he won the roll and chose to go first). That would give him a couple turns to get to my side of the board and I hoped for a little reserve luck to get my army in early. My luck failed. Only a couple squads came in turn 2, and sporadically for the rest of the game. My deathstar unit and a squad of mooks were ready come in turn 4, except for my dice coming up snake eyes. Since he had every objective at that point, I was down to a single immobile Vindicator with no weapons (and 2 squads not coming in until turn 5), I conceded the game. Goddamn Orks. I wasn't thinking and should have deployed the Land Raider, he had no answer for it really...Well, at least the game against eldar was enjoyable.
