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Post by onyx on Dec 19, 2007 9:47:31 GMT 10
Player 1 dabigboss (Aaron) with Marines
Player 2 Onyx (Steve) with Tau
Date played 18-12-07
Campaign Location Petra
Army size 3000 points each
Winner Tau
Points awarded 6 to Bad and 1 to Good
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Post by Cthulhu_gump on Dec 19, 2007 17:43:14 GMT 10
Points are up
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Post by marklogue on Dec 19, 2007 23:06:38 GMT 10
Glad you guys got a game in. How did you like the feel of the Tau army?
I hate piking on hanging around and playing Epic but despite going straight back to the hotel to sleep after work I am still tired! Definitely looking forward to Christmas break (for the sleep).
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Post by onyx on Dec 20, 2007 15:39:17 GMT 10
No worries Mark, I fully understand mate and I'll be here when you're ready! This was my first game using Tau and it was Aarons first game against them (so needless to say, there were a few tactical errors made by both of us  ). My army was something like this: - FW Cadre with DF transports+Ethereal +Tetras +Skyray - Battlesuit Cadre+Drones - AMHC (Railgun)+Skyray - AMHC (Ion Cannon)+Skyray - Pathfinder Support Group- Scorpion Support Group (1)+Supreme Commander - Stingray Support Group+Stingray - Moray- Markerlight Sentry Support Group- Markerlight Sentry Support GroupThe Marines had no Titan support and only 1 squadron of Thunderbolts (just aswell with all that Tau AA ready to destroy anything that came on my side of the board). Aaron basically had a bit of everything - 2 x Tactical (1 with SC), Devastators, Bikes, Predators, Whirlwinds, Land Raiders, Assault & Scouts. I won initiative on the first turn and ripped the guts out of his garrisoned Tactical formation with the Stingrays (I can only imagine how powerful these units were before they lost the extra AP attack  ). Aaron spent a few activations trying to kill the ML Sentry drones (without success) and then gave that up as a waste of time. By then I'd managed to take out (or supress) most of his Whirlwinds. Everytime he moved something across the board I beat the stuffing out of it. By the end of the 1st turn, he'd already lost a couple of formations and most others had taken damage. He did manage to break the Moray with Predator fire but the Rail Heads destroyed every single Pred in return in 1 volley. His 2 Thunderbolts were shot down without firing a shot. His SC was killed early in the 2nd turn. He kept making the mistake of hiding in cover within range of ML sentrys!! It was all over by the end of the 2nd turn. There is no doubt that mistakes were made and Aaron's list was always going to be hard pushed against Tau. He will be using a different list next time! I really like the Tau firepower but I'm not looking forward to getting into assaults with them.     |
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Post by marklogue on Dec 23, 2007 0:54:56 GMT 10
"It was all over by the end of the 2nd turn. There is no doubt that mistakes were made and Aaron's list was always going to be hard pushed against Tau. He will be using a different list next time! I really like the Tau firepower but I'm not looking forward to getting into assaults with them"
Don't need to be that worried with the Ethereal in your fire warriors. With the entire formation being stubborn they can be quite resistant. My first game they held up to 3 turns of concentrated attacks until the Ethereal got popped in turn 4.
I am going on an Epic painting/modeling/assembling spree over my Christmas break so I should have a few more armies finished soon. I glued sand to the bases of the remainder of my Nurgle Infantry today and then went on to paint all of my space wolf infantry while waiting for the glue to dry. Hopefully I can finish both armies quickly.
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). Aaron spent a few activations trying to kill the ML Sentry drones (without success) and then gave that up as a waste of time. By then I'd managed to take out (or supress) most of his Whirlwinds. Everytime he moved something across the board I beat the stuffing out of it. By the end of the 1st turn, he'd already lost a couple of formations and most others had taken damage. He did manage to break the Moray with Predator fire but the Rail Heads destroyed every single Pred in return in 1 volley. His 2 Thunderbolts were shot down without firing a shot. His SC was killed early in the 2nd turn. He kept making the mistake of hiding in cover within range of ML sentrys!!