Venue: Robinsons Galleria
Regulars Present: Balian, Salubri, Sigismund, Ebon, Kyuzo, with special appearance from Meanderer (who brought along Rose) and Midnight (who brought along Ana Marie)
Other Players Present: Marty, Henri, Adrian (who brought along Christian), Jesse, Alfred, with special appearance from Owen and JP
Highlights:
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Game1 - Balian(Dark Angels) vs. Marty(Tau)2000pts Secure and Control Omega (4 counters)
Marty Taps out on 6th Turn. Balian Wins!
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Game2 - Salubri(Eldar) vs. Henri(Space Wolves)2000pts Recon Alpha
Salubri Wins!
I arrived to see this game in its middle turns. Salubri's Aspect Warriors are proving to be a real handful for the Space Wolves, and ominously for a lot of players in future games. But the Space Wolves were able to hold their own against the Eldar, especially when things got into close combat. In the end, it was a scoring unit of Firedragons, Swooping Hawks and Fire Prism touching down on the Space Wolf deployment zone to secure the win.
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Game3 - Alfred(Imperial Guard with Daemonhunter allies) vs. Sigismund(Chaos Space Marines)2000pts Secure and Control Omega (5 counters)
Draw!
Sigis fails his Leadership test and didn't go up against the Baneblade and settles for IG with Grey Knights. Alfred showed some marked improvement in his tank tactics and shooting, which proved a problem for Sigis's Berserkers who, alongside his Daemon Prince (with chicken wings) stayed behind cover for a couple of turns before deciding to move, and in the roundabout route at that. The game resulted in a draw despite Sigis being able to control 2 counters to Alfred's 1.
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Game4 - Ebon(Order of the Clenched Fist) vs. Adrian(Azure Dawn)1500pts Take and Hold Gamma
Adrian Wins!
This looked like a test of patience from both players as Adrian's (9)Landspeeders hid behind two hills for half the game and was content to have his two Librarians use Fury Of The Ancients from behind that same hill formation while Ebon's forces tried to weather the shooting from the far corner.
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Game5 - Marty(Tau) vs. Jesse(Luna Wolves)2000pts Seek and Destroy Gamma
Draw!
It's been observed that Marty's shooting tactics are starting look scary and living up to the Tau's billing as advertised and had a distinct advantage over the Luna Wolves in the early turns. It only took two Luna Wolves Terminators to reach and wreak havoc on the Tau battle line to even out the game and pull out a hard fought draw. Good game.
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A Game6 would've been counted between Salubri's Eldar and Kyuzo's Chaos Space Marines but closing time beckons and only two turns were played with no clear advantage held by either side. Well, there's always next week.A lot of Quotable Quotes were heard that day. Mental note to self to be more active in writing things down. Balian and I were pretty much content in watching and heckling at Sigis when we finish our games or when we wait out our turn to play.
Gaming ends 9:00-ish.
2 comments:
"In the end, it was one scoring unit of Firedragons touching down on the Space Wolf deployment zone to secure the win."
correction: 3 scoring units to none. i had firedragons, swooping hawks and a fire prism in his deployment zone.
Edited correction to post. :)
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