Space Marines and Necrons Victorious!!
Neil R sent me a report about his game against Bryan, and some details of John against Mark C. Sorry Bryan, but here are the gory details…
"I played Bryan and his Tyranids, and John played Mark C and his Orks.
Firstly Bryan and myself rolled off a capture & control mission with a Dawn of war setup. Not sure if you wish to publish this as it’s a bit of a horror story for Bryan!
I won the toss and put Brian into bat. Bryan deployed 2 gaunt squads on the halfway mark with a Hive Tyrant as support. 30 Genestealers and the Tyranid warriors all went into reserve ready to outflank. The marines did not deploy, but did combat squad both tac squads and the 10 man terminator unit. The Tyranid flag was right of centre behind a very large Necron pyramid, while the marine flag was in the centre.
Much to the marine’s surprise the Trygon did not deep strike but walked/crawled into the battle. A cunning plan? The gaunts rushed forward nearly up to the marine edge of the board.
All the marine units came into play in the centre of the board away from those nasty edges and despite the effects of night managed to shoot the gaunts to pieces with only a few surviving. They fled as they were no longer in synapse range.
Next turn saw the 30 genestealers all arrive from reserve and all appear on the same edge. Both the Zoanthropes fired but were out of range as was the heavy venom cannon of the Hive Tyrant. The marines moved forward with land raider putting a couple of wounds on a Hive Tyrant. The Librarian successfully rolled for Null Zone and with 5 terminators ran towards the Z/thropes Both heavy weapon combat squads fired at them hitting and wounding both Z/thropes. With Null Zone in effect Bryan saved both rolls twice and avoided instant death (S8 v T4). The lascannon squad sacrificed themselves in doing this as they would now be in range of the Genestealers next turn.
Next turn the stealers charged and wiped out the above unit and all 30 would be in assault range next turn of the majority the marine units, with the Trygon just behind. The Tyranid warriors did not arrive from reserve despite their Hive commanders best efforts. One psychic shooting was blocked with psyhic hood of the Librarian, however the other hit a speeding Rhino with a combat squad in despite a cover save and wrecked it. The squad inside failed the pinning test! A rare occurrence in 40K.
A key turn for the marines with multiple threats to deal with 30 Genestealers, Hive Tyrant and possibly a Trygon.
So Land Raider drops off 5 terminators to assault the wounded Hive Tyrant and flatten it with one loss, the Sternguard shoot 10 Genestealers leaving 1 standing, the Land Raider reduces another 10 bug stealer unit to 6, and trusty bolt gun fire reduce the remaining stealer unit to a more manageable size.
Next turn what’s left of the stealers assault the Sternguard and gain revenge although it does take 2 turns to do so with heavy casualties. The Trygon fires at a Rhino and gets weapon destroyed. With terminators running everywhere the Zoanthropes are reduced to firing warp lances only for them to bounce off the trusty terminator storm shields. Tyranid warriors arrive at last, but on the wrong flank, and have a long walk , all the while being fired at by missile launchers and meltaguns all S8 causing instant death to these 3 wound models.
The Tyranid flag had a Hive Tyrant and what’s left of the gaunts to defend it as the Land Raider and 9 terminators advance. The LR wipes out the gaunts, and also deals a Zoanthrope a deadly hit from its meltagun. The Hive Tyrant strangely does not charge the terminators, but waits for the assault. All psychic shooting attacks are either blocked or miss their targets. In the ensuing cc the Hive Tyrant chops of the head of the Librarian with its giant Bonesword only to succumb to a multitude of thunder hammer blows.
The Trygon is all that remains and surveys the battlefield, and then digs a hole and tunnels away from the advancing 15 terminators (Bryan conceded). Well done to Bryan for sticking this one out, not easy."
Result Marines win wiping out all the bugs all 1750pts, with the loss of a Rhino, Sternguard, Librarian, and 1 combat squad.= 575pts
Orks V Necrons
John won his battle against Mark (clean sweep for the family!).
From what I can gather from John this was a capture & control pitched battle.
Mark scored 435pts
John scored 1004pts
It seems the Orks seemed to forget about the objectives, and just charged into cc. Had they been a little more focussed then the result would have been much different. Needless to say that knowing a few game rules won over ignorance. Just like Orks!"
So a bit of an ouch for Bryan! Well done for getting the games played. I attach an up to date copy of the spreadsheets with the scores. Remember, top 2 players from each league go through to the knock out stages.
Tony