BATTLE REPORT II

1700 PTS
SPACE MARINE (Salamander 2nd Company) vs IMPERIAL GUARD (177th Regiment)


SPACE MARINE LIST

1 LIBRARIAN TERMINATOR
2 SQUADS TACTICAL MARINES
1 DEVESTATOR SQUAD
1 TERMINATOR SQUAD
1 VINDICATOR
1 VENERABLE DREADNAUGHT


IMPERIAL GUARD LIST

COMMAND PLATOON
1 HQ SQUAD
2 HEAVY WEAPONS SUPPORT SQUADS/anti tank/fire support
1 SPECIAL WEAPONS SQUAD/sniper rifles
4 COMMISARS

INFANTRY PLATOON
1 COMMAND SQUAD/special weapon
2 INFANTRY SQUADS/special weapon
1 MECHANIZED SQUAD/chimera

ELITE
1 KASRKIN STORMTROOPER SQUAD

ARMOUR
2 LEMAN RUSS
1 DEMOLISHER


Urban Enviornment/Zone control

well this game proved that im still learnig the intracises of this great game we all love and are addicted to.

The battle itself took place in a burned out city. my forces depolyed on the eastern side while intelligence reported that a small marine detachment had taken up position directly in front of us. after the harsh lesson i learned earlier in the week i decided to group my infantry together. i also brought along a little surprise. Tanks. although they cost quite a bit of points, there "left and right hooks" really brought it to the astrates. this was evident in the first turn when a garissoned devestator squad was reduced from 10 to 4 with one well placed battle cannon shot.

then came the biggest shock of all. when all seemed in my army's grasp there was a crackle in the sky and beautiful streak fell from the sky, 3 to be exact, and landed with a crash on our flanks. when the dust cleared great, giant warriors were there. the marines had deepstriked. i was understandably nervous when 2 tactical squads and a venerable dreadnaught were suddenly in our flanks. my mechanized squad was the first to fall leaving my chimera. than my turn came. i through my armour in to reverse and fired at the tactical squad to no avail, only succeding i wasting critical ammo on "crater creation". one of my guardsmen squads with a grenade launcher and my commisars laspistol manged to keep the dreadnaught at bay making it unable to shoot.

my guardsmen stood there ground admiraly. unlike the first game when the broke and ran the stood a fought to the bitter end. they won the most leadership tests and morale checks i have ever seen. the aggression showed through when they charged an over zealous librarian in terminator armour, who thought my men would cower at the mere sight of him. the proved him greatly wrong when they quite simply annihalted him. then on the other side of the battle my chimera exacted some vengence on a squad of 5 terminators who smelt blood in the air and decided to take advantage. well with all guns firing my chimera made short work of 2 of them. the game went to turn 4, because the store closed. we called it a draw.

it was a good night. i learnt some new tactics and rules with guard, aswell as made a new friend who is also in the army.


well boys taker easy hopefuly you will post to this one

JMS

Battle Report

2 Games
1000 pts Eldar vs Imperial Guard

Imperial Guard List:
Command HQ
2 Command Squads
2 Platoons/3 squads each w/heavy and special weapons
2 Chimera APC's
1 Basilisk

Eldar List:
1 Squad Dire Avengers
1 Squad Fire Dragons w/Wave Serpent
1 Squad Striking Scorpions
1 Squad Pathfinders
1 Avatar of Khaine


it was indeed a dark day for the servants of the emperor! holy crap talk about a learning experience. in my second game of warhammer i was not expecting (although i should have expected), to have my ass handed to me so quickly.


Game 1

i was very confident that i would have this game in the bag. over confident might be a better word. my infantry army massively dwarfed that of the small eldar force before me. numbers were on my side but lady luck was not. with in the first 4 turns, out of the 6 squads of the emperor finest, only one was left! The enemy commander was in much better shap with only losing 1 squad of pathfinders and the bulk of his forces bearing down on me. although the were facing dire straits thoose boys held on to get the draw. i should have learned from the very first game i had with brad that my infantry would get annihalated quickly but i was not prepared for that kind of carnage.

Game 2

i won the roll to go first. although i made a critical error when placing my army. i split them up instead of keeping them together. my baslisk roared to life and knocked out a squad of Dire Avengers in a matter of moments. i began to think that i was actually goin to pull of a win, but my enemy made good work of the disadvantage i gave myself. he assaulted in and before i could react my flanks were ripped open. on the fourth turn was then conpletely overrun.

this was definetly a good learning experience for me. i have reorganized my army and the next time i meet thoose eldar scum the tables will be turned. i have decided to take on a more Mechanized approach to my army. the Leman Russ is far to powerful to leave out and mixed with Chimera's its pretty potent, atleast on paper.

my apologies on not having any pics or a more extensive battle report. not having a digital camera makes that very hard. im goin to be playing again sometime this week i will post as soon as i can after every game to keep you guys informed.

SEE YA AROUND BOYS!!

JMS