I SEE DEAD TAU

I see your dead Space Marine and raise you one fruity Eldar poster

Pun intended. Pew Pew Pew, we shoot rainbow lasers and puppy dog cannons!

This weekends games?

Any pics or battle info from Tyranids vs Rob? Any other games take place?

Had an event on Saturday with the gf, a Christening on Sun and then Drew's BBQ. No 40k for me's this weekend :(

Susmita you wanna do a Tau vs Daemonhunters or a Farsight Enclave vs Eldar 1850 game this weekend maybe?


From Ed --------

2000 point Nids vs Wolves
Used Battle missions book. Played the necron mission Reconnaissance in Force, Mike using the Nids instead of Necrons (Mike feel free to add as you see fit).

Here is Rob's commentary:

"There where 3 objectives and before deployment Mike had to write down what board edge he would be walking in from. Next I had to deploy, but a unit had to be 12 inches from a board edge. That was a tough deployment as then Nids had charge range from 3 out of the 4 sides and I did't know where he was coming in at. Mike and I both thought I would be wiped out by turn 3.

As it turned out I was 18 inches away and he was going to need 6s on his fleet rolls to make combat (yeah for the wolves). On my turn one I got to do the charging. Anyway, the game was filled with massive combats (which I did not want to be in, but had no choice) and a few brutal short ranged fire fights (wolves giving and Nids receiving). Neither a lot of maneuvering nor long range heavy weapons fight. Just meat grinder combats. It was one of the most bloody games I have played.

Game went 5 turns and ended with a win for the Wolves. I held one objective with a 8 man GH. I contested another objective with a lone Rune Priest with one wound. and I contested the other with a immobolized dread. Mike had 2 zonethropes, squad of 4 termaguants, squad of 3 termaguants, and 3 hive guard hiding away in a back corner.

I was expencting a massacare but got a win. I'm loving PF in my GHs."

Dark Angels for Breaakfast!

More pictures from Eldar VS. SW game

Space Wolves Deployment, to the left of the picture, longfangs were deployed.

Eldar deployment. Pathfinders infiltrated to Space Wolves R flank.

Drop pod ready to shoot the hell out of the guardians. Killed 8 guardians first turn. 2 survived passing the check!

Fire dragons blew up Rhino. (Not pictured, but as a result of explosion, half of grey hunters were decimated).

1 Objective for Eldar.

1 objective for Space Wolves. (Tried to contest with Serpent. Failed)

Objective contested.

FLANK ATTACK! Eldar vs. Space Wolves 2250pts

Note: The pictures start from bottom up. blogger sucks.

Brief Army List and Summary

Eldar
HQ: Eldron and Avatar
Troops: 2 x10 Guardians w/star cannon
2 x10 Dire Avengers (both bladestorm) in serpents
5 Pathfinders
Elite: 5 fire dragons [in Falcon] w/pulse laser and shruken cannon
10 Striking Scorpions w/Exarch and power fist
10 Harlequins w/Shawdowseer
Heavy: 5 Dark Reapers
Wraithlord
Falcon

Space Wolves
HQ: Rune Priest, Wolf Priest
Elite: Arjac Rockfist with 8 grey hunters in drop pod
6 scouts w/wolf guard
in-venerable dreadnaught
5 more wolf guards
Troops: 15 blood claws (w/wolf guard)
4 squads of grey hunters (1 w/wolf guard terminator, 1 w/arjac...etc, the numbers varied from 8-10 men)
Heavy: 2 x6 longfangs
vindicator

3 objectives. 2 on Space Wolves side, one on Eldar.

Space Wolves choose sides. Eldar went first, per the mission. Eldar only deployed Eldrond, reapers, pathfinders infiltrated, and a squad of guardians. Everything else was held for reserves. Rob deployed everything. 2 Rhinos in the middle as well as the vindicator. Bloodclaws and grey hunters in the building. 1 squad LF in building, the other in a bush in cover.

Space Wolves shot pretty much everything at Elrond and the reapers the first 3 turns. Taking out all but one and Elrond lived!
Harlequins and Avatar came in turn 4, and f'd with Space Wolves left flank, which ended up contesting that objective.
Space Wolves took out 1 unit of guardians, 1 unit of DA, unit of scorpions via close combat, unit of harlequins via CC and 2 vehicles.
Eldar took out a unit of long fangs, 2 rhinos, 2 units of GH, and a shit load of blood claws, and scouts.

End Result: DRAW. 1 objective each, with both contesting the other.

Fun, friendly game....though I questioned the whole shooting out of cover - one time i got cover and the next i didn't. SO confused!

Eldar MVP: Elrond
Space Wolves MVP: Invenerable dreadnaught




Harlequins charged grey hunters after wiping out scots. wiped the GH out and consolidated closer to the bloodclaws to keep them from contesting the objective.











Scouts came on trying to take care of the scorpions.














Trying to think where the guardians should come in. Ended up on the R flank of Space Wolves deployment zone to support the pathfinders.

Drop pod! Oh NO!




















Aerial view during turn 1. Did I mention turn by turn 3 Eldar took out 2 rhinos?



















Space Wolves deployment.