With the fall of Snotrot and presence of so many enemies, the power vacuum and opportunity for a good fight was too strong for the Orks to resist. Vast numbers of Nobs flooded into the area, all fighting for control over the territory and for the right to lead the green skins against the interlopers. While many formidable Nobz battled for supremacy, a lone Ork arrived on the scene shrouded in a cloud of black smoke from his rumbling steed; the mighty Warboss Snagratz Beast Ripper had arrived. With a thunderous raw of his engines Snagratz crashed into the dominant Nob and popped his head like a boil. Once in control he quickly realised that with the masses of angry Nobz and a sea of Orks all itching to smash face, he would have to point them towards an enemy and give them a good fight or his army would quickly implode. As much fun as that sounded, Snagratz figured that these strange creatures of half reality would be even more fun to kill. Meanwhile Namtar had dispatched a small fire support squad to return to Snotrot to liaise with Ku’Gurogh who had resurfaced after Fateweaver was defeated. Lord Szorin was sent with his honour guard of Sonic Marines and a Havoc squad to help bolster defences against the Imperium and Eldar, and to coordinate actions between the Namtar and Ku’Gurogh. However, they would first have to deal with their new allies bloodlust.
Daemons with CSM allies v Orks
1500ptsMission: The Emperor’s Will
Deployment: Dawn of War
Nightfighting: Forgot
We rolled for terrain and set it up together simultaneously.
We roll to see who chooses sides: We both roll 6. We both roll 3. Daemons roll 5, Orks roll 6!
Orks win the roll and choose to go first.
Great Unclean One
Exalted Reward: Eternal Blade
Greater Reward: Dark Blessing
Psychic: Warp Speed
Psychic: Haemorrhage
Psychic: Life Leech
Herald of Tzeentch
Psychic: Prescience
NOTE: For this game both Mike and I managed to field an illegal list by accident. I used Noise Marines as Troops which you can only do for your primary detachment while Mike put 11 Nobz into a Trukk and gave his Warboss a Power Klaw for free (thinking it came standard). Neither of us cared and figured it evened out.
The Battlefield
Deployment
Ork Deployment
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| Ork Trukk filled with Nobz revs its engines in anticipation. |
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| Daemon Objective is slightly too far forward, oops, oh well it just meant it was closer to Mike to capture. |
Orks Daemons Top Turn 1
DAEMONS SEIZE THE INITIATIVE!
Daemons move forward.
Herald of Tzeentch casts Prescience
on Havocs.
Warp Storm:
Warp Serge, +1 Invol save for all Daemons.
1) Havocs
shoot Defkoptas and kills 2 [I
forgot my plan was to shoot the Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun first, this
mistake would cost me]
2) Noise
Marines shoots Ork Boyz and kill 9
3) Soul
Grinder shoots Ork Boyz and scatters hitting 3 and killing 2, harvester kills 1.
Daemonettes run.
Orks Bottom Turn 1.
Orks move forward. Nobz jump out of
their trukk.
1) Lootas shoot at Havocs and kill
1.
2) Shokk Attack Gun shoots Havocs, hitting 7 Havocs, 5
Plaguebearers and the Herald of Tzeentch. Kills 5 Havocs and a Plaguebearer. Havocs hold
their ground.
3) Deffkoptas shoot GUO, 2 hit, SNAKEEYES.
4) Nobz charge Soul Grinder, overwatch hits 2, 2w, 2 FnP. Nobz
roll 3’’ charge and fail.
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Nobz haven’t disembarked in this pic yet.
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The terrifying calamity of the Shokk Attack Gun reduces all but 2 of the
Havoc to rivers of blood and body parts; yet they hold.
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Daemons Top Turn 2.
GUO casts Warp Speed on self.
Herald of Tzzentch casts Prescience on
Havocs.
Warp Storm:
Warp Ebbs, -1 Invol save for all Daemons.
1) GUO casts
Haemorrhage on Ork Boyz but the first passes his toughness test.
2) Soul
Grinder shoots Ork Boyz, 7w, 4 dead Boyz (cover saves).
Havocs shoot Big Mek, 4 hits, 4
wounds, Big
Mek is dead, Daemons get
first blood – revenge is had by the Havocs.
3) Beasts of
Nurgle charge Deffkoptas. 22A, 14 hits, 6 wounds (4+ poison), 4 saves on 6+!!!!!
4) Daemonettes
charge Nobz. 53A,
38 hits, 13 wounds, 8 SAVES ON 5++!!!!!! 1 dead Nob and 4 down to 1w.
Nobs hit back. 15w, 13 dead Daemonettes, 6 dead Daemonettes from
instability. ONLY 1 DAEMONETTE LEFT!!!!
1) GUO
charges Ork Boyz and makes it by 3mm! Kills 9 boyz and the rest are too far away
to hit back.
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Daemonettes make their doomed assault
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Ork Bottom Turn 2
1) Lootas shoot Havocs and kill
1. Final Havoc Falls back.
2) GUO Kills 5 Ork Boyz,
but with 2 Look Out Sir the Nob with power claw survives. GUO takes a wound.
3) Warboss charges Beasts of Nurgle.
4) Beasts
attack and kill all 3 Deffkoptas [major
tactical error, should have attacked the warboss and potentially got slay the
warlord – may have cost me the win]
Warboss kills
2 Beasts of Nurgle with his instant death
S10 claw.
5) Nobz kill remaining Daemonette.
6) Ork Boyz charge the Soul Grinder, 1 dead ork from
overwatch. Soul Grinder rolls 3 1s for
wounds, Ork Nob with claw does 1HP off Soul
Grinder.
4) Remaining
2 beasts both regain a wound from It Will Not Die.
Daemons Top Turn 3.
Havoc falls back off the table. GUO
casts Warp Speed.
Warp Storm:
Warp Surge, +1 Invol save for all Daemons
1) Noise
Marines shoot Blastmaster at Lootas with 3 dead Lootas.
2) GUO kills 6 Boyz,
final boy Falls back.
Beasts of Nurgle only rolls 5 attacks (4-14 attacks!), 2w, Warboss
makes 2x5++ saves!
3) Warboss kills the 2
beasts.
4) Soul
Grinder kills
1 Boy, Nob hits 3 times, no damage.
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Moments before an Ork Boy makes a very important decision… RUN!
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Orks Bottom Turn 3.
1) Gretchen move to capture objective
Lootas shoot GUO, 21A, GUO takes 1 wound.
Soul Grinder fights Ork Boyz, 3 hits,
2 dead Boyz,
Nob fails to take a HP off Soul Grinder.
Daemons Top Turn 4.
GUO moves back to help hold objective
[Major tactical error! Should have moved
for linebreaker – cost me the win]
Warp Storm:
All Calm
1) Noise
Marines shoot Blastmaster at Trukk, Hit, S8 v Armour 10, rolled a 2! 1HP
off Trukk.
Soul Grinder only kills 1 Ork!
Nob hits 2 times but fails to pen the armour. (Requires 5 to glance)
Orks Bottom Turn 4.
Nobz Embark in Trukk.
2) Lootas shoot GUO, 21 shots, 9 hits on 5+! 3w, GUO
passes cover save.
3) Warboss charges Soul Grinder.
Soul Grinder does 3w on Warboss,
MAKES 2 5++ saves!
Warboss EXPLODES soul Grinder, roll 1’’
for explosion! 2 Dead Boyz.
Daemons Top Turn 5.
1) GUO
continues towards own objective to help hold back the Green Tide realising it
was too late to take linebreaker.
2) Herald of
Tzeentch moves towards Noise Marines. Gets close enough to cast Prescience but
must do it next turn as it must be cast at the start of movement.
Warp Storm:
Daemonic possession – no psychers.
3) Noise
Marines shoot Trukk, weapon destroyed only and 1HP off Trukk.
Orks Bottom Turn 5.
4) Warboss advances and turbo boosts behind Trukk.
5) Lootas shoot Noise Marines and kill 2.
6) 1 Ork Boy Shoots Noise Marines, 1w, 1 save.
Daemon Top Turn 6.
1) Herald of
Tzeentch casts Prescience on Noise Marines.
2) GUO
continues to move back to reinforce the objective.
3) 1
Plaguebearer squad move out to intercept incoming Ork tide.
Warp Storm:
Dark Prince Thirsts, no damage
4) Noise
Marines shoot and Wreck Trukk. Nobz get out casually.
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Daemons have been forced back into ¼ of the battlefield while the Green Skins
surround them.
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Ork Bottom Turn 6.
Ork Boyz, Nobz and Warboss advance.
1) Ork Boys Kill a Noise
Marine with a pistol shot.
2) Nobz shoot noise marines and kill 1 and assault, roll 6,
6, 1 for charge into cover!
Chaos Lord challenges a Nob, 3 hits,
2w, Nob makes 1x5++ save. Nob hits back, 2w, 2 saves.
Nobz do 7w on single remaining Noise
Marine… he dies.
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Chaos Lord faces off against an Ork Nob.
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Game Ends.
Daemons: 4 (3
for objective, 1 for first blood)
Orks: 4 (3 for
objective, 1 for linebreaker)
DRAW
APPENDIX
Daemons with Chaos Space Marine Allies.
Warlord: Great Unclean One with exalted
reward (Eternal Blade), greater reward (Dark Blessing), psycher lever 3 (Warp
Speed, Haemorrhage, Life Leech).
HQ2: Herald of Tzeentch, Prescience.
Troop1: 20 Daemonettes with Alluress.
Troop2: 10 Plaguebearers.
Troop3: 10 Plaguebearers.
Elite1: 4 Beasts of Nurgle.
Heavy1: Soul Grinder of Nurgle with Phlegm
Cannon.
CSM Allies.
A-HQ: Chaos Lord, Mark of Slannesh, Power
Maul, melta bomb.
A-Troop: 5 Noise Marines, 4 Sonic Blasters, 1
Blastmaster, champ has melta bomb.
A-Heavy: 8 Havocs, 4 Autocannons, champ has
power maul and melta bomb.
Orks
Warlord: Warboss on Bike, power claw, cybork
body, attack squig.
HQ2: Big Mek, Shokk Attack Gun, cybork
body
Troop1: 11 Nobz, 1 power claw, 3 big
choppas, 1 pain boy
Dedicated Transport: Trukk
Troop2: 30 Ork Boyz, 1 Nob with power claw,
bosspole and eavy armour
Troop3: 30 Ork Boyz, 1 Nob with power claw,
bosspole and eavy armour
Troop4: 19 Gretchen, 1 Runtherd
Elite1: 10 Lootas
Fast1: 5 Deffkoptas
Fortifications: Aegis Defence Line
Comments by James.
Pre-battle thoughts
I wanted to try a few things this
game. First to test some CSM fire support as so far I have only played CSM with
Daemon allies, and not the other way around. I also wanted to try Beasts of
Nurgle. I know I would miss a fast attack choice as I find them the most fun to
play, particularly the Grimorie; but it was time to play without it. Havocs
were the main ally choice and I decided on autocannons as they are good against
light armour – like Killa Kans (which have been in every Ork army so far),
burna boma and Trukks. Noise marines will provide ignore cover support so they
require a Slaanesh lord and the Tzeentch Herald is a cheap 45pt Prescience.
After choosing the Beasts and sticking to my GUO, Ku’Gurogh, the rest of my
choices were fairly basic: plaguebearers to hold objectives and Daemonettes to
kill. My main concern was Lootas and a Battlewagon.
Post-battle thoughts
The battle was much harder than
expected, and Mike predicted my list perfectly! No Killa Kans or Burna Boma,
huge numbers of Orks, no burna boyz, no Battlewagon… Not only that, but Mike
played a very good game picking his battles perfectly. His Warboss was the only
thing in his army that could instant kill my 4w beasts and perfect for
providing S10 support for other assaults, such as v my Soul Grinder. 11 Nobz in
a trukk proved to be devastating and I was amazed when my 20 Daemonettes were
reduced to 1 for a single dead Nob in 1 round of assault! I also made 4
critical errors, I didn’t shoot the Big Mek with my Autocannons in turn 1 and
suffered dearly for it. I didn’t attack the Warboss with my Beasts, when they
were 4 strong and had a very high chance to kill it and win the game for me. I
didn’t go for linebreaker with my GUO, fearing the capture of my objective. I
didn’t shoot the Gretchen on the objective with the Blastmaster as it could
have killed 25% and caused the unit to fall back. The real issue was I had
planned on shooting the Big Mek but simply forgot, likewise I had planned to
get linebreaker with my GUO but forgot and I simply failed to consider the
warboss or Gretchen at the time. I forgot a few of the basics.
Great game though, I need to be more
attentive to the seemingly little decisions that can in fact make a big
difference.
