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HDEagle71
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Posted: Fri Oct 24th, 2008 04:28 pm |
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Dark Eldar Rule!
This game against TW's new codex the dice really gave him no chance.
Kabal of Mistress Crucifixion was in full force this evening.
Taking the advantage and striking first she launched 6 raiders, warp beasts and her 2nd in command with Incubi retinue straight at the marines encampment located to the right in ruins and an old wrecked chimera. Our Mistress joined the warp beast gracefully. The marines not used to the speed of the Kabal Crucifixion where caught off guard when the witches and a raider squad got into HtH immediately. Heavy weapon Ravagers located snipers in the woods on the left flank. They opened up with 3 AP2 blast shots and 3 Dark Lance shots and the 2 more Dark Lance shots form a nearby troop with a few shredders thrown in for luck. The scouts went to ground and only 3 of the 6 where killed while taking great amounts of wounds.
The Witches and Raider squad lost the fight in HtH as the agonizers missed all that they swung at. The witches and raider squad held their ground and continued the fight.
The marines temporarily startled by all the raiders inches from there positions and their battles brothers already fighting 2 squads in HTH opened fire on the Dracon’s royal raider. Missles, bolters everything was used to bring down these paper airplanes of death with less armor than a space marine power suit. The marines where astonished as the dust settled that the raider was still functional. The sternguard sergeant screamed and pointed at the Dracon standing defiantly on the raider and yelled Fire! The raider went down but the Dracon and Incubi with out a sound walked out unscathed and with a glint in her eye Mistress of Pain Lorina pointed at the Sternguard and yelled charge.
Mistress Crucifixion boosted her sky board forward followed buy the beast closely behind. All of marine squads where assaulted by the Kabal’s troops. The Mistress Lorina and her Incubi wiped out the sterguard and looked for her next victims. The other fights where equal or a loss for the Dark Eldar but no one would be shooting at the Kabal while razors and chainswords clashed.
The Marines fought valiantly the armor and toughness overcoming the speed of the Dark Eldar but even as battles continue neither side’s fortitude would falter. A tank strolled onto the battle field and was unable to take down the Ravager with lascannons. Once again the marines could not lock onto the blurred or shadowed images of the Dark Eldar vehicles.
Mistress Crucifixion finally charged into battle with her warp beasts and witch at her side to assist her troops fighting the SM Commander. Over confidence would be her shame as she was not able to fell the commander but her beasts inflicted wounds on him while the rest of the squads unable to fight in disbelief of the poor performance of their Mistress. Being beaten in combat the warp beast fled while Mistress Crucifixion stood her ground and what was left of her troop unit stood by her side. This weakness did not go unnoticed by Dracon Mistress Lorina as she dispatched another squad of marines…… she would lead soon.
The marines fell slowly even as scouts came onto the fray the Assault Marines that where detected had yet made it into the battle which was the fall of the marine incursion. Many trophies and slaves where now in the hands of the Kabal.
To TW credit you have never seen every instance of a combat or shooting phase go against one person. Reserves not coming in, unable to destroy a raider, unable to destroy a ravager with lascannons, wining combat only to see my Ld 8 guys hold.
Games over turn 3 (really turn 2 but we decided to see if things could change)
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Posted: Fri Oct 24th, 2008 05:21 pm |
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four krak missiles, a lascannon, a plasma gun, four bolters, and I didn't even immobilize the raider I was shooting at.
at had I wrecked it, then the hq full of power weapons was about 8" from a full unit of sternguard, waiting to rapid fire them to death. of course, I had to use the sternguard to shoot the raider, and destroyed but didn't wreck it.
did you know you can move 24" in an open top transport, and if it is destroyed but not 'explodes', you don't take any wounds at all?
oh, and brad rolling 'move like cavarly' for his witches got him (just barely) a first turn charge. or when he missed like two out of probably 16 attacks (needing 4s to hit, no less) with said power weapon weilding squad, killing 9 of the 10 sternguard before they got to fight back.
and had my full unit of assault marines arrived on turn 2 (or even 3) I still had a chance. or had brad failed more than two (both were meaningless) of the probably 10 break tests I forced. or if my master had hit with his bombardment instead of missing everying. I could go on, but you get the point. like brad said, not even ONE thing that was 50/50 went my way, several that had GOOD odds of success failed, and a few things that had LOW chances of success for Brad worked out.
on another note, we verified someting interesting regarding Tau last night (which I had read on warseer):
they have a 5 point vehicle upgrade which gives their tanks 'obscured' against any shot coming from 12" or more away.
so, basically free 4+ cover saves for every tau tank. great.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29th, 2008 06:28 pm |
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HDEagle71 wrote: To TW credit you have never seen every instance of a combat or shooting phase go against one person.
I beg to differ. You obviously don't pay attention to many of my games.
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