Tournament report (brief)

 A couple of weekends ago I tried a new Dark Angels list at my first 10th edition tournament.

Spoiler : I lost three games but as this was a warm up event my plan was to get a feel for this list and what each unit can do without stressing about taking objectives:

My list:

++ Army Roster (Imperium - Adeptus Astartes - Dark Angels) [1,995pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Battle Size: 2. Strike Force (2000 Point limit)

Detachment: Inner Circle Task Force

+ Character +

Ancient in Terminator Armor [95pts]: Singular Will

. Storm Bolter and Melee Weapon: Power Fist

Apothecary [50pts]

Captain in Terminator Armour [110pts]: Champion of the Deathwing, Relic Weapon, Storm Bolter, Warlord

Chaplain in Terminator Armour [105pts]: Deathwing Assault, Storm Bolter

Librarian in Terminator Armour [85pts]: Eye of the Unseen

Lieutenant [65pts]

. Neo-volkite pistol, Master-crafted Power Sword & Storm Shield

Techmarine [55pts]

+ Battleline +

Assault Intercessor Squad [75pts]

. Assault Intercessor Sergeant: Astartes Chainsword, Heavy Bolt Pistol

. 4x Assault Intercessors: 4x Astartes Chainsword, 4x Heavy Bolt Pistol

Intercessor Squad [160pts]

. Intercessor Sergeant: Bolt Rifle, Close Combat Weapon

. 9x Intercessors: 9x Bolt Pistol, 9x Bolt Rifle, 9x Close Combat Weapon

+ Infantry +

Bladeguard Veteran Squad [180pts]

. Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant: Heavy Bolt Pistol

. 4x Bladeguard Veterans: 4x Heavy Bolt Pistol, 4x Master-crafted Power Weapon

Deathwing Terminator Squad [180pts]: Watcher in the Dark

. Deathwing Sergeant

. 3x Deathwing Terminator: 3x Power Fist, 3x Storm Bolter

. Deathwing Terminator w/ Heavy Weapon: Assault Cannon, Power Fist

Deathwing Terminator Squad [180pts]: Watcher in the Dark

. Deathwing Sergeant

. 2x Deathwing Terminator: 2x Power Fist, 2x Storm Bolter

. Deathwing Terminator w/ Chainfist

. Deathwing Terminator w/ Heavy Weapon: Assault Cannon, Power Fist

Sternguard Veteran Squad [90pts]

. Sternguard Veteran Sergeant: Sternguard Bolt Rifle

. 3x Sternguard Veteran w/ Bolt Rifle: 3x Close Combat Weapon, 3x Sternguard Bolt Pistol, 3x Sternguard Bolt Rifle

. Sternguard Veteran w/ Special Weapon: Sternguard Heavy Bolter

Terminator Assault Squad [185pts]

. Assault Terminator Sergeant: Twin Lightning Claws

. 2x Assault Terminators w/ Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield: 2x Storm Shield, 2x Thunder Hammer

. 2x Assault Terminators w/ Twin Lightning Claws: 2x Twin Lightning Claws

+ Vehicle +

Ballistus Dreadnought [140pts]

Land Raider [240pts

++ Total: [1,995pts] ++

First game against knights was a brutal affair but I managed to take down one big boy.

I had set up a beast of a charge with a reroll of the captain, ancient and a squad of termies but of course I failed twice. Lessons learnt is if I get in melee with knights they do fall.

Game 2 against Angry Ron and his world eaters with a Lord of Skulls. Ronnie boy got into the landraider with an advance and charge on turn 1! It did not go well but cap and his termie did take out lord of skulls who was parked on what became by vowed objective.

Game 3 was more knights with a couple of assassins. I was in with a chance on this game taking early points but the big guns of the knights took out my assets as I focused on killing rather than objectives.

Great friendly to get a feel for the Deathwing. I will tweak my list to capture those objectives.

I will drop the librarian and one unit of termies and add in Azrael and my new primaris size centurions I have converted. I was a little disappointed with the stern guard vets but they are one my favourite minis so am playing around with options.

One of the best performers was the chaplain with the assault terminators. Despite poor dice rolling on my behalf throughly the day, they always delivered some brutal outcomes.

40k tournament armies

 These are some of the amazing 1000 point armies from a tournament I attended.

An amazing selection of different armies.

My write up from the day will come out shortly but in the meantime here are some of the best in show.

WAP tournament

 Had a great day taking the hobgoblins to my first WAP tournament. 

My list had two heavy cavalry units with another two units of Tarkans to set scenery and war machines on fire. Two bolt throwers, a giant, a war wagon and three blocks of infantry rounded out the list. The natural choice to lead the horde of as the mighty Ghazrak Khan and his untrustworthy bro Oglah Khan second in command.

With little practice it was as always gonna be tough but three great opponents, two losses and a win and finally taking home the award for sports made for a great day.

Game 1 loss vs samurai themed wood elves

So much shooting meant my cavalry struggled to get across the board. Had fun setting the forests on fire though.

Game 2 win vs dwarfs

This one was gonna be a struggle with the lord occupying the high ground and a heap of war machines. My cav managed to get across and wipe out the war machines with my opponent very unlucky with his lord’s unit panicking.

Game 3 loss vs skarsnik and his gobbos 

It was the greenskin civil war with again my cav units struggling to survive after taking out the car at machines in my right flank. Although we managed toto cross the board, heavy magic and shooting took their toll. It was the watchtower so at least I got to set it on fire.

Lessons learnt

Need to get some magic resistance and shooting protection for the cav units and be in combat from turn 2.

Enjoyed using the war wagon although it was not very effective.

Bolt throwers are fun but lower your expectations on return.

Would love WAP to include units of the rhinox battle fortress.