John and I set up a game of Warhammer 40,000 for this past Thursday at 1,750 points. This is only my second time playing the 5th edition rules, which as I remembered it, is a good set of rules. Here’s the list I made:
- Chaos Lord w/Mark of Nurgle, Plaguebringer, Plasma Pistol
- Plague Marines (x7), Plasmagun x2, Champ, Rhino w/Daemonic Possession
- Plague Marines (x7), Plasmagun, Meltagun, Champ, Rhino w/Daemonic Possession
- Chaos Space Marines (x14), Flamer x2, Icon of Nurgle, Champion w/Powerfist
- Chaos Havocs (x7), Lascannon x2, Heavy Bolter x2, Icon of Nurgle, Champion
- Predator, Lascannon sponsons, Autocannon Turret, Daemonic Possession
- Chaos Terminators (x7), Chainfist x3, Lightning Claw, Combi-flamer, Combi-Melta, Reaper Autocannon, Icon of Nurgle
I’m not positive about everything he brought, but this is a generic listing of what I remember:
- Tech marine w/ Servitors x2
- Space Marines (x10), Flamer, Lascannon, Sergeant
- Space Marines (x10), Special Weapons x2, Sergeant
- Devastator squad, Lascannon x2, Heavy Bolter x2
- Land Raider x2
- Dreadnaught x2
- Landspeeder
We rolled for Mission and got a mission where we each have one objective in our deployment zone and the goal is to protect your own and go take the opponent’s. Deployment was normal Pitched Battle. We rolled for who goes first and I got to choose. I think this was my first and most devastating mistake. I told John to deploy and go first. After deployment, we realized that both of us put our Heavy Support near the objective, not any of our Troop choices. Ugh!
First turn, his Land Raiders and every other weapon he had to take out tanks worked on my two Rhinos and the Predator. One Rhino was utterly destroyed, the other was allowed to stay on the table, but was effectively destroyed, and the Predator also suffered the latter’s fate. Now, the Plague Marines would have to footslog their way to the enemy. Most of the rest of the game was a lot of my guys running toward his while his shot mine to whittle them down. Finally, once the CSMs made it to contact with the Devastator squad, things were looking up for my army. Unfortunately, the CSM squad never could take out the last guy.
In the end, one of his 10-man SM squads jumped into a Land Raider and assaulted from it to overrun my Havocs and take the objective in round 6. I rolled to see if the game ended and it did. I think another round and it might have ended in a tie.
Either way, it was a great game and John is a fun opponent. I’ll definitely continue working on painting my army and maybe one day it’ll be completely done.
