Totengräber's Workpläce

Well, I went to a tournament put on by Hivefleet Indy and hosted by Games To Die For last weekend with my Dark Eldar and with some Dark Eldar loaned to me from a friend or two. My list consisted of three units of Wyches in Raiders, a unit of six Reavers, two Ravagers, a unit of 7 Incubi with Haemonculus and Archon riding along in their Raider and finally a 20-man unit of Warriors. Being my first-ever Warhammer 40K tournament, I didn’t expect to do very well and my results didn’t disappoint.

My first game was against an Imperial Guard ‘parking lot’ style army.

Notable events:

• I blew up a Chimera with a Ravager on my first turn in Dawn of War. Didn’t kill any dudes, but it was cool.
• My personal objective I selected was Assassination. His most expensive unit was a Leman Russ Plasma deal. I spent the whole game shooting at it with Dark Lances and only destroyed it on my last turn.

I did, in fact, lose. The score was 6-1.

Second game was against Tyranids. It had a Hive Tyrant, several units of Genestealers, a Tervigon, some Gaunts and a few Mycetic Spores. Fully painted, too, and it looked great!

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JR and I decided to play a game of Warhammer 40,000 over at the Game Preserve’s new facility in the Kohl’s shopping center  near Keystone. The new place is really nice and they have dedicated gaming space!

His list:

• Leman Russ (Battle Cannon, Heavy Bolter ?)
• Leman Russ (Battle Cannon, Heavy Bolter ?)
• Veteran squad (3x Melta, sergeant w/Bolt Pistol, Chimera w/Multilaser and Heavy Bolter)
• Veteran squad (3x Melta, sergeant w/Bolt Pistol, Chimera w/Multilaser and Heavy Bolter)
• Veteran squad (3x Melta, sergeant w/Bolt Pistol, Chimera w/Multilaser and Heavy Bolter)
• Veteran squad (3x Plasmagun, sergeant w/Bolt Pistol, Chimera w/Multilaser and Heavy Bolter)
• Stormtroopers (Chimera w/Multilaser and Heavy Bolter)
• Valkyrie (Lascannon)

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Brian wanted me to teach him Warhammer 40,000 last Thursday. Like an idiot, I lent Fred my rulebook, so I had to recall most things from memory. We muddled through and I think we got most things right. I gave Brian the choice of playing either the Tyranids or the Imperial Guard. He chose the Nids.

I’m not going to try to remember the lists we used or specific things that happened in the game since it was really a “demo” of sorts. I will, however, say that the Tyranids decimated the Imperial Guard via mostly shooting attacks.

It was a fun game, if a bit frustrating when trying to remember all the rules. I’m hoping he got a good feel for them and that we’ll play again soon!