40K Prag and back

Breakfast in Prag for the Ogre cup

Battles in leipzig

Tiger hunting in Leipzig

Sit rep (FOW); Battles in Leipzig

Battles in Leipzig

Sitrep (40K): battles in Saxony

 

Imperial company command squad opts for a quick redeploy

Sitrep (40k): back to the Ogre's lair part 5

Round5: Big guns never tire with Vanguard deployment

The enemy: Grey Knights led by Martin

Armies deployed

Coteaz

Inquisitor lord

2 Techmarines

1 squad of Grey Knight

4 squad of tricked out henchman

3 rifle men

Sitrep (40k): back to the Ogre's lair part 4

Round:4

Mission and deployment: The Emperor's Will with Dawn of War deployment

The enemy: Jiri playing Space wolves

(Jiri is the current top player in the Czech republic and he wanted pay back from the last game where the  Orks liberated the trophy from him in the last round of the last tournament in Prague)

The wolves come out to play

1 Lord on Thunder Wolf

1 Rune Priest

1 Thunder Wolf pack

4 big squad of Grey Hunters with Terminator Wolfguards attached

3 Long Fang pack

There goes the initiative

Sitrep (40k): back to the Ogre's lair part 3

Round 3: Purge the Alien with Hammer and Anvil deployment

The enemy: Daemon played by Alexander

Enemy sighted

Fate Weaver

Lord of change

3 Daemon Princes

3 Flamer packs

2 Horror Packs

Sitrep (40k): back to the Ogre's lair part 2

Round 2: The Scouring with Vanguard strike deployment

The enemy: Zamil playing Dark Eldar

Dark Eldar sighted

Sitrep (40k): back to the Ogre's lair part 1 (another battle for Prague)

In March of this year the Orks when to the Ogre lair in Prague and walked away with 1st place. This time the Sisterhood of Steel (aka Sisters of Battle) were sent in to defend the title. With 6th in effect the Ogres opted to tweak the 6^th ed rules a little,

-Only allow Blood Brother allies

-Disallow fortifications

-Disallow random terrain

They also introduced new scoring system for round which I did not fully understand. So instead the Sisters just focus on beating up anything that got in the way

Sisters deployed

sitrep (40K); 5th Saxony Ball part 3

Round 3 Vs Tau led by Arnie

Tau deployed

sitrep (40K); 5th Saxony Ball part 2

Round 2 Vs Grey Knights led by Henri

Grey Knight deployed

The enemy:

Coteaz

Inquisitor lord

4 Psybacks squads

3 Riflemen

2 Storm Ravens

2 large squads of Crusaders

Aegis defense line

Sitrep (40K): 5th Saxony Ball part I

Four days after the first 6th game and the Sisters of Battle rolled into Leipzig looking for their first 6th ed tournament.

The Sisterhood of Steel consisted on

Saint Celestine

Pater Row (priest)

3 squads of Sisters in rhinos

2 Squads of Dominions in Immolators

With Imperial Guard allies consisting of

1 Company command squad

1 Pysker squad

1 full strength platoon with Commissar.

Saint Celestine fails the first of what was to be many failed instant death saves

The Ball had some special rules for 6th edition since this was their first time running a sixth ed event,

1) no random terrain effects

2) No fortifications. Except the Aegis line which is deployed in your deployment step

3) Command trait is chosen before the tournament begins and written into your army list.

4) There were fifteen victory points for winning the primary mission with ten points for a draw and five points for a loss with +/-three victory points depending on damage inflicted

I liked the command trait rule, was indifferent to the random terrain and not keen on the fortification rules. So I guess this made it a balanced rules pack

40K: NWG 2012 aftermath

Woah, the third NWG 40K event (aka, TLC2012 or Nigelcon) has come and gone. This year was probably the hardest to help organise to date. 6^th edition was released just six weeks before the event forcing organisers to re-think the format of their game missions and how they run events for a new era. In addition, I got called up for the Irish 40K ETC team. The ETC was just two weeks before the event and included a self imposed 6^th ed blackout, since the ETC was still playing 5^th ed. Despite the challenges the event great success. Each year NWG tries to challenge the players and organisers to raise their game hobby and gaming wise. So this year what did we try out?

Terrain in Progress

Sitrep (40K) The Dresden Manoeuvres part 3

Round 3 Vs Henri playing Daemons

Mission: Modified Annihilation. Only the core force counts for kill points. The HQ was worth two kill points, the other units were worth one each. 

The battlefeild

Sitrep (40K) The Dresden Manoeuvres part 2

Round 2 Vs Miak (tournament organiser) playing Orks

Mission: Modified secure and control. 2 buildings (count as objectives) where placed in the centre equal distance from the table edge and each other.(this mission caused a lot of noise on the forums and with most folks considering it unbalanced)

The battle feild

Sitrep (40k) The Dresden Manoeuvres part 1

Late May found the Panzer Waaagh engaged in the Dresden Manoeuvres tournament. Going into the event I had reservations about attending for a couple of reason. (1) it was a very small affair with just 12 players (in the end only eight actual showed-up). (2) the event was just two weeks after the Leipzig Ball which was another 40K event with a bigger field. (3) The Manoeuvres was the Hobby Halle's first ever event the rules reflected this and had some unique tournament conditions which upset regular tournament players, like the concept of a core force of a HQ with either 2 Troop units or 1 Troop and 1 elite units. As well as risky type missions. But all said and done it was an event in Dresden and these needed to be encouraged.

The battlefeild

The Panzer Waagh had to be modified to meet the tournament requirements with one wagon dropped to add a large mob of boyz to bulk to up the core force which were not allowed transports.

Sitrep (40K): Return to Retcon round 5

Round 5 Vs Floody (again)

Deployment: Pitched battle

Primary Objective: Kill points

Secondary Objective: Seize ground. One objective in the table centre and one objective 18” from either side.

Wagons ready to roll

The Battle:

Victory over the Guard put the boyz back on table one. For the third time in four events the orks were on table one for the last round. The Grey Knights were still there but they had taken a knock from another Ork Waaagh, so both sides needed a result.

The Orks got to go first and opted for the tactical genius that is a straight charge down the middle. Ghaz opt to stay with the wagons. The Knights responded by castling in one quadrant with some rifle men forming a refused flanks, looking for some side shots on the wagons.

Thunderwolf Vs Terminators

Turn one saw the flight of the Deff Koptas which scout turbo boosted into position. A hail of rockets and Buzz saw attacks followed resulting in one destroyed razorback and one immobilised. The wagons began the long drive to the Grey Knights deployment zone. The Knights countered with shooting down the Koptas, with one sole survivor opting for a tactical withdraw. Fire on the wagons destroyed one. A Ven dread was deployed from a Raven and assaulted a wagon but score any hits.

The wagons rolled forward. One tried to deff rolla a Ven Dread but had no effect. Then it dropped its boarding plank and the nob attacked, with even less effect. Ghaz, the Nobz and two wagons tried to hit a nearby Storm raven but could not land any blows.

Wraithguard attack

The Knights countered destroying the last of the fleeing Koptas. Saturated fire destroyed all the wagons. The wagons were all gone but the boyz were where they needed to be. Mega Nobz chased down a Strom Raven and destroyed it. The Mexican boyz opted to assault a Ven Dread to clear it from an objective. The Pirates boyz secured the middle objective. Ghaz joined the Wild boyz who opted to Waaagh to get into contact with two dreads. One of the dreads was destroyed with a klaw attack. Snikrot made an appearance and kommandoes destroyed two Razorbacks and pinned a henchman squad in combat.

The Vindicare and more henchmen had to de-bus and assault the Kommandos to clear them from the area. The Vindicare was wounded and another squad of henchmen was destroyed. Ghaz and friends chopped down the second dreadnought and pushed forward. The knights fired on the Pirates boyz. The nearest was killed this enabled a second Ven Dread to assault into contest range of an objective. Ghaz opted to fired on the wounded Vindicare in the open but predictably missed with everything.

Terminators Vs gaurd (guess who won?)

A Henchman squad claimed the third open objective. The knights blazed away at the wild boyz reducing them to two models. The wild boyz opted to hid behind some wrecks leaving Ghaz to go it alone. Which turned out to mean him failing to assault an immobilised razorback containing some cowering henchmen. The Mexicans boyz finally finished of the Ven Dreadnought to clear an objective. Unfortunately the Pirate boyz could not do the same.

The game ended with both sides were tied on kill points and each holding an objective with a Ven Dreadnought denying the Orks a second.

The Result: 10:10

Lamdraider targets TNI captain

The result put the Orks into fifth place. The Grey Knights did not get enough for the win with another Ork army claiming top spot. Not a bad weekend. But it would be nice to stop the rematches versus the same army or same player. The relatively low player numbers meant there were a lot of rematches.  

Horde Orks over run Terminators for the tournament win

Sitrep (40K): Return to Retcon round 4

Round 4 Vs Johnny playing Imperial Gaurd

Deployment: Spearhead

Primary Objective: Seize ground. Three objectives, one in the centre and one in the centre of each quarter in no mans land.

Secondary Objective: Capture and control.

The Enemy:

1 Command squad

2 Valkyries

5 Veterans squads in chimeras

1 Manticore

1 Bane wolf

1 Marbo

1 squadron of Hyrdas

Fire base 1

The Battle:

Johnny's list seemed still to be in development and a bit heavy on the Veterans side. The IG got to go first and deployed evenly in their quarter. The orks opted for the reserve game. The guard move to form two separate fire bases. One based on the manticore, the other based on the hydras. The veterans fanned out trying to deny Ghaz and the Kommandos a path on to the table but their numbers were too small and the run moves did not help. Even worse Marbo showed up at the wrong time and ended up hiding in the latrines.

Fire base 2

Ghaz predictably showed up at the weak spot in the guard coverage and destroyed a veteran squad, a bane wolf and immobilised a chimera. Two wagon mobs moved on and one tried to Waaagh into contact with hydras but was just out. The other secured the Ork base. Two Kopta mobs arrived one destroyed a Veteran squad while the other stunned a chimera, with Vets inside, guarding the IG base.

Kommandos do what they do best.

 guide Ghaz to something tasty :)

With Koptas and Ghaz in close contact the IG tried to get a good fire solution in place. The Waaaghing mob was hammered by the manticore but not destroyed. The wagon mob guarding the Ork was attacked by a vendetta, which dropped off melta Vets, which destroyed the wagon but left the mob intact. While a kopta mob was taken out by Marbo and friends.

Lone Deff Kopta tries to destroy some Veterans protecting their objective

The Orks kept up the pressure. The Mega Nobz and last wagon mob rolled on. The now wagon-less mob destroyed the melta Vets and their ride. A Wagon rolled over the hydras destroying both. Ghaz and the Kommandos parted ways Ghaz went after the IG base while the Kommandos went after a nearby scoring unit.

Mexi-orks head North

The Guard continued to try to cripple the Ork mobility with another wagon was destroyed due to a vendetta strike. The Kommandos suffered the attention of the nearby command squad and took heavy casualties. The last guard scoring unit dis-embarked and tried to clear the Koptas that were attacking their chimera. The shooting was inconclusive but left the squad exposed to Ghaz and the koptas.

Pirate Orks go hunting Vendetta

The Mega Nobz dis-embarked to secure a another objective. Their wagon drove forward and collected the depleted wagon mob. Ghaz and the koptas finished of the Last guard scoring unit and their chimera as well. The Guard struggled to respond the last wagon was destroyed and Snikrot's mob was finished off but the boyz dig in deep into the objectives. The Vendetta went after Ghaz badly wounding him from long range.

In Response the Orks secured all the available objectives. On that the game ended.

The Result: 17:3

Snikrot's last stand

Mexi-orks got two battle wagons shot out from under them

Vendetta goes Ghaz hunting

Sitrep (40K): Return to Retcon round 3

Round 3 Vs Floody playing Grey Knights

Deployment: Dawn of War

Primary Objective: Kill Points

Secondary Objective: Capture and Control

The Enemy:

Cortez

5 Henchman squads with razorbacks

1 large henchman squad

2 Storm ravens

3 riflemen dread

2 Venerable dreads

1 Vindicare

This is Grey Knight territory

The Battle:

Orks ain't fond of Grey Knights. Fortunately there were no purifiers present, actually there were no Grey Knights in the list at all. Which makes it interesting twist from the standard canned spam Cortez list. The Orks shooting consisting of six deff koptas may have been lightly outmatched but them is the breaks. The Grey Knight got to go first. The Razorbacks deployed in massaround the Knight's base with the exception of one which joined a rifleman and assassin opposite the Ork base. The remaining riflemen spread evenly across the deployment zone while the Ravens went in the middle waiting for targets. The Orks opted to reserve.

Turns one and two were quiet with the no Orks on the field and so no targets for the Knights. This changed when a single Deff Kopta mob and a token Wagon mob rolled into place. The Wagon secured the Ork base. while the Koptas went after the rifleman and lone Razorback threatening the Ork base. Rockets and Shootas only immobilised the Razorback. The Koptas then assaulted both units to pin the riflemen in combat and avoid a round of Knights shooting. Now with targets the Knights started to move, the two Ravens shuffled forward, aware that Snikrot with Ghaz still had not made an appearance. The Riflemen and the Vindicare put hits on the Wagon but could not cause any damage. Combat ineffective the riflemen failed to hit the koptas. The saw failed to hurt the immobilised razorback and then the koptas failed to break off.

Ghaz sets fire to a lone Rifleman

More Orks started to appear, two Wagons rolled on and took up positions near the Ork base. Ghaz and friends showed up in support of the Koptas. Another Kopta mob arrived and tried to take out the assassin with shooting but failed to have an effect. Ghaz and the Kommandoes assualted in and destroyed the rifleman. The Assassin was able to hold his own gets the kommandoes who then consolidated into him. The Razorback turned out to be Buzzsaw proof, surviving rockets and big shoota attacks as well with only weapons destroyed results.

The Grey Knights began to counter attack. The surving riflemen destroyed one kopta squadron and forced another to flee. A Storm Raven bussed Cortez, his death cultists and and venerable dreadnought into position to rescue the threatened assassin. The cultists attack was devastating with all the Kommandoes slain. Fortunately, the Dread failed to make contact. Ghaz was on his own. Cortez into consolidated into contact followed by the rest of the cultists.

Spot the assassin?

The fleeing kopta finally destroyed the immobilised, weaponless rhino, but predictable the crew took no damage and just hid behind the wreck. A Wagon broke formation and moved forward to debus a choppa mob. Cortez cast sanctuary to make their life difficult. In the end they attack the henchmen and tried to get the assassin which had one wound left. The assassin was out of range but the henchmen were quickly dealt with. Annoyingly Ghaz dropped before he land a good blow on Cortez leaving the Death Cultist free to go after the boyz.

The Knights continued with their counter. A Storm Raven destroyed the out of formation wagon. One rifleman finshed of the fleeing deffe kopta mob another destroyed a wagon from long range. Between the cultists and the Venerable Dread the choppa mob did not last long.  The last Kopta mob finally showed up and tried to sneak into contest the Grey Knight flag but alas the game rolled on and two Koptas vs the Razorback wall did not end well.

The Result: loss 16:4

Sitrep (40K); Return to Retcon round 2

Round 2 Vs Rowan playing Necrons

Deployment: Pitched battle

Primary Objective: Capture and control

Secondary Objective: Table quarters. Each table quarter counts as an objective

The Enemy:

2 Lords on Barges

1 Court

3 Necrons squads

2 Wraith Squads

2 Annihilation Barges

1 Ghost Ark

The Battle:

The Orks got to go first. The koptas deployed with the wagons opting for reserve while Snikrot and Ghaz who opted to out flank. The Necrons deployed everything except two squads of Necrons one of which had a crytek attached. Scouting saw the Deff Koptas turbo boost towards the Necron lines.

Turn one started with a hail of rockets and chainsaw attacks which resulted ion a lot of scratched paint. The wraiths replied destroying two of the deff koptas mobs with not loss. The rest of the necrons drifted forward.

Orc reserves began to arrive. Two wagons rolled towards the Necrons unguarded objective while the Nob's wagon set up shop on the Ork objective. Ghaz with Snitrot choose to wait his time. The Necron reserves arrived and the army pushed forward, with shooting having little effect.

The Big Mek dismounted from the Mega-nobz's wagon which in turn surged forward to de-bus the Mega-nobz. The Mega-nobz flames the Ghost Ark and Wraiths hiding behind before destroying the Arc in combat. The Wraith ignored the Nobz and pushed forwards with some |Necrons to threaten the Orks now abandoned objective. The other Wraith pack reinforced a squad of Necrons which moved to protect the Necrons objective. Shooting had little effect the Court tried to damage some wagons and failed while the Barges failed to hurt the rampaging Mega-nobz.

Orks secure the Necron objective

The Orks continued to pile on the pressure. The Mega-nobz smashed an Annihilation Barge that had drifted to close for comfort. Snikrot and Ghaz ambushed the Wraiths and Necrons moving towards Ork base. The Necrons were destroyed while the Wraith ssuffered badly due to fearless saves. Two wagons moves moved to threaten the Necrons home base.

Ghaz ambushes the Necron strike force

With assault on the Ork base stalled the Necrons started to move to protect their own base. A Necron squad with Crytpek tried to deepstrike on to their own objective but scattered of table and was destroyed. The Court and Barges tried to stop the Wagons but had no effect.

Wagon Mob goes after Wraiths

In response the Kommandoes finished of the Wraith threatening the Ork base and moved after a nearby Nercon lord on Barge which was the only Necrons left in the quarter. One of the wagons threatening the Necrons base broke formation and moved sidewise to drop of a Choppa mob who assaulted and destroyed the last Wraith and Necron warrior units in play. The last wagon parked near the Necron base.- The Necron retalited with their lords. The lord nearest the Ork objective tried to assault into contest range of the base but there were too many orks and he was locked in combat outside contest range. The last lord did a swipe attack on the Wagon claiming the Necron objective and destroyed it. He then de-bused to finish off the surviving choppa boyz. The Court and Last Annilation barge tried to finish the mega Nobz that was rampage through the Necron line but with little effect.

Off topic Black Templar demonstrate how not to roll terminator saves

With the Necrons in a bad way the Orks moved in for the Kill. Ghaz destroyed a command barge while the choppa mob guarding the Ork objective cut down the Lord. The Choppa mob contesting the Necron base cut down the challenging lord. The Mega-nobz, now down to Nob, opted to run into an empty table quarter to claim the quarter. On that the game ended.

The Result: Win 18.2