Just finished a game with Abdullah over at PI Midpoint. 1850 of Eldar vs Astra Militarum. I brought my usual list comprising the following:
HQ
Farseer: Jetbike, Witchblade, Runes of Witnessing
Farseer: Jetbike, Witchblade, Runes of Witnessing
Troops
Dire Avengers x5: Wave Serpent (TL Scatter Laser, Shuriken Cannon, Holo Fields)
Guardians x10: Wave Serpent (TL Scatter Laser, Shuriken Cannon, Holo Fields)
Guardians x10: Wave Serpent (TL Scatter Laser, Shuriken Cannon, Holo Fields)
Jetbikers x3
Jetbikers x3
Jetbikers x3
Fast Attack
Warp Spiders x8
Warp Spiders x8
Heavy
War Walkers x3: Each armed with Bright Lances x2
Wraithknight: Heavy Wraithcannons x2
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The Altansar army gathers for war |
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Rolled for Forewarning, Perfect Timing and Guide for the Warlord. Managed to get iItimidating Presence |
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The other Farseer got Scriers Gaze, Prescience and Fortune |
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Abby brought the Armoured Company above. |
Abby is a quick painter and has raised many armies. This is one of those.
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Mission is the Scouring |
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Deployment is Dawn of War with Night Fighting in Turn 1 (rolled it) |
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Deployment |
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The Altansar left flank |
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Holding the middle ground with the Wraithknight |
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Abby managed to ping off one HP from my mid-Serpent carrying the Guardians. |
Unfortunately Abby was quite unlucky on his first turn and many of his rolls were either misses or could not penetrate the armour.
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Abby managed to kill off one of the jetbike through this sliver! |
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Turn 1 saw the Eldar advancing cautiously while trying to stay out of range from AM's guns on my right flank. |
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Managed to kill off 2 Guardsmen |
Turn 2![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-angn5HGmzx0/U3DThCe9Z8I/AAAAAAAASJI/I153-rnXxCY/s1600/DSC_0108.JPG) |
Abby dropped his Veterans to prepare to capture the objective on top of this building which was worth 4 points. |
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Valkryie flies in targeting the Wraithknight |
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While everything else opens up on the Wraithknight. I took 2 wounds |
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Abby managed to blow up one Serpent despite my Holofields and Serpent Shield. |
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In my turn I moved my tanks slightly to the right to tackle the flyer. The 2nd Farseer arrived from Reserve together with a Jetbike unit. I then moved my Warlord unit to join the unit. |
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Warp Spiders dropped in behind the Guardsmen but only killed 4. Battlefocussed out of the way |
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Turbo boosted up the Bastion to capture the 4 point objective |
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Abby moved his Flyer into middle field and spun the Chimera around |
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Punisher spun around took out the Spiders for First Blood |
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Leman Russ took out the unit of Jetbikes with Farseers. Abby scores Slay the Warlord |
This was obviously massive swing for Abby. He has 2 points and I have no way of getting First Blood. I knew that I had to focus on the objectives.
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All my other units enter from Reserve. The War Walkers entered the table from the left and I sent a Jetbike unit behind the Bastion in the middle to capture the 2 point objective. Unfortunately I tried to deepstrike my 2nd unit of Warp Spiders behind his tanks on my right flank and scattered into his tanks. I rolled on the Mishap table and got a "1". They died before even entering the game. |
In Scouring killing off Fast Attacks score you points. Abby had scored 2 extra points! He was now on 4!
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Focussed my fire into his Warlord and took both the Warlord and squadron member |
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Wraithknight moved mid field |
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Destroyed the front tank from the squadron but failed my charge rolling a 3! |
Turn 4![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-esmVFwWue_4/U3DTxjqX4VI/AAAAAAAASK8/MXs5bN13UGw/s1600/DSC_0123.JPG) |
Abby channeled more fire into the Wraithknight taking another 4 wounds off |
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The last shot from the Guardsmen behind the Aegis Line took out the last wound killing off the Wraithknight |
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Took out the squadron member. I just took this photo later |
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Shot my bike forward to capture the 3 point objective |
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No one captured this one |
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Scored the 2 point objective |
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Scored another 4 points |
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Abby holds 2 |
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Final 3 point objective |
Final score:
Abby: 4 + 2 = 6 VP
Ray: 9 + 1 (Slay the Warlord) = 10
Unfortunately Abby had to run off to get home so we had to call it at Turn 4. This was a hollow victory since we didn't manage to finish the game and I had the knowledge that the game was being called at the end of the 4th Turn. I am sure if the game went it's course, it could have swung differently.
One thing of note is that I am struggling to deal with Armour 14. The abundance in the AM now does raise some concerns. Worth looking into.