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Work is slow and I had time to write this up.

My list (an experimental variation of the previous game):

Company Command Squad + Banner + Astropath
Marbo
Platoon Command Squad + Al Rahem
2x Infantry Squad + Meltagun + Power Weapon
Commissar + Power Weapon
Special Weapons Team + 3x Grenade Launchers
SWT + 3x Flamers
PCS + 2x Flamer
2x Infantry Squad + Grenade Launcher/Flamer
Commissar + Power Weapon
Lacannon team
Autocannon team
Missile launcher team
Veterans + 3x Plasmagun
2x Leman Russ Battle Tank + Hull Heavy Flamer + Multi Melta sponsons(yeah yeah I know, ok?)



His list:

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2x 10 Dire avangers in Wave Serpent w/ Brightlance
2x Wraithlord w/ Brightlance + EML
6 Warpspiders + Exarch w/ Deathspinner
6 Striking Skorpions w/ Exarch + Power claw + outflank
3x Warwalkers w/ twin Scatter Laser


Mission: Annihilation

Deployment: Spearhead

I win the roll for turn and deployment.


Deployment:

Kill points means castle up unfortunately. I hate this mission, so boring. Sure, you can spice it up with tactics and whatnot, but still sucks when compared to C&C or SG. Aaanyway.
Time to check if my opponent is an optimist. First of all, I give him first turn in order to see his deployment and to give some boost to morale (Also known as the "No Alpha Strike!!!! YAY!" feeling).

He deploys everything except the Scorpions and Warp Spiders, grabbing for cover.

Second, I deploy as a standard castle and try really hard to feign attempting to screen my heavy weapons and big 20 man squad with the 5 guys from the platoon HQ (that is, to screen them from incoming scorpions). I make damn sure though that he'd be able to multiassault the 20 man team and the platoon HQ if he arrives before my Al Rahem. If they do not, well, they will get assaulted by my outflankers anyways. The point is to secure the 50% chance that my outflankers end up assaulting in my half of the table. Tanks stay in reserve since there really are no targets for them yet.





Turn 1(sorry for no proper picture)

Eldar:

He moves forward, very carefully to keep having cover from my HWTeams.

IG:

I make some feeble movements with big team and so on, shooting some heavy weapons to no real effect. Two warwalkers are stunned.



Turn 2

Eldar:

All his reserves arrive

I carelessly forgot about the warp spiders, but fortunately they scatter in a way that will give me cover from their shooting. Scorpions outflank and get where he wanted them to be. His stuff rumbles forward and the wave serpents unload for some reason (?). In shooting, the spiders kill a little and he desperately tries to kill off the platoon HQ to let him assault the heavy weapons. The 3+ cover save (or 2+, not sure if I gave them "Incoming!") saves the day.





Turn 3:

Eldar:

The lone avenger embarks on the wave serpent and runs away. Yellow wraithlord moves to hose marbo for good (I misjudged the distance when placing him) . Avatar and other wraithlord rumble forward. The spiders jump to assault my Company command squad and heavy weapons and opt not to shoot.

Brightlances destroy War pig. Wraithlord kills Marbo. Some scatter lasers obliterate the grenade launcher guys, but the flamer SWT stays put, hidden and claiming the table quarter.

In the assault phase, I butcher the scorpions. His warp spiders assault the autocannon team (6 wounds) and command squad (7 wounds) and predictably fail to break any of the two (we have a tie). Furthermore, because of the huge bases on the autocannons, when they move the closest 6" they leave a huge gap of non-difficult terrain for my power weapon armed troops to exploit.Unexpected.



IG:

Outflaners move to kill the spiders. Plasma veterans arrive to support my last russ.

In shooting, the russ wrecks the wave serpent with a multimelta and battle cannon. The vets finish off the hapless avenger.

My heavy weapons kill two of the war walkers. In assault, I finish the warp spiders.