Tau List played by Andrew consisted of:
Tau Commander with 2 Drones
Tau Commander with Bodyguard
12 Fire Warriors in a Devilfish
6 Fire Warriors guarding the objective
3 Crisis Suits with 2 Drones deepstriking
2 Railgun Crisis Suits with 2 Drones
Hammerhead with Railgun
Piranaha Squadron
My Black Templar list consisted of:
Marshal on a Bike,
PW, Iron Halo
Attack Bikes with H Bolters
Damocles Command Rhino
Crusader Squad in Rhino 3 (CS3)
Crusader Squad in Razorback 6 (CS2)
Crusader Squad in Razorback 7 (CS1)
Emperor's Champion w/ AAC
Landspeeder w/ Multimelta
Vindicator w/
PotMS
Predator, TLas, H Bolter
Deployment
Turn 1- Tau
Turn 1- Templar
Turn 2- Tau
Turn 2- Templar
Nothing much to talk about up until this point. I'm trying to avoid the long hill on the eastern part of the board which is 6" tall, a sheer cliff on all sides, and completely blocks line of sight. Perfect for Tau, and Jump Infantry of which I have none. Instead I've concentrated my armor on the western side of the board. I'm willing to go head on with his Railguns using the cover of the trees. Some fire has been exchanged but no damage to either side.
But.... Razorback 7 starts the turn by immobilizing itself in the woods while Rhino 3 decides to lodge itself on a stump 12" later.
EC with Crusader bodyguards dismounts looking for work. A 6-man Crusader squad dismounts Razorback 6 looking to put its Heavy Bolter and Meltagun into use on the Piranhas. My Landspeeder deepstrikes and stuns the Hammerhead.
Turn 3- Tau
A good turn for Tau. The Piranhas destroy my demolisher cannon, Crisis Suits 1 stun the Landspeeder, and the Tau COs and bodyguard almost wipe out the Crusader squad nearest my objective leaving the Heavy Bolter. His Crisis Suits (CS2) mishap on their deepstrike and I get to place them. I'm hoping to get them in close combat and I risk his fusion blaster shots, which immobilize Razorback 6.
Turn 3- Templar
The Attack Bikes led by my Marshal come on and put fire into the Piranhas along with Razorback 6. The
EC with friends finds a good path through the trees and assaults the Crisis Suits. The fight goes well and seeing their tenuous position decides to book it. The
EC runs them down.
Turn 4- Tau
The stunned Landspeeder is finished and the Tau CO's find an angle on the side of the Vindicator, immobilizing it. The Piranhas continue to worry about the Damocles.
Turn 4- Templar
Lascannon fire from the Predator and Razorback 6 destroy the Hammerhead's Railgun and cause CS1 to flee off the board. Yea, one lost drone and they fled on an 11. Ouch. The thorny Piranhas take some effective fire while the
EC and the remainder of his escorts once again find a good path through difficult terrain and bring the one Tau Commander into close combat. The Damocles moves 12" in an effort to call fire on the Fire Warriors to the north. At this point my plan is to call in the arty strike, cause a leadership test to the Fire Warriors, and hope they follow the Crisis Suit lead.
Turn 5- Tau
The remaining Piranha, unable to shoot, makes itself a moving target. Andrew then does something he'll probably never do again.... brings his Gun Drones in close combat with my
EC and single Crusader. At this point he doesn't know it.
Turn 5- Templar
The Attack Bikes and Marshal flat out toward the Tau objective hoping for Turn 6. Not hoping for Turn 6, my remaining solo Heavy Bolter Crusader defends my objective. Now able to target the added drones, the
EC hacks 3 down in close combat causing the Commander and remaining drones to run. Both units are run down. Once again, ouch.
Turn 6- Tau
The Piranha hits the fuel tanks on the Damocles, the remaining Crisis Suits annihilate the Attack Bikes, and the Devilfish's Fire Warriors drop close to my objective killing the heavy bolter Crusader.
Turn 6- Templar
Both my Marshal and
EC assault, both win combat, both Fire Warrior units break, both are run down.
The game ends a draw. Both Andrew and I are in the process of building our ideal armies, and we're both about the same 5th edition experience levels, so it's always a good match. This was no exception.
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