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This is my first Bat-rep so please over look my mistakes.

After seeing all the video reports, I may try a video in the future...



Blood Angels:

Lemartes, Guardian of the Lost @ 125 Pts

5 Death Company @ 25 Pts
Equip unit with Jump Packs
Chainsword (x5)

10 Veteran Assault Squad @ 335 Pts
Combat Shield (x2)
Thunder Hammer (x1)
Meltagun (x2)

10 Assault Squad @ 305 Pts
Plasma Pistol (x2)
Power Fist

10 Assault Squad @ 300 Pts
Plasma Pistol (x2)
Melta Bombs
Power Weapon

10 Assault Squad @ 295 Pts
Plasma Pistol (x2)
Power Weapon

10 Tactical Squad @ 210 Pts
Lascannon

Furioso Dreadnought @ 155 Pts
Heavy Flamer
Drop Pod

1 Attack Bike Squadron @ 50 Pts
Multi-Melta (x1)

1 Attack Bike Squadron @ 50 Pts
Multi-Melta (x1)

Total Roster Cost: 1850



Guard:

5 Company Command Squad @ 210 Pts
Medi-pack
Regimental Standard
Meltagun (x2)
Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken

Guardsman Marbo @ 65 Pts

5 Ratling Squad @ 50 Pts

Hellhound Squadron @ 120 Pts
Devil Dog

2 Scout Sentinel Squadron @ 70 Pts

1 Leman Russ Demolisher @ 200 Pts
Lascannon; Heavy Bolter Sponsons (x2)

1 Leman Russ Demolisher @ 200 Pts
Lascannon; Heavy Bolter Sponsons (x2)

1 Ordnance Battery @ 140 Pts

10 Veteran Squad @ 220 Pts
Shotgun (x6)
Heavy Flamer
Meltagun (x2)
Gunnery Sergeant Harker
Chimera

10 Veteran Squad @ 180 Pts
Plasmagun (x3)
Chimera
Veteran Sergeant, Plasma Pistol

41 Infantry Platoon @ 395 Pts

5 Platoon Command Squad @ [50] Pts
Lascannon

10 Infantry Squad @ [75] Pts
Plasmagun, 10Autocannon

10 Infantry Squad @ [75] Pts
Plasmagun, 10Autocannon

10 Infantry Squad @ [75] Pts
Plasmagun, 10Autocannon

3 Heavy Weapons Squad @ [60] Pts
Mortar (x3)

3 Heavy Weapons Squad @ [60] Pts
Mortar (x3)

Total Roster Cost: 1850



Battlefield:



Mission: Kill Points
Deployment: Dawn of War
Initiative: Guard, chooses to setup second.

Guard wins the initiative and lets me pick my side and setup first.

I knew the Guard wanted to turtle up and protect the Colossus; I chose the side with the 3 ruins. My setup was banking on him placing his artillery in his only available ruin. To help him with his choice, I deployed the las-cannon tactical squad throughout my center ruin with only the cannon on the top floor.

I know we played wrong on a few things; this was only a training exercise…

Deployment:



*Map and Troop placement is not to scale.

BA Reserves:
Furioso Dread with Pod



Guard Reserves:
Marbol
Devil Dog
Walkers x2 (Flanking)
Harker with squad and Chimera (Flanking)




Top of 1





Attack Bike 1 advances and shoots the Chimera with vet squad inside, exploding it and killing 5 vets and a ratling sniper. The Vet squad routes off the board. The las-cannon tactical squad fires and stuns the Colossus. Attack bike 2 Turbo-busts 18” down the center. All other squads Jump forward 12 and then run in the shooting phase.

Bottom of 1:



Straken with squad moves forward and kills attack bike 1. The Command squad and 10 man platoon execute 1st rank, 2nd rank and shoot attack bike 2 but can’t get a wound thru. The 20 man Platoon shoots and kills 2 marines from the Power Fist Assault squad. Both Mortar squads and the Ratling snipers all shoot at the Power Weapon/Melta Bomb Assault squad and only kill one marine and failing to pin them. Rus tank 1 shoots and kills 4 of the Death Company. Rus tank 2 shoots at the Vet squad only killing 1.

Top of 2



My dreadnaught comes in from reserves and I stick his landing, primary target was Rus1, secondary was the 20man squad. In hind sight I should have “shot” at the Colossus with the flamer and melta gun, still hitting the squad in front of the tank.

Tactical Squad shoots the Colossus, Colossus makes a cover save. Attack Bike 2 shoots Rus1 and destroys the Dem Cannon. Vet Squad moves up and explodes Rus2. With Rus1 slightly neutered, Dread shoots at the 20man Squad killing 7 and they route off the board. PF Squad jumps forward and charges Straken thru a window. PW/MB Squad jumps forward and loses a Plasma pistol on the landing then dual charges Straken and Mortar 2 Lemartes and Death Company charge and slaughter the ratlings on the grassy knoll. Straken and the Mortars are also slaughtered.



Consolidation:



Bottom of 2:



Harker enters the game and kills 4 from PW/MB Squad. Rus1 kills AB2. Colossus detonates 4 Vets. Mortar1 shoots PF Squad but deviates on self, killing a marine and wounding self; both squads are pinned. 10man Squad 1st rank, 2nd rank shots at Lem and D-Co, failing to kill them. Command Squad also does 1st rank, 2nd rank and shots at Dread and fails to pen.

Top of 3:



PW/MB Squad advances; they and Tac Squad both shoot at Colossus to no effect. Dread advances and flam/melta Command Squad, killing 2 causing them to route. Lem/D-Co prepare for a furious charge while Vet and PW squads advance and run.

Top of 3 Charges:



Lem/D-Co Stun Rus1. PW/MB duel charge the Colossus and Mortar1 slaughtering the mortars and failing to effect the Colossus.

Bottom of 3:



Marbol pops out from under a rock and tosses a demo charge on Tac Squad killing 2. Harker jumps out of his Chimera and shoots/flames PF Squad, killing all but 3 making them fall back. Harker’s Chimera and the Colossus shoot at PW Squad killing 4 and failing to pin them. 10man Squad shoots at Dread to no effect. Rus1 scoots Lem/D-Co out of the way as it drives by. Command Squad keeps falling back.

Bottom of 3 Charges:



Harker assaults my falling back PF squad, we each kill 1 and it is a draw.

Top of 4:



Tac Squad chooses to ignore Marbol , they shoot and immobilize the Chimera. PW/MB Squad moves into position so it may charge 10man Squad. Dread “shoots” it’s flamer and melta at the Colossus, exploding it. The Command Squad was also covered by the flame template and slaughtered. The exploding Colossus kills one of my PW/MB marines and they fall back. Vet Squad advances on Rus1. Lem/D-Co and PW squads advance, Lem/D-Co will also run.

Top of 4 Charges:



Vets charge and fail to pen Rus1. PW Squad charges in helping PF Squad to slaughter Harken and his friends.

Top of 4 Post consolidate:



Bottom of 4:



Walkers and the Devil Dog reinforce the Guardsmen. Walkers and Chimera kill 3 marines form PW squad. Marbol advances and shoots but fails to wound. 10man Squad shoot at Lem/D-Co and fail to kill. Rus1 and Devil Dog kill 3 Vets, Routing them.

Bottom of 4 Charges:



Marbol charges the Tac Squad and gets himself slaughtered for his effort. Tac Squad gets a 6” consolidate allowing them to get back into positions as if nothing happened.

Top of 5:



Tac Squad shoots the Devil Dog and misses. Dread advances toward the Chimera and destroys its main gun. PW, PF and PW/MB Squads shoot at the Walkers, Killing 1. Lem/D-Co jump into charging position; the Vets make a tactical withdrawal.

Top of 5 Charges:



PW and PF squads charge the chickens; one KIA and one destroyed weapon make it a push. Incidentally, Lem/D-Co slaughters the 10man Squad

Bottom of the 5:



Rus1 pops the last D-Co while the Devil Dog shoots at the Drop Pod and deviates off. The Chicken fails to wound and gets immobilized for its efforts. Guard Commander rolls and the game will go on.

Top of 6:



Tac Squad shoots and the Devil Dog and fails to pen. Vets and PW/MB Squads are still falling back. Dread explodes the Chimera. The PW and PF Squads have Chicken for lunch. It’s not looking good for the Rebel Guard…


Bottom of 6:



The only thing of note is another Vet is flamed.


The game ends via the die roll, Blood Angel Victory.

Thanks for looking!

-Slugg

I liked it. As a Guard player, I was rooting for your opponent and was really hoping that you wouldn't completely annihilate him.

The pictures really helped, I was like "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF" when I saw how close all your assault units got to his vulnerable units in Turn 2.

Nice pics to keep the overview though a little downscale wouldn't hurt

good battle report, but I have to agree with Makr, I was kind of going for your opponent.

Cpt. Icanus wrote:Nice pics to keep the overview though a little downscale wouldn't hurt

Thanks, how do I down scale?

@The guard sympathizers:

I was not expecting to win; I thought my guys were going to be squished by pie plates. Bad reserve rolls really helped me; I’ll take a win any way I can get it.

Good report, the maps are good but photos are better if you can manage them (basically take a photo from above instead of the map).

Based on you deployment I think you were a bit lucky actually, you were spread over the entire board, while he did the obvious thing and turtled into a corner but was unlucky and didn't do enough damage quickly enough. Most of the time when deploying first I tend to deploy everything towards the center this means you can't be refused flanked and have units doing nothing the first few turns.

a few too many diagrams more pics would require less effort on my part to remain interested...


BUT IT WAS A GREAT REPORT

I Must state that I disagree with the opinion of many here, I found the extra work that the OP put in on the diagrams very helpful. Additionally I thought the report was very well done, and much easier to follow than a random series of pictures or a wall of text.

I found the guard's deployment and reserve choices questionable; With BA charging, You really want to keep the guns on the table as long as possible. It appeared they were unlucky with reserve rolls, and morale tests; but still had the guns to put a dent in your forces. If they had started ON the table instead of OFF the table, things might have worked out differently.

I was impressed with the effectiveness of your Tac-Sqaud's fire base, more than earned it's points back I'd think.

Who would be your nominations for MVP both from your side and from the Guard Players?

I liked the Maps. Well done. I'm curios where you got your laser, flame, and explosion effects from? Or did you make them yourself?

skipmcne wrote:I was impressed with the effectiveness of your Tac-Sqaud's fire base, more than earned it's points back I'd think.

Who would be your nominations for MVP both from your side and from the Guard Players?

I agree, the Tac-Squad did its job and did it well but I think the Furioso was my MVP. It routed the 20man platoon off the board, routed then slaughtered the Command platoon, Exploded the Colossus and then destroyed a chimera.

bigduncm24 wrote:I liked the Maps. Well done. I'm curios where you got your laser, flame, and explosion effects from? Or did you make them yourself?

The laser I made by stretching a blue and white dot. The flamer and explosions are just rescaled sprites I found on line. the maps were made using Photoshop.

-Slugg

Have you tried Battle Chronicler, Gutter_Slug?

http://www.battlechronicler.com/index.html

It similar to what you have but might reduce the amt of work required.