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Hello! I've had my next day off in Glasgow, and managed to get in another game at the local GW - this time with Mark, who had a Chaos 13th Company army. They were mutated Space Wolves played using the rules for a Khorne CSM force.


Ian's Squats - 800pts



- Ancestor Lord (Primaris Psyker)
- Guild Engineer (Techpriest Enginseer)
- Squat Snipers (4 Ratlings)
- Brotherhood Infantry Platoon
--- Platoon Command Squad (Heavy Bolter, Plasmagun)
--- Infantry Squad (Heavy Bolter, Plasmagun)
--- Infantry Squad (Heavy Bolter, Plasmagun)
--- Mole Mortar Squad (Mortars)
- Veteran Squad (Forward Sentries, 3 Plasmaguns)
- Leman Russ Executioner (Plasma Sponsons)


Mark's 13th Company CSM



- Chaos Lord (Juggernaut, Daemon Weapon, MoK)
- Berserkers in a Rhino (Daemonic Possession)
- Berserkers in a Rhino (Daemonic Possession)
- Defiler (Heavy Flamer, Combi Bolter, Battlecannon) - this is a Dreadnought model using counts as, to bring up the points to level.


Deployment

We rolled for objective, but only three of them, and table halves for deployment. I won the roll for first deployment and turn, and deployed in a gunline, holding one of the objectives. Mark deployed inside his Rhinos, with the Lord on the flank and the Defiler in the centre. One of his rhinos held the objective on his side of the board.




Things started out fine, with his side predictably advancing and mine predictably standing and shooting. My Ancestor Lord managed to immobilise one of the Rhinos earlyon, so it sat on an objective for the rest of the game. My Ratlings took potshots at the Chaos Lord over the first few turns, and between them and the advancing Veterans managed to knowck two wounds off of him.




However, before long the Lord was in charge range, and took out the rest of the Veterans easily in close combat. The Ancestor Lord took his last would with a Lighting Arc next turn. The other Rhino full of Berserkers had parked on the central objective, claiming it, and I had managed to immobilise it there, so I started moving up troops squads to contest.




It's worth noting that our shooting was awful this game - Mark repeatedly fired at my Executioner with his battlecannon only to have it scatter away (though he did take out the Enginseer with a stray shot) and I had great difficulty even managing to pop the Rhinos! However, in the end I managed to wreck the central one and the berserkers inside had to get out. This finally meant i had a target for most of my weapons, so over the next turn they were reduced to only one model by Mortars, Heavy Bolters, Plasmas and the Executioner. Sensing a chage of direction, Mark moved his defiler out and into combat with my Ancestor Lord and Command Squad, easily wiping them out, but not before being Immobilised by the Ancestor Lord's Force Stick.




Towards the end of the game, my Infantry Squad managed to reach the objective and contest it, but missed with their plasmagun and the final Berserker Sgt survived. In the following turn he charged the Infantry Squad, forcing a rout and killing all of them. The game ends with a CSM win, 2-1.




So another loss for the Squats. This time, I DID remember to use orders, but couldn't find anything useful. I also had READ trouble popping the tanks, since the highest strength in the army is 7. However, I'm not changing. Squats LOVE Plasma, right? Maybe some Lascannons are in order...:/

I'm thinking... if you stand and shoot, that means the Lord gets into combat the earliest turn 3, was it turn 3? Seems too early for the lord to get into combat at turn 2, unless you moved forward.

As for rhino busting, don't worry, it's hit or miss at such low points levels.

Ah, it was probably around turn 3, yeah. I never take proper notes at these in-store games...

Some autocannons instead of HB's might help, and maybe a bane wolf? (the melta one I always forget >.&gt

Good game. Hell, even chimeras might help you out, I can't see anything weird about squads using armor .

*Wipes Tears*

Squats HAVEN'T been forgotten.

Squats will own one of these days!

I really like your reports but it's a shame that that in this one the camera didn't seem to focus too well. Still, great report.

yeah,
With that big open space on the table I thought god this is going to be easy for the Squats just pop the rhinos and kill the marines in the open.
It looked like you had it in the bag, How did you lose this!!! haha .. I Can't belive that last marine beat your entire squad! that was proper unlucky! good for him thou.

I agree your going to need a few weapons >str7 in your army. or you'll struggle against harder armour.

Panic...

Panic wrote:yeah,
With that big open space on the table I thought god this is going to be easy for the Squats just pop the rhinos and kill the marines in the open.
It looked like you had it in the bag, How did you lose this!!! haha .. I Can't belive that last marine beat your entire squad! that was proper unlucky! good for him thou.

I agree your going to need a few weapons >str7 in your army. or you'll struggle against harder armour.

Panic...

Well the CCS is gonna have a Meltagun, but it's not very Squatty, so I'm only allowing the one. I'd originally planned to arm by Battle Robots (Armoured Sentinels) with Autocannons, but maybe Lascannons are a better idea. And I could probably build a Lascannon heavy weapon team if needed...

yeah,
maybe if you painted the some plasma coils red you could count them as melta. or has your army got enough counts as !

Panic...

Gotta say, I really like the way you came up with those mole mortars. Classic!

Second that about lascannons. And I can not say enough good stuff about the armored sentinals. Mayby a mini armored train to represent the squad

Too bad there is nothing that would represent a trike with multi melta in the new gaurd codex. Maybe the new gaurd "battle buggy" or whatever by forgeworld may fit the bill?


Again, great reports, keep `em coming!

Cool report
Too bad the focus was so bad on the camera, I really would like seeing some better pics of those Squats
Better luck next time

damn...it's really about time to continue working on the Squat Codex...

seabo_76 wrote:Cool report
Too bad the focus was so bad on the camera, I really would like seeing some better pics of those Squats
Better luck next time

Yeah - I'm always in a bit of a rush at these things so I don't disturb the other person's game with endless photos, however if you want to see more photos of them, just follow the IG-Squat army link in my sig - it goes to their Article!