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I've been gathering my money to start a Traitor Guard to suppliment my CSM, allowing me to play Appoc. I wanted to test my list to see if I'd built it well enough, so I did a game in Vassal against my standard list. Since making a report only takes an extra half hour, you guys get to see the results.

Sorcerer Lord Nikolii, MoN, Winds of Chaos, 150
Father's Envoy, the Great Unclean One (Greater Daemon), 100
7 Possessed Marines, Champ, Icon of Nurgle, Rhino, 277
7 Plague Marines, Personal Icon, 2 Meltaguns, Champ, Combi-Flamer, Rhino, 246
6 Noise Marines, Personal Icon, 5 Sonic Blasters, Blastmaster, Champ, Rhino with Havoc Launcher, 255
6 Plague Bearers (Lesser Daemons), 78
6 Plague Bearers (Lesser Daemons), 78
2 Obliterators, 150
Predator, Lascannon Turret and Sponsons, 165
1499

Company Commander Blackmoore, Kell, 135
Priest, 45
Psyker Battle Squad, Chimera with Hullmounted Flamer, 165
Platoon Commander Naire (Chenkov), 80
Infantry Squad, Heavy Bolter, Grenade Launcher, Chimera with Flamer, 120
Infantry Squad, Heavy Bolter, Grenade Launcher, Chimera with Flamer, 120
Heavy Weapons Team, Autocannons, 75
Heavy Weapons Team, Autocannons, 75
Heavy Weapons Team, Lascannons, 105
30 Zombie Horde (Conscripts), 120
Penal Legion, 80
Leman Russ Exterminator, Pask, Lascannon, 215
Leman Russ Demolisher, Hullmounted Flamer, 165
1500

The game opened as Pitched Battle Seize Ground. Nikolii won deployment and started first. Blackmoore failed to seize the initiative. The Possessed rolled Power Weapons in just about the only match it wouldn't matter. Nikolii held all Deepstrikers in reserve. The Penal Legion rolled Knife Fighters and outflanked.


Nikolii advanced, deploying smoke on two Rhinos. The venerated Predator fires on the Chimera, stunning and destroying the Multi-laser.


Naire herds the zombies forward. Blackmoore commands the autocannons to bring the Noise Marine's Rhino down, and has the lascannons fire on the same target. The autocannons score some hits, shaking the Rhino. The lascannon, other autocannon battery and Psyker Battle Squad all miss. The Exterminator fires on Possessed's Rhino, wrecking it in a flurry of lead. The Demolisher advances, firing and missing the Plague Marine's Rhino.


None of Nikolii's reinforcements arrive. The Predator fires on same Chimera, stunning, destroying a weapon and immobilizing it. (Now this is an issue. They don't have enough room to disembark regularly, but they aren't forced to exit so they can't emergency disembark. The Predator bags the squad along with the Chimera by not destroying it.) The Noise Marines disembark and fire Blastmaster on lascannon battery. They hit two lascannons and an autocannon, killing one member of each. Both weapons teams rally around Blackmoore's standard and hold.


The Penal Legion sulks in reserves. Blackmoore orders the lascannon and autocannon batteries to bring the Rhino down. The Lascannons handily wreck the Rhino. Naire herds the zombies a total of 9 inches that turn. The Demolisher fires on the Rhino, but the smoke obscures it and the shell is ineffective.


Of Nikolii's reinforcements, only the Greater Daemon doesn't come down. The Plague Marine's Rhino tank shocks the horde, who fail and fall back 9 inches. With the Lessers obscuring their view, the Blastmaster misses horribly. The Obliterators fire their Multi-Meltas at the Demolisher, killing it in a firey explosion. Nikolii and Goliath disembark and fire their templates into the fleeing horde, killing 9.


Enraged by the enemy's fire, the horde rallies and assualt Nikolii by himself. Nikolii slays two of the zombies before succumbing to their onslaught. The Exterminator moves forward to get a shot at the remaining Rhino and wrecks it. The weapons batteries kill 2 Noise Marines.


The Father's Envoy arrives, leading the charge at the Psyker's Chimera. He immobilizes it. The Blastmaster's shot goes wide, but lands in Blackmoores squad killing 1. The Obliterators fire their plasma cannons into the horde, but the obstructions divert any damage. The Plague Marines fire their pistols and charge into horde, killing a swathe of them to avenge Nikolii. The horde kills a Plague Marine in return and holds due to Naire's guidance.


The Penal Legion finally arrives to steal the glory, assaulting the Lessers holding the right objective. They lose three, but kill two and stay in combat. Naire joins the horde in combat single handedly slaying a Plague Marine. The Plague Marines fail to the favor, their attacks failing on Naire's Carapace and the Priest's Rosarius. Blackmoore orders the autocannon batteries to slay the Lessers holding the center objective, killing two. The lascannon battery returns fire on the Noise Marines killing one. The Exterminator opens up on Lessers, but they take cover. The Psykers ignite the enemy in a Soul Storms with the highest degree of penetration, wounding the Greater Daemon and killing 3 Possessed. Their Chimera inflicts another wound on the Greater with its multi-laser. Armored Fist backs up incase the Psykers need to disembark. They fire a multi-laser, four lasguns and grenade launcher at the Greater Daemon, but fail to do damage.


The Obliterators fire lascannons at the Exterminator, but their shots go wide. The Noise Marines also miss. The Greater Daemon wrecks the Chimera he is fighting, sealing the objective for Blackmoore. The Penal Legion slays the Lessers and consolidates on the objective. The horde loses two of their number in combat against the Plague Marines, but hold.


Victory almost secured, Blackmoore has the batteries and Exterminator fire on the Lessers, slaying two. Naire slays another Plague Marine as the game comes to an end. Victory for Blackmoore, two to one.

very good. Better than my tactics which seem to revolve around a swig of whiskey and "charge lads!"

Yeah, although I should have handled the left objective better on Nikolii's part. I was concentrated on the center and right, but man do those Penal Legions pack a whallup.

MVPs that game are the Naire and his horde for Blackmoore and the Predator for Nikolii, if only because nothing else did particularly well for the CSM.

Amazing diagrams made it easy to follow and made it very enjoyable to read. How did you do them?

Great batrep and tactics.

The program is called Vassal. The guy who made and distributed it got a Cease and Desist order from GW, however you can still find it if you know where to look. Although it isn't nearly as fun as playing a real game, it lets you get in a game even if no one is around.

And as you stated lets you make very nice BR's.

a little difficult to use but otherwise yeah, it is a very helpful tool for BR's

I kinda dislike vassal. I can't show off my conversions. Anyway, good br