Army list

Me
Lord: Crowe
Inquisitor, psycotroke ,power armor
5 purifiers, halberds, master crafted hammer, Razorback
3 acolytes, 1 bolt gun
Vindicare assassin
5 Strike marines, hammer, flamer, halberds, Razorback
5 Interceptors, halberds
Dreadnaught, autocannons and psybolt
Librarian, jump pack
10 Tactical Marines, Meltagun, Heavy bolter
10 Tactical Marines, Lascannon, flamer
10 Tactical Marines, Plasma gun, Plasma cannon
Thunderfire cannon
10 Assault marines, power fist, melta bombs, flamer

LDP
Lord: Marnius Calgar, Terminator armor
4 Honor guard, Banner, Champion, Landraider
Chaplain, Jump pack
Captain, Bolt pistol, power weapon, artificer armor
5 Command squad, 2 plasma guns, champion, Apothecary
5 Sternguard , 2 combi melta
Dreadnaught, assault cannon, missile launcher
10 Tactical Marines, Plasma pistol, plasma gun, plasma cannon
10 Tactical Marines, Bolt pistol, power fist, meltagun, Lascannon, Rhino
5 Devastators, 4 heavy bolters

Mission/set up

Short table edges, two objectives with 3VP each low density of terrain, Warlord abilities, LDP gets his commander as scoring unit, mine allows move through cover of my commander.
LDP wins roll and deploys first, rhino with tactical squad behind rocks with Sterngaurd behind them, command squad behind trees next to the Rhino. Devastators line up behind wooded fence, half tactical squad deploy on objective, chaplain behind building Marnius in his land raider occupy the flank with remaining half tactical squad behind followed up by dreadnaught.
I set up all combat squads on my right Razorback with strike squad inside, Crowe and the 3 acolytes behind him. All half squads with flamers/plasmas/meltas deploy right at the front with the heavy weapons half squads behind them, assault squad behind the line ready to jump across. On my left purifiers in the Razorback with the Inquisitor as attached behind that is Dreadnaught with the assassin in the trees, Thunderfire, half tactical squad and interceptors hunker down behind ruined steps.




I fail to seize initiative.

Turn 1 LDP

Landraider and chaplain move up and the Landraider shoots at the Purifiers Razorback and explodes it no one inside dies (first blood to LDP) Dreadnaught opens up on the assault squad and kills two, Devastators put rounds into the assault squad and take down another two the half tactical squad with the Lascannon fires into the Strike squad Razorback and immobilize it. On LDP’s left flank the rhino speeds forward 12 and fires its stormbolter, doesn’t kill anything. Captain and command squad move through the trees, stern guard move up to support the tactical squad.


Turn 1 Me

On my left, half tactical squad move back , preparing for the land raider to go either side, interceptor squad shuffle forward as the 30” jump will put them right in front of the Devastators, but choose not to jump this turn. Purifiers try to move out from the wreckage of their Razorback and move an inch, then run two inches instead of shooting. Dreadnaught opens up on its counterpart and blows him up, Assassin shoots at the Landraider but only glances it… on four D6. Plasma cannon fires at the Devastator squad and it deviates and only kills 2 (they pass leadership) the other two half tactical squads with flamer/plasma gun move forward and shoot at the rhino but don’t do anything, Lascannon shoots at Rhino but misses. Razorback shoots at the Rhino but can’t damage it. Strike squad disembark from the Razorback and move forward, Crowe and his lackeys move forward. Assault squad jump behind the Dreadnaught moving right to engage the Landraider if required.
The Thunderfire cannon shoots at the command squad in beyond the trees, 3 direct hits, resulting in 23 hits, leading to 17 wounds, all of them saved by the captain either by his 2+ save or the feel no pain from his apothecary… dafuq?



Turn 2 LDP

Landraider moves up 12 inches and shoots, doesn’t manage to kill anything, half tac squad move behind the low rocks and shoot at the Purifers, a few hits, few wounds but all saved. The Chaplain jumps beside the Landraider, Devastators shoot at the purifiers and kill one of them. The Rhino based tactical squad move to the top of the kill and shoot at the tactical squad wiping them out completely. Rhino inches forward and shoots at Crowe but he saves the shot. Captain and Command squad move up behind the Rhino and can’t shoot at anything, the Sternguard run forward as well, but are out of luck to shoot anything.


Turn 2 Me

Purifiers move towards the Landraider then charge it hoping to put some pain on it with the Master Crafted hammer but I completely forgot to roll for hammer hand and was only hitting at S8 and fail to do anything… Assault squad jump behind the building waiting for the Landraider to push forwards, the half tactical squad moves further back hoping to be out of charge range, the Thunderfire opens up again on the captains squad, this time hitting 19 times with 14 wounds and all but 1 is saved by the captain…. Really? The Interceptors jump forward and shoot at the half tactical squad on the objective and the Dreadnaught kills two Devastators. My plasma Cannon fires a single ball of death at the sterngaurd and score a direct hit melting all the squad in fiery death, Lascannon squad shoot at the Rhino and miss again, the two remaining half tactical squads move towards the hill squad as well as the Strike squad… and their flamer muhahhaha, Crowe and his posse move forwards. They all shoot at the hill tactical squad and after shots, wounds and saves he is left with four guys, who are then promptly charged by the strike squad and they kill all but one marine, the sergeant, who chooses to fail his moral and I fail to overrun him, leaving my strike squad on the hill. Alone.



Turn 3 LDP

The Landraider moves forward and shoots at the Thunderfire cannon, killing the Techmarine and the cannon as well. Disgorges Marnius who the promptly charges the half tactical squad gobbling them completely. The Lascannon half tactical squad move and shoot towards and at the interceptor squad and kill some, as well as the half tactical squad on his objective, as well as the sergeant from the Devastator squad, the result leaves 2 interceptors alive. The command squad move up to the base of the hill and decide that shooting the Strike Squad along with the regrouped Sargent and the Rhino leaves the Strike squad down to one man, who promptly gets charged and destroyed.
The Chaplain decides to have a go at the Purifier squad and charges in. He takes a wound from overwatch then dies to the purifiers flame attack before blows are struck, very very unlucky.


Turn 3 Me

The assault squad jumps and assaults the Landraider, and fail to do a single thing. The librarian knowing he wasn’t going to be able to help psychic flames Marnius and kills two of his squad. My heavy weapon half tactical squads and dreadnought all form a gun line and open fire onto Marnius, doing a couple of wounds but not enough to slay him. The purifiers and interceptor squad assault the Lascannon half tactical squad and take down to two marines taking none in return. On the hill, the acolytes perform their only role as meat shields and attempt a charge and lose one and fail the charge, I was then able to get the rest of the marine into combat they were able to take out two guys, and only lost two in return, Crowe counting for one of them.


Turn 4 LDP

The Landraider moves back towards the rear objective shooting at the Razorback across the map as it goes and taking off a heavy bolter and Hull point. My assault squad then gets charged by Marnius and his banner killing all but one of them who then choose to fails his leadership knowing they can’t be caught up to and gets away, leaving the behemoth out in the open and on one wound. The half tactical squad on his objective decide it is better to hide in cover than stand out in the open and move behind the building, the Devastator Sergeant on the other hand just man’s up and hold his ground. The Lascannon squad loses another two marines and can’t seem to hurt the purifiers down to one man. On the hill the captain dispatches another marine and the remainder of his squad gets another. Crowe kills another leaving only the captain and two marines left.


Turn 4 Me
With Marnius out in the open and on one wound my gun line opens up again and it comes down to the Dreadnaught to smash them both and does the deed! The captain on the hill takes a wound but his mates survive. The Rhino gets wrecked from my Immobilized Razorback. The lone marine facing the Purifiers is still alive due to failure to hit/wound.


Turn 5 LDP

The Landraider moves forwards and shoots at my razorback again, but doesn’t destroy it. The captain on the hill loses his two mates and I lost another marine in return, there’s a long battle of attrition here! Sadly the lone marine against the purifiers dies and they consolidate closer to his Devastator sergeant.


Turn 5 Me

The assassin moves forwards as he was forgotten about in my last turn (silly bugger hiding in the trees) but can’t shoot anything. . The purifiers and interceptors annihilate the Devastator Sergeant with a lot of shots when in hindsight I should have had the two interceptors charge and the purifiers go around. The combat on the hill ends up in a stalemate with no deaths.



Turn 6 LDP

The Landraider moves up again and shoots at the purifier squad and blows up the inquisitor but doesn’t hurt the purifiers. On the hill the captain finally falls to Crowe and his swift attacks. The squads shuffle around.


Turn 6 Me

Crowe and the tactical squads move towards LDP’s objective. The purifiers charge the Landraider but again I forget about Hammer hand and fail to damage the Landraider. The assassin, dreadnaught and Lascannon fire at the Landraider, and do nothing, this beast just will not die. The interceptors move through cover but don’t get very far… realizing the game could end this turn I’ve made some bad choices, I don’t have any troops near any objectives, the purifiers could have contested the northern objective, but made the mistake of going after the Landraider and on my objective I need to get across difficult terrain and end up four inches away from my objective. If I get another turn then I can win.


The Dice gods don’t agree with me and the game ends. LDP wins 4 VP to 2 VP

Hopefully the one I'm doing for you will be done before Christmas... He's getting there, though, It's more just getting the armour to look right now, and add some highlights...

Basically small details...