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Hello everyone, this is my third game I ever played against tau. This time it was against a 1500 force and we played capture and control. Deployment was long table edges.

Tau list
Tau commander
3 stealth suits
2 broadsides
2-6 men fire warrior squads
60 kroot
Hammerhead

Space marines
Chaplain with jump pack, frag grenades and bolt pistol
9 assault marines including plasma pistol and powerfist
10 marines with 2 meltaguns and powerfist in rhino
6 marines with 2 flamers and powerfist in razorback with twin linked lascannon
7 marines with 2 plasma guns and apothecary
5 terminators with assault cannon
Dread with missile launcher and twin linked lascannon
Dread with assault cannon and close combat weapon
Deployment:

His objective was the building on the right with the crisis suits infront.

The small building was my objective.
I seized the initiative! So I went first.

Turn 1

My rhino and assault marines surged ahead. My shootie dread takes fire position and shoots the tau gunship and my razorback does the same. Both without result...

Sensing the approaching danger. The tau commander order his men. “Kill those assault marines!” The left flank of the tau moved in position and opened fire. Dropping 7 assault marines and wounding the chaplain.

Turn 2

Despite their losses. The marines continued their advance. The rhino squad disembarked and killed 4 firewarriors. The dreads assault cannon killed a shield drone. The rest of my shooting was ineffective.

The kroot came up and the destroyed the dreads lascannon. My last two assault marines fell to the firewarriors shooting.

Turn 3


My turn began with the gunning of my razorback towards the enemy line, the squad disembarked and burned a whole firewarrior squad. My chaplain charged the Broadside Battlesuits. Killing a shielddrone but losing a wound in return. The angry dread charged the kroot and he kills them to the last.

All his reserves came up. With a unit of kroot and his stealthsuits running to my objective. Shooting as they go, the kill 4 marines of the squad guarding the objective. His commander and other squad kill another 4 men of my rhino squad.

Turn 4

My terminators came in. They opened fire at the enemy commander wounding him twice and killing his shield drones. Seeing his reserves had arrived, the chaplain cut down the broadsides.

His battlesuits killed a dread and his gunship destroyed my razorbacks lascannon.

Turn 5


My flamer squad jumps in their transport and drives towards the enemy objective. Claiming it for the marines. The rest of my army shoots a bit but without result.
The kroot claim my objective and the railgun of his hammerhead destroyes my razorback.

Turn 6

My terminators assault cannon wrecks finally the hammerhead. After 5 lascannon shots and 3 missiles he’s finally destroyed. Jay!
In his final turn he shoot a bit and that’s it.
The game ends. We both claims each others objective. So it’s a draw.
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It was a very intense and fun game. With a great opponent. Thanks mate for the great game! Oh yes, sorry I’ve there are English errors. But I’m not so good at it. I’ve you guys have some advice please tell me.
Hope you enjoyed it!

cool battle report. your English isnt to bad.

Nice battle report Jupiter; my Tau models didn't come out on the photo's as badly as I'd feared (except for the yellow ones without limbs maybe ). Also your English is pretty good, don't worry about it.

Some notes:

- the Tau Commander had FNP. Pretty handy, saved about 3 wounds, otherwise he'd have died.

- the Broadsides had no S&P, which was a serious problem. Though I found that less gun drones makes the unit a lot more vulnerable, so it's a real dillema. Maybe join a Commander with drones, that could work.

- the Hammerhead survived a lot of shots (although many of those missed to begin with), and I feel the Disruption Pod helped a lot (4+ cover save against shooting from over 12" away). I already saved 2 out of 3 hits when I realised the Terminators were actually at 11", with my beloved Hammerhead burning as a result .

- the Hammerhead is more brilliant than ever. Even against power armour submunition shots still killed plenty, and in the game afterwards it easily killed a Leman Russ.

It was a really fun game, very hard-fought, I'm looking forward to our next .

gotta love games where each player only claims the others objectives , nice battle report, your english was fine no worries

I liked the report it had good pictures. Don't worry about the english errors. I have to deal with people who definately speak worse english than you type, at work every day. They were born in the U.S. , so you have nothing to be ashamed of. Keep up the good work.

great battle report, loved the unbuilt bright yellow kroot

English was not a problem and the pictures were good, nice bat rep!

Freaka

Thanks guys! Jeah, we laughed a lot with his yellow ones.