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Yesterday, monthly RTT, 6 players:
Benny (Nids), Peter (Nids), Toby (Necrons), Heiko (Daemons), Markus (CSM - Khorne), me (SM).

My list: SM - Red Ravens

Red Raven Librarian w/ terminator armor, storm shield, null zone, avenger – 140
7 Red Raven Terminators w/ thunder hammer x7 – 280
1 Dreadnought w/ assault cannon, heavy flamer – 115
1 Dreadnought w/ assault cannon, heavy flamer – 115
10 Red Ravens w/ lascannon, flamer, power fist, Rhino – 240
10 Red Ravens w/ lascannon, plasma gun, Rhino – 210
10 Red Raven Scouts w/ missile launcher, sniper rifle x5, melta bombs - 155
2 Tornado Land Speeders w/ multi-melta, heavy flamer – 140
Land Raider Crusader w/ multi-melta, extra armor – 275
Predator w/ auto cannon, heavy bolters – 85
Total: 1750 pts.


Missions
All battles are played with victory points as in the rule book.

Rapid Thrust
• Deployment: Dawn of war.
• Break of dawn: The first round is night fight. Before each subsequent turn, roll D6, on 4+ the night fight ends.
• Thrust: At the end of the battle, each troop unit in the opponent’s half gets +100 VPs. However, if the unit is under half strength, then it only gets +50 VPs.

Death World
• Deployment: Pitched battle.
• Contaminated area: Each unit within 6 inches of area terrain rolls D6. On 5+ the unit gets 2D6 hits of strength 2. If it’s a tank, then on 6+ it gets an automatic glancing hit.
• Additional VP’s: For each killed HQ the opponent gets +100 VPs, and for each troop unit within 12 inches of the center the player gets +100 VPs.

Raiding Party
• Deployment: Cleanse.
• Attacker and defender: Both players roll D6, the player with the higher outcome is the attacker and the other the defender. The attacker rolls D6, on 2+ he gets first. The player getting first turn can choose the home quarter and deploys first.
• Four mission objectives: Center of the board, each center of the quarters up to the quarter of the attacker. Each troop holding an objective at the end gives +100 VPs.
• Unit deployment: Attacker can only deploy fast attack units, troop units (only if mounted in transports), and infiltrators; scout moves are performed as usual. Defender can only deploy heavy support units and troop units, no infiltrators. Defender cannot perform scout moves. All other units start in reserve.


First game vs. Toby's Necrons

Deceiver
Lord
3x10 Warriors
10 Immortals
2x6 Scrabs
2 Monoliths

Mission: Rapid Thrust

The Monoliths were kept in reserve while the Necrons advanced towards my lines.
I deployed 2nd so that I could avoid the Deveiver a bit.
He got shot to pieces early in the game.
The Land Raider got immobilized by one Monolith but the Termies got the charge against the Warriors.
They took down 2 Warrior units and the Lord,
while the third unit got shot down too - PHASE OUT.

I had almost no losses up to the Speeders destroyed by the Immortals.



Second game vs. Benny's Nids

2 Hive Tyrants
lots of Gaunts
2x 4 Warrios
3 Carnifexes
3 Zoatrophes

Mission: Death World

He deployed first and so I had the chance to pick the flank deploying all units in one spot
and moving towards his side slowly decimating his flank.
The Dakkafex and one Warrior brood got killed early.
The Termies charged into the center killing one Carnifex and one Tyrant,
while the Tacticals and the Speeders took care of two Gaunt broods.
The Dreads and Pred held the center.
At the end he had no hive minded creature left. Massacre.


Third game vs. Peter's Nids

1 Hive Tyrant with Guard
1 winged HT
2x 4 Warriors
Gaunts
2x 8 Genestealers
2 Carnifexes
3 Zoantrophes

Mission: Raiding party

Peter was the attacker and so could not deploy anything,
while I could deploy the Scouts, Predator, and the Tacticals.
The game went similarly to the battle vs Benny.
One difference was the Genestealers, they outflanked and
appeared in my back field.
But they couldn't charge anything and then my Dreads showed up.
This helped to take both broods down.
At the end he gave up with almost nothing on the board.


Final standing: Red Ravens, Daemons, Nids, CSM, Nids, Necrons.

Pretty short, but most welcomed.
First game:
That's why more serious players reserve and minimze warriors and get other more interesting options...I think your opponent walked into a phase...literally.

Second game:
Pretty Standard deployment reaction, well played.

Third game:
IMO, the mission boned the Tyranid player. A player that really doesn't function when the whole army is pretty much forced into reserves.

Anyway, congrats with the Red Ravens. Interesting missions, but do you do the older school RTT missions like Unplanned Assault, Cleanse II, etc? Oh yea, and PICS.

Thanks, Sanctjud.

Third game:
IMO, the mission boned the Tyranid player. A player that really doesn't function when the whole army is pretty much forced into reserves.

This mission was taken from the Nov. DW issue.

Yeah, this old school missions have some flavor when compared with the dump rulebook missions.

I love your list, in fact I think it's one of the best new SM lists I've seen. Congrats on placing 1st!

G

Green Blow Fly wrote:I love your list, in fact I think it's one of the best new SM lists I've seen. Congrats on placing 1st!

G

Thanks, G.
Yeah, the list has some flavor and plays very well.

I was looking forward to battle Daemons in the final.
The Assault Termies and the Librarian with nullzone were eager to take down some nasty Daemons, particularly MCs.

I think your list could definitely matchup well versus my mono Khorne list. I would definitely have to think outside the box. Typically how I deal with assault terminators is to simply swamp them with lots and lots of attacks... Everything I throw at them in close combat ignores armor saves so in a way it's just like focused fire with lots of small arms shooting.

G

I think your list could definitely matchup well versus my mono Khorne list.

A mono Khorne list can definitely be a problem.
It will depend on whether you have fire support.
If not, my Dreads, Speeders, LRC, and Dakka Predator will punch holes into your infantry.

Dread w/Assault cannon + HF = 125 points
10 Tacs w/LC/PG and rhino = 225
LRC w/MM +EA =285

I think as listed your about 30-40 points over.

Thanks for calculating.
I posted the MS Word list and had to correct it prior to the first game.

Uber good job dude. Pity ya didn't get to play an Eldar Army.