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Hi all, played a fun game yesterday, thought I'd share.
I promise I'll take pics next time (this army isn't painted yet, so I was a bit ashamed)

So it's 1500 pts, Chaos Marines vs Eldar.
We rolled a random Chaos/Eldar mission from the Battle Missions book: Pillage came out.

Rules of Pillage:
- D3+2 objectives
- Chaos tries to loot the planet, opponent (eldar in this case) tries to save what they can.
- At the end of every opponent's turn, if one of your units is touching an objective without being falling back or in combat you get a point.
- Start with 2 troops and 1 HQ on the table, the rest in reserve.
- Spearhead deployment, but without the no deployment circle in the middle.
- normal game length
- at the beginning, roll a die. On a 2+ Chaos starts

So, right from the start my list was thrown about by the 1 HQ, 2 troops on the table rule, as Kharn, my one and only HQ was planning on riding to battle in a Land Raider.
So grumbling he got out and hitched a ride in one of the Plague Marines' Rhinos. For a full turn with 7 Plague Marines in a tiny Rhino, let's just say he was happy to get out.


Deployment, one of the Rhinos with P. Marines and Kharn set to drive straight to one of the objectives while the other squad dug in with another objective in the tower with their Rhino parked out back. They weren't going anywhere.
In hindsight I think I cheated a bit here... don't think I'm allowed to deploy the Plague Marines and the Rhino separately, any help?


So, a 5 was rolled and Chaos was off, Rhino 1 rolling full speed towards the objective in the ruins. Upon arrival they found out that a unit of Dire Avengers had the same plan, so they softened them up a bit with bolter rounds trying to persuade them to do otherwise, killing 3.


The Avengers refused to back off though, instead boldly stepping onto the objective. Such insolence!


Always having their answer ready, the Marines returned fire killing all but the Exarch, that oughta teach 'em!
The dice for assaulting through difficult terrain came up an inch shy though, so the Exarch was allowed to salvage a bit of the planet's bounty. rats!
In other news; one of the Land Raiders filled with frothing madmen decided to show up and go for a drive around the tower and towards the bombed out buildings, where the last objective and some other Eldar were hanging out.


The lone surviving Exarch was mocking the Plague Marines. Salvaging loot, making obscene gestures and embedding a shuriken in a plagued eyesocket. Feel no pain? Well, that one did.
Meanwhile, the other squad of Dire Avengers, having perviously spent their time trudging through the ruins spotted the Plague Marines squatting in the tower. The Farseer spelled their Doom, and the Avengers opened a Bladestorm, almost halving the nurglite squad!
Turn 2 for the Eldar also found a War Walker and a unit of sniping Pathfinders outflanking onto the table, accompanied by the Striking Scorpions who had to enter battle the normal way.


At the top of turn 3 the Exarch finally payed for his dastardly deeds, finding himself surrounded by stinnky Plague Marines and mr. the Betrayer himself, who even got a bit carried away and tried to decapitate one of his own after making Exarch-pate. Good thing he was wearing a helmet.
The driver of Rhino 1, some guy named Hank, got a bit bored after dropping off his pestilent cargo he tried to ram the oncoming War Walker, just for the heck of it. To no avail by the way, as he stopped a good 2 inches short of the thing. In Rhino 2 meanwhile driver John spotted something moving in the ruins up ahead. Not knowing or caring what it was, he reflexively emptied his bolters into it and heard a yelp as the only Pathfinder to fail his cowering-in-cover exam fell to his knees scooping up his intestines.
The lacklustre return fire of the towered-up Marines really doesn't deserve mention, so I won't.



The Eldar Farseer decided she had had it with those stinkers looting their tower and ordered her men to concentrate their fire on the remains of Marine squad 2, setting an example herself by winning a Mind War with one of their numbers and cooking his maggot-infested brains. It turned out that the snipers was all it took to take out the remaining three Marines who were staring dumbfounded at the exploded cranium of their late comrade. This left the War Walker that just wandered on the battlefield free to pepper Rhino 2 a bit, destroying its twin-linked bolter.
The other War Walker meanwhile emptied its Brightlances at Rhino 1 and, when that didn't prove sufficient, assaulted it to finally rid itself of the insulting and rather vulgar names it was called from inside the armoured hull. That this only resulted in a shaken crew was enough. At least they shut up for a turn.


Turn 4 was a busy one, with the second Land Raider entering the scene and immediately taking a twin-linked potshot at the War Walker, shaking it (hits on vehicles were a bit disappointing today).
Rhino 1 drove in 12 inches in reverse to build up speed for the next ramming attack and Land Raider 1 finally delivered its loco payload, which got straight to work slaughtering the Farseers companions. The Skull Champion got up close and personal with the Farseer herself, deftly trimming her fingernails to the elbow with his power fist, leaving her with 1 wound.


The Eldar turn 4 was straight from an action movie; with swirling martial combat (or bloody massacre, depending on the point of view), the remaining Plague Marines getting caught in a crossfire that sees one of them exploding in a fountain of ichor, and lots of things that go boom. The just arrived Fire Dragons tried to melt a Land Raider, which promptly exploded in their faces clearing the way for a War Walker to lance Rhino 2, wrecking it.
Also, the Howling Banshees finally bothered to show up, making no impact whatsoever and the Pathfinders deemed it safe enough to leave the safe confines of their ruin and stray out into the open.


Land Raider 2 disgorged its Khornate passengers, all pumped up and ready for some up close slaughter. How disappointed they were when the Pathfinders all dropped dead after just a bit of preliminary pistolfire!
Kharn meanwhile was torn between two targets; a nice big War Walker on one side and a newly arrived pack of Striking Scorpions caught between him and a tankshocking Rhino 1 on the other... After a moment of utter indecisiveness you see in a dog being thrown two balls the Betrayer turned 180 and stormed towards the Scorpions, deeming 6 skulls better than 1. He is such a mathematical wonder. After some rapid firing by the Plague Marines there were 4 Scorpions left when Kharn barreled into them. "Four highly trained aspect warriors against one raving mad berzerker, it just isn't an even fight..." Kharn thought as he separated the Eldar from their midsections in 7 seconds flat.


The final turn saw a heroic attempt by the pilot of the Wave Serpent to fly to the top of the tower to salvage what he could, but it didn't matter anymore. The Chaos warband had already had plenty of time to make off with the planet's supply of alcoholic beverages and sleazy magazines, dooming the few eldar that were left to a lifetime of boredom.


Yay Chaos!
props:
Rhino 1 for surviving two turns of brightlances, star cannons and War Walker-assaults
The Fire Dragons for popping a Land Raider and halving a squad of Berzerkers in close combat in just 2 rounds of action.
slops:
The Land Raiders for being just really, really, expensive assault Rhinos...(that shook 1 War Walker, yay)
The Howling Banshees for showing up where the action was on the last turn and, upon arrival, asking "whether they missed anything"




Hope you enjoyed my first batrep, at least I enjoyed writing it (sorry for my imaginative narrative if it bothers you) and I hope to write a whole lot more.
And next time with pictures, promise

-Tim

Sounds good! It's too bad we live so far apart, I'd love to fight some fallen with my Deathwing

Amazing report! I really like your style and good job in that battle. Keep it up!

@CrazyThang: and I'd love to fight some Deathwing with my Fallen Looking at your sig I see your Angels have the same kind of glorious streak going on as mine, so they might even be evenly matched.

@Smashotron: thanks! I do intend to

TiB wrote:@CrazyThang: and I'd love to fight some Deathwing with my Fallen Looking at your sig I see your Angels have the same kind of glorious streak going on as mine, so they might even be evenly matched.

@Smashotron: thanks! I do intend to

Lol yeah, I'm still getting the feel ya know

Nice report. The casual style was a nice change. Not too often we get to hear about a game that actually sounds FUN and not played by those who take their mean little men far too seriously.

Oh it was fun alright.

Really cool report, all the better because CSMs were victorious! I love the piccies in particular and the laid back writing is music to my...um, eyes.

More please.

That was an awesome battle report, great writing style and interesting map views. I was a little disappointed in the lack of actual battle photos, but that's only a minor point

TiB wrote:Deployment, one of the Rhinos with P. Marines and Kharn set to drive straight to one of the objectives while the other squad dug in with another objective in the tower with their Rhino parked out back. They weren't going anywhere.
In hindsight I think I cheated a bit here... don't think I'm allowed to deploy the Plague Marines and the Rhino separately, any help?

No, you don't have to deploy anywhere near your dedicated transport (there is no rule requiring you to do so, whereas there is a rule saying that dedicated transports are units). On the other hand, the mission in question calls for two Troops units to be deployed - you actually deployed four

No biggie, though, and it looks like it was a fun game nonetheless.

Thanks for all the praise everyone, I had fun writing it as well. Will do more. Expect a CSM vs. Tyranid next.

@Cheexsta:
yes I knooow, I'm soooorry :( But I'm painting Plague Marines at this very moment! I hope to get my entire army painted up before the next report, as well as some terrain. (I just don't like battle reports with 2 grey or black armies facing off on a table with a few book-hills and soda can-buildings)

And you mean I actually had to keep the second Rhino in reserve here? Cheaty me...

Great report, glad Chaos won. Sounded like a fun game.

Whilst I love the informal writing style, I can't see any of the pictures.

Great Battle-Report! Remember for the future that a Chaos Marine power fist that wounds past the invulnerable save will Insta-Death any farseer (Including Elrad)

Just a note on your deployment.

It sounds as if you deployed your hq, two squads of marines AND the two dedicated tansports.

You deployed one HQ and four troops choices, as the dedicated transports count as a unit for deployment purposes (look at the example paragraph on the dawn of war deployment on pg 93). Its perfectly fine to deploy the marines out of their transport, that part was fine.



Sliggoth

Whoops! I was so cheaty this game (though both for me and against me to even things out)
At least the learning curve is steep thanks to you guys.

Looks great and reads well!

Were these maps made with a BR program of some kind, or just some purchased graphics program?

Just the photoshops.

Aha. Thanks.

Loved the images and the layout. The writing was very good as well

Maybe some pictures of the actual models would make this even better. Pillage is one of the few Battle Mission scenarios I like. I wish it was in the BRB instead of Drawfest aka Capture & Control.

this was a great report, it wasn't full of crap but inventive and fun. I'm impressed by the death of so many plague marines, my regular opponent is a Death Guard army and I play Dark Eldar, we very rarely kill them by shooting! (as I don't feel the need to field four hundred billion dark lances).

Yes I was surprised at that too, I had really hoped they could sit the game out in that tower. But alas...

I guess sometimes it really is up to the dice!

Great presentation on this one, real pleasure to read on top of the snappy graphics

Also: WAAAGH CHAOS!

- Salvage