This is my first Battle Report using Vassal for a reenactment so constructive criticism/ideas are much appreciated!
Eldar (me)
Farseer -
Doom, Guide, Runes of Witnessing, Runes of Warding, Spirit Stones
Farseer -
Doom, Guide, Spirit Stones
10x Dire Avengers -
Exarch, Dual Catapults, Bladestorm
-Wave Serpent -
TL Shuriken Cannon
10x Dire Avengers -
Exarch, Dual Catapults, Bladestorm
-Wave Serpent -
TL Shuriken Cannon
Fire Prism
Fire Prism
Nurgle Chaos Space Marines (memory)
Deamon Prince -
Wings, Winds of Chaos, Warptime
10x Plague marines -
2x melta, champion w/ power fist
-Rhino
10x Plague marines -
2x melta, champion w/ power fist
-Rhino
Defiler -
Daemonic possession (standard?)
Obliterator x2
Deployment:
Pitched Battle
Mission Type:
Seize Ground
He wins roll of and elects me to go first. He attempts to seize the initiative and fails.
Deployment: Everything is on the board except for his Defiler which he keeps in reserve.
Eldar Turn 1
I speed my skimmers up to get in range with my shuriken cannons.
I fire one prism cannon at the rhino on the right side of the board but it scatters off.
I fire the other prism cannon at the obliterator squad and manage to kill one.
I fire both my waveserpent shuriken cannons at the obliterators but he manages to make all his saves.
Nurgle Turn 1
He speeds both of his rhinos up the field to try to get in melta range soon and pops smoke on both.
He fires an obliterator lascannon at my fire prism but fails to score even a glancing hit.
His Deamon prince remains hidden behind the ruins.
Eldar Turn 2
I move my fire prisms to the side to get side armor on the rhino while i move my waveserpents to get into a position to strike.
I fire everything i have at his rhino except one prism cannon and he passes his cover saves.
I fire the lone prism cannon at the obliterator but it scatters off.
Nurgle Turn 2
The defiler fails to come on the board.
He moves his rhino back and parks by the objective, while his daemon prince moves out of cover and his other rhino moves forward.
His plaguemarines in the rhino attempt to fire a melta at my waveserpent which misses.
His obliterator fires a Lascannon at my fireprism again but fails to penetrate.
Eldar Turn 3
In order to spare both of us an incredibly boring game i speed ahead to get my waveserpent in position to fire against his rhino's side armor.
I move my Fireprism to where the waveserpents were for protection.
I fire both my prism cannons at the obliterator in a desperate hope to kill it. both of the shots scatter.
I fire both Waveserpents Shuriken Cannons at the rhino and explode it.
Nurgle Turn 3
His Defiler fails to come on the board yet again.
He takes advantage of my foolish mistake to move in and positions everything towards my waveserpents.
He fires his meltas from his plagumarine squads (both from the open squad and one from the rhino) and misses 1 and fails to penetrate with the other 2 (footsloggers)
He Rapidfires a twin linked plasma gun into the back armor but misses with one and fails to penetrate with the second.
Frustrated, He assaults my serpents with his Powerfist and Daemon prince. Failing to hit with both (The prince took a perils with warptime due to my Runes of warding).
Eldar Turn 4
Now is the time to put the hurt on.
I fly both of my waveserpents to the side of the board and unload both Dire avenger squads.
I move my fire prisms to the side to get a better shot at the clumped marines.
I connect my prism beams and lay the large blast on the plague marines and manage to kill 4.
I Bladestorm one squad into the marines and kill 2 more (His feel no pains were awesome/ karma for failing to hit with anything he had).
I Bladestorm the other squad into his daemon prince and manage to take it down.
Nurgle Turn 4
His Defiler comes on the board and notices a cluster of tasty dire avengers.
He moves his rhino and defiler back to hide from the fire prisms.
He moves his remaining plague marine squad towards my dire avengers for revenge.
His Defiler lands 2 direct hits on my Dire avengers and kills 10.
His plague marines fail to hit with either melta and assault my dire avenger farseer squad. we each kill 1.
Eldar Turn 5
I turboboost my occupied wave serpent to my home objective.
I speed my fire prisms and empty waveserpent to the enemy objective (contesting it).
i fire a linked prism cannon shot and explode his rhino, while my shuriken cannon from the waveserpent kills his last obliterator.
In assault i manage to kill one more plaguemarine while he takes one as well.
Nurgle Turn 5
He desperately fires both meltas from his plaguemarine squad into a prism and explodes it.
He moves his defiler and fires the battlecannon at my empty waveserpent but it scatters off.
In assault he kills 2 dire avengers, while i am unable to slay another marine, but i pass my morale.
We roll a dice to determine if the game continues and roll: 2
Result:
Eldar: 1 Nurgle: 0
Overview: This game was definitely not the most fun i've ever played but it was alright. i let my impatience and boredom get the best of me when i cruised forward to kill his rhino with my serpents. luckily his luck failed him and he didnt touch my serpents. i think i could have played much better, though, im used to playing orks so i tend to charge forward at too risky of times. i understand that the dice gods frowned upon him this day, though his feel no pain saves were amazing!
looking back, i think i might try a list with only 1 farseer with doom and add in a waveserpent with firdragons, as i have no
reliable anti-tank.
any hints or tips on game play or battle report posting would be great! (Note: this game was played a couple days ago, so i could have missed something)
Can't you see we have been abandoned? Forget matters of duty and honor to the emperor this is now a matter of pride. 