1500 point (Tyranids vs Guard) - A batrep told in 30 annotated images - Defend the center

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**wtnind**

1500 point overrun mission (Tyranids vs Guard) - A batrep told in 30 annotated images

So I got the opportunity to play against a beautifully painted Tyranid army with my Traitor Guard super competitive (is it? -ed). We decided that this was too good an opportunity to pass up so set about creating a scenario, based off the Black Legion defence mission:

1. The Traitor Guard forces were deployed in the center of the map
2. The Tyranid forces were deployed 12" away (minimum)
3. Any Tyranid unit wiped out would go into reserve and arrive immediately on the next turn (but be unable to charge - obviously)
4. If any guard remained alive at the end of the game they would win, otherwise the Tyranids would claim victory

The army lists were 1500 points and mine was Imperial Guard with Inquisitor Allies (all modelled as heretics of course!):

Guard Units including gear and explanation of the extensive conversions (no pictures):

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Cast

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Deployment & Scenario Rules

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Turn 1

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Turn 2

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Turn 3

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Turn 4

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Turn 5+

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Analysis

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**Slaanesh-Devotee**

I really liked this way of presenting your report, good job. I'm enjoying trying out new missions and thought this Black Legion last stand style mission was more even than I would expect. Do you think it was fair?

**wtnind**

Slaanesh-Devotee wrote:
I really liked this way of presenting your report, good job. I'm enjoying trying out new missions and thought this Black Legion last stand style mission was more even than I would expect. Do you think it was fair?

Hard to say, I definitely felt that it was an uphill struggle with everything just coming straight back from the dead (often within firing range of my units), it also meant there were things that it just weren't worth shooting at (Tyranofex / Hive Tyrant). A larger board would have been better since I could have spaced out a bit more (the Black Legion mission allows for a 12" sphere of deployment from the center but I was limited to around ~8" because otherwise there would be nowhere outside of 12" for the Tyranids to deploy! It did turn into a pretty close game though and it was incredibly cinematic seeing the board flooded and the defenders dwindling.

My list was pretty cheesy compared to the Tyranids so that helped but I was also hindered by the chimera chassis with it's AV10 when not facing opponents. Overall I would say the mission is fair but probably only if it goes to turn 5/6, I can't imagine anyone surviving 7 turns against a full army. It also favours ranged attackers rather than melee since the reserve units are still fighting at full capacity if they are shooty but if they are fighty then they have to wait a round to get into it.

**tetsuo666**

Very hard scenario for the poor defender. I think 12ps between attacker and defender for the deployment is too small.

Thanks for this excellent report !

**herpguy**

Awesome batrep! I really enjoyed it and love the models!

**Zach**

Haha awesome, very entertaining.

**WrentheFaceless**

Great batrep!

**LeadLegion**

Loved the comic strip format. Great looking armies too. I want to see more of these.

**bRianStorm**

Great report, awesome captions, really made it an enjoyable read! gj!

**Hammernator**

Hahaha, I was actually reading out loud all the comments in an impression of the unreal tournament commentator.

I want more!

On a side note: I feel like #ignored should be changed to #aintnobodygottimeforthat

**Solosam47**

Really Awesome army! Love what you did there with the inq and ig

**wtnind**

Thanks for the positive comments, for those who are asking for more (and I certainly plan doing more), I did a couple of 3 way game reports in this format last year although they are less polished, especially the first one I did (bottom) which features quite a lot of unpainted models on opponents team.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/552546.page

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/549366.page

**Polythemus**

awesome batreps. Kudos on some great modeling and willingness to report on a scenario with a a little imagination. I think you did a great job here.

**tau tse tung**

"The vendetta (personal transport of chef's)" dunno why but i cracked up that, i think deep down we all want a personal vendetta to ride around on!

**kestral**

Love to see those old Warzone plastics put to good use. Great armies, great report!

**Widowsbane**

Two great looking armies...I mean the tratior guard are a true sight to behold with every model so much fun...thanks for the great report!!...the annotations had me rolling and really rooting for Chef...next time maybe he should stay in his ride once he surveyed the battlefield....lol...thanks so much...