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Hey,

A friend of mine came over to spend the evening. Eventually we decided to have a small game and thus we played Combat Patrol. Since my friend forgot his army, he could borrow my IG army. I have the feeling that both lists are slightly tailored against each other so that is fair I guess. Perhaps a soundtrack for the battle? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOCe2Y7iVF8

We had a couple of different rules:
No model may be more then 100 points and no unit may be more then 200 points. Besides that we had the usual Combat Patrol rules.

HQ
Priest: 60
Eviscator

ELITE

Marbo: 65

TROOPS

PCS: 30

IS: 115
Commissar, PW x 2, melta
IS: 70
PW, meltagun

FAST ATTACK

Rough Rider: 60
Meltabombs


TROOPS

PCS: 35
Vox

IS: 105
Commissar, vox, AC, flamer
IS: 65
AC, flamer

SWS: 90
Chimera

SWS: 90
Chimera



Deployment:
I deployed first and my opponent second. My opponent failed to seize the iniative.
When we started the field looked like this...


I got the first turn and decided to use the avaible cover to hide.


My friend moves his SWS and opens fire on my army with the others, killing 3 of my Guardsmen.


I decide to ignore the casualties and keep moving forward. The Rough Riders destroy a weapon on the SWS.


My opponent disembarks and kills 3 Rough Riders, forcing them to retreat. Besides that he kills 4 more IG.


Marbo arrives! He throws his democharge and kills 8 IG. Forcing them to do a LD-check.
Now here comes the risky part of my plan. I wanted to fire with the meltaguns on one tank and then assault the other tank. I hoped to destroy one of them.
Too bad the meltaguns failed to hurt the tank and the charge stopped at 2''.


My opponent moves in for the kill and destroys my blob squad.
We decided to end the game since he had to go home and I couldn't win with what I had left.
He wins this game.


Thoughts after the game:
It feels weird to be beaten by your own army list and by your own miniatures, by an opponent that usually doesn't play IG...
Still I had an hour of fun so it's worth it.
And I need to work on my armylist.

Combat patrol is very much reliant on good dice rolling. What it looked like to me is that two unlucky rolls screwed you over. Try playing a best out of three match next time. Reduces the reliance on good rolling. Good bat rep.

I like how you made the paper gameboard so you could draw the movements. Good job.

Nice Report. I didn't think Special Weapon Squads could take Chimeras. Will have to double check that when I get home.

How were the SWS equipped? IIRC, it's mandatory to give them weapons...

Nice & quick batrep, though!

Was it mandatory to give Special Weapons Squads weapons? Will have to check that one when I get home too. I just remember them not being able to take Chimeras so I haven't taken any.

Kirika wrote:Was it mandatory to give Special Weapons Squads weapons? Will have to check that one when I get home too. I just remember them not being able to take Chimeras so I haven't taken any.

For my (French) IG Codex, SWS (35 points) have :
- cannot have Dedicated Transport ;
- 3 guardsmen MUST choose one of the following weapons : flamer / GL / sniper for +5 ; melta for +10 ; plasma for +15 ; demo charge + 20 ; so a minimum of 50 points per squad.

Whereas HWS already come with Mortars, so you can leave them as is, for 60 points.

Indeed, you must take a weapon.
I just ran them bare, to provide a meatshield for the blob squads.
(Didn't know it wasn't allowed, I threw this list together in 1 minute.)
My friend asked if it was possible to use the Chimera's.

For as far as I know the SWS could still be in a Chimera.
The Chimera could also be used for the Infantry squads.
Then the SWS would board it. (That is possible?)

Yggdrasil wrote:

Kirika wrote:Was it mandatory to give Special Weapons Squads weapons? Will have to check that one when I get home too. I just remember them not being able to take Chimeras so I haven't taken any.

For my (French) IG Codex, SWS (35 points) have :
- cannot have Dedicated Transport ;
- 3 guardsmen MUST choose one of the following weapons : flamer / GL / sniper for +5 ; melta for +10 ; plasma for +15 ; demo charge + 20 ; so a minimum of 50 points per squad.

Whereas HWS already come with Mortars, so you can leave them as is, for 60 points.

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But SWS get free flamers if not replaced

AFAIK (but that's not much, I'm a bit rusty), you can buy the Chimeras for the 2 Infantry Squads, and then embark the SWS, BUT not during deployment.
That is, you (your friend) should have deployed 2x IS on foot, 2x Chimera (empty), and 2x SWS on foot. On first turn, the SWS can embark in the IS Chimera.

I hope :
- that I'm correct;
- that I made myself clear enough.

Still, it was a friendly game, so there's no reason why you couldn't allow it anyway uh...

Ok, I'll keep it in mind.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Merci beaucoup