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This is my first batrep so I hope you enjoy it.

700pts of Marines VS Tau, using all our new buildings and working out how best to use them in a game.

Purge the Alien
Hammer and Anvil Deployment
4 turns (would have been 5 but was getting late and we both have kids!)

Army lists -


We are using the famous planet of Dining Room Table and it's capital city 'Why can't you roll those dice quietly, I am watching Eastenders says the wife' (!)

Table layout -



Rules for the buildings -

Do not count as ruins (no difficult test except climbing up to second floors
4 + Save
LOS can travel through several windows across table
Marines, Scouts, Firewarriors etc can move through windows, larger units, Stealthsuits or Terms etc have to go around as there are no doors.


Marines roll to go first, traits where useless and I don't remember them!
I deployed with the worry he would steal the initiative, it has happened before!

Deployment -



Turn One Marines.



Turn 1 Tau



Marines turn 2



Tau Turn 2



Marines Turn 3



Tau Turn 3



Marine Turn 4



Tau Turn 4



Result -



All in all a good game, I wish I had taken a Missile launcher instead of the Heavy Bolter and a Cyclone on the Terminators, some Frag missiles on that tightly packed Fireblade and his squad might have turned the game, but you live and learn.

Hope you enjoyed this, we play weekly the Tau army is quickly growing to match my 1500 points so expect bigger battles!

Fun little report. Just a comment on the Terminators; you seemed to be worrying about giving them cover, but I don't know if the Tau could actually get through their armour. I'd have reversed the positions, with the Terminators going in front of the Tacticals. That way you get to soak shots on your 2+ armour save.

Unfortunately it seems like you were forced into playing the Tau at their own game - they wanted to trade shots at mid range, with that kind of list.

I was worried about getting the termies into rapid fire range of his two rail rifles (AP1) so kept them behind cover, the 6+ on the tank trap saved them twice!!

Really I should have dropped my scouts up front with a becon and deep struck them. But you live and learn. Will play again next week and try with a second tac team and rhino in lieu of.l terminatiors


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My big loss was the storm though. Had I got it another 12" and ipened up with the heavy flamer I could have made a real dent and then got the scouts moving into assault a lot sooner.

 throwoff wrote:
I was worried about getting the termies into rapid fire range of his two rail rifles (AP1) so kept them behind cover, the 6+ on the tank trap saved them twice!!

Really I should have dropped my scouts up front with a becon and deep struck them. But you live and learn. Will play again next week and try with a second tac team and rhino in lieu of.l terminatiors


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My big loss was the storm though. Had I got it another 12" and ipened up with the heavy flamer I could have made a real dent and then got the scouts moving into assault a lot sooner.

6+? Why not take the 5++ from the armor? I would rather risk Termies against Rail rifles than standard marines since the Termies will still get their invul.