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2017/09/06 20:18:48
Subject: [Pics]2k Orks Vs Space Marines: Tourney for Two Final Round. NOVA Missions
Overview, Lists, and Round 1 can be found Here Round 2 Here Round 3 Here
Mission NOVA Hordes and Heroes
Orks choose Primary Mission 2 (Destroy more points, 50% points levels, progressive objective capture)
Secondaries: Linebreaker, Slay the Warlord, Marked for Death
Marines choose Primary Mission 1 (Destory more Units, 50% of Units, more objectives at end of game)
Secondaries: First Blood, Cull the Hordes, Big Game Hunter
Deployment
Spoiler:
Overview
Marines
Orks
Initial Thoughts
Spoiler:
Well if the last two games are any indicator, killing lots of models isn't much of an issue for either army (moreso the Marines). Marines can afford to sit back, so Orks will have to bring the fight to them
Marines win the roll, choose to go first. Orks fail to seize.
Turn 1 Marines
Spoiler:
Movement:
Fliers move along the edge to get some Boyz (and get away from the Stormboyz)
Ironclad and Tacs shuffle up a bit towards the objective.
Razorback moves away from the Stormboyz
Shooting:
Fliers and LSS only manage a relatively lackluster 14 Boyz
Plasma cannons go plink
Ven Dread and both TFCs unload on a Stormboyz unit
No Charge/Fight. Stormboyz autopass morale due to Zagstruk and Boyz make their roll
Turn 1 Orks
Spoiler:
Movement:
Boyz move up.
Stormboyz move...back???
Shot up Stormboyz and Zaggy move up and out of sight of Ven Dread and the left Razorback
Bikes go up towards the edge
Psychic:
Raven gets smote for 3W.
Stormboyz Jump
Shooting:
Lootas put 2W on the Raven
Charge: Jumped Stormboyz fail their charge 1 dies to OW.
Board State at end of Turn 1
Turn 2 Marines
Spoiler:
Movement:
LSS moves back, Razorback moves up to get in range of the Stormboyz, Raven gets right up in their face.
Talon moves up to deal with those Lootas.
Shooting:
Razorback and Raven finish off the Stormboyz, leaving poor Zaggy all alone. Marines earn FIRST BLOOD
Talon only manages a paltry 3 Loota kills
Both TFC unload on Zagstruk. The first one whiffs, the second puts three wounds on him. However...
A plasma cannon would rain on his parade and put 2W on him. Ven Dread kills 2 entire Boyz.
No Charge/Fight. Lootas pass morale
Marines earn 2 Secondary Points and 1 Tertiary
Turn 2 Orks
Spoiler:
Movement:
Boyz keep on keeping on
Bikes ain't skeered
Zagstruk looking for some vengeance
Psychic:
Rockers smite the Talon for 3W.
Stormboyz Jump (again)
Shooting: Lootas use 1CP to reroll amount of shots from 1 to 3 woohoo! They put 2W on the Talon. Boohoo. Stormboyz actually put a wound on the Raven.
Charge:
Stormboyz fail to charge (again). Raven manages 7 OW hits, but fails to wound!
Bikes charge in, Bike Boss takes 1W
Zagstruk has to go in solo, he takes 1W.
Fight:
Bikes handily clear out the Tacticals
Zaggy puts 3W on the Stormraven.
Orks score 1 Primary and 1 Tertiary point
Current Score:
SM: 3
Orks: 2
Turn 3 Marines
Spoiler:
Movement:
"Sir, there's a large horde of Orks coming right for us." "Put the new guys in front."
Assault cannon sandwich
Shooting:
Scouts, LSS, and Razorback kill 7 Boyz. TFCs kill 5 more
Two other Razorbacks and Ven Dread drop 18 Stormboyz
Both fliers clear out all 10 ammo runts from the Nob squad.
Fight:
Ironclad grabs Zhad's bike and beats him to death with it. He takes 3W from the Bike Boss.
Morale:
Stormboyz use 2CP to autopass. Boyz run giving Marines CULL THE HORDES
Marines earn 2 Secondary and 1 Tertiary point
Turn 3 Orks
Spoiler:
Movement:
Zaggy moves up, not sure which target is more tempting. (Kommandos will come in behind him at the end of the phase)
Stormboyz hop over the Razorback.
Bike Boss falls back. Kommandos would come in to surround him.
Boyz being Boyz
Psychic:
Smite the Raven for 3W after 1CP reroll
Boyz Jump a bit
Shooting:
Kommandos kill a Tac marine *flex*
Charge:
Boyz fail their charge, 2 die to OW.
Kommandos make the charge on the Tacticals so Zaggy goes for the LSS
Stormboyz charge a Razorback
Fight:
Kommandos kill 1 Tac, Zaggy puts 1W on the LSS, Stormboyz put 2W on the Razorback. Oof.
Orks score 1 Primary point
Board State at end of Turn 3
Current Score:
SM: 6
Orks: 3
Turn 4 Marines
Spoiler:
Movement:
Scouts move up, LSS goes around
Ironclad chases after Biker Boss
Raven is sent to time out in the corner
Shooting:
Raven kills 2 Nobs
Ironclad clears out the Kommandos so Talon can shoot up Bike Boss, leaving him with 1W left.
Fight:
Ironclad splats Bike Boss easily. Scouts kill 2 Boyz, 2 Scouts die. Stormboyz put 3 more wounds on the Razorback
Morale:
4 Grots run, leaving 1. Boyz use 2CP to autopass.
Marines score 1 Tertiary point.
Turn 4 Orks
Spoiler:
Movement:
Zaggy pops into the woods to say hello.
"Save me you runty git!"
Psychic:
Rockers smite the Raven D E D ded. Other Weirdboy smites the LSS for 3W
Shooting: Lootas finish off the LSS, leaving one happy Grot.
Charge:
Zaggy charges in.
Fight:
Zaggy kills the LT.
Scouts use 2CP to interrupt, killing 3 Boyz and paying for their rudeness.
Kommands and Tacs go 1 for 1
Stormboyz chip the paint off the Razorback for 1W.
Morale:
2 Boyz run.
Orks score 1 Tertiary point.
Board state at end of Turn 4
Current Score:
SM: 7
Orks: 4
Turn 5 Marines
Spoiler:
Movement:
Stormtalon hovers.
Falling Back
Falling Back
Falling forward
Shooting:
Razorback kills the Boyz off
Stormtalon kills 1 Nob and wounds another. TFC kills of the Kommandos. Zagstruk makes 5 saves against Ven Dread, and dies anyway
Charge/Fight: Stormboyz finish off the Razorback, which explodes and kills 2 of them.
Marines score 1 Tertiary point
Turn 5 Orks
Spoiler:
Movement:
5 vs 5 is fair
The Talon is hovering so Nobs make a break for it.
Psychic:
1W on the Razorback from Smite
Shooting:
Whiff
Charge/Fight:
Stormboyz charge the Tacs, killing 4 and losing 1
Nobs fail their charge and 1 dies to OW.
No points scored
Current Score:
SM: 8
Orks: 4
Does the game go on? Yes, yes it does.
Turn 6 Marines
Spoiler:
Movement:
What a lovely objective you have there Xenos scum.
Bike Captain bravely decides now is the right time to enter the fray.
Shooting:
Razorback and Talon clean house.
Charge/Fight:
Bike Captain and Tacs charge in and clear up the Stormboyz
Marines score 1 Tertiary point
Turn 6 Orks
Spoiler:
Not much left at this point. Nobs Jump
Shooting:
Lootas put 2W on the Talon
Charge/Fight:
Finally!
Nobs kill 2 Tacts, put 2W on Bike Captain. 1 Nob dies.
No points scored
Does the game stop? Why would the game stop?
Turn 7 Marines
Spoiler:
Captain and Sgt fall back
Razorback kills 3 Lootas, Talon splits fire killing 5 Grots and 0 Lootas
Ven Dread and TFCs kill off the Nobs. Marines earn BIG GAME HUNTER
Grots run away
Turn 7 Orks
Spoiler:
Rockers try to Jump the Lootas to an objective, but fail.
Lootas shoot at the Razorback but only do 2W.
Going out with a whimper the game ends.
Space Marines have accomplished all of their Primaries, Secondaries, AND Tertiaries!
Results
Spoiler:
Final Score Round 4:
SM: 19
Orks: 4
Final Overall Tournament Score:
SM: 44
Orks: 53
Victory for the Orks!
Afterword
Spoiler:
I guess I used up all my good charge rolls the first two games, yeesh. Barely in combat this match that's the safest place to be with all those asscans around. Marines played it smart and safe and just dominated the thing, even with a couple rounds of bad shooting.
This was our first time playing the NOVA missions and we both really like them. Being able to choose between primary objectives based off your army composition is great. Some armies really need progressive scoring to have a shot.
The added variety of secondaries was also appreciated, though we didn't experiment with those too much. It became fairly apparent early on which ones were easiest for our armies to pull off.
As far as list go, this was my first time using Zagstruk and he did much better than I expected. Helps keep the Boyz around and that 5+ FNP was gold. Wish my KFFs rolled like that. Lootas I knew weren't the best choice, but I wanted to try them out anyway. They did OK. If I was being really hardcore they would be more Weirdboyz instead. They did a great job putting consistent wounds on fliers when they weren't Jumping mobs around.
Marines, Stormraven was nuts, of course. TFC were good for the points, using the tremor ammo stratagem on Stormboyz would have been even better. Everything performed about as expected. Salamander CT was pretty handy even if this army can't utilize it as well as others. Ability to take objectives reliably was probably the main thing that was lacking.
2017/09/06 22:03:30
Subject: [Pics]2k Orks Vs Space Marines: Tourney for Two Final Round. NOVA Missions
This is really how terrain should be laid out in 8th. Plenty of LOS blocking terrain where you aren't going to be alpha struck off the map T1. Some may prefer a little less but I like the style on this.