Emperor’s Children:
Fabius Bile – Warlord (Soul Blaze)
Chaos Lord – Marked by Slaanesh, Powersword, Sigil of Corruption, Gift of Mutation (+1 S on gun)
Chaos Lord – Marked by Slaanesh, Terminator Armour with Poweraxe, Gift of Mutation (Adamantium Will)
1 Allied Herald of Slaanesh – Locus of Beguilement, Lesser Gift (Etherblade), Greater Gift (Hellfire Gaze)
10 Chaos Marines – CCWs, Marked by Slaanesh, 1 Plasma Pistol, Icon of Excess, Champ with Powersword, Rhino, Enhanced by Bile
9 Chaos Marines – CCWs, Marked by Slaanesh, Flamer, Rhino
12 Chaos Marines – Bolters, 2 Plasmaguns
14 Noisemarines – Bolters, 6 Sonicblasters, 2 Blastmasters, Icon of Excess, Champ with Doomsiren
20 Allied Daemonettes – Alluress, Rapturous Standard
8 Chosen – CCWs, 2 Poweraxes, 1 Powerfist, 1 Plasma Pistol, Rhino
Helbrute – Plasma Cannon, Powerscourge
5 Terminators – 2 Poweraxes, 2 Powermauls, 1 Reaper Cannon and Poweraxe
3 Obliterators
12 Havocs – Bolters, Marked by Slaanesh, 3 Missile Launchers with Flakk Missiles, 1 Lascannon, Champ with Combibolter, Icon of Excess
Allied Soulgrinder – Daemon of Slaanesh, Phlegm Bombardment




Black Legion:
Abaddon the Despoiler – Warlord
Level 3 Sorceror – Marked by Tzeentch, Veteran of the Long War, Sigil of Corruption, Spell Familiar, Last Memory, Staff of Someone (Tzeentch’s Firestorm, Invisibility, Puppet Master, Last Memory)
20 Chaos Marines – Veterans of the Long War, 2 Meltaguns, Icon of Vengence, Meltabombs
20 Cultists – 2 Flamers
20 Cultists – 2 Flamers
10 Chosen – Veterans of the Long War , 4 Plasmaguns, Icon of Vengence, Champ with Gift of Mutation (Icy Aura), Rhino with Dirgecaster
20 Berserkers - Veterans of the Long War, Icon of Wrath, Champ with Gift of Mutation (Shred)
4 Terminators - Veterans of the Long War, Marked by Khorne, 1 Chainfist, 2 Combimeltas, Heavy Flamer, Landraider with Dirgecaster
Heldrake with Baleflamer
3 Obliterators - Veterans of the Long War, Marked by Nurgle
Vindicator – Seige Shield, Havoc Launcher, Combibolter, Possessed
Defiler – Heavy Bolters

The Emperor’s Children deployed in the centre of the table first, trying to aim every way and hoping for the best. The Black Legion deployed pretty much at either end of the board. It was fairly clear that the only chance of survival was to get away from one part of the Black Legion and engage the other, hopefully without completely destroying a squad and allowing it to return to the board.

Black Legion attempt to seize but fail.

The flamer CCW Marines with Bile and Bile’s Enhanced Marines both ride their Rhinos south, hoping to get around the terrain and engage the units of Cultists by the Defiler. The Chaos Lord with the Chosen goes charging for the Vindicator. All three blow smoke and send prayers to She Who Thirsts. The Obliterators lay waste to every single Cultist they are able to see, leaving only a few standing out of sight. The Helbrute attempts to join this fun but drops his plasma shot a pitiful distance in front of himself…



Due to the supremely close deployment for this mission, Abbadon’s Landraider races up and promptly drops Terminator armoured death right in front of the Noisemarines. On the East, everything moves closer. The Nurglitch Obliterators explode the Helbrute, and the resulting explosion knocks 1 wound from my own Obliterators. The Vindicator ratchets its gun skywards and launches a shell into the ruined tower occupied by my Havocs, killing the Lascannon and, critically, the Icon of Excess. Abaddon charges the Noisemarines and, despite a shockingly large amount of shots pouring out of them, he and his bodyguard take not a single wound from Overwatch! He challenges my Champion, slaughters him, and gains Hammer of Wrath. Then he wonders why he didn’t allow his Terminator Champion to make the Challenge and instead slaughter Noisemarines, because most of my unit is still standing at the end of this turn.

My Chosen jump out of their Rhino, keeping it between them and the Vindicator nearby. I try to use my Lord’s extra strength bolt pistol and the unit’s plasma pistol to damage the Vindicator but no luck. My daemons arrive and drop behind the Chosen and Cultists in the North East. My Obliterators fire Plasmacannons and the enemy Obliterators, which does nothing at all, so I throw caution to the winds and declare a charge. I kill one in combat, and he instagibs two. But we remain in combat, keeping his guns from use next turn. Abaddon gets attacked by Drachnyen in this round, and the Terminators whiff badly, keeping my Noisemarines hanging in for another turn. Bile and his unit unload on the Cultists in front of him, clearing them away thoroughly.



The Heldrake DOESN’T arrive, to my huge relief. The Defiler closes in on Bile’s unit. The Chosen and Cultists all fire at my Daemons, halving their numbers easily. The Landraider trundles forward and blasts a Lascannon into the rear of my Soulgrinder, blowing it up handily. Between the Vindicator and the Plasmagun wielding Chaos Marines, my Chosen squad and Lord are whittled down to jus the Lord with 1 wound, and no Rhino to shield him… In combat, both the Obliterators and Noisemarines keep on slugging away.

My Terminators arrive and Deep Strike into the centre of the board, hoping to reinforce one of the other squads, or possibly climb the three level ruins and protect the remaining Havocs. They scatter dangerously close to undeployable terrain, but just manage to fit. The Havocs blow up the Vindicator, one turn too late. The Daemonettes charge the Cultists and mulch them into a fine red mist. Took a Hull Point from the Defiler with the havocs. I think I took one Hull Point every turn only for him to regenerate it the next turn… Abaddon finished off the Noisemarines.



The Heldrake arrived, Vector Striking the Rhino carrying my Bile Enhanced troops and Baleflaming the top level of Havocs. Luckily, the Vector Strike isn’t enough. It takes the Landradier and both Terminator Combimeltas to blow it open. To my terror, the Vindicator and Cultists both come back, choosing to enter the board between my Plasmagun Marines and the Berserkers, who have been slowly closing on my for the last few turns. The Chosen unleash plasma hell on the Daemonettes, only to roll four 1s for Gets Hot, killing two! The Landraider’s Dirgecaster denied my OVerwatch on the charging Terminators, Abaddon rolled the full 6 extra attacks with Drachnyen and by the time the dust cleared my squad had been reduced from 10 to 2 men. But they were sticking around! The Berserkers attempted to charge my Plasma Marines, but failed an 8” charge by rolling two 2s and then two more 2s. We felt this was somehow a curse from Khorne himself.

My Terminator Lord, standing on his own after the Obliterators wiped out his bodyguard, charges them in turn. The ensuing combat finished off the Obliterators, but my Lord fell at the same time. The Defiler, having slowly whittled down Bile’s squad over the last few turns, finally killed Bile in combat and moved closer to the immobilised Rhino sitting nearby. We weren’t sure if it had to be completely destroyed or not, but MarsNZ decided he would try to rip it apart, just to be sure.



The Obliterators come back on, right next to the Berserkers. By now, there’s only two of my squads left and I have to make it through Turn Five and then roll to end the game while there’s still something on the board. I’m not feeling confident any more. Abaddon leads his Terminators up the ruins and kill the remaining Havocs. The Landraider blows up the immobilised Rhino. The Cultists and Obliterators shoot the last of my Marines.

Black Legion Win.