Good reading & upcoming tournament events
Nice arrival in my mailbox at work today two packages from the Book Depository which are going to provide some fantastic reading over the next fortnight or so.
Nice arrival in my mailbox at work today two packages from the Book Depository which are going to provide some fantastic reading over the next fortnight or so.
The first game of the campaign proved to be brief, bloody and ultimately very one-sided. Blood Angels: Mephiston Lord of Death 6 Assault Terminators – 2 w/ LC, 4 w/ TH & SS 5 Assault Terminators – 1 w/ LC 4 w/ TH & SS Space Wolves Terminators Hauk Greyfell – w/ WC & SS 3 Wolf Guard – 1 w/ Combi-Melta & PW, 1 w/ Combi-Flamer & PW, 1 w/ SB & PF 3 Wolf Guard – 1 w/ Combi-Melta & PW, 1 w/ Combi-Flamer & PW, 1 w/ SB & PF 4 Wolf Guard – 1 w/ Combi-Melta & PW, 1 w/ Combi-Flamer & PW, 2 w/ SB & PW 5 Wolf Guard – 1 w/ Heavy Flamer & PW, 1 w/ Combi-Melta & PW, 1 w/ SB & PF, 2 w/ SB & PW Deployment Hauk Greyfell and 3 Wolf Guard deployed close to the bridge and the squad of 5 Wolf Guard deployed ready to enter the board in their first turn. The two Blood Angels Terminator squads deployed ready to use the entry points closest to the bridge and Mephiston chose the remaining entry point furthest from the Bridge. Blood Angels Turn 1 Mephiston used his Wings of Sanguinius psychic power to quickly make his way on to the board and towards the closest room which contained an objective. He paused at the bulkhead ready to break through this in the assault phase. The two Terminator squads moved up to the first bulkheads blocking their route through the ship. In the assault phase Mephiston tore through the bulkhead and burst into the room containing one of the key objectives. The Blood Angels Terminators at the top of the board couldn’t break through the bulkhead barring their way but the squad at the bottom of the board broke through, their Thunder Hammers making short work of the obstacle. Space Wolves Turn 1 Hauk Greyfell and his bodyguard moved as fast as they could towards the Blood Angels pouring onto the board from the entrance beneath the Bridge but only managed to run a short distance in the shooting phase
Another practice match for Panzershrek with my and Jerry’s combined Fortress Europe Fallschirmjager/Tiger company up against a similar British Para/Guards Armoured force. From memory the British forces included: 2 Sherman Platoons w. 2 Fireflys each 1 Platoon 17 pdr AT 1 Platoon 6 pdr AT 1 Platoon Air droppable tanks 1 Platoon 25 pdr Artillery 2 Platoons Para Infantry We used a the larger table set up that will be the norm at Panzershrek standard width across but length wise it adds an extra 12″ or 18″ can’t remember which. Scenario was the standard Free for All with Fair Fight and Mobile Battle rules, the British deploying first and us moving first. The Battlefield from the German right flank. All of the objectives were toward the centre left side of the board. The forests on the left hand side created a lot of non-LOS areas for the British AT guns, but also bottlenecks through which armour would have to advance. FJ Platoon and Mortars go down next to the first objective. FJ Artillery set up across the river (offered concealment to everything except tanks and was only passable via the bridge) to provide cover. From here they could reach the entire board.
