tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post1125992292742292085..comments2024-03-25T20:55:48.523+00:00Comments on Didcot Wargames Club: Blog Wars Battle Report Game 2- NecronsMike (Didcot Wargames Club)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-35236084297136696002015-06-15T18:31:10.326+01:002015-06-15T18:31:10.326+01:00Orks were my favourite too and I feel they knacker...Orks were my favourite too and I feel they knackered it as a competitive army. I'm not saying that you couldn't give alot of armies a close game but if u came up against eldar necrons or knights it would be a real struggle. I'm a game player rather than modeller and trust me I've scoured the codexes for even a sniff of a competitive build and I can find anything at all . I've considered taking my orks to the next one but I'm fearful of what might happen? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937515411618834127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-34853072530982673882015-06-15T16:38:42.748+01:002015-06-15T16:38:42.748+01:00I thought about taking my guard for the next blog ...I thought about taking my guard for the next blog wars, but as a primarily infantry based army, I think it would struggle in the maelstrom and relic missions. I simply don't have the mobility to grab far away objectives without sacrificing a lot of firepower. <br /><br />Orks used to be my favourite army to play, I loved the old codex, some really interesting units but not too overpowered. I dislike the new codex, mostly because of the new mob rule. Was it really so overpowered that it had to go the opposite way and become a disadvantage? <br /><br />I heard some good advice about Orks online, but unless you want to run powerclaw Grotsnik Green tide, Mega Nobz scouting battlewagons or spammed tank bustas in trukks, there are not too many competitive builds (if these are even competitive). Forget trying to run a balanced army with a focus on combat. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-51632267339611821442015-06-15T14:48:40.068+01:002015-06-15T14:48:40.068+01:00My orks have been packed away for a while as well ...My orks have been packed away for a while as well I scoured the 2 ork codexes for a glimmer of hope but like u found them to be very poor . The other problem I have is I think both ork and ig are both horde armies and this slows things down alot especially at tournaments as we found we never finished our game and my mate Dave didn't get over turn 3 in his last 2 games . I knew he'd struggle cos when we play we start at 7 and play often until 1 in morning lol Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937515411618834127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-73212509507945188912015-06-15T13:41:21.208+01:002015-06-15T13:41:21.208+01:00Its definatley better when games are closer I thin...Its definatley better when games are closer I think maybe the decurion is the perfect opposition to Eldar. In my opinion the Eldar army and necron army are a cut above the rest of the codexes in 40 k. All my games where a bit monotonous and its no real fun if its all one way or the other. For me it's all about fun and its no fun either getting tabled or tabling ur opponent. I will defo take either orks or astra militarum to my next tournament but my worry is my games may end up just as unbalanced as again in my opinion orks and ig are two of the weaker codexes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937515411618834127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-18688088600101900122015-06-15T08:42:10.260+01:002015-06-15T08:42:10.260+01:00Thanks Ben, it was certainly one of the toughest g...Thanks Ben, it was certainly one of the toughest games I have played in a while. <br />I've heard a lot of Decurion and Eldar players say how boring their games can be, when they are just crushing the enemy army with little to no resistance. Its one of the reasons my Orks have not seen the field in a long time. My most regular opponent plays Eldar (started before the last two codices) and all of our games are over by turn 2 with neither of us having much fun. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-61635865940329988862015-06-15T00:11:40.336+01:002015-06-15T00:11:40.336+01:00Thanks very much Michael for the game I have to sa...Thanks very much Michael for the game I have to say ur white scars are very well painted and looked great on the display board . Our game was all one sided and basically I felt I was robbed but u played to the end and I didn't . U taught me a lesson in 40 k play hard to the end despite what's gone on before. I failed abysmally to secure the objectives properly basically because I never thought for one minute u where going to contest any except the central one . The necron decurion is hard to play against and to be honest I found it a bit boring so I plan to swop to ig soon thanks for the lessonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937515411618834127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-63350911060464878632015-06-11T09:12:09.773+01:002015-06-11T09:12:09.773+01:00Cheers NafNaf! Cheers NafNaf! Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-27815587916466575692015-06-10T22:47:15.002+01:002015-06-10T22:47:15.002+01:00Well played good sir. Necrons are incredibly tough...Well played good sir. Necrons are incredibly tough and I find it really frustrating to play against them too. You showed alot of skill in getting a victory from the jaws of defeat, so dont feel bad about your win, it was deserved :).NafNafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788927908701998169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-31989996468459594062015-06-10T21:56:30.133+01:002015-06-10T21:56:30.133+01:00Thanks Dave! It can be all too easy to get caught ...Thanks Dave! It can be all too easy to get caught up in the game, just killing your opponent and forgetting about the objectives. Fortunately, I wasn't able to really able to hurt his army, so had to focus on the objectives. <br />Despite the end result, the game was really one sided. There were people wandering around watching the various games and they kept stopping at the table, seeing what was unfolding and giving me looks of pity. I must have looked so miserable as my army was slowly decimated :) I almost gave up a few times, but knowing that the Decurion was not objective secured gave me a sliver of hope to keep playing. I'm glad I did in the end. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-53007882902648734802015-06-10T21:48:54.490+01:002015-06-10T21:48:54.490+01:00In all the games I've ever had against Ben I h...In all the games I've ever had against Ben I have NEVER beaten his Necrons! The only way I managed a win was when another friend used them and he hadn't been playing long. So I think if you managed to snatch a win with just a few models left then that's a major victory. <br /><br />I always say play the mission, it may feel like a pyrrhic victory but the whole point of the game was to secure those objectives at all costs and your White Scars sold their lives doing just that. Given you made the decisions to outmanoeuvre him to get the objectives then that's some serious tactical acumen so I'd feel rightly proud, hopefully one day I'll manage it!40kaddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763647828123242837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-38308154911536435842015-06-10T17:16:44.733+01:002015-06-10T17:16:44.733+01:00Thanks, I felt extremely jammy! I did not expect t...Thanks, I felt extremely jammy! I did not expect the bikers and Khan to survive the Flayed ones. The amount of attack they put out was unbelievable (plus the shred re-rolls). Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-11069264418005386472015-06-10T17:11:05.656+01:002015-06-10T17:11:05.656+01:00you jammy genius well played just to prove what a ...you jammy genius well played just to prove what a difference mobility and obsec makes and I feel for you about the necrons durability its just silly how u only killed two units one of which was small and the other was swept look forward to the rest of the reportsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-38939809357026976002015-06-10T11:18:09.464+01:002015-06-10T11:18:09.464+01:00This was the only game to finish on turn 5. Both m...This was the only game to finish on turn 5. Both my other games got 6 turns in. I thought the game length was decent, but then again I wasn't playing a horde army and neither were my opponents (unless you count these Necrons ;) )Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-87239707927669154332015-06-10T11:15:39.671+01:002015-06-10T11:15:39.671+01:00I only managed to 'finish' game 1, though ...I only managed to 'finish' game 1, though games 2 and 3 we played 5 turns - I do wonder if in future it might be a good idea for Alex to limit the games to 5 turns, it'd be particularly hard for guard and other horde armies I would think, especially with all their potential shooting.Triple Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002702481127525157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-54536649149437116542015-06-10T11:13:34.418+01:002015-06-10T11:13:34.418+01:00I tend to find that good rolling like that rarely ...I tend to find that good rolling like that rarely lasts the whole game, you were probably due a bit of good fortune!Triple Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002702481127525157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-21878676556261812962015-06-10T10:49:42.699+01:002015-06-10T10:49:42.699+01:00Thanks Marc. I did feel a little bad for my oppone...Thanks Marc. I did feel a little bad for my opponent. We ran out of time, one more turn and I would have been table 30-0 (if we had rolled to play another turn). I don't think it was slow playing, my turns lasted no time at all as I had very little left and was doing little to no shooting!Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-39065497395845276272015-06-10T10:47:55.844+01:002015-06-10T10:47:55.844+01:00I think I got incredibly lucky. I was expecting th...I think I got incredibly lucky. I was expecting the flayed ones to wipe out both units of bikes and Khan, but for once, my opponent was not rolling amazingly and Khan and the bikers managed to survive to grab the objectives. <br /><br />I was simply amazed at how much punishment the Necrons could take. The situation seemed pretty hopeless after the first turn, so I wasn't enjoying the game that much, even though I managed to win. There was very little I could do to the enemy army while he was demolishing mine throughout most of the game. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-17600772771114106362015-06-10T10:44:54.811+01:002015-06-10T10:44:54.811+01:00Brilliant! This is a textbook example of playing t...Brilliant! This is a textbook example of playing the objective to secure a win in the face of impossible odds.Marc van Holsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06111807836610358784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-86387740849013803422015-06-10T10:30:20.935+01:002015-06-10T10:30:20.935+01:00Just goes to show what keeping your eye on the obj...Just goes to show what keeping your eye on the objectives can do - similar to my second game where I snuck a win because Urien Rakarth had objective secured, taking the central objective from a full unit of warp spiders.<br /><br />Congrats - these kind of wins are the ones i enjoy the most i find, knowing you played to the mission better than your opponent (my first big win under the old DE codex was a kill points game where I hid for most of the time, just picking off the drop pod units in my deployment zone and avoiding everything else.Triple Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002702481127525157noreply@blogger.com