tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post5328003825998451045..comments2024-02-25T22:09:04.930+00:00Comments on Didcot Wargames Club: Rapid Fire 2015- Game 3: White Scars vs EldarMike (Didcot Wargames Club)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-67593723298706649872015-11-04T10:03:13.842+00:002015-11-04T10:03:13.842+00:00Yeah, it was a very tough match up. After turn 1, ...Yeah, it was a very tough match up. After turn 1, I didn't feel like I had much hope of getting many points in the game, never mind a win. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-48265614417887439162015-11-04T09:42:10.781+00:002015-11-04T09:42:10.781+00:00Sounds like a very tough match up. I don't kno...Sounds like a very tough match up. I don't know that I'd of done any better against what seems like a really tight list! Unfortunately the way the rules are the cover save thing is correct I think. The swooping Hawks thing I don't know about ; it seems like a gw. Type rule thou :(Luke Darksun https://www.blogger.com/profile/14416275320673777382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-19985750431684977112015-11-03T03:52:19.177+00:002015-11-03T03:52:19.177+00:00Unless you play at that level at least semi-regula...Unless you play at that level at least semi-regularly, it's super easy to forget about stuff like that. Even as someone who does, it's way easier to point it out over the internets, from the comfort of my apartment, than to see it when I'm actually staring down a brutal list like that with the clock running and a hall full of other games going on around me.WestRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877289116827690457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-39651211373494956892015-11-02T16:59:40.435+00:002015-11-02T16:59:40.435+00:00I agree with all your points, I should have tried ...I agree with all your points, I should have tried the Relic shenanigans, I will try to remember for next time. <br /><br />In this game, I really think I wasted the Centurions and Command Squad. They died achieving very little. I should have focused them on the Relic and supported my other squads. <br /><br />That's a good tip with the Rhino, I never thought of that. Would have saved my unit (and possibly my mood). Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-13546581354218738692015-11-02T16:25:01.941+00:002015-11-02T16:25:01.941+00:00This is exactly the kind of game to pull out those...This is exactly the kind of game to pull out those Relic shenanigans I mentioned a while ago. Scout some Bikes onto it, with one just barely on and another behind it, pick it up and pass it back in your Movement Phase, while the rest of the Unit moves forward to take hits for the bearer. Then Turbo-Boost back 6" and you've got the thing in your DZ Turn 1. Invisibility on the Unit holding the Relic might have been a good call, too.<br /><br />Probably also would have been a good idea to bring the Cents in a bit more conservatively, moving them back from their Drop Pod so they were as close as possible to the 24" mark from the WraithKnight. Unless there was a modification in the Tournament Rules, the WK was entitled to a Cover Save there, just by being partially within the Base of the Ruin. Only Vehicles always require 25% coverage.<br /><br />The call on Swooping Hawks bombing your Storm Talon was super-sketchy, tho. Technically doesn't break any rules, but only because the rulebook is so vague on the topic.<br /><br />Finally, starting everything on the Board instead of Outflanking probably would have been better here, but if you do end up in this sort of situation again, keeping something cheap like that Rhino near a back corner (like an inch and a half away from the board edge on both sides) can guarantee you some room to come on if someone tries to block you like that.<br /><br />Bummer you had to go through one of those Games. If you're not ready for 'em, they're no fun.WestRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877289116827690457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-91587509569778164852015-11-02T12:54:23.262+00:002015-11-02T12:54:23.262+00:00Thanks again! It was an absolute mauling and not a...Thanks again! It was an absolute mauling and not a pleasant experience. <br /><br />I think spreading out and keeping stuff in reserve was my mistake. I should have focused on the Relic rather than try to take on the whole enemy army with only two units. I was hard to target the Warp Spiders, as every time I shot at them they could use their special move to get out of range or line of sight, so I was only getting one unit firing at a squad each turn. <br /><br />As for the Centurions, I did target the Wraithknight on the turn they arrived and caused a few wounds, but not enough to kill it. It then charged them next turn and wiped them out too easily (damn that Cullexus!)Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-20094448415101150232015-11-02T12:23:08.503+00:002015-11-02T12:23:08.503+00:00another good report.
wow you did take a bit of a ...another good report.<br /><br />wow you did take a bit of a beating this time!<br /><br />i think you were spread out too much and therefore couldn't saturate targets with enough firepower.<br /><br />you could have been bolder with the centurions and gone after the wraithknight. even in cover you could have got a few wounds on ittoonboy78https://www.blogger.com/profile/06032744373751739974noreply@blogger.com