White Scars Vs Astra Militarum 9/20/20 50 PL Crusade

White Scars VS Icthyos Rho VIII PDF

Lieutenant, Thunderfire Cannon, Rhino carrying two 5-man Tactical Squads, Assault Squad, Scout Squad, Scout Biker Squad, Terminator Squad.

Company Commander, Primaris Psyker, Commissar, Platoon Commander, two Chimeras each carrying an Infantry Squad, three more Infantry Squads, Heavy Weapons Squad, Leman Russ Punisher.

 

Incursion 4 - Recon Patrol

Deployment in table quarters, four objective points, secondary objective to reconnoiter each table quarter. This is an action any unit can begin first thing in the movement phase, completed at the end of the turn.

The mission requires at minimum half your number of units be deployed as Strategic Reserves (free of cost). To bring them into the game in the first or second rounds, each unit must roll a 4+.

Reserve units: 

Primaris Psyker, Platoon Commander, Commissar, two Chimeras and Infantry Squads

Rhino with Tactical Squads, Assault Squad, Lieutnant.

WS Agendas: Cull the Hordes, Assassins

PDF: Reaper, Sentinel

PDF get bonus 4 CP in Crusade Blessings

WS attacker, so PDF begin deployment

Deployments

Scouts on the other objective this side of the board. The terrain in a square arrangement in the middle is obscuring area terrain, so the Terminators could be shot, or shoot out into the Infantry Squad.

The Russ is deployed on top of an objective point with the Sentinel Agenda to be near it at the end of the game.

A thought occurred to me as I was mulling over deployment. Should we pretend the battlefield edges don’t exist for the purposes of large models being deployed? The battlefield sizes are minimums, after all. Why not just say the field is as big as necessary for your large model to be deployed  and still be able to act in the first turn?

WS get first turn

Devastator Doctrine

Scouts reconnoiter WS end, off side.

Terminators shift in the terrain for better cover.

Scout bikes advance up and pop 3 stratagems.

Lt. rolls 4+ to come in from reserves 1st round. He’s buffing scout bikers.

Terminators shoot and kill 2 Vostroyans

Suppression Fire on TFC.

1st Volley 5 Vostroyans die.

2nd Volley 1 autocannon team (of 3) dies.

Scout Bikes split fire shotguns into autocannon teams. kill 1. twin boltguns into Mordians kill 4.

Scout Bikes charge remaining autocannon team and Mordians.

autocannon team overwatches. nada.

charge roll snake eyes. reroll. success.

Scout bikers finish off autocannon teams and kill one more Mordian.

Mordians fight back, killing one Scout Biker.

Morale, Vostroyans use Insane Bravery. Mordians pass, Bikers pass.

 

PDF turn.

Command Squad Reconnoiters Deployment zone.

Vostroyans move up.

Steel Legion advance

Mordians Fall Back from Scout Bikers

Tank moves to target the bikers.

Chimera A, Commissar, Platoon Commander, Primaris Psyker in from reserve. Most near the Lt. to shoot him. Platoon Commander comes in near Steel Legion for orders.

Psyker Smites Lt. for 2.

Platoon Commander orders Steel Legion to move move move, they advance 12” further.

Company Commander orders Mordians to shoot after having fallen back, and to reroll wound rolls of 1.

Commander orders Vostroyans to reroll 1s to hit and wound.

Commander orders self to reroll 1s to hit.

Vostroyans fail to wound Scouts.

Commander fails to wound bikers.

Mordians fail to wound bikers.

Chimera shoots a wound of Lt.

Commissar blows up self with Plasma Pistol.

Psyker misses with laspistol.

Punisher Cannon 40 shots results in two wounds to bikers due to their -1 to hit and 3++ this turn. Multi-meltas and Lascannon also fail.

Lt Intervenes 6” (due to a battle honour) putting him much closer to the Psyker.

Biker Sgt passes Morale.

 

Round 2

WS score 15 VP hold, hold 2, hold more

Tac Doctrine in effect.

Biker Sgt Reconnoiters enemy deployment.

Terminators move close to Steel Legion.

Scouts also reposition to aim at Steel Legion.

Lt. advances 18” right up to Mordians and the tank.

Assault Squad in from reserves on a 4+. They have to set up in a weird spot with no LoS.

Scouts shoot and kill 1 Steel Legion.

Terminators shoot and kill the rest. Cull the Hordes agenda scored.

Lt. Flamers away the remaining Mordians.

TFC only gets 5 shots, scores 2 wounds on the Vostroyans, leaving only one left.

Lt. uses Fierce Rivalries for a 3D6 drop one charge. he needs 8” to reach Company Commander.

Commander Overwatches. nada.

Charge roll is a bust.

Assault Squad looking for an 11 to charge. nope.

Terminators 11 too. Score.

Terminators finish off Vostroyans finally.

and consolidate into the tank!

PDF turn.

Score 5 VP for holding.

Chimera A moves onto an objective, infantry still embarked within to man the las arrays.

Psyker advances 7”.

Command Squad moves up some toward the Lt.

Company Commander repositions behind Command Squad 

Platoon Commander advances 11” back to safety.

Chimera B in from reserves on a 4+.

Very near enemy since entering from own edge.

Psyker Smites for D6 on biker Sgt. 3 Mortals kils him.

Chimera B all into Lt. Kills him.

Tank all into Terminators in combat with it. Kills one, with the lascannon lol. Punisher and multi-meltas mostly miss due to hitting on 5s (-1 to hit on heavy at target in engagement range) Terminators fight the tank, deal it 4 wounds.

Tank fights and misses.

Terminators pass Morale.

 

Round 3

Assault Doctrine

now all reserves can come in

WS score 10 VP for hold, hold 2.

TFC Reconnoiters deployment zone.

Terminators fall back from the tank toward Command Squad and commanders.

Rhino comes in from reserves with two 5-man tac squads inside.

Rhino misses with Storm Bolter and HKM.

Terminators shoot (via strat) and kill 3/4 of the Command Squad.

Assault Squad charge Platoon Commander.

Terminators charge Company Commander, who overwatches, overcharging plasma pistol, killing a terminator.

Terminators fight, kill Company Commander. Assassins Agenda point.

Consolidate into lone Command Squad veteran.

Assault Sqaud fight, kill Platoon Commander.

Assassins Agenda point.

Consolidate toward Terminators and veteran.

Veteran fights, misses.

Veteran only rolls a D3 for his morale test due to strat, passes.

 

PDF turn

Score 5 VP for holding

Chimera A reconnoiters PDF end, off side

Psyker advances 8”

Chimera B moves up into range to shoot Terminators.

Leman Russ repositions.

Veteran falls back.

Psyker Smites one Terminator dead.

Chimera B shooting kills 2 Terminators leaving 1.

Russ splits fire, las and meltas at the last terminator. Term saves both wounds.

Punisher Cannon wipes the Assault Squad.

Final Terminator passes morale.

Score at the end of Round 3:

PDF 5 CP remaining, WS 0

PDF 10 VP to WS 25 VP\

Board state:

 

Round 4

WS score 10 for hold, hold 2.

lone Terminator moves up for a potential gimme charge on the Russ.

Scouts reposition to keep their objective but stay out of the Russ’s sight.

Tac Squad carrying melta hop out of the Rhino before it moves up to try blocking LoS for them.

Tac Squad moves up into the Rhino’s shadow.

Terminator shoots lone veteran. Finishes off the command squad.

TFC lacks soft targets, so goes for the Russ. 6 shots. 1 wound off the tank.

Rhino Storm Bolter also at the Russ. No wounds.

Tac Squad with Melta fires at Chimera A. 6 wounds off it.

Rhino Charges both Chimeras.

Tac Squad charge Chimera A.

Terminator charges Chimera B.

Term fights. total fail rolls.

Tac Squad Fights. 2 wounds dealt to Chimera A leaving it with 2.

Rhino fights same Chimera. No hits.

I may have forgotten to let the Chimeras fight, here. No big whoop.

 

PDF turn

Score 5 for hold.

Relentless strat on wounded Chimera to make it perform at top bracket. Jury Rigging to make it heal a wound.

Russ and Chimera each heal a wound for regimental trait.

Psyker repositions to get protection from a Chimera.

Infantry Squads deploy from both Chimeras.

Chimera B falls back from the Terminator and Rhino.

Psyker uses Psychic Maelstrom on Tac Squad. rolls a 1 so no mortals. can’t CP reroll this one.

Chimera A shoots heavy bolters at tac squad but no damage done.

Kasrkin Squad split fire, kill one Tac Marine. Fail vs Terminator.

Tallarn Raiders shoot Terminator. No luck whatsoever.

Russ has no target but the single Term. It survives Las and Meltas and the 1st volley of 20 from the Punisher cannon. 2nd volley scores exactly 2 wounds for the kill.

 

Round 5

WS score 10 for hold, hold more

units in final quadrant can’t reconnoiter as they are in combat.

Second 5-man Tac squad hop out of Rhino.

Rhino falls back.

Tac Squad in combat with Chimera falls back. Strat so they can shoot.

Scout squad advance toward the Russ.

Scouts shoot Russ with one shotgun in range. No effect.

Tac Squad A melta into Chimera A. Destroys it. Explodes.

2 mortals on Psyker.

1 on Kasrkin

2 on Tallarns

3 on Chimera B

1 on Tac Squad B

3 on Tac Squad A

2 on Rhino

Continuing Tac Squad A shooting with combi-flamer both profiles into Kasrkin. 1 man dies.

Tac Squad B fires grav pistol at Russ. nothing. the rest at Kasrkin. two die.

TFC into Kasrkin. 5/6 die. Just missed Cull the Hordes agenda.

Sgt of Tac A charges Sgt of Kasrkin

Tac B charge Tallarns.

Overwatch. All throw Grenades (strat).

7D6 shots. 26. 7 hit. 4 wounds. All saved.

Tac B Fights. Lousy rolls, one guardsman dies.

Counter Offensive, Kasrkin Sgt Fights Tac Sgt. No luck.

Tac Sgt Fights back. Kasrkin Sgt dies

Tac Sgt passes Morale.

Tallarns pass Morale.

 

PDF turn

Score 5 for holding 1.

Tallarns fall back from Tac B.

Psyker moves up toward Tac A Sgt.

Smite fails. reroll fails again.

Chimera B shoots Tac A Sgt. Kills him.

Psyker shoots laspistol at Tac B, no effect.

Russ all at Tac B. Deals exactly their 4 remaining wounds.

 

Game Ends

45-20 progressive score

15-5 end game reconnoiter score

10-10 painted

70-35 WS Win

Victor gets to use Marked for Greatness twice.

Ebon Terminators and Scout Bikers earn it.