I'm writing about this game well after the fact, but at the end of September there was originally to be a small RTT, or Rogue Trader Tournament, which in Warhammer-speak refers to a small casual tournament event, usually only over a single day.
Well, a few people had to drop out for one reason or another and suddenly the tournament was off. The organizer had become an acquaintance since I'd attended a previous tournament though, and was going to be at the store that day anyway, so he said he'd be glad to play a game against my new Alpha Legion force anyhow.
If I recall, we played at 2500 points. He had an Iron Hands army featuring a unit or two of Veterans, a unit of Scouts, a Spartan, a Leviathan, a unit of backfield artillery whose name escapes me at the moment. Rapier Batteries, I think they were. Or perhaps some Iron Hands variant. Oh, and he had some Terminators.
I remember his Terminators giving me some trouble by deep striking into my backfield early on. I had to peel off my Contemptor from his planned advance up the board to go back and deal with them.
In this game I put my Headhunter Kill Team in some central ruins on his side of the board, and they ended up getting wiped out without doing too much for the cause but being targets.
My Contemptor did do well though, killing the deep striking Terminators.
My veterans also did pretty well, getting a Rhino kill on one hand and later a Spartan on the other.
Phospshex from the enemy Leviathan dreadnought.
Spartan vs Spartan showdown.
He had some infantry in the Rhino carrier there that got out to fight my Veterans.
The Rhino was a wreck at this point, with his guys climbing over it.
All the while my Kratos kind of languished in the middle of the board, unable to get many notable targets. Eventually his Spartan blew it up with a lucky Lascannon shot.
Almost don't even bother trying to fight a Contemptor with Terminators. You'll likely lose pretty decisively.
Terminators on Terminators however, is very winnable.
The Veterans with my Praetor and Contemptor maneuvering around another wrecked Rhino to finish off a Scout squad.
My Cataphractii Terminators walking into battle against his Indomitus Terminators, with some Phosphex going off on my unit of Veterans.
A well-place Melta bomb did for the Iron Hands Spartan. Hydra Dominatus!
The endgame Terminator scrum.
As you can tell, my memory of this game is patchy after two and a half months. It was a win, though. Not bad for a first outing with a new army. Hopefully the first of many to come.
