Throne of Skulls - Chris - Day 1

Sorry about the gap but real life has an annoying and tedious tendency to interrupt my blogging time, lol.

Editors Note : If any of the owners of the opposing armies in these various articles would like to drop me an e-mail with some of their own opinions on the respective matches then I'd be happy to insert their comments into the appropriate reports if they so desire.

Next up is Chris's Blood Angels army. You might remember Chris's beautifully painted Space Wolves army from early this year. This years army was also extremely well done but sadly missed out on a best painted nomination but he's not the only person unhappy about the nominations anyway, lol.

Chris has his own blog but it's not exactly regularly updated, but I said I'd mention it so I have done ;-)

Chris's own list consisted of the following,

Chris's Blood Angels.
Captain = 100
Power Sword = 15

10* Tactical = 170
Meltagun = 5
Lascannon = 10

Assault Squad = 100
Power Fist= 25
Razorback = 55
Assault Cannon =35 (-35 for no jump packs)

Assault Squad = 100
Power Fist= 25
Razorback = 55
Assault Cannon =35 (-35 for no jump packs)

Assault Squad = 100
Power Fist= 25
Razorback = 55
Assault Cannon =35 (-35 for no jump packs)

2* Attack Bikes = 80
2* Multi-melta = 20

Baal Predator = 115
Heavy Bolter sponsons =30

Baal Predator = 115
Heavy Bolter sponsons =30

Scouts = 75
5* Camo Cloaks = 15
Missile Launcher = 10

Furioso = 125
Blood Talons = 0

Stormraven = 200
Twin-linked Multi-melta = 0
Hurrican Bolters = 30
Extra Armour = 15

Game 1 Vs. Space Wolves.
Mission - Capture and Control, Deployment - Dawn of War.
Result - Draw

Opponents Army List.
Wolf Lord,
Rune Priest,
6 x Wolf Guard,
3 x 8 Grey Hunters with attached Wolf Guard in Rhino.
2 x Long Fang Units c/w Missile Launchers,
Land Raider.

Significant Events.
Indestructible Land Raider on my objective (Angry face).

Game 2 Vs. Orks.
Mission - Annihilation, Deployment - Spearhead.
Result - Win

Opponents Army List.
2 x Big Mek c/w Kustom Force Field,
3 x 3 Killa kanz,
2 x Deff Dreds,
44 x Boyz (I'm not sure how many squads these were divided across and Chris doesn't say),
30 x Lootas (again, I'm not sure if these were 2 x15 or 3 x10 or some mixture),
3 x Buggyz with Rokkits.

Significant Events.
13 - 3 (I'm guessing that it's the result that's significant to Chris but I could be wrong, lol)

Game 3 Vs. Eldar.
Mission - Sieze Ground, Deployment - Pitched Battle.
Result - Draw

Opponents Army List.
Eldrad,
Autarch,
Wraithlord,
Pathfinders,
Banshees,
Fire Dragons,
Dire Avengers,
Striking Scorpions.
(some of these were obviously in transports but Chris doesn't say which)

Significant Events.
'Jammy' taking objectives (I'm not sure whether Chris is referring to himself or his opponent but given the average Eldar players tendency to 'steal' objectives at the last minute with fast moving vehicles you'd have to leap to certain conclusions....)

We'll finish off Chris's games tomorrow after which we'll be moving onto those of Mike.

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Throne of Skulls - Alex Y - Day 2

Following on from Day 1 we have rather predictably.....Day 2 ;-)

Game 4 Vs. Black Templars
Mission - Annihilation, Deployment - Pitched Battle.
Result - Win

Opponents Army List.
Commander c/w Chainfist,
2 x 10 Terminators, 3 c/w Lightning Claw and 7 c/w Thunderhammer,
2 x 6 Marines Lascannon + Plasmagun,
2 Vindicators.

Significant Events.
I was lucky to win this, I multi charged one squad of 10 termies with 3x 25 orks and 1x 20 orks and only took 8 casuties, killed 2 of his meaning I lost 18 orks on the fearless armour saves, this could have easily been twice that!
The vindis killed one squad of 25 orks with only the Nob surviving he survived one shell on his head by going to ground and then another failing to wound, saving me a kill point. Another was his leader failing 4 out of 7 2+ saves saving my big mek and yet another was 4 Lootas who survived a direct hit from a vindi and he rolled 4 1’s.

He was very unlucky. . . I did also get him to roll 34 wounds for his Termies in the second round of that big combat and he failed 4 saved on the Thunderhammer’s who hadn’t attacked yet. . . Did I say he was unlucky.

First Terminator save of the game and it's a bloody one...his luck stayed consistently this bad for the rest of the game.

Apparently if an Ork really believes that a Vindicator shell can't hurt it then it doesn't.....

Not statistically average rolling methinks.....

Game 5 Vs. Imperial Guard
Mission - Sieze Ground, Deployment - Dawn of War.
Result - Win

Opponents Army List.
HQ 3 Melta + Chimera (HB),
Vets 3 Melta + Chimera (HB),
Vets 3 Melta + Chimera (HB),
Vets 3 Plas + Chimera (HB),
Vets 3 Plas + Chimera (HB),
Vets 3 Plas + Chimera (HB),
2 Hydras,
2 Leman Russ,
Exterminator c/w Plasma Cannon Sponsons.


Significant Events.

I couldn’t decide between Gaz up front or Mek so diced for it and the Mek won. Him and 50 orks in the middle of the table. Turn 2 Waargh and only 6 and 3 were left but made it to his lines and took out 2 hydras, the exterminator and stun locked 3 chimeras. After that I rolled up his left flank and managed to win 3 objective to none. He said afterwards that the army scared the shit out of him and he didn’t move so he could fire more. I pointed out that had he just rolled forwards he could have tankshocked me off the objectives and bunched me up into ordance formation. Also if he’d had Heavy Flamers on the front of his Chimeras instead of Heavy Bolters, he would have messed shit up!

Well that's Alex's tournament adventures completed. Next lot will probably go up on Monday and will feature either Mike or Chris depending on which is simplest to compile, lol.

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.

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