6 Feet Under...

[The Iron Infidel]

This is an Apocalypse game some friends and I had today! 2v2, 4000 points a side, each player drawing from those points. So that means one player might only have a 500 point force, while his ally has 3500.

EDIT! I forgot to mention that only one Super Heavy was allowed per side, not that it matters much as neither side took any.

The match was Vesuvius Hetlan and I vs. Julian Sharps and his brother. DKoK vs. Dark Eldar and Tau respectively.

Armies:

Hetlan(DKoK) 2500 points: Templari Minor 926th Engineer Assault Company
“The Severed Skulls”
Templari Major 203rd Heavy Artillery Detatchment
“Hell-Binders”

133pts 7
Company Command Squad
Lord-Templar Kensai Midari; Bolt pistol and Power weapon, wears carapace armour
Veteran Shanghai: Carries the regimental standard and has laspistol, wears carapace armour
Veteran Goliath: Carries a laspistol and flamer, Wears Carapace armour
2 Veterans: Laspistols and Carapace armour
2 Bodyguards: Carapace armour


Engineer Korps 1167pts

Engineer squad I 135pts
Gas grenades
Mole Launcher
Hades Breaching Drill 50pts

Engineer squad II 135pts
Gas grenades
Mole Launcher
Hades Breaching Drill 50pts

Engineer squad III 135pts
Gas grenades
Mole Launcher
Hades Breaching 50pts

Engineer squad IV 135pts
Gas grenades
Mole Launcher
Hades Breaching Drill 50pts

Engineer squad V 135pts
Gas grenades
Mole Launcher
Hades Breaching Drill 50pts

Engineer squad VI 135pts
Gas grenades
Mole Launcher
Hades Breaching Drill 50pts

Grenadier Squad 235
2 Meltaguns
Heavy Flamer
Democharge




Artillery Korps 400pts

Heavy Mortar Battery Alpha 100pts 6
2 Heavy Mortars

Heavy Mortar Battery Beta 100pts 6
2 Heavy Mortars

Quad launcher 50pts 3

Quad launcher 50pts 3

Quad launcher 50pts 3

Quad launcher 50pts 3

Imperial Armour additions

Hydra platform 50pts 1

Hydra platform 50pts 1

Hydra platform 50pts 1

Bombard 165pts 8
Slick loader

Bombard 165pts 8
Slick Loader

Bombard 165pts 8
Slick Loader

Asset: General Staff

Maximilian(DKoK) 1500 points:

HQ
Command Squad /w Regimental Standard 75
Elites

Troops
Platoon 470
Platoon Command /w Melta Bombs
6 Infantry Squads
Heavy Weapon Squad /w Mortars
Platoon 500
Platoon Command /w Melta Bombs
6 Infantry Squads
Heavy Weapon Squad /w Lascannons

10 Man Engineer Squad 160
Hades Breaching Drill
Fast Attack

Heavy Support
Heavy Weapons Platoon 295
Platoon Command
4 HWS 1 /w Lascannons 3 /w Autocannons

Asset: Vital Objective

Julian(Dark Eldar) 2000: HQ: Lady Malys - 130
Elites: Incubi - 229
7x Incubi
Raider w/ Shadowfield, Disintegrator, Chainsnares
Troops: Wracks - 100
Wrack w/ Liquifier
8x Wracks
Troops: Wyches - 205
Succubus w/ Power Weapon
2x Wyches w/ Hydra Gauntlets
7x Wyches
Raider w/ Chainsnares, Shadowfield, Disintegrator
Troops: Kabalite Warriors - 160
Sybarite w/ Blast Pistol
Warrior w/ Blaster
3x Warriors
Venom w/ 2x Splinter Cannons, Shadowfield
Troops: Kabalite Warriors - 160
Sybarite w/ Blast Pistol
Warrior w/ Blaster
3x Warriors
Venom w/ 2x Splinter Cannons, Shadowfield
Troops: Kabalite Warriors - 160
Sybarite w/ Blast Pistol
Warrior w/ Blaster
3x Warriors
Venom w/ 2x Splinter Cannons, Shadowfield
Troops: Kabalite Warriors - 160
Sybarite w/ Blast Pistol
Warrior w/ Blaster
3x Warriors
Venom w/ 2x Splinter Cannons, Shadowfield
Heavy Support: Ravager w/ Flickerfield, Shadowfield, Aethersails - 130
Spearhead: Seek & Destroy - 50
Fast Attack: Reavers - 172
2x Reavers w/ Cluster Caltrops
4x Reavers
Fast Attack: Reavers - 172
2x Reavers w/ Cluster Caltrops
4x Reavers
Fast Attack: Reavers - 172
2x Reavers w/ Cluster Caltrops
4x Reavers

Asset: Lords of Twilight

Tau 2000: Armoured Interdiction squadron: 50.
Hammerhead: railgun, 2 gun drones, targetting array, advanced sensor suite. disruption pod. 165.
hammerhead: railgun, 2 gun drones, targetting array. disruption pod. 165.
hammerhead: railgun, 2 gun drones, targetting array. disruption pod. 165.
hammerhead: railgun, 2 gun drones, targetting array. disruption pod. 165.
710.

Broadside team - shasui: twin-linked railgun, sms, targetting array. dc, shield drone. shasui: twin-linked railgun, sms, targetting array. 180.

Broadside team - shasui: twin-linked railgun, sms, targetting array. dc, shield drone. shasui: twin-linked railgun, sms, targetting array. 180.

barracuda - ion cannon, twin-linked missile pod, sponson burst cannons. 220.

barracuda - ion cannon, twin-linked missile pod, sponson burst cannons. 220.

command team - shaso: plasma rifle, missile pod, shield generator. multi-tracker, blacksun filter, dc, gun drone. shasvre: twin-linked plasma rifle, flamer. target lock. 219.

fire warrior team - shasui: pulse rifle, bonding knife. 11 shasla: pulse rifles. 135.

fire warrior team - shasui: pulse rifle, bonding knife. 11 shasla: pulse rifles. 135.

Asset: Marker Network.

Deployment: The dawn before the dark...

The DKoK wagered ten minutes, and the Xenos thirty.The DKoK set up a long gunline, while the Xenos surprisingly set up rather clumped together in the center. The armies were set up, and the Xenos' plan was revealed. They put a cloak of darkness with the Lords of Twilight, limiting all units' sight range by 2d6x3 for the first turn.. They rolled 24" and the battle began.

Turn 1: Steel Rain...

The DKoK had the first turn, and Hetlan fired off a massive barrage of artillery, which doesn't require sight to fire. Due to the effects of the nightshroud or whatever it's called, blast weapons roll an additional d6 when firing indirectly. This proved ineffective when Hetlan made nearly all his scatter rolls, slaughtering most of Julian's jetbikes and a number of fire warriors, as well as all but one of Julian's transports, leaving him stranded. Maximilian's infantry started advancing.

The Dark Eldar started to slog it over towards the gunline, and the Tau used a sensor suite that put a markerlight on every unit within 24" of it, revealing a lot of squishy infantry, but no artillery. Very few DKoK killed, less than ten infantry.

Turn 2: You know the Drill boys!

The DKoK came up with half their reserves, since the drills and the engineers are separate units. All of Hetlan's drills came up with no scatter, wiping out most of the remaining forces of the Tau and the Dark Eldar. Maximilian's lone drill fired at a nearby Raider, scattering back on itself and blowing up... His infantry also advanced.

The Xenos, despite having been crushed on turn one, still made the most of their second turn. They fired and killed more guardsmen and a thudd gun, getting themselves ready to attempt to try to capture some objectives and at least try to tie the game.

Turn 3: Wait... You have more guys?!

70 engineers came up after the drills, slaughtering everything around them. Julian was wiped from the board quickly by some of Maximilian's guardsmen, and the Tau were all but massacred.

The filthy Xenos surrender...

The DKoK win with 6 Objectives, one point from the vital objective.

Casualties at the end of the game.

Hetlan:
4 Crewmen
1 Thuddgun
10 Grenadiers
3 Breaching Drills
2 Bodyguards
2 Veterans

Maximilian:
7 Autocannon Teams
13 12 Guardsmen + CORPORAL HOUA! NOOOOOO!!!!
1 Veteran (From the command squad)
1 Breaching Drill

Julian:
Everything!

Tau:
Everything but 3 Hammerheads and the two Barracudas.


Kinda lame game if you ask me. Winning isn't always fun, but it can be very funny! We would have taken proper pictures but we didn't have a good camera available. Maybe next time.

-Kaiser Maximilian von Deutsch und Rosa

[Hetfiltrator]

This is probably the most thorough beating I've EVER given an opponent.

If only they would have gone first. My opening army suffered heavily from their minimum range.

Still... Hades Breaching drill DID NOT disappoint dealing more damage from the initial bombardment.
And when they came up... One turning all 7 incubi into red paste, another destroying a bunker and 6 wracks...
It was like a blood-soaked orchestra.

[The Iron Infidel]

Yeah, and all I managed to do was move some models and kill a couple Wychs... -Sadface.-

[Hetfiltrator]

But KM, If you hadn't done that I would have to give my Grenediers (Led by Captain Usel Ess.)

[Walrus]

Hmm, That was a rather thorough beating...

[Hetfiltrator]

KM! I just remembered something! During the last turn one of my Engineer squads assaulted a hammerhead and blew it up with Krak grenades also loosing four men in the process.

[Beav]

Yeah those drills sound awesome. That is very very very very nasty, hitting htem with 6 st 10 ap 1 melta shots, and then have 60 engineers pour out after them with moar weps (do they have las or hellguns)

[Hetfiltrator]

May 10, 2011 6:39:36 GMT -5 Beav said:

Yeah those drills sound awesome. That is very very very very nasty, hitting htem with 6 st 10 ap 1 melta shots, and then have 60 engineers pour out after them with moar weps (do they have las or hellguns)

Those Drills are terrifying. First when they deep strike. Large Blast S10 2D6 AP. Then fire the Melta cutters dealing a small blast Melta strike. And next turn seal the deal with the 10 engineers coming out of the ground. Lasguns? Hellguns? Even better. Shotguns.

[Beav]

That is a very tough list to combat, the only thing wich comes to mind as to what would work agains it would be lots of blood letters, crushers and pink horrors with changelings

[squeestick]

all i can say to this is... winning = winning... Go my meat shields drown them in your corpses.

[emptyhat]

I do like the imagery of those artillery units pounding shells into the unatural smokeyu darkness on the first turn. Very Grim.