August Games Day: 8/22 at e-able Nagoya

[The Other Dave]

How did the games go today?

Fun! On my end, Tallgeese and I had a Dusk Raiders vs Thousand Sons battle, which on balance probably doesn't affect the outcome of the campaign at all, and was a draw at any rate.

Then Matt, jus and I had a 3-way battle, my 50PL of plague marines vs 25 of Guard and 25 of Black Templars, and it weren't pretty. I managed to kill a whole bunch of stuff, but got annihilated on points and ended up being tabled at the bottom of round 4, if memory serves. Manticores are serious business!

[Jye Nicolson]

Awesome! How big was the first game?

And yeah, Manticores are scary. I think they're scarier the smaller the game gets.

[The Other Dave]

Awesome! How big was the first game?

A 50pl-each Incursion!

[Jye Nicolson]

Nice - I've updated the scores, please let me know if any other games happened on the day!

[Tyranii-chan]

Tyranids and orkz had a 47PL game (with a revamp to the tyranid list) with a decisive orkz victory! Those explosion tactics and MVP boyz really did work!

[Mattb]

Tyranids and orkz had a 47PL game (with a revamp to the tyranid list) with a decisive orkz victory! Those explosion tactics and MVP boyz really did work!

Yeah, Tyranids had a good first turn - wiping out the bikers and getting a first turn charge with the Genestealers. But da boyz were channeling Gork 'imself and went on a krumpin' spree. Also, yeah, it helps when you kill a carnifex by rolling a couple 6s to explode right next to him.

How did the Thousand Sons v Nids game go? You had to end it early, but I think you decided Nids came out a head in points?

Then Matt, jus and I had a 3-way battle, my 50PL of plague marines vs 25 of Guard and 25 of Black Templars, and it weren't pretty. I managed to kill a whole bunch of stuff, but got annihilated on points and ended up being tabled at the bottom of round 4, if memory serves. Manticores are serious business!

Yeah, the Guard+Marines combo continued to be pretty unstoppable. It's pretty hard to compete with the Guard's board control when you have a bunch of crusading Marines punching you in the face.

I think if we end up doing a big Chaos v Imperium game, I'll have to be really careful with what I take - no Manticores or Russes of any kind; probably just infantry, chimeras and my Inquisitor.

[The Other Dave]

It should also probably be noted that Matt was very gracious in intentionally passing up the chance to block one of my teleportation zones to let me have a little fun in the back line more easily.

I think if we end up doing a big Chaos v Imperium game, I'll have to be really careful with what I take - no Manticores or Russes of any kind; probably just infantry, chimeras and my Inquisitor.

I think a Manticore in a big game would be slightly less oppressive than in a smaller one like this, if still pretty scary - kind of like Transhuman Physiology, it's probably a case of powerful stuff getting multiplicatively more powerful in tighter games. Maybe. (It's also hard for me specifically to deal with because the DG just don't have long-range anti-tank sniping ability outside of the sponson cannons on a plagueburst crawler. My ability to take out tanks is basically limited to the couple multi-meltas I can get, and aside from that just punching them.)

[Mattb]

I think a Manticore in a big game would be slightly less oppressive than in a smaller one like this, if still pretty scary - kind of like Transhuman Physiology, it's probably a case of powerful stuff getting multiplicatively more powerful in tighter games. Maybe. (It's also hard for me specifically to deal with because the DG just don't have long-range anti-tank sniping ability outside of the sponson cannons on a plagueburst crawler. My ability to take out tanks is basically limited to the couple multi-meltas I can get, and aside from that just punching them.)

Yeah, that and I was using vengeance for Cadia with it. It goes from a good unit to an insane one when it's rerolling all hits and wounds for a single CP.

I'm happy to try an (almost) all infantry list though. It won't be so competitive, but I think it'll be fun.

[The Other Dave]

As Death Guard anyway I'd be legit worried at massed lasgun fire TBH - that's lots and lots of dice that wound me just as well as bolters do, and I can't make 3+ saves forever.

[Jye Nicolson]

How did the Thousand Sons v Nids game go? You had to end it early, but I think you decided Nids came out a head in points?

Does anyone know the answer to this question? I still need to know how big this game was and who won - the only ones who benefit from it not being recorded are the Imperium