Sunday, January 22, 2017

1st Game of the Year

          Little rough. I have not played in a long time. I normally do not play my Tau. I bought the army 5 years ago and have played 5 games with it max!
         My list for the day.
          Kal's List

         My 12 activates to Kal's 10. Never once took the initiative. Kal and myself both suffered badly from units failing to activate in the first turn.

TURN 1
Elder win the initiative.
Avatar never selected
Void Spinner Sustains, targeting the Mechanized Firewarriors. Two FW and a Devilfish KIA. 4 BMs
Barracuda Ground Assaults, targeting the Shining Spears. BM
Phoenix Bomber Ground Assaults, targeting the Fusion Heads. Two BMs
Barracuda Ground Assaults, targeting the Rangers. FAILED to Activate.
Guardians March, into the woods.
Recon (L Flank) Advance, targeting the Guardians. 4 KIA, 5 BMs
Falcons Advance, targeting the Recon (L Flank). 2 KIA, 3 BMs
Recon (center) Coord Fire targeting Falcons, FAILED to Activate.
Asspect Warriors (BTS) March, into the woods
FWs & DF Double targeting Rangers. 2BM
Guardians Advance, FAILED to Activate.
Fusion Heads Advance, FAILED to Activate.
Falcons (L Flank) Advance, FAILED  to Activate.
Suits Double, targeting Rangers. Eliminated
Shining Spears Advance
Boardsides Overwatch
Recon (R Flank) Advance. FAILED to Activate.
Stealth Suits Double, targeting Guardains. 2 KIA, broken
Orca & FWs (BTS) attack Aspects. 4 KIA, broken


TURN 2
Elder win the initiative
Avatar never selected
Shining Spears Assault Stealth Suits. Eliminated
Eldar retain
Guardains Assualt FW (BTS). FW win! 2 BMs, Guardians broken
FWs (BTS) Advance on Broken Guardians. FAILED to Activate.
Void Spinner Sustains, targeting Recon (L Flank). Broken
Recon (center) Advance on Shining Spears. 1 KIA
Tau retain
Boardsides Advance on Falcons. 3 KIA, Broken
Phoenix Bomber Ground Assaults, FW & DW. 3 KIA, Broken
Barracuda Ground Assaults, Falcons. 1 KIA
Falcons Advance on FW (BTS). 1BM
Aspect Warriors Assault. FAILED to activate.
Barracuda Ground Assault, targeting broken Guardians. KIA 2
Orca Ground Assaults, targeting Shining Spears. Broken
Fusion Heads Double, targeting the Spears. 2 KIA
Suits Double, targeting Aspect (BTS). Eliminated
Recon (R Flank) Doubles on Guardains. 1BM

TURN 2 saw the L Flank get rolled up and the center solidify.

TURN 3
Elder win the initiative
Avatar never selected
          I stopped recording per activation. I did manage to take at least one picture. That of the very end. From the picture and my shot memory these are the details;
My BTS eliminated
Void Spinner eliminated
Falcons (R Flank) eliminated
Falcons (L Flank) broken
Recons marching for objectives
Guardians eliminated
Suits broken

5-1 me! First win against Eldar in 4 years. Kal killed my BTS.

Looking back. I followed my plan. Hardly controlling that "go get them" feeling. I got very lucky 1st turn! Two Eldar units failed to activate, three units doing nothing, and Rangers getting eliminated. 7 of his activation did fuck all nothing. The Avatar never showing up all game helped.

Thank you Kal! Without you being a driving force in Eastern PA Epic gaming would be difficult. See ya at HMGS Cold Wars.

Pictures from the wife





Pictures from Kal









1 comment:

  1. Pushing lead and plastic around the table is always a win :-)

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