Cold Wars day 2

HMGS' Cold Wars Saturday

         The MechaniCon NetEA Tourney

          I will be going with the list a primed in January. The idea is to sit back and shoot turn one. The goal to maintain activation superiority by clipping the other dudes small detachments. Once activation superiority is established, abuse coordinated fire knocking down a harder target.

Game One    2 - 0     TSNP & DTF

         I had Shawn and his knight list. This was a game I thought I would lose. I normally kill zero knights. It is an army that I am useless against. Today was a different.
         We both forgot to place our garrisons. I failed to use crossfire in every opportunity.

Shawn's list

My List

Objective placements

This is where every battle report by me suffers. I can never remember to take pictures. All flank positions are based from my view.

Turn One 

Knights win Initiative
Knight - Infantry Platoon - Advances - targets the Stealth Suits - 1BM
Tau - Baracauda - Ground Attack - targets the Infantry Platoon - 1KIA & 2BM
Knight - Lancers - Fail to activate -
Tau- IonHeads - Sustain - targets the Lancers - 1BM
Knight - Custodian - Doubles - targets the Broadsides BTS - 2KIA & 3BM
Tau - Baracuda - Ground attack - targets the Lancers - 1BM
Knight - House - Doubles - targets the Suits - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Recon Left Flank - Doubles - targets the Custodians - 2BM
Knight - T-bolts - Ground attack - targets the Devilfish/FireWarriors - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Recon Center - Double - targets the Infantry Platoon - 1BM
Knight- House BTS - Advance - targets Recon Left Flank - 1KIA & 2 BM
Tau - Broadsides BTS - Fail to activate
Tau - Suits - Marshall & move
Tau - Devilfish/FireWarriors - Marshall - targets the House - 1BM
Tau - Recon right flank - Sustain - targets the House - 2BM
Tau - Ocra/FireWarriors - Ground attack - targets Infantry Platoon - Eliminated
Tau - Stealth - Marshall - targets the House - 1BM
Knight AA lays a BM on the Cudas outbound

Turn Two

Tau win Initiative
Tau - Suits - Advance - targets the House - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Ionheads - Sustain - targets the House - 1BM
Knight - House - Engage - Suits - 3KIA & suits broken
Knight - Custodians - Advance - targets the FireWarriors - 2KIA & 4BM
Tau - Baracuda - ground attack - targets the house - 1BM
Knight - Tbolt - Fail
Tau - Ocra - Ground attack - targets the House - 1BM
Knight - Lancers - Advance - targets the Recon Center - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Baracuda - ground attack - targets the House - Broken
Tau - Recon Left flank - Advance - targets the House - 1KIA & 1 wound
Knight - AA battery - Sustain - targets Recon Center - 2KIA & broken
Tau - FW - Advance - nada
Tau - Broadsides - Advance - targets the House - 1KIA & 1 wound
Tau - FW&DF - Advance - targets the house - Eliminated

Turn Three

Tau win Initiative
Tau - Recon LF & Broadsides - Advance & Sustain - targets the BTS - 1KIA & 3BM
Tau - Ionheads - Sustain - targets the  House BTS - 1KIA & 3BM
Knight - Lancers - Engage - FW - Eliminated
Knight - House BTS - Marshall - nada
Tau - Baracuda - Ground attack - targets the House BTS - 1BM
Knight - Tbolt - ground attack - targets the Recon LF - broken
Knight - Custodians - Marshall - targets Boardsides BTS - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Baracuda - Ground attack - targets the House BTS - 1BM
Knight - AA - March
Tau - Stealth - Fail
Tau - Ocra - Ground attack - targets the House BTS - 1BM
Tau - FW&DF - Sustain - targets the house BTS - 1BM
Tau - Recon LF - Advance - targets the AA - Eliminated
Tau - Recon RF - Advance - Fail

Game Two   2 - 0     BTS & BLITZ

His List

My List

Objectives

 Deployment

Turn One

Marines win Intiative
Marine - Assault - doubles
Tau - Stealth Suits - double
Marine - Whirlwind - Sustains - targets the Stealth Suits - 1KIA &2 BM
Tau - Baracuda - ground attack - targets the Assault - 1KIA & 2 BM
Marine - Tac RF - doubles
Tau - Baracuda - ground attacks - targets the Assault - 1BM
Marine - Predator - Advances
Tau - Recon RF - Sustains - targets the Preds - 1BM
Marine - Tac LF - Advances
Tau - Recon LF - Advances - targets the Tac LF - 1KIA & 2 BM
Marine - Devs - double - targets the Recon LF - nada
Tau - Recon Center - failed
Tau - FW&DF - Sustain - targets the Devs - 1KIA & 2 BM
Tau - Ionheads - Fail -
Tau - Suits - double - targets the Tac LF - Broken
Tau - Ocra - ground attack - targets the Assault - Eliminated

Turn Two

Both Termies teleport, no mishaps
Tau win Initiative
Tau - FW - Sustain - targets the Termies - broken
Tau - Suits - fail -
Marine - Termies - Assault - Ionheads - Eliminated
Tau - Baracuda - ground attack - targets the Devs - 1KIA & 2 BM
Marine - Whirlwind - Sustains - targets the FW - 5 KIA & 6BM
Tau - Recon LF - Advance - targets the Devs - 2KIA & 3BM
Marine - Devs - Marshall - targets Recon LF - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Broadsides - advance - targets the Devs - 3KIA Broken
Marine - Tac - Assaults - Stealth suits - Eliminated
Tau - Ocra - ground attack - Tac LF - Eliminated
Marine - Preds - Advance - targets the Recon LF - 2 KIA Broken
Tau - Baracuda - ground attack - fail
Tau - FW&DF - Advance - targets the Termies - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Recon RF - Advance - targets the Tac RF - 1 KIA & 2 BM
Tau - Recon Center - Sustains - targets the Tac RF - 1 BM

Turn Three
Tau win Initiative
Tau - FW - Advance - targets the Termies BTS - Eliminated
Tau - Broadsides - Advance - targets the Tac RF - 2KIA & 3 BM
Marine - Devs - Fail
Tau - Recon C - Advance - targets the Preds - 1BM
Marine - Whirlwinds - Sustain - targets the Suits - 1 BM
Tau - Suits - fail
Marine - Preds - Advance - targets the Recon C - broken
Tau - Recon RF - Fail
Tau - FW - Double - targets the Termies - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Ocra - ground attack - fail
Tau - Baracuda - Ground attack - targets the Termies - Eliminated
Tau - Recon LF - March

Game Three
This time I am up against Kal. The knights are the toughest. Yet Kal is the best Tactical General. No Garrisons. At some point this turned into slug fest, back a mole. Which left us to the dice gods in the end. Turn Three's initiative roll sealed either of our fates.

Kal's list

My list

Objectives

Turn One

Elder win Initiative
Eldar - Bombers - ground attack - targets the Ions - 3KIA broken
Tau - Ocra & FW - ground attack - targets the Spears - 5KIA broken
Eldar - Void - Sustains - targets the FW - 3KIA & 5BM
Tau - Baracuda - ground attack - targets the Guardians RF - 1BM
Eldar - Guardians RF - Sustain - targets the FW - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - baracuda - ground attack - targets the Spears - 1 KIA & 2 BM
Eldar - Guardains FL - double - targets the stealth suits - 1BM
Tau - Recon Center - double
Eldar - Falcon RF - doubles - targets the Recon LF - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - Stealth - double ******Bone Head move of the game. Just straight up gave Kal an activation kill*******
Eldar - jet bikes - Engage - targets the stealth suits - 5KIA broken
Tau - Broadsides - overwatch
Eldar - Falcon RF - doubles - targets the Ocra - one wound 2 BM
Tau - Recon RF - doubles - targets the Falcon RF - 1BM
Eldar - BTS - Advance
Tau - FW&DF - Sustain - targets the Falcon RF - 2KIA  & 3BM
Tau - Reconn RF - doubles - targets Guardians C - 1BM
Tau - Suits - double - targets the guardains C - 1KIA & 2BM
Tau - FW - overwatch

Turn Two

Eldar win Initiative
Eldar - Avatar - Engage - targets the FW - 5KIA Broken
Eldar - Falcon LF - Advance - targets the Recon LF - 2KIA Broken
Eldar - Bombers - ground attack - targets the Recon RF - 3KIA Broken
Tau - Broadsides - double - targets the Falcons RF - 4KIA broken
Tau - suits - advance - targets the Guardians RF - 6KIA broken
Eldar - Guardians FL - double - targets the FW - 1KIA
Eldar - Falcon RF - Advance - targets the Recon Center - 1KIA  2BM
Tau - Baracuda - ground attack - targets the Bikes - 1BM
Eldar - Spears - doubles - nada
Eldar - Bike - Engage - targets the suits - Tau win (1KIA), bikes broken
Tau - Baracuda - ground Attack - bikes
Tau - Ocra - ground attack- bikes - bike Eliminated
Tau - Recon Center - Advance - targets the Guardians (broken) - 2KIA

Turn Three

Tau win Initiative
Tau - Recon Center & Suits - Coordinated fire targets the BTS - Eliminated
Tau - Baracuda - Fail
Eldar - Void - Sustains - targets the suits - 2KIA Broken
Eldar - Falcon RF - failed
With the Eldar finished Tau activations continued to eliminate all threats

Tau Win 4 - 0  Blitz was the only one I did not get