Mega battle report
Boy was a fun time had today! We had two mega battles going at the same time, a 40K mega battle with about 30 people, and our Epic Mega Battle with 12 people. I came equipped to play either side, but ended up as an Ork on the Forces of Disorder side of the table. I had Tau to the right of me and more Orks to the left. I faced down Imperial Guard across the table from me.
Here's how my forces looked set up. As with all pictures, click on them for a full view:
I felt like I was playing Whack-A-Mole and I was the mole. I would advance a unit, it would get broken and run away. Wash, rinse and repeat. I wasn't making any headway, but by the inverse the IG player wasn't making any headway on me.
Here's how it looked at the end of turn 1:
I dropped a Rok (landing craft) in his backfield and assaulted his artillery, wiping it out. At least he wasn't going to do a lot of steel rain on me this time. I dropped a second Rok and he was ready for this one, I was wiped out to an Ork on the second assault. But still he spent his time on his side of the board defending it from me, unable to advance onto my side.
Here's how it looked at the end of turn 2:
We had to wrap it up at that point, a lot of people had other obligations and we wrapped it up, calling it a draw. Neither side could make it on to the other side of the board. Each side would advance in turn and get beaten back. So we resolved to meet again, before New Years Eve and try again.
Mike and I stuck around and played another 3,000 point game, kind of hoping to ring in the new year there at the Bunker. I played a weird list, all vehicles and no infantry. I played my Supa-Stompa, which is the same points as the Warhound titans that Mike routinely plays against me. Except this one is a lot nastier. It's weaker in some areas, but stronger in others. I fielded a 765 point unit with that as the center piece, and he fired at it once, with both of his Warhound titans. I promptly saved all of the hits, then put the smackdown back on him, killing one Warhound and breaking the other, which went and hid in the corner of the battlefield with only one point of health left on it.
For once, I ended up on top. I'll have to explore this kind of list a little more throughly, as it seems to work. The Big Gunz on the Gunwagonz are fairly accurate and Mike is afraid of them.
Just so you can see the difference, here is a picture of my Great Gargant and my Supa-Stompa.
And that's how my 2005 ended, with two great games and I got home in time to ring in the new year by myself. I hope all of you had a great time and got home safely.
Happy 2006!