Scotax the Defiler was once again on the backfoot, the time had come to strike again with fresh forces, but to his apprehension the skyline was again caste in a yellow tinge as tens of armoured fighting vehicles marched to the front, would history repeat itself?
This game Chaos would get an additional 100 points for having only 22 of the 48 tiles, The Imperium starts with 100 extra points for controlling more factories than Chaos, additionally the capture of a power plant last battle meant the Imperial Guard now got +1 to their Strategy rolls and finally a chance to give one of their units a special rule for having more Bastions than their opponent.
I chose to give my Basilisk company scout so they could spread out up to 20cm from each other, I ended up deploying them 10cm apart to ensure any counter battery fire would only mean 2 would ever be hit.
These were the armies, unfortunately it seems Chaos miscalculated and got an additional 260 points - damn.
First turn saw Chaos go first, the Imperial strategy rating increased from 2 to 3 however chaos was still base 4 and would go on to win ever strategy roll in the game.
The Havocs and retinue on the right edged forward to take shots at the guard on the hill, trying to prepare an assault. In the centre the Defilers, Decimator and some chosen pushed forward to harass the Regimental command company and Leeman Russ, additionally the Vindicators rolled forward to kill off some scouting Rough riders forcing a withdrawal.
Turn 2
The Big Terminator unit dropped in, fired into the Regimental command company and put some pain on them before the defilers charged forward and engaged them.
The company command actually won the engagement, the Terminators didn't drop in close enough to lend their shooting in supporting fire. The Leeman Russ alongside the Regimental command company engaged the terminators and wiped them out, the only survivors were the Obliterators who were fearless.
Turn 3
The Warsmith charged the command company after the havocs shot at them and crushed them in combat, only 6 units surviving, the decimator fired on the Russes killing another before the chosen charged them and won combat (I was in disbelief), this changed my mind personally about the turn and I began to wonder if I should resign.
Finally Imperials get to counter and the basilisks did relatively little damage to the chaos marines on the right, and I became convinced I had lost so called it.
Chaos retakes the Power plant and gains the +1 to strategy rolls.
Conclusion
I called the game way too early, in reality I could have gotten a comfortable tie by turn 4 but I think with the combined fire of my 2 unmolested infantry companies and the chance to rally the last 4 Russes I could have even won - Valuable lesson there - Never give up. I might need to dress my son up as a Commissar and get him to point his nerf pistol at my head if I look like I'm going to give up.
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| POV: you're watching me try to resign early next game. |
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