Waking Dead

Well, I got absolutely battered in my final battle – I think I temporarily lost my mind. My deployment was awful, I forgot rules and tactics, and I had to concede on turn 3. Seriously, its probably the worst game of 40k I’ve ever played! Anyway, on with Mike’s (final) battle report of the 1-on-1 tournament:

“The Chaos forces took the captured Warlord to the Ork lines to present Nashgull with his prize. The Orks were more intent on getting as far away from the Warlord and the Chaos marines as possible, as the entire clan now only numbered a few hundred Boyz, and barely a few dozen trucks. The Chaos troops on the other hand taken few casualties. Although Drakoth had lost his minion Tyroth and a few Bloodthirsters, he had not been beaten in combat by anything he had met.

Meanwhile, across the city, the other forces were falling back but still they found time to engage one another.

The first forces to meet where the Blood Angels 3rd Company and the Serpents of the Void Craftworld. The Autarch in charge of Eldar force approached the Marines and told him that they must work together to avoid the planet falling to the forces of Chaos. Chaplin Grisssom told him that as long as Xenos remained on the planet there would be no peace.

The Marines attacked the Eldar forcing them back, causing losses on both sides. Despite a valiant counter-attack by the Swooping Hawks, the Eldar were still forced back. The last squad of Eldar gathered around the Avatar as Grissom stared at the immense Daemon standing in front of him. He knew to attack now would destroy both forces – and the Autarch’s words still haunted him. He called a cease-fire, and both sides left with their dead and injured.

The second forces that met were the Daemonhunters and Tau, both taking up defensive positions in buildings near each other. Half the Daemonhunters went forward while the other half hung back to defend the position. Wave after wave of Tau Battle Suits charged the Marine lines and the Grey Knights had to abort their attack to help out with defence. When the attack had finally been halted the Ethereal and Fire Warriors had already made their escape.

The final battle was between Hive Fleet Annihilus and the Serpents of the Void, as the Tyranids tried to gain access to the Eldar Webways. The Eldar had called on their most elite troops to guard the area and, led by Maugan Ra, they unleashed salvo after salvo into the approaching horde, destroying the bio-beasts before they could even get close. Eventually what little remained of the Tyranid force retreated, and the Webways where saved.

Captain Antonius and Inquisitor Lord Marchant were both contacted by the Planetary Governor, and told that a new signal had been detected at the edge of the system – Imperial reinforcements had finally arrived.”

As I said above, that’s the last of the 1-on-1 games. We still have Battlefleet Gothic and Epic to play, as well as a final grand-melée to finish things off. Can’t wait! Anyway, here’s a link to the final table:

Link to Table