El mes de Agosto es de los mejores del año para organizar alguna partida de estas grandes, grandes. Mucha gente está de vacaciones o con la jornada intensiva. Tras comentarlo y ante la nueva salida del reglamento de Apocalypse de GW decidimos despedir al sistema antiguo con una partida de 20.000 puntos, 10.000 para el Imperio y 10.000 para una coalición de Xenos y Caos. Para la partida, que jugamos en el Castro, montamos una "pequeña" mesa de 460x120 cm llena de escenografía. Como la partida iba a ser muy épica decidimos usar una regla de la casa, por 2 CP, el jugador de Lobos, podría incluir al ¡primarca Leman Russ! Eso sí, usando el perfil y los puntos de Roboute Guilliman del codex Ultramarines y, claro está, lo hizo.
The fool above declares that August is "one of the best" months of the year to organise a massive game because "a lot of people" are enjoying "holidays" or "intensive workdays", so some fellows organized a 20.000 points game: 10K Imperial forces clashing against 10K Xeno-Chaos coalition (Spoiler Alert: August is the worst month of the year so I had to decline playing this time because of merciless Warp-inspired working planning).
The match was played at our castrum in a "small" 460x120cm table full of terrain. As the game was going to be epic they included a house rule: by spending 2 Command Points the Space Wolves player could transform Roboute Guilliman into Leman Russ keeping the attributes of the former.
The fool above declares that August is "one of the best" months of the year to organise a massive game because "a lot of people" are enjoying "holidays" or "intensive workdays", so some fellows organized a 20.000 points game: 10K Imperial forces clashing against 10K Xeno-Chaos coalition (Spoiler Alert: August is the worst month of the year so I had to decline playing this time because of merciless Warp-inspired working planning).
The match was played at our castrum in a "small" 460x120cm table full of terrain. As the game was going to be epic they included a house rule: by spending 2 Command Points the Space Wolves player could transform Roboute Guilliman into Leman Russ keeping the attributes of the former.
Para el despliegue las tropas del imperio decidieron usar una táctica sencilla pero eficaz: Blitzkrieg con infantería y elementos de artillería fijando el centro del campo de batalla y una fuerza rápida en un flanco y un poder muy contundente en el otro para sobrepasar las posiciones y cerrar hacia el centro. Los xenos, con una buena contratáctica, usaron un despliegue de flanco rechazado concentrando todas sus tropas en el centro del campo de batalla y en el flanco de tropas rápidas imperiales, dejando el flanco "fuerte" del Imperio, sin enemigos a los que hacer frente de buen principio.
As deployment the Imperial side decided for a "simple" but effective tactic: Blitzkrieg. Infantry and artillery fixing the center of the battlefield and a quick flanking force combined with a powerful one in the other flank to overrun enemy positions and close in the front. The Xenos devised a good countertactic and refused one flank thus concentrating their forces in the center and against the quick Imperial forces, leaving the strong one without enemies.
As deployment the Imperial side decided for a "simple" but effective tactic: Blitzkrieg. Infantry and artillery fixing the center of the battlefield and a quick flanking force combined with a powerful one in the other flank to overrun enemy positions and close in the front. The Xenos devised a good countertactic and refused one flank thus concentrating their forces in the center and against the quick Imperial forces, leaving the strong one without enemies.
La sorpresa desagradable del primer turno, la dieron los Custodes a los Tau, ya que gracias a sus rápidas motos, ¡les pudieron cargar! Eso si, tras recibir la friolera de más de CIENTO VEINTE disparos de fuego defensivo. Los Custodes perdieron una moto, pero en la carga eliminaron fácilmente a las unidades Tau. Eso si, como era de esperar, los Tau en su turno, se apartaron de las motos y las desintegraron con una lluvia de fuego abrumadora.
Nevertheless, the first ugly surprise was cast upon the Tau by the Custodes, who were able to charge them in the first turn thanks to their grav-bikes. After losing one of their own toba volley of ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY defensive fire shoots. The Imperial praetorians easily dispatched the Tau units, but where in turn obliterated by the aliens during their turn.
Nevertheless, the first ugly surprise was cast upon the Tau by the Custodes, who were able to charge them in the first turn thanks to their grav-bikes. After losing one of their own toba volley of ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY defensive fire shoots. The Imperial praetorians easily dispatched the Tau units, but where in turn obliterated by the aliens during their turn.
El segundo turno fue mucho más interesante y sangriento. Las tropas de Lobos del flanco derecho, tras perder a todos los Garras Sangrientas y casi casi a los Land Speeder, maniobraron para atacar a las tropas de la Guardia de la Muerte y los orkos de ese sector. El Guardián del Lobo montado en lobo de Fenris, se lanzó al combate a por el príncipe demonio de Nurgle, los Typhon bombardearon una ruinas, eliminando a una unidad de orkos con armas pesadas, además, por el flanco entraron tres unidades, una de exploradores Lobos, una de primaris y un Señor Lobo que tras disparar casi a bocajarro contra una unidad de Guardia de la Muerte, no hicieron nada. También se reveló un asesino Eversor del Imperio, que cargó contra una segunda unidad de Guardia de la Muerte en el centro del campo de batalla.
The second turn was far more interesting and bloody. The Space Wolves of the right flank, maneuvered to attack the Death Guard and the Orks after losing the Blood claws and almost all of their Land Speeders. The Wolf Guard mounting a Fenrisian steed charged into combat against the Daemon Prince of Nurgle as the Typhon bombarded some greenskin-infested ruins annihilating several heavy weapon teams. Also, from the flank three Space Wolves units entered the battlefield: scouts, primaris and a Jarl that managed to accomplish nothing despite throwing everything they had against a Death Guard unit at point blank range (what did they expect against Nurgle's own?). Lastly, an Eversor assassin appeared from nowhere and charged agaisnt yet another Death Guard unit in the center of the battlefield.
The second turn was far more interesting and bloody. The Space Wolves of the right flank, maneuvered to attack the Death Guard and the Orks after losing the Blood claws and almost all of their Land Speeders. The Wolf Guard mounting a Fenrisian steed charged into combat against the Daemon Prince of Nurgle as the Typhon bombarded some greenskin-infested ruins annihilating several heavy weapon teams. Also, from the flank three Space Wolves units entered the battlefield: scouts, primaris and a Jarl that managed to accomplish nothing despite throwing everything they had against a Death Guard unit at point blank range (what did they expect against Nurgle's own?). Lastly, an Eversor assassin appeared from nowhere and charged agaisnt yet another Death Guard unit in the center of the battlefield.
De todo el turno del Imperio, lo mejor, el combate entre el señor de la guerra de la Guardia del Lobo y el Principe Demonio, tras una lluvia de ostias por ambas partes, el Guardián del Lobo se impuso al servidor de Nurgle y ¡lo dejó a 1 herida!. la respuesta de los xeno-caoticos en el turno 2 fue muy contundente. Su Caballero del Caos cargó contra uno de los Caballeros del Imperio, el Principe Demonio, abandonó el combate cuerpo a cuerpo para poder atacar a algo más blandido que el Jefe Lobo y los Tau y los Orkos dieron buena cuenta de la primera oleada de refuerzos Custodes que llegó a ese sector del campo de batalla. En el combate épico entre los Caballeros, el Caballero del Caos dejó muy dañado al Imperial, pero este respondió también con contundencia y gracias a un venerable acorazado de los Salamandras que realizo una intervención heroica contra el Caballero del Caos, se consiguió acabar con la blasfema maquina, eso si, al estallar, destruyó al Caballero Imperial, varios Exterminadores de la Guardia del Lobo y le hizo 3 herida a Leman Russ (a eso se le llama morir matando).
The best thing of the whole Imperial turn was the combat between the Daemon Prince and the Space Wolves' Warlord. After a respectable rain of blows from both sides Nurgle's paladin survived with just one wound. Coalition's answer was blunt. The Chaos Knight charged against his Imperial counterpart, the Daemon Prince outmaneuvered the Corpse's lapdog and the Xenos decimated the Custodes reinfocements that were arriving to their sector. In the Knightly duel the Imperial wargolem ended up badly damanged but the Chaos Knight was destroyed due to the intervention of a Salamanders' Venerable Dreadnought who managed to blow the whole thing murdering in the process not only the Imperial Knight but also several Terminators from the Wolven Guard and inflicting three wounds to Leman Russ himself.
The best thing of the whole Imperial turn was the combat between the Daemon Prince and the Space Wolves' Warlord. After a respectable rain of blows from both sides Nurgle's paladin survived with just one wound. Coalition's answer was blunt. The Chaos Knight charged against his Imperial counterpart, the Daemon Prince outmaneuvered the Corpse's lapdog and the Xenos decimated the Custodes reinfocements that were arriving to their sector. In the Knightly duel the Imperial wargolem ended up badly damanged but the Chaos Knight was destroyed due to the intervention of a Salamanders' Venerable Dreadnought who managed to blow the whole thing murdering in the process not only the Imperial Knight but also several Terminators from the Wolven Guard and inflicting three wounds to Leman Russ himself.
A partir del turno tres, la cosa empezó a ir mal para las tropas del Imperio, con el flanco izquierdo casi sobrepasado por el enemigo, la aviación orka causando estragos en el centro del campo de batalla y las tropas del flanco derecho forzando la marcha pero sin conseguir llegar a zonas de combate importantes, el plan de los Xenos y Caos empezaba a dar buenos resultados. El centro Imperial cada vez contaba con menor cantidad de potencia de fuego, pero los Dragones del Emperador deciden no regalar nada y se lanzan por los enemigos. La potencia de fuego enemiga empieza a causar serios daños a los Caballeros Imperiales y varios de ellos caen o son dañados de gravedad, mientras los Custodes llegan en segunda oleada intentando terminar con los Tau, pero sin mucho éxito.
After the turn three things went south for the Empire as the left flank colapsed under Orkish pressure while the greenskin aviation broke havoc at their center and the right flank troops were unable to reinforce their comrades in time as their enemies had planned. The Imperial center was lacking in terms of firepower but the Emperor's Dragons head on nevetheless as more Imperial Knights fall to the guns of their enemies and the Custodes close in with the Taa without much success.
After the turn three things went south for the Empire as the left flank colapsed under Orkish pressure while the greenskin aviation broke havoc at their center and the right flank troops were unable to reinforce their comrades in time as their enemies had planned. The Imperial center was lacking in terms of firepower but the Emperor's Dragons head on nevetheless as more Imperial Knights fall to the guns of their enemies and the Custodes close in with the Taa without much success.
Los últimos turnos fueron a la desesperada por parte del Imperio para intentar mantener los objetivos que controlaban y causar algunas bajas más a las tropas enemigas. Se consiguió eliminar, al final al Principie demonio de Nurgle y Russ y sus Exterminadores dieron buena cuenta de los Termis de la Guardia de la Muerte y los Escoltas de Typhus, dejando vía libre a Russ para que cargara contra el Campeón de Nurgle, ¡¡en un duelo final por todo lo alto!!
The last turns saw an Imperial last ditch attempt to maintain the objectives already secured and kill some more enemies. In the end the Daemon Prince fell and Russ and his fellas managed to butcher Typhus escort and the Death Guard Terminators that supported them. And thus the last act of this tragedy would be an epic duel between Leman Russ and Typhus.
Una partida increíblemente divertida. Al final Victoria para la coalición de Orkos-Caos-Tau. Dar las gracias a Vinç, Mael, Sergi D, Oscar, Pau y Sergi R por este fantástico día, así como a todos los amigos que se acercaron a ver la partida a lo largo del día.
After all the empire was defeated. Special thanks to Vinç, Mael, Sergis D. and R., Pau and Oscar for this wonderful day as well as all the friends who came by to take a look at the match.
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Fotos de Vinç, Sergi D y Sergi R.
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