Apocalypse Day

[Ktan]

What can I say? There's something incredibly satisfying about seeing a Chaos Baneblade placing a template the size of a pizza over a hapless squad of Space Marines.

Or a squad of three Vindicators forcefully ejecting some Devastators from a building via the medium of actually blowing the building up.

As you may have guessed, I took part in an apocalypse game, and, suffice to say, it was tremendous fun. Yes, I was on the winning side, but this fact notwithstanding, there's something quite humbling about seeing pieces of scenery vaporised.

Obviously in use, were Baneblades on each side, as well as a Brass Scorpion. Vortex grenades are nothing short of pure dirt. However, the best moment had to be when, on the fly, the store manager decided that the Vortex Missile
Silo objective that had just been hit by a demolisher round should go nova. It resulted in the death of EVERYTHING in 30 inches, including Abbadon the Despoiler and his retinue as well as about a 20 daemons and twenty Space Marines.

And that's really the fun of the game, having a Gamesmaster to come up with crazy insane rules in the middle of the game. Tactically, yes, it is to be taken with a pinch of slat, but with a group of experienced gamers too, I can see this being an incredibly fun way to play 40K. I've already ordered my Necron Phalanx.

Next week I'm taking along 1000pts of hastily put together Ultramarines for a twelve player game (6v6, I assume) and with a friend I'll then be planning a game between some of the most experienced members of the Macclesfield Battle Bunker which will involve a scratch built Dark Eldar Titan, and possibly my Eliphas the Inheritor conversion.

Madness?

Yeah, pretty much.

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[Dezzick]

I was there for a tiny bit of it, but had to go. =(

damn my grandparents for getting married on this day 50 years ago. >.>

[kongurous]

I played an Apocalypse game today as well. It was Tau-Tau-Eldar versus Space Marines-Space Marines-Sisters of Battle. I was one of the Space Marines, two squads of 13th Company Space Wolves, a Fenrisian Wolf Pack, a Wolf Lord, and a squad of Long Fangs.

A small Tau and Eldar force (small is a relative term, being 1850 points each) was in front of me (also 1850, just I was in ruined buildings) and I had a Black Templars (but painted white and gold, called the White Templars or Imperial Paladins), on my flank (I was the extreme right flank of the entire battle line) as the Sisters of Battle engaged the veteran Tau player (the other two players were relatively new compared to my side).

I had the joy of losing my wolf pack in the first turn and wounding the Eldar player's Wraithlord once (out of 4 shots. in my defense, the Eldar player had fuckmazing rolls the entire game. I hate her dice now.) while I moved my Wolf Lord and his attached squad into the open and parked another squad in the buildings. I was holding one of the objectives at this point. End turn 1.

Turn 2 rolls around and I get first shots. I once more fire all of my Long Fang guns at the Wraithlord, wounding once more and not killing. The Eldar player used her Guardian squads to tear up my Wolf Lord's squad from 11 guys down to 4 (a melta gun, my sergeant, one random guy, and my Wolf Lord survived) and I fired my heavy bolter and krak missile-armed rocket launcher at her bikes who were engaging the Black Templar force. This shots didn't wound. I used my remaining missile launcher and my lascannon on the closest Tau guy to me's crisis suit and blew it to pieces.

Across the battlefield, the Black Templar tossed a vortex grenade which ripped off a wall and killed a fire warrior, leaving two others exposed to a jump squad with a chaplain with jump packs. Banshees were moved in to reinforce, who were prompted fucked up by the Black Templar Rhinos while his Predator and Vindicator shot at the bikes. Which did nothing. Seriously, the Eldar chick did not lose a bike except to the Vortex grenade, which seriously messed up the enemy.

Turn 3, I made swiss cheese out of her Guardian squads by blowing them to pieces with my Long Fangs and tactical squad and moving my Wolf Lord's squad within assault range of her Dire Avengers. The Wraithlord was taken down by the Emperor's Champion and the other Tau guy moved in his reserves, who got either blown to pieces, sucked up by the vortex grenade, or got a nice fat Crew Shaken. The newer Tau guy got a Hit on his deep striking roll for reserves and landed within 6 inches of the objective, and since the 3rd turn was the last turn (we ran 30 minutes over our 3 hour game limit), I couldn't touch him.

Assault phase runs around, I take out two Dire Avengers with my Wolf Lord and they have to make a morale check. She finally rolls a shit roll of 2, I got a 6. Two words: sweeping advance. Like 10 Dire Avengers, torn to fucking pieces by one pissed off Wolf Lord, a guy with a power fist, a dude with a melta gun, and some random guy with a bolter. It was beautiful.

As the game ends, the winner is not clear. The Eldar have been badly punished, the newer Tau player has just one model on the battlefield, and the more experienced one really can't do anything because all he has is a Hammerhead. The Sisters of Battle are torn to pieces and lack anti-armor, the Black Templars are prepared to charge into close combat and tear up some Eldar, and I'm ready to exact revenge for my fallen Battle-brothers and my wolves. We hold one objective, the other guys hold another. The third is unclaimed.

I had to go before the victor was decided, but I'm sure my side won. Either way, it kicked ass. I'd do it again any day.