It has been some time since I’ve performed Warhammer 40,000.
A brand new House Wolves Codex is on the way in which and an Military Field with new fashions and particular version codex was launched within the final week or so – which Orion picked up and has been itching to play with… So I instructed we play a recreation!
I did choose up the brand new Codex: Aeldari again in February, however I have never performed them in… 5 – 6 years!? (I’ll have used some in a number of Kill Workforce video games, although…).
THE SITUATION
Farseer Thymiltelyir of the Biel-Tymm Fleet foresaw the Mon-keigh constructing of a refinery on Calispass IX was slightly too near some historic Aeldari ruins and will they discover any of the artifacts misplaced inside, it could possibly be ruinous for the Aeldari. A power was dispatched to dissuade the Mon-Keigh from additional encroaching on the location.
Sadly, Farseer Thymiltelyir didn’t foresee the presence of the worst of the Mon-Keigh; the brutal and savage beasts that decision themselves “Space Wolves”…
THE SCENARIO
Simply to maintain issues easy, we performed the very primary Solely Conflict situation from the Warhammer 40,000 (Tenth Version) Core Rulebook. There are 4 Goal places. A single level is awarded on the finish of every gamers Command Part (after the primary tun) for every Goal held (to a maxim um of three factors per flip).
That is it.
THE FORCES
Aeldari Power
Farseer Thymiltelyir (with Psychic Destructor enhancement)
Warlocks Adrellewi and Broelwyn of the Refrain of the Emerald Reaping Warlock Conclave
Shrine of the Fading Evening Dire Avengers led by Exarch Bylizek
Shrine of the Dawning Confluence Dire Avengers led by Exarch Thodelwynn
Shrine of the Crawling Fury Warp Spiders led by Exarch Latrodectus
Maesenir’s Rangers
Myardak’s Rangers
Kaedoreth’s Rangers
Wraithguard
House Wolves Power
Bjorn the Fell-Handed
Ragnar Blackmane main ten Blood Claws
Wolf Guard Battle Chief main six Wolf Guard Headtakers and 6 Looking Wolves
Wolf Guard Battle Chief (with Wolf Touched enhancement) main Wulfen (with Thundershields!)
A pack of six Fenrisian Wolves
THE GAME
The Mon-keigh’s new a refinery on Calispass IX
The brutal savages of the House Wolves are there ready…
Kaedoreth’s Rangers infiltrated forward of the principle Aeldari power, signalled again the presence of the sudden defenders. It was determined to go forward with the raid.
Farseer Thymiltelyir lead the Refrain of the Emerald Reaping Warlock Conclave and a few Wraithguard ahead, whereas Thodelwynn, Exarch of the Shrine of the Dawning Confluence Dire Avengers, held his troops again to defend one of many Historical Aeldari smash websites.
The Wraithguard introduced hearth upon an anceint dreadnaught throughout the refinery, damaging it barely…
Shrine of the Crawling Fury Warp Spiders surged previous Myardak’s Rangers to grab one of many places the Farseer decided can be best to set demolition costs. the had been adopted by Shrine of the Fading Evening Dire Avengers led by Exarch Bylizek.
Earlier than they may even begin setting the costs, they had been assaulted by the brutal and savage Wulfen, led by a Wolf Guard Battle Chief. The Warp Spiders let free with their Demise Spinners and shredded three of the Wulfen, earlier than they had been upon them.
The Wulfen crashed into the Warp Spiders with a terrifying fury, smashing and shattering flesh and bone and gear. With so many injured and/or rendered ineffective with shattered gear, Exarch Latrodectus known as for the Shrine of the Crawling Fury Warp Spiders to retire to the rendezvous level in preparation to return to the fleet through a webway portal
So shocked by the violence of the Wulfen’s assault, the Shrine of the Fading Evening Dire Avengers didn’t also have a probability to react to a second Wolf Guard Battle Chief main a troop of Headhunters assaulted from their flank, by means of the Shardwrack Spines.
A number of of the Dire Avengers had been instantly lower down by the murderous Headtakers. Exarch Bylizek ordered the stays of the squad to put down suppressing hearth to present the injured an opportunity to flee, then all fell again to the rendezvous level. They might have overwhelmed them, however they might not be taking any heads in the present day!
Elsewhere, Ragnar Blackmane and his Blood Claws, together with a pack of Fenrisian Wolves savaged Maesenir’s Rangers then tried to storm the place held by Exarch Thodelwynn and the Shrine of the Dawning Confluence Dire Avengers. Thodelwynn and the Shrine of the Dawning Confluence Dire Avengers had been a bit extra ready than their compatriots. Thodelwynn directed a the Dire Avengers to unload vicious volley of monofilament shurikens on the stampeding brutes, slaughtering all however Blackmane…
The Dire Avengers then charged in and, with assistance from the Farseer and warlocks…
…introduced down the famed chief of the House Wolves.
in the meantime the Wraithguard completed off the pack of wolves and siezed one of many aims.
The Wraithguard exchanged hearth with the traditional dreadnaught within the refinery…
In the meantime, the headtakers rapidly redeployed to the other flank of the battle!?
All however Maesenir (chief of one of many Ranger teams that had been savaged by Ragnar Blackmane and his barbaric Blood Claws) moved ahead to attempt to maintain one of many aims lengthy sufficient to start out planting demolition costs.
Extra hearth was exchanged with the Headtakers and the Dreadnaught, chipping away on the forces on each side.
Finally the Headtakers and their Wolf Guard Battle Chief charged in.
Maesenir continued taking pot pictures together with his lengthy rifle and planting demolition costs to destroy proof of the Anceint Aeldari ruins.
He hoped the remainder of his rangers made it again to the rendezvous level. Two had been severely injured…
The sounds of escalating violence drew the Wulfen away from the place their commander had informed them to carry…
Extra of the Wraithguard had been smashed and Dire Avengers injured. Farseer Thymiltelyir determined the scenario was untenable and had the remaining forces precise an ordered retreat to the rendezvous level. The Farseer and Warlocks gathered the spririt stones of the Wraithguard and escorted the injured Dire Avengers off the battlefield.
Exarch Thodelwynn stayed to carry again the beasts of the Mon-Keigh…
Maesenir, distracted by the violence within the distance was unable to focus on establishing demolition costs… (failed a battleshock check and not counted as holding the target).
The Beastly Wolfen rounded the nook and it was time for the Exarch to surrender the place. He’d held it lengthy sufficient for the others to get away. There was no glory in dying this present day..
The Wolf Guard Battle Chief and final surviving Headtaker had lastly noticed the hidden Ranger and determined they need to chase him off. Maesenir light into the forest and made his approach again to the Rendezvous level simply in time to journey with the remainder of the power.
Regardless of slaying lots of the absurd genetically-enhanced mon-keigh, what was gained strategically was too little in comparison with the Aeldari losses. Regardless of entry to the very best flesh and bone weavers, two had been killed in motion (Daelwynneth of the Shrine of the Fading Evening Dire Avengers and Aurelys of Maesenir’s Rangers) and others had been so grievously injured, they needed to depart the Path of the Warrior (or Outcast) and discover new paths to stroll in life. Klofaryl’s head damage meant the couldn’t focus to be an efficient ranger. Holemenes and Bothrenon of Shrine of the Fading Evening Dire Avengers misplaced and arm and a leg, respectively, and neither of the replacements grown for them had been robust sufficient to proceed their path. Farseer Thymiltelyir took a bolter spherical to the backbone and was crippled for some cycles. Many others spent many cycles in painful and tough restoration and it could be a very long time earlier than they rejoined the trail.
What really occurred within the recreation…?
I needed to go first and moved up, taking an goal with the Warp Spiders… as a result of that is what we’ve to do… proper? Then the house wolves went and the Warp Spiders, a unit of Dire Avengers and a unit of Rangers had been charged and worn out… Three of my seven items of troops gone within the first spherical.
The subsequent spherical the opposite two items of Rangers had been destroyed.
I did take out ONE unit of House Wolves… chipped away at one other… however did not actually
I feel I ended with 4-5 victory factors and Orion would have scored… 10? or so…?
