"Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know...
...Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day."
I have finally escaped from behind the paywall! (dug my way under with a runcible spoon).
After a year of DZTV batreps (for the discerning wargamer), I return to Winters SEO's YouTube channel.
Not to face the Man in the Hat himself for once, but to take Prospero's old foes, the Space Wolves. The Emperor's Executioners were commanded by another channel regular, Monkey - we've fought twice before, so this narrative had escalated to a decider.
As an added sweetener, this was the weekend the Psychic Awakening: Ritual of the Damned rules got previewed, so I had to immediately retool my army and showcase all the lovely new toys.
It was a hobby treat to play out the ancient vendetta between our two armies, with Winters acting as our very own narrator. And I'm happy to say, the battle report more that lived up to the hype!
Here's what was on the field of play:
...Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day."
I have finally escaped from behind the paywall! (dug my way under with a runcible spoon).
After a year of DZTV batreps (for the discerning wargamer), I return to Winters SEO's YouTube channel.
Not to face the Man in the Hat himself for once, but to take Prospero's old foes, the Space Wolves. The Emperor's Executioners were commanded by another channel regular, Monkey - we've fought twice before, so this narrative had escalated to a decider.
As an added sweetener, this was the weekend the Psychic Awakening: Ritual of the Damned rules got previewed, so I had to immediately retool my army and showcase all the lovely new toys.
It was a hobby treat to play out the ancient vendetta between our two armies, with Winters acting as our very own narrator. And I'm happy to say, the battle report more that lived up to the hype!
Here's what was on the field of play:
The Court of Miracles - Thousand Sons
Battalion detachment - Cult of Duplicity
- Arac Rapathwin - Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch (HQ) (Warlord)
Force stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol
Death Hex, Warptime, Sorcerous Facade
Warlord: Duplicitous Tactician
Relic: Perfidious Tome - Guron Sekra - Sorcerer (HQ)
Force stave Inferno Bolt Pistol
Infernal Gaze, Prescience, Sorcerous Facade - 5 x Rubric Marines (Troops)
Force stave & Inferno Bolt Pistol, 3 x Inferno Boltgun, 1 x Warpflamer
Weaver of Fates, Sorcerous Facade - 5 x Rubric Marines (Troops)
Force stave & Inferno Bolt Pistol, 3 x Inferno Boltgun, 1 x Warpflamer
Temporal Manipulation, Sorcerous Facade - 5 x Rubric Marines (Troops)
Force stave & Inferno Bolt Pistol, 3 x Inferno Boltgun, 1 x Warpflamer
Doombolt, Sorcerous Facade - 4 x Chaos Spawn (Fast)
Hideous mutations - 4 x Chaos Spawn (Fast)
Hideous mutations - Mutalith Vortex Beast (Heavy)
Enormous Claws, Betentacled Maw - Mutalith Vortex Beast (Heavy)
Enormous Claws, Betentacled Maw
Battalion detachment - Cult of Time
- Yr'bith Fulred - Daemon Prince of Tzeentch (HQ)
2 x Malefic talon, Wings
Gaze of Fate, Infernal Gateway, Time Flux
Relic: Hourglass of Manat - Hemuset - Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (HQ)
Familiar, Force axe, Inferno Combi-bolter
Boon of Mutation, Diabolic Strength, Time Flux
Magister: Immaterial Echo - 5 x Rubric Marines (Troops)
Force stave & Inferno Bolt Pistol, 3 x Inferno Boltgun, 1 x Warpflamer
Tzeentch's Firestorm, Time Flux - 15 x Tzaangors (Troops)
Tzaangor blades, Brayhorn - 15 x Tzaangors (Troops)
Tzaangor blades, Brayhorn - 5 x Scarab Occult Terminators (Elite)
Force stave, 4 x Inferno Combi-bolter, 4 x Powersword, Soulreaper cannon, Hellfyre Missile Rack
Glamour of Tzeentch, Time Flux - Maeldread - Tzaangor Shaman (Elite)
Force stave
Temporal Manipulation - 4 x Tzaangor Enlightened (Fast)
Fatecaster greatbows - 4 x Tzaangor Enlightened (Fast)
Fatecaster greatbows
Total: 131 PL, 2,000pts, Battleforged + Battalion + Battalion - Magister - Relic = 11CP
The Rout of Nivag Troshvik - Space Wolves
- Nivag Troshvik - Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf (HQ) (Warlord)
Storm shield, Thunder hammer
Warlord: Saga of the Wolfkin
Relic: The Wulfen Stone - Primaris Battle Leader (HQ)
Power axe and bolt carbine - Wolf Priest (HQ)
Storm bolter - 10 x Blood Claws (Troops)
Blood Claw Pack Leader: Power sword; Wolf Guard Pack Leader: Storm bolter, Storm shield; 8 x Bolt pistols & chainswords; - 10 x Grey Hunters (Troops)
Grey Hunter Pack Leader: Power sword; 8 x Bolt pistols & chainswords; 1 x plasma gun - Hei-Mann and Yfir-Handleggr - 10 x Grey Hunters (Troops)
Grey Hunter Pack Leader: Power axe; Wolf Guard Pack Leader: Combi-melta, Frost sword; 7 x Bolt Pistol & Chainsword; 1 x Bolt pistol & Meltagun - Murderfang (Elite)
Murderclaws, storm bolter, heavy flamer - Relic Sicaran Battle Tank (Elite)
Twin accelerator autocannons, 3 x heavy bolters - 7 x Wulfen (Elite)
Wulfen Pack Leader: Frost claws. 1 x Frost claws. 1 x Great frost axe. 4 x Thunder hammer & Stormshield - 4 x Thunderwolf Cavalry (Fast)
Storm shield & Thunder hammer - Land Raider Crusader (Heavy)
2 x Hurricane bolter, Storm bolter, Twin assault cannon - Drop Pod (Transport)
Storm bolter - Rhino (Transport)
Storm bolter - Rhino (Transport)
Storm bolter
This was entirely splendid! Grand listening/watching as I did my evening paint batch, and some excellently swingy moments there!
ReplyDeleteWe'd agreed beforehand that we didn't want to catch each other out with the lists, so put together two armies that could have a decent scrap - I'd say mission accomplished!
DeleteCool battlereport! Keep up the good work. Just a note: you can only take a single relic for Thousand Sons from ritual of the damned, and it has to be from the same cult as your warlord. Disappointing, but c'est la vie.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yes, I'd only had one look at the new book before we played, and missed that bit about the relic - didn't get changed in the FAQ either, which is a shame, as there were a couple of choice ones to pick from.
DeleteStill - it's more than Thousand Sons had before, so can't really complain!
Very exciting battle, I really didn't know which way it was going to go right up until the end. Well, maybe when the Mutaliths went, that was a bit of a clue!
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