Space Wolves vs Tau

[wolvesreus]

Sorry for the absence of pictures, Next game i play i will try my hardest to remember to take pictures along with my notes.

 

My force

 

Logan Grimnar

Bjórn the fell-handed plasma cannon

Wolf priest plasma pistol, Runic armour, saga of the warrior born, wolf tooth necklace, wolf tail talisman

 

Iron Priest cyberwolves x2, Thrall servitors x3, saga of the iron wolf, wolftooth necklace

Wolf Guard x4 terminator armour, wolf claw, storm shield

Wolf Guard x4 terminator armour, wolf claw, assault cannon, frost axe

Wolf Guard x8 plasma pistol x3, powerfist x2, wolf claw x4, thunder hammer, storm shield x2, boltgun, frost axe

Land Raider Redeemer multimelta, hunter killer, extra armour

 

Enemy Force

 

BattleSuit Commander Shas'o, Cyclic Ion Blaster, Fusion Blaster, Plasma Rifle, Multi-Tracker, Stimulant Injector, Drone Controler (2x Shield Drones)

BodyGuards x2 Missile Pod,Plasma Rifle, Targeting Array, Multi-Tracker

Ethreal Honour Blade, Bonding Knife

Honour Gaurd x12 Shas'ui, Markerlight

 

Stealth Suit Team Shas'Vre, Markerlight, Fusion Blaster, Targeting Array, Drone Controller (Marker Drone), Blacksun Filter

Stealth Suit Team Shas'Vre, Markerlight, Fusion Blaster, Targeting Array, Drone Controller (Marker Drone), Blacksun Filter

Stealth Suit Team Shas'Vre, Markerlight, Fusion Blaster, Targeting Array, Drone Controller (Marker Drone), Blacksun Filter

 

Fire Warriors x10 Shas'ui, Emp grenades, Photon Grenades, Markerlight

Kroot Shaper, Pulse Rifle, 6+ armour saves, Kroot Houndx2, Krootox Rider

Kroot Shaper, Pulse Rifle, 6+ armour saves, Kroot Houndx2, Krootox Rider

 

Pathfinders x6 Shas'Ui, Bonding Knife, Marker Light, Rail Rifle x2

Drones x6 Twin Linked Pulse Carbine

 

Broadside Shas'Vre, Targeting Array, Multi Tracker

 

We decided we'd just go for anahalation and after looking at his army list i was already scared.

 

Set Up

 

I rolled higher than him for set up and so i decided to deploy first, My LR went in the middle of the board with grimnar and the SS Terminator WG, The other WG termies lined up beside the LR and the 8man squad went all the way over to the left adge of the board, the Wolf Priest went with them and Bjórn and the Iron Priest backed them up. Everything set up the full 12" on.

 

He set up his Broadside in the opposite coner to Bjórn and the 8man squad and his Commander with bodygaurd set up opposite my LR inside some ruins. His Ethreal and Honour Gaurd sat in a group of trees and the fire warriors gathered around the broadside. Both squads of kroot hid in another cluster of trees opposite of about half way between my LR and 8man squad. The Pathfinder declined scouting and set up behind the Kroot out of sight of most of my stuff except for my 8man squad. All of his stealth Suits opted to deep strike.

 

Turn 1

 

Just my luck my opponent rolled a 6 and went first. He started by moving the Pathfinder in thier transport around the edge of the forest until theu where opposite my 8man squad, and the disembarked his troops. The rest of his army remained stationary apart from his Commander who moved out of terain straight towards my LR and the squad next to it. In his shooting he opened up by missing my LR with his Broadside, even with twin linked. His Honour Guards Pulse rifles opened up on the WG not in the LR and managed to hit 7 times with thier extra BS and wound 4 times, i made all but one save and a WG with WC hit the dust. he finished his turn by using his jetpack to move next to the cover in which the kroot where hiding.

 

My movement saw my LR shoot forward 12" straight at his Ethreal. All of my WG packs moved forward the Full 6" appart from the now 3man squad who passed throug some terrain and only rolled a 4. Bjorn Moved towards the Pathfinders and the wolf priest trailed him. My shooting saw my LR open up on his Commander, who was now out of cover, with its assault cannon thanks to the machine spirit, and i hit with all shots thanks to twin lnked. I rolled two 6s and a 5 to wound and the comander lost one of his shield drones to an invunerable save and one of his gaurds took a wound after failing his 3+ save. Bjorn took a shot at the Devilfish and managed to hit it and to my delight penetrated, i rolled a 5 on the pen chart and the Devilfish was wreched in the first turn. The rest of my units ran straight towards the enemy, the 3man WG rolling a 4 and the 8man squad rolling a 3.

 

Turn 2

 

The Tau started off by rolling for Deepstrike, one of his Stealth teams came onto the board and he tried to deepstrike them behind the LR. However he scattered Quite terribly with a roll of a 5+2 and ended up inches from the WG infested woods. Next he moved his comander into cover next to the kroot, and that wood was now looking pretty full, with models literaly pilled on top of one another. And the he started his shooting. His Broadside to my despair hit the LR this time, and got a penatrating hit. I held my breath but to my luck he rolled a 1 on the damage chart. Shaken. Next he Fired the Honour guard at the 3man WG again and managed to kill another WC equipped termie. The squad was looking pretty small now. His Rail rifles in his pathfinder team opened up on the 8man WG and with thier AP 3 manage to kill 2 clean.

 

My turn saw the LR move the full 12" again and it stopped just next to the wood. Pacled full of poorly armoured models. And its guns where just on line. Again all of my WG moved forward and Logan and his squad disembarked from the LR. Shooting saw Bjórn waste 3 pathfinders and the 8man (now 6man) managed to kill another 2 with thier plasma pistols. However one overheated and failed his save, bringing the squad down to 5man. The now 2man WG squad fired its assault cannon at the honour Gaurd. Hitting with three i managed to rend once but since they where in cover none died. Grimnar fired his storm bolter at the ethreals squad and managed to kill one. I saved the best until last and brought out my flame template. The Tau player Relised his mistake imediatly but he took it like a man. 12 of his kroot where covered by the template as well as the comander and a body gaurd, 3 kroot hounds and a krootox rider. The dice went my way and 7 of the kroot died, as well as all three hounds and the krootox rider. The Comand team where also wounded and the comander lost his last shield drone along with the wounded bodygaurd. Logan and his squad charged the Ethreal and made it through the cover with a roll of 4". Hover since they where in terminator armour the Tau went first. Amazingly the managed to kill one of my expensive termie WG and the Ethreal knocked a wound of logan, however the return attacks Wiped out the squad to the man, Logan giving the squad prefered enemy and the WC re-rolling to wound. The teries consolodated the full three inches towards the Broadside. The remaining pathfinder rolled his morale check and failed, running off the board.

 

Turn 3

 

My opponent rolled for reserves again and managed to bring another of his Stealth Suits on. This time they Landed where they where supposed to, right beside my LR. The Battlesuit comander and his remaining bodygaurd left the woods and moved towards grimnar, while the kroot also left the tree-line and moved towards the 5man WG pack. The Fire warriors moved towards grimar away from thier possition around the Broadside and the Steath suit team already on the board moved along with the 2man WG. In the shooting phase My opponent fired his fusion blaster at the LR and rolled a 6 on the penatrating chart. I managed to squeeze a little bit of happinees from the event though as the resultant explosion killed two of the suits. his other Steath suits fired at my 2man WG and managed to wipe out the squad. His broadside targeted Bjórn this time and though he penetrated, i managed to make his Invunerable. The fire warrior team rapid fired into Logan and his squad and killed another of them and the comander and bodygaurd also fired at the WG, killing another. His kroot then charged the 5man team and the comander moved away from Logan. In the Kroot combat he killed a further 2 of the WG before they kill 5 of the kroot, he failed his leadership roll and the 3 remaining WG chased the aliens down.

 

My turn started with all of my units moving towards the corner with the broadside in it. Grimnar stopped 2" away from the fire warriors and the now 3man Squad moved towards the remaining kroot squad. after bjórn killed 4 fire warriors with his plasma cannon and grimnar killed one with his storm bolter there where only 5 remaining fire warriors. Two kroot died from plasma pistals in my 3man WG. Logan charged the remaining fire warriors and the 3Man Squad charged th Kroot. Logan and the remaining WG termie got to go forst this time and wiped all of them out. The 3man squad managed to kill 6 Kroot but lost 2 of thier own. Again the kroot failed thier test and again the last WG not in TDA chased them down.

 

After 3 turns most of both of our armies where gone and I decided to throw in the towel. We counted up Victory Points and I got 4 to my opponents 2, but since i gave up we decided it was a narrow victory to him.

 

Again sorry for no pictures, ill try to take some next game

[calypso2ts]

Sounds like it would have been interesting if you had stuck it out for a bit more, unless you had less than it wounds like. Once you close on Tau it is usually only a few close combats to really deplete their force.