TiguriusX Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I love reading batreps from others even if it is play testing or sparring whatever. Just gives me a fix for my WH40k addiction because I have so little time to play games myself. The following is just a simple playtest following a discussion in the armylist forum. No advanced tactics...not a tournament...but maybe some will like it. 1500pt Digital playtest Bjorn v. Arjac Task Force Bjorn (inspired by Battle of the Fang) Bjorn PC Wolf pack Tigurius Tigurius-RP COTS + LL + MH 5xGH Plasma + Rhino Kestrel-WG Combi-plasma Wolf pack Ghrond 7xGH Melta + Wolf standard + PF + MOTW + Rhino Ghrond-WG Combi-melta + PF Wolf pack Orga 7xGH Melta + Wolf standard + PF + MOTW + Rhino Orga-WG Combi-melta + PF LS MM + HF LS TML + MM LS TML + MM 5xLF 4ML 5xLF 4ML Task Force Arjac RP COTS + LL + Jaws 5xGH Plasma + Rhino WG Combi-plasma Pack 1 8xGH Melta + Wolf standard + PF + MOTW + Rhino WG Combi-melta + PF Pack 2 10xGH 2xMelta + Wolf standard Arjac LRR MM + EA LS TML + MM 5xLF 3ML 1LC 5xLF 3ML 1LC Mission: Capture and Control (aka most likely a draw) Deployment: Spearhead Map: Wide open spaces...goal was a quick playtest As one would expect...Bjorn's experience resulted in him winning deployment and gaining first turn. Both sides were plopped down in an aggressive formation. No terrain no games...just bring it on. Arjac was unable to seize. Turn 1-Bjorn Bjorn walked forward while the assault rhinos and LS all cruised forward. Rhinos popped smoke and prepared for carnage. Basic LS tucked in with the assault rhinos fired his MM at the LS in front of him. He was just in range at 20". The MM punched through the paperthin armor and wrecked the target. Task Force Bjorn had drawn first blood. Not to be outdone, the Ls-Typhoons lined up the closest rhino and let loose with krak missiles. The LS on the right flank only hit with 1 and it glanced the rhino, shaking the crew. The LS on the left flank followed up with 2 krak hits. The first shot shook the crew but the second was dead on. The rhino exploded in a gigantic ball of fire taking 2 SMs with it (4 wounds from the explosion then a pair of 1's cost the GH pack some casualties). The chaos was too much for the pack and they failed their pinning test (11!). The LFs sized up the enemy and decided to cut loose on the dismounted GH pack. The pack on the right flank was out of range however (hard to judge distance on a digital map...oops). This mistake was made up for by the pack on the left flank. They let loose a deadly salvo of krak missiles and 4 more GHs became red splotches on the battlefield. Tigurius unleashed three bolts of lightning at the opposing LFs. 2 hit and 1 wounded. The packleader was unable to make his armor save. Bjorn set his sights on the other LF pack with his PC. Snake eyes for scatter saw the PL and 1 ML go up in a puff of smoke. Turn 1-Arjac Arjac shrugged off his losses and drove directly towards Bjorn. They unloaded and prepared a charge. LF pack that suffered Bjorn's plasma aimed at the closest rhino covered in smoke and let loose. A ML + LC penetrate but are negated by the smoke. The other LF let loose with 3 penetrating krak missiles but only 1 makes it through the smoke to shake the crew. The POTMS on the LR misses the MM shot at Bjorn then Arjac and the boys unleash hell. Both meltas hit and penetrate but Bjorn's ward of the primarch shrugs them off. Arjacs hammer smashes into Bjorn's carapace and stuns him but nothing more. The RP LLs the LS but only manages to shake then stun the LS. The wolf standard is activated and the pack surges forward with a roar. They multicharge Bjorn and the rhino. Arjac goes toe to toe with Bjorn while the MOTW heads for the rhino. The wulfen is unable to hit the fast moving Rhino but 1 krak gets lucky and shakes the vehicle. Arjac and Bjorn swing simultaneously and the resulting carnage is glorious! Arjac gets 1 glance and 2 penetrates wrecking Bjorn to pieces. Neither the ward of Russ or his venerable status could stop the mighty Arjac! Bjorn whiffs his combat with three 1's. Arjac risks the save with his 3++ and fails but his entire GH pack is intact. Bjorn's wreckage is worth 2 VPs and sure to draw attention (post game I realized this is wrong...you roll D3 for KP only not VPs...oops) Turn 2-Bjorn Packs Ghrond and Orga split up and unload. Pack Ghrond heads towards the LR and Pack Orga heads towards the decimated GH pack that was pinned. All the LS move up to MM the LR but miss all 3 shots (2, 1, 1!!!). Pack Ghrond fires off both meltas but only shakes the LR. They are now exposed and in great danger of being purified by flame... Pack Orga rapid fires the remnants of the GH pack that were pinned and wipe out all but the MOTW standard bearer. He breaks and runs 6" The LFs unload and take out 4 GHs from Arjac's pack. Arjac didn't want to risk his last wound to ranged fire. Tigurius then unloads 15 murderous hurricanes upon the pack taking out 2 more GH. The pack is much smaller now but still a threat. Turn 2-Arjac The last remaining GH continues to flee another 5" (post game he should have rallied...no units close enough. Oops #2) Arjac and his boys hold still and suffer through the MH. They fire and take down one of the LS-Typhoons The LRR lines up the flames and takes out 4 GHs from Pack Ghrond while the POTMS fires the AC at the basic LS destroying the MM and stunning it The RP lets loose with Jaws at Pack Orga and hits 4 but they nimbly dodge the jaws of the world wolf (ironically the dodge rolls of 2-2-1-2 would all have failed the normal 3+ armor save...go figure). The LFs unleash fire at Pack Ghrond wiping them out and removing some melta threats from the LRR Turn 3-Bjorn Both LFs unload krak missiles on Arjac's squad leaving Arjac as the last man standing. The LS maneuvers to fire on the LR with the MM but misses yet again with another "2"...Bjorn's task force is slowly running out of options regarding the LRR. RP-Tigurius unleashes another MH on the solo Arjac and cuts his thread with 1 of the 10 MH hits finding a weak point in the TDA. The rhino in hot pursuit of the wulfen guns him down with a SB Pack Orga rapid fires into the LF squad and a single melta shot finishes off the last survivor. Turn 3-Arjac The LR moves into position to fire on rhinos while the RP heads off towards Bjorn's wreckage The LR wrecks the rhino dead ahead with the assault cannon while the POTMS wrecks the long range rhino with a MM shot RP lets loose a single bolt that does nothing to the LS The LFs finish the job exploding the LS with a LC blast. Turn 4-Bjorn Pack Orga runs toward the rear objective while LS tries to block the rampaging LR. Without a MM it can do nothing to destroy it. Tigurius lines up a LL shot at his counter part from long range. He manages to immobilize the rhino (you can see from the SS they were both just outside the 24" dispel range the entire game). Both LF packs have no other target so they fire at the LR and actually manage to shake the crew Turn 4-Arjac The LR moves to pick up the RP and prepare to sit on an objective LFs kill 3 GHs from the incoming Pack Orga RP perils with snakeyes while unleashing LL at the LFs and killing one. Tigurius is still 1" out of range to dispel (has been all game) Turn 5-Bjorn Tigurius and his GH fall back to the rear objective while other units maneuver around. LF pack on top starts running to contest Bjorn's wreckage if needed. The LS finds a flamer target but doesn't get any casualties Pack Orga rapid fire the LF killing 2 with bolters and the last with meltas...the objective is now cleared. Flamer does nothing but the LF krak missiles wipe out 3 GHs from the pack hoping to take shelter in the LR Turn 5-Arjac RP and remaining GH jump into the LRR and claim Bjorn's wreckage Dice comes up 4...game on! Turn 6-Bjorn GH and Tigurius exit the Rhino and sit on the objective while the LS flats out to contest Bjorn. Rhino pops smoke and contests while LFs hop in. Remaining LFs fire at LR but do nothing Turn 6-Arjac RP hops out and LR try to blast the LS off the objective but the save from moving flat out prevents the loss of the flamer and a wrecked result from the LR. Dice comes up 5...game on! Turn 7-Bjorn The LS repositions and the rhino joins the cluster f*** on Bjorn's wreckage. The LFs fire at the RP wiping him out Turn 7-Arjac The last surviving GHs exit and rapid fire plasma at the LS wrecking it. The LR focuses fire on the rhino stunning the crew and destroying a SB but it remains to contest Game over Bjorn-2 objectives Arjac-0 objectives Bjorn's wreckage contested Ironically Packs Orga and Ghrond were never involved in assault. The entire point of this playtest was to see if I should keep dual fists on the medium size squad. The alpha strike capability from Bjorn is nice and the number of krak missiles absolutely wreck MEQ. Nothing but bad luck explains how the LR survived so long. There were 6 meltas fired from close range and all it did was scratch the paint. Bjorn providing an additional objective in this mission really changes the dynamics of what is usually a draw Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234799-playtest-batrep-bjorn-v-arjac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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