1500pt Chaos Civil War

[Dam13n]

Played a friendly 1500pt game today.

 

Forces were:

 

Iron Warriors (Me):

- Khârn

- 5 Chosen with 5 Flamers in Havok-Back

- 5 Chosen with 5 Meltaguns and IOCG in Havok-Back

- 10 CSM with Fist Champ, Plasma Gun, Autocannon and IOCG

- 10 CSM with Fist Champ, Plasma Gun, Autocannon and IOCG

- 3 Obliterators

- Defiler with Havok Launcher

- Vindicator with Possession

 

Thousand Sons (Him):

- Tzeentch Lord with Daemon Weapon

- Tzeentch Terminator Sorcerer with Warp Time and Wind of Chaos

- 5 Tzeentch Terminators with mixed weapons inc Reaper Autocannon and Claw Champ

- 9 Thousand Sons with Wind of Chaos & Personal Icon in Havok-Back

- 9 Thousand Sons with Wind of Chaos & Personal Icon

- 8 Berserkers with Plasma Pistol & Power Weapon Champ

 

We decided on a Pitched Battle and Annihilation.

I lost the roll-off and my opponent had me deploy first.

The terrain was a couple of hills and plenty of small ruins, fairly well spread out.

 

Deployment:

I didn't have a large enough ruin to create a defensible refused flank so elected to split my forces.

1 CSM squad in each of the ruins (in the corners of my deployment zone), my obliterators hiding behind

a hill and my Defiler and Vindicator spaced to cut down my opponents lines of approach. Khârn joined

the Flamer Chosen in their rhino while the Melta Chosen were left in reserve to outflank.

 

My opponent then deployed his footsloggers behind the central large ruin, his lord and rhino mounted

thousand sons were placed on his right flank and his terminators and sorcerer were left in reserve to deep

strike.

 

My opponent failed to capture the initiative and I went first.

 

Turn 1:

 

My rhino with Khârn sped forward while my vindicator and defiler adjusted their aim. The Obliterators strode onto the hill

while my CSM squads stayed put. The rhino popped smoke immediately as it couldn't have shot anyway. The obliterators

managed to strip the havok launcher off his rhino while both autocannons from my CSM squads failed spectacularly to do

anything more. Finally my defiler took a pot-shot at his footslogging berserkers only killing 2 (thanks to cover).

 

My opponent moved his footsloggers into the ruins, although his berserkers had trouble finding their feet and only managed to

stumble 2" forward. His rhino moved 6" forward. His shooting phase saw him out of range of everything except his footslogging

thousand sons who loosed 6 inferno bolts at the CSM squad on my right flank, killing nothing. His berserkers forgot to run and

the turn ended.

 

Turn 2:

 

The melta chosen failed to appear. Khârn and the flamer chosen disembarked and moved towards the footslogging thousand sons,

the obliterators shuffled along the hill to improve their line of sight to my opponents rhino and my defiler and vindicator also

repositioned to get better lines of sight. Shooting was more impressive this time, the flamer chosen scored a hefty 22 hits on the

thousand sons killing 5 of them, the rhino with its havok launcher and twin-linked bolter accounted for another. The autocannons

and obliterators found their range stripping the rhino of it's tracks and shaking it, turning it into a box for a turn. Combat saw Khârn

kill 1 of the flamer chosen, but also left just the aspiring sorcerer standing. The aspiring sorcerer managed to take down another

chosen before he was beaten down and killed. Khârn and the chosen then consolidated back towards their rhino.

 

His terminators and sorcerer failed to show. His berserkers continued to stumble, moving a further 2" into the central ruins. He chose

to disembark his Lord and Thousand Sons from their ruined rhino and they shot everything they could at the nearby chaos marines

killing 3. This ended the turn.

 

Turn 3:

 

The melta chosen did appear this turn, moving on and disembarking near his lord and unit of thousand sons. Khârn and the chosen

re-embarked and the rhino swung around the central ruin to threaten his berserkers next turn. The defiler moved towards the

berserkers as well. The vindicator and obliterators lined up on his thousand sons. Shooting saw the obliterators completely miss with

their plasma cannons. The vindicator was not so cursed, felling 2, the melta chosen took down another 2 before the nearby unit of

chaos marines finished the volley, taking down 2 more. The defiler hit the berserkers with it's battle cannon but they passed all their

4+ cover saves.

 

His turn saw the terminators and sorcerer arrive. The Lord and surviving Thousand Sons moved to exact revenge on my melta chosen

while his berserkers finally found their feet and rushed into the centre of the large ruin. The skull champion failed to penetrate the defiler

with his plasma pistol, while the terminators similarly failed to hurt the nearby obliterators. I then winced as his lord's deathscreamer and

the thousand sons inferno bolts were unleased on my melta chosen, however thanks to some horrid dice rolling on my opponents part,

only 1 chosen fell, he was outside of assault range and the turn ended.

 

Turn 4:

 

The melta chosen moved into a nearby rock formation while their rhino repositioned to line up on his lord. The vindicator and obliterators

lined up on his terminators and the defiler closed on his berserkers. Lastly, mimicking the 2nd turn, Khârn and the flamer chosen launched

themselves towards the berserkers. Shooting saw the melta chosen and their rhino pick off the last 2 Thousand Sons, leaving the lord and

the aspiring sorcerer alone. The vindicator and Obliterators opened up on the terminators. The obliterators culled 4 including the icon bearing

aspiring champion and, to top it off, wounded the sorcerer, the vindicator then took down the last terminator. The chaos marine squad near the

terminators failed to finish off the sorcerer. On the other side of the table, the flamer chosen once again payed for themselves hitting the berserkers

18 times and killing all but 1 of them. The assault phase saw the defiler immobilise itself trying to claw through the ruins, however Khârn was

not so hindered, he claimed the last of the berserkers head (and took 2 of my chosens heads along with it) before once again consolidating back

towards his nearby rhino.

 

My opponent now had only his Sorcerer, Aspiring Sorcerer, Lord and a ruined rhino left. The Lord and Aspiring Sorcerer went after the melta

chosen while his Sorcerer went after the nearby chaos marine unit. The lord wounded himself with his deathscreamer and the aspiring sorcerer failed

to wound with his wind of chaos. Finally to add to the humiliation, his Sorcerer suffered perils of the warp (on a double 6) and lost a wound. Combat

saw his lord wipe out the melta chosen and consolidate towards the chaos marines. The Sorcerer charged the chaos marines who bludgeoned him to

death before he got to attack, they then consilidated towards his Lord ending the turn.

 

Turn 5:

 

Not much moved, instead opting to blast him into dust. The Obliterators and Vindicator fired at his Lord yet he passed every invulnerable save. The

chaos marines were more effective, putting him down for good, although the plasma gunner melted himself in the process. His aspiring sorcerer

somehow survived unscathed.

 

His sorcerer threw caution to the wind and sped towards my chaos marines, his wind of chaos did nothing (once again), he then charged in, taking down

a single chaos marine before being killed in turn.

 

With only his immobile and weaponless rhino still on the table, we called the game.

 

Kill Points:

Me - 6

Him - 1

 

Points of note:

- My opponent allowed himself to be drawn into splitting his forces, which considering I outnumbered him, was certainly a mistake.

- The dice gods were cruel throughout, but particularly unkind to my opponent in the last 2 turns.

- The combination of Khârn and the flamer Chosen was awesome, putting away a full unit of thousand sons and a unit of berserkers.

- The defiler, whilst not destructive, was still effective. My opponent was intimidated enough that it allowed me control of the board.

- My opponent didn't have enough anti-armour and that crippled him. Ironically, I used a pre-written list (although I exchanged a daemon prince

for Khârn and made 1 or 2 small wargear changes), while my opponent made his list up on the spot.

 

Laterz...

[Kierdale]

Sounds like it was a fun game but, yes, your opponent had some pretty bad luck with the dice.

I must say I like the sound of Chosen squads armed entirely with flamers and metltaguns!

 

Oh, try to snap some photos next time :P