Raven Guard vs Emperor's Children

[Valkyrion]

Me and a buddy are doing this on Saturday. The board and terrain is all mine, the armies are both mine too but are ebay purchases rather than our handiwork. (which will hopefully be hitting the tabletop in the form of Death Guard vs Ultramarines around Christmas)

The armies are already set up by me due to time constraints, but we're gonna toss a coin to see who plays as which army, and my mate can then adjust his setup over a pregame beer and chat.

 

Raven Guard;

Command

2 Thunderhawk, 4 Fire Raptor, 2 Storm Eagle, 5 Xiphon

2 Kratos, 3 Predator, 6 Contemptor

8 Tactical, 5 Terminator, 5 Missile, 5 Assault

3 Warhound

 

Emperor's Children highlights;

Command

Thunderhawk, 3 Xiphon

6 Sicaran, 4 Deredeo, 8 Leviathan

6 Sky Hunter, 4 Land Speeder, 4 Outrider

12 Tactical in Rhino, 4 Plasma in Rhino with MM, 4 Assault

Warlord, Reaver

 

I've not bothered working out the legality of formations because we're using what we've got, and so I'm unsure how to work out actual points costs, but it's 14 activations per side (+2 rhinos for the EC), no buildings to garrison (again due to time - easier to forgo that aspect of the rules, IMO) and victory conditions TBD. 

 

We've also abandoned Infiltrate, given the abundance of Raven Guard flyers we agreed this was less a sneaky tactical operation and more a fully fledged war, so forward marching (I forget the name) is going to be used instead.