Introduction
I honestly had enough of 40k after last year's tournament (and stayed away from it for a while), but this tournament idea was refreshing enough to get me back into the game.
We had to build 1500 points lists and played using a Swiss pairing system, but the missions were selected from Altar of War and Echoes of War, based on everybody's primary detachment.
You have the mission matrix and the army lists below. I will publish my own battle reports, as well as the final result.
Mission Matrix
VS
|
Astra Militarum | Daemons of Tzeentch (me) | Cabal Star | Iron Hands |
Tyranids
|
Ynnari |
| Astra Militarum |
-
|
The Schemes of Tzeentch
|
A World Turned Crimson
|
Crush the Weak
|
The Beasts of Tartoros
|
Webway Assault
|
| Daemons of Tzeentch (me) |
The Schemes of Tzeentch
|
-
|
Psychic Equinox
|
Timeless Vengeance
|
The Ritual
|
Fury of the Storm
|
| Cabal Star |
A World Turned Crimson
|
Psychic Equinox
|
-
|
Logic Abandoned
|
Capture the Artefact
|
Kill Them All!
|
| Iron Hands |
Crush the Weak
|
Timeless Vengeance
|
Logic Abandoned
|
-
|
Calculated Victory
|
The Hammer Falls
|
Tyranids
|
The Beasts of Tartoros
|
The Ritual
|
Capture the Artefact
|
Calculated Victory
|
-
|
The Web of Fate
|
| Ynnari |
Webway Assault
|
Fury of the Storm
|
Kill Them All!
|
The Hammer Falls
|
The Web of Fate
|
-
|
Army lists:
Astra Militarum: Combined Arms Detachment
- Ministorum Priest
- Primaris Psyker
- 5-man Company Command Squad
- Tank Commander
- Knight Commander Pask in Command Punisher, 2x Multi-meltas, Camo Netting, Lascannon
- Punisher, 2x Multi-meltas, Camo Netting, Lascannon
- Infantry Platoon
- 3-man Lascannon Team
- 2x 10-man Infantry Squad
- Platoon Command Squad, Guardsman w/ Medi-pack
- 10-man Veterans, Grenadiers, 3 Meltaguns, Chimera, Camo Netting
- Leman Russ Squadron: 2x Battle Tank, Camo Netting
- Wyvern Battery: 2x Wyvern, Camo Netting
A solid tank list with a fearless infantry blob.
Cabal Star:
- Khorne Daemonkin: Brazen Onslaught
- 3-man Bloodcrushers with Bloodhunter
- 5-man Bloodcrushers with Bloodhunter
- 4-man Chaos Terminators, Combi-Meltas
- Black Legion: Cyclopia Cabal
- 5x Sorcerer, level 3, Bike, Spell Familiar, 4 Meltabombs
- Chaos Daemons: Heralds Anarchic
- 5x Herald of Tzeentch, level 1
Daemons of Tzeentch:
- Chaos Daemons: Combined Arms Detachment
- Kairos Fateweaver, warlord
- 2x 10-man Brimstone Horrors (rolled on Tzeentch discipline, nothing useful)
- 3-man Screamers of Tzeentch
- Aegis Defense Line with Comms Relay
- Chaos Daemons: Heralds Anarchic
- Herald, level 3, Disc of Tzeentch, Grimoire of True Names
- Herald, level 1, Disc of Tzeentch
- 4x Herald, level 1
- Word Bearers: Combined Arms Detachment
- Sorcerer, level 3, Jump pack, Spell Familiar, Scripts of Erebus
- Sorcerer, level 3, Jump pack, Spell Familiar, Malefic Tome
- 2x 10-man Cultists
- Word Bearers: Allied Detachment
- Sorcerer, level 3, Jump pack, Spell Familiar
- 10-man Cultists
Iron Hands: Medusa Strike Force
- Stormlance Battle Demi-Company
- Space Marine Captain, Betrayer’s Bane
- 2x 10-man Tactical Squad, Grav-Gun, Rhino
- 5-man Tactical Squad, Meltagun, Razorback, Twin-linked Heavy Bolter
- 5-man Assault Squad
- 5-man Devastator Squad, 4 Grav-Cannon, Razorback, Twin-linked Heavy Bolter
- Honoured Ancients
- Ironclad Dreadnought, Chainfist w/ Meltagun, Hurricane Bolter, Drop Pod
- Ironclad Dreadnought, Chainfist w/ Meltagun, Hurricane Bolter, Drop Pod
- Ironclad Dreadnought, Power Fist w/ Heavy Flamer, Seismic Hammer w/ Heavy Flamer, Drop Pod
Solid and survivable.
Tyranids: Hive Fleet Detachement
- 3x Hive Tyrant, Wings, Electroshock Grubs, 2x Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms
- Children of Cryptus
- 2x 10-man Termagant Brood with Fleshborers
- 3-man Zoanthrope Brood with Neurothrope
- Exocrine
- Mawloc
Typical Tyranid list of Flyrants.
Ynnari:
- Seer Council
- 2x Farseer with Singing Spear
- 5x Warlock with Singing Spear
- Reborn Warhost
- Baharroth
- Archon, Shadow field, Webway portal
- 2x 5-man Kabalite Warriors
- Reborn Warhost
- Farseer with Singing Spear, Jetbike
- Farseer with Singing Spear
- 5-man Kabalite Warriors
- 3-man Windrider w/ Scatter Laser
- 6-man Wraithguard
- Vaul's Wrath Support Battery
D-cannons and Soulburst,
Battle reports
Results
Daemons of Tzeentch Victory!
Army
|
Score
|
Killpoints
|
| Daemons of Tzeentch (me) |
12
|
20
|
Tyranids
|
9
|
38
|
Ynnari
|
9
|
34
|
Astra Militarum
|
3
|
31
|
Iron Hands
|
3
|
12
|
Cabal Star
|
0
|
18
|
I have to say I was honestly surprised by the result. I had one mission in my favor, one against me and 4 balanced ones. I almost despaired when I learned that the secondary victory condition was killpoints, as my summoning army was sure to hand out lots of them.
Alas, I always played to the mission to the best of my abilities and managed to eke out a victory after 2 nerve-wrenching days.
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