The goal
There are five objectives that will each give a scoring point if taken at end of any players turn 3 and 5. Destroying a "God of war" or Killing a warlord also gives one point.
The scenario has a few house rules, like no formations allowed and D-weapons rolling 6:s does only D3+3 dmg. In addition each side will be able to draw 3 special game cards and play one each turn.
Forces of the Emperor and Tau (Order) ~10000 pts
Space marines "Raven chapter" 1500
Space marines "Grey chapter" 3000
Tau 3000
Sisters of battle 500
Warhound Titan 900
Imperial knight 400
The free people (Disorder) ~10000 pts
Iron warriors 1500
Night lords 1500
Sons of Horus 2300
Nurgle deamons 2500
Warhound Titan 900
Fellblade 550
Turn 1 highlights
During Order sides first turn a fog of war limits shooting to 36" and also give all units stealth. This results in few notable deaths, maybe the Luna wolves Land raider being the most valuable kill. The Disorder side moves forward but does not cause many deaths on the order side.
Turn 2 highlights
Most flyers moves on the table, except the space marine gunship witch is delayed by a card. The Iron warrior Warlord is killed by a sniper card. Both sides advance.
Its a scoring turn and Order takes 2 objective points while Disorder takes 3 objective points.
The Nurgle Herald warlord is killed by terminators dropped from the Space marines flyer. The Imperial Knight destroy the Nurgle warhound titan in close combat. In return The screamers of Tzsench first locks the damaged Imperial Warhound titan in close combat then destroys it.
Last turn and the Order side scores another 3 objective points. The Great Unclean One kills the Riptide and then the Disorder side scores 1 objective point.
Result - Order 8-5
A strategic minor victory for the order forces but a decisive victory considering the number of units destroyed.
Order (8)
2+3 Objectives
1 God of war
2 warlord
Disorder (5)
3+1 objective
1 God of war
Comments
Needless to say, Apocalypse is always fun. Wherever its the big things on the table or just the fact that most of the minis you own can be there on the table. It is however quite challenging to get an even match-up as a few well placed shots can destroy so much of the opponent, or just having the superior firepower can be devastating. One of the weirdest things in this game was the "invisible" knight that could only be hit on 6:s due to a psychic power.
Not that I think it will ever happen I still hope for more generic army lists in the future where the balance is based on community feedback. Maybe a good example is Bloodbowl?
Til next time, have some painting to do.
