Horus Heresy Doubles Tournament
Game 1 - Mechanicum & Raven Guard Vs. Death Guard & Iron Warriors
This game was great! We really hit it off from the start and had a lot of fun; so much fun we only completed four turns....whoops!
The Iron Warriors player started with nothing on the board and we agreed we wanted a surprise when it turned up. The Death Guard began completely in vehicles.
The game started out to our advantage, scoring quite a few points early on. There were not a lot of significant casualties, but objectives were being captured. We got into combat early on, with Garro and a unit of Death Shroud charging my Domitar (after shooting three wounds off it). Unfortunately Garro managed to take off the last wound before the Domitar could make a mess of the Death Shroud.
The Iron Warriors appeared in the form of two Storm Ravens carrying a Veteran Tactical Squad and a Command Squad. This made an awesome scene as, with the Fire Raptor on the table too, we had all three flyers dog-fighting.
The most devastating moment of the game was when, after Garro and the Death Shroud had parted ways, my Thallax unit shot at and charged Garro (after getting him down to a single wound). Garro caused two wounds in combat before being cut down. Unfortunately Garro passed his leadership, returning on one wound. This resulted in the Thallax losing the the combat, failing their leadership and being cut down - providing Garro with roughly seven mission points through tactical objectives!
The Iron Warriors entered the fight on our last turn, killing swathes of Raven Guard in close combat, but not being effective enough to score many points.
The game ended with both teams scoring 14 points!
