More Grimdark Rampant
Played a game of Grimdark Rampant at the October Wargames Club last night of 38 points (an odd amount but nothing to worry about).
The Space Marines force were lead by a unit of tactical marines with two land raider units, one unit each of bikes, land speeders and Whirlwinds. This was rounded out by a Reaver Titan.
The Eldar consisted of a Warlock leader, two units of guardians, two units of Falcon Grav Tanks, some Grav Bikes and a Phantom Titan.
The scenario was the ‘beat each other to death one’ as it had been a while since either me or my opponent had played.
The terrain we used is from the Dropzone Commander game, which I’d picked up recently in WH Smiths for £7.00 (reduced from £30 - bargain). We made the buildings impassable to vehicles but not to infantry.
It it was a hard fought game which swung back and forth between each side. The Space Marines advanced rapidly towards the Eldar who couldn’t get moving. However the Eldar gradually started to inflict sufficient casualties on the Marine forces that several units broke or had to retreat. The Reaver Titan was taken down in one turn after being shot from one side by Falcon Grav Tanks, and then from the other by Grav Bikes who caught it against a building couldn’t retreat though. Suddenly it only had one hit left and then to top it all, it failed the courage roll and fled the field.
The game ended with three units remaining on the field but with each side losing the same points, we declared it a draw.
Using the buildings from one game, the figures from another and a different set of rules certainly drew some attention from other club members.