Tale of 2 Wargamers

Hello Folks,

This past Saturday we had another gaming day, so I have some more progress pictures for you and another 7th edition warhammer battle report.

Necrons:

Here is the current status for me. Warriors and scraps swarms plus the overlord all finished. Still happy with how this army is going, necrons are very fast and easy to paint due to all the metals.

Nick's Tau:

And here is the status of Nick's army. More focused on building as some paint are shipped. So everything is assembled and primed. Looking good so far!

Purge the Alien:

So we had enough stuff for a 350 point game so went for that. For me that is 12 warriors 3 scarabs and the overlord (hes expensive). The 5au had 5 breaches 5man strike team, 3 battle suits, an ethers and some drones.

Pretty small armies and going back to 7th edition is a bit of a change. So decided to keep it simple and go for the Purge mission. You get a point for killing units plus a bonus for first blood, warlord and line breaker (have guys by enemy edge at the end.

Here us the deployment. I kept my guys close together, the Tau ambushed and spread out. Most stuff hiding behind the walls. Not much happened turn 1 but the suits advanced and killed a few guys.

Next turn I tried to charge the suits with my scarabs. 1 base died to over watch and I called the charge roll. And the tau killed the rest on their turn netting them first blood.

Next turn my warriors finished off a the strike team, and I split up and decided to try charging again. The overlord was more angry so he made it! Time to start chopping tau.

The tau were limited in options with a big combat in the way but brought the breaches back in. Next turn my warriors joined the fight and the suits died. The Tau fought back hard with the breaches close ranged shots. But the overlord used his resurrection orb so most of the Necrons were saved.

Then it came down to a battle of the warlords! Mine easily won, tau not being know as great fighters.

But he was left with 1 wound and the remaining breached finished him off!

Then the warriors shot him down.

Final count was 6 points for me 4 for the Tau. Pretty close, if the Etheral had escaped they probably could have won as he is worth so many points (3).


So anyway that's where we are for now. Having fun with 40k again going back an edition was the right choice for sure. Also good to work on a new army been awhile fir this game!

Thanks;
Mike