Just a quicky

So I came 6th over all which would sound good if there were more than 14 players, still not terrible. Great fun weekend though and like I say great venue etc. But on that form I wouldn't qualify for the GT so I'd better buck my ideas up. Sorry I've been brief but not had much time and pretty busy trying to sort out Starsmash now. Any way I'll be in touch later in the week.

Many Thanks,

Charley

X Legion Game 6

Points: 1500
Mission: Cleanse, Gamma
Opponent: Steve Harrild-Jones
Opposition: Orks (Again, again)

Major Win

Losses:
6 V Company Tactical Marines
1 V Company Veteran Sgt
5 VIII Company Assault Marines
5 I Company Veterans
5 I Company Terminator suits
1 IX Company Dreadnoughts

1 Predator Destructor

X Legion Game 5

Points: 1500
Mission: Secure and Control, Omega
Opponent: Chris Bingley
Opposition: Black Legion

Massacre Win

Losses:
2 V Company Tactical Marines
1 V Company Rhino
1 VIII Company Assault Marines
1 IX Company Dreadnought

1 Predator Destructor
1 Codicier

X Legion Game 4 (Sunday morning)

Points: 1500
Mission: Take and Hold, Gamma
Opponent: Andy Kent
Opposition: Black Legion

Minor Loss

Losses:
8 V Company Tactical Marines
2 V Company Veteran Sgt
5 VIII Company Assault Marines
5 I Company Veterans
5 I Company Terminator suits

1 Land Raider Crusader

X Legion Game 3

Points: 1500
Mission: Recon Omega
Opponent: Rob Tillman
Opposition: Mech Eldar

Major Win

Losses:

9 V Company Tactical Marines
1 V Company Rhino
5 VIII Company Assalut Marines

1 Codicier

X Legion Game 2

Points: 1500
Mission: Seek and Destroy
Opponent: Steve Harrild-Jones
Opposition: Orks (Again)

Draw

Losses:
1 V Company Rhino
8 V Company Tactical Marines
5 I Company Veterans
5 I Company Terminator suits
2 VIII Company Assault Marines

1 Predator Destuctor
1 Land RAider Crusader

X Legion Taurnament, Langford 18th 19th August Game 1

This was a great little taurnament that turned up out of the blue, myself and Dave were planning on heading up to London to see Dan for a couple of days when Dan saw this on the web and signed us up. Well worth the trip and hats off to Rob for running such a good weekend. It was a small group but all were very nice players and most of us went off to have a couple of pints and a nice meal on the saturday night, the venue was great and extremely spacious with Rob providing some top class scenery.

Anyway down to the games.

Game 1
Points: 1500
Mission: Cleanse, Omega
Opponent: Dan
Opposition: Orks

Major Loss

Losses:

1 IX Company Dreadnought
5 I Company Veteran Marines
5 I Company Termintator suits
5 VIII Company Assault Marines
10 V Company Tactical Marines

Pick up game, sorry i've been so lax

Points: 1500
Mission: Secure and control
Opponent: Hal Belmonte
Opposition: Necrons

Major win

Yeah sorry I've not written anything for a while but as I said I've been pretty busy with films and stuff so here we go. It'll be brief as I've got seven games to update so no long battle reports I'm afraid but I'm sure you'll enjoy to see the ammount of losses I've had recently.

Speaking of which:

6 VIII Company Assault Marines
6 IX Company Devistator Marines
1 V Company Rhino
4 I Company Veterans
4 I Company Terminator suits

1 Codicier

What next, or rather who's next?

So with twenty or so games played with just slightly better than a 2:1 win loss ratio and the Chapter down to around 70% fighting strength where do I go from here?

Two possibilities I've been looking at are either Drop-podding but that means getting or making drop pods. Or a large infiltrating force with a couple of tanks to try to pull my opponents deployment in my favour.

The other worry is at this rate i wont have anything left to take to the GT in November? Or not anything like a competitive army, so do i work one out now and play around that list or take it slow for a bit or just go hell for leather and hope my recent poor form improves?

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

I'm working on a film set all next week so will be unable to play a game but I will post any other ideas and of course look forward to seeing if you've got any.

Cheers

Charley

Pick up game

Points: 2000
Mission: Recon, Omega
Opponent: Tom Ralph
Opposition: Tyranids

Draw

Things seemed to be going well in this game, Toms big gribblies were coming on slowly so i could pick at them as i chose and I was killing off the threats one by one. Unfortunately when the flying Tyrant turned up he quickly blasted his way through two six man Tactical Squads mainly due to my inability to roll 3+ saves but also just to the ammount of re-rollable shots/re-rollable wounds (Lots of twin linked Devourers) Finally having avoided his carnifexes and other Tyrant and with enough in Toms Deployment zone I thought I was quids in. Unfortunately a misjudged distance allowed his Tyrant a Str10 warp blast shot at my Crusader, the only shot of the game at it, which duly blew it sky high. Ah well back to the drawing board eh.

Losses:
1 Land Raider Crusader
12 V Tactical Marines
6 VIII Assault Marines
6 IX Devastator Marines

Pick up game, Chaplain Ortotha's short day out

Points: 1500
Mission: Cleanse, Alpha
Opponent: Dave Richardson
Opposition: Necrons

Major Loss (0-2)

With the rest of the company dead Chaplain Ortotha of the 4th felt he had to avenge them and his shattered reputation. The Thunderhawk flew through the smoggy air of Shaftsbury I and dropped the regal Crusader "Pride of Ferus" with its lethal cargo of Chaplain Ortotha and his Terminator Assault Squad. As the Crusader began to rumble forward a lone Necron Immortal popped his head over cover and blew the tracks off the tank leaving it stuck behind a building, with no where to go and nothing to shoot, and an elite close combat squad in its belly. Great. The terminators proceeded to march slowly towards the Necron guns beating down some immortals on the way. But low the sheer weight of fire the Necrons could bring to bare was too much for the Chaplain and his brave warriors.

Losses:
1 Master of Sanctity Chaplain
5 I Company Veteran Marines
5 Suits of Terminator Armour
1 Land Raider Crusader
2 V Company Rhino's
5 V Company Tactical Marines
3 VIII Company Assault Marines

Pick up game

Points: 1500
Mission: Secure and control
Opponent: Dave Richardson
Opposition: Imperial Guard

Major Loss

Losses:

1 VI Company Dreadnought
5 I Company Veteran Marines
5 Suits of Terinator Armour
2 VI Company Veteran Sgts
7 VI Company Tactical Marines
1 VI Company Rhino
2 VIII Company Speeders
4 VII Company Tactical Marines
1 Codicier

Pick up game and the not so charmed life of Captain Arisis

Points: 1500

Mission: Seek and Destroy Alpha

Opponent: Jonathan Last

Opposition: Dark Angels



Minor win (2-1)



Well he had to go at some point but at least he sold himself dearly. The Captain was the last of the Terminator squad that had been ripped apart by Predator fire so he promptly got out of harms way by charging an attack bike, duly ripping it apart he swept onto a ten man Assault squad who had just taken my flank, in two rounds he whittled them down to nothing- oh no wait there's a power fist left. Damn. But like I say he had sold himself dearly and no-one can last forever. The 4th would be proud, oh wait there's no 4th left.



Losses:

1 IV Company Captain "Arisis"

5 I Company Veteran Marines

5 Suits of Terminator Armour

2 VI Company Dreadnoughts

14 IX Company Devastator Marines

9 VI Company Tactical Marines