Chroma - Of Eggshells and Sledgehammers
I don't think ever I've heard the phrase "F'n Eldar!" muttered as many times as I did this weekend.
BloodNGuts, Squint, and I got together for a little EPICing. We played 2500 point tournament-style games on our little 4x4 table and managed to get three games in, so we all got to play two. The first dust-up was BnG's Nomads (using White Scars' rules) vs Squint's IG. The Guard held onto a ruined city while the Marines tried to dig them out; an infantry company in some ruins withstood something like 6 barrages from BnG's paired Whirlwind detachments and only lost *two* stands! In the end, the intractible IG beat back the suffering (mofos?) Space Marines in turn 4. It was a great game and really showed how tough dug-in troops can be... we just gotta get some ignore cover weapons to use against them! *laugh*
Well, the next fight was the one we'd all been waiting for: after using Orks and LatD I finally brought my Eldar out of mothballs. They still need some paint and bases, but they were good enough to play with.
Or so I thought.
This was the first time I'd used Eldar in the new ruleset, but I had some "cunning plans" in mind. My favourite goal to achieve is "Break Their Spirit": it eliminates the "strongest" enemy unit and it's demoralizing for the opponent; I think Eldar would favour that kind of decapitation strike if the enemy Supreme Commander was in that unit. So, I had a little Jetbike Troupe as my bait. BnG set up in the ruined city while my Eldar claimed some forested hills. I had a couple of Aspect Hosts off board waiting to teleport/Vampire in. The turn begins, and I'm pulsing, and lancing, and shooting up the enemy big time, I'm retaining the initiative all over the place, and both BnG and Squint are cursing the Eldar and their technology.
So, most of my army has activated, and I march my little bait unit along the flank near BnG's Supreme Commander tactical/razorback formation... and he jumps on it! Now, I don't know if it was the wings for lunch, the Twinkees for snack, or just dust on my Seer Stones, but I send in my Aspects and pounce! A vampire, 4 Dire Avengers and 4 Striking Scorpions dive into action with the Autarch in the lead! "F'n Eldar!" The bikes are close enough to support... but they had marched... oh yeah, I forgot to bring in my Swooping Hawks... oh, you've only activated two units while I've been retaining the initive? So, my units are annihilated with very little to show for themselves... "F'n Eldar!" and BnG gets a grin on his face... which I promptly wipe away as Scorpions pulse that crap out of his armour... "F'n Eldar!" And all my units get rid of their blast markers... "F'n Eldar!" In the end, the battered and bruised Marines managed to squeek out a win and send the f'n Eldar packing in Turn 3.
I learned a lot about the fragile nature of the Eldar, they can pack a punch, but shouldn't hang around for the counterattack!
I'll await to see what Squint has to say about his battle... other than "F'n Eldar!"
BloodNGuts, Squint, and I got together for a little EPICing. We played 2500 point tournament-style games on our little 4x4 table and managed to get three games in, so we all got to play two. The first dust-up was BnG's Nomads (using White Scars' rules) vs Squint's IG. The Guard held onto a ruined city while the Marines tried to dig them out; an infantry company in some ruins withstood something like 6 barrages from BnG's paired Whirlwind detachments and only lost *two* stands! In the end, the intractible IG beat back the suffering (mofos?) Space Marines in turn 4. It was a great game and really showed how tough dug-in troops can be... we just gotta get some ignore cover weapons to use against them! *laugh*
Well, the next fight was the one we'd all been waiting for: after using Orks and LatD I finally brought my Eldar out of mothballs. They still need some paint and bases, but they were good enough to play with.
Or so I thought.
This was the first time I'd used Eldar in the new ruleset, but I had some "cunning plans" in mind. My favourite goal to achieve is "Break Their Spirit": it eliminates the "strongest" enemy unit and it's demoralizing for the opponent; I think Eldar would favour that kind of decapitation strike if the enemy Supreme Commander was in that unit. So, I had a little Jetbike Troupe as my bait. BnG set up in the ruined city while my Eldar claimed some forested hills. I had a couple of Aspect Hosts off board waiting to teleport/Vampire in. The turn begins, and I'm pulsing, and lancing, and shooting up the enemy big time, I'm retaining the initiative all over the place, and both BnG and Squint are cursing the Eldar and their technology.
So, most of my army has activated, and I march my little bait unit along the flank near BnG's Supreme Commander tactical/razorback formation... and he jumps on it! Now, I don't know if it was the wings for lunch, the Twinkees for snack, or just dust on my Seer Stones, but I send in my Aspects and pounce! A vampire, 4 Dire Avengers and 4 Striking Scorpions dive into action with the Autarch in the lead! "F'n Eldar!" The bikes are close enough to support... but they had marched... oh yeah, I forgot to bring in my Swooping Hawks... oh, you've only activated two units while I've been retaining the initive? So, my units are annihilated with very little to show for themselves... "F'n Eldar!" and BnG gets a grin on his face... which I promptly wipe away as Scorpions pulse that crap out of his armour... "F'n Eldar!" And all my units get rid of their blast markers... "F'n Eldar!" In the end, the battered and bruised Marines managed to squeek out a win and send the f'n Eldar packing in Turn 3.
I learned a lot about the fragile nature of the Eldar, they can pack a punch, but shouldn't hang around for the counterattack!
I'll await to see what Squint has to say about his battle... other than "F'n Eldar!"
posted by Kevin at 6/07/2005 09:08:00 p.m.
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