Blood Angels vs Imperial Guard 1750 Battle Report

Thought I’d have a crack at writing a battle report of the 1750 point 40kGT practice game I had. Instead of a wall of text, I’ve decided to go with a ‘spotlights’ type affair – with only the interesting points. None of that “I rolled a 1, he rolled a 6” stuff. Let me know what you think of this first attempt.  Also, sorry for phone photos...

Codicier Armand and his retinue

Blood Angels Army:

• Librarian Armand - Terminator Armour, Storm Shield, Fear of the Darkness, Unleash Rage
• Terminator Squad Khayman (5) - Thunder Hammer and Storm Shields
• Sanguinary Priests (2) - 2x Power Weapons, 2x Melta Bombs
• Assault Squad Corvinus (9) - Thunder Hammer, Meltagun, Rhino
• Assault Squad Tanis (9) - Power Fist, Meltagun, Rhino
• Assault Squad Mael (5) - Razorback w/ TL Lascannon
• Baal Predator - Assault Cannon, Heavy Bolters, Searchlight
• Baal Predator - Flamestorm Cannon, Heavy Flamers, Dozer Blade
• Dreadnought - TL Lascannon, Heavy Flamer
• Stormraven - TL Lacannon, TL Multimelta

Blood Angels Strike Force Crimson Death

 Imperial Guard Army:

• Company Command Squad (5) - 2x Meltagun, Lascannon, Officer of the Fleet, Chimera
• Veteran Squad (10) - Autocannon, 2x Plasma Gun
• Veteran Squad (10) - Autocannon, 2x Plasma Gun
• Veteran Squad (10) - 3x Meltagun, Chimera
• Veteran Squad (10) - 3x Meltagun, Missile Launcher, Chimera
• Armoured Sentinel Squadron (2) - 2x Plasma Cannon
• Bane Wolf
• Vendetta
• Hydra
• Leman Russ Demolisher Squadron (2)
• Leman Russ Battle Tank

Vardian 101st Imperial Guard Regiment

Pre-game

• Capture and Control with Spearhead was rolled for mission and deployment.
• Imperial Guard army deployed and took first turn.
• Blood Angels forgot to scout Baals... Doh!

Deployment

 Imperial Guard Turn 1

• Leman Russ Demolishers, Bane Wolf and Sentinels move up to get better firing lines.
• Vendetta causes 2 penetrating hits on the Stormraven and destroys it! Terminators bail out.
• Demolisher squadron targets Terminator squad but causes no casualties, a Chimera takes a pot shot with it Multilaser and kills one.

Blood Angels Turn 1

• Assault Squad Mael jumps out Razorback onto home objective, Razorback zooms off to find its target. Everything else flies forwards.
• Terminator Squad charges Sentinel squadron and explodes both walkers, consolidating closer to the IG objective.

Terminators send the Sentinel squadron to the junk yard

Imperial Guard Turn 2

• Most IG tanks shuffle backwards away from the Terminators.
• Vendetta shoots at a Baal Predator, destroying its Assault Cannon and immobilising it.
• The Leman Russ Battle Tank kills a single Terminator with a Plasma Cannon shot.
• A Lascannon from the Command Squad kills another Terminator.
• The Plasma wielding Veterans unleash death upon the remaining Terminators and wipe out the squad, leaving just the Librarian.

Blood Angels Turn 2

• Flamer Baal rams 18” into a Demolisher, stunning it (which is converted to a shaken as its in a squadron).
• Librarian uses Fear of the Darkness on the Veterans holding the objectives, they fail their Ld test and flee off the board.
• Razorback shakes Hydra.

Good old fashioned Rhino rush

Imperial Guard Turn 3

• No manoeuvring except for pivots.
• Vendetta disintegrates Librarian.
• Chimera shakes a Rhino.
• Melta Veterans explode Flamer Baal.
• Battle Tank immobilises a Rhino.

Blood Angels Turn 3

• Assault Squad Tanis jumps out of their immobilised Rhino into cover, shoots their Meltagun at a Bane Wolf but only stuns it.
• Rhino moves 12” towards enemy objective - Assault Squad Corvinus jumps out and destroys the Command Squad’s Chimera with melta.
• Razorback and Dreadnought shoot at the Battle Tank, casing a shaken and immobilised results.
• Assault Squad Corvinus charges Command Squad through their transports wreck, wiping them out.

End of Turn 3

Imperial Guard Turn 4

• Hydra immobilises the Razorback and destroys its Lascannon.
• Both the Demolishers and a Chimera target the Assault Squad Tanis, but only cause 3 kills. Enough for them to take a morale check and fail, fleeing back through the woods.

  

Blood Angels Turn 4

• Assault Squad Corvinus explodes a Veteran’s Chimera, killing 4 Veterans in the blast.
• Assault Squad Tanis regroups and explodes the Hydra.

End of Turn 4

Imperial Guard Turn 5

• Moves remaining Veterans onto home objective.
• Bane Wolf flames Assault Squad Corvinus, kills only 2 due to Feel no Pain.
• Demolisher also kills only 2 (even though the squad has no cover).
• Vendetta stuns Rhino.
• Battle Tank overshots Assault Squad Tanis but shakes Rhino instead.

Blood Angels Turn 5

• Assault Squad Tanis meltas the Battle Cannon off the Leman Russ, then assaults and a meltabomb destroys the tank.
• Assault Squad Corvinus charges Veteran Squad on objective, kills 6, sweeping advances them and claims the objective for their own. Winning the game 2-0!

End of Game snapshot