Nick I've got a quick question, how are you going to play the Chapter Master? Will he be running the bikes or acting as a tank in the Dev Centurions freeing up the Commander to join the Riptide. Or will that be a game by game basis as well.
Yeah Farsight starts then Gates all over the table, Perils is a problem... Loth only has 2 wounds...
I played my first playtest game this morning against my Beastpack list:
Played the Relic mission (with emperors will objectives lolol)
Eldrad got Death Mission, Eldrich Storm, Fortune, Prescience
Farseer had Fortune, Guide, Prescience (also rolled FNP Warlord Trait)
The Farsight Bomb had first turn so deployed aggressively with the Skyrays and Bomb on the Deployment line, Beastpack does my usual deploy in a corner surrounding the Wraithknights giving them a chance to survive, the Hawks also hide out of sight.
The Beastpack then steals....... lol so that moves up to take midfield dominance turn1 then the Wraithknights take out a Skyray in the open.
Bomb gates towards the right flank to tackle the side with the Farseer on and it does extremely well, throwing everything into the Beastpack, killing 14 Khymera/Beastmasters to get to the Farseer which fails 2 out of 4 Fusion Blaster hits... fails 1 inv save, then the re-roll...
Turn2
From reserve come the Kabalite Warriors and 2 Jetbike squads.
The Beastpack moves into range of the Bomb and hits it hard taking the Commander and Farsight down to 1 wound each and a couple of Drones go down (the bomb are fearless thanks to Loth) another Skyray goes down to Wraithknight fire, which are now into the midfield.
Hits and runs out of combat and then gates into the backfield to tackle the Wraithknights, the Bomb takes out 1 and knocks the other down to 1 wound... I totally forget to fire the Skyray at the back... from reserve come 2 of the Kroot squads which move on the left flank and kill a Jetbike unit between them.
Turn3
Beast Pack moves to swamp my Emperors Will objective on the right flank and to tackle the last Skyray in combat, which they do, make a 11" charge through cover. The Hawks take out most of a Kroot squad, the Warp Spiders land near the Inquisitor to take him out and contest the Emperors will on my table side. The remaining Wraithknight kills a Drone and a Battlesuit. Also from reserves come on the rest of the Jetbikes, 2 squads gang up on another Kroot squad removing them to 3.
The Bomb Gates towards the centre of the table, leaving both Fusion Blaster suits in range of the Wraithknight, the rest of the squad split fires the Missile Pods into 1 Jetbike unit, 2 Plasma Suits into another, the Drones and Farisght into the DE Warriors. Everything dies...
From reserve comes another Kroot squad on the left flank.. which help the Hawk squad, along with the remaining Kroot charging in to finish the job.
Turn4, I think all that is left is 2 Jetbike squad, Warp Spiders and Beastpack, the Beastpack head towards the left flank, running, in the mean time the Jetbikes have all split up and moved into corners of the table, the Warp Spiders head towards the centre of the table.
The Bomb fails gate!! but still remains in range of the Beastpack the remaining Kroot head towards the Relic on the left flank, which means they're moving into Beastpack range... The bomb opens up and de-pleats the pack down to 3 Khymera, 1 Beastmaster, Eldrad and the Baron. The Kroot also fire into the Pack, but do nothing as the Baron bounces everything... the Scouts move on and go for the Jetbikes on my objective, flaming 1 and killing another with bolt pistol fire.
Turn5
The Jetbike squads jump onto my home objective the Warp Spiders in support... the Storm goes down but the Scouts survive. The Beast Pack multi charges the remaining Kroot... killing 6 or 7, the Baron/Eldrad/Khymera bounce everything then sweep 3 Kroot squads... leaving just the Scouts and Bomb... the Bomb Gates towards my board edge, luckily it can see and the Plasma is in range of a Jetbike squad... So the Bomb take out the 3 man Jetbike unit the Baron and the rest of the Beastpack leaving Eldrad, so down to the Scouts can they kill a single Jetbike??? Well they fail by shooting so charge and take it out... leaving me with 1 objective...
I then roll a 2 preventing the tabling.
I thought the Bomb being seized on, failing Gate and losing all the Kroot in one combat was game over... but luckily it wasn't.... I've just realised I didn't fire a single Skyray missile or SMS?? I played them reallllly badly!
I think I'm gonna playtest it against Wave Serpent Spam next... how many shots can the Bomb take??
EDIT:
Just working out the Caledonian Result from this game:
Objectives 3-0 = 7-3
KPs - 12-8 = 5-1
Secondaries - 2-1 = 3-1
So 15-5 win.
Hmmmm - not sure I have enough troops...
Yeah Farsight starts then Gates all over the table, Perils is a problem... Loth only has 2 wounds...
I played my first playtest game this morning against my Beastpack list:
Played the Relic mission (with emperors will objectives lolol)
Eldrad got Death Mission, Eldrich Storm, Fortune, Prescience
Farseer had Fortune, Guide, Prescience (also rolled FNP Warlord Trait)
The Farsight Bomb had first turn so deployed aggressively with the Skyrays and Bomb on the Deployment line, Beastpack does my usual deploy in a corner surrounding the Wraithknights giving them a chance to survive, the Hawks also hide out of sight.
The Beastpack then steals....... lol so that moves up to take midfield dominance turn1 then the Wraithknights take out a Skyray in the open.
Bomb gates towards the right flank to tackle the side with the Farseer on and it does extremely well, throwing everything into the Beastpack, killing 14 Khymera/Beastmasters to get to the Farseer which fails 2 out of 4 Fusion Blaster hits... fails 1 inv save, then the re-roll...
Turn2
From reserve come the Kabalite Warriors and 2 Jetbike squads.
The Beastpack moves into range of the Bomb and hits it hard taking the Commander and Farsight down to 1 wound each and a couple of Drones go down (the bomb are fearless thanks to Loth) another Skyray goes down to Wraithknight fire, which are now into the midfield.
Hits and runs out of combat and then gates into the backfield to tackle the Wraithknights, the Bomb takes out 1 and knocks the other down to 1 wound... I totally forget to fire the Skyray at the back... from reserve come 2 of the Kroot squads which move on the left flank and kill a Jetbike unit between them.
Turn3
Beast Pack moves to swamp my Emperors Will objective on the right flank and to tackle the last Skyray in combat, which they do, make a 11" charge through cover. The Hawks take out most of a Kroot squad, the Warp Spiders land near the Inquisitor to take him out and contest the Emperors will on my table side. The remaining Wraithknight kills a Drone and a Battlesuit. Also from reserves come on the rest of the Jetbikes, 2 squads gang up on another Kroot squad removing them to 3.
The Bomb Gates towards the centre of the table, leaving both Fusion Blaster suits in range of the Wraithknight, the rest of the squad split fires the Missile Pods into 1 Jetbike unit, 2 Plasma Suits into another, the Drones and Farisght into the DE Warriors. Everything dies...
From reserve comes another Kroot squad on the left flank.. which help the Hawk squad, along with the remaining Kroot charging in to finish the job.
Turn4, I think all that is left is 2 Jetbike squad, Warp Spiders and Beastpack, the Beastpack head towards the left flank, running, in the mean time the Jetbikes have all split up and moved into corners of the table, the Warp Spiders head towards the centre of the table.
The Bomb fails gate!! but still remains in range of the Beastpack the remaining Kroot head towards the Relic on the left flank, which means they're moving into Beastpack range... The bomb opens up and de-pleats the pack down to 3 Khymera, 1 Beastmaster, Eldrad and the Baron. The Kroot also fire into the Pack, but do nothing as the Baron bounces everything... the Scouts move on and go for the Jetbikes on my objective, flaming 1 and killing another with bolt pistol fire.
Turn5
The Jetbike squads jump onto my home objective the Warp Spiders in support... the Storm goes down but the Scouts survive. The Beast Pack multi charges the remaining Kroot... killing 6 or 7, the Baron/Eldrad/Khymera bounce everything then sweep 3 Kroot squads... leaving just the Scouts and Bomb... the Bomb Gates towards my board edge, luckily it can see and the Plasma is in range of a Jetbike squad... So the Bomb take out the 3 man Jetbike unit the Baron and the rest of the Beastpack leaving Eldrad, so down to the Scouts can they kill a single Jetbike??? Well they fail by shooting so charge and take it out... leaving me with 1 objective...
I then roll a 2 preventing the tabling.
I thought the Bomb being seized on, failing Gate and losing all the Kroot in one combat was game over... but luckily it wasn't.... I've just realised I didn't fire a single Skyray missile or SMS?? I played them reallllly badly!
I think I'm gonna playtest it against Wave Serpent Spam next... how many shots can the Bomb take??
EDIT:
Just working out the Caledonian Result from this game:
Objectives 3-0 = 7-3
KPs - 12-8 = 5-1
Secondaries - 2-1 = 3-1
So 15-5 win.
Hmmmm - not sure I have enough troops...