tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270954585025025585.post6467230807152529922..comments2024-01-07T17:15:45.455-07:00Comments on Delusions of Grandeur: Battle Report #14: Dark Eldar vs. Imperial Guard (with pictures!)Xaerethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128303819082218339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270954585025025585.post-51778556719531343982011-06-14T18:46:41.039-06:002011-06-14T18:46:41.039-06:00I made several mistakes in this game that really h...I made several mistakes in this game that really hurt me.<br />The first was accidentally taking the taking the Steel Legion blob out of coherency on turn 1 even though I didn't need to. To compound that mistake I opted to try charging them at the Hellions when I rolled a 6 for difficult terrain, though when I thought about it later I knew there was no way I could have been within 12" given that I'd been out of lasgun range the previous turn. Realizing I was out of charge range, I decided that it would be best to get them back into cover, but despite a successful Run! Run! Run! I could only move three inches and the whole fully functional blob spent the turn contributing nothing and leaving itself exposed.<br /><br />The next mistake was boxing in Straken's chimera. I needed to get him out to at least shoot the incubi, but his chimera was stunned, and there were gryphon's blocked both sides so he couldn't get line of sight. I had to move a gryphon to get him into position, trading its very effective barrage for a heavy flamer shot on a few incubi with feel no pain. Deploying my vehicles is something I need to work on. <br /><br />The last big mistake was completely misusing Al Rahem's platoon when it arrived on turn 4. Having it show up late sometimes is something I have to accept. I should have been running them for the objectives much sooner than I did. Even on turn 5 I had a shot at claiming two objectives. Al'Rahem's chimera could, I think, have moved to get in range of one, and there was one lone Valhallan sergeant in sitting close to an objective who I should have used Get Back in the Fight to unpin and take it. <br /><br />If I had been playing closer attention to the second set of objectives I might have forced the game to kill points, where I was ahead. Against an army with as many kill points as the DE had, I should have been playing to draw the first two objectives from the start.<br /><br />Also, this game and others, have made me rethink Al'Rahem's platoon. It's almost a quarter of my army at 440 points, and it's not uncommon for them to arrive late, or for the game to be entirely focused on the center, or in this case both. I don't think I can afford to play games with a quarter of my force not contributing.Commander_Vimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761857546860975783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270954585025025585.post-88577155636609380322011-06-14T00:10:18.558-06:002011-06-14T00:10:18.558-06:00It's not intentional (the attitude - have had ...It's not intentional (the attitude - have had one of those days), but the whole process is loopy, of course, entirely my badSmurfykinshttp://kirbysblog-ic.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270954585025025585.post-43719845562807642212011-06-13T23:15:23.221-06:002011-06-13T23:15:23.221-06:00Lol, including you.
Haemonculus leaves the unit, ...Lol, including you.<br /><br />Haemonculus leaves the unit, giving them the pain token.<br /><br />THEN, the Wrack unit leaves the Baron (who they were with), leaving him (alone) with the Pain Token.<br /><br />So, the Baron has a Token, and is by himself.<br /><br />The Hellions have a Token, and are by themselves.<br /><br />The Baron then joins the Hellions, and they have a combined 2 pain tokens.<br /><br />I appreciate the superior attitude though.Xaerethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128303819082218339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270954585025025585.post-34117120082354504202011-06-13T22:31:34.939-06:002011-06-13T22:31:34.939-06:001st Turn where the Haemy "leaves" his pa...1st Turn where the Haemy "leaves" his pain token with the Hellions - Not allowed as you are required to keep as close to even Pain Tokens to be split between the unit and detaching IC as possible, so somehow the Hellion unit has 2 Pain Tokens now and the Haemonculus left with 0? Should've been 1 and 1.<br /><br />So many people get this wrong.Smurfykinshttp://kirbysblog-ic.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270954585025025585.post-21017491573710371172011-06-11T08:28:34.295-06:002011-06-11T08:28:34.295-06:00Thank you for the battle report. Gives me more in...Thank you for the battle report. Gives me more input on not only the DE but also the IG.<br /><br />"The Initiate"ServvsUmbrarumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10983110283934378767noreply@blogger.com