Fields of Blood Day Two

Well - day two is in the bag and man am I tired.  It's a long day leaving the house at 7am and getting home at 7pm, even when doing something as fun as a tournament.

So heres how day twos matches went.

Game four I drew another Dark Eldar list - virtually identical to the list I played in game three.  Five Venoms, three Ravagers, Baron with Beasts.  This list opted for a couple of Raiders with Witches.  That being the case - I had practice now!  I followed the plan I laid out in my last post - keeping my force together and ensuring all units were supported, and also ensuring the Kans all had KFF protection.  It mean I took one heck of a lot of incoming fire, and shruged off most of it.  When I got into Grotzooka and shoota range I began hammering back, and by turn three my opponent realised that he would need to table me to win - I had a massive lead.  In the end I think I had 17 kill points to his 4.  My secret mission was to kill the baron, which I also achieved.  15 tournament points earned.

Gamer five was another Blood Angels list - this one with Rhinos rather than jump packs, a normal libarian instead of Mephiston, and a Death Company with Furioso Dred in a Stormraven.  My lootas popped the storm raven in turn one, the Kans then locked up the whole army in the middle of the table for most of the game.  We ended with a Draw, and in hindsight I wish I had not played my boys mob into the Death Companies hands - they were better dealt to by the Kans.  The game ended in a Draw and I took away 7 points.

The last game of the tournament I drew a third Dark Eldar list.  No Baron in this list, but still Venomspam, with Ravagers and two Raiders with Witches.  It was table quarters, and smoking or burning terrain, so I reserved my Choppa boys with my Warboss, and my Nobz.  The mission was five objectives and five kill points, with five units nominated at the start of the game.  I chose the Venoms, as I knew I'd need to deal with them anyway.  It was a brutal fight - I'm not sure I regret any tactics ( I may need to sleep on it though) but we ended in a draw - I did get five smoking ruined Venoms though, so Harrah! 

In the end I finished with two wins, two draws and two losses - not to shabby overall.  I placed 24th out of 50, which was Waaayyy better than last time - I was 76th out of 80 last time.  Talk about improvement!  Oh, and to top off the day, I won 2nd place for best terrain - Allistair took first.  

I took lots of photos, I'll try to get some up soon.