Work, Life Balance, or what I've not got much of these days... ...hence a wargame, the first in a while.
"Get To Tha Dropship!"
An Imperial deep space monitor on Deathworld Hudson needed repair. A team of technicians were escorted in by Marines, they need escorting out for pick-up.
Objective: Marines must escort more than 50% of technicians to the other side of the board for pick-up by Imperial Navy Dropship.
Problem, this is a man-eating plant and creepy-crawly infested Death-World.
Marines and technicians must cross the infested valley to get to the dropship
Marines surround their delicate charge, 6 technicians
Why won't the the armoured Imperial Navy Dropship get closer for pick-up?
Deathworld creepy-crawlies (Ambuls) and Creeper vines
Whoosh, Marines open up on flora
Burnt to a crisp, but the dice are rolled every separate firing event, if its a 6 then the local denizens are attracted to the firing
Cautious advancing
Marines fan out to protect the techs
A Spiker next to a Man-trap is engaged by Marines
Out in front Marines pour fire on a Spiker, to no effect
Other than managing to wake something up...
Ambuls move towards the noise
Power armour deflects spikes
The Spiker's head moves, fires and
Down goes the flamer-equipped Marine
More Uglies aware
The Catachan devil sniffs out Marines
And moves in close
Shooty time, the Devil soaks up hits, it takes a lot to stop one of these
Uh OH...
The Devil closes in
Elsewhere everything else moves closer
A vicious close assault, the Devil is dealt with, at the cost of two Marines
A tech strays too close to a Creeper and is snagged
The other techs look on in terror as Ambuls surround the Creeper-snagged Tech. Techs now have FEAR
Marines circle their charges while Ambuls close in
Good Shooting! One down
Another down
Squish, the tech captured by the Creeper expires
Spikers move slowly in
Ambuls charge into the mob
A tough melee
One Down!
Ouch!
Two down, Ambuls lose the melee
Marines regroup to fire
And completely miss everything on one flank
Same on the other - worst round of firing EVER
See this guy, He's got a heavy Bolter that can't hit anything. Not one hit all game
Ambul charges back into melee
This time Marines go down, they lose and retreat, Techs flee in FEAR (Psych effect not crazy caps)
Ambul follows up
Marines have no choice, they must fire into the melee
Oh Great, now they hit and kill what they aim at. Pity its the techs (random target roll for hits)
Heavy Bolter finally beads on a target
And it takes down the Ambul
Marines take advantage of a lull in Deathworld reinforcements (no 6's rolled on response to firing) to advance, clearing the way as they go
Still no 6's, Marines near their objective
Got to the Dropship. Marines deliver the traumatized survivors to the dropship
"Get To Tha Dropship!"
An Imperial deep space monitor on Deathworld Hudson needed repair. A team of technicians were escorted in by Marines, they need escorting out for pick-up.
Objective: Marines must escort more than 50% of technicians to the other side of the board for pick-up by Imperial Navy Dropship.
Problem, this is a man-eating plant and creepy-crawly infested Death-World.
A Catachan Devil, a nasty bug, more Ambuls and Creepers
Marines board the ship.
The lull in reinforcements enabled the Marines and techs to escape, but the Marines fail in their objective. Only two Techs got out, if the Marines hadn't gunned them down themselves, 5 techs could have got out. Its just as well the Techs are too traumatized with Fear to write the AAR.
Conclusion: Deathworld Hudson, aptly named. Visit only with extreme prejudiced, and a squad of Marines in escort.
A decent tick in the WLB fun category, and another enjoyable 40K Rogue trader game with some twists and turns in the action. I forgot how much Marines morphed from their beginnings as OK human troops in decent armour into the uber elites they became. I also forgot how relatively simple this game was. Sure it has flaws as a competition game, but as a pick-up game it is fun.
Next 40K game, perhaps some Eldar action?
