The first batrep with the 0.3.3 release of the NetEA Death Guard list, playing against NetEA White Scars Marines.
Note that this post was put together semi-automatically from the notes made during the game - all the notes should show up if you are clicking through the larger images, but you'll need to dismiss the larger images to read the game result at the bottom of the page.
Incompertus, 2990 POINTS
Death Guard (NetEA V0.3.3 Ian's local copy)
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DEATH GUARD RETINUE [550]
Nurgle Daemon Prince, 4 Plague Marines, 3 Havocs, Daemonic Pact (includes 1 Lesser Daemon), Plague Hulk, Desecrator
DEATH GUARD RETINUE [340]
Plague Lord, 7 Plague Marines, 4 Death Guard Rhino
DEATH SHROUD TERMINATORS [425]
2 Death Shroud Terminator, Nurgle Sorcerer, 2 Grave Warden Terminator, Daemonic Pact (includes 1 Lesser Daemon)
BLIGHT DRONE SWARM [250]
5 Blight Drones
ARMOURED ASSAULT COMPANY [325]
6 Death Guard Vindicators, Plague Hulk
DEATH GUARD CHOSEN [225]
4 Plague Marine Chosen, Daemonic Pact (includes 1 Lesser Daemon), Nurgle Sorcerer
CONTAGION TOWERS [400]
4 Contagion Towers, Desecrator
DAEMON POOL [75]
5 Lesser Daemon (Plaguebearers, DG Beasts of Nurgle, Nurgling Swarms) (+3 from pacts)
PLAGUE SHIP [200]
PLAGUE REAPERS [200]
Plague Reaper
Incompertus, 3000 POINTS
White Scars (NetEA Tournament Pack 2016)
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TERMINATOR [700]
4 Terminators + 4 Land Raiders, Chaplain
BIKE [425]
8 Bike Unit, Chaplain
TACTICAL [325]
6 Tacticals, Librarian
TACTICAL [425]
6 Tacticals, Supreme Commander, 2 Razorback
PREDATOR [250]
4 Annihilator
LAND SPEEDER [325]
5 Typhoon
SCOUT [250]
4 Scouts, Sniper x 4
WHIRLWINDS [300]
4 Whirlwinds
SETUP
Paul, the White Scars player, went for diagonal deployment as he thought he'd be able to make better use of the superior speed of his troops, and one quarter had slightly less terrain.
As seen in the first photo, he placed his Blitz on the narrow end when it should probably have gone in the far corner. Knowing that I had tough formations (and the DG Terminators), I placed both far-side objectives in a triangle with his Blitz, and plotted the Spacecraft barrage to land midway between the two objectives that I'd placed (arriving on turn one), predicting that he would advance troops up behind the smaller area of buildings.
Paul garrisoned some Scouts in front of his Blitz.
I garrisoned my BTS off my Blitz into the landing field, which we were treating as scrub for infantry cover but clear for movement and line of fire. I then garrisoned the Contagion Engines and Chosen off the other objectives, with everything else around my Blitz ready to run for the triangle of enemy objectives.
Deployment: White Scars deployment end.
Deployment: Death Guard deployment.
Deployment: Death Guard deployment end.
Turn One, White Scars win Strategy: Whirlwinds sustain onto Contagions.
Contagions take two casualties and break.
White Scars: retain and March the bikes down my right flank, worrying about spacecraft.
Death Guard: Plaguereaper doubles towards my right flank.
White Scars: tacticals double to my right flank and put a bm onto the Chosen.
Death Guard: Blight Drones Double to kill three tacticals.
Death Guard: retain with Chosen, summon five Beasts and Engage Tacticals.
After move.
Tacticals wiped before Nurgles Rot kicked in.
White Scars: Predators Advance and shoot the Hulk in my BTS.
Result, six hits four saves and an INV, it only just dies!
White Scars: Retain with Typhoons to shoot my BTS for a kill.
Death Guard: my BTS Marshalls, removing all BMs.
White Scars: Terminators Double to shoot my BTS for a BM.
Death Guard: Vindicators Double and kill two Scouts.
White Scars: other Tacticals Double and kill a Vindicator and the Hulk!
Death Guard: Rhino Retinue Double and kill a Typhoon.
Death Guard: Spacecraft arrives, one BM on Scouts, two on Predators.
Death Guard: and eleven Zombies!
Death Guard: Zombies fail to activate and rally instead.
Turn one end phase.
All White Scars rally. All unbroken Death Guard fail to rally but broken Contagions rally.
Turn Two: Terminators land for no BMs, Death Guard wins strategy!
Death Guard: Zombies Engage Predators and take a BM from Scouts on the way.
Supporting fire from DG Terminators wipes the Predators.
Death Guard: retain and Engage with Terminators, with three Nurglings.
Second round of combat wipes the Typhoons.
White Scars: Whirlwinds break the Blight Drones.
Broken Drones head off near Whirlwinds.
White Scars: Terminators retain and Sustain into the Vindicators, one failed save and and failed INV save breaks them.
Death Guard: Contagions fail to Marshall to shoot the Assault Marines and rally instead.
White Scars: Bikes Engage the Chosen. Killing one and winning combat.
The broken Chosen reposition to block the objective.
White Scars: retain and Engage the Plaguereaper with Assault Squad. Plaguereaper beaten on one up and breaks towards White Scars Terminators.
Death Guard: Rhino Retinue Double and put a BM on the Terminators.
White Scars: Tacticals Advance to shoot my BTS.
Death Guard: BTS only gets two Daemons so Marshalls.
Turn Two Endphase.
Plaguereaper fails to rally, all else passes.
Turn Two Endphase
Plaguereaper fails to rally, all else passes.
White Scars: win Strategy. Whirlwinds Sustain the Rhino Retinue and kill two.
White Scars: Tacticals retain and Sustain into the Rhino Retinue and break them, after killing the Sorcerer Lord.
Death Guard: Blight Drones fail to activate and move up on the Bikes.
White Scars: Terminators Sustain into my BTS for a kill.
White Scars: Bikes retain and Engage the Chosen. Supporting fire from the Assault formation gets a kill and wins the combat.
Death Guard: my Terminators Double and kill a Terminator!
White Scars: Scouts Sustain into my Terminators for a BM.
Death Guard: Contagions Sustain into the Assault formation, breaking them without any Disrupt hits.
Death Guard: At this point I realise that I'm going after the wrong enemy formation (the Terminator BTS), so the Vindicators Double and go after the Scouts that are contesting an objective, killing a Rhino.
Death Guard: My BTS Doubles and kills a Scout, breaking them, getting the win.
However if that hadn't done the job there were still the almost untouched Zombie formation to go, who could have Engaged the Scouts and subjected them to punishing Supporting Fire from the DG Terminators, my BTS and the Vindicators.
End Game
I held two enemy objectives and the Blitz for two points while Paul held two normal objectives in my half. Both BTSs were not just undestroyed but unbroken, and there were unbroken enemy formations in both halves of the table.
Result, 2-1 to the Death Guard!
Ian
