A new Narrative Batrep

Oakstalk emerged from the realm roots. He was told his bark older than the race of men. He could no longer stride the realm roots like he once had. He was the final member of his war grove to arrive, the dryads of the household stood assembled on the edge of the wildwood. He noticed the storm cast massed on the edge of the forest, they had fought alongside the storm cast on many occasions, and Oakstalk admired there fighting prowess but they were too young a race to be trusted, they had fire in their hearts and would let nothing stand between them and their goal. Sadly this time it was Oakstalk and his war grove that stood between them and their goal, an ancient ward stone, remnants of a bye gone age where such mighty stone could ward off the taint of chaos.  They were much like the young tree lord who stood beside him now, Oakstalk could feel the eagerness to fight emanating from the young warrior, Thistleleaf was you’d by tree standards, the thirst to prove himself before an elder of the clan drove him.

Oakstalk raised his staff and surrounded his dryads in magical energy. He ordered a halt to the war grove, he could sense a foul taint on the air, the sigmarites would not be the only thing they faced this day. He motioned to the tree revenants that had accompanied him to battle. They faded into the trees to scout out this new threat, almost immediately two huge boulders crashed through the tree tops to shatter harmlessly on the the magic barrier protecting the dryads. 

Far off in the distance the tree revenants saw their new adversary, hordes of sakven vermin swarmed the land, there plague and destruction tainting all they touched, they had constructed 3 of their tainted catapults. The revenants acting quickly using their way pipes to navigate far from the realm roots they appeared behind the lines of the skaven and charged one of the great catapults shattering it   with their ethereal blades. 

Sensing the opportunity to prove himself Thistleleaf leapt forward realm rooting far ahead of army, Oakstalk cried out to warn the young tree but it was too late fearing the closing trap would close on Thistleleaf before he would notice the old warrior pushed himself forward to aid the young tree. He had enough time to lose a bolt of magic toward the coming horde of rats, a great thunder clap announced the arrival of the sigmarites paladins, the charged Oakstalk but the thick trees meant they were only able to come at him two at a time.

The battle was coming to a head, the pivotal moments that would shape the course of this day, beseeched on both sides, by a horde of rats  with their infernal devices and a host of warriors blinded by the holy mission, the two tree lords stood back to back. Oakstalk pushed his magic out to include Thistleleaf in his protection.
With the ancient at his back Thistleleaf felt strong enough to take any fow there where rats scurrying around his feet but he payed them no heed he could feel the knowledge of combat calling from Oakstalk through the spirit song they both shared. Centuries of knowledge flowing through him allowing him to predict and block even the wildest of the rats attacks. Even there quirk of exposing into vile puss on death gave him no concern. The towering plague furnace was close at hand, he  reached out tearing the metal and wood asunder with his claws.

The revenants deep in enemy lines had finally been spotted a killed one final catapult before they where brought down and killed by a horde of rats.
 
 The combined strikes of the paladins and there prosecutor support struck hard at Oakstalk he killed the first rank of paladins with a sweep of his staff impaling another on his claws he was no stranger to combat, but he was old his dark creaked as a fought off blow after blow but he was wearying he dropped to one knee. Lementing that his service to the everqueen would soon be at an end, he felt one of the hammers shatter bark from his back. This would be his last fight.

He felt the spirit song calling to him and the voice of the wildwoods themselves calling out to him lending the ancient warrior There strength to continue the fight. He could hear the song of ghyran lifting him up mending his bark and retuning strength to his form when he listened he could hear the voice a branch wych shaping the spirit song to aid his recovery. He was not yet whole but he would live. He should retreat but that would leave the young tree alone amidst the flood of enemies, he stood his ground lifting a paladin high over head and crushing him as an example to those who would stand against the might of the ever queen. 

They had brunted the worst of the fighting the skaven had retreated. Their devices destroyed and their cunning tricks bested they had lost the will to battle on renewed by the his rush of energy Oakstalk and Thistleleaf turned to face the remainder of the stormcast army. Many of them where retreating from the forest in an attempt to form a secure line further back. A sole squad of liberators stood to hold the wraith of the tree lords. These warriors where not strong enough however and they soon fell trampled underfoot. 

There fows where retreating on both sides there wardstone was safe. Oakstalk and Thistleleaf lifted the voice and bellowed there triumph into the tree song.

Age of sigmar

Its not a slow game, we met for our weekly gaming session and decided to play some of age of sigmar since now it has a points system more people in the group are willing to play it. So amidst the hail of bullets and alien energy weapons we set up to play an evening of Age of sigmar.

We managed to play 4 games in about 3 hours. By contrast only 5 turns of 40k were played across the other two games. Age of sigmar is not a slow game

Game one
The armies where vampire counts vs ogres the new frost ones. The first game was short due to placement of models i was able to use my banshee and two terrorgiest to screem at his army and force 2 full units off the table before a devastating charge from a large unit of bloods knights i was able to cripple his army and win on the second turn.

Game two
 having seen the devastation caused by the blood knights my opponent stayed the hell away using the terrain and his mountain cats to screen his large monsters long enough for his yetti to make it into combat and kill my terrorgiest winning him the game.

Game three
My opponent had found a plan that work and shot my terrorgiest with everything he had killing it outright and winng him game three

Game four
For change my oponent picked to try and endure my army for the finaly game, keep one unit alive untill the end of turn 6.

Wolves vs Eldar battle report with pictures

Hey guys so today I thought I would try to add some photos to the narrative battle report today’s game, An Eldar Aspect Host attempts to carry out a strike on an imperial Monastery currently defended by a small contingent of Space wolves. 

The space wolves lead by the young wolf Lord Mishvarg have readied themselves for the Eldars attack, Mishvarg and his retinue of grey hunters have set up on the Monasteries Alter to protect the precious relic. The young blood claws chose to leave the protection on the inner chapel and charge the invading force in an attempt to gain glory whilst the other flank it shored up by the monasteries own venerable Dreadnaught

The aspect host advance into the monastery under the cover fire of their scouts

Seeing the invaders approaching on their relic the blood claws and the Dreadnaught charge down the flanks of the battle ready to kill there foe in combat 

The sudden charge of the Space wolves defense caught the elder off guard, the dire avengers and the farseer move back to increase the gap between them and the oncoming warriors, whilst the fire dragons move up to engage the Dreadnaught bearing down on them 

The blood claws where caught in the cross fire of the warp spiders and dire avengers loosing half their number but they carry on with their charge regardless of the casualties. The fire dragons manage to deal significant damage the dreadnaught but it manages to continue walking on.

In Preparation for their assault the blood claws begin firing there blot pistols into the dire avengers to great effect killing all of the dire avengers in one hale of fire 

Unfortunately the space wolves suffer there first major loss as the venerable Dreadnaught is destroyed by a final shot from the fire dragons as it bore down on them 

The Remaining Aspect warriors move to the edges of the inner chapel to open fire on the grey hunters in an attempt to weaken their defences before a final assault into the chapel.

The grey hunters by some divine intervention of the emperor have managed to weather the incoming volley

Seeing that his forces will never be able to out shoot the Eldar warriors Mishvarg orders his men forward into combat leading the change from the front

The blood claws managed to catch the warp spiders and cut them down with their superior combat strength and Mishvarg tears into the swooping hawks 

Seeing two of the aspect warrior squads falling in combat the fire dragons move back into the cover of the building to open fire on the grey hunters as Mishvarg finishes of the swooping hawks

The far seer knowing the battle depends on him entering the fray charges the remaining grey hunters and with a combination of psychic powers, superior speed , and a surprise attack he manages to kill both of them  

As the battle draws to a close Mishvarg continues his rampage by hacking down the fire dragons taking minimal damage from there combat attacks

The farseer emboldened by his success with the blood claws charges Mishvarg, his witch blade failing to damage him, before being cut down by the wolf lord 

with the battle won the Wolves return to the Chapel ready to fight another day

40k modular city

40k modular terrain

mordheim terrain

The humans had gone too far this time, Farseer Eragah stood with his back to the planets infinity circuit he could sense the oncoming destruction he was still unable to devise there reason to attack but they had pushed through every exodite settlement they passed sweeping them aside without thought for the life lost. And now they send 3 of there knight titans go attack the unguarded circuit. He had had visions of the destruction and had absenced himself from another campaign to webway half way across known space to arrive at a the planet just in time but with only 3 of the craftworlds wraithkights and a number of wraith guard he had collected along the way he was unsure if he could change the outcome on this event. That was until a silken voice spoke to him and archon of the dark elder had arrived he would allow the wraith to deploy wia his own personal portal in exchange for the remains of the knights and the pilots inside. Eragah had accepted the proposal working with the dark elder disturbed him but it was a necessary evil to save these elder souls.

Miles away the 3 imperial knights marched in tight formation they had been dispatched to sneak to the elder shire to destroy a supposed relic they worshiped. No ground units had been deployed to support them but a number of dark angel deathwing where readying height above the planet to teleport into the battle should they become overrun.

The knights sensor pickup the swift advance of the elder wraithknights and raised their shields to weather the first barrage of the Eldars destructive weaponry even with the fast reaction this stil bit deep into the armour of the first knight, bringing their own weapons to bare they returned fire but were unable to deal any heavy damage to the oncoming wraith constructs. the wraithkinghts spread out to flank the formation they where able to flank quicker than the knights could position and the distortion beams ripped the lead knight apart, it was at this time the archon made good on his promise with a flash and clap of thunder the archon appeared from the webway surrounded by the imposing forms of the wraithguard they brought their own distortion weapons and a second knight fell. In orbit the deathwing captains must have declared the situation a loss and called of their operation or located a more valuable or secret target they failed to supply the remaining knight with any support. The last knight attempted to finish off a wraith knight before it to was destroyed.

End

Sorry this one was so short if was a quick game tabled the imperium on turn 2 before his deathwing could come to the aid of the knights (no 6s on the D chart though). But that’s what happened when you put half your army in reserve.

City Salutem

Dawn broke over the lifeless city, casting long shadows from the ruins of the once great buildings destroyed by months of bombing runs by the relentless Necron foe. The cities imperial guard detachment had been broken its regiments routed or harried away.  The final necron force marched through the city; a full destroyer cult let the charge, there deadly beams cutting down what few defences remained, the were supported by the warriors and immortals from a nearby legion. There overlord Int’kas personally over saw the battle remaining at the city’s outskirts away from the fighting, it was beneath him, he did however permit his lychguard to enter the city to hunt for a specific piece of technology for him.

The necron where not the only armoured forms stalking the streets of Salutem. The blood Ravens 3^rd company had been deployed to the city tasked with retrieving a pair of twin relics from inside the city there tactical squads deploying to the ruined buildings spreading out to defend the first relic. The companies’ scouts had reported the Necron advance and noted the location of the second relic.

Despite their element of surprise it was the Necron artillery that made the first shot they dealt the advancing tank Colum a destructive blow destroying a razor back with a single volley the explosion rang out through the streets using the noise the destroyers leapt forward and in the blink of an eye 5 battle brothers and another armoured razor back had been destroyed. There cover blone the companies scouts began trying to take out key targets within the enemies forces the final razor back carring a squad of veterans raced forward to take the fight to the enemy before it joined it fellow razor backs.

Int’Kas allowed himself a moment of pride, they had met the enemy and found the location of the other relic, at his order the forces of his legion advanced under the rain of bolter shells, it was nothing to them some may die but most of the shells never scratched his warriors and so the necron forces advanced raking the space marines with devastating fire. They had broken the finally razor back, its veterans bunkered in the remnants of the tank using its thick hull to screen them from the the bulk of the enemy fire, even in death the vehicles machines spirit still protected them. the lines met it was only a single road separated the two forces. A bolt of warp energy crack the road moments later a squad of the chapters 1^st company veterans appeared in there terminator armour there appearance signalled a new surge in the defending blood ravens, they had held until the necron forces  where close enough to trap in overlapping fields of fire. Warriors began to sustain damage not even there reanimation scarabs could save them from. even the destroyer cult had taken a loses their Lord had entered marshal combat with the captain of the blood ravens company.

A second terminator squad landed on the battle field far behind enemy lines, there mission was not to intervene in the battle, they had deployed for the sole purpose of claiming the second relic already under necron control. Their teleport had diverted but they were still close enough to complete their objective. Some of the necron forces had detected there arrival and turned away from the battle. They took wave after wave of beam fire but they endured for the mission Int’kas barely had time to react before the 4 remaing terminators closed on him in seconds he was bathed in promethium fire shocking his systems before a crackling power fist ended his life.

Many of the warriors had been defeated and whilst the destroyer cult was still a threat to the space marines but they had lost their momentum there speed had been hampered by the buildings they took withering bolter fire from tactical squads positioned inside the buildings. With the relics secured both surviving terminator squads teleported away from the battle field carrying there sacred cargo leaving the remaining tactical squads to secure extraction points and leave the burning wreck of salutem to ruin.

Crusade of Fire map

The Calderon System

player zones 

Badger, H7 H5 H6

Michael, C3 C2 H1

Carl, M  P4  C1

Jamie, P2  P1  P3

Ste, K2  K5 K1

player  6, K6 K5 H3 H2

player  7, H4 K3 K4 

planets 

Helios (H1-H7)
Calder (C1-C3)
Moon of Helios
Kardin (K1-K7)
Palder (P1-P4)

Wraith on wraith

Hello and welcome to anoth narative battle report. My somewhat cobled togeth eldar wraith vs the a necron wraith army.

The craftworld had moved quick there anciant enamy had emerged again. They had come to finish a war started back in time imemorable. Antiant webways burst into life as far see tal'di sped out leeding a squad of the craftworlds wind riders, dehind them raced 3 wave serpents carry all to important wraithguard. The craftworld been unable to spare many of its aspect warriors or guardian deffenders and as such had been forced to awaken the souls of long the long dead.
Backing up the small force where a pair of towering wraith knights that had webwayed into to combat whilst on rout to another conflict. Tal'di new the necron well he had faced them many a time defore and had studdied the text of old. He knew the necron force would be there front link deffence systems mindless canoptek machines led by simple lords awakend to guide the force, he would strike quick and he would strike true, he would not allow the necron to awaken any turther.

Speeding towards the closest unit of wraith, tal'di reached out into the warp to scry the conveluted paths of the future finding the path thqt suited him well her began istracting his wind riders where to shoot. Every shot stuck true damaging the canoptek wraith as if the eldar knew exactly where there enamies week points would be at that exact moment. There alpha stike sucsesfull the jetbikes begant to pull back pursed by the now weekend wraith ,the air shimmered as laser rounds danced through it the decestating fire power of the wave serpents and wrsith knight finished the wraiths allowing Tal'di to make a clean get away.

Tal'di had his judged his enamy, the necron defence system wad being led by 2 destroyer lords, 1 of them lead his squad quickly after the retreating far seer
They perduded there prey relentlessly and managed to catch 1 of the jetbikes shredding the rider to pices with there cold claws. The lord as relentless as he was had not noticed how far out of formation he was, within short reach of the eldar and surrounded on 3 sides the lord was helpless to stop the wraith wrath.

With little prompting as if in some dreamfilled burst of sight the wraithguard had moved to intercept the enamy canoptek wraith. Fogoing there protective transport they marched forward bringing there terable distortion weponry to bear the combined power was to much even for the wraiths shielding and even the lords regeneation thay where taken out of existance in the blink of an eye.

All across the eldar front lines canopteck wraith charged into the silent forms of the wraithguard. There solid forms took the charge with only one of there number killed in the charge. Tal'di and 1 of the wraithknights jummped round the back of the fighting qraith line to attack the exposed necron tanks positioning away from the main battle.
As the necron wraith cut apart the last og the initial wraithguard squad another two turned there guns against them and fired there power still proveing too much for the necron wraith.

Even with the arival of necron warrior reenforcements the wraithguard had wone the battle and althought there wraithbone forms had been damged and scared they themselves where safe. Tal'di gad taken a hit from a stray telsa bolt and his jetbike squad were reduced in number the escaped largly unharmed.

They had wone the battle and destoyed this tomb but who knew how many more would be found on thia world he was growing uneasy the future was clouding ahead of him, the paths once clwar and easy to walk where twisting and crossing, if he listened he could hear a faint chatering and in moments where his eyes closed and the stopped consentrating he saw a great maw oppening before him...

Hope you enjoyed reading this i will try and get a little more detail in next time but im eriting this a couple of days after the game so i cannot remember the details. You get bonus points if you guess who the next oponent is.

Army list time!
so i have a very limited collection of space marines so my army list is limited to the models i own

list 1

Pedro Kantor 185pts

tactical squad 70pts
+5 guys         70pts
+power first   25 pts



tactical squad 70pts
+5 guys         70pts
power swords 15 pts

stern guard  120pts
+5 guys       110pts
8 combi weapons 80pts
2 plasmaguns 30 pts

razor back 55 pts
lascannon and twin linked plasma gun 20pts

razor back 55 pts
lascannon and twin linked plasma gun 20pts


995 pts

This is a battle report between my 750 pts crimson first army and a friends space wolves army ive tried to pitch the battle report in a more narrative way instead of a list of events on a table i hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it.

The story

This early after the battle we have yet to learn the true cause start of the conflict between our own 3^rd company and the remnants of the space wolves lead by bjorn fellhanded.

3 razor back armored transports halted at the edge of the town befor proceeding into the open grounds around the lake escorted buy a squad of assault marines, inside the razor backs where the the remnants of tactical squads Alius and Laelius, and a Veteran squad lead buy  Veteran Nerva and joined by the Chapter Master Pedro Cantor himself.

Alius’s Razor back was the first to note the oncoming enemy firing a useless burst form its heavy bolter, Learning of the contact else where on the battle field the other two razor backs searching for contacts and firing a barrage into a near by forest forcing the power armored foes into deeper cover. sensing there surprise attack was lost the enemy force took the offensive sending two land speeders rushing towards squad Alius the first opened a hellish barrage of melta fire destroying the tank and killing a member of the squad instantly as the hot fragments pierced the inner hull of the tank. The second ‘speeder fired a salvo of bolter fire into the squad but thanks to the hull of the transport were able to weather the fire.

Cantor’s own transport took a hit from a lascannon expertly aimed but failing to inflict lasting damage to the tank,  this lascannon shot was followed by plasma rounds from the forest giving away the position of the squad hidden within.

With the position’s of there enemy shown the crimson fist launched into battle, Laelius and Canto charged the position and disembarked from there tanks to bring there bolter fire to bear on the enemy who in a desperate attempt to inflict damage and kill there target the enemy attacked it was only as they charged that Veteran Nerva noticed the markings on the armour showing there foe as space wolves 2 veterans died instantly to the charge subdued by sheer number of attacks but Cantor and Nerva’s power fists tore the grey hunters apart sparing none.

On the far side of the battle field sergeant Alius had taken cover in one of the buildings firing at the closer land speeder damaging its hull before the assault squad lead by sergeant Gaius finished the job with a well aimed shot from the plasma pistol. 

The remaining razor backs sped across the battle field to aid Alius and Gaius but where both destroyed by shots from the unknown lasscanon position. Gaius was the first one to notice the second grey hunter squad emaging from a large rock formation, and sensing the only caurs of action lead the attack on the squad, covered by squad Alius, the assault squad made it to combat although they suffered many casualties and only Gaius himself was left to exact vengeance upon the hunters and fighting with a cold hard fury completely opposed to the blind rage of the wolves managed to kill all but 1 of them before the final surprise of the battle, bjorn the fell-handed lead the attack personally he charged Gaius knocking him away with a single swipe before turning to attack Cantor and the remaining veterans, despite his firepower he was unable to inflict lasting wounds before The arrival of the storm raven gunship from a nearby operation ended the fight forcing any more hidden hunters to fall back. There was no confirmed kill on Bjorn, and the storm-raven managed to carry the 8 surviving marines off the battle filed, it was as the engines fired up that a worn but strong voice came over the radio, Gaius had survived.

“there is nothing like the roar of saving engines, the emperors wrath and salvation in one roar”

-veteran sergeant Nevra when asked about the ambush

After the battle sergeants Alius and Laelius were both promoted to veteran sergeants.

So.. thanks for reading my battle report, I wanted to try a narrative based report so tell me what you think