Hi. Played a little 75pl game against
Derling's Tau the other Saturday night (not the last last one, but the last one).
We had a great time. Caught up, spent 50% gaming and 50% discussing the merits of plastic in our oceans and other heady things. Anyways. We played a custom mission with special rules, the rules of which are too detailed and unfinished to go into with any sort of cohesion or sense. But they are good, and I liked them. Let's just say that it involved ballistic skill modifiers based upon movement.
There. I said it. I liked the complexity. After turn three I was a whiz with this more complex rule set. Mostly because it
made sense.
Here are the highlights.
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The Coldstar commander enters the CA5 facility |
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The riptide took cover behind the CA5 block.
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Tau forces mount to the balcony and begin scanning for targets. |
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The first objective secured by the Tau fire warriors. |
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The Errant Stormtalon careened across the battlefield, dodging fire and strafing fire warriors. |
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Combat squad Beta sets up in the remains of the Lib-12 factory cogs. |
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Cold Star Commander closes in for a tight firefight with a Marine Plasma Team. |
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Devil fish sticks. |
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Captain Bane and a remaining Honor Guard Marine make it to the Tau objective and begin pushing them back. |
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Librarian Flaescher and Combat Squad Alpha linger behind to offer support to the captain. |
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Sgt. Greene's Plasma Tactical Team clambers out from their Rhino and targets the Breachers at almost point blank range. |
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Tau take aim on the East flank. |
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Stay on target... |
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Stay on target... fire upon the Riptide on my mark...
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The firefight between the Cold Stone Commander, the Breachers, and the Plasma Tactical Team. |
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Breachers lay down fusillades of fire during overwatch. |
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Combat continues around the billboard. |
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Combat Squad Alpha dashes over to help secure the area. |
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Tau advance, peppering the Errants with continued fire.
At the end of the game (which was around turn four) we declared me a winner of the contest, but if we had gone the extra turns as planned I'm sure the Tau would have overrun one of our positions and at least pulled off a tie.
Good gaming. I'm looking forward to next Saturday, when the Errants hit the road and visit the new home of a friend.
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