3 way Deathmatch!

[SteveBerenyi]

--- Your Famine is ready lord, unleash at your pleasure.....
--was there something else?
- Yes lord... reports of an artifact have been discovered and the men have been having..... visions. it is located on an outter rim planet and is of a design that none have seen or heard of before. And lord. it is rumored that the Fish have found it at well...... Lord? Lord can you hear me? Lord......
- Set course. we shall secure this Icon. Nurgle has deemed it so!

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- Ethereal, your transports await.
- Do we have any more information? what is this thing?
- all sources report that it is very ancient, however all reports also state that the metals surrounding and composing the structure are organic in nature.
- Organic? that could mean only one thing.
- yes ethereal, the c'tan.

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- My Lord do you feel it? It resonates through me.
- Yes Disciple, the harmonics are most pleasing. do we have a location yet?
- Yes lord, a small moon in the Tau Empire seems to be the source. Set course. perhaps nobody else has felt this yet. yyyeeeesssssss..... Most Pleasurable.

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Mission: Victory Point Are All

Objective: The central Platform (red Circle) is the only objective. and those COMMANDERS who occupy it's space at the end of turn 6 are awarded 200 Bonus Victory points. The platform is accessible only throught the 16" Diameter pool of "living energy" and as troops and characters advance through the pool each turn they take a S 7 AP- hit from the force of the energy itself.

the Grey bars that go through the pool are in actuallity suspended above it 8" and are inaccessible.

Board: 10' x 10' made into a triangle.


The Upper Left hand side behind the blue line is Wakim's Deployment Zone

The Lower Left hand side behind the blue line is Brain Deleted's Deployment Zone

The right hand side behind the blue line is Warmaster Romulas' Deployment Zone

Special Rules:
Deep Strike, Infiltrate, Night Fighting, Victory Points

Voting will be open until February 29th 2008 Good Luck To All involved.

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Brain Deleted's Slannesh Army

HQ

Lord
Blessgiver
Wings
Mark of Slaanesh


Elites

Terminators
2 Terminators
Terminator with Reaper Autocannon

Troops

Noise Marines
Champion with Power fist&Doom Siren
8 Marines with Sonic Blasters
Marine with Blastmaster
Rhino
Havoc Launcher


Marines
Champion with Combi Plasma gun
2 Marines with Plasma guns
7 Marines
Rhino
Havoc Launcher


Marines
Icon of Slaanesh
Champion with Power Fist
2 Marines with Flamers
7 Marines
Rhino
Havoc Launcher

Marines
Marine with Lascannon
Marine with Plasma gun
8 Marines
Rhino
Havoc Launcher


Fast Attack

Raptors
Champion with Power Weapon&Meltabombs
2 Raptors with Meltaguns
7 Raptors



Raptors
Icon of Slaanesh
Champion with a pair Lightning Claws
2 Raptors with Flamers
7 Raptors

Raptors
Icon of Slaanesh
Champion with Power Weapon&Plasma Pistol
2 Raptors with Plasma Guns
7 Raptors

Heavy Support

Predator
Autocannon
Heavy Bolters

Predator
Autocannon
Heavy Bolters

Vindicator
Daemonic Possession
Dirge Caster

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Warmaster Romulas' Tau Empire

HQ

Commander Shadowsun

Etherreal
Sysmbols of office
bonding Knife
Honorguardx10
Shasui w/ bonding knife, markerlight
devilfish w/ Smart missle sys, Dis Pod, multi tracker, sensor spines, targeting array

Elite

stealth team x6
x6 targeting array
x2 fusion blaster
bonding knife marker light

Crisis team x3
x3 targeting array
1. twin link fusion blaster
2. fusion blaster/flamer
3. TL plasma rifle

Troop

Fire warrior team x12
bonded, markerlight
devilfish w/ SMS, dis pod, Multi traker,seeker missle, Targeting array

fire warrior team (same as above)

fire warrior team (same as first)

fast attack

Pathfinder team x6
bonded, Photon Grenades
devilfish w/ dis pod, multi tracker, seeker missle, sesor spines, targeting array

piranha team x2
x2 fusion blaster
x2 dis pod

Heavy Support

hammer head w/rail gun
targeting array, multi tracker, dis pod, seeker missle, sensor spines,smart missle system

hammer head w/ ion cannon
targeting array, multi tracker, dis pod, seeker missle, sensor spines,smart missle system

Tactics
crisis team held in reserve(if possible) to deap strike where needed.
Commander shadow sun will join the stealth squad and kill what ever they encounter (armour and infantry)
path finders will pin infantry and/or merkerlight other targets
piranhas will hunt heavy armoir and heavy infantry
the ethereal and honor guard will form the lynchpin of a 2 pronged FOF assault with
the warfishes and fire warriors
the hammer head will stay mobile while hunting armor
the ion head will provide cover for the FOF assaults

this Mech Tau force is mobile and lethal
it sticks together(not splitting up)
its work well on the table (when the dice are good)
speed is every thing for this force
its ready to face many different opponents
(not sure about the same time)

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Wakim's Nurgle Army

HQ

Typhus
Terminator Armor, Personal Icon, Man Reaper, Mark of Nurgle, Fearless, Independent Character, Feel No Pain, Destroyer Hive, Hereld of Nurgle, Wind of Chaos, Nurgle’s Rot

Chaos Terminator Lord
Terminator Armor, Mark of Nurgle, Fearless, Independent Character, Daemon Weapon of Nurgle, Twin Linked Bolter, Personal Icon

ELITE

Chaos Terminators x10
2 Reaper Auto Cannons, Icon of Nurgle, 8 TL Bolters/Power Weapons

Chaos Terminators x10
Icon of Nurgle, 5 Dual Lightning Claws, 1 TL Bolters/Power Fist, 2 TL bolters/Chainfists 2 Heavy Flamers/Power Weapons

TROOPS

Plague Marines x10
Plague Champion, Chaos Rhino (Havoc Launcher, Extra Armor), Personal Icon, Power Sword, TL Bolter, 2 Melta Guns

Plague Marines x10
Plague Champion, Chaos Rhino (Havoc Launcher, Extra Armor), Personal Icon, Power Sword, TL Bolter, 2 Melta Guns

FAST ATTACK

Chaos Bikers x5
Biker Champion, Icon of Nurgle, 2 Melta Guns

HEAVY SUPPORT

Chaos Predator
Turret Autocannon, Smoke Launchers, Searchlight, Extra Armor

Chaos Havocs x5
Melta Gun x4, Icon of Nurgle, Asp Champ, Combi-melta, Rhino (extra armor)

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Please pose other tactics. Please remember to cast your vote in a DIFFERENT COLOR and post your reasons why you vote this way.

[TheKiller333]

My vote goes with Wakim.
Almost purely based on the Termies. With the Deep strike, they'd keep the bulk of the Tau getting CC'd.

[Dragoon King]

Not knowing that much about Tau, my first instinct is to go with Wakim's list, but Brain Deleted is bringing 21 Raptors to the party. I'll hold off my vote until I see some arguments, and hopefully a little info on Tau.

[Wakim]

I think you can smell the cheese in that nurgle list over the internet Rotten green/blue cheese to be precise

On a side note i really like slaaneshi raptors too bad he only managed to get 2 of the squads iconed.


Steve, nice objective thingy you got there

[Warmaster Romulas]

holy crap
2 chaos warbands?
No fear men let shoot them to hades
and take the objective its for the greater good

and i was thinking more like limburger Fishman
its nice and tasty but pungent as hell

[Wakim]

Originally Posted by Warmaster Romulas

holy crap
2 chaos warbands?
No fear men let shoot them to hades
and take the objective its for the greater good

and i was thinking more like limburger Fishman
its nice and tasty but pungent as hell

If it were a real game i`m pretty sure we`d both deep strike all over you

[Warmaster Romulas]

i know
good thing i haveall those fusion blasters(s8 ap1) and targeting arrays(raise bs+1)
plus my whole army is meant to kill on the move
it would be an AWESOME actual game

[Word Bearer 81007]

under normal circumstances i would have to say wakim's nurgle list would hold supreme. but i have this sneaky suspiscion that the tau list can avoid alot the fight while the slaneshi and nurgle clash tides. i vote TAU

[Wakim]

Originally Posted by word bearers 81007

under normal circumstances i would have to say wakim's nurgle list would hold supreme. but i have this sneaky suspiscion that the tau list can avoid alot the fight while the slaneshi and nurgle clash tides. i vote TAU

You do realise that under any circumstances all my termies and all his raptors and going straight on the poor taus.

The fact that he prefers the bulk formation (whole army moving at the same pace as a whole) makes it even better for us since imediatly as our assault troops slaughter something they can assault something else since so much will be in range

unless BrainDeleted got his barin deleted he`ll go for Tau first.

Even Romulus knows that :P

My termies and marines will be easier to pick off after they`ve been trimmed by pulse/rail shots

A direct assault on my nurgle enhanced troops would be quite risky :P

Waiting for tau to come in range and pick his troops off with concentrated fire would be just dumb though


PS I have nothing against your vote :P just your reasoning

[Warmaster Romulas]

its a spaced formation
to cover other units
not a bulk clumping

[TheKiller333]

Originally Posted by Wakim

You do realise that under any circumstances all my termies and all his raptors and going straight on the poor taus.

The fact that he prefers the bulk formation (whole army moving at the same pace as a whole) makes it even better for us since imediatly as our assault troops slaughter something they can assault something else since so much will be in range

unless BrainDeleted got his barin deleted he`ll go for Tau first.

Even Romulus knows that :P

My termies and marines will be easier to pick off after they`ve been trimmed by pulse/rail shots

A direct assault on my nurgle enhanced troops would be quite risky :P

Waiting for tau to come in range and pick his troops off with concentrated fire would be just dumb though


PS I have nothing against your vote :P just your reasoning

Pretty much exactly the reason for my vote. After the Tau were wiped out, Wakim's list would only just beat Brain's, but it would. Termies would probably rip the raptors to pieces too, unless the raptor's got some good rolls.

[Brother Warchild]

If i was to vote right now it would be for Wakim and all those termi's,but something tells me to wait.

[BrainDeleted]

Tactics?!

If you haven't notice my whole army is capable of moving very fast which will be great for this mission. Basically my men will form a big block of tanks with one raptor squad and my lord in the middle of them, shielded by their tankness. Using the terrain to keep obscured from the Tau.
Meanwhile the other Raptors (The ones with melta and plasma guns) and the Termies deepstrike behind the Tau, pretty much within their deployment zone. If they aren't already close to the Tau then they'll move there next turn and force Romulas to split his fire between my rhino battalion, papa nurgle, and the flies at his back. Plus they'll give him a nice dose of plasma/melta heat before assaulting the closest thing if they aren't blown to hell...but even if they are I don't care They're a distraction for my main force.
Now the Predators and Vindicator will head straight for Papa nurgle and unleash on him with the demolisher Cannon and a bunch o' autocannon and heavy bolter shots the main target would be the bikers after that the havoc Rhino then the plague marine rhinos. After that they will sit and blast away at him moving back every once and a while to keep out of melta range
The three normal marine squads and their Rhinos will go straight for the objective and tank shock anything thats inside and shoot 'em up with their havoc launchers and if I'm going slow enough some of the marines inside. Once they are safely inside the Rhinos make a triangle of metallic cover and the one or two squads get out in the safe zone created.
Meanwhile the lord and his Raptors go for the front/side or what ever is presented of the Tau formation, traveling behind the noise Marine Rhino. The Noise Marines either dismount and fire their sonic blasters in heavy mode and the blastmaster to pin anything around them or they ride it out and assault.

The lord's squad are combat monsters. Blessgiver will tear Typhus to pieces if he decides to show up any where near my lordy.
Remember I have lots of guns to hurt things with...even things with high armor saves and/or feel no pain. The plasma guns should help too and heavy bolters.


Wow that was long winded and probably stupid...


30 Raptors.

30 marines.

10 Noise Marines

3 Terminators

2 Predators

1 Vindicator

[Wakim]

Dunno about you but I`ll try to get this army in a similar TT fight

Even if i`ll have to borrow a whole lot of minis

:-? Typhus should be nice to use

[BrainDeleted]

Originally Posted by Dragoon King

Not knowing that much about Tau, my first instinct is to go with Wakim's list, but Brain Deleted is bringing 21 Raptors to the party. I'll hold off my vote until I see some arguments, and hopefully a little info on Tau.

I've got 30 raptors

[Brother Warchild]

This would be a great TT battle to play or watch you couldnt loose either way.

[Word Bearer 81007]

i'm a tad offended by my reasoning. unless this match became a two on one were chaos bond together to rip the tau apart. then i still see them as the victor. only because they are one of the most mobile shooty armies around and with that big of a board the tau player should be able to pick his fire fights with his opponents fairly well. that is unless the chaos gods turn on him together. range is a tau's best friend

[Wakim]

Originally Posted by word bearers 81007

i'm a tad offended by my reasoning. unless this match became a two on one were chaos bond together to rip the tau apart. then i still see them as the victor. only because they are one of the most mobile shooty armies around and with that big of a board the tau player should be able to pick his fire fights with his opponents fairly well. that is unless the chaos gods turn on him together. range is a tau's best friend

How can you be offended by your own reasoning?

Eh, doesn`t matter really


Though how is 2 armies with deep striking abilities trying to take out the 3rd army that has strong shooty powers THAT farfetched to you?

even more so since we`re talking about TAU here.

Plus, it`s a 3 man game, someone WILL get ganged by the bulk of two other armies, it`s the way it goes down in such games.

Ok, so maybe, MAYBE you might honestly think that the logical breakdown of this game would be chaos fighting about itself and waiting for tau to come over and shoot everything to pices.

But then you have Me, Romulas and Brain all agreeing that both chaos armies will consider TAU a priority.


Honestly, what do we have to do to convince you that those two armies won`t just sit there and wait to be shot off by Tau ranged troops?

Vote for Tau for their awesome firepower and manuvrabilty, vote for them because you like the guy, vote for them because they`re your favorite army, vote for them because you hate chaos, vote for them because they have the shortest and simplest name, but don`t vote for them because you think their oponents will let them win that easy.

[Ides]

Hmmm, hard to say here. I reckon I'll vote for CHAOS, and save judgement for a bit. Can someone post an argument as to why the chaos players wouldn't wipe out every big gun in the tau army first chance they got? No sense in chasing after an army of fast CC monsters when you can give the blue midgets a chance to whittle them down first...

[Warmaster Romulas]

you guys are killing me
both saying they would kill tau first
all 3 sides have equal lethality
an thius if every one isnt fighting on 2 fronts then the 3rd person would have the advantage
but seeing as i would concentrate on wiping out those nurgle termies
i guess the other guy would have the strengh left to wipe him out and take the objective

but then again who knows this is a battle of theories

[Ikarus]

My vote goes to- Nurgle. WAKIM.

Pure resilient, and nasty power.

Slaanesh is the close one but... I think Nurgle t5 FNP and termie mass will clobber.

But, Tau could win only through Survival.. if he flew around and dodged.
As a tau player, target priority will have issues, AND, not enough output weapons to kill everything.