Battle Report: 1500 pts Doubles vs Chaos Space Marines (loss)

So, part 2 of GW Oxford's campaign. 1,500 pts per side, in pairs (so 750pts per player). Once again the Adeptus Mechanicus were Space Wolves, paired with Uncle Rich's Deathwing. This time, we were up against the Iron Warrior Chaos Space Marines.

MISSION
The mission was simple: 1 objective in the dead centre of the board. The person with the most squads within 6" of it at game end wins.
The board had quite a lot of terrain in our deployment zones, with a big empty killing zone in the middle.

ARMIES & DEPLOYMENT
The Iron Warriors had a Lord & Berserkers in a rhino, a big group of Plague Marines in a building, a Terminator squad in reserve, 2 Vindicators and a Predator. Ouch.
As always, 750pts of Deathwing got Uncle Rich Belial, 2 x 5 terminators, 1 x 5 man tactical squad.
I went for a higher model count this week: Rune Priest, Iron Priest & Servitors, 2 x 10 Grey Hunters (2 plasma guns) and 2 x Long Fangs (mix of Heavy Bolters and Missile Launchers).
Uncle Rich put both terminator squads in reserve. I put both Long Fangs up on top of buildings in the corners of our deployment zone, with good lines of sight. Rich's Tactical and my Grey Hunters were in the middle, ready to run for the centre.

BATTLE
The first terminator squad popped out next to one Vindicator and the Predator. They were shot at lots (by 1 Vindicator, 1 Predator and the Plague Marines), and only 2 of them were left alive to get into combat with the Vindicator but failed to do anything. They were shot at again. And died.
My Long Fangs destroyed the other Vindicator. "Well, Uncle Rich, I killed my Vindicator" was my refrain...
Meanwhile in the middle of the table the Berserkers and his Terminators ate both my Grey Hunters, my Rune Priest, my Iron Priest, his Tactical Squad and 1 Deathwing Terminator Squad. Ouch. He cunningly chased my broken guys off the edge of the board, never giving us a chance to regroup.
After that it was all over bar mopping up. The remaining Vindicator started pie-plating my Long Fangs, and we were tabled.

LESSONS LEARNT
At this point, I decided that basing my army purely around shooting was pretty crap and I needed some better close combat troops. And started work converting a Skitarii Assault Maniple (to use as Blood Claws or Wolf Guard).

Battle Report: 1500 pts Doubles vs Orks (loss)

GW Oxford has been having a campaign recently. Most of us have been playing in doubles, 750pts per player so 1500pts per side. I've been using my Adeptus Mechanicus as Space Wolves, paired with my old friend "Uncle Rich" and his Deathwing Terminator Army.

MISSION
Our first game was vs. Orks, deploying in opposite table quarters. Objectives in table centre and the centre of both empty quarters.

ARMIES & DEPLOYMENT
The orks had a bikeboss with biker pals, a boss in battlewagon with nobs, a trukk mob and two big footslogger mobs (1 sluggas & 1 shootas). And a bunch of dreds & kans.

Uncle Rich's 750pts of Deathwing is always much the same: Belial, 2 x 5 terminators, 1 x 5 man tactical squad. Uncle Rich started with both his terminator squads in reserve.

My 750pts of Space Wolves was Rune Priest, Iron Priest (2 Heavy Bolter servitors, 1 normal servitor), 2 x 5 Grey Hunters in Razorbacks (each with a power fist, a flamer and a heavy bolter on the tank) and 2 x Long Fangs (mix of Heavy Bolters and Missile Launchers).

BATTLE
1 terminator squad popped down on the left hand objective, whilst my Razorback squads zoomed towards the right hand objective. The rest of our forces hung back and shot loads.

A trukk & battlewagon full of orks and a warboss landed on my Razorback guys, and we both destroyed each other. Meanwhile a bikeboss and bikers hit the terminators, along with mass shoota boyz. The termis took out the bikers, but were destroyed. I shot lots, but not enough and the orks cunningly used the battlewagon & trukk as walls to block my line of sight.

The game finished early (as the store was closing), before the 2nd terminator squad arrived! The shoota boyz had the left objective, slugga boyz had the right objective, and the kans had the centre objective. So not a great success for the Imperials there.

LESSONS LEARNT

I still hate orks in close combat! Also, that "using vehicles as mobile walls" tactic is dead cunning.