Minimum Squad Size

Talk about needing more than two bikes per squad...

Anyways, here is a loose battle report of how my chilled game against my brother went last night, as best as I can remember.

White Scars 5th Company
Captain w/power sword
Tactical Squad w/flamer
Bike & Attack Bike w/multi-melta (75pts)
Terminator Assault Squad

vs

Waaagh! Paskal
Warboss w/shoota and power klaw
Boyz mob w/big shoota
Boyz mob w/big shoota
Nobz mob
Deffkopta Squad

500pt Carnage

Turn 1
I moved my army forward behind the sparse terrain, keeping the Terminators in reserve. Unfortunately none of my army fired. Paskal then moved his entire horde forward and managed to take a wound off my Attack Bike and killed my 'nilla biker with missiles from a Kopta.

Turn 2
Terminators failed their reserve roll. I realized my bike wasn't going to do much, so I moved it out to fire at the koptas. My marines stayed where they were, safe behind cover. My bike shooting, unfortunately, didn't do much, and the Attack Bike was destroyed at the start of the next turn. Paskal planted the Warboss in the center of the table with his hordes surrounding it, waiting for me to attack.

Turns 3 and 4
I moved my Marines to assault the Koptas after a hail of fire from their bolt pistols. They managed to cause only 1 wound due to poor hitting, but at least they weren't killed by the counter-attack. Then, Paskal moved one boyz mob and his Nobz to engage in the assault, and a brutal battle ensued, with two or three casualties on each side. My marines thankfully passed their morale check. The Terminators still failed to arrive, and the massive melee ground to another halt as at the end of turn 4, only the Koptas had been ousted.

Turn 5
Finally, my Terminators deep-struck by teleport on the other side of the table, and sort of camped as they couldn't assault, and took a casualty from boy shooting (!). The massive melee was thinning out but still refused to be resolved, and Paskal was disappointed that his boyz were failing to overwhelm the enemy (I recall at this point there was still the Captain and 2 Marines standing). The Warboss charged into my Terminators as the boyz were out of range, and he promptly took out a Terminator, leaving 2 dead.

Turn 6
In the swirling melee off-center, only the Captain was left, but he was slaying orks by the truckload, yet this time his last wound popped off. The Warboss was finally slain after taking out yet another two Terminators, leaving only the sergeant. He promptly moved towards the table center, and the boyz mob retaliated with an assault. Then, something incredible happened: eight wounds on a 2+ armour save... In all probability, I was dead. But no! Terminator armour prevailed and all were saved. The counter-attack only felled one boy, but it was enough to keep me in the center. The game-end roll came up 1, so I won the day with 1 model left on the table.



I hope I'll be able to buy another bike today!