Ninth Game of the Year: Combat Patrol once more. Tau vs. Necrons

 Tonight I played my ninth game of the year. This was another game of Combat Patrol (at my request), were I played my Tau vs. Darren's. Necrons. My losing streak continued, but I did better than last time. I wiped out two of his units, and came close to a third, and for three turns was competitive in VPs. I played my Fire Warriors more aggressively, and used the warlord enhancement that gave them a extra save and feel no pain. I also used the Ghostkeel much better. I still misused my Sealthsuits.  This time we played faster, reaching turn five (were I conceded) in an hour and a half. Jolly good. 

We will be taking a break from 40k. We will be playing a demo of Saga:Age of Magic, a Legion Imperialist Campaign, a Xenos Rampant game, and AOS: Underworlds. When we get back to 40k we will play my DG combat patrol and perhaps some games at incursion level with my DG.

Table set up. I added some more minor terrain.

Situation at end of my First Turn.

Eighth Game of the Year: Legion Imperialis

 Since Darren is enjoying the Formula 1 season, me and Vern played another game of Vern's current favorite game, Legion Imperialis. For the first time I got to finish a game (three turns), though I lost. I played Alpha Legion not-traitors, and Vern the Imperial Army. I went for a refused flank once more, but got my teeth broken in. All in all a good game.

Photos from the game, in no particular order

Small Project Done: Proxy Dark Angels Combat Patrol XP Store Army

 Finished the second of the two combat patrol proxies I was working on from the XP Gaming and Cafe store collections. This one is a proxy for the Dark Ages Combat Patrol. The figures are old style. A veteran dreadnought proxy for the redemptor (I know it is a small boy), a old style chaplain terminator as a proxy for the normal chaplain, and firstborn marines in raised bases for primaris. I think it works.

Photos and video

Seventh Game of the Year: Combat Patrol once more. Tau vs. Necron's once more. But with a twist!

Nope, I did not win. But at least this time I wiped out a Necron Unit. The Destroyers received withering fire from my whole army on turn 2, and the Ghostkeel (this time my own) finished the job. But the rest of the Necron army was able to make mincemeat of me. I did make mistakes, so deserved the defeat (bad placement of my Stealthsuits), but still it was worth it.

The table.

Small Project Done: Proxy Khorne Combat Patrol XP Store Army

 Finished a small project. XP Store has two large collections as store armies. One Chaos Space Marines and one Dark Angels. Both are in a rather bad state, though the CSM is easier to refurbish. I decided to extract a Khorne Berzerker Combat Patrol. This would provide us with an extra army for new players or people who do not own a force and want to participate. For free I thus took this project on. I always wanted to paint a Khorne Berzerker force (back when I started 40k in 3rd edition), and thus this was a good chance to get that want satiated. The force is a proxy force, so players will need to decide what stands for what with the published Combat Patrol list. Here are photos and a video of the collection. Miniatures are form all over the history of Warhammer 40k. I enjoyed building this force. I will also be building a Dark Angel proxy Combat Patrol.

Sixth game of the year: Remote Brave Little Belgium

 Played a remote game of Brave Little Belgium with Onur. I took the Germans, he took the Entente. I had a good first turns with the Germans, with Liege falling quickly. The 1st Army was able to reach Ghent in time for giving me the victory. Namur fell quickly to the 3rd and 2nd Army, while an epic battle for Ghent erupted between the 5th French Army and the 1st German Army. By the end of the game the Belgian Army was destroyed, and British EF  left with one battered infantry division. The 1st Germany Army had lost half its units but held Ghent, while the 2nd German Army was also cut to pieces (by the BEF around Mons), while the 3rd Army had suffered losses but was still a strategic threat poised to enter France. The 4th Germany Army was marching towards the French border.  The French 5th and 4th Armies were still a strategic force and located between the two German Armies in the north. All in all a fun game.

Fifth Game of the Year: Legion Imperialis

 This Tuesday we had another game of Legion Imperialis with Vern. A learning game (so it and the combat patrol learning game I ran for my friend count as one game together), I once more led the Alpha Legion vs the Solar Auxilia. We got two turns in before having to call quits. I really like the order system and alternating activations. Combat went more quickly this time. But we did notice several ways to abuse the rules (kamikaze transports). All in all a good foundation but as always with GW, several holes in the rules that require home rules. The highlight of the game was Vern's 8 sentinels bringing down my Warhound Titan.