When Iron meets Traitors: 1850 Big Guns Never Tire

As usual, I was pretty good at taking pictures of the game I had with a friend of mine, but only for the first couple turns. Big Guns Never Tire at 1850 points, final score was 10-13 in my opponent's favor. It was a close game throughout, however, and a lot of fun!

A few key turning points in the battle were:

• Early on, not only did my Land Raider actually managed to explode a Maulerfiend, but my Slow-and-Purposeful unit of Heavy Bolters (thanks Captain in Cataphractii armor) managed to shoot an unit of bikers that hadn't gotten to move yet, causing them to flee off the table edge and netting me First Blood.

• I nailed my terminators in the deepstrike, getting them exactly where I wanted them to go. Before I could charge, however, a unit of CSM and a Warpsmith charged them, locking them in CC. My terminators, all armed with chainfists or powerfists, proceeded to whiff every to-hit roll they made for the next two turns, while the Warpsmith chopped them to bits. Only one member survived by fleeing the combat, only to be gunned down the next turn. The price of cowardice... This was probably the most costly point of the game, and very likely determined the outcome. Had that unit survived, it would have gone on to charge another Heavy Support Forgefiend and contested the 5th objective.

• A poor rhino was taken down to 1 HP and immobilized in the first turn by an angry maulerfiend, where it stayed for the entire game. It finally fixed itself during turn 5, and was immediately destroyed by an Obliterator :(

• A maulerfiend charged my Captain, getting him down to one wound. He failed his leadership and retreated from the combat, allowing him to get an It Will Not Die roll off. He then joined a Command Squad and proceeded to wipe a unit of Chaos Terminators off of an objective, crushing the last remaining two members with his Chainfist.

Some other great moments are are probably there, but it's nearly 1AM and I am wiped out from painting all last night, so they have left my head. Looking forward to more games with this chap, as his Chaos lists are always hard-hitting and fun!