Rebel Imperial Guard vs. Blood Angels
1500pts Blitz Mission, 
table size: 4' by 5'6"
March 4, 2002

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reinforcements: Veteran Assault Troops arrive at the far end of the field.

movement
Speeder swings out from behind trees and fires on the advancing infantry

assault
our last tac squad assaults the Sentinal who is repeatedly kicking the sole survivor of one of our tac squads.

Everyone moved forward

Somebody shot down the Landspeeder

The shattered remains of the Blood Angels defenses...

Blood Angel Conclusions

Okay, let's be honest - I just never thought about infiltrating units - I sure never thought I'd be assaulted in turn 1! Preliminary bombardment - and an excruciating first turn of fire left my lines in near total collapse from turn one. How I could have deployed better... at this point I simply don't know - it was a fairly standard deployment - but clearly something somewhere went amis! 

Imperial Guard Conclusions

Well.....from the start this was an experimental Guard force for me.  I wanted to try out the assault teams effectiveness in combat.  Boy were they effective!  They managed to blow a hole in the left flank big enough to drive a bus through.  Or a Leman Russ....whatever was handy.  Luck was truly with me this day....the only ordnance that scattered worked to my advantage.  And what can I say about Sentinals....for a fragile vehicle with no stopping power, they sure can cause a lot of problems.  The only disapointment came in the form of the Hardened Veterens...every time I field these guys I think "They're gonna win the battle for me!"  at the end of the battle I am inevitably left thinking "Why did I invest in those lazy do nothing layabouts again!!"....oh well, live and never learn. 
Looking back on the battle we chose and the Blood Angels force, the Guard really held the advantage here.....something we were trying to swing the other way by picking this mission.  A rock hard Guard force filled with their Elite fighting men up against a dug in force of Blood Angels unfamiliar with defense.  But hey, experiments often go awry.....

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