February 6, 2002
Blood Angels
VS.
Chaos (Nurgle Army)
2000pt Meatgrinder Scenario

A note before the battle report begins.

Some of the fiercest fighting in history has happened because of miscommunication - this battle is a prime example of this. For whatever reason I (the Blood Angels player) selected a force and made my first two moves believing that "I" was the attacker in the "Meatgrinder" scenario - but after my second move I learned that the Blood Angels were indeed the defenders! :-) Needless to say things would have been done a little differently had this been known (or understood!) a little earlier! Oh well :-) The game was really quite exciting, and shows what carnage can happen when you have two powerful forces heading right toward each other! :-) Hope you enjoy!
~ Brother Edward

Gamestart - the massively troop heavy Chaos army deploys in a long line across their side of the field. The Blood Angels deploy in a concentrated area towards one side of their line (hoping to use the terrain in that part of the field to protect their assault element as it moves to engage the enemy! Blood Angle razorbacks with devastator squads are positioned more to the center of the field - with an eye on establishing a solid firebase early - and doing a lot of shooting for the rest of the game :-)

Moving forward as a whole, the Blood Angels begin their assault drive believing it is their mission to wipe out the Chaos army to the last man. the razorbacks move forward - one popping smoke as it moved over 6 inches to get into position, the other razorback chose to move just under six inches and fire a shot.

The Assault element was keenly aware of the chaos havoc groups which had full line of sight as they moved from the trees to the nearby cover of the next hill. Using the rhinos as a double shield to protect the Vindicator, the group moves forward - the Sanguinary High Priest, his Honor Guard and the Death Company are also screened by the vehicles - both rhinos deployed smoke (we expected heavy firing from the enemy - because that's what we would have done!) :-)

Here's a view from one of the Blood Angel razorbacks - plenty of bad guys that need killin' in those trees over there! 

End of Blood Angel Turn 1.
 

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