Hammer and Anvil Deployment:Hammer and Anvil

Death Guard Secondaries: Ground Control, Recon, Big Game Hunter

Cadian Secondaries: Old School, Butchers Bill, Big Game Hunter





https://www.weeklywargaming.com/p/death-guard-march-2019-list.html?m=1 Death Guard List:

Didn’t get the full list but it was a Brigade with 3 Basilisks, 3 Tank Commanders, 6 Scout Sentinels, and 3 Command Squads. Cadian List:Didn’t get the full list but it was a Brigade with 3 Basilisks, 3 Tank Commanders, 6 Scout Sentinels, and 3 Command Squads.





Short post this week, I was playing a tough Cadian army this week, it was built as the classic gunline. When looking at his list I knew I had to deal with some of his shooting first turn. We were using the CA2018 deployment style. So he won the roll off and choose Hammer and Anvil which is one of the toughest deployments against gunlines. BUT!!! I get to choose to go first! I set up my forces very aggressive. I needed to move to him and be able to kill some of his big guns before they tore me apart.













He setup his Basilisks and Tanks as far back as he could to force me to walk into his artillery. I figured my only chance was to kill a few things first turn.









He seized the initiative. So not only did he get to choose a favorable deployment, but he got to go first. Here is where the game was lost:So not only did he get to choose a favorable deployment, but he got to go first.





His warlord was equipped with the Relic of Lost Cadia (aka Fuck Chaos.) So he uses that first turn creating a Reroll Aura of 12” for all failed Hits and Wounds. First turn his artillery drops on me, he uses overlapping fields of fire and between all of his shooting he kills 2 Plague Burst Crawlers, my Rhino with my Melee squad, and leaves one of my Contemptors on its bottom profile with 2 wounds. On top of that one of the PBCs blew up killing a plague marine and putting wounds on my warlord and plague caster. Cadian Turn 1:His warlord was equipped with the Relic of Lost Cadia (aka Fuck Chaos.)So he uses that first turn creating a Reroll Aura of 12” for all failed Hits and Wounds.First turn his artillery drops on me, he uses overlapping fields of fire and between all of his shooting he kills 2 Plague Burst Crawlers, my Rhino with my Melee squad, and leaves one of my Contemptors on its bottom profile with 2 wounds. On top of that one of the PBCs blew up killing a plague marine and putting wounds on my warlord and plague caster.





I am in bad shape I lost close to 500 points first turn, and all of my melee guys are now foot slogging it across the board. Not only that but his Hellhounds pushed up and need to be dealt with now before they start dropping flamers on me. I killed both Hell Hounds and a few infantry. My melee squad moved up and charged the center scout sentinel locking it up in combat. Death Guard Turn 1:I am in bad shape I lost close to 500 points first turn, and all of my melee guys are now foot slogging it across the board.Not only that but his Hellhounds pushed up and need to be dealt with now before they start dropping flamers on me.I killed both Hell Hounds and a few infantry. My melee squad moved up and charged the center scout sentinel locking it up in combat.













Rinse and repeat of the first turn. I lost my last Plagueburst Crawler (which also blew up). The explosion from the PBC kills my Plague Caster and my Warlord. And he kills a full health contemptor and wiffs on the wounded one. Cadia Turn 2:Rinse and repeat of the first turn.I lost my last Plagueburst Crawler (which also blew up).The explosion from the PBC kills my Plague Caster and my Warlord.And he kills a full health contemptor and wiffs on the wounded one.





Melee troops move up and swarm one of his scouts, Contemptors shoot and kill another scout sentinel. Death Guard Turn 2:Melee troops move up and swarm one of his scouts, Contemptors shoot and kill another scout sentinel.





Cadia Turn 3: Melee Squad is killed, both Contemptors are killed, Deamon Prince is killed.





Death Guard turn 3-4: This is pretty much the game, we played out the rest of this turn and the next one for a few ITC points but I was tabled at the beginning of turn 5.



