Death Guard chose Deployment Dawn of War ITC Mission 2:Death Guard chose Deployment Dawn of War

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Recon, Head Hunter, Marked for Death Tyranid Secondaries:Recon, Head Hunter, Marked for Death

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

Recon, BGH, Old School Death Guard Secondaries:Recon, BGH, Old School





For deployment the Tyranids balled up in a group around the objective in their deployment zone. They held the Hive Tyrant and the Trygon with the 20-man squad of Termagaunts in Reserve. I deployed with the intention of Deepstrike denial planned out. I evenly spaced all my units out making sure that Plagueburst Crawlers and Contemptors could not be tied up in groups. Deployment:For deployment the Tyranids balled up in a group around the objective in their deployment zone.They held the Hive Tyrant and the Trygon with the 20-man squad of Termagaunts in Reserve.I deployed with the intention of Deepstrike denial planned out.I evenly spaced all my units out making sure that Plagueburst Crawlers and Contemptors could not be tied up in groups.









Tyranids took turn 1 – DG failed to seize (this was actually a good thing, I shouldn’t have even tried as there were no advantages to going first for me.)





The Hive Guard fired everything they had at the Marked for Death Contemptor on the far left of the board. They only inflicted a few wounds. They elected to play the strat to fire a second time. After everything was said and done that Contemptor still was left standing with 1 wound remaining. He advanced the rest of his troops up the board to claim the center objective, and instead of overcommitting the Genestealers they fell back behind the Hormagaunts to stay out of Plaguespitter range. Tyranid Turn 1:The Hive Guard fired everything they had at the Marked for Death Contemptor on the far left of the board.They only inflicted a few wounds.They elected to play the strat to fire a second time.After everything was said and done that Contemptor still was left standing with 1 wound remaining.He advanced the rest of his troops up the board to claim the center objective, and instead of overcommitting the Genestealers they fell back behind the Hormagaunts to stay out of Plaguespitter range.





I moved my Plagueburst Crawlers and Contemptors forward as well as the Rhino full of melee Plague Marines. I did this to screen as much of my side of the board from deep strike so after movement there was nowhere that the Tyranids could drop down on my half of the board. Rhino pops smoke to be defensive. PBCs fired plaguespitters on hormagaunts in the center of the board killing both units. One Contemptor and PBC mortars fired everything at the Venomthropes killing them all. Remaining Mortars and the severely wounded Contemptor fired at the Hive Guard killing 1 of them. Death Guard Turn 1:I moved my Plagueburst Crawlers and Contemptors forward as well as the Rhino full of melee Plague Marines.I did this to screen as much of my side of the board from deep strike so after movement there was nowhere that the Tyranids could drop down on my half of the board.Rhino pops smoke to be defensive.PBCs fired plaguespitters on hormagaunts in the center of the board killing both units.One Contemptor and PBC mortars fired everything at the Venomthropes killing them all.Remaining Mortars and the severely wounded Contemptor fired at the Hive Guard killing 1 of them.











Round 1 Scoring: Tyranids failed to kill anything but hold an objective and hold more for 2 points. Death Guard hold an objective, killed a unit, killed more units, and got first strike for old school scoring a total of 4 points. Score Death Guard 4 – Tyranids 2 Round 1 Scoring:Tyranids failed to kill anything but hold an objective and hold more for 2 points.Death Guard hold an objective, killed a unit, killed more units, and got first strike for old school scoring a total of 4 points.Score Death Guard 4 – Tyranids 2





The Bugs scramble forward deciding they need to get in melee combat this turn. The Genestealers take an aggressive forward position supported by the Swarmlord. The Trygon and the Hive Tyrant drop down on the right side of the board and unload all the termagaunts threatening the Rhino full of melee marines. As the shooting begins the Hive guard split fire finishing off the severely wounded contemptor and firing twice at the marked for death plague marines. With some amazing cover saves the plague marines don’t lose a single man. The Trygon and Termagaunts and Carnifex fire everything into the Rhino bringing it down to 3 wounds remaining. Genestealers double moved up the board past the plague burst crawlers in the middle and charged unit of plague marines and surrounded Ahriman. The center PBC was charged by Prime and Swarm Lord and took 5 wounds. Hive Tyrant, Carnifex, and the Trygon all elected to charge the Rhino. The Hive Tyrant easily killed the Rhino and I spent one command point to make it explode putting mortal wounds on the Trygon, Flyrant and Carnifex. Genestealers killed 2 Plague Marines and took Ahriman down to 1 wound. Genestealers needing to kill Ahriman elected to fight a second time but Ahriman making 7 4+ invulnerable saves he still stood at the end of combat with 1 wound. Tyranid turn 2:The Bugs scramble forward deciding they need to get in melee combat this turn.The Genestealers take an aggressive forward position supported by the Swarmlord.The Trygon and the Hive Tyrant drop down on the right side of the board and unload all the termagaunts threatening the Rhino full of melee marines.As the shooting begins the Hive guard split fire finishing off the severely wounded contemptor and firing twice at the marked for death plague marines.With some amazing cover saves the plague marines don’t lose a single man.The Trygon and Termagaunts and Carnifex fire everything into the Rhino bringing it down to 3 wounds remaining.Genestealers double moved up the board past the plague burst crawlers in the middle and charged unit of plague marines and surrounded Ahriman.The center PBC was charged by Prime and Swarm Lord and took 5 wounds. Hive Tyrant, Carnifex, and the Trygon all elected to charge the Rhino.The Hive Tyrant easily killed the Rhino and I spent one command point to make it explode putting mortal wounds on the Trygon, Flyrant and Carnifex.Genestealers killed 2 Plague Marines and took Ahriman down to 1 wound.Genestealers needing to kill Ahriman elected to fight a second time but Ahriman making 7 4+ invulnerable saves he still stood at the end of combat with 1 wound.











Death Guard turn 2: Center PBC fell back out of combat. Remaining PBCs started shifting to the right side of the board to shore up the swarm that dropped in on that flank. Melee Plague marines held their ground 6” of hive tyrant, Carnifex and Trygon. Chaos Lord moved over to engage the Genestealers. Middle Contemptor, Daemon Prince and Third Plague Burst Cawler moved up the left side to engage the left flank carnifex. In Psychic phase because of shadows of the warp almost every power cast was failed or denied. Only prescience on the melee Plague Marines and Blades of Putrification on the Chaos Lord was successful. Right Contemptor and Foul Blightspawn shot and killed the Trygon. Middle Contemptor and Left PBC shot and killed the Left Carnifex. Plague Marines on left were out of rage for everything. Melee Marines charged the hive tyrant and inflicted 5 wounds and 3 died on the return swing. Genestealers interrupted and killed Ahriman. Chaos Lord charged Genestealers and only managed to kill 2.













Death Guard turn 2:Center PBC fell back out of combat.Remaining PBCs started shifting to the right side of the board to shore up the swarm that dropped in on that flank.Melee Plague marines held their ground 6” of hive tyrant, Carnifex and Trygon.Chaos Lord moved over to engage the Genestealers.Middle Contemptor, Daemon Prince and Third Plague Burst Cawler moved up the left side to engage the left flank carnifex. In Psychic phase because of shadows of the warp almost every power cast was failed or denied.Only prescience on the melee Plague Marines and Blades of Putrification on the Chaos Lord was successful.Right Contemptor and Foul Blightspawn shot and killed the Trygon.Middle Contemptor and Left PBC shot and killed the Left Carnifex.Plague Marines on left were out of rage for everything.Melee Marines charged the hive tyrant and inflicted 5 wounds and 3 died on the return swing.Genestealers interrupted and killed Ahriman.Chaos Lord charged Genestealers and only managed to kill 2.

Round 2 Scoring: Tyranids had a big turn, they held an objective, held more objectives, killed a unit, killed more units, scored recon, 2 marked for death, and 1 head hunter for a total of 7 points. The Death Guard killed one unit, but didn’t hold any objectives due to theirs being contested, and they scored 2 big game hunters for a total of 3 points. Game score currently Tyranids 9 – Death Guard 7





Hive tyrant fell back out of combat and cast smite on last plague marine engaged with genestealers. Gaunts shot and killed all the remaining Melee Plague Marines. Hive Guard shot the Marked for Death Plague Marines again, only killing 1 due to another round of amazing cover saves. Swarmlord double moved and got in charge range of the Chaos Lord. Remaining Carnifex fired everything at the contemptor and did 2 wounds. In melee the Swarmlord and gene stealers killed the chaos lord. Tyranid turn 3:Hive tyrant fell back out of combat and cast smite on last plague marine engaged with genestealers.Gaunts shot and killed all the remaining Melee Plague Marines.Hive Guard shot the Marked for Death Plague Marines again, only killing 1 due to another round of amazing cover saves.Swarmlord double moved and got in charge range of the Chaos Lord.Remaining Carnifex fired everything at the contemptor and did 2 wounds.In melee the Swarmlord and gene stealers killed the chaos lord.





This turn was the turning point of the game – Contemptor and PBCs moved over and cleared out the all but 1 Genetealers. Foul Blight Spawn hit the Hive Tyrant with 5 Str 9 D3 wounds and she made all of her 4+ invuln saves to stay alive with 3 wounds. Second Contemptor and PBC killed the Swarm Lord. Left PBC got in plaguespitter range of hive guard and killed 2 of them. In melee the Contemptor charged the last remaining Genestealer and stomped him to give the objective back the the Death Guard and deny the Tyranids from earning the bonus point. Daemon Prince took middle objective and killed the Prime holding it. With the Biologous Putrifier moving up the right side of the board the Death Guard was finally able to claim recon. Attrition starts to wear down the Tyranids and they lose the majority of the hard hitters leaving only a Carnifex a very hurt Hive Tyrant, half a squad of Hive Guard, a few Warriors and the 20-man squad of Termagaunts. Death Guard Turn 3:This turn was the turning point of the game – Contemptor and PBCs moved over and cleared out the all but 1 Genetealers.Foul Blight Spawn hit the Hive Tyrant with 5 Str 9 D3 wounds and she made all of her 4+ invuln saves to stay alive with 3 wounds.Second Contemptor and PBC killed the Swarm Lord.Left PBC got in plaguespitter range of hive guard and killed 2 of them.In melee the Contemptor charged the last remaining Genestealer and stomped him to give the objective back the the Death Guard and deny the Tyranids from earning the bonus point.Daemon Prince took middle objective and killed the Prime holding it.With the Biologous Putrifier moving up the right side of the board the Death Guard was finally able to claim recon.Attrition starts to wear down the Tyranids and they lose the majority of the hard hitters leaving only a Carnifex a very hurt Hive Tyrant, half a squad of Hive Guard, a few Warriors and the 20-man squad of Termagaunts.











Tyranids hold one, killed one, they scored another Marked for Death and another Headhunter for a total of 4 points. Death Guard Killed one, and killed more but again failed to hold an objective with it being still contested by the Hive Tyrant. We also managed to score our first Recon for a total of 5 points. Total score: Tyranids 13 – Death Guard 12. Round 3 Scoring:Tyranids hold one, killed one, they scored another Marked for Death and another Headhunter for a total of 4 points.Death Guard Killed one, and killed more but again failed to hold an objective with it being still contested by the Hive Tyrant.We also managed to score our first Recon for a total of 5 points.Total score:Tyranids 13 – Death Guard 12.





Hive Tyrant smites the foul blightspawn killing him. Carnifex and Gaunts shoot the Contemptor taking him down to 1 wound. Hive Guard fired on the same squad of marines again, killing 1 again leaving 3 still standing. Carnifex charges the Biologous Putrifier only inflicting 2 wounds. Hive Tyrant charges and fails to kill the contemptor when he makes 3 5+ invulns. Tyranids Turn 4:Hive Tyrant smites the foul blightspawn killing him.Carnifex and Gaunts shoot the Contemptor taking him down to 1 wound.Hive Guard fired on the same squad of marines again, killing 1 again leaving 3 still standing.Carnifex charges the Biologous Putrifier only inflicting 2 wounds.Hive Tyrant charges and fails to kill the contemptor when he makes 3 5+ invulns.













Contemptor falls back, and the PBC and remaining Contemptor shoot down the hive tyrant. Another PBC kills a plaguespitters and sluggers 11 termagaunts. The last PBC kills a Hive Guard leaving 1 remaining. Putrifier runs away to keep making sure we score recon. Remaining termagaunts were out of synapse range and all ran away due to moral. Death Guard Turn 4:Contemptor falls back, and the PBC and remaining Contemptor shoot down the hive tyrant.Another PBC kills a plaguespitters and sluggers 11 termagaunts.The last PBC kills a Hive Guard leaving 1 remaining.Putrifier runs away to keep making sure we score recon. Remaining termagaunts were out of synapse range and all ran away due to moral.





Tyranids hold one, and killed one, and got another headhunter. Death Guard held one, killed one, held more, killed more, scored recon, big game hunter, and scored warlord for a total of 7 points. Total Score: Tyranids 16 – Death Guard 19 Round 4 Scoring:Tyranids hold one, and killed one, and got another headhunter.Death Guard held one, killed one, held more, killed more, scored recon, big game hunter, and scored warlord for a total of 7 points.Total Score:Tyranids 16 – Death Guard 19





Tyranids were just playing for points now. Tried to score last Head Hunter point by killing the Putrifier with the carnifex but left him on one wound. Tyranid Turn 5:Tyranids were just playing for points now.Tried to score last Head Hunter point by killing the Putrifier with the carnifex but left him on one wound.





DG kills Remaining Hive Guard, Carnifex and Warriors. Leaving just 1 Prime on the Board. Death Guard Turn 5:DG kills Remaining Hive Guard, Carnifex and Warriors.Leaving just 1 Prime on the Board.





Tyranids only score 1 point for holding an objective. Death Guard scored all 4 primaries plus score 1 point for recon and finished off big game hunter for a total of 6 points. Total Score: Tyranids 17 – Death Guard 26 Round 5 Scoring:Tyranids only score 1 point for holding an objective.Death Guard scored all 4 primaries plus score 1 point for recon and finished off big game hunter for a total of 6 points.Total Score:Tyranids 17 – Death Guard 26





Prime holds objective for 1 point. Score 1 Tyranid Turn 6:Prime holds objective for 1 point.Score 1





Death Guard Daemon Prince kills the prime tabling tyranids and grabbing their objective for the mission bonus point. Score 6 Death Guard Turn 6:Death Guard Daemon Prince kills the prime tabling tyranids and grabbing their objective for the mission bonus point.Score 6



