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Background:
The Ork invasion of Xhorik Prime has unwittingly awoken a dormant Tyranid exploratory tendril that had remained in the stasis of interplanetary travel while buried in the polar icecap of Xhorik Prime. The heat and movement of the arriving and mobilizing Orks caused the Lictors to reanimate. As they found prey and released pheromones, more and more of the frozen Tyranids emerged from their long hibernation and joined in the hunt. Soon, swarms of an unknown type of alien were converging on the main column of the ork war band as they moved south from the polar region.
Campaign Summary M32: The War of the Beast - The Third Xhorik War
Scenario:
We played a
Pre-Game:
Bug Stomp
Phil: I was really excited for this game. I had not used my orks in a couple of years because we had been mostly focused on Horus Heresy. This was a chance to use them with the old classic 4th Edition Codex, which I haven't used in close to 20 years, but have fond memories of poring over it for hours, dreaming of all the armies I would make and all the games I would play someday. Well, someday has arrived.
I would be playing against Bill's Tyranids, the first time with his army fully painted. So this would be the best looking and most cinematic orks vs Tyranids battle we have played.
In the 7th Edition rules we used in the last few battle reports, the overwatch rules really benefited shoota boyz, who could put out some serious firepower when being charged. And "Da Lucky Stikk" wargear item was just silly overpowered, turning a warboss into a one-man army. With the 4th Edition rules, we would be looking at a simpler rule system without overwatch and without some of the overpowered options.
Against Tyranids, ork shooting is not too shabby, with their high volume of moderate strength shots. So I needed to use my bikes and trukks to pick my matchups, softening up the big swarms with shooting, and hopefully getting the charge where possible, to take advantage of the boyz' Furious Charge rule.
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| The battlefield - the calm before the storm |
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| The battlefield - the calm before the storm |
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| Genestealers scramble ahead of the main swarm. |
