Once again another great annual tournament, held by the Haven Turn out was good with around 24 players including several of the strong local players including the new WC members WC Donovan, and WC Tim B.
I decided to bring out one of my new armies and give it a go. I found several things I didn’t like with the list even though it went undefeated in five of the six tournament games I have played with it and the only loss was a top level Witch cult player in a cleanse mission in the last Denver tournament I attended. A basic look at my list is:

Terminator Lord. LC, kai gun, Dmutation, Dstrength, combat drugs, doom siren, resilience. With retinue of chosen: melta, 3 sonic blasters, champ w/ PF,BP, Dmutation, Dvisage,, Landraider smoke, extra armor, warp amp, BR,

6 man squad in rhino w, champ/up grades melta, blastmaster, sonic blasters tank hunter. Rhino xarmor, smoke, warp amp, BR,

6 man squad in rhino w, champ/up grades melta, blastmaster, sonic blasters. Rhino xarmor, smoke, warp amp, BR,

6 demonettes

12 demonettes

4 bikes w AC with LC, Dmutation, Dstrength, Dvisage, Doom siren. 2 melta, 2 sonic blasters.

After several games the list is somewhat weak and will be getting some touch up to make it a little smoother.

Game One vs Troy Greeley and his Deathwing Squats

We start with the random mission with only our two compulsory troops on the table. Troy starts with 2 five man termie squads with 2 assault cannons each I start with my two rhino units. I start in cover so no LOS I go first move up 12” in a rhino with my cheaper unit and deploy into woods. I move the other unit to the right flank. I shoot 8 shots roll 2 hits and fail to wound. Troy moves closer with his two units fires the AC’s scores 4 rends and one other wound I fail all saves and down to just the champ. Turn two both demonettes come on scatter to land right in front of both termie units and assault. The six man unit hits one unit the 12 on the other the 6 man unit hits with 4 rend and 4 other wounds and the termies save them all and kill three demonettes in return. I make my test and stay. The other unit kills all the termies with no attacks back and consolidate into the other unit. His Lord comes on with a unit of LC assault termies and assaults the demonettes I roll all my attacks at the new unit killing them all and putting 2 wounds on the lord. The lord kills two and the rest of the unit finish the rest of the original squad. The lord takes his extra hits for outnumbered rolls a 1 and is gone. Troy’s dread comes on immobilizing my LR with a missile hit and then is blasted with two lascanon shots. His next dread comes on fails to kill any thing with some bad dice and dies to the lascanon. His Crusaders comes on and kills the large unit of demonettes, Victory conditions ended up being objectives in which I had 3 to Troy’s 0. It was Troy’s first game with his army and the first he has played against EC. He did well but coming in one unit at a time really allowed me to pick the army apart. A great opponent and a good game. I score an 18

Game 2 vs WC Kenny and the DG
Kenny is a greatly feared opponent with a solid army that he knows better than anyone on the planet. I figured on being lucky to pull a tie. The mission is one I normally hate but I knew this time I would benefit greatly. Heavy gravity! I castle in the largest building in my deployment and make Kenny come at me. The first two turns of the game we roll and the gravity has no effect. First turn I pop the dread with a long range Blastmaster tank hunter shot. Kenny rolls up and builds the rhino wall. Turn 2 Papa shows up and rushes my flank his land raider rolls 12 and pops out the lord and retinue of death. Papa kills 3 marines and takes a wound. The lord kills one marine with a total suck roll and the retinue kill another 2. I kill 2 make my rolls and all is well. The bikes roll up on the landraider and fail to melta it. My landraider pumps 2 lascanon shots into it and nothing. The 12 demonettes hit papa and kill him. My lord and retinue hit typhus and put three wounds on him and kill 2 of his retinue. The champ with the PF hits the landraider for nothing. The new turn starts and we roll heavy G -6” move so troops just stand. I finish of Kenny’s lord and retinue but can’t move. At the end of the game I had killed Kenny’s LR, lord retinue, papa and several rhinos. I hid leaving Kenny no shots and no way to get to HTH. In a normal mission I think it would have been a vastly different story but I played the lame mission hoping to pick his army apart and it worked out though Kenny thought it a “lame ass” way to play!! I score 17

Game 3 vs Mike and the Black Templar

Mike is a solid opponent and knows the Templar’s well. He had a Crusader full of marines with a chaplain w/thunder hammer. Several rhino units, a las/plas unit, 2 speeders with assault cannon, big unit of assault marines with plasma PF. He wins choice for sides and puts me on the side with the worst cover. He rolls up on my left/weak flank with the two speeders the rest wait to see where I move. I move strong right with everything but one rhino with the tank hunter unit. The TH’s pop out shoot at a speeder to no effect. He moves to intercept on the flank I am pushing and shoots the crusader at my LR with no effect. Then the hero of the BT’s shoots from 111/2 inches away with a melta shot, hits, rolls a six, followed by another six. He rolls and wounds all on board. I roll to save and fail all but the lord. His speeders wipe out all but two guys off the TH unit. My turn the demonettes arrive I bring in the small unit on the flank with the speeders since it was too crowded to bring them on the other flank. The big unit lands on the other flank in a great spot and I roll forward with everything but the entangled lord. I tank shock with my only remaining rhino and break his assault marines, the unit with the Champ, and his other big HTH unit. I assault with the demonettes killing the chaplains unit and killing him with the rolls for out numbered. I finally immobilize the Crusader with the bikes and run all but one unit off the board and they were broke so still got the points. I killed both speeders so at the end only the immobilized Crusader was left. I lost half of one squad of marines, the chosen, LR, ½ points on both demon units, and the 4 bikes. A great game and a great opponent. At first I think he was a little tweaked having almost 700pts shocked off the table by one rhino but he took it well and I am sure I will battle him in the top ranks again in the future! Great game and great opponent. I score 16