quick battle report from my game on Wednesday.
1250pts, Chaos (me) v Black Templars
Chaos
Chaos lord on bike, Axe of blind fury
8 bikers, 2 meltas, power weapon on champion
20 cultists
10 chaos marines (Heavy Bolter, power first on captain)
Helldrake
Maulerfiend
3 x Obliterators
Black Templars
2 land raiders
6 terminators (including captain with glowing stick of fire thing)
10 marines
5 scouts
5 man combat squad
Turn 1
My cultists immediately ran for the objective in cover, and sat there the whole game shooting at anyone that came close.
My squad of marines did a run for another objective slightly more in the open. The bikes darted for the combat squad and the maulerfiend hid.
Opponents land raiders slowly advanced shooting at my squads, removing 1 bike, 2 cultists and 1 chaos space marine.
Turn 2
second turn my bikes continue advancing for the combat squad removing one with their snapshots (jinked previous turn) and got within charge range, the cultists had a tea party, the marines sat on the objective like a hen. My helldrake remained in reserves due to lack of targets, obliterators come crashing down and secure an objective. Bikes charge the combat squad, chaos lord issues his challenge, my opponent has to accept (some black templar rule) and my chaos lord successfully kills him and through overkill 3 others. My maulerfiend runs out of cover heading for the land raider crusader.
Land raider crusader splits its fire between the maulerfiend and obliterators, removing 1 hull point on the maulerfiend and doing nothing to the obliterators. He removed another 4 chaos space marines with his other land raider.
Turn 3
The maulerfiend continues advancing towards the land raider crusader, charges it, latches on with magma cutters and pops it, killing 5 of the squad sat inside, everyone else gets out and has a game of hug the maulerfiend. The bikes attempt to shoot at the other land raider with melta guns but do nothing.
The BT terminator squad deep strikes in behind my Obliterators, killing one of them, his land raider continues shooting at my CSM squad removing a few more. His marine squad continue surrounding the maulerfiend who takes no damage but removes 2 of the marines through the application of power first to face.
Turn 4
My obliterators fire at the terminators causing no casulties, helldrake comes on and strafes the termies removing one of them. My bikes turn and join the maulerfiend combat. Unfortunatly there is nobody to challenge my lord so he happily turns a few of the squad to mush. Cultists tea part has turned into a dinner party, the amasec flows freely they are enjoying this war thing.
Terminators shot at the obliterators, removing 1 hull point, they then charge in removing them from the table but not before my obliterators cause some pain and remove one of theirs. Remaining land raider continues to wittle down my marine squad.
Turn 5
Maulerfiend and bikes in combat with tactical squad. few more tactical squad die, terminators charge in, has to issue a challenge to my lord, lord has to accept. Axe of blind fury removes his champion, his firey stick thing unfortunately removes my lord, but overkill from my attacks successfully removes another few marines. Maulerfiend's attacks are unsuccessful.
Terminators go to work on the maulerfiend, killing it. tactical squad (about 3 remaining at this point) attack my bikes causing no losses, my bikes kill one in return.
Turn 6
My bikes finish of the tactical squad
Cultists pass out drunk.
CSM squad remains defiant to the last man.
Terminators wipe out my bikes.
We used the tactical objective cards, in the end it was 7 - 9 to the BT. Itwas a fun game lots of carnage and my chaos lord just ran around causing havoc. My helldrake didn't have a lot to do due to a lot of his squad beind in land raiders then in combat once they where forced out so he was wasted points really only managing to remove 1 terminator. The maulerfiend worked well, much better than a forgefiend has worked for me in the past. My troops where literally just sitting on objectives because somebody decided to bring two sodding land raiders to a party and I had very little that could remove them.