Jack of Harts

In the final game of the day, I sent my main Battle Lance into a stand up fight, and my opponent used one of the tactics I love to use. Battle Armor carried by fast units to get behind the battle lines and harass the enemy. Me.

The first round saw us engaging in ranged fire that killed my Uziel and critically wounded the enemy Mad Cat. I finished it off in the second round, but the enemy moved a Dasher and its BattleArmor behind my lines. My Marauder BattleArmor killed the Dasher in a volley of short range firepower, but I lost my Javelin and the BattleArmor.

I managed to kill the BattleArmor and the enemy tank in the rounds that followed, but lost my Warhammer and Shadow Hawk IIC in the fighting. That left my Warhammer IIC facing the Man of War and his BattleArmor alone. I killed the BattleArmor and wounded the Man of War, but my Warhammer IIC was no match for both capable opponents.

That is how I lost the last battle of the day to the winner of the whole tournament. It was a good game, and he played it well. We both had our bouts with cold dice, but I knew it would be an uphill battle the moment I saw his force. It was a good force, with a tactic I’ve not seen used before. Oversized BattleArmor units to increase both armor and firepower, combined with skill level 2 abilities so they could take cover and still have excellent attack numbers. It was a good strategy that my Battle Lance had no effective counter to.