Warhammer 40k Open War Battle Report

The enemy only saw the candle-like glow of Nocturnal eyes approaching in the darkness. The Salamander company known as the Hellbenders launch a surprise night attack on a group of renegade Catachan, rendering their long-range firepower useless and catching them with their "guard" down.

I got in game of 40k today with my "Hellbenders" Salamander army and played Open War instead of the usual ITC format. Since Warhammer 40k 8th edition is in the lame duck phase, Open War is a really fun way to cleanse the pallet.

We drew a deployment zone that had zero distance between armies and shooting was reduced to 12" total... I felt bad for my opponent Jim, and offered to let him redraw one of the cards since he was playing Astra Militarium and my army blitzes forward with flamers. I felt like I had him on the back foot before the game started, but he thought it could be a good stress test.

Deployment was simple, I put almost everything on the front line. Jim stacked his troops in layers to speed bump me... but I rolled a 6 for the first turn and it was a short game for the Imperial Guard...

We got through my half of turn 2 and I had already killed most of his troops except for a blob of Bullgryns and I was smashing tanks with ease with my smash captain.

Despite the landslide, we both had fun game and I still love Open War.

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