So he was keen to get a game in over Christmas, ideally a Cityfight game as he'd just discovered the Cityfight cards in a copy of White Dwarf. Fortunately I was able to get Steve to agree to host us. Steve's a bit more familiar with 40K than me and he built a very nice Ctyfight board last summer in anticipation of some skirmishy Necromunda action we never got round to starting.
So we rolled up with around 600 points each (though I think the Templars may have had a few more than that).
I had my two units of Ork boys (one in a truck), death dread, 3 killer kans, burna boys and a Warboss to lead them.
Steve had all the words guardsmen and a squadron of sentinels.
The templars had tactical marines in a rhino, assault marines on foot and some terminators.
I set up in my traditional station as the green meat of an Imperial forces sandwich.
Da boys set up
Here comes da Deff Dredd
The Sentinel Squadron scouts ahead
The Templars on the gantries
Sentinels lead the way
Terminators smash their way into a building
Valhallans advance
Spitting lazer death
Steel Legion in the buildings
Da Ork centre
Clank, smash, crush
In the Emperor's name!
Clank, clank, dakkka!
Da Trukk boys plough forward
Uh-oh. Terminators.
Valhallan ambush!
Where did da trukk and most of da ladz go?
The slaughter continues
To da rescue!
Burninate dem!
Oh
Kan and Sentinel go toe to toe
Hmmm, No more Orks.
Endgame
The terminators made pretty short and brutal work of my Ork boys on my left. Whilst the Burnas were able to warm up some Valhallans, unfortunately the firepower of the rest of the IG bought down the Deff Dredd and seriously ripped into the Kans. Despite throwing more boys and the warboss at the terminators I was overrun on that flank and the burnas soon succumbed to Guard shooting. In the end the only thing I had left was the last Kan who inevitably bit the dust. So it came down to an Imperial force face-off and despite Steve throwing everything at the assault marines the Gaming Heir clung on for the win.
This was a surprisingly good fun game. I still hold to the view that 40K is a game for children, deviants and accountants but the cramped confines of Cityfight, the lack of too many tanks and special weapons and rules meant it rattled along at a fair old pace. I think we'll play some more at this sort of scale.
Big thanks to Steve for hosting. The offspring has barely shut-up about it since.
Good looking game and fun.........although my preference these days is for other stuff I still love 40k as a concept and back story. As I'm not an accountant or sadly a child I must be a deviant ! Oh dear:)
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