Cancon 2020 - Brief Batreps

CANCON 2020 - Brief Battle Reports

For each of my games I was able to quickly batrep the game on my phone using the native Keep Notes program. Worked surprisingly well, probably wouldn’t have bothered if it hadn’t.

I have not recorded every single ounce of action that happened i.e. I didn’t bother recording if caps or overwatch happened on incoming units except if things died totally etc - i didn't record how many casualties each action inflicted - and once my units were all used I just mention that the other player activated all their 'Remaining formations’. Additionally, I’ve made no effort to differentiate between different formations of the same type, or even correctly name formations/units that were played (if the list shows Bikes double and then later Bikes advance then there were probably two 'Bikes' units - and could refer to Ork Bikes or Eldar hover 'Bikes'). The idea to get a general idea of what went down, no more no less.

The army lists (stashed/available elsewhere) from the players could potentially be used to name the formations/units better, and potentially photos (if taken) could be used to determine similar – that was not the intention of the project.

Basically, it was just a ‘something I did’.

Game 1 vs Tau

Vs Imants Cielens (from Adelaide)

Turn 1

Tau: fighters CAP. Fail. Supcmd reroll. Fail

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack. 1 dead scout - pic

Tau: scouts double

BT: Xiphons ground attack vs scouts

Tau: war engines double

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Tau: big battlesuit double

BT: Lander stand down

Tau: Remaining formations

End of Turn: Thunderhawk loses 1dc on way out. Xiphons 1 dead on way out

Turn 2

Tau: Fighters CAP. Fail. Supcmd reroll. Pass

BT: Xiphons stand down

Tau: scout marshal

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Tau: BTS double (to blitz)

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Tau: not recorded

BT: Lander stand down

Tau: Remaining formations

Turn 3

Before Start of Turn: Tau teleport

Tau: Big Battlesuit overwatch

BT: Xiphons ground attack

Tau: Teleporting formation marshals

BT: Strike cruiser

BT: Deathstorm retain sustain

Tau: Teleporting formation2 advance. Fail. Supcmd reroll. Pass

BT: Emperors Champion engage (tele intermingled). BT Won

Tau: Scout double

BT: Sword Brethren advance

Tau: Walkers double (vs deathstorm)

BT: Thunderhawk air assault (incl assault terminators)

Tau: Bombers ground attack

Tau: suits overwatch

BT: Lander air assault (incl crusaders + landspeeders)

Tau: BTS double

Thunderhawk: ground attack (vs big battlesuit. kill via BM for shooting non-fearless)

End of Game

Tau wins 2:1   ->   Blitz + TakeAndHold   vs   Blitz

Notes

The Tau BTS was a big mob of transports and infantry, not the big walker/titan (which had AV walkers in same formation).

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Game 2 vs Eldar

Vs Chris Irving (from Adelaide)

Turn 1

Eldar: Wrathlords march (via webway)

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack vs rangers

Eldar: Fighters CAP

BT: Xiphons ground attack vs rangers

Eldar: Falcon double

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Eldar: Waveserpent march

BT: Lander stand down

Eldar: Waveserpent march

Eldar: Remaining formations – Wraithguard, Titans, Guardian

End of Turn: 2 Xiphons dead on way out Flak from Reaver Titan AA

Turn 2

Eldar: Dark Reaper overwatch

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Eldar: Guardians overwatch

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Eldar: Falcons double. Fail. Supcmd reroll. Pass

BT: Lander stand down

Eldar: Wraithguard overwatch

Eldar: Remaining formations – Titans, Wraithlord Fail, Aspect Warriors

Turn 3

Eldar: Wraithguard advance

BT: Strike Cruiser

BT: Emperors Champion retain engage. BT Won

Eldar: Titans engage. Eldar Won

BT: Deathstorm sustain

Eldar: Falcon marshal shoot

BT: Sword Brethren double

Eldar: Wraithguard engage (via webway) vs Sword Brethren. Eldar Won

BT: Lander ground attack and transport drop. Eldar CAP failed to damage

Eldar: Wraithlord double

BT: Thunderhawk air assault vs titan. BT Won

Eldar: Aspect Warriors march

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

Eldar: Dark reaper march (blitz)

Eldar: Avatar march

End of Game

Eldar wins 2:1   ->   Blitz + TakeAndHold    vs   Blitz

Notes

none

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Game 3 vs Eldar

Vs Phil Lehunt (from Melbourne)

Turn 1

Eldar: Fighters CAP. Fail. Supcmd reroll. Fail

BT: Xiphons ground attack (Eldar BTS bikes)

Eldar: Bikes double

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack (Eldar BTS bikes)

Eldar: Bikes double

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Eldar: Hornets double

BT: Lander stand down

Eldar: Falcons double

Eldar: Remaining formations – Hornets, Falcons

Turn 2

Eldar: Fighters CAP

BT: Xiphons ground attack – CAP’d, dead before attack

Eldar: Falcon overwatch fail

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Eldar: Falcon overwatch

BT: Lander stand down

Eldar: Falcon overwatch

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack. Fail

Eldar: Hornets overwatch

Eldar: Remaining formations - overwatch

Turn 3

Eldar: Fighters CAP

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

Eldar: Falcon overwat

BT: Strike Cruiser

BT: Emperors Champion retain engage

Eldar: engage avatar plus falcons on sword bro. I lose

BT: Thawk air assault (assault terminators) vs BTS bikes. BT won (claims BTS objective)

Eldar: hornet double

BT: Lander air assault. BT won

Eldar: aspect scorpions adv

Eldar: Remaining bikes march plus falcons plus hornets

End of Turn Objectives Count: BT (Blitz + BTS)    vs    Eldar (Blitz + TakeAndHold)

Turn 4

BT: Land Speeders advance

BT: Lander retain ground attack vs bike

Eldar: Hornets sustain vs Land Speeders

Eldar: Fighters retain ground attack

BT: Tac (bts) Fail. Supcmd reroll. Fail - move

Eldar: Hornets advance

Eldar: Bikes engage (??)

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

BT: Thudnerhawk ground attack

BT: Terminators march

End of Game

Draw   ->   BT 1445pt    vs    Eldar 1255pt

Notes

none

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Game 4 vs Orks

Vs Justin ‘Gus’ Hewlett (from Melbourne)

Turn 1

BT: Lander stand down

Orks: Bikes double

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Orks: Fighters CAP

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Orks: Fighters CAP

BT: Xiphons stand down

Orks: Remaining formations

Turn 2

Orks: Stompa double

BT: Lander stand down

Orks: Bikes double

BT: Thawk stand down

Orks: Bikes double

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Orks: Trucks double

BT: Xiphons stand down

Orks: Remaining formations

Turn 3

Orks: Trucks overwatch

BT: Xiphons ground attack

Orks: Trucks Fail

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

Orks: Stompa marshal

BT: Strike Cruiser

BT: Sword Brethren retain engage vs Stompa. BT won

Orks: Bikes double

BT: Deathstorm sustain

BT: Emperors Champion retain engage vs Stomap. BT Won

Orks: Bikes double

BT Thunderhawk air assault (terminators) vs Stompa. CAP’d no damage. BT Won

Orks: Jetpack Stormboy engage Terminators. BT Won

BT: Lander air assault vs Stompa. CAP’d. Overwatch by Truk. Stompa killed (BTS). BT Won (claims BTS objective)

Orks: Trucks double

End of Game

BT wins 3:2   ->   Blitz + TakeAndHold + BTS    vs   Blitz + TakeAndHold

Notes

none

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Game 5 vs Chaos Thousand Sons

Vs Calvin Denning (Melbourne)

Turn 1

TS: Tanks march

BT: Xiphons stand down

TS: tanks march

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

TS: Tower overwatch

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

TS: Tower overwatch

BT: Lander stand down

TS: Remaining formations

Turn 2

TS: Tanks overwatch

BT: Lander stand down

TS: tower overwatch

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

TS: tower overwatch

BT: Xiphons stand down

TS: Tanks march

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

TS: Remaining formations

Turn 3

TS: Tanks advance

BT: Xiphons ground attack

TS: Tower overwatch

BT: Strike Cruiser

BT: Deathstorm retain. Fail shoot

TS: Tanks shoot

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

BT: Remaining Thunderhawk + Lander stand down (stupid mistake *)

End of Game

TS wins 3:1   ->   Blitz + TakeAndHold + BTS    vs   BTS

Notes

The BTS formations were both off the board (BT Lander – TS Spacecraft) at end of turn 3 so treated as BTS achieve for both sides.

* Stupid mistake, but still a relatively minor loss.

Forgot it was turn 3. Should have brought on transports to contest blitz etc. Or at least bring my BTS on in a safe area. Would have made a 1 point difference loss, not 2 points difference.

I may have lost my BT's on the way in though.

But even that would have negated if I'd lost on turn 3. As his was on spacecraft.

Both Strat 5. Both with spacecraft. Lots of AA from Defilers.

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Game 6 vs Orks

Vs Adam Fulmizi (Newcastle)

Turn 1

Orks: Fighters CAP. Fail. Supcmd reroll. Fail

BT: Xiphons ground attack

Orks: Tanks double

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

Orks: Tanks overwatch

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

Orks: Bikes double

BT: Lander ground attack

Orks: Gargant overwatch

Orks: Remaining formations

Turn 2

Orks: Bikes double

BT: Xiphons ground attack

Orks: Tanks overwatch

BT: Lander stand down

Orks: Scorchers (LV) double

BT: Thunderhawk stand down

Orks: Fighter intercept

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

Orks: Remaining formations

Turn 3

Orks: Fighters CAP. Fail. Supcmd reroll. Fail

BT: Xiphons ground attack

Orks: Warband overwatch

BT: Thunderhawk ground attack

Orks: Scorcher double

BT: Strike Cruiser

BT: Deathstorm retain. Fail shoot

Orks: Bike engage vs Sword Brethren

BT: Thunderhawk air assault (terminators) vs Gargant. BT Won

Orks: Tanks adv

BT: Lander air assault vs Gargant + tanks (intermingled). BT Won (Gargant at 1 dc + 3 fires)

Orks: Lander air assault (vs Lander and all formations intermingled). BT Won

BT: Tac sustain vs Gargant

Orks: Stormboys double

Orks: Remaining formations

End of Turn: Gargant dies from fire crit (1 of 3 caused 1dc extra damage - phew!)

End of Game

Orks wins 2:1   ->   Blitz + TakeAndHold    vs   BTS

Notes

none