Hello everyone and welcome to the first of the Sword and Board Tournament Battle Reports! My name is Zak Ludick from Cape Town, South Africa.

A few weeks ago, I took part in a Warhammer 40,000 tournament and did rather well. This battle report is to recount how those battles went, how I won or how I lost.

This tournament was rather unusual for me as it contained no less than 5 Space Wolves players (including myself) in 34 players. This is huge and there is a rather large chance for every player (including Space Wolves) to face against Space Wolves.

The first round was drawn... I not only play against Space Wolves, but I play against my friend Marnus aka @xenowolfza here on Hive!

Check it out!

Busy with deployment, @xenowolfza strikes a pose as we get ready to rumble and battle out our Wolf on Wolf battle!

Opponent Armylist

Frozen Helix - 3rd Company (2000 Points)

Space Marines
Space Wolves
Vanguard Spearhead
Strike Force (2000 Points)

CHARACTERS

Apothecary Biologis (80 Points)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• Enhancements: The Blade Driven Deep

Bjorn the Fell-Handed (180 Points)
• 1x Heavy flamer
1x Helfrost cannon
1x Trueclaw

Canis Wolfborn (75 Points)
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Crushing teeth and claws
1x Wolf claws

Captain in Terminator Armour (95 Points)
• 1x Relic fist
1x Storm bolter

Cyberwolf (20 Points)
• 1x Teeth and claws

Ragnar Blackmane (90 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Bolt Pistol
1x Frostfang

Wolf Guard Pack Leader (30 Points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Storm Shield
1x Thunder hammer

BATTLELINE

Assault Intercessor Squad (80 Points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant
• 1x Hand flamer
1x Thunder hammer
• 4x Assault Intercessor
• 4x Astartes chainsword
4x Heavy bolt pistol

Blood Claws (140 Points)
• 1x Blood Claw Pack Leader
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• 9x Blood Claw
• 7x Astartes chainsword
9x Bolt pistol
2x Close combat weapon
1x Meltagun
1x Plasma gun

OTHER DATASHEETS

Aggressor Squad (110 Points)
• 1x Aggressor Sergeant
• 1x Auto boltstorm gauntlets
1x Fragstorm grenade launcher
1x Twin power fists
• 2x Aggressor
• 2x Auto boltstorm gauntlets
2x Fragstorm grenade launcher
2x Twin power fists

Ballistus Dreadnought (140 Points)
• 1x Armoured feet
1x Ballistus lascannon
1x Ballistus missile launcher
1x Twin storm bolter

Bladeguard Veteran Squad (90 Points)
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
• 1x Heavy bolt pistol
1x Master-crafted power weapon
• 2x Bladeguard Veteran
• 2x Heavy bolt pistol
2x Master-crafted power weapon

Drop Pod (70 Points)
• 1x Deathwind launcher

Fenrisian Wolves (30 Points)
• 5x Fenrisian Wolf
• 5x Teeth and claws

Outrider Squad (95 Points)
• 1x Outrider Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Heavy bolt pistol
1x Twin bolt rifle
• 2x Outrider
• 2x Astartes chainsword
2x Heavy bolt pistol
2x Twin bolt rifle

Redemptor Dreadnought (200 Points)
• 1x Icarus rocket pod
1x Macro plasma incinerator
1x Onslaught gatling cannon
1x Redemptor fist
1x Twin storm bolter

Thunderwolf Cavalry (90 Points)
• 1x Thunderwolf Cavalry Pack Leader
• 1x Crushing teeth and claws
1x Heirloom weapon
1x Storm Shield
• 2x Thunderwolf Cavalry
• 2x Crushing teeth and claws
2x Heirloom weapon
2x Storm Shield

Vindicator (190 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
1x Demolisher cannon
1x Hunter-killer missile
1x Storm bolter

Wolf Guard Terminators (195 Points)
• 1x Wolf Guard Terminator Pack Leader
• 1x Power weapon
1x Storm bolter
• 4x Wolf Guard Terminator
• 1x Assault cannon
2x Chainfist
2x Storm Shield
1x Storm bolter
2x Thunder hammer

The Mission

The mission cards for this game.

The main Mission Objective is Take and Hold and thus holding any of the five objectives on the board will score you points.

Then the Mission Rule is Hidden Supplies. This means then the center objective splits into two and each moves 6" towards one of the corners.

Finally the Deployment style is Hammer and Anvil which means that we are deploying from short edge to short edge.

Deployment

Ironwolves Deployment

I deployed in the usual Ironwolves fashion - All out and nothing in reserves.

Left Flank is Redemptor Dreadnought, Bjorn, Techmarine, and Razorback with Grey Hunters.

Centre is both Vindicators, Land Raider with Blood Claws, Iron Priest and Ballistus Dreadnought.

Right Flank is Razorback with Grey Hunters and Wulfen Dreadnought.

My opponent's deployment.

His Left Flank: Apothecary Biologis with Blade Driven Deep and Aggressors way forward. Redemptor Dreadnought behind them

Left mid: Outriders and Ballistus Dreadnought

Middle: Bjorn the Fell Handed and Blood Claws.

Right mid: Vindicator

Right Flank: Canis Wolfborn leading Thunderwolf Cavalry with Fenrisian Wolves with Cyberwolf.

Reserves: Drop Pod with Ragnar and Bladeguard, Terminator Squad with Captain.

The scene is quiet and fairly peaceful upstairs where the higher table numbers are. Which is actually a great dynamic!

The Game

I cannot accurately recount every single step but I can account for the following:

I had to keep tanks screening out my backlines to prevent Deep Striking units wrecking havoc on my supports.

On my Right Flank my Wulfen Dreadnought needed to kill the Aggressors and then hold off the Redemptor Dreadnought while my Grey Hunters score some points.

On the Right Flank, Grey Hunters scored points for me on an objective. They were wiped out by Canis Wolfborn and his Thunderwolves. In retaliation Bjorn and my Redemptor shot and charged into them and killed them all.

In the centre, my Vindicators took care of his Vindicator. My Land Raider Surged forward and my Blood Claws fought his Blood Claws and Bjorn.

I had forced the Drop Pod to come down in his own deployment zone and the Terminator squad (Wofl Guard in Terminator Armor) was closer and quickly dispatched.

Camera Roll

Bjorn and Redemptor Dreadnought take the Left Flank

Marnus' Bjorn still locked in combat with my Blood Claws.

Marnus's Redemptor wins his combat against the Wulfen Dreadnought, but has 4 Wounds remaining and now faces being shot at.

Outriders race to take the centre objective.

If an additional turn were to be played, most of these units would open fire on the Outriders

My Wulfen Dreadnought storms in to remove the Aggressors and the Apothecary Biologis from the Objective! My opponent's Redemptor Dreadnought will join in support soon!

Outriders make ready to charge my Blood Claws to support Bjorn. My Land Raider faces heavy firepower!

Terminators led by a Terminator Captain (Wolf Lord in Terminator armor) teleport on to the battlefield while Canis Wolfborn gets ready to charge into the Grey Hunters.

Wulfen Dreadnought and Redemptor engaged in combat while the Grey Hunters claim the objective!

Final Results - 68VP vs 15VP

Zak Wins

I pulled a win here. I scored more on Primary Objectives but also completed a lot of my Secondaries.

I chose Bring it Down and Assassinate and I killed a lot of Characters.

Marnus chose Engage on All Fronts and Behind Enemy Lines which works well with his Drop Pod and Terminators. Unfortunately I know his army and we play a lot together and thus I prevented him from completing those by screening out the Deep strikers.

I hope that was an enjoyable read. Thank you for readin and see you on the next one for Round 2!

Tag List:
@aussieninja, @new.things, @alonicus, @dungeondog, @xenowolfza, @riesakashiya, @tomster-17, @exptrader, @borsengelaber, @makerhacks, @jacobtothe, @fredfettmeister, @mirroredspork, @kheldar1982, @surrealis

*PS, Should you wish to be removed or added to the taglist, please let me know!Cheers!
@zakludick

Hive South Africa