Tyranids vs Marines 2000 pt. 10th edition Battle Report

[stormcoil]

Hello Hive Mind! Today we have my first report for 10th edition. Its the marquee matchup. Read the report here:

www.reddit.com/r/Tyranids/comments/14m6em9/tyranids_vs_marines_2000_pt_10th_edition_battle/

Let me know what you think and good luck in your future games! For the Hive Mind.

[nidsallday]

ooof, going against full desolation and pulling off a win (sure, multiple occassions you were quite lucky, but still).
nice bat rep, congrats

[Iryan]

Thank you for sharing, that was a really great read! Very detailed and informatively written, and it is great to see how several of these units actually perform on the table (as opposed to just endlessly doing damage-math in my head...)

Also, of course, well played!

It really does seem though that the game was VERY heavily influenced by who goes first. I am not saying you "just won because you went first"... but that if you had gotten second, you would have needed some seriously uneven dice-luck to win this one, just because of the immense firepower of the opponent (and the cheesiness that is phobos librarians). Or maybe I am wrong? What would have been your general strategy if your opponent had gone first? ...I guess with drawing objectives from the deck, there is probably not definitive answer to that, heh.

In any case, once again, thank you for sharing!

[stormcoil]

If I had gone second I would have pulled all the lictors back to my deployment zone. Then, yeah, with playing tactical missions its just about do I have enough flexibility to do whatever is asked of me on any given turn.

That said, going second is a big uphill battle right now in 10th. Especially against the kind of list my opponent was running. If he keeps that bolter discipline apothecary on the board for even 1 or 2 turns he tables me for sure, probably on turn 4.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Thanks for the write up! What tools do you use to generate your battle reports? How long do they take to generate the images and write them up?

[stormcoil]

I just use the free microsoft 2d Paint. And I still keep paper score cards of all my games, which helps remind me what was scored when.

The time can be quite long, sadly. I would say 2-3 hours to write everything up, and reread and reword it until I'm happy. Another 2-3 hours to do the illustrations, making sure to match any actual photos of the game that were taken. Then finally 30 mins or so to do all the proofreading, spellchecking, and then formatting for reddit.

Probably minimum 5 hours, maximum 8 hours, depending on how detailed the report is. But I don't claim to be super fast at this either, and I'm using archaic tools. It's just a labor of love.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Thanks for the information! Your battle reports are the best I've seen. I absolutely love the turn by turn images. If I'm in a rush, they allow me to see how the battle played out.