Another Freya's Day, Another Battle

Well, I had another wargaming session today... I certainly appears to be becoming a regular event.
Space Wolves against Dark Angels again. And sadly, I lost, putting the Wolves at W-1 D-1 L-1 against Randy's Dark Angels...
'Twas damnably close though. One more dead dark angel or one fewer wolf and it'd have been a draw. and if I'd managed both I'd have taken the match. Special mentions go to the Dark Angel Land Speeder who's crew finally managed to do more than chip my Land Raiders paint, and also to te Ancient And Venerable Land Raider Redeemer called Korgon. Over the course of the battle it crippled the Dark angel land raider (Immobilizing it in a position where one of its twin-linked lascannons could see nothing and destroying the other.), wrecked their Hellfire Dreadnought, took out the Whirlwinds missile racks, immobilized the Land Speeder, and slew some 10 Marines, mostly with Flamestorm cannons. It must be pointed that the Korgon's crew seemed to have a grudge against any Dark Angel who picked up a flamer... They incinerated three of them, each one having recovered the previous victims weapon. I believe the words 'You call that a flamer? THIS is a flamer!' were uttered, although the crewmen claim they were only showing their fellow marines how to do it properly. Other mention must go to the Long Fangs who obliterated a biker squad on the first turn, and to te Dark Angel terminatours who gunned down Wulf and Sarath... not that this will inconvenience that pair for long...

As with all the battles so far, casualties were horrendous. The Space Wolves lost 5 Long Fangs, 10 Grey Hunters, 5 Wolf Guard, 2 Wolf Lords and a quartet of Fenrisian Wolves. Oh, and the Korgon lost its Twin-Linked assault cannon (Despite drawing six turns of fire from anything that could concievably scratch it.) In exchange, they claimed 17 Dark Angels tactical Marines, 3 Bikers, an Assault Bike, a Hellfire Dreadnought, and a Whirlwind destroyed or rendered hors de combat. Furthermore, a Land Speeder was immobilized, as was a Land Raider, and said Land Raider also lost one of its Lascannons.

Oh, and I mantain the superiority of the Assault Cannon as an Anti-Tank weapon, as it dropped everything up to and including the skimmer (Except for finishing off the whirlwind. that was down to a Wolf Guard who rushed the thing, blasting away with his plasma pistol, until he reached it, whereupon the Mark of the Wulffen overcame him. He tried clawing and tearing and biting at it, but to no avail. It was only when the damn thing tried to run him over that he remembered his Plasma Pistol and blew away its treads... Come to think of it, he gets an honourable mention too...)

I'm informed I may have a different opponent next week, and if not, I'll be facing a different army. Have even been told I be permitted to borrow some of the stores models, which means a larger battle, and the opportunity to try new things... maybe I'll take my camera and do a proper battle report... For Once...

Luck In Battle, My Friends

SKAAL!