RENEGADES OF NURGLE

Reclamation of Vacuna (Old Timers League): Battle Report for Round 1

2011-02-02T02:35:00.002-05:00

The set-up for this battle will be: Scorched Earth! (Battle Missions Book) with 4 Objectives

This is a battle being fought and recorded for the Old Timers League Warhammer 40K Reclimation of Vacuna campaign.

The forces taking place in this battle are:

Elements of the Imperial Guard's Corinthean 501st Reclamation force:

Lord Commissar Unfeldt
2 Squads of Grenadier Veteran's in Chimera's
1 Squad of Ratling Long Rifles
(3) Sentinels
Punisher (Retribution)
Manticore (Prucella)
Leman Russ Tanks (Old Maid, Fist of Fury)

Total: 1,500pts

Deathguard (Maggots of Despair):

Nurgle Chaos Lord
Plague Marines: Squad Mortis with Aspiring Champion Brother Grumblegut
Plague Marines: Squad Moribus with Aspiring Champion Brother Vomitgrot
Plague Marines: Squad Pestis with Aspiring Champion Brother Maggotgut

Nurgle Renegades and Daemonic Support:

(4) Obliterators
Great Unclean One
3 Units of Plague Bearers

Total: 1,500pts

Round 1:
Squads Mortis and Moribus move into the burning cathedral and begin holding two of the 4 objectives. Squad Pestis and the Deathguard Commander Lord Syphologen begin marching their way towards the third objective while the IG Commissar Lord Unfeldt begins to make his way towards the third objective as well.

Round 2:
In the burning Cathedral, Squad Mortis returns fire on the Ratling Longrifle squad that ambushed them on the first turn. After losing half of their squad in a hail of unholy bolter fire, the remaining Longrifles decide they did all they could do for Lord Unfeldt and it was now time for them to head back to command and report their findings. As the Longrifles begin running towards the relative safety of the imperial command, they witness three Obliterators and two squads of Plague Bearers materialize behind their former comrades. Although one of the Obliterators was killed, a Sentinels was destroyed, and a chimera was immobilized.

Round 3:
Even though an Imperial Punisher and Manticore come out of reserve in support of their beleaguered comrades. a Great Unclean One joins the Chaos Lord in his push towards the third objective as well as another Obliterator materializes out of the void to support his cult brothers deep within the Imperial lines.

The Punisher kills one of the three remaining Obliterators, but not before the immobilized Chimera and it's entire squad get eradicated. The Manticore attempts to support Commissar Unfeldt as he, the remaining guardsmen, and the last two Sentinels opened fire on the Great Unclean One. While one of the Manticores two rockets do indeed land on the GUO, the combined fire power of everything hitting the Great Unclean One results in only one wound. Unfortunately for Lord Unfeldt, the second missile meets with more success as it lands in the middle of his squad of Grenadiers.

Round 4:
As the two remaining Imperial Leman Russ Tanks finally rumble onto the scene, the Punisher earns it's second kill of a Nurgle Obliterator. The kill did not come in time to stop the combined firepower of the remaining two Obliterators from destroying the Imperial Manticore. More Plague Bearers appear behind the Guardsman's lines and begin to form a defensive perimeter around the fourth objective.

The Deathguard host decending onto the third objective proved to be too much Lord Unfeldt and the remaining Grenadiers. Unfeldt, the Grenadiers, both Sentinels, and the last Chimera are all destroyed. The third and final objective falls into the hands of the servants of Nurgle.

Round 5:
The last of the Obliterators is able to take out one of the two Leman Russ Tanks before it too is destroyed. Leaving a contingent of Plague Bearers to secure the third objective, Lord Syphologen, the Great Unclean One, and Squad Pestis of the Deathguard begin to make their way to the remaining two Imperial Tanks.

Round 6:
The remaining Imperial Tanks fire half-heartedly into the advancing forces before they decide to follow in the wake of the retreating Ratling Longrifles.

Nurgle CSM Victory: 2-0

Epilogue:

With the battle finally over, the summoned Daemons begin to fade as they return to the warp. Lord Syphologen turns to his troops and begins barking commands. "Gather the Imperial bodies. The survivors are to be sent back to our Lord Commander on board the Contagion....." he begins to grin maliciously......"the dead, well they come with us!"

Update to History Page

2011-01-29T04:55:00.000-05:00

I apologize to all for such a long lapse in activity on this blog. Between working an insane amount of hours, trying to re-model my house, and fixing up the small flat I rented in town to be used as my "Man-Cave"/Gaming Area, I haven't had time to play any proper 40K.

Hopefully that will now be rectified! Here is an update to my history page:

At present, the Maggots of Despair have been sighted in the Vacuna System. The planet Vacuna was once a thriving Hiveworld, but is currently being ravaged by the Waagh of Ork Warboss 'Eadsplitta. It is unclear why Grandfather Nurgle has instructed Mortarion to send some of Deathguard there, but the Imperial relief forces en route to the besieged system are in for a more daunting task than what they bargained for.

Updates to "Pages"

2010-03-13T07:14:00.000-05:00

Finally added some more pictures to the "Troops" page, and started working on the "HQ and Support" page.

Encephalatitus is the Lord Commander of the Death Guards "Maggots of Despair". Not much is known about the Lord Commander. Although he is usually aboard his command cruiser, The Contagion, Encephalatitus has been known to lead assaults on important targets. When he does, it has always been at the forefront of his Plaguewing Terminators. There are rumors and speculations that Encephalatitus was once a Deathshroud. His size and stature, along with his weapon of choice, a manreaper, help to facilitate this unconfirmed rumor.

When Encephalatitus is not on the battlefield, the senior most Aspiring Champion is given command.

Currently, the Maggots of Despair are in favor with Nurgle and have his fatherly blessings.

Lord Commander Encephalatitus

Obliterator Cult

Defiler: The Golgotha

Blight Drones

Nurgle/Deathguard Dreadnoughts

(Being Stripped and Re-painted)

Great Unclean One

Death Guard: Overview

2010-02-24T05:04:00.000-05:00

"The Death Guard are one of the nine Space Marine Legions which betrayed the Emperor during the Horus Heresy, becoming Chaos Space Marines. They worship the Chaos god Nurgle and in return he infests their armour with pestilence and disease. The Primarch of the Death Guard is Mortarion, who has been elevated to Daemon Prince status. Their original homeworld of Barbarus has been destroyed."

Text Provided by: Warhammer 40K Lexicanum

History Page Update

2010-02-21T06:53:00.001-05:00

Successfully updated the History Page for the Deathguard: Maggots of Despair.

40K in 40 Minutes: Deathguard vs Necrons

2010-02-09T21:06:00.001-05:00

The set-up for this battle will be: Seize Ground/Spearhead.

This is a battle being fought and recorded for the online Warhammer 40K Aftermath campaign.

The forces taking place in this battle are:

Necrons:
Necron Warriors (200pts)
Necron Warriors (200pts)
Total: 400pts

Deathguard:
Plague Marines: Squad Mortis with Brother Grumblegut (396pts)
Total: 396pts

*Special Rules:
Minimum of one troop choice.
Maximum of one HQ.
No models may have more than 2 wounds.
No special characters.
No 2+ save.
No vehicle may have a total armor value greater than 33 (front, side, rear)
WYSIWYG!
Necron "Phase-out" rule will not be in effect

The Deathguard player wins the dice roll and will set-up first.

Turns 1 and 2:

Both sides exchange shots as Squad Mortis advances towards the first Necron squad. After rapid firing into the Necron squad, Squad Mortis charges into the Necrons.

Turn 3:

After two heated rounds of combat, Squad Mortis is victorious and begins to advance towards the second Necron squad.

Turns 4 and 5:

With the Necrons pulling back to keep out of assault range for as long as possible, Squad Mortis and the Necrons exchange fire.

Turn 6:
After two rounds of chasing the Necrons, the Deathwing are finally able to corner the Necrons and engage them in close combat. After a couple of intense but brief rounds of combat, the necrons are defeated.

Game ends with a Deathguard Victory: 1-0/Wipeout!

40K in 40 Minutes: Deathguard vs Blood Angels (2)

2010-02-08T12:09:00.003-05:00

The set-up for this re-match will be: Annihilation/Pitched Battle.

This is a battle being fought and recorded for the online Warhammer 40K Aftermath campaign.

The forces taking place in this battle are:

Blood Angels:
Tactical Squad: Vet. Sergeant and Rhino Troop Transport (255pts)
Scout Squad (145 pts)
Total: 400pts

Deathguard:
Plague Marines: Squad Putridus with Brother Poxspreader
Rhino (dedicated transport) (266pts)
Lesser Daemons (65 pts)
Lesser Daemons (65 pts)
Total: 396 pts

*Special Rules:
Minimum of one troop choice.
Maximum of one HQ.
No models may have more than 2 wounds.
No special characters.
No 2+ save.
No vehicle may have a total armor value greater than 33 (front, side, rear)
WYSIWYG!

The Blood Angel player wins the dice roll and will set-up first.

Turns 1 and 2:
Both the Blood Angel Rhino and the Deathguard Rhino race forward towards the center of the table. Although the Blood Angel Lascannon fails to score any hits, the melta gun gets the job done and immobilizes the Deathguard transport.

Turn 3:
Cobat is engaged!

Turn 4:
The Deathguard, along with their Daemonic support, make short work of the Blood Angel combat squad. Under a hail of gungfire, they begin to make their way towards the Blood Angel scouts.

Turn 5:

Although sustaining several wounding shots, the resilience of the Deathguard proves invaluable as they make almost all of their "feels no pain" rolls.

Turn 6:
The Blood Angels combat squad decide to finish off the Deathguard transport and open fire upon it again with the squad lascannon. This time they were successful and the transport becomes a smouldering wreck.

With the combat squad concentrating on the rhino, the scout squad was left to fend for itself. Although they put up an inspiring stand, the chosen legion of Nurgle are not denied their second successful assault.
The Blood Angel scout squad is overrun and destroyed.

Turn 7:

The Blood Angels combat squad and their Rhino transport fail in their last ditch effort to finish off at least one squad of the forces of Nurgle, and the game ends with a 2-1 victory for the Deathguard.

40K in 40 Minutes: Deathguard vs Blood Angels

2010-02-06T20:55:00.009-05:00

The set-up for this battle will be: Seize Ground/Pitched Battle.

This is a battle being fought and recorded for the online Warhammer 40K Aftermath campaign.

The forces taking place in this battle are:

Blood Angels:
Tactical Squad: Vet. Sergeant and Rhino Troop Transport (255pts)
Scout Squad (145 pts)

Total: 400pts

Deathguard:

Plague Marines: Squad Putridus with Brother Poxspreader

Rhino (dedicated transport) (266pts)

Lesser Daemons (65 pts)
Lesser Daemons (65 pts)

Total: 396 pts

*Special Rules:
Minimum of one troop choice.
Maximum of one HQ.
No models may have more than 2 wounds.
No special characters.
No 2+ save.
No vehicle may have a total armor value greater than 33 (front, side, rear)
WYSIWYG!

The Blood Angel player wins the dice roll and will set-up first.

Turns 1 and 2:

The Blood Angel scouts slide into position to claim the second objective and end up getting "flamed" by squad Pestis. Their lascannon misses the Deathguard Rhino and the Blood Angel Rhino rushes forward to try to get to the third objective. The Deathguard try and summon their deamonic allies and fail miserably.

Turn 3:

The Blood Angel Rhino reaches the third objective and it's passengers disembark, claiming the third and final objective, while the Deathguard are finally able to summon their Daemonic Allies.

Turn 4:

Although the Deathguard Rhino fired smoke in it's previous turn the combined fire of the lascannon and the melta gun from the Blood Angels is just too much for the rhino and it gets immobilized. The Death Guard are forced to exit the smouldering vehicle and slogg it towards the third objective. The two squads of Daemons charge into the two remaining squads of Blood Angels.

Turn 5:

Turn 5 becomes a bloody mess with all three objectives having assaults being fought on top of them.

Turn 6:

Although the lesser, "lesser" Daemons are able to defeat the remaining scouts on the second objective, the Blood Angel Rhino rushes forward and attempt to tank-shock the victorious daemons.

Turn 7:

The Deathguard assault into the remains of the Blood Angel tactical is finally concluded with the Deathguard now in sole posession of the second objective.

Game ends with a slim, and I do mean slim Deathguard Victory: 1-0 with 2 objectives contested.

Week 12 of the Aftermath Campaign: Karsonis Under Seige

2010-01-30T14:29:00.000-05:00

Since Typhus and the Terminus Est arrived at the Karsonis System, events have been anything but mundane. With supplies and munitions beginning to run low, the "Maggots of Despair" and "Apostles of Contagion" were ordered to join the fleet of Deathguard ships under Typhus' command, and assist them in securing the Arcus Hold munitions station. Although the Deathguard were victorious at Arcus Hold, Lord Commander Encephalatitus' concerns about leaving the Karsonis System had come to pass.

Inquisitor Fortez wasted no time in taking advantage of their absence from Karsonis. He immediately began to tighten his grip on the already beleagured system. After firmly securing Imperial control at the system level, a full scale bombardment of the planet Karsonis was ordered. Inquisitor Fortez swore that the taint of chaos would either be removed from the planet, or the planet would be subject to Exterminatus. Either way, Karsonis would be cleansed!

Meanwhile, back at Arcus Hold, Typhus informed The Maggots of Despair and Apostles of Contagion of the second phase of Mortarion's plan for them. "Since we have successfully captured the munitions depot at Arcus Hold, Our Primarch wants you to depart from the Deathguard Fleet and head back to Karsonis" he told them. "You will engage Fortez...you will protect the planet Karsonis....and you will regain control of that system in the name of our father Nurgle."

For the past nine days they have fought off the fleet commanded by Inquisitor Fortez. Their defense of Karsonis not only stalled the Imperial fleet, but it has turned the planet into an impenetrable fortress.

It is now time for the Deathguard to go on the offensive and end Fortez' assault on Karsonis. The troops have been given the command they have awaited for........prepare for boarding action.

The hunter is now the hunted.

Week 11 of the Aftermath Campaign: The Race to Reload

2010-01-30T06:06:00.001-05:00

"The Arcus Hold munitions station in the Vivace System is our target" said Typhus.

"Our Primarch has given me command of the Deathguard forces in the Aftermath Sector in order to accomplish this mission. Arcus Hold is the Imperium's primary supply depot for this sector. Mortarion desires for us to not only rob our opponent of his munitions, but for us to take control of this station for our own. The station is NOT to be destroyed, but captured" he stated.

“What about our efforts here in the Karsonis System” asked Encephalatitus. “Since I have been ordered to not engage Inquisior Fortez in a protracted fight, he has already made significant gains in this system. If you tell us to leave……”

“Do You Question Our Primarchs Ability To Run This Campaign” demanded Typhus.

“No my lord” replied Encephalatitus. “I just don’t want this system to fall completely into Imperial control.”

“Fortez can wait” said Typhus. “You will get your chance Encephalatitus…….and Encephalatitus, you get the privilege of being our Spear-Tip. Your ships will be the first to exit the warp and engage the Imperial Fleet.”

“As you command” replied Encephalatitus.

WIP: Nurgle Close Combat Dread

2010-01-24T20:56:00.002-05:00

Here are a couple of pictures of the current Chaos Dread that I am working on.

Next I will be taking a drill to the dread as well as adding a bit of green-stuff to it.

The Battle for Arcus Hold (2): 40K in 40 minutes, Deathguard vs Tzeentch Daemons

2010-01-15T19:48:00.002-05:00

The set-up for this battle will be: Annihilation/Spearhead.

This is a battle being fought and recorded for the online Warhammer 40K Aftermath campaign.

The forces taking place in this battle are:

Tzeentch:
Blue Scribes
Squad of Flamers with Changeling Upgrade
Sacraficial Daemonette squad

Deathguard:
7 man Plague Marine Squad: Squad Carrion with Rhino
5 man Lesser Daemon Squad
5 man Lesser Daemon Squad

*Special Rules:
Minimum of one troop choice.
Maximum of one HQ.
No models may have more than 2 wounds.
No special characters.
No 2+ save.
WYSIWYG!
No vehicle may have a total armor value greater than 33 (front, side, rear)

The Tzeentch player wins the dice roll and will go first.

Turns 1 and 2:
The flamers deepstrike atop a ridgeline just within shooting range of the Nurgle rhino, and end up immobilizing it. With the Deathguard being forced to disembark and advance towards the daemons, the Blue Scribes swoop in and blast the Deathguard squad twice with "Wind of Chaos".

6 of the 7 Deathguard are killed. Now you see them, now you don't!

Before:

After:

Turn 3:
The Deathguard Aspiring champion, aided by the "lesser" lesser daemons that had been summoned last turn, are able to defeat the Blue Scribes.

Turn 4:
The second squad of nurgle,"lesser" lesser daemons enter combat with the Daemonettes and are able to hold ground as reinforcements rush in to aid them.

Turns 5 and 6:
The Daemonettes are defeated. The remains of both nurgle, "lesser" lesser Daemon squads and the Aspiring champion are then able to assault and defeat the flamer squad.

Game ends with a Deathguard Victory: 3-0

Battle for Arcus Hold: 40K in 40 Minutes, Deathguard vs Deathwing

2010-01-15T18:46:00.001-05:00

The set-up for this battle will be: Capture and Control/Dawn of War.

This is a battle being fought and recorded for the online Warhammer 40K Aftermath campaign.

The forces taking place in this battle are:

Deathwing:
Deathwing Terminator squad with heavy flamer
Space Marine Dread

Deathguard:

7 man Plague Marine Squad: Squad Carrion with Rhino
5 man Lesser Daemon Squad
5 man Lesser Daemon Squad

*Special Rules:
Minimum of one troop choice.
Maximum of one HQ.
No models may have more than 2 wounds.
No special characters.
No 2+ save.
WYSIWYG!
Usually it is "No vehicle may have a total armor value greater than 33 (front, side, rear)" But since Ron (++from the warp++) cheats all the time, we decided it just wasn't worth bringing up the whole Armour thing :)

The Deathguard player wins the dice roll, but hands over the first turn to the Deathwing.

Turns 1 and 2:
The Deathwing Dread is able to immobilize the Deathguard Rhino on turn 1 and are then able to drop their Terminator squad directly in front of the immobilized rhino.

After summoning a squad of their "lesser" daemons, the Deathguard disembark from the rhino and then shower the terminators in multiple baths of flames just before they assault them.

Turn 3:
With combat engaged, it doesn't take all that long for the Deathguard and "Lesser" Daemons to overcome the outnumbered terminators.

With three scoring units surrounding their objective, and the Deathwing having no more scoring units, we called the game.

Game ends with a Deathguard Victory: 1-0

Week 10 of the Aftermath Campaign: The Battle for Karsonis

2010-01-09T23:19:00.000-05:00

'Curse that Typhus!'

The concussion from the exploding torpedo's ripped through the starboard launch bays of the Contagion. Klaxons began going off throughtout the Retaliator Class Grand Cruiser as she groaned under the relentless pounding she was receiving from Inquisitor Fortez's fleet.

"Commander, the starboard launch bays are venting atomsphere" said one of the bridge engineers. "The servitors are reporting extensive damage to the hanger decks as well. They advise not allowing the fighter wings to land on it."

'If the Terminus Est doesn't show up soon, I don't think there will be any escort left for him to command' thought Encephalatitius as he worked his way through the wreckage and smoke filled bridge of his ship.

"Helmsman......bring us about so our fighters can double up and use the port landing bays. I want those birds back on board immediately!" growled Encephalatitus.

"Aye, aye sir." Replied the officer.

"Send word to the Doomblight and Filthbringer to bring their fighter squadrons back as well" barked Encephalatitus. "As soon as all of our birds have safely landed, I want the fleet to disengage and head back to the Alpha site."

'We can't take too much more of this' he thought as he stood there surveying the damage reports coming in from all of the ships in the fleet. 'IF the Terminus Est doesn't show up soon, this system will slip firmly into the control of the Imperium, and we won't be able to do anything about it.'

'Typhus better show up soon.'

2000pt Planet Strike: 'Deffwing vs Plaguewing

2010-01-08T09:28:00.001-05:00

The set-up for this battle will be: Planetstrike, with three objectives.

This is a battle being fought and recorded for the online Warhammer 40K online Aftermath campaign.

The forces taking place in this battle are:

Ork 'Deffwing:
Mega Nobz squad with Warboss and Battlewagon (645 pts)
Mega Nobz squad with Warboss and Battlewagon (645 pts)
Mega Nobz squad with Grotsnik and War Truck(375 pts)
Forgeworkd Mega Dread (205 pts)
Forgeworkd Mega Dread (205 pts)
Total: 2045 pts

Plaguewing:
Chaos Lord: Typhus (225 pts)
Chaos Lord: Encephalatitus (175 pts)
Greater "lesser" Daemon (100 pts)
Plaguewing Terminator Squad (330 pts)
Plaguewing Terminator Squad (300 pts)
Plaguewing Terminator Squad (300 pts)
2 man Nurgle Obliterator Squad (150 pts)
2 man Nurgle Obliterator Squad (150 pts)
Lesser Daemon squad (91 pts)
Lesser Daemon squad (91 pts)
Lesser Daemon squad (91 pts)
Total: 2003 pts

*Special Rules:
As per outlined in the Planet Strike codex.

The 'Deffwing player is the attacker, so he will go first.

Turn 1:

The 'Deffwing unleash seven barages of "Firestorm" missile strikes to cover their initial advance. With the two battlewagons full of Nobz in Mega Armour pushing towards the center objective, the Wartrukk with Grotsnik races up the left flank towards the second objective.

Knowing full well that my lone Plaguewing squad could not hold the center objective against the tide of Mega Nobz headed their way, I summoned the "lesser" GUO and "lesser" lesser daemons to help bolster their defense.

Turn 2:

Lol...the speed bump that I summoned to throw in front of the Mega Nobz was just that....a speed bump. The "lesser" daemons were wiped out within 1 round of combat. It was time to see what the Plaguewing and GUO could do.

Turn 3:

The battle for the center objective comes to a close with the GUO and Plaguewing being wiped out as well. There was a silver lining to the loss of the center objective. One of the squads of Nobz in Mega Armour was forced to flee after failing a morale test when they were taken below 50%.

On the left flank, the trukk carrying Grotsnik and his retinue of Nobz in Mega Armour was destroyed, forcing them to have to advance (slowly) on foot. The two Ork Mega Dreads that were supporting Grotsnik relentlessly pounded away at Typhus and the Plaguewing squad that were defending the second objective.

Turn 4:

While the Orks consolidated and dug in to protect and hold the center objective, Typhus and the Plaguewing squad race out and assault Grotsnik. After an intense but brief fight, Grotsnik and his Nobz are defeated. Typhus and the terminators prepare to go after the Mega Dreads.

Since the third objective was not under any threat of being captured, Encephalatitus and his accompanying Plaguewing squad had left the obliterators behind to guard the objective while they advanced towards the Mega Nobz holding the center objective.

Turn 5:

Typhus and his accompanying Plaguewing squad are able to destroy the Mega Dread they assaulted, and prepare to go after the last of the Mega Dreads.

Turn 6:

In a surprising victory, Encephalatitus and his Plaguewing squad were able to drive off the Mega nobz holding the center objective. The battle was brief but intense. Yet again, the Mega Nobz were forced to flee after failing a morale check.

Game ends with a Deathguard Victory: 3-0

Since this was our first attempt at playing Planet Strike, we naturally made a few mistakes. The one fairly major mistake we made was that the attacker declared his table edge before the objectives were placed. Since the defender gets to place all objectives, I naturally placed them all within heavily fortified buildings that were as far away from the Ork deployment as I could make them. If we would have placed the objectives before the Ork player picked his deployment zone, (as we should have) I really don't think the outcome would have been the same.

Hehehe.....do you know how terrifying it is to see 18 mega nobz and 2 warbosses closing in on a lone terminator squad. Those terms just don't seem all that tough anymore :)

Week 9 of the Aftermath Campaign: The Battle for Karsonis

2010-01-02T16:39:00.000-05:00

'War makes strange bedfellows' thought the Lord Commander as he reviewed the astropaths message from Mortarion.

'To think I thought our Primarch was gettting weak for allowing a mere heretic, much less a follower of Tzeentch, to assume command of such a large assembly of Deathguard.' Laughing to himself, Encephalatitus couldn't help but be impressed with what the Deathguard had been able to accomplish during the past nine weeks. 'Not only have we created a permnant base of operation within this sector on Ignus, but we have also been successful in turning the planet of Flamberg into a Daemon World.'

'But now this?!?'

"Commander....?"

The voice brought the Lord Commander out of his thoughts and back to the message from their Primarch.

"Commander, what are your orders?"

"Inform our brothers that our Primarch is quite pleased with our recent success" said Encephalatitus. "Mortarion has now commanded that we proceed to the Karsonis System and await the arrival of Terminus Est. Once the Terminus Est arrives, we are to lend support and act as an escort in it's mission. We will be briefed as to what the mission is once we join up with the Terminus Est."

"Until Typhus arrives, we are to harrass and harry the fleet commanded by Inquisitior Fortez as much as we can without engaging in a protracted, time consuming campaign."

The Lord Commander paused to allow the magnatude of what their Primarch desired of them to sink in. The Deathguard will once again be under the command of Typhus, however brief it may be. "Make sure to relay the message from our Primarch to the commanders of the Doomblight and Filthbringer. I want both of those cruisers ready to depart by 13:00 hours."

"Yes my lord" said the deck officer as he prepared to carry out his orders.

As the deck officer turned, Encephalatitus motioned for him to stop.

"My Lord....?"

"Inform the sorcerers that I will need to communicate with the Daemon ships. Tell them they have permission to use however many captives they need for their rituals. I have a sneeky suspicion that we will need all four of those hellspawn ships before this is all said and done."

"As you command my lord" said the deck officer, but Encephalatitus didn't hear him as he was already back to his personal thoughts. 'Strange bedfellows indeed.......'

(The Battle for Karsonis is but a small part of the online Warhammer 40K Aftermath Campaign.)

Subjugation of Ignus: Mini-Campaign Battle report #5

2009-12-20T15:44:00.000-05:00

The fifth and final battle is Annihilation/Pitched Battle.

The forces are the survivors of the first four battles.

Dark Angels:
Deathwing squad (245pts)
Combat Squad #1 (145pts)
Combat Squad #2(145 pts)
Venerable Dread (170pts)
Force Commander (125pts)++KIA++
Librarian (160pts)
Total: 990pts

Deathguard:
Plague Marines, Squad Mortis (241pts)
Plague Marines, Squad Rictus (241 pts)
Sorcerer (160 pts)
Lesser Daemons (91 pts)
Lesser Daemons (91 pts)
Lesser Daemons (91 pts)
Lesser Daemons (91 pts)
Total: 1006pts

*Special Rules:
Player may split unit(s) in the movement phase.
Deathwing Terminators may take two heavy weapons.
Dark Angel combat squads may have an assault weapon as well as a heavy weapon.
Daemons are available on turn 1. 5+ to summon Daemons on all turns.

The Dark Angel player wins the dice roll and will set-up first.

Turns 1 and 2:
The Deathguard attempt to seize the iniative, and succeed! The first two turns are relatively slow with both sides attempting to get into better positions. A couple of the Deathguard are wounded, as well as a couple of the Dark Angels. All of the Daemonic support for the Deathguard arrive by turn 2.

Turn 3:
Turn three has the Dark Angel Librarian and the remaining Deathwing Terminators assault Squad Rictus of the Deathguard, and the remains of the Dark Angel tactical squads assault the advancing Nurgle lesser Daemons. The Plasma gunner from squad Mortis and the Dark Angel Dread exchange fire with the plasma gunner able to knock out the missile launcher on the dread.

Turn 4:
Is a bloody mess! Deathguard, Deathwing, Dark Angels, etc....all die. It is a bloodbath. Even Khorne would be impressed. The aspiring champion from squad Mortis joins the fray against the combined Dark Angel tactical squads, but is killed before he can even get to attack with his powerfist......aaaargh!

Turn 5:
At the end of turn 5, the Dark Angel librarian finally falls to the relentless attacks the lesser daemons, but not before he dispatches the aspiring champion from squad Rictus. The Plasma gunner from squad Mortis lands another glancing hit on the Dark Angel dread and knocks out the twin linked lascannons.

Turn 6:
Game ends with a slim, and I do mean slim Deathguard Victory: 4-3

Survivors for the Dark Angels:
1 crippled Dread

Injuries for the Deathguard:
1 plasma gunner
2 lesser daemons from 1 squad
1 lesser daemon from 1 squad
2 lesser daemons from 1 squad

Subjugation of Ignus: Mini-Campaign Battle Report #4

2009-11-28T05:22:00.001-05:00

The fourth battle is Capture and Control/Dawn of War. There will be three objectives.

The forces are the survivors of the first two battle + 250pts (approx).

Dark Angels:
Deathwing squad (245pts)
Combat Squad #1 (145pts)
Combat Squad #2(145 pts)
Venerable Dread (170pts)
Force Commander (125pts)
Librarian (160pts)
Total: 990pts

Deathguard:
Plague Marines, Squad Mortis (241pts)
Plague Marines, Squad Rictus (241 pts)
Sorcerer (160 pts)
Lesser Daemons (91 pts)
Lesser Daemons (91 pts)
Lesser Daemons (91 pts)
Lesser Daemons (91 pts)
Total: 1006pts

*Special Rules:
Player may split unit(s) in the movement phase.
Deathwing Terminators may take two heavy weapons.
Dark Angel combat squads may have an assault weapon as well as a heavy weapon.
Daemons are available on turn 1. 5+ to summon Daemons on all turns.

The Deathguard player wins the dice roll and will set-up first.

Turns 1 and 2:

With Dawn of War in force, turns 1 and 2 go rather quickly as both sides claim an objective and push inward towards the center objective. Although daemonic support arrives early, the Dark Angels small arms fire draw first blood. The Deathguard not only lose a trooper from squad Rictus, but two of the newly arrived daemons as well.

Turn 3:

Combat is engaged! After some small arms fire by both sides, squad Rictus assaults the combined units of the Dark Angel Force Commander, the Deathwing Terms and squad 2, while The Dark Angel Librarian charges a squad of daemons. During both rounds of combat, the DA Force Commander goes down as well as several of the daemons.

Turn 4:

More Daemons enter the battle, with small arms fire from both sides result in no real casualties. Although the Dark Angel Librarian finished off the rest of the Daemons he was fighting during combat, squad Rictus was able to wound the melta gunner from squad 2 and one of the Death Wing Terminators.

Turn 5:

More close combat carnage! Although Brother Grumblegut is wounded and three more daemons fall to the Dark Angel Librarian, the Librarian finally sustains a wound. The combined force of Squad Mortis and Squad Rictus is finally able to drop the last of the Death Wing Terminators. They consilidate and begin heading towards the Dark Angel held objective. Also during turn 5, the missile launcher on the Dark Angel Dread is destroyed.

Turn 6:
Even though the Dark Angel Librarian attempt to stop them, Brother Grumblegut and the combined might of the depleated Squads Mortis and Rictus, are finally able overcome and defeat the Dark Angel Librarian. Squad 1 from the Dark Angels is able to take out the last of the Daemons, but lay down and roll over when charged by the Deathguard Sorcerer, and both aspiring Champions.

Game ends with a Deathguard Victory: 3-0

Injuries for the Dark Angels:

Squad #1: Veteran Sergeant -1ws (1/2 move, -1ws), Lascannon gunner KIA, Melta gunner -1bs (-2bs), Bolter #1 -1bs

Squad #2: Veteran Sergeant -1ws(-3 ws), Melta gunner KIA

Deathwing Terminators: Vetran Sergeant -1 bs (-2bs, -2ws), Assault cannon #2 -1ws (-2ws, -1bs), Storm bolter #2 -1bs (1/2 move, -1ws, -2bs)

Dark Angel Commander: KIA

Dark Angel Librarian: -1bs

Injuries for the Deathguard:

Squad Mortis: Aspiring Champion -1ws (-2ws, -1bs), Helmet KIA, Baldy -1bs (-1bs, -2)

Squad Rictus: Aspiring Champion: -1bs (-3bs), Plasma gunner w/skull head -1ws (-1ws, 1/4 movement), Plasma gunner/fungus body -1ws (-2ws, -1bs), helmet KIA, Nurgle head -1ws

Brother Grumblegut -1bs

Subjugation of Ignus: Mini-Campaign Battle Report #3

2009-11-21T06:46:00.001-05:00

The third battle is Seize Ground/Pitched Battle. There will be three objectives.

The forces are the survivors of the first two battle + 250pts (approx).
Dark Angels:

Deathwing squad (245pts)

Combat Squad #1 (145pts)

Combat Squad #2(145 pts)

Venerable Dread (170pts)

Force Commander (125pts)

Total: 830pts

Deathguard:

Plague Marines, Squad Mortis (241pts)

Plague Marines, Squad Rictus (241 pts)

Sorcerer (160 pts)

Lesser Daemons (91 pts)

Total: 824pts

*Special Rules:

Player may split unit(s) in the movement phase.

Deathwing Terminators may take two heavy weapons.

Dark Angel combat squads may have an assault weapon as well as a heavy weapon.

Daemons are available on turn 1. 5+ to summon Daemons on all turns.

The Deathguard player wins the dice roll and will set-up first.

Turns 1 and 2:
The Dark Angel player attempts to steal the iniative and succeeds. Both the Dark Angels and the Deathguard advance forward and secure one each of the objectives, as well as send forces towards the center of the table in an attempt to claim the third objective. There is some small arms fire but no casualties. Although the daemons are available on turn 1, they fail to appear on either turn.

Turn 3:
Combat is engaged! After some small arms fire by both sides (2 deathguard troopers and 1 deathwing terminator fall) the Deathguard...still without daemonic support...assault both the Dark Angel Combat squad #1 and the Deathwing terminators.

Turns 4 and 5:

The Deathwing Terminators make short work of the injured Deathguard. With squad Mortis out of the way, the terminators easily move in and capture their second objective. Although the Deathguard still have yet to receive their much needed daemonic support, squad Rictus is able to defeat the Dark Angel's at the central objective and claim that as their own.

Turn 6:
Game ends with a Dark Angel Victory: 2-1

Injuries for the Dark Angels:
Squad #1: No Additional Injuries
Squad #2: Veteran Sergeant -1ws(-2 ws), Melta gunner -1ws(-2ws, -1bs), Bolter #1, #2 KIA
Deathwing Terminators: Vetran Sergeant -1 ws (-1 bs, -1ws), Assault cannon #1 KIA, Assault cannon #2 -1bs (-1ws, -1bs), Storm bolter #1 KIA, Storm bolter #2 -1bs (1/2 move, -1ws, -1bs)
Dark Angel Commander: -1 ws

Injuries for the Deathguard:
Squad Mortis: Aspiring Champion -1ws (-1ws, -1bs), Helmet -1bs (-1ws, -2bs), Baldy -1bs (-1bs, -1ws)
Squad Rictus: Aspiring Champion: -1bs (-2bs), Baldy KIA, Plasma gunner w/skull head @1/2 movement...again (@1/4 movement), Plasma gunner/fungus body -1ws (-1ws, -1bs), helmet -1ws (-2ws)

*Lol...I got my butt handed to me on a silver platter! ( Not having any Daemonic support really hurt this game. Hopefully it will turn out better in the upcoming two games.

Subjugation of Ignus: Mini-Campaign Battle Report 2

2009-11-20T20:14:00.000-05:00

The second battle is Annihilation/Spearhead.

The forces are the survivors of the first battle + 250pts.
Dark Angels:
Deathwing squad (245pts)
Combat Squad #1 (145pts)
Combat Squad #2(145 pts)
Total: 530pts

Deathguard:
Plague Marines, Squad Mortis (241pts)
Plague Marines, Squad Rictus (241 pts)
Total: 482pts

*Special Rules:
Player may split unit(s) in the movement phase.
Deathwing Terminators may take two heavy weapons.
Dark Angel combat squads may have an assault weapon as well as a heavy weapon.

The Dark Angel player wins the dice roll and will set-up first.

Turn 1:

The Deathwing terminators advance (@1/2 movement) towards the center of the table. The terminators and lascannons from both combat squads open fire upon Squad Mortis. One Deathguard trooper goes down.

Both Deathguard squads advance towards the center of the table and return fire at the Deathwing terminator squad, but to no avail.

Kill Points: 0-0

Turn 2:

The Deathwing continue to slowly move towards the table and with the support of the lascannon from squad #2, they take out yet another Deathguard trooper from squad Mortis. Squad #1 runs forward in support of the Deathwing terminators.

Both Deathguard squads stand their ground and open fire upon the advancing terminators. Two of the terminators fall!

Kill Points: 0-0

Turn 3:

The Deathwing terminators and both combat squads fire upon Squad Mortis in order to soften them up for the impending assault but the Deathguard hold their ground. The terminators and squad #1 assault squad Mortis. Two Deathguard and three Dark Angels from squad #1 fall in the ensuing combat.

Squad Rictus advances and charges into the swirling melee. Two Deathguard troopers from squad Rictus and the aspiring champion from squad Mortis fall while taking out one more Dark Angel trooper from squad #1 as well as the terminator vetran sergeant. Squad Mortis has fallen.

Kill Points: 1-0 in favor of the Dark Angels

Turn 4:

The lone trooper from squad #1 withdraws from the carnage and heads towards the stone wall farthest from combat. Although too far away to reach the combat, squad #2 runs forward in order to support the terminators. One Deathguard trooper falls as well as another Deathwing terminator.

The combat continues through the Deathguard turn. Although another plague marine falls, the last of the Deathwing terminators fall as well.

Kill Points: 1-1

Turn 5:

The lone trooper from squad #1 and the advancing squad #2 open fire upon squad Rictus. Squad #2 then charges into squad Rictus. One plague marine falls as well as two of the troopers from squad #2.

The combat continues through the Deathguard turn. The aspiring champion from squad Rictus falls while taking out two more of the Dark Angels.

Kill Points: 1-1

Turn 6:

Combat during both players turns is a draw with no casualties.

Kill Points: 1-1

Turn 7:

Game ends with a tie: 1-1

Injuries for the Dark Angels:

Squad #1: Vetran Sergeant @1/2 movement, Lascannon gunner -1bs, Melta gunner -1bs, Bolter #1 KIA

Squad #2: Vetran Sergeant -1ws, Lascannon gunner KIA, Melta gunner -1bs, Bolter #1 @1/2 movement

Deathwing Terminators: Vetran Sergeant -1 ws (-1 bs, -1ws), Assault cannon #1 @1/2 movement (-1ws, 1/2 move), Assault cannon #2 -1ws, Storm bolter #1 -1ws (-2ws), Storm bolter #2 -1ws (1/2 move, -1ws)

Injuries for the Deathguard:

Squad Mortis: Aspiring Champion -1ws, Plasma gunner KIA, Plague Bearer Head KIA, Helmet -1bs (-1ws, -1bs), Baldy -1bs

Squad Rictus: Aspiring Champion: -1bs, Baldy -1bs, Plasma gunner w/skull head @1/2 movement, Plasma gunner/fungus body -1ws, helmet -1ws, sword KIA

*Although I may have take out two of the Dark Angels, I lost 3 more of my pustulent ones :( It will be interesting to see what impact the modifiers to ws, bs, and movement may have on the upcoming games.

Subjugation of Ignus: Mini-Campaign Battle Report 1

2009-11-19T19:33:00.000-05:00

The first battle is Sieze Ground/Spearhead with 5 objectives.

The forces (250 pts):
Dark Angels Deathwing Terminator Squad (@245pts)
Deathguard Plague Marine Squad, Squad Mortis (@241pts)

*Special Rules:
Player may split unit(s) in the movement phase.

Deathwing Terminators may take two heavy weapons.

The Deathwing win the dice roll and set-up first. They choose to deploy directly on top of objective #4. The Deathguard deploy approximately half way between objectives #1 and #3.

Turn 1:
The Deathwing split into 3 groups. One assault cannon stays on top of objective #4, while the second one begins moving to objective #5. The Vetran Sergeant and two remaining terms begin moving towards objective #1.

The Deathguard move towards objective #1.

Turn 2:
The two Deathwing Terminators with assault cannons give covering fire to the Vetran Sergeant and two remaining terms as the three of them take cover behind a hedge which is very close to objective #1. The second terminator with assault cannon continues on towards objective #5.

The Deathguard move past objective #1 and Assault the terms behind the hedge. During the combat, two of the Deathguard troops go down as well as two of the "regular" Deathwing terms (power fists and lightning claws make short work of Feels-no-pain and 5+ invulnerable saves).

Turn 3:
The combat continues through both the Deathwing turn as well as Deathguard turn. Although the Deathwing Vet. Sergeant finally goes down, he takes one more Deathguard trooper with him.
Turn 4:

Both of the Deathwing assault cannons open fire upon the Deathguard squad, and one of the plasma gunners is wounded. Unfortunately the plague marine fails his armor save as well as his feels-no-pain.

The remaining three Deathguard split into two units. The second plasma gunner stays in place so that he may continue to claim objective #1, while the other two Deathguard move onward to objective #5.

Turn 5:

Both Deathwing terms open fire upon the advancing two Deathguard, but to no avail.

The Deathguard aspiring champion and trooper reach objective #5 and assault the lone Deathwing terminator there. After a brief but intense fight, the Deathwing terminator fails his 2+ save. The Deathguard have claimed objective #5.

Turn 6:

Game Ends with the Deathguard winning 2-1.

Injuries:

Dark Angels: Vetran Sergeant -1bs, Assault Cannon#2 -1ws, Storm Bolter #1 -1ws, Storm Bolter#2 -half movment.

Deathguard: Plasma gunner #1 KIA, Plasma gunner #2 -1ws, DG with horns KIA, DG with helmet -1ws.

*Although I may have won the battle, having 2 of my Deathguard troopers go down as KIA may prove very costly.

Subjugation of Ignus: 5 game Mini-campaign Intro

2009-11-15T22:40:00.000-05:00

After reading: Going on Campaign a good friend of mine and I decided to set up a mini-campaign which would take place in the on-line Warhammer 40,000 campaign Aftermath . We sat down, hammered out the concept and "rules" and then got our forces ready to play over the weekend.

The idea behind the "mini-campaign" started out being relatively simple. We wanted to simulate a running fight over the course of several games. After much deliberation, here are the "rules" we decided upon:

We both create a 1000pt army list.

We would fight 5 different battles on the exact same battlefield.

We would place 5 permnant objective markers on the table top.

We wanted to simulate troops being wounded, but still fighting on to the bitter end, so we decided to use a slightly modified version of the Injury Chart located in the Advanced Gamer section of the old Rogue Trader rulebook.

The first battle would be with 250pts.

The second battle would be with the survivors of the first fight + an additional 250 pts.

The third battle would be with the survivors of the first two fights + an additional 250pts.

The fourth battle would be with the survivors of the first three fights + the final 250pts.

The climatic fifth battle would be with whatever we each had left alive.

Needless to say, we had a blast! I will try and post the battle reports from these 5 games over the next few days.

Maggots of Despair

2009-11-12T20:07:00.005-05:00

The "Maggots of Despair" are a large Deathguard sub-faction. They were first encountered during Abaddons 13th crusade. Their infamous raids throughout the Agripinaa Sector were notoriously brutal.

Also known as the Tyrants of Yayor, the Maggots of Despair also participated in the massacres at Dentor and Malins Reach. Their last known sighting during the 13th crusade was the Deathguards unsuccessful attempt to incite an uprising in the capital hive city of Agripinaa Prime. Unconfirmed reports had sightings of Necrosius and the remnants of the Apostles of Contagion working closely with the Maggots of Despair during the failed uprising.

At present, the Maggots of Despair have been assailing the small paradise world of Ignus in the Prox System. The Prox System is but one of many systems in the Aftermath Sector under siege by yet another Chaos Incursion.