Death Guard: Overview

"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."

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40K in 40 Minutes: Deathguard vs Necrons

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!