I think I had quite the plan on how to fight back this turn but the Gatling Reaver was pulverised. It stumbled into the Warhound and then flew backwards - Engine KILL!
I'm finding how far a titan can fall somewhat disproportionate based on it's 'scale', when these things can't move that distance normally. We decided to First Fire with the Warlord and destroy the building in front to get a clear shot of the advancing Titan.
We were down to just the Reaver, Warlord and Warhound. At this stage the nearest Warlord seemed the biggest threat so we focused on that.
With the Warhound trying to get into its table quarter. But it got shot with a Quake Cannon by the Warlord on the right, not only were its legs damaged but movement and turns were halved. I think the Reaver had similar too. But the Warlord got a good bead on the Chaos Warlord and although we couldn't aim with its Quake Cannon
We got double 6's for damage on the Head - critical hits, enough to take it down.
The Concussive hits spinning it into the buildings - Engine KILL!
The Reaver took damage but Ben was unhappy because he'd targeted one area and if he'd chosen the legs it would have gone down. As the game had intensified we weren't overly keen on charity at this stage so we carried on, much to his annoyance.
As the dust settled the other Warlord headed for our deployment zone, pushing reactors to move and turn and just getting it's toe in. We were going to lose our VPs now.
Another Engine KILL! on the Warhound, probably from the backfield camper. The Reaver was damaged, so couldn't contest that table quarter.
But our Warlord had turned and the Quake Cannon's Concussive shells just managed to spin it back out of our DZ. That one dice roll took the game out of Ben's reach. I'm not sure what the final score was but having extended the game for a turn it ended after this.
As we had time we se tup another smaller game. Similar lists but Ben getting to use his Orks. Terrain was less spread out, instead cutting down the fields of fire between units. We had to save our Titan crew up and right of the centre of the board.
Having got to the middle of the board Ben was able to surprise us with his Cerastus [equivalent] Knights charging the Reaver. But we got in with Questoris Knights first. We struggled a bit with the rules at this point, but the outcome was the Ork Knights took damage, but not enough.
In retaliation Ben went for the Reaver and with a new game we were a little more charitable suggesting which order his weapons should hit. The game can be so complex I didn't blame him for disagreeing with us but eventually he took the hint and Engine KILL!, spinning it around.
Where it smashed into the building and collapsed.
Wiping out half the Questoris in the process.
So, we're a bit scuppered at this stage, who knows how it will end...
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