1k game 1

 The first game of the 1k tournament was against a pretty strong marines list, imperial fists based with a redemptor and balistis dreadnought and lots of gravis armoured marines. 

I knew as soon as I saw this, that it was going to be a hard game. This was basically a cut down version of the main tournament list and I had very little that could take down the dreads and T5 bodies.

Deployment

I decided to just go all in and spit my forces, infantry on one flank, dreads on the other. All I was going for in this game was to have a bit of fun. 

Lots and lots of gravis

The clash on the right with the vets and gravis marines was only ever going to go one way but I threw them in and they actually did better than I thought, however, three wounds a piece is a lot to chew through. 

I set some targets during the game, mainly taking down the two fists dreadnoughts, as I thought that might actually be achievable. The fact that the first HK missile completely fluffed was not a good start!

I did manage to take down one and almost got the other down, it being on three wounds by the end of the game. 

I did end up loosing one of the dreads to the eradicators and their melta rifles but over all, I think they did well. 

The game itself ended on turn 4, and the gap in the score was only going to get bigger, so I wasn't to disappointed! My opponent was a nice fella although he did take a few smoke breaks!

As you can see from the score sheet, I was loosing in all areas and unless there was a great draw of card for my last round, that wasn't going to change. I was happy with how the game went and was looking forward to another game at this point.