Tournament - Game 3 vs. White Scars

Last game of the day and again I was facing my fellow Space Marines, this time from the White Scars chapter.

A lot of pictures are missing from this game, as I kept forgetting to take photos of the important events.

White Scars (Epic-UK v070414)
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TERMINATOR [700]
4 Terminator units and 4 Land Raiders, Supreme Commander

BIKE [425]
8 Bikes, Chaplain

LAND SPEEDER [250]
5 Land Speeder Typhoon

WHIRLWIND [350]
4 Whirlwinds, Vindicator

PREDATORS [275]
4 x Predator Annihilators

ASSAULT [225]
4 Assault units, Chaplain

ASSAULT [175]
4 Assault units

THUNDERHAWK [200]
1 Thunderhawk gunship

THUNDERBOLTS [150]
2 Thunderbolt Fighters

MARAUDERS [250]
2 Marauder Bombers

And my Imperial Fists:

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CENTURION [425] - 4 Assault Centurion, 2 Land Raider Crusaders
CENTURION [300] - 4 Devastator Centurion
TACTICAL [300] - 6 Tactical units, Razorback LAS, Rhino
TACTICAL [275] - 6 Tactical units, Rhino
SCOUTS [150] - 4 Scout units, 2 Bunkers + Minefields
SCOUTS [150] - 4 Scout units, 2 Bunkers + Minefields
LAND SPEEDERS [200] - 5 Land speeder
LAND SPEEDERS [200] - 5 Land speeder
WHIRLWIND BATTERY [300] - 4 Whirlwinds
THUNDERFIRE BATTERY [250] - 4 Thunderfire Cannons
HYPERIOS PLATFORMS [125] - 3 Hyperios Platforms
HYPERIOS PLATFORMS [125] - 3 Hyperios Platforms
2 STORM TALONS [200] 

Turn 1 

My oponent placed the objectives on the very edges of the battle field, as far back as possible. This forced me to deploy most of my forces in my deployment zone or garrisioned form my blitz. Right side of the battlefield: Scouts garrisoned in the bunkers chained out from the objective using the minefields. also a unit of Land Speeders garrisoned from the right T&H objective. Behind them from the right are: Tacticals, Hyperios platforms, Devastator Centurions and behind them Whirlwinds.

Left side of the battlefield: Scouts garrisoned in the bunker and Land Speeders from the left T&H objective. Behind them from the left: Tacticals, Thunderfire battery, Assault Centurions and Hyperios Platforms.

White Scars deployed (from the left in the picture above): Assault marines in the left most forest, Bikes, Whirlwinds, Terminators and Annihilators (not shown in the picture). Typhoons garrisoned on the WS left flank and the Assault marines with Chaplain the the Thunderhawk.

A lot of the action in turn one was focused around a forest on the IF left flank. White Scars killed the Land Speeder formation guarding the area using Typhoons and Annihilators. The lone surviving Land Speeder was later hacked down by the Marauder bombers.

IF moved a unit of Tacticals to defend the forest, and WS responded with moving up the terminators to support an air assault by the Thunderhawk. The Tacticals broke but managed to kill most of the Assault marines in the process. The WS forces and remaining broken Tacticals shown in the picture above.

IF did not want to give up the forest, so Scouts moved out of the bunkers to occupy the forest. Devastator Centurions moved in to the empty bunkers and managed to kill two Terminators, including the Supreme, with their heavy bolters.

On the IF left flank the Land Speeders had marched across the table to help out on the right flank. WS marched the Bikes up to their right T&H objective. IF responded with a double from the Assault Centurions, killing a lot of them with their flamers. The Scouts left the protection of their bunker to help them out. Picture below is form turn two when the Assault Centurions and Scouts engaged the remaining bikes, wiping them out for three scout units. The Tactical moved up the battlefield, to hold the center.

Turn 2

The battle for the forest continues. IF scouts engage and kills all but one of the Typhoons. In return they were engaged and broken by Assault marines. Wite Scars advance the terminators, killing all but one of the rallied Tacticals.

IF responded with sustained fire from the Devastator Centurions on the Terminators. With the aid of some lucky dice they killed two Land Raiders and a Terminator. The empty Thunderhawk engages and kills the remaining broken Scouts, and Annihilators advance and break the Hyperios Platforms to pave the way for the Marauders to wipe out the single surviving Tactical unit. IF brings in Storm Talons to place the final blast marker required to break the Terminators. IF right flank after turn 2:

Meanwhile the remaining Tactical formation moved to grab Blitz.

Turn 3

I apparently completely forgot to take photos from this turn :(

On the IF right flank the Annihilators made a desperate attempt to grab the IF Blitz. They were finally broken in an engage by the IF Whirlwinds.

The WS Whirlwinds moved up the center to defend their T&H objectives. They were spread very thin to reach both objectives. The Devastator Centurions killed one of the tanks, which was enough to leave one of the T&H open for the Thunderfire battery to grab.

The rallied Terminators moved to stop the Tacticals from securing the WS blitz. They were wiped out in an engage by the Tacticals who with that action secured both Blitz and BTS.

Summary

The game ended 4-0 to the Imperial Fist. A single surviving annihilator managed to rally and deny TSNP. The massive activation advantage worked a lot in my favor this game. 

I also have to admit that I was very lucky with my dice in this game while my opponent was unlucky with quite few of his rolls. Especially the Terminators and Land Raiders seemed to have severe issues with their armor...