1 April 2010, at the Warmonger Club in NYC

Opponent: Lee (Tyranids).  One of the competitive New York City Warmonger club’s young turks, Lee had just returned from Adepticon where he had placed third overall*.  He was testing out a new twist to his Tyranid list, a beautifully painted army that is still in the process of being fully updated to the new Codex.  The last time we had faced each other, my Slann (Tau Empire proxy list) had virtually wiped out his tyranid horde, only to lose the game due to Lee having cannily destroyed my Troops choices… albeit only my Troops choices… and ending the game with more objectives than I.

(*in Fantasy, Lee pointed out)

My List: (1850 pts)

• Palatine with Book & Executioner, with x5 Celestians (2 Meltas) in Immolator with Smoke
• 3x5 Celestians (2 Meltas) in Immolator with Smoke
• 3x5 Adeptus Arbites (2 Meltas) with Shotguns, in Immolator with Smoke
• 3x5 Dominions (2 Flamers) in Immolator with Smoke
• Inducted Guard Platoon Command with 4 Flamers
• 3x Inducted Guard Squads with Autocannon

Lee’s Army: (1850 pts)

• Tyranid Prime
• 3x3 Hive Guard
• 2x Tyrannofexes, kitted out
• 2x Tervigons, kitted out
• 2x10 Termagants
• 1x30 Hormagaunts

Mission: Spearhead (corner deployment) and Capture and Control (2 objectives, one in each deployment zone)

Terrain: Cityfight.  A large ruined building very nicely provided cover (and blocked some LOS) in the center of the table, and smaller ruins clustered in each of our corners also provided more (if sparse) cover for units in each deployment zone.  We each placed our objective far back in our corners, behind the furthest-most ruined building.