Here is the report. Photos are put in at the relevant points. I took all photos at the end of turns or before the first turn.
Battle report Saturday 15th April 2017 Squat vs DE
After terrain was set out DE won the roll and chose standard setup rather than corner deployment as the Squats had the longer range. They also chose the side with the large ruins to help protect their Blitz.
DE set up. Squats placed garrisons out on overwatch - the Thunderers in the woods near the objective. Dark Eldar placed the first formation, first placing their Reaver, Scourge and Ravage formations out before placing their heavier formations with WE. Squats placed their long range artillery, their guild bikers, overlords, and iron eagle formations before placing their Cyclops protected by the warrior brotherhood. Squats left the Berserker Brotherhood in reserves.
The DE marched the Coterie up and into the church yard and shot at the Thunderfire cannons in the woods protected by the Thunderers - 1 BM and threw out the portable wraithgate, retaining they moved the 1st flotilla up to sit near the front of the ruins, spreading them out in case of enemy artillery fire.
The Squats fired the Goliaths targeting the Tormentor Titan, and removing 2 shields, and also killing off a Reaver in the same 6BP salvo. Squats retained moved up the iron eagles that fired at the Coterie removing 2 shields from one of the Barges of Pleasure, and killing off a Wych unit.
DE advanced the Tormentor up, shooting at Thunderers killing off the Thunderfire and a Warrior unit – 4 BP (Broken). The Thunderers move back further into woods. Then the Talos emerged from the portable wraithgate to assault the iron eagles. DE with support from some of the coterie, and the tormentor engaged the Iron Eagles killing them off, losing 1 unit – 1BM to Talos. The Talos reformed to just outside the woods.
Squats advanced the Overlords up, and shot at the Talos killing none due to their RA 4+.
DE moved the VoP up and shot at the Overlords causing 1 DC – 2BM. Retaining, they moved the Reavers (who had been shot at) and hid them in the cover of the military compound (passing their DT tests).
Squats advanced the Cyclops up and shot the second Flotilla killing 2 Ravagers breaking them. They withdrew over to the protection of the ruins near their Blitz. Retaining the Squats marched the warrior brotherhood up to take the hospital and shot at the Reaver formation in the DE back board edge – 1BM.
DE moved the 2nd Reavers gang up to support the flotilla hiding behind the ruins near the Blitz. They then activated the Razorwings avoiding Squat AA zones, and shot at the Goliaths. Successful crit and one blew up. The Goliaths broke, but did not move.
The Squats moved up a Guild biker gang, to provide the Thunderers support. Retaining they brought the second guild biker gang up surround the Cyclops.
DE advance the Scourges to the edge of the ruins for next turn.
All formations remove BM except the overlord airship (even with help from SC re-roll), aircraft leave, but get BM from AA on way out.
Turn 2
I forgot to place the Berserkers, and would have put them up near the Coterie to threaten the enemy BTS.
Squats win SR
Squats move the Thunderers up, and shoot at Talos – 1 BM, retaining, they assault with guild bikers who help kill off 2 Talos, and lose 3 bikers as a result. Talos break and withdraw (fearless) to church yard. The guild bikers pull back, and the Thunderers break due to BM from assault. Tormentor and VoP get a BM for supporting assault.
Tormentor advances and shoots at the last Goliath killing it. Retaining, the Vop doubles to side arc of the Cyclops and shoots, it removing shields – 1BM.
Squats move the Cyclops up, and shoot at the Coterie hoping to kill of the BTS. They destroy one Barge of Pleasure, and then remove last shield of the second.
The warriors in the Hospital go on overwatch.
DE advance the Scourges up to threaten warriors in hospital, they lose 2 units, break and withdraw to front of ruins. Retaining, they move the Flotilla at front of ruins up and shoot at the Cyclops, removing remainder of its shields.
Squats have no more formations, so DE advances the Reavers in military compound up to near church to hold objective. DE activate Razorwings, and shoot at warriors in Hospital – 1BM only.
End of turn, aircraft leave – 1BM from AA, all DE formations rally as do the Squat formations.
Turn 3
Squats place Berserkers out (Tunnelling) to hold their Blitz
DE win SR
DE engage the Thunderers with the Talos and win the assault killing off the Thunderers, and reform back to the Church Yard. They retain, advance and shoot up the Cyclops with the Ravager flotilla (from near oil refinery), Cyclops loses a DC and gets criticalled.
Squats shoot at VoP with Cyclops and remove all shields from it and causing a DC and roll a 5+ for the crit – nearly killing it off. They retain move Guild bikers to shoot the Ravager formation, killing off one – 2BM. Guild bikes are just in DE half of table.
DE Tormentor double (jumps over the woods) moves to deny Objective to Squats and shoots the Cyclops destroying it with its TK weapons – BTS killed off. They retain engage the squat berserkers with the coterie who break them. The Coterie move to cover the woods objective, while the Berserkers withdraw to the hill.
Squat warriors shoot at Reavers killing 1, 2 - BM. No more Squat formations to activate.
Dark Eldar advance the Scourges up and shoot the warriors in the Hospital killing off 1 warrior and 2 rhino units, breaking them. DE advance the Reavers that were near the church and hold the Squat Blitz. DE fails to activate the Razorwings. DE put Ravagers on their Blitz on Overwatch. DE move the Reavers shot at by Warriors to front of Ruins to hold objective
End of turn 3
The Squat warrior rally, the bikers remove BM. All of the DE except the VoP remove BM or Rally
DE has BTS, T&H, DTF, Blitz, and nearly have TSNP however the Guild Bikers are in their half, and thankfully the Warriors broke that turn.