Fighting Daemons

I meant to write about this last week, but life has a tendency of gettingi n the way.

I played the 1850 point battle against Tim and his Daemons (which includes five monstorous creatures) with my Ultramarines. My list:

Codicier - 100 points

Codicer - 100 points

TROOPS:

Tactical Squad 1

Melta, Flamer

Sgt.with powerfist - 195 points

Tactical Squad 2

melta, flamer

sgt with power fist - 195 points

Tactical Squad 3 with razorback

ml, flamer

sgt. with power weapon - 235 points

ELITE:

Sternguard with rhino

melta

sgt. with power fist - 325 points

FAST ATTACK:

2 land speeders

2 heavy flamers

2 multi meltas - 140 points

HEAVY:

Land Raider Crusader

with multi melta - 260 points

Land Raider - 250 points

Though I couldn't find a third speeder, and reworked some things to include a five-man scout squad with sniper rifles.

The mission was Secure and Control with the Spearhead deployment. I won first turn and used that to consolidate towards the objectives. On Tim's side of Turn One, he got the force he wanted, dropping four monstorous creatures very close to my perimeter, along with two units of plaguebearers, if memory serves. I started the shooting with gusto in turn two, the Null Zone powers of the twin Librarians wreaking havoc on the Daemons invulnerable saves, allowing me to fell one Daemon prince with relatively little shooting, along with some Plaguebearers.

In Turns 4-6, however, it went down-hill. In my zeal, I strayed from my battle plan, and neglected to use the librarians powers. I got penned in (only a 4'x4' table) and eventually lost. I did learn some valuable lessons, though.

1. Don't stray from your battle plan. This is difficult, particularly when there is an apparently soft target. Just go towards the goal.

2. If you're running a mechanized list, stay in your rides, unless completely necessary.

3. Don't forget to do stuff! using Librarians' powers for example.

I look forward to our designated rematch.