First War for Armageddon Mid battle

On 8Sept12 The Apoc-Eclipse Gaming group organized a massive Apocalypse game at the Tech Shop in Raleigh NC. The battle was a historical re-fight of the First War for Armageddon, with the Space Wolves and Grey knight facing down the World Eaters.

The Imperials Destroy the Great Khorne Icon, which explodes killing the majority of the space wolves but  laying waste to both sides of the battle.

The Chaos second wave forms up.

Kharn the betrayer and his chosen squad charge out of their land raider.

The World Eaters Terminators move closer to their target the Imperial Reaver Titan.

More World Eaters terminators drop into the lava field.

The Dark Mechanicus move forward to reinforce the Chaos temple held by the World Eaters berserkers.

The Chaos air force makes its presence known as three Hell Talons scream over the battle field.

more Daemon prince swoop over the battle field

The Line breaker squadron is stalled in the middle of the Charon, river of blood.

The Chaos fire concentrates on the Imperial Reaver Titan,

The first Titan of the game falls,

the Hell Talons strike at the Imperial line.

An Imperial Shadow sword falls to traitor guard return fire.

The World Eaters Terminators make it into close combat with the Reaver Titan and barely scratch the paint.

Anther destroying their land raider a squad of not very happy Thunder hammer and storm shield terminators stare down the greater brass scorpion.

The Imperial Air force return in force, downing several of the chaos flyers.

The Grey knights drop danger close to the Chaos Warlords feet and proceed to destroy with their tracer bullet that halves the armor value of its target, and a Warlord titan proceeds to fall to storm bolter fire.

Although Angron has fallen the Grey Knights arrive to fight Angrath and the surviving Blood thristers.

Flyers dogfight over the battlefield.

The Grey knights wade out of the Charon, river of blood to close with Angrath.

The Greater Brass Scorpion goes Apocalyptic and leaves a 29 inch radius of destruction. Taking many skulls for Khorne from both sides of the battle field.

The Space marine Bikers fire up the World Eaters Terminators and then charge into combat.

When the combat slows a single World Eaters terminator still stands.

More Chaos Hell Blades and Hell Talons fly on in the second wave of  chaos flyers.

Imperial Second wave marshals off table.


The battle rages as both sides feed more troops into the carnage.

Check back tomorrow for the final installment in first War for Armageddon End Battle.

ColKG

First war for Armageddon Early battle

On 8Sept12 The Apoc-Eclipse Gaming group played a massive apocalypse game at the Tech Shop in Raleigh. The battle was based on a historical re-fight of the first war for Armageddon. The World Eaters win the toss and take the first turn.

The World Eaters charge, following the Greater Brass Scorpion,

The World Eaters terminators drop danger close and land behind the Imperial Reavers.

Angron, Angrath and the mob of Bloodthirsters swoop over the battle field.

Angrath charges into the imperial battle line.

Angron leads his Bloodthirster entourage into the fray.

Lead by Daemon Princes, the World Eaters advance

Imperial Guard man their Icarus pattern lascannon

A World Eaters dreadnought and chaos spawn charge into the khorne rune shaped lava field.

The Four lords of Armageddon charge across the battlefield on their Juggernaut mounts.

The Khorne Cauldron of Blood moves toward the Charon, river of blood.

The Khorne Tower of skulls and Cannon of Khorne maneuver around the feet of the Warlord titan behind a wall of Bloodletters.

Logan Grimnar and his Wolf Guard

Logan Grimnar beside the crater that was his land raider.

The first game curse strikes, A Baneblade, painted for this game destroyed before it can take any action.

The Imperials return fire, on the Vindicator Linebreaker squadron struggling to ford the river of blood.

And destroy one of the vindicators in the line breaker squadron.

The Space marine bikers move up to fire on the World Eaters Terminators in the Imperial back field.

Imperial fire thins the ranks of the World Eaters.

Despite the Gentleman's agreement that titans would target titans instead of infantry, one Khorne Lord of Armageddon falls to Vulcan mega bolter fire, while a second one takes the fire from a second Vulcan mega bolter and rides away, sustaining only one wound.

More Space wolves drop onto the Great Khorne Icon and try to pull it down.

Imperial fire takes a toil on the traitor guardsmen.

Logan Grimnar attacks the Great Khorne Icon.

Traitor guardsmen have a bad feeling,

And then they were gone.

The space marine bikers revv up and CHARGE The World Eaters terminators but think better after a snake eyes charge roll.

Check back tomorrow for the next Installment, First war for Armageddon Mid Battle.

ColKG