Dropzone Commander Battle Report #15 – The Scourge vs United Colonies of Mankind

Today the wars of reconquest continue, with Griff and Brandon butting heads in a 2,000 point match of Search. The Scourge and the UCM are playing for keeps, and the kill tally becomes quite impressive before the game ends.

The Armies

The Endbringers

The Scourge – 2,000

Scourge Oppressors

COMMAND – Desolator with Scourge Enslaver (CV2)

SUPPORT – Annihilator with Scourge Overlord (CV5)

Scourge Vanguard

STANDARD – 9x Hunter MGT

            -Despoiler Heavy Dropship with Twin Plasma Cannons

Scourge Warrior Cabal

TROOPS – 3x Warrior Horde

            -Invader APC

TROOPS – 3x Warrior Horde

            -Invader APC

            -Sharing Marauder Medium Dropship

SUPPORT – 3x Reaper AAGT

            -Marauder Medium Dropship

Scourge Warrior Cabal

TROOPS – 2x Warrior Horde

            -Intruder Light Dropship – Alpha Variant

TROOPS – 2x Warrior Horde

            -Intruder Light Dropship – Alpha Variant

SUPPORT – 3x Reaper AAGT

            -Marauder Medium Dropship

Scourge Occupation Patrol

SCOUT – 4x Prowlers

            -Intruder Light Dropship – Beta Variant

SCOUT – 4x Prowlers

            -Intruder Light Dropship – Beta Variant

EXOTIC – 2x Destroyers

            -Intruder Light Dropship – Alpha Variant

Scourge Occupation Patrol

SCOUT – 8x Minders

            -Intruder Light Dropship – Beta Variant

UCM Fleet Marine Security Force TF-109

United Colonies of Mankind – 2,000

UCM Field Command

COMMAND – Kodiak ACV with Colonial Lieutenant (CV3)

SUPPORT – Ferrum Drone Base

Colonial Armored Formation

STANDARD – 3x Sabre MBT

            -Condor Medium Dropship

SUPPORT – 3x Rapier AA Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship

SUPPORT – 2x Longbow Howitzer

            -2x Raven-Bs with Missile Pods

Colonial Armored Formation

STANDARD – 3x Sabre MBT

            -Condor Medium Dropship

SUPPORT – 3x Rapier AA Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship

SUPPORT – 2x Longbow Howitzer

            -2x Raven-B Light Dropships with Missile Pods

Colonial Legionnaire Corps

TROOPS – 3x Colonial Legionnaires

            -Bear APC

TROOPS – 3x Colonial Legionnaires

            -Bear APC

            -Sharing Condor Medium Dropship

Colonial Legionnaire Corps

TROOPS – 2x Colonial Legionnaires

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

TROOPS – 2x Colonial Legionnaires

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

Colonial Fleet Air Wing

AIR – Archangel

AIR – Archangel

UCM Expeditionary Group

SCOUT – 4x Wolverine LAVs – Type A

EXOTIC – 2x Praetorians

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

SCOUT – 4x Praetorian Snipers

            -Bear APC

After Action Review

Randall:

Ouch! That hurt, just to watch! I guess it is easy to forget how much someone is still learning about a game when you’ve invested so much time in it yourself. We will definitely be backing the points down in Hutch’s next game, probably to 500 or maybe 1,000. The special rules and unit purposes just overwhelmed him, and he was unable to form a cogent battle plan.

I’ll take that one on the chin on his behalf; my fault, Hutch!

Hutch:

Whew! Talk about jumping off the high dive then remembering you don’t know how to swim. I believe that sums this game up pretty well. I’m sure after watching the video some of the veterans out there are clawing their eyes after each move I make.

So before this game my experience with Dropzone consisted of one demo game, played with a starter box a couple of months back. I thought, “What the heck, I can handle this. I have played 40k for a decade.” Boy was I wrong. After the first turn I knew I had completely missed my deployment and was in trouble. Each turn I could tell I was drowning in my own blood, but fought on because there was a chance at pulling out a last second win if luck turned in my favor. Alas, it never did.

In hindsight I need more practice at lower points to learn the game and the rules. It was still a fun experience, my opponent was great, and I learned a lot.