A first taste of 40k

My first foray into the grim darkness of the far future was not even with my own Ultramarines. It as in fact a game with a friends soon to be Crimson Fists against the powerful and annoying Necrons. 

The game was just after the Space Marines Codex was released, so I got to try some of that. So much for my purchase of Index Imperium I (at least it let me look at model options and build some lists).

The Crimson Fists face off against the Necrons

I played with some Intercessors, Inceptors, Hell Blasters, and Lieutenant. My opponent had some normal Necrons, Immortals, Cryptech, Ghost Ark, Scarabs and another ship with lots of fire power.

We played the Open War Misson with the Domination Objective. It was a game based on Power Levels, and we were both just learning.

The forces advance upon each other, each trying to get as many points early as possible

 The Immortals wiped a squad off the table, but not before we gained a few points from the objective. My Inceptors took out some Scarabs to get some more points.

 My forces kept firing at the Necrons, but they kept coming back with reanimation protocol.

 The Crimson Fists suffer some more casualties, but keep playing the objective game, scoring those precious points.

The final turn, and the Crimson Fists advance to win the game

So my first game was not with my own army, as I believe in playing a fully painted (to the best I can in the time before the game), and I just didn't get time to do it. I learned a lot this game, like Necrons are brutal to play against and that the game is super fun.

My opponent was a great sport teaching me the game, and thank you to my friend for lending me his army to try the game out after he had just played against Tyranids before.

All in all my first foray into 40k was a victory, although only by 1 or 2 points (it was a while ago). It certainly did hook me.

Look for more battle reports in the future featuring my Ultramarines, and in much more detail as they were more recent than this report was.