XT 11 - Grand Master Arakis

My Army
Very different from the lascannon, static army i usually run!
Grandmaster w/ Lots of kit, most importantly the Lion Helm
Tooled up command squad, full men
Librarian who did little because i kept forgetting to use him. The hood was excellent though
Terminator squad w/ 2 assault cannon (deep strike)
Dreadnought w/ Lascannon
2 Full tactical squads one w/ plasma gun, one w/ flamer. Both have Deathwing veteran sergeants w/ plasma pistols
Predator Destructor w/ Heavy bolters and storm bolter

His Army
Minimal Seer Council (One Farseer was rolled for "Hunt the Fallen")
Howling banshees
fire dragons (ride falcon)
4 squads of guardian defenders
storm guardian squad
2 vypers
wraithlord
Falcon

Deployment:

Pred./ Dread
Tac/ Comm./ Tac/(forest)
..Building
...................................................( forest) ...........................Building
Guardians/ Wraith/ Guardians/ Guardians/............................Falcon
Guardians/ Seers/ Guardians/ Banshees/.............................Vypers

Turn 1
I managed to get turn one, moving up my entire force in the anticipation I would be outshot (With 7 Starcannon opposite, how could I think outerwise?) One of my tactical squads broke cover with a good difficult terrain roll. My men were all very tightly packed, as there were no template weapons in the opposing army, and a 4+ invulnerable is good to have. The shooting phase began. Spying the Falcon across the battlefield, my Dreadnought opened fire, and I managed to roll a six and destroy the troublesome vehicle, and killing three of its passengers. The predator opened up on a Guardian squad and due to some terrible wounding rolls only killed 2 Guardians.

In his turn there was little movement. His Brightlance wielding Wraithlord mercifully missed my predator. And all the glorious Starcannon of Ulthwe ammounted to two dead Space Marines, one of which was saved by my Apothecary.

Turn 2
My entire force again moved at full speed, covering the open ground quickly. The shooting phase commenced. His Wraithlord had advanced, and would be able to engage my rightmost tactical squad. This could not be allowed. A flurry of accurite plasma pistoling commenced, achieving nothing due to poor wounding rolls. The 2 meltas in the command squad mercifully wounded with both shots. The Lascannon wielding Dreadnought finished the fearsome construct off. My Predator having better luck than before managed to kill 6 Guardians, and the survivors fled the battlefield taking the first of the Grav platforms with them.

Again little movement from the Eldar. In the shooting phase in Starcannon only managed to down 2 marines. The Lion Helm was certainly paying for itself at this point! He attempted to mind war my Grandmaster. I won the first roll, and he won the second, and I took 4 wounds, saving 3. The Apothecary patched him up nicely though.

Turn 3
A good start to the turn, my Terminators arrived from deep strike. My army was now in rapid fire range. The Dreadnought started up, downing a fast moving Vyper with a lucky roll. My predator mauled a large Guardian unit, despite their Conceal. They promptly fled off the board. My Tactical squad on the far left badly hurt a previously weakened Guardian unit with some very accurite plasmaing. They were promptly finished off by just the Assault Cannon of my Termies (4 hits, 3 rending, one miss on 2 Guardians and a Warlock?) The Seer Council found itself hosed with Prometium as the other Tac squad opened up. Some 10 wounds were caused after my command squad joined in, but my opponent finally found his usual rolling and saved all but two. The shooting phase was good, but not killing the Seer Council disheartened me a little. The solution came in the assault phase, when my Grand Master and company charged the Seer Council, and the Grand Master killed the Farseer the Dark Angels were hunting. Other attacks were ineffective due to good saving throws on both sides. The seers held.

In his turn my opponent went for a glorious end targeting the terminators with all that remained of his AP 2 shooting. 8 Wounds were caused, but the Emperor was truely with them, and I passed every save. The look on my opponent's face was priceless. A pity bit of pistoling caused no harm, and his Banshees were just out of range of assault, even after fleeting. With that, my opponent concieded.

Total Dark Angels Casualties: