Battle report: 1750 SW versus Orks

Had a great game with Kenny's Orks (list taken from Alvin's blog at http://grimcron.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/battle-report-orks-vs-tau/#more-499).

The Fierce eye's (Krom) company
HQ
Logan (Krom)
Rune Priest (Hrothgar)
ELITE
2 Dreadnoughts with 2 TLAC
1 Lone Wolf (Kruegar), Terminator Armour, Chainfist and Stormshield (yeah, he's back!)
TROOP
3 X 5 Wolfguards, 1 Terminator Armour with Cyclone Missile Launcher
FAST
2 X 4 Thunderwolf Calvary, 1 Powerfist, 1 Meltabomb, 1 Boltgun
HEAVY
5 Long Fangs, 4 Lascannons

Waaagh! Kenny
HQ
01 Big Mac (keke… custom force field)
11 Slugga boyz (Nob w/ Power Klaw, Trukk)
12 Slugga boyz (Nob w/ Power Klaw, Trukk w/ reinforce ram)
12 Slugga boyz (Nob w/ Power Klaw, Trukk w/ reinforce ram)
12 Shoota boyz (Nob w/ Power Klaw, Trukk w/ reinforce ram)
FAST ATTACK
03 Warbuggy (TL Rokkit)
08 Storm boyz (Nob w/ Power Klaw)
04 Defkopta (02 Buzzsaw)
ELITE
15 Loota
14 Loota

Waaagh! Kenny has to be stopped. Didn't help that Krom's company arrived late (well, "I" was late so we only played 3 turns haha). What made matters worse was that Waaagh! Kenny went first with 29 Lootas in the middle of his deployment zone and I have a all-foot list. Btw, there were no buildings on the table, only some woods and hills. Gulp! SW reserved the thunderwolves and deployed everyone on the left corner so that some of the lootas might be out of range. Everyone save Kruegar, the Lone Wolf standing defiantly opposite the Lootas. Well, he will have to run 24" to cut some green meat.

Mission: Secure and Control (4 objectives) / Deployment: Pitched Battle
Turn 1: FIVE trucks raced 18" inches down my right flank. If that's not scary enough, 29 Lootas fired at the Long Fangs (with Krom and Runepriest Hrothgar). Dang! Not far enough. Luckily Kenny rolled a 1 and 2 for his D3 for both Loota units. I think old Fierce-eye took failed one armour save and that's it! Not bad at all. One dreadnought's stunned and immobilized by the rokkits. When the smoke cleared, old Fierce-eye's pissed and Long Fangs took out 2 trucks while Kruegar himself wrecked one truck into smithers, causing a traffic jam in the middle with only 2 trucks still operational. The wolf guards and 2nd Dread only killed 1 loota (both units hid in the woods). Sigh, next turn's gonna be bloody.

Turn 2: Angry orks (2 units) raced from their wrecked trucks and charged Kruegar, who spit at the first Ork and activated his chainfist in delight Ahwoooo! Lootas finally killed Long Fangs pack leader and 1 Lascannon. Deffkoptas charged Wolfguard pack 1 and stayed there forever I think. Immobilized dread was wrecked by Stormboy's powerklaw. 2 remaining trucks raced down my centre, in assault range of my Long Fangs and Krom the next turn. Combat in the middle saw Kruegar taking a stab in his back. with a roar, he turned and sawed that dishonorable whelp before dying honorably to another sneaky backstab. For holding the Orks, the thunderwolf Calvary charged into the mess to retrieve Kruegar's body and proceeded to have their lunch (decimated one unit while the other broke from combat and fled). Lootas continue to evade my shots (none died this turn!).

Last Turn: Lootas carved holes in the Thunderwolf unit and wiped out every single wolf. The 2 trucks discharged blood-thirsty orks into the Long Fangs with Krom and Hrothgar. Krom must have been knocked silly by the Lootas that he failed to even wound once (I rolled triple 1s). Interestingly, Krom's shredded to pieces together with Hrothgar but the last 2 Long Fangs passed their morale test, ready to knock some sense into the Orks with the butts of their Lascannons =)

Game ended here. The next Thunderwolf unit would have assaulted into the 2 units stuck with the Long Fangs to wipe out all Kenny's troops. Lootas will still be a problem (would probably go for my wolf guards to wipe out my troops too for a draw).

AAR: I should have deployed both dreads and Kruegar in the middle to run towards the Lootas, and only deployed my Long Fangs in the leftmost corner (so that the 2nd Loota unit will be out of range) to take care of the 5 trucks coming my way. Still, it was a great game that really highlighted my list's weakness. Unlike Mech lists, I do not have transports that will guard my wolves. Not that I can't deal with it but I sure need more practice against this kind of lists. Great game all in all, always fun to slaughter some Orks lol.