Tonight saw an armoured clash between the British and Germans. The British were targeting one of Professor Lange's storage facilities and aiming to destroy the 2 storage tanks.
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The storage facility |
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The British armoured unit arrives |
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The German defenders roll out |
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The Merlin advances |
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One of the Guardian walkers runs ahead |
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The Mudskipper being well aware of the Tigers Railgun takes cover |
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The Firefly takes a shot at the Tiger X |
The second Guardian walker moves out to the left flank
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The Tiger X returns fire at the Firefly its Railgun making short work of the Sherman |
A long range effort from the Merlin goes wide
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The walker on the right flank takes cover |
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Hoping the Tiger is distracted by the Merlin it makes a bold move |
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Which ends very badly! |
At this point I was seriously worried. My opponent had a Tiger x and Zeus guarding the centre of the board both equipped with guns that can tear through all armour
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On the left flank the Guardian moved from cover to cover |
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On the right the Guardian took cover behind the knocked out Mudskipper |
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The Bren Carrier eagerly r to drop the Automatons off came up with a genius plan to avoid the Tiger. Hide beneath some built up earth works |
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Seizing an opportunity the walker on the left flank charges the Tiger but fails to get through the thick armour |
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The Merlin misses again this time at the Zeus. The British infantry advance from the half track |
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The Zeus quickly destroys the Guardian after its failed attack on the Tiger |
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The sole surviving Guardian moves up on the right |
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The Merlin hits the Tiger in the side and blows it up! |
With the Tiger gone that was the one weapon I truly feared out of the way. My Merlin had a chance against the AT gun but the railgun with +8 was to scary for my liking.
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The last Guardian charges the Zeus hoping to do better than his fellow walker |
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Which he does!!! His flail smashes into the Zeus and knocks it out |
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Bert and Ernie strike again taking out the Puma |
The last turn and the Germans had infantry dug in stopping me get any of my squads close enough so I had to take a pot shot from my Merlin.
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The Merlin lands a lucky hit blowing a storage tank to pieces |
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The last Guardian walker charges the other storage Tank destroying it for the game win. |
Brilliant game tonight. The Germans did some solid defending, I only broke through on the last turn. The Tiger held the centre brilliantly and took out two vehicles before being knocked out. The Merlin did really well on its first outing. I was a bit cautious with it as I lost my Firefly and Mudskipper by turn 3. Really enjoyable game!
What a battle - and a well-deserved performance for the Merlin's first appearance!
ReplyDeleteReally good battle! Hard work getting that Tiger and Zeus destroyed
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