catalyst2 | First Planetstrike run-through

I had a 2000 point battle against Sam organised for tonight (with my first try out of Sicarius with a command squad) but the second everyone saw my new Planetstrike book, we got badgered into being the demo game for Planetstrike.

First of all, the deployment is really different to to the conventional and many of the usual tactics don't work very well.

Second, whilst those guns in the bastion may have a BS of 2, over enough rounds they can still do a bit of damage, especially if you roll, as Sam did three times for the lascannon, 6 to hit, 6 to penetrate and 6 for result for the net result of three destroyed vehicles - one Dreadnought, one Razorback and one Land speeder!

Third, whilst the firestorm sound very dramatic, my six templates manged to kill one solitary marine! When the defender keeps almost everything in reserve, it really reduces the effectiveness of it.

Fourth, choosing stratagems is a tricky thing - the right pick can really make a difference.

The fifth thing was that, Planetstrike aside, Sicarius plus command squad can just eat squads alive - it took out the remnants of a Terminator squad, the remnants of an assault squad and an entire 5-man bike squad in the space of two turns.

The result was a win to me, two objectives to one, but there's a hell of a lot to learn before I get the hang of Planetstrike - it's almost like playing a completely new game!.