Hello All,
I am a huge fan of Warhammer 40K and all things related to it (enjoyed all 19 Horus Heresy novels), including a good battle report. I have been playing Death Angel for some time and have managed to amass all of the POD expansions. I have always been a fan of 40K battle reports and have decided to post some of my Death Angel sessions as a somewhat limited battle report. While I was rather successful during the report I am about to post, I want to assure you that this level of success is by no means a common occurrence. I originally misconstrued the rules and upon the emptying of either blip pile would immediately travel and than begin a new turn by returning to the choose actions phase. After reading here that I should just perform my "travel" and than continue to the next appropriate phase I discovered that Death Angel is a quite challenging game. Here is my first of several (if well received) battle reports (hopefully to show new players how to expect an 'average' game to play-out) I will post. I might mention that after trying the DEATHWING POD I lost five (5) straight games without making it past the first two (2) locations. I personally attribute this to a rather unfortunate shuffling of the deck and continuous major spawns during the beginning "turns."
I play with various void locks (typically solo, but i will mention additional players if necessary; this is to keep it interesting and not just continue playing the 'solo' void lock continuously). I will typically use random team selection. I count defeated genestealers as those removed by ANY action of a Space Marine (including those of the Lexicanium) or an event Card, but not those remaining in a blip pile when the Space Marines travel (the are bypassed). I count the number of "turns" by counting the number of event cards required to clear a location, but never counting the first card used to spawn the starting 'stealers. Without further explanation:
No PODS were used in this game.
VOID LOCK for 2 to 4 players (8 Space Marines) played solo
Space Marines: Lexicanium Calisarius, Brother Scipio, Brother Zael, Brother Omnio, Sergeant Lorenzo, Brother Deino,Brother Claudio, Brother Goriel
Turns Genestealers Casualties/Misc
VOID LOCK 10 17 0/mostly due to no spawns, helped build support tokens
1C - Munitorium 3 5 0/first card "THEY'RE EVERYWHERE" depleted blip pile
2 - Black Holds 6 19 Brother Deino/ Promethium Tank used
3 - Wrath of Baal Chapel 2 8 0/Artifact not Collected
4 - Launch Control Room 3 12 0/Killed the 'stealers than attempted launch command
Total: 24 61 (1) one
Victory: BLOOD ANGELS
Several timely good rolls and never being overwhelmed by back-to-back major spawns contributed to the victory. I on occasion resorted to a more attrition strategy of sacrificing the individual for the betterment of the mission (as any fearless space marine would), but was continuously rewarded (bless the Emperor) with a few lucky rolls (I think I would have won even if I had lost a few more of my adeptus astartes).
If there is anything that needs clarification or further explanation I would appreciate a critique so that I may improve my description of an amazing game.