So my first game and 30k was honestly pretty bad. Basically I just wanted to get back into the flow of playing a game and also see what 30k was like in comparison to the typical 40k. Since I don't actually have any models for 30k put together and based the store graciously allowed me to use some of theirs and build a small 1000 pt game.
We only played on a 2 by 4 with pretty much no cover so there wasn't a lot of choice tactically so as you can see I just basically set up in a straight line. and waited to see what would happen. Another issue was that I honestly didn't really know what my units were, what they could do, or how to arm them. For instance, I took the Iron Warriors specialty "Tyrant Terminators" and didn't realize that they could fire their cyclone missile launchers and storm bolters, or that every weapon they had was wrecker which would have been really handy in dealing with his armor.
The single thing that made the most important difference, however, was the fact that he had one of those crazy Whirlwind Scorpius's that fired D3+1 barrage that were AP3!!! Can you believe that? In the picture below you can see that they totally destroyed me and even wiped out my armor. Basically in the first salvo the game was over but it was still pretty fun learning the rules and seeing how the models worked and such.
So what do I think now? Well I would love to actually play a game with some cover and tactics in addition to using my own models. This game also really cemented my desire to play with Iron Warriors as there rules are just super cool. I can't wait until Forgeworld releases Perturabo and Alpharius as those two guys are going to be beasts. Overall, I'm excited to start really playing 30k in the coming months! Let's see what I can build and paint in the meantime eh?
