Dusting Down My Ultramarines

It's not often I get the chance to have a game in store, but last night I made an exception. A new player was around with a pile of Orks, and it gave me the chance to dust down my case and field some Ultramarines against him.

The game was a small tussle at around the 600 point mark - opponent was fielding the Orks from Assault on Black Reach - 20 Boyz (upgraded to 'Ard Boyz), 5 Nobs, Warboss and 3 Deffkoptas, plus an added in squad of Stormboyz. Against him, I decided to keep things simple by fielding essentially Black Reach myself, with just a few extra points for an extra heavy weapon thrown in.

Turn one begain with the Boyz heading down my right flank - I knew I had some time there - there was terrain in the way. More pressing concerns were the Stormboyz and Deffkoptaz heading my way in the centre. On the left, the Nobs and Warboss were also making steady progress. My Termies lept straight into action, stepping forward and throwing up a hail of Stormbolter shots at the Stormboyz. I lucked out - the Stormboyz were wiped clean out. I didn't have so much luck shooting at the Deffkoptas though and the Ard Boyz saves started to be made with alarming frequency - something that would continue for a while.

But still, the Deffkoptas weren't having much luck against my Dreadnought, and by turn three it had smashed them up. The decisive phase of the match revolved around two close combats. On the left flank, the Termies took on the Nobz and Warboss. For once Terminator armour didn't stand up to the task, but enough of the Green Skins were down to render them obsolete. Meanwhile the Boyz charge on my Captain didn't manage to take him down and in the ensuing mess, the Dreadnought and a some marines joined the melee.

When the Boyz had enough and ran, it was left for the Dreadnought to cut them down. And that was pretty much game. The Nobz and Warboss put up a brave fight, but by the time they were surrounded, it was all over. As always, good fun had by all.