Battle Report, Salamanders vs Night Lords, 1000 points, part 1

Last night Daniel and I played our first legion on legion game! Having limited space we opted for 1000 points, and both of us went for infantry based forces. I used the following list;

Praetor with a master crafted paragon blade and an iron halo
5 man command squad
10 man tactical squad with sergeant in artificer armour
10 man tactical squad with sergeant in artificer armour
10 man seeker squad with 5 combi-flamers, sergeant with a power fist, plasma pistol and artificer armour

Daniel: For anyone who is interested, my list was;
Legion champion with master-crafted power sword, artificer armour and refractor field
Contemptor with assault cannon and extra armour
5 man Destroyer squad with plasma pistol and power fist
10 man tactical squad with power weapon, artificer armour on sergeant, legion vexillia and nuncio-vox
10 man tactical squad with lightning claw, artificer armour on sergeant, legion vexillia and nuncio-vox
Now back to Paul


We used some of the battlefield special rules so ended up with a building in Daniels deployment zone which forced him to re-role successful armour saves, I had one where loyalist marines had to pass a leadership test to move into, and a building near the centre which allowed the first destroyed loyalist infantry unit could be redeployed within six inches of its edge. We also had 5 primary objectives to claim, but both of us only had two scoring units, so the game balanced on who could wipe out a scoring unit first.

Daniel took a contemptor, which in the end could only be taken out by my seeker squad sergeant! Knowing this I deployed my seekers as close to the edge of my deployment zone as possible, in hope of Daniel hunting them with the contemptor to keep them away from his Champion who was marked for death. I deployed my tactical squads on the objective in my deployment zone, and the second moving towards the closet one after that. My command squad and praetor where heading up the middle of the board.

Daniel had a similar idea, sticking his tactical squads on the closet objective and moving towards his second closest, this time with the champion accompanying them. His destroyer squad was held at the back of the board waiting to pounce on a target when they were in range. His contemptor was sent after my seeker squad, which I thought would be the turning point of the game, how wrong I was though!

Part two will talk you through the game itself