MACHARIAN CRUSADE: GAME 2
Well, it looks like another week without an appearance from the Cadian Armored Corps as the badguys need more help to repel misguided minions of the Lord Solar. I’ll be playing the defenders of Druge; facing off against Frank Moran’s Harakoni Warhawks! Since we don’t know much about the planet, I decided to fill in the gaps a bit. Here’s a little preamble to the battle:
“Gather close, children. For what I say would be deemed heresy to the sons of “holy” Terra that parade our domed cities and burn our holy texts. The dead planet that fills our sky was once filled with life and it was once our home. It is true. It was drenched in forests and jungles and living creatures beyond your imagining. Our ancestors — your ancestors — were born under the blue sky and breathed fresh air and worshipped the ancient gods of Druge.
We only have a few hours until the searches begin again, but today I will tell you many things. I will tell you of the Cernunnos Ministry of Druge, who led our people on a thousand year path of peace and prosperity. I will tell you of a butcher who fell from the sky to bring death to our planet. I will tell you of a false god who lays seige to our faith in Cernunnos. And I will tell you of the God of the Crossroads, who will give us the strength to change our shovels into swords and change our fear into hatred and change our slavery into freedom.
He still walks the boundaries between the Land and the Otherworld. And he can hear our prayers and accept our sacrifices. Through him we know that change is coming….”
Here’s my army list for tomorrow night’s Macharian Crusade game (the “Cernunnos Ministry”) with which I plan to punish Crassus’ Fifth Army.
HQ
Chaos Sorceror
- Bike, Doombolt, Gift of Chaos, Mark of Tzeentch
ELITE
Cernunnos, Lord of Change (an “allied” Chaos Daemon)
TROOPS
8 Noise Marines (Blastmaster, 5x Sonic Blasters, Power Weapon)
8 Noise Marines (Blastmaster, 5x Sonic Blasters, Power Weapon)
10 Chaos Space Marines (Mark of Chaos Glory, 2x Plasma Guns, Power Fist)
FAST
3 Bikers (Mark of Tzeentch, Meltagun, Power Weapon)
3 Spawn
3 Spawn
HEAVY
3 Obliterators
1 Defiler
NOTES: Campaigns are a great opportunity to put together lists that you woule NEVER play under any other circumstance. Every week when I build my army, I look at my 10 beautiful Chaos Spawn (crafted by Gentle Ben). This week I decided to figure out a way to get them into a game.
1. All Chaos Spawn, All the Time!: My Chaos Sorcerer and Lord of Change will be trying to create as many Chaos Spawn as possible, while my two units of Spawn will be looking for soft, low-strength Imperial Guard units to maul.
2. Allied Lord of Change: I’m looking forward to starting with a Greater Daemon on the table with my Chaos Space Marine army.
3. Missions: No Dawn of War deployment, which means I’ll be starting with my entire force and I expect my opponent to Deep Strike much of his army. I know, my list light on scoring units. But I’m defending my planet, so I intend to wipe out the attacking force to the man! And if he’s dropping a ton of Infantry squads, I’m not going to be able to beat him on scoring units (I’ll just pray for Annihilation).
I’d love to hear your comments and wish me luck tomorrow. The children of Druge deserve a happy ending!
