40K Campaign: Ilsha a Bloody Draw

Above: Imperial Guard Storm Troopers deep strike into the heart of the Ork mob in a desperate bid to seize an objective.

Waagh Big Mik and von Lopez's Imperial Guard clashed over the forge world of Ilsha. The 1000 point battle raged for 5 turns, a Seize and Control scenario with a Dawn of War deployment. In the end, neither army could claim any of the the three objectives.

Unit of the game for the Imperial Guard has to be their Hellhounds with their incredibly effective flamers... 24" range, lay the template in any direction to cover as many models as possible, Strength 6. This fearsome weapon accounted for at least 30 Orks and was the lynchpin of the Guard defense.

The Ork hero was undoubtedly the Ork Nob and his power klaw who started with a mob of 22 boyz, that was quickly reduced to 8, then 4, then just himself. He kept passing his Leadership tests and ended up destroying an IG vehicle singlehandedly (or single klaw'edly), then turned to maul two units of Guard.

In game terms this was a draw, in campaign terms a victory for the Imperial Guard; since they owned the planet they get to keep it in case of a draw.

On a final note, it was once again a pleasure to play Alex; he is a fierce competitor but a real gentleman.