I finally played AT-43 again with my Brother in Law Tony. He cleaned the table pretty quick. I need to learn how to play better! Here is a picture of the set up.

I have so far lost every game I’ve played.  I’ve been playing the UNA versus the Therians.  Every single game has me at the end completely frustrated.  We play a “kill them all” mission.   Maybe you all can give me some pointers.  Here is what the 2000 point Therains looked like:

Tiamat

Nimit-Urash

9 Storm Golems (3 sonic cannons)

6 Grim Golems lead by Atis-Astarte

3 Assault Goliaths

Here is what the UNA look like:

Defender Snake

3 Light Rain

12 Star Troopers (2 Missile Launchers, 2 Medics, 1 Captain)

3 Steel Tac Arms

UNSS BattleAxe

I also take advantage of the Artillery fire.  When that Stupid Tiamat comes in, I don’t have a chance.  Last night, I killed Nimit-Urash right away, he ejected.  Then Tiamat came on the board and created a Hekat.  I blasted the Hekat to bits.  Then he placed his Storm Golems, who killed my Tac Arms…but then I used Artillery and killed all but 2.  Then his Assault Goliaths came out and I killed one of them.  Then his Grims came on and almost wiped out my Star Troopers.  The next round, I killed Tiamat right away, which she simply took over the Overseer that was still alive and rushed my Snake, created another Hekat, and killed it.  Then the Grims left my 3 star troopers alive and teleported to the Light rains and started to slash them.  Tiamat and the Hekat next round pretty much wiped my Light Rains out, and I lost.  I used the Battleaxe every round, but I didn’t seem to do much…especially when the stupid “Repair” routine can just fix what ever damage I did.  It’s getting frustrating to play this game!!!  Are the UNA just not a good match for the Therians?  Is my friend cheating?  Who knows?  Maybe you…

I played last week.  I lost, again.  Thanks to everyone who has posted a comment in the previous post giving some much needed advice.  I really appreciate it.  Here is the new problem.  My dice rolls suck.  I utilized all the advice you all game and I think my strategy was sound.  I ran the Mind unit again against his Cypher unit playing Mission One in the new Operation Damocles book.  I was the Defender, I ran this 2000 AP Army:

Assault

3 Light Prince Fire Toads

12 Star Troopers (Captain, 2 Medics, 2 missile launchers)

Reinforcements

Defender Snake

3 Jam TacArms

Unit of Steel Troopers

He ran:

Tiamat (Cheatamat)

Nimit-Urash

Bane Goliaths with Nina

Reinforcement

Grim Golems with Atis

I started off bad for me.  He sniped my Medic with Nina which was pretty demoralizing.  I brought him back with the other medic, but then he sniped it again, this time killing it.  Using the Fire Toads and Artillery strikes I managed to only knock out 2 of the Banes and put some damage on Tiamat and Nimit, but spread out across the frame and the legs and weapons over the next two rounds.

Things went pretty bad for me the entire game with most my shots flying wide missing their marks.  It was quite frustrating.  Especially when I finally got enough RP to bring in the Snake.  He shot both sets of missiles, missed everything, then was taken out by Tiamat and the remaining Banes.  It was pretty much over at that point.  I think my strategy was spot on, it was my rolls that got me killed.  Does anyone know how to load dice?

We are ready to do Mission 2 of Phase One of Operation Damocles soon. We’ve decided to up the AP value of our game from 2000 points to 3000 points. I’m going to use the MorningStar UNA faction. Here is my Army! Please give me feedback!
Copperhead (NBC Coating)
9 Steel Troopers (2 Missile, 2 Medics, Tripple Lense) with Sergeant A. Borz
3 Steel TacArms (Laser Targeter)
3 Jam TacArms (Laster Targeter)
3 Light Prince (NBC Coating)
1 Fire Toad (Captain H. Newton)
Defender Snake
Artillery Strikes
It is 2975 points and to me, looks pretty good. Here are some pictures.

I lost my last game. But I didn’t loose it because of my dice. I didn’t pay attention to Victory Points this time. We played mission two for OD. The cease fire rules are first to 20 VP, in case of tie the player who controls more access points wins. On our final round I lost my unit of Steel Tac Arms which were my only infantry on the Major Access point. With only two more units to activate I realized I was about to lose, because we were both going to hit 20 VP, but I only controlled one point, and he had two. There was a pathetic group of Storm Golems sitting on the access point. They were undamaged because I had ignored them the entire game not thinking they threatened me because I’m not used to worrying about VP. I activated my infantry units and threw everything I had at this little unit. I killed all but one. Loosing the game. It was so demoralizing. I had pounded his units the whole game wiping out a unit of 3 Hekats, Tiamat, Nimit Urash, all but one Bane, And a whole unit of Assualt Goliaths. My dice were on fire…My units all ready…but I still lost. If you see a massive AT-43 Sale on Ebay, don’t be surprised.

I’m playing the Dreaded Tony tonight in our continued Battle for Damocles. So far the Mighty UNA have seen defeat in their first two battles. We hope to be able to push this mission through for victory and take control of the Therian Factory.
We’re playing a 2500 point army. I’m running the M.Ind faction with the following company.

Platoon 1
- Copperhead (+ Colonel G. Stark)
- 2 Fire Toad (with Captain H. Newton)
- 3 Steel TacArms (Sergeant)
- 8 Star Troopers (Lieutenant, 1 Missile Launcher)
- 9 Steel Troopers (Lieutenant, 2 Laser Gun)
Platoon 2
- Defender Cobra M8 (Sergeant)
- 6 Wing Troopers (Lieutenant, 1 Laser Gun)
Off platoon
– Artillery strikes

My total is 2500 Exactly. I know the Defender Cobra M8 isn’t out yet. We have a very loose “Proxy” policy. As long as the stats are available, we’ll play it. I’ll report tomorrow how the battle went.

I won. I finally won one! I ran the M.Ind unit from my post yesterday. He ran a Cypher unit with the following:

Tiamat

6 Grim Gollems with Atis

Wraith Golgoth

Potergiest Golgoth

9 Assault Gollems

4 Bane Goliaths with Nina

It started out pretty good with Col. Starks AFV in Overwatch on the board first. His mortar shot made the Therians wait to put their Assault Golems on the field. I was able to take out a created Hekat, Wraith, Tiamat (which used a Body Hack to take out the Assault Golems) and the Banes were leveled with an Artillery Strike. On the final round I only had one AFV, a lone Fire Toad, left of the field as my unit of Steel Troopers came in contact with the only objective. I had 10 VP at this point and controlling the objective sent me to 20 VP, thus winning the game. If this had been a usual slug fest, I would have not stood a chance. But, all in all that brings our Operation Damocles to a 2 to 1 Therian lead.

I have been facing my Brother in Law in the Operation Damocles campaign. We played Phase 2 mission 2 last night. For the last missions I have been running the UNA and have won 1 out of 6 games. Tony always fielding the Therians. I gave up on the UNA last night on a whim and fielded my Red Blok Army (Thanks to Don at The War Store for the RPG Soldaty Unit!) and won. We played a 2500 point battle and I have to say, I’m going to make the switch to Red Blok. The power of Urod was unstoppable, even against Tiamat and her created Hekats. The RPG and Dragonov infantry units held their own as well. It was great! I was getting sick of loosing.