The command squad and Storm Talon come in but are less than effective.

Even though a Mawlock burst out of the ground and killed of half a squad. Turn three is more messy combat where the marines seem to be slowly winning. Being locked in combat means my Sternguard are less than effective. Closing into combat the bugs start to tear up the marines. The trio of Vindicators blasted the apocalypse template onto another group of Genestealers and managed to take out half of them. My first turn dropped in the Sternguard who proceeded to paste two squads of Genestealers. Which resulted in me losing a scout squad and another getting pinned. The game was Relic with corner deployment. Troop - Powerfist, 4 Scouts with shotgunsДЇast - Storm Talon lascannon, assault cannon I decided to run my Twilight Ravens as Imperial Fists this game:Д®lite - Command Squad - Apothecary, 4 Melta guns, Melta Bombs, Drop PodД®lite - Sternguard, Powerfist, 2 Melta Guns, 7 veterans, Drop PodД®lite - Sternguard - 2 Melta Guns, 8 Veterans, Drop Pod

We also emailed each other our lists prior to the game so there weren't any surprises. It works out well when you can predetermine all those elements before a game, that way you're simply pulling out the models rolling off and going. We agreed prior to the game that we'd play 1500 points, Battleforged, Eternal War on a urban table. Warhammer 40,000 вЂ“ One of my regular opponents just assembled a decent size Tyranid force and really wanted to get them on the table and I had a list I really wanted to tryout prior to a tournament coming up in March.

Tyranid vs space marines