Well it's 2017 and time for a new season of gaming activities- shows coming round again to look forward to are Vapnatak at York, Salute in London and the two/three at Newark. No New Years gaming resolutions for me as I tend to break them before February anyway, there's plenty of armies being built and new rules to get my head round, however I would like to get more games in and with this in mind Craig brought his Salamanders round today for a 40k 1500point bash. Craig is concentrating on his Sallies at the moment and building reinforcements/ options for his army hence the unpainted figures on the table.

Over view, corner to corner set up.

 First blood for The Crimson Slaughter, nice shooting from the Land Raider 'Lorgars Gift'

 Sallies drop pod lands right in the middle of The Crimson Slaughter deployment-

Result- one blown up Rhino!!

Sallies General getting surrounded by a Dark Apostle and his possessed bodyguard, Kranon and his possessed bodyguard can be seen in the background mopping up a 10 man squad, this combat carried on for three full turns, eventually the Salamanders were wiped out but not before doing a lot of damage to the Crimson Slaughter elite units.

The Centurions arrive, this could be the turning point of the battle.

The Centurions blast apart Lorgars Gift in one round of shooting but are ambushed by a squad of marines sat in a shrouded Rhino. The Centurions are weak in combat and were wiped out.

Famous last words- "I'll fire my plasma pistol, I won't roll a 1"

By the end of turn six there wasn't much left of either side, however The Crimson Slaughter held the most objectives and came out on top!

I now remember why I like 40k so much, nothings ever over until the last die stops rolling, brilliant game to start the season.