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Halo GC Battle Report: Battle for blog 45
During the covenant invasion
of the city of Elysium
Ready to sell their life for
a high price the UNSC would never let the aliens take their city.
Armies: Starter armies found
in the box of Halo ground command plus one wraith, one Scorpion tank, Pelican
and phantom
The battlefield: Cities streets, several buildings and 2 fores (represent by gardens).
Deployment: The UNSC player
deploy his men close to the middle of the board and early in the game
Turn 1
The covenant advance using
the cover of the forest, the phantom appears on the sky and drops a supply
cache for the covenant land forces dangerously close to the occupied UNSC
building. During this manoeuvre the alien airship is hit by rocket launchers
from the central building, losing one damage level.
the unit of ghost advance
and open fire on the building killing only two bases
Turn 2
The ghosts open fire again
and clean the building of humans, while the phantom doge the fire of the
missile launchers and leave the battlefield by the north, during those intense
moments humans advance to open fire to the covenant in the forest close to the
building and several missiles damage twice the Wraith tank, meanwhile with a
roar a unit of Warthogs arrive as reinforcements!
Turn 3
The commander elite with his
sword decide to end with the infidels and charge the unit of humans on the open
street, dogging the shooting he mange to reduce the unit to a single base. Meanwhile
on the north a single hero advance in the buildings, is the Spartan pablo! (yep,
that is the name that ONI give him), he reach the base of the power plant,
where a Pelican pas over and leave a weapon cache.
Seeing this threath the two
hunters charge Pablo, but the Spartan use his laser and kill one on round 3,
and the second in the beginning or round 4.
During those tense moments
the Wraith (that was the anti air varian) open fire tanking one damage level
from the Pelican.
Turn 4
The last human reinforcements
arrive! An Scorpio tank enter the battle and destroy the covenant tank that
during two rounds dodge the missiles from the humans, turning him into a pile
of metal and fire.
The Ghost outflank the
warthogs and kill one of the vehicles during this turn.
The unit of Grounts from the
far forest cross the street and charge the Spartan Pablo!, during tense moments
lasers and plasma shots are interchange, but Pablo manage to kill them all.
Turn 5
The Ghost kill all the
humans from the building, but the scorpion tank move to shooting position and
kill one of the ghost in retaliation, to be follow by the Pelican that returned
to the battlefield and finish the ghost unit in a swift barrage. The covenant commander
had enough and call for the phantom, who enter and destroy the Scorpion tank
with his firepower.
Turn 6 (final turn)
The battle ended with a
fight in the centre, the last Warthog kill the grount unit in the forest, the Spartan
and Elite commander interchange blows but none died, at the end of the round
the defenders still alive.
Victory Points: Covenant 9, UNCS 12
Victory:
UNSC!!
Halo Ground command and the fall of Sparta
Recently many of us was shock by the news of the UK company
Spartan games closing their doors. In my case was terrible as is not just the
end of a dream for several person and the jobs lost, but the end of epic Halo
wargaming both in space and ground.
Spartan games made two halo ranges: Halo fleet battles and
Halo ground command, both set in the events of the fall of the planet reach. Withing
those ranges you could cover amazing events and battles transpired in the halo
universe and the models and rules were top of the line.
The fall of Spartan games is terrible, but the game is so
good that the community is trying to keep it alive ( I recommend to look for
the facebook ground halo: ground command) and now we must try to support and
expand this game until another company pick it up.
In a future I plan to make a new tap with all the rules and
cards of the game for newcomers and also guides for alternative models for the
game. I hope this game will continue alive and I recommend to you try it, is a
blast of fun.
ODST alternative models
Looking for
alternative models for Halo Ground command I stumble with the website Clear
horizon miniatures. In their store I found the range of 28 mm hell divers, these
models are almost perfect alternative for your ODST models in your halo games.
With a good
quality and several options I recommend to you to check this range.
You can find them here:
http://clearhorizonminiatures.com/shop/shop/28mm/28mm-scale-hell-divers-rifle-squad/