The Struggle begins on Skyren

 Planet Skyren is host to extremely various climates, from thick jungle on its equator belt to deserts and Ice Polar regions. It has been unaware of a small Chaos presence hiding in the jungle regions. In fact, a squad-sized Krieg patrol has disappeared. A search team consisting of four squads is dispatched to locate the men. It will contain one squad each of Catachan, local PDF, and two squads of Cadians... 

A view of the battlefield, looking over the Chaos positions towards the Imperials opposite. The ruins at bottom represent the Chaos staging area. The jungle is extremely thick Moving off trail one must roll 6d for a movement of 1-6")..

The Cultists are discovered asone scout tears into some mutants...

The second column of Catachan warriors locates the missing Krieg men...theyve been turn into walking nightmares...the dead! The scout here dispatches numerous monstrosities before he too is wounded...

His fellow Catachan wade into the former Krieg, destroying them utterly...

Returning to the first group, the scout here finishes off the mutants but has taken two of his three wounds...

Cultists appear before the Catachans but are swiftly dealt with...

With the other column, more cultists take down the wounded scout, but an Imperial Psycher, in turn dispatched them...

The Catachans are attacked by a band of Chaos Marines and they take serious losses! They do eliminate numerous Marines in a hard fight...

With intelligence gained of the loss of Krieg but the discovery of a serious Chaos presence, the remaining Catachan sell their lives dearly, enabling the rest of the column to withdrawal successfully back to Imperial lines...

The fight for Skyren will continue!

The Orks Evacuate the Hulk

Da Big Boss decided that it was better to move off the Hulk and locate better Warrrg grounds. Three different Clans held two Roks each with a small number of escorts would attempt to fight their way out...

 On the right sector, a Kill Kroozer with three Onslaught Attack ships face off against two Nyd Cruisers, six Kraken in order to screen their Roks (off photo to left)

The Greenskins strike first and destroy one Kraken...

On the left sector, the Orks take down another Kraken...

But then one of the Onslaughts on the left is vaporized Note the Rok on right....

Staying on the left sector, the Tyranids press through the Greenskins escorts to bring the Roks under fire...

The Orks lose all their escorts on the left! The Roks are seen in the upper right...

Back to the right sector, a torpedo attack will take down a second Kraken. while six Brut Ram (l) ships move in to attack...

The torpedo strikes home...

Still on the right sector, the Kill Kroozer and Ram ships try desperately to screen their Roks. One Nid Kraken is destroyed (l-Kraken sits on top off Burst marker)as a Ram ship makes contact...

The Orks Ram ships succeed in destroying two Kraken, but they lose their Kill Krooser and three other Ram  ships!

On the right sector, the Tyranids close in on a Rok (its doomed)and the remaining Kill Krooser...

The Tyranids swarming all around a second Rok...

As the Kill Krooser attempts to fight off its tormentors, The Roks (which are the slowest moving unit on the table) are trying to escape while one takes numerous strikes...

Two Roks left now; can any make it! The Kill Krooser has been slowed so much it can't even escape the blast markers...

Closing in on one Rok...

The three remaining Ram ships have circled around in an attempt to save the Roks, but although they make a strike, another Rok is lost. one remains...

Despite the close approach and attack by a Nyd Cruiser, the remaining Rok escapes! Note the heavily damage Kill cruiser (t) is limping away...

So only one Rok escaped the carnage! It will steer towards the planet Skyren and try to land the surviving Evil Sunz Boyz...

Space Hulk 024X

 The Club game returned to the original Space Hulk to recreate the discovery of Oks of and by Tyranids. The struggle was epic!

The battlefield, with the Oks appearing from the left and the 'Nids from the right...

A gang of Hormagaunts charge a mob...

A closeup...

Tyranid Warriors and a Lictor strike back...

The Lictor (t-l)and friends...

Last two standing, the Lictor and one Warrior...

The Boyz smashing up some more Hormagaunts...

Some Beast Snagga Boyz dealing with Ripper Swarms...

The last of the 'Gaunts go down...

The Beast Snagga Boyz also put a hurt on another group of Hormagaunts...

Some of the Boyz dealing with 'stealers and Barbcasters...

Termagaunts facing down other Boyz...

The last Hormagaunts go down...

Hard fighting between Genestealers and some of the Boyz. note the Broodlord to the right...

The Boyz striving to finish off the Lictor while in the background, von Ryan's Leapers get ready to aid their master...

The Beast Snagga Boyz and Genestealers are going at it...

The Lictor has only one wound left!

But the Genestealers save the beast...

The last of the Boyz are fighting their way to reach the Broodlord...

Although the Boyz take down all of the Genestealers, the Broodlord is the last standing...

The groups first conflict involving Orks and Tyranids contained a lot of fun. The Orks will attempt to evacuate the Hulk and find a tempting planet nearby. That is next up.

The Custodes Defend Terra

 Underneath the deeper regions of Terra, the majestic Custodes are raging against a deadly cult of the Genestealers. Numerous lift stations must be neutralized to limit the Cult.

An initial wave of cultist is destroyed utterly at no cost...

A second group is likewise despatched by the Custodes...

The cultists are dropping like flies...

Losing yet more, the cultists finally bring down a Custodes (c)...

Two inhuman mutants take down two Custodes!

One more Custodes trades his life in order to destroy numerous cultists...

One lone Custodes attempts to hold back the forces of evil...

None shall pass this hatchway...

Yet, two more Custodes sell their lives dearly...

Overview of the battlefield with all of the fighting having taken place at the central hallway. The cultist leadership is seen at bottom..

The Custodes counterattack begins as three members teleport behind the cultists (c-r)...

The fighting continues in the central hallway...

A cultist Kelermoph moves to engage his enemies...

The Custodes pushing out from the Central Hallway...

After taking down one and badly wounding another, the Kelermoph himself is despatched. (bottom l)..

Custodes taking down another Mutant...

Close to the Genestealer Leadershop, the Custodes are carving through the Cultist forces...

The Central Hallway is cleansed...

The counterattack getting closer to the Leadership...

At the other end of the Central Hallway, another group of cultists appeared, only to be butchered...

A Monstrosity destroys a Custodes before it to falls...

The cultists throw everything they have to give their Leadership time to escape. They do take down one Custodes, but are devastated...

To the north of the Central Hallway, the last cultist is destroyed...

Cultist Leadership is prepared to flee...

Just before the Custodes arrive, the Leadership pass through the gateway...

Frustrated with the escape, the Custodes at least destroyed the Genestealers in this sector...

As expected, the Genestealer Cult was hard-pressed to be competitive. although they did bring down half of the mighty warriors. But the Cultists lost over 150 warriors! Till next time...