Astronomi-con 1500 Points

This was originally a post to my Army List Post in that forum:

Tournament details at (http://www.astronomi-con.com)

Here's the list I am going with:

1500 Pts - Dark Eldar Roster - Kabal of the Pale Total - Jim Baidacoff

Total Roster Cost: 1497

HQ: Archon (283 pts)
4 Incubi, 60 pts
1 Archon+ Agoniser + Phantasm Grenade Launcher + Shadow Field

Troops: Wyches (190 pts)
8 Wyches, 80 pts
1 Hekatrix, 50 pts = (Agoniser )
1 Raider,

Troops: Wyches (190 pts)
8 Wyches,
1 Hekatrix, 50 pts = (Phantasm Grenade Launcher + Agoniser)
1 Raider,

Troops: Kabalite Warriors (109 pts)
11 Kabalite Warriors + Splinter Cannon

Troops: Kabalite Warriors (109 pts)
11 Kabalite Warriors + Splinter Cannon

Troops: Kabalite Warriors (125 pts)
5 Kabalite Warriors, + Blaster
1 Venom + Splinter Cannon

Elite: Kabalite Trueborn (146 pts)
3 Kabalite Trueborn, + Blaster x3
1 Venom, 65 pts + Splinter Cannon

Heavy Support: Ravager (105 pts)
1 Ravager

Heavy Support: Ravager (105 pts)
1 Ravager

Heavy Support: Reaper (IA) ( 135 pts)
1 Reaper

Warlord Trait is Night Fighter

My composition score is 14/20.

Completed the first day of the tournament and I'm having a blast.  It's always a good tournament.

First game was Hammer and Ambull (Ambulls randomly come up and attack the nearest unit from either side).  I was facing Tau: Surestrike, Fireblade, 2 Fire warrior teams with Shas'ui, Pathfinders, Drone quadron, XV8 Crisis team, Hammerhead, sniper drone team, Aegis defence line.  We only managed 2 full turns and he won on points 6 vs 2 because my Reaper didn't make it onto the board, but it was pretty clear if the game went another turn I was going to eat him up as my Wyches and Hq got into his line and stayed in combat. The Ambulls were all over his Crisis Team.

Second game was Temple of Doom, a very complicated scenario with variable objectives.  Another Tau Army but I didn't get the list.  Had a Riptide, and a flyer (that didn't come on), 3 fire warriror teams and two tanks,Crisis Suit and those little skimmer coffins that buzz around.  I won solidly on points 13 vs 3 after 3 turns as I had achieved my objective without revealing it (8 points) and he  failed to earn his (2 points for me too).  Again the losses on both sides were fairly even but I was about to rip into him pretty hard if the game continued.  I made one tactical error not charging two squads with my Wyches after he Overwatched the other Wyche squad to death.

Third game was Battle on the Farm against Space Wolves: Wolf Lord, Wolf Priest, 3 Grey Hunters packs with Rhino, Dreadnought, Predator, Long Fangs, Aegis Defence lines.  Naturally, I was attacker. Game ended after 3 turns and he had upper hand in points 8 vs 2, but again, it was looking positive for me.  My warriors snuck up close enough before turn 1 that they could blast one Grey Hunter pack and force it to flee off the board. Lost my Wyches to uncoordinated attacks as my HQ didn't come on the board soon enough.  All my armour killing stuff and HQ were still around.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

2 and 3 turn games doesn't sound like they are giving enough time for each round.

Are other players finishing their games or is it a problem with the tournament itself?

I posted my second day activity in the Army List forum where this started. I'll move that here too. The second day I finished a couple of game,s and got to game turn 4 on one. I think the first day was just a combination of getting used to the army, some tricky scenarios, and generally relaxed players. Even though I won more on Sunday, the Saturday games seemed more fun.