Mission
The mission was an Omega Level Take and Hold with Night Fighting rules on turn 6. We also had random game length.

Terrain
Dean saw the wall and thought it would be cool to use it, and I agreed so we divided the field in two with it. We rolled for the number of terrain pieces and got a 4. The wall counted as one so we took turns placing the 3 others. The woods in the far corner, the ruins on the right and a hill on the left. We decided to play the walls like fortified buildings from fire originating from outside of the wall, with no cover save when shooting came from inside the wall.  This was important only for the center section.

Deployment
The Tyranids won the choice of table edges and took the side which provided the best cover save. The Tyranids deployed ready to rush right up to the center which they did, and Dean took the long walk.

First Turn
The Tyranids also won first turn, but gave it to the Templars so the Tyranids would be able to rush the objective on the last turn.

Turn 1  was pretty uneventful with Dean walking one of his two squads towards the ruins on the right side and the Tyranids rushing to the wall. The templar squad hiding in the woods shoot a rocket at the hive tyrant and hit one of the Tyrant Guard instead, but the wall deflects the shot.

On Turn 2 the Templars have a few vehicles show up. The Templars Razorback does manage to kill one of the Genestealers by shooting through the open gate. This is the only Genestealer to die all game. The speeder deep strikes in and cannot quite get a shot.

Turn 2 brings in 3 Carnifexes for the Tyranids and a squad of Raveners. One of the SniperFexes manages to stun the Speeder, and the other misses. The squad in the corner wounds a Tyrant Guard with a long range rocket shot.

The Templars on foot continue to work their way across the field.

Suddenly the hive Tyrant unleashes a hail of Devouring worms that bore through the armor and into the flesh of 3 of the Templar troops approaching leaving only 2 standing.

As the speeders gunner is still  stunned, the pilot wisely decides to move out of harms way.

The Templars cheer as the land raider and its deadly cargo of Terminators arrive to save the day, or not... The Meltagun marine dispatches one of the Tyrant Guard for the second Tyranid casualty of the game.

A trio of Raveners burst from the ground looking very hungry. They intended to emerge behind the ruins to the right, but such is the vagaries of tunneling.

The first of the SniperFexes fire through the open gate in the wall and destroy the weapon on the Razorback and the Second destroys the vehicle outright forcing the troops inside to exit.  The Raveners move forward preparing for the inevitable assault.

A lone Lictor who has been hiding in the woods sneaks up behind the Templars posted there. "HEY BEHIND YOU!"

Too late! The Lictor seeming to come from thin air, lashes out and takes down two marines before they have a chance to even turn around and disappears back into the woods like a specter. Un-nerved by the Lictor's sudden appearance and death of their comrades, the squad decides now is a good time to run for their lives.

The Terminators exit their Land Raider and rush to the aid of their brethren. The Lictor disappears back into the woods.

The Raveners spot the Emperors Champion among the Ruins and rush for him.

The Hive Tyrant takes down the last of the Templars who were rushing the wall with his Twin Linked Devourers.

The Templars hiding behind the destroyed Razorback are still hiding there. 

In turn 4 the Rhino bravely rushes forward to the center of the table and manages to wound one of the Raveners.

The Champion falls before the Raveners can get close enough to assault to the DakkaFexes' hail of 8 devourer shots with every single shot landing and wounding, he valiantly charged forward while the works where eating his insides away, but with so many he only made a few steps.


 

Turn 5, the Tyranids are gearing of for the assault they have been patiently waiting for.

The Lictor drops deeper into the cover of the forest.

Losing sight of the Lictor, the Terminators decide chasing him into the woods is not such a great idea after all, and head back towards the epicenter of action.

The Templars who were riding in the Rhino step from the vehicle and head for the gate.

The other surviving squad inspired by their brothers courage stop their cowering and move to assist them.

The sergeant bellows commands, not realizing they will be his last.

An overview of the field shows the remainder of the Templars all moving towards the center and the Tyranid horde waiting in ambush.

The speeder has flown up and over the wall to get a better firing angle and manages to take down another of the Tyrant Guard for the 3rd Tyranid casualty of the game.

In turn 5 the Tyranids rush out of the  pour out of the gate and surround the Templars brave enough to storm the gate.

Their brethren who are too far away to help, look on in horror as the swarm surround their comrades.

The Lictor looks on and screeches his approval.

The rear DakkaFex takes down the speeder in a hail of Devouring worms.

The forward DakkaFex takes aim at the Terminators and fells two of the Brethren, and the survivors decide now is a good time to leave.

Good luck Brethren, were outta here!

Abandoned by their Terminator brethren, the remaining troops have little chance of survival. The Raveners close with the last of the left squad claws raised.  The others fell to some Tyranid shooting moments ago.

And they fall in short order.

The last of the Templar troops fall in a swarm of claws and teeth, being cut down before they can even scream.

The crew of the Land Raider looks on from their impenetrable fortress of blessed armor with dismay as their comrades are cut down.

In a fit of rage, and determined to inflict some damage, the chief gunner directs all fire at the Hive Tyrant hoping to decapitate the  swarming Xenos. the Raider empties all of its ammo into the Tyrant, but the projectiles bounce off of the walls and and only serves to get the Tyrants attention.

The Tyrant now directs the remainder of his forces towards the lone Land Raider. The Raider's crew is confident that the bugs cannot penetrate the thick adamantium armour plates so they do not even bother to run, but instead hold their ground and reload to prepare for another volley.

The Genestealers close faster than the crew can reload, ripping right through the thick armor plates and into a fuel line causing the vehicle to explode.

The Stealers posted on the wall look for more biomass, but find none.

The Tyrant descends from the wall to survey the carnage of the battlefield with approval. The Hive mind will be pleased with the rich harvest of biomass collected today.