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Micahel reminding Nick about aunshi was a classy move. Especially knowing now that he wasn't even allowed. Cool dude, both players were fun to watch

Nick: *maniacly screams Montka from deep within Nick 5 minutes later: "The Rail Rifles are -1 to hit cause the Pathfinders moved" Me: bruh

Nick is honestly one of my favorite players to watch. He's such a good sport and always so excited about everything. It's like he's always hoping for the 'coolest thing' to happen even if it wouldn't be a great outcome for him - like when his Broadside died and he goes "OH MAN HE'S OUTTA HERE!" I'm just now starting to get into the hobby and painting and working on an army and I can only hope to run into players like him.

Always love when Michael comes in for a match, such an awesome player with great sportsmanship. Super exciting game, great job guys!

Love how the battlefield looks like they are fighting in a Tau city. Is that the Manta used as terrain on the edge of the field and used to hold the dice 🎲 box?

I just bought my first set of 40k miniatures. After a year of watching this channel. Nick, your battles here are what made that first set Tau. Never painted anything other than a house and rifles before in my life. Pretty stoked. Thanks for the inspiration.

"Tau suck in close quarters combat" Aunshi: "Hold my beer."

Play On Tabletop creates the best battle reports on KZfaq ! I’ve started a 3000 point tau army thanks to tau nicks endless enthusiasm. The content and cinematography is always top notch. Keep it up Play On Tabletop !

Love to see Michael back again. Don’t worry about the loss man, we’ll be back

I don't know how I feel about the Tau. The necrons went first, rolled pretty well after turn 1, reanimated a lot, took a lot of objectives, killed quite a few units, racked up a lot of points with the Silent King, the Tau missed with the railguns most of the time, and the Tau just wiped the the board with their shooting. It just felt like a lot of things went right for Necrons, things went bad for the Tau and they still wiped out the army.

It's always great to see the Necrons take to the battlefield.

AunShi demonstrating the greater good was really cool to see. That finish is cannon in my head.

that dice transition at 9:44 was clean af

Thought necrons might have a chance when I saw they got turn 1 Saw how little they managed to do and skipped to the end, was not surprised by the result

That terrain is magnificent. Y'all need to do a video of just a brag/show-off of all the terrain options you have.

Glad to see the Necrons back on the channel!

The two Most technologically advanced factions head to head, this is going to be good

The production value of your Episodes is crazy good, it really moves the needle on entertainment value Standards for 40k bat reps

43:37 feels bad, man. Necron player did super well but this was pretty much over after Nick's first shooting phase. "Your warriors are just so hard to kill" said after having decimated easily over 700 points worth of models in a single shooting phase. Good game overall, both players did great. It's a shame Necrons just can't compete anymore against newer codexs

YES! THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! GO T'AU NICK!

a fanart Aun shi defeated the silent king would be amazing

Amazing quality batrep as always, you guys are some of the best. But I've got to say, I hate the design choice of weapons that ignore invulnerable saves. I know it's probably not game breaking, but I hate it. Also I just finished the first Tau shooting phase and he killed 4 Wraiths, 15 Warriors, all the Skorpekh Destroyers, all the Lokhust Destroyers and a Doomsday Ark. That's 840 points... in 1 shooting phase. I feel like that's a massive problem for the health of the game. 9th edition started so strong, but it just feels like we're going from 1 busted thing to the next. :( Anyway, great batrep, you guys are awesome.

After all the ork games, I am really happy to see some Tau. I missed Tau games. Still hoping for some Tau vs. Tau action. Also ... Still Waiting for Space Marine Steve vs. Chaos Marine Steve Narrated by Steve. April 1st is coming soon. Maybe a fake mustache for the Chaos Marine Steve?

That was a blast (pun intended)! I love seeing the Manta on the edge of the board and how so much of Nick's collection could also be used for terrain X3

Michael and Wattson make their glorious return! I'm so excited to see how this game shakes out.

Tau vs Nerons is a tough matchup right now. Necro's just don't have enough damage to pump out what they need against them and running and all melee list is just as risky with the engagement range for Battlesuits. After T1 Tau there were virtually no assets left to use.

Behold! A faction that is meant to incredibly tough tabled in three turns. If this faction doesn't need a massive nerf, then no faction does.

I love the absolutely unbothered manner in which Mike throws his dice into the tray lol

Watson returns! Love Michael's necron forces.

Shas'o Nick + New Codex = Fun, Explosions, and Maniacal Laughter

friggin love you guys. Nobody even comes CLOSE to you guys in the battle report game.

Great Show as always! Always impressed by the production quality of your stuff. Sadly, this was a pretty forgon conclusion for the Necrons. Michael worked his butt off, min maxed TWO seperate re-deploys. Pulled out every trick he could and still got tabled by the end of turn 3. F's in chat for the hard work Michael put into trying to compete with the new T'au Codex.

I never thought I'd see the day where the voiceover cheers on splitting fire

Always love these videos. Nick's energy is infectious. Michael was great too

Yeah Michael is back baby! Necrons represent! Posting this before watching the vid but win or lose I'm just happy to see robots vs mechs

Man, this battle mad me check out Deadly Print's Tyranids FXs and really makes me want to pick up official Tyranids to go with a new codex! I kind of want to see Tau vs. Tyranid ocne the new codex drops, a psychic 'nid list looks like it could be cool as hell psychic artillery against the conventional Tau gunlines.

Ah the two factions that I love most going at it, nice!

Just love the visuals of these so much. Armies and table look so amazing that it really helps with the immersion

I wasn't even interested in the gamewhen i first started collecting, but you guys made it sound so fun and interesting. Thank you for this amazing content

The terrain in this game was both gorgeous to look at and seemed really tactical given the amount of shoot capability on the board. It's great to see you guys offer some really insightful games!

Always a god damn pleasure guys. No one can touch the quality of your battle reports. I would probably become a trembling addict if you guys started doing “AoS in 40m” 🤤🤤🤤 love from Alberta!

Wow, this is some great filming, narration, production, graphics, feels more polished than a lot of other professional streams ive seen. Great work

Man you guys are the GOAT of battle reports now. Amazing armies, amazing sets, amazing players and the editing the fluff out is great. Also, I now can't watch anyone else who doesn't have a dice box.

I'm probably the only 40k fan here who also loves Gundam, but if you think about it, the story of the T'au is a bit like the plot of Zeta Gundam. The corruption among the T'au council (Federation in Gundam) forces commander Farsight (Char Azable and/or Bright Noa) to create the Farsight Enclaves ( the A.E.U.G). Just putting it out there 😁. Any other 40k/ Gundam fans out there ?

This was so worth the wait! Hope to see Nick more often with his new T'au! Aun'chi that madman did it! OMG!

What a game Play On Tabletop! I love seeing these two armies fight! I have 18K pts of Tau and 16K pts of Necrons (base with no gear) and I love seeing both armies in action. Well done and thank you!

I just can't belive that those battle reports keeps getting better and better :D This one was outstandingly entertaining!

This was my favorite Tau battle that I've seen so far. As well as the best first turn for Tau ever

There's a Stormsurge. I'm happy.

The quality of videos you guys put out blows my mind love you guys good job guys

Stormsurge : how many weapons do you want on your mech? YES!

Amazing battle! It was great seeing Aun’shi and Shas’o kickass’o live up to their legendary reputations!

Props to both players and their impressive armies! It was like watching an unstoppabke force and immovable object as the Tau dumped tons of fire into the Necrons only to see the angry metal space Egyptians roll with it without breaking a sweat. Excellent match!

The format and production is much improved!! The use of music is spot on too!

Omg what a bloody awesome episode 👏 thanks guys you are the best keep up the good work

Nick having a blast with T'au almost always is truly what made me finally give in and get T'au as my first army (in spite of the joke regarding T'au and over time learning how weak they were in the meta at the time). They just always seemed fun and have great underdog moments in their weak areas *cough* melee *cough*. I think it's also what lead me to making my army a bit more on the custom side. A friend and I looked at a "servitor drone" picture I had found and we jokingly said what if I made my tau in space marine style, and then it wasn't a joke. I now have a tau army in ultramarine colors and it actually looks pretty cool (especially the fire warrior with their large pauldron with gold trim). Working on my stormsurge currently. The "justification" is they are a sort of "water caste detachment" meant for diplomatic security and whatnot (see senate guard of star wars), or that they are really bad infiltrators pretending to be ultramarines to gather info, but because quality of life seems to have gone up nobody really questions it and just lets them go along for now. Always a pleasure to watch, and look forward to more shenanigans in the future. Thanks again for all you do

This freaking channel got me into the hobby, your videos are soooo good, thx for the huge effort u guys make to show how good this is to the newbs

This is one of the coolest boards Ive ever seen. Love the bubble domes! Nice change from ruined cities!

Fantastic battle report as always. It's fantastic

Nick is the kind of player I aspire to be: Just having a great time

Micheal, I have said it before and I'll say it again you got the best looking necron army I have seen! Very good painting my dude!

this is shaping up to be the year of Nick, and I am 100% here for it

As always a Great necron strategist. Gj man

This is just... Awesome. Love the matchup, the terrain, and the gameplay. T'au got an amazing codex.

I love the whole team don’t get me wrong, but Tyko’s narrating is far and away my favorite. I’m just listening while I clean my apartment and it’s totally captivating. Love this channel

A great game from start to finish! Both players were great, and it was a blast seeing all the models in action

A small point model kills the subprime commander was gold

I gotta give major props to the map layout. Really feels like an airport I could imagine visiting, and not just a random collection of terrain.

im not going to lie, I only watch the videos that nick is in haha. He is the Goat, Plus I love Tau and Guard. Just love the energy he brings

My favourite two factions duking it out! Love it!

Battle Thoughts - With this many auxiliaries, I really feel like he should have gone with Dal'yth rather than T'au. - I'm thoroughly amused with the number of units that can fit on the Orca - It's nice to see that the Silent King is still the monster on the battlefield that befits his sweet model. - I think I have yet to see a Railhead really perform in a KZfaq battle, though I've had more luck in my own games. - Aun'shiiiii! After Battle Thoughts - Well done to the Necrons for making a bit of a fight out of it through intelligent scoring. - Tau Auxiliaries remain underwhelming (poor puppies) - Necrons were a first release codex, now take the Tau up again a real threat; Drukari, Eldar, Adeptus, or Custodies please! - This just illustrates that GW needs to do more with their new updates. Giving core to a bunch of units did help a bunch of Necron units, but they still lag behind. Please make every faction playable 😇 (also, where's my dang utterly unbalanced Guard codex so I can kick the poop out of some Space Marines with that?!?!). As always guys, thanks for a fun time, it's always great watching you guys enjoy the game . . . (Again, please invite me to play with you, I have lots of models - some are even painted! 🥲)

Actually, I don't watch battlereports because I usually lose track of them quickly. But your videos are so extremely professional and well done, that was an extremely exciting 45 minutes! Thank you very much for that!

Really fun way of making some of the terrain features out of fallen Tau mega-transport and of course the Manta edging the field. Very immersive!

This was so much fun! Love your work guys

Love seeing Tau finally able to do what they do, good shooting.

that ending was strait out of a movie.

That battle was sick. The T'au hit so hard!

The mental imagine of Aun'shi walking to Silent King's throne and straight up shanking him to death is beyond perfect

my two favorite factions going at it???? let's gooooo

This is going to be good with the new codex

Ma’am the thing I like about this game is that you can come back from almost anything

My two favorite factions just going at it by my favorite players to watch!? This video was awesome and everything I needed today

Great battle. Really enjoyed seeing the Tau kick some ass

Woot! Been waiting to see nick play tau with the new codex

Awsome to see nick kick butt with some tau!

fun game to watch love the energy of both players and the announcer, well done

Ah T'au, one of my favorite factions. Gonna be a good vid.

REMATCH With tau and necrons being my armies I love seeing them battle and on my favirote battle report channel none the less

Very well done! Great game and the music as well for this especially at the beginning was on point so so so good great editing 👍🤘

Smoke filled the sky, hanging low, and roiling violently in the heat drafts created by the burning buildings of the lesser race. It reminded Szarekh of a great beast he had once slain. Though the memory of that battle was crisp and clear, due to his quantum memory syncs, the pride of the accomplishment was fleeting, and what little there was felt... hollow. The Silent King lowered his eyes to the battlefield before him, taking in every detail with his mechanical eyes. The dark sky was contrasted by the snow touched terrain of the city, almost purifying the scene with its presence. The opening salvos of the necron pylons had damaged large portions of the city, but the energy field projectors, surprisingly advanced for one of the lesser races, had kept the damage to what Szarekh would consider minimal levels. And thus the need for the forces under his command to storm the city. The inhabitants of this world were called T'au, from what Szarekh's advisors had told him, and they had come here to settle the planet they called Pi'uum. The planet that was the rightful fiefdom of once of the Silent King's vassals. Szarekh had sent his servants to begin waking the tomb world almost a decade ago, but the T'au had caught on to what they were trying to do before the sleeping necrons were fully prepared. His servants had sent a plea for aid, invoking the name of the vassal overlord who ruled this world who claimed to be one of The Silent King's most faithful servants. Szarekh, and his Triarch just so happened to be nearby, and so he had thought it would be a nice distraction from the constant politicking of the royal courts to instead stand in open battle. He was wrong, he stood upon his Dais of Dominion, and felt nothing but frustration. The T'au had been bloodied by the pylon assault, but they seemed more than ready to repel the attack of the necrons. The vassal dynasty would have had no problem defeating these T'au if they had a proper amount of time to restore their ranks beneath the planet's surface. But that was not the case here. A (at best) half awoken minor dynasty was all Szarekh had to assault the enemy. Even though the Silent King knew the battle was likely to end in this dynasty's demise, he was bound by the old protocols of honor to stay until the end. Besides... he wanted to kill something. He looked down at his advisor, Mesophet. The member of the Triarch gave a slight flickering in the light of his eyes in acknowledgement, and silently communicated with the Song of Oblivion, readying teleportation procedures once the Silent King had fulfilled his obligations in the battle. The T'au had settled the planet, a mostly frozen orb, and had kept the majority of their population in a central city. There had been no preliminary skirmishes with other cities, accepting for the initial bombardment. So at least this would be a quick affair. But this being the main population center meant that there were non-combatants to worry about. At least for the enemy. Amongst the necrons, there was no such thing as a non-combatant. At least not anymore. Szarekh would try to exploit this. His plan was to clear his fleet from the sky, leaving a viable route for the civilians to escape to one of the moons of the planet, where they could be later dealt with if this battle turned out differently than expected. And to add to the illusion, the Silent King has employed night scythes to harass the local air space, making it look like there was only one way out. When the long range scanners had revealed masses of organic life forms moving towards what seemed to be the space port of the city, Szarekh knew it was time to strike. This is when the enemy would be at their weakest; having to make allowances for protecting the fleeing populace. At least if they were as weak willed as he expected them to be. He could no longer fathom of endangering a battles outcome just to save some lowly servants. The forces of the vassal dynasty moved up to the city, hidden by the reality warping powers of the c'tan shard. Szarekh was loathe to open the tesseract vaults and let these ancient weapons out of their cages, but again his preferences were put aside in order to fulfill the codes of honor to which he was expected to adhere to. If he did not use every resource available to him in trying to win this battle, then it would be held over him back at court. The perimeter defenses of the city were deceived by the illusions created by the c'tan shard. Great swathes of land were turned into burnt glass as plasma turrets targeted necron warriors made of smoke, monoliths made of lies, and doomsday arks made of nothing at all. There were some losses on the approach, the vassal overlord amongst them. The Silent King inwardly seethed that the accursed star god fragment was of more use to him than the one he was here to help. While the overlord's body was rebuilt in the tombs beneath the planet's surface, his advisors, and legions marched forth without breaking stride. Soon the space port came into view. The Silent King ordered the scarab swarms forward to probe where the defenders would be making their stand. But his plan was to deal a lethal blow to the T'au by sending a group of crypteks, and spyders to the eastern flank. There, they would amass an even larger swarm of scarabs that would then break upon the portion of the space port that seemed safest, and where the civilians would undoubtedly be sent to board their escape craft. Even if the battle could not be won, he could deal a blow strong enough that would make the ripe for conquest at a later date. After all, it was but a question of time for the ancient monarch of the soulless race. And so long as it took him less time to bring reinforcements back to this world than it took them to sire a whole new generation, then all was well. Even if it did cost him a future vassal. Without the support of the crypteks and spyders in the main engagement it was even more precarious. Even more so when the defenders finally showed themselves. A wave of strobing lights arced high into the air, and fell upon the necron ranks enmass. The illusions of the deceiver were dispelled as the small marker lights fell through the fake ranks of the necrons, and turned off as they hit the snow. The real necron forces were at last revealed. A sleek, but gigantic machine walked from behind a burning building. Its form bristled with guns, and missiles. The T'au and their own servant races arose from hiding places of their own. Holograms of buildings turned into masses of infantry, and suits of powered armor flew from pockets of cover shielded with scrambler tech. The long range scanners had been fooled, Szarekh thought. He had assumed the main force of the T'au had been tricked into defending from the fake attack of the overlord's forces. Laser fire, bolts of plasma, and rockets seared through the smoke choked sky towards the necron line. More than half the necron warriors, caught in the open fell beneath the withering salvo of the T'au forces. A full wing of destroyers was shot from the sky crashing into a tower the Silent King assumed was a power relay station. And the one doomsday ark that had made it into the city was utterly destroyed. But the necrons were not meant to die so easily. The ranks of warriors arose, barely touched, limbs crawling through the snow to fit back into their sockets, and grip their weapons once more. The destroyers... needed to wait because I have work in the morning and this has taken too long. I'll try to swing back around to finish this.

What a match best I've seen in a long time

I love tycos commentary! Such a great voice for it

The table was beautiful to behold

That opening was almost how my first game went down, but I play farsight enclaves and my foe was Hive Fleet hydra. I lost in points but tabled the other guy with 2 models left.

loved it as always, love to some epic fights

that was shockingly close, nice work mike

That was an epic battle guys! FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!

Great game my dudes! Always a pleasure to see Michael's Necrons on the field~ WATSON!!!!!

Good job Nick!! You got an explosion, a win, and Aun’shi took down the silent king.