I tried to get into 40k about 7 years ago and it never happened. With 8th launching, I decided to finally do it. A good friend came over last night to play the Primaris while I threw some Orks at him. First game for both of us, so long and lots of rules questions, but man was it a lot of fun. The forces:

Warboss [4 PL, 100pts]: Attack Squig, Kombi-Rokkit, Power Klaw

Warboss in MA [7 PL, 152pts]: Kombi-Rokkit, Power Klaw

Boyz [9 PL, 120pts]

. Boss Nob: Choppa, Slugga

. 19x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa

Boyz [9 PL, 120pts]

. Boss Nob: Choppa, Slugga

. 19x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa

Nobz [11 PL, 90pts]: Cybork Body

. Boss Nob: Choppa, Slugga

. Nob: Choppa, Slugga

. Nob: Choppa, Slugga

. Nob: Choppa, Slugga

. Nob: Choppa, Slugga

Warbikers [5 PL, 81pts]

. Boss Nob on Bike: Choppa

. 2x Warbiker

Deff Dread [8 PL, 148pts]

. Deff Dread: Rokkit Launcha, Skorcha

. Pair of Klaw Arms: 2x Dread Klaw

*Total: [53 PL, 811pts] *

Captain in Gravis Armor [7 PL, 137pts]: Boltstorm gauntlet, Master-crafted power sword

Primaris Lieutenants [4 PL, 74pts]

. Prmarius Lieutenant: Power sword

Primaris Lieutenants [4 PL, 74pts]

. Prmarius Lieutenant: Master-crafted auto bolt rifle

Intercessor Squad [6 PL, 100pts]: 4x Intercessor, Intercessor Sergeant

Intercessor Squad [6 PL, 100pts]: 4x Intercessor, Intercessor Sergeant

Primaris Ancient [4 PL, 69pts]

Inceptor Squad [8 PL, 225pts]

. 2x Inceptor: 4x Assault bolter

. Inceptor Sergeant: 2x Assault bolter

Hellblaster Squad [12 PL, 190pts]

. 4x Hellblaster: 4x Plasma incinerator

. Hellblaster Sergeant: Plasma incinerator

Total: [51 PL, 969pts]

I don't have a 6x4 table so we played on a 3.5x4 (roughly) and set up 9" away from the center instead of 12. I think that may not have been fair to the marines.

Round 1 I drove my bikers around the outside of some terrain and moved forward as much as possible with all the Boyz and Bosses I could. I got 1 Troop of Boyz and the Bikers in charging range, but couldn't manage it with anything else. Didn't wipe a unit but did some damage to Intercessors. He ripped apart that Troop on his turn, but committed a lot of firepower to it.

Round 2 I finished off an Intercessor Squad and looped my bikers around the back to hit his Hellfire guys. Also brought Nobs and the Bosses to bear in Melee combat. Some amazing rolls on his part, and some MEDIOCRE ones on mine and he actually came out of all the melee in pretty good condition. He then Fell Back with all his units which may have been the turning point, as he didn't remove any of my units and couldn't avoid a charge the next round.

Last couple rounds were a back and forth but by this point my DeffDread crushed his Captain, Lt, and Ancient and I got my 2nd troop of boyz into the mix. At the end he'd killed 1.5 troops of boyz, the bikers, and wounded all the other units but couldn't hold on to survive.

We both had a blast. I'm not sure it was a fair fight, the small arena seemed to favor the Orks but we're up for resetting and playing again soon. I may swap out the DeffDread to see i I can't even it up.