Tournament Battle 2

GT2021 Strike Force Mission 1-2 Scorched Earth

 In this second battle, the Goffs take on the Astra Militarum. As normal, this lists can be found on this page. 

Horde vs horde should be an interesting match. Let's find out.

Tournament Battle 1 - Imperial Fists vs Goffs

 GT 2021 Strike Force Mission 1-1 Retrieval Mission

Starting out the tournament we have the Goff Infantry horde running headlong into the almost all Terminator list of the Imperial Fists. The lists are available on this page. 

Cadian, Goffs, Imperial Fists and Tau Sept Competitive Tournament

 Having had a good go at the Crusade side of 9th edition, I find myself drawn back to the competitive side of things lately. With that in mind, and with the recent acquisition of my custom Astra Militarum army, as well as a new Ork Codex being released, I thought it would be an interesting experiment to come up with my take on how I like to run these armies and pit them against each other on the table top.

Detailed below are the four lists, in alphabetical order. 

Fair warning, some of these armies are not totally painted, just so you are prepared for it.

Vogen Crusade Update

 Crusade Rules

Playing Crusade games, especially starting at the 25 Power Level and working up from there, has been very enjoyable. It has also, unfortunately, exposed some rather glaring problems with the Crusade rules in general.

Vogen Crusade Battle 6

 Crusade Mission - Incursion - The Relic

Captain Arastos has put in a requisition for additional forces to help combat the Ork menace on their own terms, namely an Assault Terminator squad armed with Lightning Claws. Unfortunately they were delayed in reporting for duty (mostly because I didn't finish painting them in time), so Strike Force Arastos went with what they had. What they did have was a lot of starting CP, due to getting their asses handed to them repeatedly by the Orks, giving the Orks a lot of XP. Should be a bloody one, as usual. 

Vogen Cusade Battle 5

 Crusade Mission - Incursion - Supply Cache

With Chaplain Gregorios having failed to assassinate Big Mek Nogbugg, the freshly healed Captain  Arastos gathers his full strike force to recover a large supply of munitions and supplies from yet another crash site of a downed imperial transport. The Orks, led by Warboss Bonekleava, have proven rather adept at bringing down targets with supplies to fuel their waaagh. Moving into the dense city sector on foot, the Imperial Fists are determined to stem the Orks here, and now.

Vogen Crusade Battle 4

 Crusade Mission - Combat Patrol - Assassinate

Chaplain Gregorius, fresh from his victory recovering the ammo crates from the orks, learns that the only other warband leader in this sector has been located, and is vulnerable to a quick strike by a small force. He leads  his forces deeper into the city center to try and cut the head off the snake. He knows that without strong leaders, the mass of boyz infesting the city are as likely to turn on each other as they are to unite and fight as a unified force.

Vogen Crusade Battle 3

 Crusade Mission - Combat Patrol - Supply Drop 

Terminator Chaplain Gregorios is determined to push back the marauding Ork warbands in this sector of the Vogen. With Captain Arastos and his half of the strike force still recovering from the wounds received at the hands of the orks from last mission, Chaplain Gregorios leads the remaining squads of the strike force in a salvage mission to recover some ammo pods that were scattered across the shattered cityscape when an Imperial Arvis lighter transport was blown from the sky by a barrage of Ork dakka. Opposing them is Warboss Bonekleava, who is pretty sure he will put those munitions to better use than the beakies. 

Vogen Crusade Battle 2

Crusade Mission - Combat Patrol - Supply Drop

Warboss Bonekleava is back in action, this time leading his boyz against a new foe, the Tau. Not a full battle report this time, but there were two great events that made me grab my camera, and I figured I might as well post them, and keep track of the Crusade happenings as well.

Vogen Crusade Battle 1

 Combat Patrol - Sweep and Clear - 25 PL

Overview

Many years ago, the planet of Vogen was beset by a genestealer infestation, which led to an uprising on the planet against the duly appointed Governor, which in turn led to the planet being turned into the focal point of warfare in the sector as Chaos warbands discovered there were ancient artifacts of power on the planet, which turned out to be Necrontyr in nature. This psychic calling from the artifacts caused a nearby Waaagh to alter course and crash into the planet at full force. Imperium reinforcements were dispatched as per procedure. This reflects the current state of affairs on Vogen, a planet and city which has been fought over for decades and which still draws warriors into its meatgrinder on a regular basis. This is the arena in which our heroes will strive to prove themselves, make their names and earn glory.

Rediscovering fun in 40k.

 Welcome back! It's kind of hard to stay motivated in your hobby, when you don't get to actually DO your hobby. Stupid virus. Anyway, I had reached a point where I just wasn't enjoying actually playing the game of 40K anymore.

While I wasn't playing, I did do some painting, both models and terrain. Also redesigned my gaming table to be the super dense urban table I've always wanted. And when I had the table set up, I realized that with the core mechanics of 9th edition, and the I-GO-YOU-GO structure of the game, it was going to lead to some very unbalanced games.

Melee armies, like my Orks, would have a fair bit of an advantage over shooting oriented armies, and anything that ignored line of sight would also get a chance to shine, given how dense the table really is.

So I started tinkering with the rules. What started out as a mental exercise in how to play on an ultra dense urban table turned into a cascade of rules that flow through the whole game structure.

Below are the rules that I've been playing games with recently, and I've been having some of the most fun games of 40K that I've had since 4th ed. Check them out below, and leave a comment if you like. All constructive criticism accepted.