Warzone Octarius: Pankallis Assault - Phase 1 Stage 1: Battle 1

 Captain Darsway, of the Imperial Fists, readies his men to hold the line against the Goff menace of Warboss Bonekleava in this first clash in the Octarius warzone. 

In the outskirts of the city, an Ork lander (a rok) has smashed its way to the planet surface. Determined to cleanse the xenos filth before it can get a toehold in the city, Strike Force Darsway searches for the enemy.

Battle Size: Combat Patrol

Mission: Sweep and Clear

Mission Victor Bonus: 2 units can be Marked for Greatness

Goff Agenda: Krumpin' Spree (+2 XP per Character/Monster/Vehicle killed by Bonekleava)

Fists Agenda: Angels of Death (+3 XP for each unit alive if the enemy is wiped out)

The Battle for Warzone Octarius is about to commence.

 After my break from hobby blogging, I thought I would be getting back into a more competitive mindset.

Nope.

It seems that with the completion of painting Ghaz, the Narrative bug has struck again! Not that I can use him in Crusade games. Damn!

Anyway, I've gotten Warzone Octarius into my hands, and decided a 3 stage invasion of the Octarius sector by the Orks and Tyranids was in order, with various Imperial forces as defenders.

So here's the setup. Orks and Tyranids and Tau are the Attacking Alliance, but they are not friendly to each other.

The Defending Alliance will be two different forces of Imperial Fists, since unfortunately my Krieg force is nowhere near table top ready.

Here's the layout of Stage 1.

So that's what's on the near horizon. We'll see how long the Crusade bug lasts. It might depend on how much extra work and record keeping the additional campaign rules invoke.

As you can see above, we are starting small, and working our way up, in terms of Power Level. Let the Heroes have a chance to truly shine before the forces start to get too big for their heroics to matter as much.

That's it for now. Until next time, happy gaming!

Took a little hiatus.

 Real life intruded very harshly into my life recently. As a result, my gaming time was fairly limited. While I was able to get a couple of games in for my sanity, pictures and battle reports were far more than I could attempt at the time.

But, in a new year is a good time for a new start! I have been slowly painting. I have all the components I need to make a light box so I can take some decent pictures. I just need to assemble them, into an actual light box.

And I now have a 9th ed codex for my Imperial Fists, Goffs and very shortly, for my mechanized Tau. Also releasing soon is the 2022 GT book with new missions and secondaries. So there shall be some more batreps starting next month. I am trying to get the table fully painted and then I think I will be back to fully painted armies on a fully painted table. Huzzah!

That's it for this month, just an update. 

Until next time, happy gaming!

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.