tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30921068158892443442024-02-24T20:22:00.886-06:00Ivan's HeroesIvan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-4756139714447658352024-02-24T20:15:00.005-06:002024-02-24T20:21:29.283-06:00Legions Imperialis: the Alpha Legion strikes!<p> Wes now has 1,000 points of Alpha Legion marines painted, so we met up for a game. I brought the same combined Blood Angels and Dusk Raiders force as in the first two games with Albert's Solar Auxilia.</p><p>We played the Stronghold Assault scenario. It has four objectives in a diamond pattern: one close to the center of each player's table edge, and two spaced across the center line of the table. Your opponent's side objective is worth 9 VPs per turn, the center two are worth 4 VPs each per turn, and your own objective is worth 7 VPs to you in the last turn only. </p><p>Here is an overlook of the table. My guys are on the right, the Alpha Legion on the left.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8plQcoX8DdcpicUBcixckiG82KURgpGJglqnQrV86g3XCwMe56_wAh3fkX7r9GB8SRaIBBh0CYe1ofqBQH-h2rN7hDfTvqmoKlItrPH-rSP0tWCJE_JhJ-5gG7FlOTgUpJ6RFjSPHaC0g6oh3EwSKe0s0hL0UEPWouS5kIYZRpYc-W14KxrNEPVGe7mA/s1887/image8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1887" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8plQcoX8DdcpicUBcixckiG82KURgpGJglqnQrV86g3XCwMe56_wAh3fkX7r9GB8SRaIBBh0CYe1ofqBQH-h2rN7hDfTvqmoKlItrPH-rSP0tWCJE_JhJ-5gG7FlOTgUpJ6RFjSPHaC0g6oh3EwSKe0s0hL0UEPWouS5kIYZRpYc-W14KxrNEPVGe7mA/s320/image8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Alpha Legion used their "Mutable Tactics" (ed.: Really ought to be called "Mutable Loyalties...") to advance several units before the game began, including this unit of Marines with missile launchters. A Predator is peeking in on the right.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEnxT8EP8Ulk3Nza9O-dZIAhandsnVce6N4fja6kQxiLhJSJCPzyCO1kaZSmcMeMLGSk3SQI3Qt6rJHmF3azqJZRcVxFBM_rHys6Pu1g7chtlkQ2z9EgKNFqA3nOrqQE0zUN8T9IFwXVDPDv4x6HTOiuVNmc9f4TWcNY5cecNz2gKKeKex6GpZdEt7Bs/s1915/image7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="949" data-original-width="1915" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEnxT8EP8Ulk3Nza9O-dZIAhandsnVce6N4fja6kQxiLhJSJCPzyCO1kaZSmcMeMLGSk3SQI3Qt6rJHmF3azqJZRcVxFBM_rHys6Pu1g7chtlkQ2z9EgKNFqA3nOrqQE0zUN8T9IFwXVDPDv4x6HTOiuVNmc9f4TWcNY5cecNz2gKKeKex6GpZdEt7Bs/s320/image7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I concentrated my tank company and a mobile detachment of Dusk Raiders infantry in Rhinos on the right, and they swung in to contest the center-right objective. The marines in Rhinos deployed into a brownstone building deep in the Alpha Legion's half of the board, just visible in the distance, top left here:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eCgskvjWZJ4rV4xe3KZfIMY86y5pW1gbRd5Cw1KTvvBc0fKOY7OGhd7BqATlWX0vMiS6Ox_Qi14NR0dxx0XGP6tTwtY-cJYle1SqLGiOcc1qHo1W9BN7h9IdA3zGnNHyMjg9g5uru0G3IaIsqvi3QIop_hsAq1z8UbnIROitV6ASo_coZXbSxfZZ4zo/s1674/image6%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1674" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eCgskvjWZJ4rV4xe3KZfIMY86y5pW1gbRd5Cw1KTvvBc0fKOY7OGhd7BqATlWX0vMiS6Ox_Qi14NR0dxx0XGP6tTwtY-cJYle1SqLGiOcc1qHo1W9BN7h9IdA3zGnNHyMjg9g5uru0G3IaIsqvi3QIop_hsAq1z8UbnIROitV6ASo_coZXbSxfZZ4zo/s320/image6%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Wes advanced broadly, and skillfully zeroed in all of his tanks to focus on the central intersection (seen below) from different directions. You can see his Predators at the end of the road here. He also had a Secondary Objective - Secret Intel objective token he was trying to exfiltrate from the board for extra VPs. He initially sent four Rhinos to pick it up, but I took them out with fire from my Sicaran tanks and missile launchers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q7YANDuCR7KZa-3-nZHQ2p4xD8jT5zxYIp1WB2SuSNO7L3NvfYNghif-3M3U9C_2XOate6Of8dEHkoi45KaOcCEeNlBeNbjmohmucvtCcvjO0thwWHAOylA_tQuAUATmhftDIqcykqegqzxuhUHr_LS08JYRfSsMPqTN0nKPPxDkkGS7FTCEIjxdk0Y/s2015/image5%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="2015" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q7YANDuCR7KZa-3-nZHQ2p4xD8jT5zxYIp1WB2SuSNO7L3NvfYNghif-3M3U9C_2XOate6Of8dEHkoi45KaOcCEeNlBeNbjmohmucvtCcvjO0thwWHAOylA_tQuAUATmhftDIqcykqegqzxuhUHr_LS08JYRfSsMPqTN0nKPPxDkkGS7FTCEIjxdk0Y/s320/image5%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>A Dusk Raiders detachment, including the company commander, can be seen occupying the large blue-grey building on the left of the above picture.</p><p>Wes brought up three Kratos tanks with Melta cannons - which blasted the building down, wiping those guys out: they left behind the company standard (I had the Plant the Standard secondary objective).</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54WWROWGskO1h_rtyrEXnHBWVNT6qdEnV7T0IiWAG-B2anmd8lSePbhrp-ehq3jIdrwV9RFLWdSp08sSwZbGHYW4wQsfTnuGEsvKwBWpCdqVfsS4rrDuZ16GWT0d31rYxkobLJkBvKKtqNxZzsuRPlaNAT0kp5xg7Gxj9wbalWTTsGK08UpSJ-2KkQdY/s2016/image4%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54WWROWGskO1h_rtyrEXnHBWVNT6qdEnV7T0IiWAG-B2anmd8lSePbhrp-ehq3jIdrwV9RFLWdSp08sSwZbGHYW4wQsfTnuGEsvKwBWpCdqVfsS4rrDuZ16GWT0d31rYxkobLJkBvKKtqNxZzsuRPlaNAT0kp5xg7Gxj9wbalWTTsGK08UpSJ-2KkQdY/s320/image4%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>My right hook continued to develop, wiping out the Alpha Legion's Sicaran tanks and some infantry. I sent four Rhinos deep to try to capture the Alpha Legion's home objective, but Wes took them out with missile launchers and Predators. I never actually captured that objective, but managed to keep pressure on it in the last two turns, which diverted Wes's Predators, Terminators, and Dreadnoughts away from the central objectives.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DnpW8AXav26vvTjjsdhhVzLJOGC5Wo18mw7KncnAbI3qEYQkCfl15puB69ZkCx6h33tzjjcnlAx-6SUYwyLoUj_h3xGTEaJ-U3zrmyRIOR0bSyETDkRQ9G5UbhSMCadA4gYVkoChnIAXqwyEKeu-A2YtP3EZtLTF2tfPPJd25IC5dZHglAV-pxL3Kuk/s1445/image2%20(3).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="1445" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DnpW8AXav26vvTjjsdhhVzLJOGC5Wo18mw7KncnAbI3qEYQkCfl15puB69ZkCx6h33tzjjcnlAx-6SUYwyLoUj_h3xGTEaJ-U3zrmyRIOR0bSyETDkRQ9G5UbhSMCadA4gYVkoChnIAXqwyEKeu-A2YtP3EZtLTF2tfPPJd25IC5dZHglAV-pxL3Kuk/s320/image2%20(3).jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p>Having destroyed the central building, Wes sent his Kratos tanks to pick up his Secret Intel token, but massed fire from my own Kratos and Dreadnoughts knocked them out. (I think their armor was defective because Wes has not painted them yet!)</p><p>A Dusk Raiders Sicaran moved into the ruins to pick up the fallen company standard (represented here with an old school Objective counter). I also advanced a Blood Angels marine detachment to seize the Secret Intel. A larger Alpha Legion detachment charged them, and I counter-charged with my second detachment of marines, resulting in this: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYHuLvUy-u29-mDblCkD3WnLGy_gF6edL5zArL_Djju3a3qZkO3RFcAePZjk1Rlpyl27x4QAhSPY-uQdis_gY3TqFaVHnbcS0N1VB0zBeiizJ1IG0bfdbVgSEE-Pju3cQBLSGPmqw5zvSDkFnfyQ4wpRgEBUBoPPHrcpcQHcl9Lm2O8T7gAobhBw_sUk/s2015/image1%20(6).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="2015" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYHuLvUy-u29-mDblCkD3WnLGy_gF6edL5zArL_Djju3a3qZkO3RFcAePZjk1Rlpyl27x4QAhSPY-uQdis_gY3TqFaVHnbcS0N1VB0zBeiizJ1IG0bfdbVgSEE-Pju3cQBLSGPmqw5zvSDkFnfyQ4wpRgEBUBoPPHrcpcQHcl9Lm2O8T7gAobhBw_sUk/s320/image1%20(6).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Blood Angels struggled in melee in their first two games with the Solar Auxilia. Not this time! All but one of the Alpha Legion bases was eliminated:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21KOtNsPz2T5Zh4RIr-yX5LLHZuPfQbjRGTrW2tde3o7ZrOELfpCpb_CY0CmYBn7nQHjgQEr-3rc5plgdqj3LC_AdS1lF8sYt4jfcCS191YqYYkXy119KRc5uJfpxNPPdxLFyvCsu4Bd-N-dOKQmwv1OQ7YXMJHOEz1YAfpZiC5CSS7QCa67m7BdN7c8/s1940/image0%20(8).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1940" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21KOtNsPz2T5Zh4RIr-yX5LLHZuPfQbjRGTrW2tde3o7ZrOELfpCpb_CY0CmYBn7nQHjgQEr-3rc5plgdqj3LC_AdS1lF8sYt4jfcCS191YqYYkXy119KRc5uJfpxNPPdxLFyvCsu4Bd-N-dOKQmwv1OQ7YXMJHOEz1YAfpZiC5CSS7QCa67m7BdN7c8/s320/image0%20(8).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div>Not long after this, my Dusk Raiders Kratos melta'd down a building with Wes's large detachment of marines with missile launchers. And my Predators took out the last of his Predators. </div><div><br /></div><div>A single surviving Alpha Legion tactical squad managed to sneak almost down to my home objective, only to get picked off by a long-range shot from a Blood Angels dreadnought.</div><div><br /></div><div>We called the game at the end of turn 4, as the Alpha Legion had just about been wiped out! Glory to the Emperor and Sanguinius!</div>Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-43689702200372525892024-02-15T19:38:00.005-06:002024-02-15T19:38:55.332-06:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> Second Game of Legions Imperialis.</h1><p><br /></p><p>Albert and met up for a second 1,000 point game. I had the exact same list as last time. Albert split his horde of Solar Auxilia infantry into two formations this time, which made them a lot more flexible. This paid off as his guys aggressively crossed the board, even contesting (and ultimately capturing) one of the objectives close to my board edge. </p><p>Here's the board: this time Albert brought some Battletech / Hextech buildings, and I added some Civitas Imperialis buildings and some old GW plastic hills. The result was more dense terrain, and the hills broke things up (we decided the rocky slopes were dangerous for vehicles).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgty6tlIp-iMHnA8ggAYV_vZ4x8363EZtuTEPSicQR4iGSMwByavFzz8JzouG0VsYo-e-rWys-ZA4FnlyiSxlzrXns2KNxE2k0SvlvH5OXlxiRRGNmdVEwafgzSyVHeiowOQ6FI4iOYx7uQLXcBiJMpuqnKQ6YPffStca-U_n7Ag_C1LN48leEV-G4bH-w/s2016/image0%20(7).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgty6tlIp-iMHnA8ggAYV_vZ4x8363EZtuTEPSicQR4iGSMwByavFzz8JzouG0VsYo-e-rWys-ZA4FnlyiSxlzrXns2KNxE2k0SvlvH5OXlxiRRGNmdVEwafgzSyVHeiowOQ6FI4iOYx7uQLXcBiJMpuqnKQ6YPffStca-U_n7Ag_C1LN48leEV-G4bH-w/s320/image0%20(7).jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We selected the "Seize and Hold" scenario. There six objectives: two in the center, and two 8" from each player's table edge. The objective on your own half are worth 2 points, center objective are worth 5, and objectives on your opponent's side are worth 7.</div><div><br /></div><div>I concentrated most of my tanks (4 Kratos and 2 Sicarans) and infantry on the left, and left the 3 predators, a Dusk Raider's tacitical detachment and robots to fight a delaying action on the right. My guys are on the right side in this photo:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFt6qDaPojUNhZ6e07-y5U_KeeGHdACsIvzgwJQpUXzXKsjscdEIR-ULqmJZwqL8PoZcxYfr9uaywBJkHZUY3zAVFDAZCHOC9svjMCtcoPhcMJ24ks8Jy0xMRgtOKeXHrClbc1SQp1afQPzzCDBSTaAfVpn7wbXcvFFk_vvE_HjXSJZP55y1MVegyuKk/s1826/image1%20(5).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1826" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFt6qDaPojUNhZ6e07-y5U_KeeGHdACsIvzgwJQpUXzXKsjscdEIR-ULqmJZwqL8PoZcxYfr9uaywBJkHZUY3zAVFDAZCHOC9svjMCtcoPhcMJ24ks8Jy0xMRgtOKeXHrClbc1SQp1afQPzzCDBSTaAfVpn7wbXcvFFk_vvE_HjXSJZP55y1MVegyuKk/s320/image1%20(5).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sicarans and Kratos tanks cautiously advance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7BL9uU476Ysp6Z-A64gqs0BL5i5lc2gx6im_YvpIyxyrJpDyGY-WybTthRUbL9yjFT89XJryD2fpj2JOx8w_4IyLR6C3btpFTV4qOkjk0Lb1LQG1QX-rBHi-TOWf74QSAjs-7CjIgeZyeE1c-UpjbGTCn30NzYbuGcRefo530HTBv_k7-CZbTKMVWoA/s1280/image2%20(2).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1280" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7BL9uU476Ysp6Z-A64gqs0BL5i5lc2gx6im_YvpIyxyrJpDyGY-WybTthRUbL9yjFT89XJryD2fpj2JOx8w_4IyLR6C3btpFTV4qOkjk0Lb1LQG1QX-rBHi-TOWf74QSAjs-7CjIgeZyeE1c-UpjbGTCn30NzYbuGcRefo530HTBv_k7-CZbTKMVWoA/s320/image2%20(2).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of Albert's infantry Tercios occupied some ruins and a large Hextech building on either side of the left-hand crossroads, taking control of the left-hand center objective. Blood Angels Dreadnoughts sought cover behind the big gray Adeptus Titanicus building...more on its fate below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbFC2T-8J6eZkEn2l4fZzX82UhlsuHW1YyuxhVWbXaSN9KSb1u6j_hBaVxy3zY2FwZxRoifZJfbXHqY4Om9w_TxmwENo1CVHCu2OacvaWRbhJ8KfBiLdqU0r-tmJ8cZH0ruWjnZqKaLnxTABs3FX3zGXp7y6rl73NarYQVRN77HwRy7T0QXXYCqTuUVA/s1280/image3%20(2).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1280" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbFC2T-8J6eZkEn2l4fZzX82UhlsuHW1YyuxhVWbXaSN9KSb1u6j_hBaVxy3zY2FwZxRoifZJfbXHqY4Om9w_TxmwENo1CVHCu2OacvaWRbhJ8KfBiLdqU0r-tmJ8cZH0ruWjnZqKaLnxTABs3FX3zGXp7y6rl73NarYQVRN77HwRy7T0QXXYCqTuUVA/s320/image3%20(2).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here's a short of mid-way through the first turn. On the bottom right, I tried to have one robot lag behind to take control of the right-hand objective on my side. Albert's tanks blasted it, so the robots had to go back the next turn in order to establish control.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzIzEChBbe6Rqui0HruwjYodMeey9rGdI4tFo8gKdoA56FGAq6OiX1YbneeVAdXBVWoiYsW_qa4VOqPrySZOBJA4cIoeT9KQyez_ItFC4Y_pkxQVNeiqNtLfeY1EY3p5f0Dkbe7xnJpKkjWx7Z4FCthyTiSuzRqmPpAN4OQLHjBQ7Fk4HBMhYLMLB794/s1991/image4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="1991" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzIzEChBbe6Rqui0HruwjYodMeey9rGdI4tFo8gKdoA56FGAq6OiX1YbneeVAdXBVWoiYsW_qa4VOqPrySZOBJA4cIoeT9KQyez_ItFC4Y_pkxQVNeiqNtLfeY1EY3p5f0Dkbe7xnJpKkjWx7Z4FCthyTiSuzRqmPpAN4OQLHjBQ7Fk4HBMhYLMLB794/s320/image4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Mass carnage ensued. Notable moments included:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Blood Angels missile launchers killed a Malcador tank with a single volley, and the other Malcador then fled from the table. </li><li>Two Dusk Raider's Rhinos were destroyed by massed Sentinel fire (luckily after disembarking their passengers; the third ignominiously ran away.</li><li>Charonite Ogryns wiped out a Blood Angels tactical detachment to capture the big gray Adeptus Titanicus building.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>My Predators, forgetting that they were supposed to be conducting a delaying action on the right, zoomed forward. The succeeded in blasting Sentinel walker and even shot a Leman Russ in the rear, but return fire killed two, and the third ignominiously ran away.</li><li>With the Predators gone, the Solar Auxilia infantry Tercio on my right advanced all the way across the board to occupy the right hand objective (seen below while it was still occupied by a robot).</li><li>Dusk Raiders marines then defeated them in melee, retaking the objective;</li><li>But in turn lost over half their number to Sentinel barrages. The survivors ignominiously ran away.</li></ul><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN-BcS1suff_j1DorEyXjsBdIwbV5zgfXS-FTuF_-Qkg7AW06mH3IHFHbJSqEe1qzjLymiTjA7fP0OsaD2MNPFzFUl1VjZxV2K5HNSBzHb_9O6DqX4fzsWLc56rkTeYaxQrxAdomI6QQtCb0ap4jgtVfwWoecca0Q4DNOgDD_i0bisx0iPY7BxqO69s4/s1396/image6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1396" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN-BcS1suff_j1DorEyXjsBdIwbV5zgfXS-FTuF_-Qkg7AW06mH3IHFHbJSqEe1qzjLymiTjA7fP0OsaD2MNPFzFUl1VjZxV2K5HNSBzHb_9O6DqX4fzsWLc56rkTeYaxQrxAdomI6QQtCb0ap4jgtVfwWoecca0Q4DNOgDD_i0bisx0iPY7BxqO69s4/s320/image6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>But the high point of the battle: after the Ogryns captured the big gray building, Dusk Raiders Kratos tanks hit the building with Melta cannons. The result:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYEZLc8p4KgH84b2maETP8Q0H_kTTS3lgbOXPk9QWAMsUeiNulF4WCCm1BdDVHVUSIB5dVqJf2sE9JB7Q9pQdfz07ghVb-P8HM0HjVaRTwOc_uPkE4WCJ0eLqDw2gmGP-JXyf0LaJ5AgI-LWQchSUXQb-ouX9EvZQjD-t_31tb6B48DX-gtbRGluTlmk/s1553/image5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1553" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYEZLc8p4KgH84b2maETP8Q0H_kTTS3lgbOXPk9QWAMsUeiNulF4WCCm1BdDVHVUSIB5dVqJf2sE9JB7Q9pQdfz07ghVb-P8HM0HjVaRTwOc_uPkE4WCJ0eLqDw2gmGP-JXyf0LaJ5AgI-LWQchSUXQb-ouX9EvZQjD-t_31tb6B48DX-gtbRGluTlmk/s320/image5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br />We called the game after four turns; Albert kept control of his objectives for the entire game, and controlled the middle objectives for most of the game, and even scored one of my objectives in two turns. I forget what the total was, but it was an overwhelming victory for the traitor Solar Auxilia. <div><br /></div><div>A great game though, can't wait to play again!<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-19599503595685961252024-02-04T16:12:00.005-06:002024-02-04T16:13:45.006-06:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Legions Imperialis - First Game</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Albert and I met a Dragon's Lair for my first game of Legions Imperialis. 1,000 points. I've been assembling and painting terrain and minis for this game since August!</div><p></p><p><br /> The table:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwcQxwUDGfVTYe3c50tjjEFwivXP20dYx2FMT8ZVydPqHchfa47u-EjaBthSgABLwO7XWy57jb3Nmby89deG4QZFxWLz9ZuqoP7OC1LINVDdLsUmOYBYV0YmS_r_RZOB6IaB1rI97_lIdMk6sX2pQ16kwyJ6Iz0dZHc2QNLdPnfNjpnIhfgc5lZ6pm5E/s2016/image0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwcQxwUDGfVTYe3c50tjjEFwivXP20dYx2FMT8ZVydPqHchfa47u-EjaBthSgABLwO7XWy57jb3Nmby89deG4QZFxWLz9ZuqoP7OC1LINVDdLsUmOYBYV0YmS_r_RZOB6IaB1rI97_lIdMk6sX2pQ16kwyJ6Iz0dZHc2QNLdPnfNjpnIhfgc5lZ6pm5E/s320/image0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p> The buildings span over three decades of GW's epic-scale terrain: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p>First edition Adeptus Titanicus styrofoam buildings (that's polystyrene to folks across the pond); </p><p>Second edition Epic Space Marine plastic & cardboard buildings; </p><p>Epic 40,000 plastic ruins; and </p><p>current Adeptus Titanicus Industrial stuff. </p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrObnuWIwTqZNuFeWHZAiOJORrF8_kTh9x3KKVhxitTjcDAxQoebjeOV4HroUEWMErXL7lVg4ZBfNq-j2q1zMliOKYVdRIXIoXXsMg3g_1i20Oq1D_zqJLQ5gjYJfOQdOxvV54PVGWsIKyIyC9DK2BrNS2YW65LDLXkB3cunzAXtbjuconjT5FKkTiFY/s2016/image1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrObnuWIwTqZNuFeWHZAiOJORrF8_kTh9x3KKVhxitTjcDAxQoebjeOV4HroUEWMErXL7lVg4ZBfNq-j2q1zMliOKYVdRIXIoXXsMg3g_1i20Oq1D_zqJLQ5gjYJfOQdOxvV54PVGWsIKyIyC9DK2BrNS2YW65LDLXkB3cunzAXtbjuconjT5FKkTiFY/s320/image1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Deployment: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDcX5re1wpbLfqVKXSla8tnMo-QcvNdO3UyEJY2fxJD0BDxG8FD_qMSHCbDo5WUPlEXFvypadNKdRtx7A5XRj4lZWLl57Bsyjl9OgysDx7LT98-63Uv-VT9IkzbU0CO1roAnvrWhVGdeXhEph_NSYI-68xJBNqh9oaStf0lZLNRtE6zGh2ca4e65CZGY/s2016/image2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDcX5re1wpbLfqVKXSla8tnMo-QcvNdO3UyEJY2fxJD0BDxG8FD_qMSHCbDo5WUPlEXFvypadNKdRtx7A5XRj4lZWLl57Bsyjl9OgysDx7LT98-63Uv-VT9IkzbU0CO1roAnvrWhVGdeXhEph_NSYI-68xJBNqh9oaStf0lZLNRtE6zGh2ca4e65CZGY/s320/image2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Albert brought traitor Solar Auxilia. Here is just half of a giant Tercio of infantry, with Malcador tanks and a Baneblade on the left:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn8FSi3AdfgBTwbEpeOXh6Y8z_xSKYy4_W-VG7zl1-BjePx2r3Ajzz-ljypDlXpAOgzBcBjcIt8Ll1XMfyz84Su_RFKiqZLZkqse78P-s6PJkxy0EXlwdEMvAfYuSjW_lQ3NOZjEwCvZO4jm5iK3fWL5dE-GZUHY5AeHJMXG3XI50C0StCym6KnERi_A/s2016/image3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn8FSi3AdfgBTwbEpeOXh6Y8z_xSKYy4_W-VG7zl1-BjePx2r3Ajzz-ljypDlXpAOgzBcBjcIt8Ll1XMfyz84Su_RFKiqZLZkqse78P-s6PJkxy0EXlwdEMvAfYuSjW_lQ3NOZjEwCvZO4jm5iK3fWL5dE-GZUHY5AeHJMXG3XI50C0StCym6KnERi_A/s320/image3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charonite Ogryns on the left</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMjmUHq4tnKQ-LXIgklAV8NwscQc0aFeuCvPEXJoaSz6OsI_MySYyJYXccJoy_6jA-A8KHF98tI3ie7JMkIx4FTgvch_odxvnBIqUv9KDLBF2mPBFmd0YaaEeCFjWE0JPt-SSZYROu4_4wworJP57SgywhRqG8YUITgcKhcv2sSPkZHWmrF-tbmEuhHg/s1780/image4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1780" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMjmUHq4tnKQ-LXIgklAV8NwscQc0aFeuCvPEXJoaSz6OsI_MySYyJYXccJoy_6jA-A8KHF98tI3ie7JMkIx4FTgvch_odxvnBIqUv9KDLBF2mPBFmd0YaaEeCFjWE0JPt-SSZYROu4_4wworJP57SgywhRqG8YUITgcKhcv2sSPkZHWmrF-tbmEuhHg/s320/image4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Leman Russ tanks, Heavy Sentinels in a promethium refinery area, and the Baneblade again in support.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVa8zUrK6vUo1zVN3nD2WxM8SvIC4O0MxgKYED3cKevhaKvJrIRmrdt6OuQe4MgOPtzbbKtvLe4NEQ71I4OyZr5_P9vHYeCN1M0xOF4t-OecVYEmKyx0nn7JEjUoyRo9TKAt6eTGW5u3OUX1vpIuPlBnycIGZ4QpnB0sSeBHdEDjq1hJVUEPLqGu23RN4/s2016/image5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVa8zUrK6vUo1zVN3nD2WxM8SvIC4O0MxgKYED3cKevhaKvJrIRmrdt6OuQe4MgOPtzbbKtvLe4NEQ71I4OyZr5_P9vHYeCN1M0xOF4t-OecVYEmKyx0nn7JEjUoyRo9TKAt6eTGW5u3OUX1vpIuPlBnycIGZ4QpnB0sSeBHdEDjq1hJVUEPLqGu23RN4/s320/image5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I fielded Blood Angels and Dusk Raiders (Loyalist Death Guard). The Blood Angels deployed in the center - two tactical detachments, Contemptor dreadnoughts, and two Kratos heavy tanks.<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtuV01OAr7VNTtPczKONcKy6HMnN_jpG_x1D545FqlbQlIGbdSB6GpOYFikSI46YOR3L9HcwiMUtjj0ivXITl-iHpLiyR__nVE_jbGI2qMIrx56YGK-_lxVazwa4_Dpxx4LwcaDlYHLjHbVBbdws3f92SwIuQQpX9FotGknUQuaVmVmfST4LweCiqiX8/s2016/image10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtuV01OAr7VNTtPczKONcKy6HMnN_jpG_x1D545FqlbQlIGbdSB6GpOYFikSI46YOR3L9HcwiMUtjj0ivXITl-iHpLiyR__nVE_jbGI2qMIrx56YGK-_lxVazwa4_Dpxx4LwcaDlYHLjHbVBbdws3f92SwIuQQpX9FotGknUQuaVmVmfST4LweCiqiX8/s320/image10.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>On the left flank, here is the Dusk Raider Demi-Company - Rhino APCs carrying tactical marines, Kataphract Robots (count as Contemptor Dreadnoughts), and supporting Kratos and Predator tanks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy73gZsyUVpqrQPkL5pKAeIlT6rmmgfRyAehzjI9S9bgdSxRqphmfwBNpT3wsLciyTJs3X-x4JG-ODGSLV0F0mzBKuY8iUX-z7EajemvK4kboyB8dVSFD4ELc9aMgY44H8Au1DAtBu5mg2GPgiqDeOtrSEjw917rFqmtKNe5b1fMvrYx4_NBTQg_nIOFI/s1708/image6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1708" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy73gZsyUVpqrQPkL5pKAeIlT6rmmgfRyAehzjI9S9bgdSxRqphmfwBNpT3wsLciyTJs3X-x4JG-ODGSLV0F0mzBKuY8iUX-z7EajemvK4kboyB8dVSFD4ELc9aMgY44H8Au1DAtBu5mg2GPgiqDeOtrSEjw917rFqmtKNe5b1fMvrYx4_NBTQg_nIOFI/s320/image6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Right flank - Sicaran tanks in cover, Blood Angels in the background.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI_nOMdQW1q_iWlksnCPGxn_lm4NV1I3tSC0VOl-A5chf-Ye-HNzojywlSjBQCof0RFP1sxWLJ2fa3llTTAKy1MRwmh7CnON00bQ3RMjgsGEAF5Uoin6dry8bbniIl7Qd2pqCKb_qimcDC7D7TrJ3jt1fVOTtn78M90_TIGNDblWgHZjse-sL0xaJvKA/s1679/image7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1679" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI_nOMdQW1q_iWlksnCPGxn_lm4NV1I3tSC0VOl-A5chf-Ye-HNzojywlSjBQCof0RFP1sxWLJ2fa3llTTAKy1MRwmh7CnON00bQ3RMjgsGEAF5Uoin6dry8bbniIl7Qd2pqCKb_qimcDC7D7TrJ3jt1fVOTtn78M90_TIGNDblWgHZjse-sL0xaJvKA/s320/image7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Turn 1: Traitor infantry occupy the right-hand objective (poker chip). Blood Angels and Sicaran tanks advance to oppose them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2szqhGaWCthnj9ZkJoEYvbalkkgipjJ8FV_1BAk4BVJ1W0HeXhA-NMB7mSryM7Z9txJ0T4p8Czy1sneA2Y8uoKr5ebYZqIWJsZA9fiVBZ2A-R4GmnFaJLdIi0Tp4V3qIzB8fnuvYsZB4FNKpI5LH9s11CAw2ZRv1GVuurvAMn2yK75MuDJ-VNwbxl2Y/s2016/image8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2szqhGaWCthnj9ZkJoEYvbalkkgipjJ8FV_1BAk4BVJ1W0HeXhA-NMB7mSryM7Z9txJ0T4p8Czy1sneA2Y8uoKr5ebYZqIWJsZA9fiVBZ2A-R4GmnFaJLdIi0Tp4V3qIzB8fnuvYsZB4FNKpI5LH9s11CAw2ZRv1GVuurvAMn2yK75MuDJ-VNwbxl2Y/s320/image8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61gPdLE88ZcLhyGepPklGyBny_ND7OPz0wAQlgv9jVShwGjyGSckZ7XuxdzfBNNDMvSRfB4iATBKN057enqi95mdLH68EdB65hL5n20pTv5qsATp8qkuedirL93ocoIzjmoZ976hT4xZrMpNFEMxO2QsUMhD66waVTT7y_SjgcSixvhv6ByrM5sSBep4/s1942/image11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH__w90Gt4OBX21P7Vs-meVP9-F6Iy88R6uTDihUqrdNUv1f1gazYC1ZYdgz1tRdgHhFwwL2nof9_10UH2-aXmTEG549n5JZhHz2dr2I6iGCfk95jUmX8lbwdKz_KvlqrC6lh1Qv82jFrxlpmtHHgfPzowhUbe2YZVl98eYF7opW1NNnyHgMYwRxJUudo/s2016/image13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH__w90Gt4OBX21P7Vs-meVP9-F6Iy88R6uTDihUqrdNUv1f1gazYC1ZYdgz1tRdgHhFwwL2nof9_10UH2-aXmTEG549n5JZhHz2dr2I6iGCfk95jUmX8lbwdKz_KvlqrC6lh1Qv82jFrxlpmtHHgfPzowhUbe2YZVl98eYF7opW1NNnyHgMYwRxJUudo/s320/image13.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Turn 2:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The traitor Auxilia charge and kill both Sicaran tanks and some Blood Angel infantry on the right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkgJvXF1MHxy1MxM6HOij1Bqrxd-Umfb1wCMJROPoR6BPoE3UZHW3oElvx1Eza9b_lgtM5H6wR2Ya1cnrc2yTmtxmL5OJBa-CjQ71Nt1NtyNdgqHTH9NKXiZLqpqBed09u23n1fzeG2gc_zOIiUdwpS3c_eGCaeBYH30b8Ldfi4oILHBZMmH2CbiWdeI/s2016/image14.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkgJvXF1MHxy1MxM6HOij1Bqrxd-Umfb1wCMJROPoR6BPoE3UZHW3oElvx1Eza9b_lgtM5H6wR2Ya1cnrc2yTmtxmL5OJBa-CjQ71Nt1NtyNdgqHTH9NKXiZLqpqBed09u23n1fzeG2gc_zOIiUdwpS3c_eGCaeBYH30b8Ldfi4oILHBZMmH2CbiWdeI/s320/image14.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the left, Kratos tanks move up and begin mowing down the infantry horde.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUARKr6EaTCcohGww3_j2Qtk_axaF7AfSHAD9ekXdbe3Kj5BbqGi6WMsKKZ9cPvz60wEx5mR6nLZyuR9ZxLXGaRXIvPA4F-MuNzzG4ckGGvyfLpEgCulL31c9W_s2rBlUu9G-QDgC9QuVGJy6fzXxqlbgoyf6z8SQ_M832b8Io1K5nN-pabzi8ICihP-o/s2016/image16.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUARKr6EaTCcohGww3_j2Qtk_axaF7AfSHAD9ekXdbe3Kj5BbqGi6WMsKKZ9cPvz60wEx5mR6nLZyuR9ZxLXGaRXIvPA4F-MuNzzG4ckGGvyfLpEgCulL31c9W_s2rBlUu9G-QDgC9QuVGJy6fzXxqlbgoyf6z8SQ_M832b8Io1K5nN-pabzi8ICihP-o/s320/image16.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Most of the Ogryns were shot down. Two attacked the Rhinos, easily taking them out, only to be shot-down in the Advance Fire phase by supporting Robots.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVMEzAGeyk_k_d9JY0EuCsvx1cYgTgaKLo6DbT-LIeK2hIn1gwgjxS6Km5xukdGXUicUiTX1P4xvKzQ8lzcGyFbP6jc-9EVAuw9wBNqIbbmVbWhy2sjeu3sscbgyfWbEgPsfLKzKC0xBIenjTEOFR7aTlTQULokn6RVZDBzpMR1JK7NDAL0Iv2MuYoqc/s2016/image17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVMEzAGeyk_k_d9JY0EuCsvx1cYgTgaKLo6DbT-LIeK2hIn1gwgjxS6Km5xukdGXUicUiTX1P4xvKzQ8lzcGyFbP6jc-9EVAuw9wBNqIbbmVbWhy2sjeu3sscbgyfWbEgPsfLKzKC0xBIenjTEOFR7aTlTQULokn6RVZDBzpMR1JK7NDAL0Iv2MuYoqc/s320/image17.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After that, we forgot to take pictures! Suffice to say, lots of stuff was blasted into oblivion!</div><div><br /></div><div>MVPs: The Solar Auxilia's Heavy Sentinels wiped out an entire detachment of Blood Angels marines in a building with one missile volley. The Blood Angels Kratos tanks killed most of them in turn, as well as Baneblade, Malcador, and a bunch of infantry. The then drove over the infantry and occupied the right-hand objective.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbr66zjNvNRq00nkTEpVEILQ2KiBFIh7xA-Cq2Q8IrUGUhzO_Ss4BBLqy4Q8W1HBw-urMbpqG6ZArUy5zvnNVmxgRQZGDAs4qEhO9MQP8g0i7dsicil_HsIr9Wstt-sKC4i7pIrfZf34zJDiMJZEP4raukbB5b8fBuaSqI1Mb_qEwXv9locV-TYZ-mUsM/s2016/image18.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbr66zjNvNRq00nkTEpVEILQ2KiBFIh7xA-Cq2Q8IrUGUhzO_Ss4BBLqy4Q8W1HBw-urMbpqG6ZArUy5zvnNVmxgRQZGDAs4qEhO9MQP8g0i7dsicil_HsIr9Wstt-sKC4i7pIrfZf34zJDiMJZEP4raukbB5b8fBuaSqI1Mb_qEwXv9locV-TYZ-mUsM/s320/image18.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">In the end, the traitor tanks were all </span><span style="text-align: left;">knocked out, and the remnants of their infantry were fleeing. Victory for the Loyalists!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p></div>Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-41031183989597238652023-02-12T21:11:00.001-06:002023-02-12T21:11:10.201-06:00Afrika Korps trucks<p> Here is a set of 15mm plastic Afrika Korps trucks. Five of them are from Plastic Soldier Company, one is by Zvezda. The Plastic Soldier Company (PSC) version is a bit more detailed, but both are perfectly serviceable kits. </p><p>Here a couple picks, they must be at an oasis, or perhaps on the set of an Indian Jones film.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAt0t08-aZ_K2Bjl-uCrBb0PDTabrsdmmE9VQG-R7uSwJm6w5wsfhUcZjWehb_QbXp31EMuq5VoKhiaL-9pVKc_DlAOGaLARjFAFnmiQHHAYu9jxdYZSM8DCLFi3xdtR1n2PZ-HCB-DKzVFA2VdBL9gfArWdfEplSIjQyu1woGe2PkKu5-y2Z2dH4/s3889/opels%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1830" data-original-width="3889" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAt0t08-aZ_K2Bjl-uCrBb0PDTabrsdmmE9VQG-R7uSwJm6w5wsfhUcZjWehb_QbXp31EMuq5VoKhiaL-9pVKc_DlAOGaLARjFAFnmiQHHAYu9jxdYZSM8DCLFi3xdtR1n2PZ-HCB-DKzVFA2VdBL9gfArWdfEplSIjQyu1woGe2PkKu5-y2Z2dH4/s320/opels%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2YWbQvNr-v64IHuuq2LR3XKzLN61RtPWfzfgeDHPgpeUBF4d8Qssn_wluAhvlqH24OZ_59D1VkQC6CwBhgWIZARLfb10FnP_LXAUjUHIo0_7qNLbBBZy7l4WYrHCZt8HTeIRpK5o2GtTcJ5lUfQ-R-No69oeaVqzLA_uUz6yiVO8-L7w3wHYm6pQ/s2715/opels.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="2715" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2YWbQvNr-v64IHuuq2LR3XKzLN61RtPWfzfgeDHPgpeUBF4d8Qssn_wluAhvlqH24OZ_59D1VkQC6CwBhgWIZARLfb10FnP_LXAUjUHIo0_7qNLbBBZy7l4WYrHCZt8HTeIRpK5o2GtTcJ5lUfQ-R-No69oeaVqzLA_uUz6yiVO8-L7w3wHYm6pQ/s320/opels.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> One nice detail about the PSC kit is that it includes optional parts to build Mercedes trucks, and even to built Opel Maultier halftracks. I didn't build any halftracks yet, but I did build two of the trucks as Mercedes. Here is a side-by-side of an Opel Blitz (left) and a Mercedes (right).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2MVxzhfeLEZ2L-MVCE8oT-G3qAh3bTOJeT_IRoCKUtCHJjYuHS_o_9_uWIw4lqItgV_1WckQbaqlRKqhaNqX3h7c7qLBwexdo_LSOXUAv3QR3RzYhtu65jOU15DARtiSRMiOG49fX6TC_ekyt4xw2RNRpvgArGeadBQyYT-xiKw-xfsU_qsZdss5/s1080/Opel%20and%20Mercedes%20trucks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1080" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2MVxzhfeLEZ2L-MVCE8oT-G3qAh3bTOJeT_IRoCKUtCHJjYuHS_o_9_uWIw4lqItgV_1WckQbaqlRKqhaNqX3h7c7qLBwexdo_LSOXUAv3QR3RzYhtu65jOU15DARtiSRMiOG49fX6TC_ekyt4xw2RNRpvgArGeadBQyYT-xiKw-xfsU_qsZdss5/s320/Opel%20and%20Mercedes%20trucks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Like the DAK infantry, these are for use in DAK Attack -- usually as targets for an LRDG raid. But can also be transport or jump off points for infantry in a game of Chain of Command.</p>Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-18265392219345534862023-02-11T19:09:00.034-06:002023-02-11T22:05:36.642-06:00Afrika Korps platoon<span style="color: white; font-family: times;">I recently painted an old set of Battlefront 15mm Afrika figures. They are individually based for use with Chain of Command and DAK Attack.</span><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;">First, some WIP shots.</span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: white; font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIoJkMaR8zwQ7nofQuW26We9U8qdN2HyZDStxoTXiu1BZi47Si2KcgXWgGDTeG4OSE0JgQYiEVFk6Pbpqk8fDWdDlnbu6RKGrpN9IGlcQ6a-kPYO2JH9idI3od4HeMmWdhwci9lXyM1Rj0eQ5YxhC801a4eMsRiWN2D_x4WxLlKyY1TM4PVjYEPoe/s3579/6A79CBA7-0362-43AE-B4F3-BFD35950665F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2299" data-original-width="3579" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIoJkMaR8zwQ7nofQuW26We9U8qdN2HyZDStxoTXiu1BZi47Si2KcgXWgGDTeG4OSE0JgQYiEVFk6Pbpqk8fDWdDlnbu6RKGrpN9IGlcQ6a-kPYO2JH9idI3od4HeMmWdhwci9lXyM1Rj0eQ5YxhC801a4eMsRiWN2D_x4WxLlKyY1TM4PVjYEPoe/s320/6A79CBA7-0362-43AE-B4F3-BFD35950665F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>You may be wondering why they are wearing green. Apparently, when the Afrika Korps first deployed to Africa, they were issued a light Olive Drab uniform designed by the Tropical Institute of Hamburg. Wargames books speculate the experts at the Institute were misinformed about the lack of vegetation in North Africa. I can’t help but wonder if the Institute was left in the dark about what part of Africa the uniform would be used in. Who knows. Either way, it was too green and too dark! </span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: white; font-family: times;">Fortunately it started fading in the sun. I’ve tried to depict that here by dry brushing a lighter shade of green over the base coat.</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: white; font-family: times;">Apparently, the soldiers quickly added bits of Italian and British uniforms when they could get them, and also later issues of clothing were in a sand color.<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: inline;"> </span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;"><div dir="ltr"><font><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So the next step with these is to paint some guys with khaki coats and/trousers. Should give them a pretty motley look! 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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Lord Adelstead stands over the rows of dead, his dead, being
given their last rites as the peasants bury his men into the earth. Now the
low-born clansmen armed with spear and bow, the King’s own chosen soldiers, the
Ogres and the Lord’s own cousin are now equal. Adelstead’s father called death
“the great leveler” before he passed on and left his land to his son.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Adelstead looks up and sees the vultures and various
carrion-eaters descend upon the bodies of the beast-men. They care nothing for
their dead. Just another reminder of what the Men of the West must defend their
homes from. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>The King’s Champion, Konor, a veteran of over 50 battles and
man who has fought for coin, kings and survival since Lord Adelstead was just a
dream in his father’s eye, looks over the scene. Nothing. He feels nothing. We
lived. That’s all that matters.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Konor heads over to the Adelstead… Adelstead doesn’t look
up. “Is this the part where you tell me that we won a glorious victory and I
should be happy?” A silent monk throws dirt on the face of Adelstead’s cousin,
who died by his Lord’s side in the battle.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>“Victory? We bought time. Nothing more. Do you see the
Beast-Lord’s head set on a pike, his Minotaur spawn being paraded around the
streets like trained bears?” The old mercenary tosses his dented helmet into
the grave. “He’ll run back to his headstone and spin tales about how the man-things
defended a land of great treasure with blood. He’ll be back with more.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>“It sounds like you’ve had this happen before.” Adelstead
responded, still not looking at Konor. “I don’t know if you noticed, but we
have a lack of fighting men to stop this further threat… So, unless you have
something constructive to say, leave me to my penance.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Konor smiled. Adelstead did not like Konor’s smile. That man
had seen too many battles, his blood-lust was something that belonged to the
wild men of the Black Forest across the Great River. “Aye. they have a
headstone, we have glory. You tell people about how we beat back the beast-men,
alone, men will come from all over to devour your glory… Do that and we’ll have
enough men when the Beast-Lord returns.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>“Who will ask the King for forgiveness for his lost men and
ask for more? Who will grovel and beg the assorted knights and seasoned men-at
arms to come here? Who will empty the quays and bars, looking for mercenaries
to fill our ranks?” Adelstead asked. “Who? Who can we make abject themselves to
such a degree?”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Konor points at the hills… Towards the bloodied wizard
Aethelstan, the survivor of the Dread Desert, dragging the corpse of his
assistant back towards the camp. For the first time Adelstead smiled… for who
indeed shall abject himself if not the outcast wizard. Konor smiles again
“After he’s done scraping the ground and apologizing for the dead, he’ll wish
he was resting in a harpy’s belly.”</i></span></div>
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forces…” Adelstead states to his servants…</span></i></div>
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Ouch, in the second game, Jake’s T-34 snuck around behind me, brewing up my PZ IV. He went on to single-handedly take out the other Panzer IV and the STuG.<br />
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I once again pressed my SAGA Anglo-Danes into service, using the “Knights” army list in the rule book. This list covers generic fantasy humans pretty well, and would allow you to field your old Warhammer Empire or Brettonnians. I added my rules-traveling wizard Aethelstan, and rounded out my force with a couple mercenary ogres.</div>
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Albert brought Warhammer Beastmen, intent on pillaging said village!</div>
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Turn one: a general advance by both sides. My archers and wizard all sprinted to reach the top of the big hill. My plan was to spend a couple rounds fighting a delaying action with spells and archery, and then fall back off the hill.<br />
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“Sprinting” lets you move triple your normal movement, but at the risk of picking up a pin marker. All my sprinters picked up pins...<br />
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Aethelstan got the party started with a fireball spell that toasted no less than five Ungor archers! One survived, with only a pin marker to remind him of his lost friends.<br />
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Round 2: I really hoped I would draw the first order die... but Albert got it. A unit of mounted chaos marauders pretending to be centaurs used their amazing speed and the Sprint rule to gallop right up the hill, charging my archers.<br />
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But amazingly, the archers held! Between the defensive shots they were able to take, and some lucky rolls in melee, they wiped out the centaurs, losing three men in turn.<br />
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However, over the next couple rounds, the beastmen cleared the hill, wiping out one unit of archers, the ogres, and defeating my wizard. A rolling melee between the hill and the small wood saw heavy losses to both sides. It was looking bad for the humans.<br />
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However, the battered defensers held on, forming a new defensive line right outside the village. Wave after wave of braying beastmen charged down the hill, but each was thrown back in turn. At this point, we had completed six rounds, which meant the scenario was over. Since the village was intact, it was technically a victory for the handful of surviving men.</div>
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We really enjoyed these rules and agreed we actually like them better than Dragon Rampant (which is a lot of fun too). We are already planning a sequel, when the beastmen (who are convinced the humans must have some really valuable loot in the village since they fought so hard for it) come back with more friends to have another go. <br />
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Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-48931397085084084222019-01-16T23:51:00.002-06:002019-01-16T23:51:30.313-06:00Bungle in the Jungle: A disastrous game of CONGO<div>
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Another great game of CONGO. Well, great for the players, more of a bloody debacle for our intrepid adventurers. Pete, Albert, and Jake joined me for this game, with Pete and Albert bringing their German and Russian-themed explorers' expeditions, Jake borrowing my Forest Tribes, and me fielding my peaceful Zanzibari traders.</div>
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We adapted the "Encounters in Hostile Lands" adventure from the Throne of Thunder expansion. This scenario is written for two players, who start in opposite corners, separated by a band of jungle running diagonally across the board. I re-arranged the layout to make sense with four players, replacing the single long diagonal with a cross-shaped arrangement of terrain. The primary goal is to get your lead character off of the opposite corner of the board. Secondary objectives are picking up valuable artifacts in the jungle, and defeating enemy characters. </div>
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Complicating matters, every time a unit enters the dense terrain, a fearsome tribe of cannibals launches a barrage of poison darts at that unit, and every other unit with Short distance. This proved devastating, and the Cannibals eliminated more figures than everyone else combined.</div>
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Early in the game. Jake's Forest Tribesmen are top-left. Tippu Tib's Zanzibaris are at the bottom. Hauptman Atackkopf's shamefully still unpainted Germans are to the right. The Mad Russian adventurer Sazinov is somewhere beyond the central mass of jungle.<br />
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Even the raucous Ruga Ruga are silent as the make their way into the daunting depths of the jungle.<br />
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The scenario naturally drew all four players to the center of the table. Tippu Tib faces off with Russian-employed askaris, while the Forest Tribe picks up green loot counter, which represents some of the valuable artifacts. Tippu Tib never made it past this point, and his group was slowly picked off by the poison darts, before he and a last bodyguard were overwhelmed by Forest Tribe spearmen.<br />
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An Elephant showed up midway through the game, but was content to linger outside the jungle. (We forgot to roll for its random movement after the first round.)<br />
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The last act. A pair of Russian Askaris somehow made it out of the jungle with two loot tokens they had picked up by vanquishing Germans and Forest Tribesmen. But even as they were about to make good their escape, they were cut down by a hail of poison darts. The last surviving Zanzibaris, a trio of Baluchi matchlock men, swooped in and picked up the artifacts. They were charged by a unit of spearmen, but amazing defeated the spears, despite their poor melee skills. The spearmen dropped a third treasure before retreating (they can be seen ignominiously cowering near the great jungle bole).</div>
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Incredibly, it appeared I was going to net 12 victory points due to this bit of luck. But then, Jake insanely charged the Baluchis with a single tribal musketman. Neither side scored any hits, but in CONGO, the defender retreats after a tie, leaving any loot behind...And so the Baluchis shamefully fled, leaving the triumphant Bunduki holding three treasure tokens! This was another example of the surprise endings that CONGO so often serves up.</div>
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Jake won with 24 points (16 from holding all four treasure tokens, and another 8 from having slain Tippu Tib and Pete's Kirangozi guide). I can't remember if Albert or Pete had any points, but I know I had zilch! </div>
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Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-62987426978460566132018-03-07T00:51:00.001-06:002018-03-07T00:52:24.998-06:00SAGA 2nd EditionSAGA 2nd Edition is here. Joseph and I met up at Mages' Sanctum to give it a try. We went with a classic match-up, Vikings versus Anglo-Danes, and tried the updated version of the Clash of Warlords scenario. Like almost everything in SAGA 2.0, Clash of Warlords has changed a bit. Victory is determined by points, not by slaying the enemy warlord (though the warlord is worth a hefty four points). The scenario also includes three different set-up versions, and six random conditions, giving it more replay value than you might think. We rolled set-up C, which requires all units be nearing than M (6") from friends, and rolled the "Old Grudge" condition, which meant everyone got a free move on the first turn.<br />
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The situation at the top of Turn 1: My Anglo-Dane huscarls, warlord, and some fyrd (warriors) are working their way around the rocky ground in the center. Greater Fyrd archers have taken up a sheltered position in the rocky ground, with more Fyrd spears guarding their flank. Opposite, the Viking Hirdmen (hearthguard) are all on the left, with thrall archers in the center, and berserkers just visible on the right.<br />
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I had thought my archers could command the open field in the center but some Vikings were upon them before they could loose a single volley. I got lucky and only lost three archers, the rest falling back deeper into the rocky ground.<br />
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The Fyrd charged the Viking's flank.<br />
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The Vikings were thrown back, losing three hearthguard for a single Fyrd warrior. <br />
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On the left, my twelve-man huscarl unit struck a six-man group of hirdmen. I then noticed that SAGA 2.0 disincentives 12-man hearthguard units, capping your basic melee dice at 16 (whereas before a unit that size would generate 24 attack dice).<br />
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The result was an ignominious bounce, each side losing two men. Meanwhile, the Fyrd on the right weathered a barrage of arrows, and then traded three casualties with four-man Viking hearthguard unit. Note that both Viking unis in the center have three fatigue markers. In 2.0, all units are exhausted when they hit three fatigue. The Anglo-Danes' "Intimidation" ability now gives fatigue rather than canceling moves (which is now something anyone if the moving unit has two fatigue.<br />
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My huscarls then shifted into the center, taking out two more hirdmen but failing to get the last one, who retreated. The left-hand Fyrd unit stuck the left-most Viking unit, each losing three, and again leaving a single Viking behind. I was having trouble eliminating Viking units! At the same time, the dreaded berserkers easily wiped out my right-hand, depleted Fyrd unit, and were threatening the beleaguered archers.<br />
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To make matters worse, the Viking thrall archers unleashed barrage after barrage, bringing down five huscarls. <br />
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The tied turned in the next round. Of screen, the left-hand Fyrd rallied and finished off the single Viking opposite them. My remaining huscarls picked off another loan Viking hirdman. And then the archers at last came into their own, managing to gun down the three berserkers an yet another last-man hearthguard. Four Viking units eliminated on one turn!<br />
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Short on dice, and hampered by mounting fatigue from the Danes' SAGA abilities, the Vikings managed to only bring down a single huscarl with archery. Earl Aethelfwulf was distraught at so many huscarls laid low by ignoble thralls, and proceeded to chop down five of the Viking archers with his Dane Ax. But two more huscarls fell acting as his body guards in this rash charge. <br />
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The final act: the last two Anglo-Dane huscarls charged the Viking warlord. All three fell in a flurry of dice.<br />
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Final score was 29-19 for the Anglo-Danes.<br />
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I wasn't aware of Chris Peers' rules that were written to accompany the range, but the figures were so cool, I actually bought a few dozen askari to use in my Warhammer Empire army!! (Weird, I know.). But being focused on other games, I left it at that.<br />
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Years later, I traded those figures away, along with the rest of my Warhammer stuff. But I never forgot about the Darkest Africa range, which in my opinion may be Mr.Copplestone's opus magnum (which is saying something).<br />
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Fast-forward to last year, and Studio Tomahawk came out with Congo, a skirmish game about the 19th century exploration of Africa. Think Henry Morton Stanley, saying, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"<br />
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Congo has a pretty low-figure count, 25 to 50 figures being typical. And Studio Tomahawk's rules are right up my alley. Fast, simple, but tactically interesting. So I jumped in, and picked up some of those Darkest Africa figures I'd admired for so long.</div>
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After a few months of painting figures and terrain, I met up with Adam and Pete for a first couple games. I brought my newly painted Zanzibari column, and Adam had his Explorer column. Pete provided a willingness to learn new rules, and a capacity for snarky comments. </div>
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First up was the Last Queen of Aksum. In this Adventure, an Explorer Column has recovered an ancient artifact. While marching back to the cost, its encampment is attacked by Zanzibaris, eager to seize the treasure for themselves. </div>
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The Explorers designate one group as carrying the treasure, and their objective is to get it off-board. The Zanzibaris don't know which group is carrying, but can learn via clues during the game. </div>
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My Ruga-Ruga moved in from the left, while Tippu-Tib leads Baluchi musketmen from the south. </div>
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The Ruga-Ruga crept through a stand of trees, and opened fire on the camp. Some of the Explorer's Trained Askaris dashed from the opposite side of the camp.<br />
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But they were then decimated by accurate shooting from the Baluchis' jezzails.</div>
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At some point, I worked out that the Explorers had entrusted the treasure to their loyal Kirangozi (in the group at the left, with a red Panic token). So the Baluchis hoofed it back to the left, to intercept the treasure.</div>
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But the Baluchis, with thier slower-firing jezzails and swords & shields, were no match for for three groups of askaris with modern rifles. They were soon demoralized, routing off the board.</div>
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The lion proceeded kill the Kirangozi, and his comrades fled... leaving the treasure of Aksum to be scooped up by the Ruga-Ruga.<br />
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Technically the Zanzibaris won at this point. But I suspect the Ruga-Ruga then legged it, and kept the treasure for themselves.</div>
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Austin LHSM members and friends gathered at Dragon’s Lair on
March 25<sup>th</sup> for an introduction to De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) and
Hordes of the Things (HotT).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I provided the
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We had a total of eight players, a good turnout for a week
night, ranging in age from 6 to Grognard.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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after a hiatus.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>After a very quick
explanation of movement and combat, the games began.</div>
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Although DBA has a long tradition of time-travelling
match-ups, for this event we had four historical pairings:</div>
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(Okay, that last one is not quite historical; the Noldor
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</span>As always, thanks are due to Pete for helping organize our games,
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I fielded my Elementalist warband. The wizard Aethelstan and apprentice Eomund are finished, but the soldiers are still only base-coated, and need some highlighting and shading. The soldiers are a mix of three Archers, and three Infantrymen. This was not an optimal starting warband for Frostgrave, but a small, relatively homogenous force of professional troops fits the concept I have for my warband, which I'll explain in another post. Also, Joseph kindly agreed to a house rule whereby Infantrymen can optionally be equipped with hand weapon & shield in lieu of the standard two-handed weapon.<br />
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Joseph brought his Necromancer and apprentice. They were supported by a mix of Viking and medieval figures from his SAGA warbands, namely a tracker, archer, thief, two soldiers, and two thugs.<br />
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We rolled out-of-game spells before starting, which resulted in Joseph picking up a Snow Leopard animal companion to add to his warband, while my wizard, Aethelstan, conjured up a Familiar. We then each placed three treasure tokens, chose sides, and set up.<br />
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Here's the table at the start. The board itself is Secret Weapon's Forgotten City terrain. The buildings are a mix of Battlefield in a Box, Reaper Bones, Infinite Crypt, and a few other odds & ends, including an aquarium ornament. <br />
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From the Necromancer's side. The Necromancer and some minions are just out of sight on the right. The Necromancer's apprentice and other minions are on the left.<br />
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Aethelstan and three of his troops moved up on the right. Two of the treasure tokens can be seen on top of the buildings to either side. The evil apprentice cast Bone Dart at the lead soldier, but luckily missed his target.<br />
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A turn later. One of my archers took up a covered firing position on the right, with a treasure near at hand. My three Infantrymen converged on the ruined tower in the center, and two men began scaling the partially ruined stairs to recover a magic staff and grimoire at the top. Aethelstan fell back to the ruined terrace, which he would use for the rest of the game as a vantage point from which to launch spells. My apprentice, Eomund, moved up on the left, and successfully cast Fleet Feet on one of the soldiers climbing the stairs. In the center and on the terrace, two archers took hasty shots one of Joseph's minions, but both missed.<br />
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Aethelstan, from the vantage point of the terrace, drew a bead on the apprentice Necromancer, who was attempting to cross the open ground to reach my Archer in the tall corner ruin. Chanting arcane words of power, balefire leapt from Aethelstan's outstretched hand, striking down the dark apprentice (Aethelstan successfully case Elemental Bolt, and rolled a 20...). Aethelstan's familiar, a sinister little figure in dark robes, nodded approvingly.<br />
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Meanwhile, Jacob's snow leopard darted forward on the left, and in a single long leap, jumped over a low line of fallen stones, straight into contact with Apprentice Eomund. Eomund drove the snarling beast away, and fell back to the left-hand edge of the board. Eomund then cast Elemental Shield on himself, anticipating he would not escape easily from the swifter beast.<br />
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Sure enough, the Leopard charged again in the next turn. We both rolled high, and tied, resulting in damage to both the Snow Leopard and Eomund--but most of his damage was absorbed by the Elemental Shield.<br />
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The Necromancer cast Leap on one of her minions, catapulting an enemy soldier directly behind poor Eomund.<br />
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Evading arrow shots from Joseph's tracker, two of my soldiers successfully claimed the ruined tower, retrieving the grimoire and staff. Joseph's Necromancer and tracker moved up to intercept them. One went down in a hail of Bone Darts and arrows, dropping the staff. My third soldier scooped up a pile of coins in front of the terrace, and escaped off the board.<br />
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Rather than wait to face two foes at once, Eomund then attacked the Snow Leopard...and struck it down. Alas, the enemy soldier then surprised him from behind, knocking the valiant apprentice senseless. <br />
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At it happened a wandering skeleton then attacked the soldier, but after fencing for a turn, he easily defeated this minor undead.<br />
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Far off on the right, Joseph's thug scaled the corner ruin, dodging a couple arrows from my Archer, and then easily defeating the hapless man. The thug then seized the magic potion treasure and escaped off-board.<br />
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While this was going on, Joseph's thief had recovered a magic ring, and his archer found a treasure chest. Both treasures were spirited off-board, Aethelstan being powerless to stop them. Aethelstan did manage to blast a soldier with Elemental Bolt though.<br />
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My Archer at the base of the terrace scooped up the dropped staff, and began to leg it.<br />
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Joseph's Necromancer, tracker, and a soldier, all converged on the base of the terrace, hoping to seize the staff.<br />
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However, it was not to be. Aethelstan blasted the Necromancer with yet another Elemental Bolt and the Archer on the terrace shot down the charging soldier, allowing my two treasure carriers to escape with the grimoire and staff, ending the game with a 3-3 tie.<br />
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Post-game, we learned that Eomund had in fact killed the poor Snow Leopard. Both sides had one soldier wounded, meaning each would miss the next game. We finally rolled for injuries for the spell casters. Both apprentices made full recoveries. Joseph rolled for his Necromancer . . . a "2"! The evil sorceress had been slain by balefire! I then told Joseph to re-roll, and the Necromancer made a full recovery.<br />
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Aethelstan gained three levels, and the Necromancer advanced to level 2. We both picked up 200+ gold, and an assortment of grimoires. I still haven't decided how to spend my new loot, but will do so before the next game.<br />
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We both really enjoyed this first game of Frostgrave. The rules were so simple, we were able to play with only minimal looks at the rulebook, even for a first game. I like the combat system, which adjudicates who is hit, whether armor saves the target, and the amount of damage, all in a single opposed die roll. It is very clever, and I think will make this game go very quickly once we've gotten a little more practice with it. Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-19485004868657872242014-10-11T10:43:00.000-05:002014-10-11T10:43:10.562-05:00SAGA: The Confrontation<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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My Anglo-Danes faced Dave's Vikings for The Confrontation scenario in our SAGA league. <br />
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In this scenario, the two Warlords have met, confirmed they still don't like each other, and following an exchange of insults, the inevitable occurs. The set up reflects this, with two Warlords starting close to each other at the center of the table, while the Warbands hang back a respectful distance. The goal is to score the most hits on the opposing Warlord; if a player has a score that is ten points higher than his opponent at the end of a round, he wins. Otherwise, the winner is whoever has the highest score after six rounds. Significantly, the Warlords can only be attacked by each other, except that lesser troops can attack a Warlord who is ahead in points.<br />
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I got the first turn, but had a poor roll of the SAGA dice (no helmets, even after using Noble Lineage to re-roll my dice, leaving me with a mix of four Horses and Axes). I decided not to activate my Warlord, because in his Pride, he would have no choice but to charge the Viking leader if I did so. Instead, I moved up his loyal Huscarls to help.</div>
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In good Viking fashion, Dave's Warlord struck the first blow, landing two hits on my Warlord. Score: Dave 2, Me 0.<br />
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Having counted coup, the Viking Warlord fell back. His four Berserkers moved up in support.<br />
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Enraged by the affront to their lord, my Huscarls charged, chastising the pagan with ten hits. The mighty Viking shrugged of the first hit (Resilience), and three of his loyal berserkers sacrificed themselves, but he still absorbed a net of six hits. Score: 6-2 for the Anglo-Danes,<br />
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Dave is great at playing in character, and his sole Berserker, ignoring the odds, went after my Huscarls. He died.<br />
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However, Dave's Hearthguard had better luck, slaying eight Huscarls for a loss of six of their own. Both groups fell back to their respective lines.<br />
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Dave and I both rested our troops during the following round...<br />
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I moved my Levy archers to harass Dave's left wing.<br />
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The Levy shot down three Warriors, then fell back out of easy charge range.<br />
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Noticing that the turn limit was almost up, Dave sent four Hearthguard to attack the center of the Anglo-Danish formation. They eliminated three Huscarls for a loss of one.<br />
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My twelve-man Warrior unit charged them in the flank, but scored no hits, and ignominiously fell back, having lost a man. On the last turn, the Vikings then closed and in quick succession wiped out my smaller, four-man Warrior unit, and finished off the last Huscarl, losing one man in the process. Dave was in striking distance of my Warlord...but had no more SAGA dice to activate with!<br />
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Final Score: 6-2 for the Anglo-Danes.Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-84367714339250722312014-10-03T19:39:00.003-05:002014-10-03T19:39:40.616-05:00SAGA: Sacred ground battle against Norse-Gaels<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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In the latest round of the SAGA league, my Anglo-Danes took on Matt's Norse-Gaels. It was a chance for payback after the havoc these guys wreaked on Sunday, when five Dane-Axe wielding maniacs brought down nine of my warriors, dooming me effort to defeat Dave's Vikings.</div>
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The scenario was "Sacred Ground," which awards victory points for holding the terrain features in the center of the table, in this case two hills and a wood. </div>
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My plan was to plant my Huscarls on the left-hand hill, and then use my levy and warriors to contest the center hill. I decided to concede the woods, since my archers would be ineffective there.</div>
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I got the first turn, and rushed my Huscarls to take the left-hand hill.</div>
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My Warlord and big unit of twelve Warriors seized the middle hill on the second turn... looking good!</div>
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Unfortunately, Matt's Warlord and Hearthguard promptly swept my Warriors off the center hill, and then took out my Warlord. This battle was off to rough start.<br />
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Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-85603884648797263462014-09-28T14:36:00.001-05:002014-09-28T20:30:07.492-05:00SAGA Wooden Oaths GamesWe are doing a SAGA league at the FLGS. Players are loosely organized into two teams: Defenders of the British Isles, and Invaders (the latter being mostly Vikings. Yesterday we did a four player game. My ally Pete plays Anglo-Saxons. I had my Anglo-Danes. We were opposed by Matt's Norse-Gaels, and Dave's Vikings.<br />
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Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-28691805621664968002014-05-31T11:19:00.001-05:002014-05-31T11:19:25.046-05:00All Quiet on the Martian Front: First paintingMy All Quiet on the Martian Front Kickstarter box arrived today.<div><br></div><div>My three-year old saw the awesome plastic tanks and tripods, and insisted we go paint some right away. So, here is the result, possibly inspired by Hello Kitty.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fscWdYbWQYA52Yi8e33ThEWrYjqttU94CrGipGdMe_NCE92m4JS1ob23fl7qETElu8eWvD9w1m6UTJfRzJP5RZI7WZdUo46uee5lwBzN1ZVfKMNskyU0ffDkQqxTWwMS9QRZVIxp7Eo/s640/blogger-image--1805760980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fscWdYbWQYA52Yi8e33ThEWrYjqttU94CrGipGdMe_NCE92m4JS1ob23fl7qETElu8eWvD9w1m6UTJfRzJP5RZI7WZdUo46uee5lwBzN1ZVfKMNskyU0ffDkQqxTWwMS9QRZVIxp7Eo/s640/blogger-image--1805760980.jpg"></a></div>Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-65193526815143990282014-02-03T19:14:00.000-06:002014-02-03T19:14:03.377-06:00SAGA Tournament at Great Hall Games<div aria-label="Message header" class="y-module message-header collapsed-header" data-action="toggle-msg-header" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1391411365025_1769" role="complementary">
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O<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1391411368_0">n Saturday,</span> Great Hall Games
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Terrain was preset, with four different tables, each using a different scenario
from the SAGA rule book. Aaron of Great Hall did a great job arranging the tables and scenarios, as well officiating with skill and impartiality. Thanks Aaron!<br />
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I have still not managed to finish my own SAGA Warband. Luckily, Charles was kind enough to loan me his Anglo-Danes, which happily is the same nationality I am working on.<br />
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My first game was against Matt's Vikings, on the Tarn of Omens
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Guard. A formidable force, with armor of 6, and Dane-axes.<br />
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I sheltered my Levy archers behind the tarn (pond), from where they ineffectually
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therefore bid five points, so that my force would be as large as possible. To
my surprise, Joseph bid three, meaning he got to defend the village with three
points of troops, while I attacked with the full compliment of six. To win, I
would have to completely clear all three buildings of defenders by the end of a
set number of turns. The Viking defenders could win by either having at least
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As to why the Vikings would be defending a village against Anglo-Danes, we figured this was an English village, taken by the Vikings earlier, and my guys were the vengeful local garrison, come to turf the Vikings out.<br />
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Thwarted, and knowing the unarmored Berserkers would be easy prey for my waiting Levy archers, Joseph hurled them into my mob of twelve Warriors. I think the four Berserkers managed to down seven Englishmen before being sent to Valhalla.<br />
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What the Berserkers could not finish, Joseph's Warlord did, single-handedly slaying the five Warriors. Unfortunately, I forgot to take any more pictures of this epic battle. In subsequent turns, my Warlord charged in with the Hearthguard on the right, and gave the Viking Warlord and Hearthguard honorable deaths, out in the open where the Valkyries could find them.</div>
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My Warlord then led his surviving Hearthguard to storm the building, rooting out the eight Viking Warriors who cowered there, and slaying the final Viking on the last turn of the game. Whew! Meadhall reclaimed (and probably in need of a cleaning)!</div>
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For the final round, I moved over to the "River of Blood" board ("Battle at the Ford" scenario), against Pete's Anglo-Saxons. This scenario is played for a set number of turns, the winner being the one who has more troops on the opponent's side of the river (i.e, you want to keep the bad guys on their side of the river, while crossing as many of your guys as possible). The Anglo-Saxons are similar to the Anglo-Danes in many respects, both have some defensive abilities, but the Saxons favor large numbers Levies and Warriors, because their SAGA board predicates several special abilities on having units of ten figures or more. I was interested to see them in action, because I'm planning on adding extra figures to my Anglo-Danish warband to allow it to morph into an Anglo-Saxon force.</div>
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Turn One. I tasked a unit of six Hearthguard and massive unit of twelve Warriors with defending the bridge on the left, while my Warlord led my remaining forces in an effort to secure a bridgehead on the right. As luck would have it, the Anglo-Saxons had basically the same plan, so the game proceeded very symmetrically, with each of us attacking on our respective right flanks, and defending on the left.</div>
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Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-86982469206155704152013-03-01T00:09:00.001-06:002013-03-01T00:10:03.357-06:00Trench2114 Painting ContestCactus Games, manufacturers of the relatively new line of 15mm sci fi figures, known as <a href="http://www.trench2114.com/index.html" target="_blank">Trench2114</a>, is having a painting contest. <br />
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Here's my entry, a squad of their <a href="http://www.trench2114.com/products.html" target="_blank">Panzer Troopers Heavy Infantry.</a> Although Trench2114 has a World War I meets Sci Fi style, I've painted these guys in a more colorful look, because I envision them as the house retinue of some planetary feudal lord. <br />
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Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-79260057814541719952013-01-01T06:53:00.001-06:002013-01-01T06:53:08.170-06:00The Class of 2012Here is a quick shot of every miniature I painted this year (excluding the garden gnome). <br />
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Fubarnii Militia Unit (28mm)<br />
DBA Rhodian Greek Army (15mm)<br />
Two Warmaster Skeleton Units (10mm)<br />
DBA War of the Roses Army (10mm)<br />
DBA Camp Follower Element (15mm)<br />
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This is modest compared to the output of many others. But it's more than I painted in the last three or four years combined. Apparently, having a permanent painting table for the first time really helps. <br />
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These figures also represent a departure in technique. I formerly used a mix of simple block painting, drybrushing, and washes, executed with an eclectic mix of Citadel, Coat d'Arms, and other paints. <br />
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I have now shifted to layering shadows and highlights, with between two and five shades of any given color, using Reaper paints. This is a slower technique (but not that much, because second and third layers go on quickly once the base color is blocked in). I think the results are worth it, and I find painting this way is more enjoyable too.<br />
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I got the heaviest, 18oz matte vinyl. It lays flat within a few minutes of being unrolled.<br />
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Turn around time was less than two weeks, and double-sided, 3' x 3' mat came in at under $35 shipped. I think it looks better than most mats purpose-made for space gaming, because it uses actual images of space. Both the <a href="http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/" target="_blank">Hubble</a> and <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/top100/" target="_blank">European Southern Observatory</a> websites have excellent images free to download. <br />
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I used a colorful picture of the Orion Nebula for one side. I wanted the other side to be more muted, more of a generic starscape.<br />
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Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-86535536760074879092012-08-19T20:00:00.000-05:002012-08-19T20:00:52.693-05:00A 1:1 Scale Figure<div align="justify">
About a year ago, we bought a garden gnome. Not just any gnome, but a cast-iron beast of a gnome from Costco. According to the box, his name is Brumbiddle. Now, Brumbiddle is a really excellent gnome. Unfortunately, his paint proved rather susceptible to fading.</div>
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So, I decided to repaint him, with craft-paints which are supposedly meant for outdoor use. This took a bit longer than I expected, but here he is at last, restored to gnomish glory.<br />
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Brumbiddle in his natural habitat.</div>
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Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-57908192413993351102012-08-07T22:36:00.002-05:002012-08-13T23:29:13.925-05:00Warmaster: Tomb Kings<div style="text-align: justify;">
Warmaster is a 10mm-scale fantasy game GW came out with in 2000. I have a large army of High Elves that I painted back then, which I plan to display in a series of posts fairly soon. Although Warmaster is a really excellent game, it's been almost ten years since I last was able to play. Recently, seized with nostalgia, I decided to paint some opponents for my Elves, at long last.</div>
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I decided on the Tomb Kings, which are GW's pseudo-Egyptian undead army, both because they are relatively easy to paint, and because I already had a bunch of them stored away. I just finished the first two units for the army, two regiments of humble skeleton warriors.</div>
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Both regiments massed together. The hieroglyphics on their banners and shields are two of the four characters to make the Nehekharan word for vengeance. Next, I'll paint two units of skeleton archers to go with these guys, and give them banners with the other two glyphs. I plan to paint this army in brigades of four units, organized and named in this manner.</div>
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Finally, a wider shot, with some of the scenery I've picked up to go with this army. The pyramids and the crumbling head are all aquarium ornaments from a company called Zanusa. Ebay seems to be the best place to get them; I was able pick the up for under $7 each. I might repaint them at some point, but the look reasonably good as-sold.</div>
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Warmaster is still sold by Games Workshop, under the "Specialist Games" heading, albeit at prices almost double what was charged ten years ago. The secondary market is much more affordable, particularly for the more common armies like Tomb Kings and High Elves.</div>
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Although Warmaster is no longer actively supported by GW, the unofficial <a href="http://www.specialist-arms.com/" target="_blank">Specialist Games</a> forum has a quite active Warmaster section <a href="http://www.forum.specialist-arms.com/" target="_blank">here.</a> It also hosts an excellent database of articles from the now sadly defunct <a href="http://www.specialist-arms.com/fanatic/" target="_blank">Fanatic Magazine</a>, which for a time supported Warmaster and the other Specialist Games. </div>
Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-36072696461442636412012-07-25T21:12:00.001-05:002012-07-25T21:19:56.199-05:00DBA War of the Roses Lancastrians (10mm)After neglecting this blog for the better part of a year, here is a new post at last.
This is my recently finished 10mm Lancastrian War of the Roses army for DBA. I chose to do Lancastrians because I figured everyone else would be going Yorkist so they could field the Kingmaker. The infantry and artillery are by Pendraken, the knights are a mix of Pendraken and Magister Milletum. Flags are by Freezywater; they are 15mm scale, but look okay to me with 10mm figures, and I couldn't find the flags I wanted in 10mm anyway!
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I started painting these guys about a year ago, in preparation for a War of the Roses-themed tournament at Millenium Con last November. They were only half-finished at the tournament, which probably accounts for my lacklustre performance. I finally completed the army in March of this year.</div>
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I based the figures on Warmaster bases, and pretty much in a style consistent with that game, though still usable for DBA. So each infantry stand has a dozen figures on it, the knights have six, and the artillery element is equivalent to two Warmaster bases. I might at some point paint additional infantry stands to make Warmaster units of three bases each. The army presently has three units of billmen, and six units of longbows, so if I paint up six of the former and three of the latter, I'll have a total of three Warmaster units. I could similarly add a couple half bases of knights to create two Warmaster knight units, and the artillery is already the right size for Warmaster. Adding more billmen would also allow me to field them in the DBA army in lieu of the knights.</div>
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I divided the infantry into three different retinues or contingents, each from a different, important Lancastrian leader. I don't think the three I chose (Exeter, Beaufort, and Roos) ever actually fought in the same battle, however. The first is Lord Thomas Roos's retinue.</div>
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In each contingent, the lord's standard (the long one with rounded tails) is carried by the billmen, while one stand of archers carries a square livery banner. However, I didn't have a livery banner for Lord Roos, so his archers are accompanied by Roos's personal banner. This is a bit unusual, but leaders sometimes deployed their personal banners separately from their persons, so as to confuse the enemy. A good explanation of the different types of banners can found <a href="http://www.vexillia.ltd.uk/freezywater/wotr.html" target="_blank">here.</a></div>
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Next is the contingent of Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter. I made him the general, since he had a distant claim to the throne. This is reflected in his coat of arms, which is displayed on Holland's personal banner, carried by one of his knights. His archers have a livery banner, which simply depicts the livery colors of white and red, and one of Exeter's personal badges, a spike of wheat. Small versions of the badge would often be worn on the liveried troops' surcoats, however, I didn't attempt that detail with 10mm figures!<br />
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The final retinue is that of Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. The Beauforts were particularly staunch Lancastrians. The scandalous rumor as to why recites that Henry VI's heir was in fact a Beaufort.</div>
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Finally, here are a couple elements which don't belong to a particular retinue: a company of mounted knights, and the artillery. The artillery were presumably mercenaries from the continent. Although such troops probably didn't wear livery, I have painted them in a burgundy and yellow scheme, because (1) it looked better than random colors, and (2) it's possible a mercenary company would have gone for a consistent look in order to improve esprit d'corps. I put the knights in a wedge formation purely because it looks cool.</div>
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I'm looking forward to trying out this army with the new DBA 3.0 draft rules, because blades and bows have undergone some significant changes under the current draft. And maybe they will win a game, now that they are fully painted!</div>Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092106815889244344.post-5874576461716931722011-09-23T13:08:00.000-05:002011-09-23T13:08:59.451-05:00TMP 15mm Sci Fi Vehicle Swap<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXTXxHtahQlf19kAEfExPehoRucP1I7mwz_L880h_K3A2ngtKaOCWVaq2O4LCDX64fp0-h-Y41OmFN27mvo5GmAqLTBadVS-rDQr3uxzcKawSqtVLg5iHuBcs30vhsPge6MztKLDLDS0/s1600/IMG_0701-790600.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXTXxHtahQlf19kAEfExPehoRucP1I7mwz_L880h_K3A2ngtKaOCWVaq2O4LCDX64fp0-h-Y41OmFN27mvo5GmAqLTBadVS-rDQr3uxzcKawSqtVLg5iHuBcs30vhsPge6MztKLDLDS0/s320/IMG_0701-790600.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655616763174105410" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com<blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>/-ZQuWyZTsPw4/TnzJfmS836I/AAAAAAAAAGs/UaFy5CAa6eY/s1600/IMG_0572-793856.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyC0ImBHqBdjp4a60tXkCasy99hy9S7sFpQ-nChs9Xu_Rh9ylUPwbKYy610GxVWZEvdenQodAJaNbnH-_D6lLteZ7JhCd7CdR56NqZMQTAwzLtip4ytFQqWpEy_RdwGs0P0WN0ZaykqiU/s320/IMG_0572-793856.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655616776763662242" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ddhkgJazou2Wg8ZeqPAwrPcbD2tehBxJhOzRlc77ZRdxQo4BkQY2r5VCo311mkyVI7cvCM0vkYsXpjRlCGytOo2gAFBMexjaZA2f7AThQ9JzhL9QmEXOohxJ9hgTILijkUnJlY6r818/s1600/IMG_1322-796184.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ddhkgJazou2Wg8ZeqPAwrPcbD2tehBxJhOzRlc77ZRdxQo4BkQY2r5VCo311mkyVI7cvCM0vkYsXpjRlCGytOo2gAFBMexjaZA2f7AThQ9JzhL9QmEXOohxJ9hgTILijkUnJlY6r818/s320/IMG_1322-796184.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655616788420665218" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjug_-0e-bAR8x1sBotmV4Fre8HiM2uyCppo46N-ASLriirp-Qw0LdZ6aiHNg0091fqQQcw7HZePcBV8AVlbtFvSMzVNb0YWlK_laNipR8wYjBvUJRpyvsCWQhAz1Lwob9Vn9K2KGpo1iQ/s1600/IMG_8064-798152.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjug_-0e-bAR8x1sBotmV4Fre8HiM2uyCppo46N-ASLriirp-Qw0LdZ6aiHNg0091fqQQcw7HZePcBV8AVlbtFvSMzVNb0YWlK_laNipR8wYjBvUJRpyvsCWQhAz1Lwob9Vn9K2KGpo1iQ/s320/IMG_8064-798152.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655616794540374498" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfyzBYpYR4ddv65U7y2OJ5k4a7sS-jnOfAqh7l2eeYUAz3dVFlOhmJJsyh_ZG4ZJdEVb8pE6KeN_Rf_i1JSQ1CAFO3BOemX8sshL5DuM-07a1mtDK1OHsZ4xJhZ854RerTDKWOp37F6s/s1600/IMG_7253-799728.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfyzBYpYR4ddv65U7y2OJ5k4a7sS-jnOfAqh7l2eeYUAz3dVFlOhmJJsyh_ZG4ZJdEVb8pE6KeN_Rf_i1JSQ1CAFO3BOemX8sshL5DuM-07a1mtDK1OHsZ4xJhZ854RerTDKWOp37F6s/s320/IMG_7253-799728.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655616805063705730" /></a></p>Here are a few rather poor pics of my contribution to the latest exchange on TMP.  This is an Earth Force IFV by Rebel Minis, available here: <a href="http://www.rebelminis.com/earthforceapc.html">http://www.rebelminis.com/earthforceapc.html</a>Ivan DBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829683420907771689noreply@blogger.com0