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Post by Andrew on Sept 2, 2008 19:45:21 GMT -6
Welcome back to Planet Arkon, a small peice of rock in the middle of nowhere: Mordant Zone. This planet was subject to a Tyranid invasion during Hive Fleet Behemouth's spearhead into the Galaxy and was totally razed. Now hovever, since the fleet has been beaten back, and thanks to Imperial thuroughness, this planet has been rediscovered cataloged.
Invasion! Several armies have set up base on the surface of Arkon and dug in, creating small but growing cities. There is something in the planet, something powerful, that has drawn the fight to the Mordant Zone. Now greenskins, Orks, the green tide have rolled into the planet and are threatening one of the largest of the Space Marine outpost bases. Commanders on both sides are scrambling to gather enough forces to ensure their survival.
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On Board Games is hosting a 40K open-invite Apocolypse game on September 21st. Here are the details:
Where:
On Board Games
811 W Lincoln hwy
Dekalb, IL 60115
When: Sunday, September 21st from 1pm-7pm
Format: Apocolypse rules will be used.
Cost: FREE, sweet huh?
ALL PLAYERS that bring and play with a SM or Ork force will receive a SM or Ork bike for free! Woot!
Points: 1000-2000pts
(each player may bring 1K-2K of points of any force)
Teams: Ork Team vs Space Marine Team. Neutral players (aka not orks/SM's) will be divided up to make things even.
Objectives:
--Primary: Base Control Points
--Secondary: Recover Supplies
--Tertiary: Kill Points
Playing field:
8"x12" playing surface, so bring out your 60"+ guns cause you'll have plenty of targets!
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Post by Leudast1215 on Sept 2, 2008 20:57:57 GMT -6
yippe for everything but killpoints  . can we use models from two different armies as part of one army, or do we have to stick with 1 army type per player? |
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Post by ddaypunk06 on Sept 2, 2008 22:00:58 GMT -6
If you read the apocalypse rules you would understand that lol.
In apocalypse if you have a legit reason for armies to align, then they can! So...in your case I would say no lol Tyranids and Tau don't like one another...infact Nids don't like anyone lol.
I am assuming this tournament is meant to show off our new box set armies correct?
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Post by Leudast1215 on Sept 2, 2008 23:25:14 GMT -6
oh joy space marines galore  . and i would read the rules except i don't own the rule book sadly. maybe if i could proxy some titans i would ;D |
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Post by dragonbait on Sept 3, 2008 9:25:29 GMT -6
John usually prefers that players stick to one army/race per player. Have to ask to be sure since it's his dealy. With the pulsa rokkit and the addition of two sets worth of orks (after trading with Delso), I'll definately be able to bring 2000 points of waaaagh. On a side note too, I managed to check out an Apocalypse: Reload Book at a GW shop yesterday. They added new race specific strategems and of course some new formations as well as a few superheavies. At any rate though, this should make for another glorious pocy'clypse' battle!!
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Post by Leudast1215 on Sept 3, 2008 11:56:35 GMT -6
Did they add any proxy-able Tau super heavies? I'd be curious to know what the new formations are to see if anything i own could count for it; i hold out hope because I own 7 crisis suits and that's not even enough for the whole 'advanced recon' thing on the original book...
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Post by Andrew on Sept 3, 2008 12:22:07 GMT -6
Na, no super-heavies. What's the fascination anyway?
But you got more formations, and you might be able to do some.
Farstrike Battlesuit formation: 2-4 crisis teams, 0-2 broadside teams
Fire Warrior Counter-Strike: 2-4 Fire Warrior teams in Devilfish transports, 1 is a command tank
Skysweep Missile Defence Wing: 2-4 Sky Ray tanks, 1 Devilfish
Firestream Piranha Wing: 1 Piranha command, 3+ Piranhas, 0-1 Tetra Scout Speeder
Nighthunter Stealth Group:3-5 stealth teams, 1 is command team
I got my Apoc: Reload book a couple weeks ago. It is the bomb diggity. Chaos Space Marines can take a shit on an objective, making nobody want it (or even able to capture it). It's that awesome.
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Post by dragonbait on Sept 3, 2008 12:32:33 GMT -6
One of the ork stratagems actually turns an opponent super heavy into an objective that they can score, I love it. It's like Supa lootas or something crazy!
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Post by siriq on Sept 3, 2008 12:58:12 GMT -6
yah all the new stratagems are awsome
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Post by Leudast1215 on Sept 3, 2008 15:23:05 GMT -6
huzzah! strategems i can actually use ^_^. the fascination with super heavies has to do with the fact that the Tau have the coolest super heavies in the game offering unique tactical possibilities to an otherwise relatively linear gameplay and i can't use them do to the consensus i can't proxy (i'm referring to things like the orca drop shop, the giant manta ray of doom is unrealistic to proxy with a toy space ship or something). |
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Post by Andrew on Sept 3, 2008 21:01:13 GMT -6
Carve a foam block and stick four engines on it. Voila, an Orca. If you can approximate and get it close, it's fine. shoebox = Orca is not fine.
Yea, the new assets rock for everyone.
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Post by Leudast1215 on Sept 4, 2008 2:52:07 GMT -6
forgive my ignorance (This idea has actually occured to me) but where exactly can i acquire relatively large blocks of foam? is it pratical to even paint something like that given it's foam and not a totally flat surface?
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Post by RARE CHOICE GAMES on Sept 4, 2008 8:39:09 GMT -6
Any hardware store can provide you with foam for making almost anything you need to make.
Lowes, Menards, Home Depot they all have what you are looking for.
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Post by siriq on Sept 4, 2008 11:06:58 GMT -6
it may need to be done in layers though, most foam is thin
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Post by RARE CHOICE GAMES on Sept 4, 2008 11:28:57 GMT -6
True but you can get 2" thick sheets which would make it easier.
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Post by siriq on Sept 4, 2008 11:49:14 GMT -6
or harder depending on the situation.  |
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Post by RARE CHOICE GAMES on Sept 4, 2008 12:43:02 GMT -6
Well for making an ORCA I would think it would make it easier as he needs a bigger block. You could go with many small layers which would be easier to cut.
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Post by ddaypunk06 on Sept 9, 2008 14:36:40 GMT -6
true that, I will have to see if I can download the books.
Oh yea tom...just download the book off torrents...no need to not read it cause you don't own it.
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Post by Leudast1215 on Sept 9, 2008 20:53:58 GMT -6
maybe i just suck at "browsing" for said item but... of course i would never seriously entertain using it  |
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Post by dragonbait on Sept 22, 2008 11:19:37 GMT -6
I just gotta say. Damn. That was a fun-ass apocalypse game. 34000 points total was I believe the final tally. Ridiculous at times, but oh so much fun.
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. can we use models from two different armies as part of one army, or do we have to stick with 1 army type per player?
. and i would read the rules except i don't own the rule book sadly. maybe if i could proxy some titans i would ;D
