The Apostles of Contagion

Minotaurs Big Game Progress

2012-02-10T08:38:00.000-08:00

I have some new pictures to show you and also a new army list for the big game.

I've been switched over to the defenders side so I need to change up the army list. Besides I didn't really like the previous list 100% anyways, so it gives me a good reason to rework it. I also will not need to come up with new fluff as to why I am attacking an Adeptus Mechanicus Facility either.

Here are some pics of a finished Landraider Redeemer:

Here is a pic of the second LRR not yet finished but almost:

Here are some pics of my 2 Vanguard vet squads which will be mounted in those Redeemers:

Now onto the Army List.

Since I will be defending I want some more long range fire support as well and blocking units to stall the enemy's advance.

With that in mind I have changed up the 10 man marine units with different weapons. I plan on combat squading them to have 4 missile launcher teams and 4 rhino teams with meltaguns and combi-meltas. These are suicide melta units which will push out and try and blow up vehicles and if that doesn't work then block movement using the rhino chassis.

I also had the idea of adding in a Siege Master HQ from the Vangaurd Siege Assualt list from The second Badab war book. He will give me another Relic Blade in the army and also allow one of my units to have furious charge. He will lead one squad of Vanguard vets and Chaplain Enkomi will lead the other.

Here is an updated 'core' army list (using Vanguard Siege army list):
NOTE: I am breaking force org but according to the rules of the scenario I need only 1 HQ and 4 troops and can add as much onto that as I like.

HQ -

Chaplain Enkomi
145 pts.

Siege Master with Relic Blade and melta bombs
170 pts.

Asterion Moloc
235 pts.

ELITES -

9 Vanguard Vets with 2 power weapons and 2 meltabombs
1 Sargent with power fist and meltabombs
280 pts.

9 Vanguard Vets with 2 power weapons and 2 meltabombs
1 Sargent with power fist and meltabombs
280 pts.

7 Assault terminators
280 pts.
in Landraider Crusader with Multimelta
260 pts.

TROOPS -

9 Marines missile launcher and meltagun
1 sargent with combi-melta
in rhino
220 pts.

9 Marines missile launcher and meltagun
1 sargent with combi-melta
in rhino
220 pts.

9 Marines missile launcher and meltagun
1 sargent with combi-melta
in rhino
220 pts.

9 Marines missile launcher and meltagun
1 sargent with combi-melta
in rhino
220 pts.

Dreadnought Talon:
3 Ironclad Dreadnoughts with chainfists and 2 hunterkillers each
465 pts.

Heavy Support -

Landraider Achilles
325 pts.

Landraider Achilles
325 pts.

Landraider Redeemer with multimelta
250 pts.

Landraider Redeemer with multimelta
250 pts.

4145 points total.

Above was the Core list, which is from the Minotaurs Siege company. The following addtional units are drawn from the Chapter Reserves and First Company.

The following will make the army total 6,000 points.

HQ -

Librarian Epistolary with terminator armour, storm shield, might of the ancients and the quickening
190 pts.

Librarian with Nullzone and the Avenger
100 pts.

ELITES -

5 Sternguard 3 combi-plasmas and 2 plasmaguns
160 pts.

7 Assault Terminators
280 pts.

Dreadnought with 2 twin-linked autocannons
125 pts.

Dreadnought with 2 twin-linked autocannons
125 pts.

Dreadnought with Multi-melta
105 pts.

Dreadnought with Multi-melta
105 pts.

Land Raider Proteus with multi-melta, twinlinked heavy bolter, extra armour, armoured ceramite, dozer blade
290 pts.

Heavy Support -

Predator with Autocannon and heavy bolter sponsons
85 pts.

Predator with Autocannon and heavy bolter sponsons
85 pts.

Predator with Autocannon and heavy bolter sponsons
85 pts.

5880 pts. total

The Sterguard ride with the Librarian in Power armour on board the Land Raider Proteus.

This leaves me with 120 points. This is exactly 12 hunter killer missile if I want. Its enough to arm all the rhinos and predators and land raiders besides the Proteus.

Big Game 2012 Army Lists

2012-01-30T06:15:00.000-08:00

For this year's big game the organizer has asked everyone to come up with 3 lists.

When we get closer to the date he will tell everyone which list they should bring.

Its an attempt to balance the points on each table.
He's asked us to make a 4,000, 5,000, and 6,000 point list.

What I've done is come up with a 4,000 point 'core' list and then add on to make a 5,000 and then a 6,000 point list. The only things he asks of the lists is that there is a minimum of 1 HQ and 4 troops.

Here is my 4,000 point 'core' list:

HQ -

Asterion Moloc Master of the Minotaurs
235 pts

Elites -

7 assault terminators
280 pts
in a land raider crusader with a multimelta
260 pts

Ironclad Dreadnought with chainfist, close combat weapon, 2 hunter-killer missiles
155 pts

Ironclad Dreadnought with chainfist, close combat weapon, 2 hunter-killer missiles
155 pts

Ironclad Dreadnought with chainfist, close combat weapon, 2 hunter-killer missiles
155 pts

Troops -

9 marines with a meltagun and multimelta
1 sargent with powerfist
in rhino
235 pts

9 marines with a meltagun and multimelta
1 sargent with powerfist
in rhino
235 pts

9 marines with a meltagun and multimelta
1 sargent with powerfist
in rhino
235 pts

9 marines with a meltagun and multimelta
1 sargent with powerfist
in rhino
235 pts

Fast Attack -

9 vanguard vets with 2 power weapons no jump packs
1 sargent with powerfist
265 pts

9 vanguard vets with 2 power weapons no jump packs
1 sargent with powerfist
265 pts

Landspeeder with multimelta and heavy flamer
70 pts

Landspeeder with multimelta and heavy flamer
70 pts

Heavy Support -

Land Raider Redeemer with multi-melta
250 pts

Land Raider Redeemer with multi-melta
250 pts

Land Raider Achilles
325 pts

Land Raider Achilles
325 pts

4000 pts total

ADD 1,000 pts

HQ -

Librarian with Nullzone and The Avenger
100 pts

High Chaplain Ivanus Enkomi
145 pts

Elites -

6 Sternguard with 3 combi-plasmas and 2 plasmaguns
in rhino
220 pts

7 assault terminators
280 pts

Heavy Support -

Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters
85 pts

Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters
85 pts

Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters
85 pts

ADD 1,000 pts

HQ -

Librarian in terminator armour and storm shield, Null Zone and The Avenger
140 pts

Elites -

Land Raider Proteus with multi-melta, twinlinked heavy bolter, extra armour, armoured ceramite, dozer blade
290 pts

Dreadnought with 2 twin-linked autocannons
125 pts

Dreadnought with 2 twin-linked autocannons
125 pts

Dreadnought with multi-melta and cc arm
105 pts

Dreadnought with multi-melta and cc arm
105 pts

Fast Attack -

Land Speeder with Typhoon Missile Launcher and heavy bolter
90 pts

I have been working on finishing up the units I need for these lists. All I have left to finish is the 3 Ironclads, two Land Raider Redeemers, 2 vanguard veteran squads, Chaplain Enkomi, and two Land Raider Achilles.

The two Redeemers are almost done being painted. The two Vanguard Vet squads are almost done as well. Champlain Enkomi is base coated. The three Ironclad's are mostly assembled and I have to still purchase the two Achilles which I will do next week once I get my tax returns.

I will share pics once I take them.

Laters.

Mechanicus Requium: Big Game 2012

2012-01-26T10:01:00.000-08:00

Mechanicus Requium:
The Fall of Treanda IV

My gaming group's annual Big Game is almost here! The weekend of February 25th is the date. This year we have someone new designing the game. He hasn't done a Big Game yet.

Luckily I am not doing it again. I did last year's Big Game and it turned out great but I put in a ton of work. It was a project where every day after work i would come home and build and paint for at least 3 hours a day. I did this for probably 3 or 4 months. I don't envy my friend's work on this year's game, but I am looking forward to playing in it.

His ideas for this year's game sound very cool and also fairly straight forward. Nothing too complicated which is good when you get 20 or more guys in a room rolling dice at the same time. The simpler the game the better the game.

The tables for this year's game are shaping up to be pretty awesome. There are 4 "island" tables connected by one bridge each to a central table where a large Mechanicus Facility is located. The central table also has a defensive wall/line where the Imperials will be holding back a force of orks that will probably be close 20,000 points.

There are models called 'menials' that the Imperial defenders will need to corral onto the main board from the 4 side bards to save them from the attack by Chaos and other Xenos forces. The attacking Chaos/Xenos forces are attempting to stop the 'menials' from escaping.

That is pretty much the main jist of the game.

Here are some shots of a table in progress:

This is the map of the whole layout:

On the map above the red lines on the outside of the islands represent landing zones where the attacker may each deploy there armies they are each supposed to be roughly 2 feet long. 2 of these lines per attacking player per island is where they can move onto the tables from.

The army I will be playing is Minotaur Space Marines. I am an attacker so my teammates will all be Xenos or Chaos. I need to come up with a fluff reason as to why I am attacking an Adeptus Mechanicus Facility.

I came up with the idea that perhaps its a political dispute between a particular High Lord of Terra with the particular branch of the Mechanicus that operates this facility. There was maybe a breach in negotiations for specific STC vehicles or weapons that would be manufactured and delivered to a region that the High Lord had ties to. I will expound on that idea in a future post I think.

The organizer of this Big Game wants us all to come up with 3 different army lists. They should be 4,000 points, 5,000 points, and 6,000 points. He wants us to do this so that when we are ready for the game, people can be playing against equal sized forces. I might end up playing a 4,000 point army and so is the other guy on my team on my table. Our opponents on the other side will then also have 8,000 points total.

I've come up with a 4,000 point army and additions to it to bring it to 5,000 and 6,000 points.

I will post these lists in a later blog post because I don't the lists on me at the moment.

Until next time.

New Minotaurs 1850 list

2012-01-24T11:13:00.000-08:00

After playing in the GBU tournament last Saturday I have been thinking about my list and I've decided that the 1850 list I brought there was not the best list I could have taken.

I had difficulty in dealing with 2+ armour saves both at long ranges and at shorter ranges. I have come up with a new list that incorporates plasma and and lascannons that I think may be better at dealing with units like mega nobs and terminators.

here goes:

HQ -

120 - Master of the Forge with conversion beamer

Elites -

125 Dreadnought with 2 twin-linked autocannons

125 Dreadnought with 2 twin-linked autocannons

115 Dreadnought with multimelta and heavy flamer

Troops -

105 4 scouts with camo cloaks and sniper rifles and one missile launcher
1 Sargent with camo cloak sniper rifle and melta bombs

180 4 marines
1 Sargent with combi-flamer
in Razorback with lascannon and twin-linked plasmagun

180 4 marines
1 Sargent with combi-flamer
in Razorback with lascannon and twin-linked plasmagun

180 4 marines
1 Sargent with combi-flamer
in Razorback with lascannon and twin-linked plasmagun

180 4 marines
1 Sargent with combi-flamer
in Razorback with lascannon and twin-linked plasmagun

Fast Attack -

90 Landspeeder with Typhoon Missile Launcher and Heavy Bolter

90 Landspeeder with Typhoon Missile Launcher and Heavy Bolter

Heavy Support -

115 Dreadnought with multimelta and heavy flamer

120 Predator with Autocannon and 2 lascannon sponsons

120 Predator with Autocannon and 2 lascannon sponsons

1845pts total

So I have long range ap2 in the form for 8 lascannons and one conversion beamer. I have short range ap2 with 4 twin-linked plasma guns and 2 multimeltas. I have now 6 flamer templates and I still have 4 missile launcher shots and 6 autocannons.

I will need to play test this list but I like it a lot.

I don't like to copy/paste lists from other websites but I try and take ideas from them and make my own lists. I do look at Stelek's and Kirby's sites alot for list ideas.

What do people think of this list?

GBU V Results!

2012-01-23T08:00:00.000-08:00

So this past Saturday I played in the Good The Bad and the Ugly V tournament and I did ok. I am not really a hardcore tournament player. I probably play in about 3 a year, usually really small local tournaments.

I should probably explain the reason I play in tournaments before I go any further.

I am a very competitive person when it comes to games. I play pool to win everytime, no matter who I am playing or where I am playing. Whenever i play a board game or card game or Magic or 40k I am the same way.

I enjoy the competition and in 40k tournaments I enjoy a very rigid style of playing where the rules are set in stone. The scenarios are very specific and its winner take all. I really enjoy playing this way. I do not enjoy demolishing my opponent as much as having a close fought game where I come out on top though.

I also enjoy a more relaxed environment which my Book of the Arbitrator games illustrate. I actually don't know which environment I prefer honestly.

Anyway, on to the results!

I played the Space Marine list that is in my previous post. I had some grand idea that with this list I could win games and show people that the vanilla codex was still competitive. Well I won one out of three.

The list I used has some large weaknesses. I feel theres not enough ap2 in the list. I think adding plasma guns and lascannons would add a lot to the list. I have some ideas on how to do this. I might post a new list tomorrow or some thing.

The first game illustrated nicely how weak this list is against death stars. I played against an ork army that had 2 units of meganobs. a 5 man with Grotsnik and a 9 man led by a warboss. These two units I could not kill.

His army consisted of the 5 nobs and Grotsnik in a trukk, the 9 man and warboss in a battlewagon, a 25 man squad of ard boyz, a 30 man squad of boyz, and i think only a 15 man squad of lootas. Not alot of units, but all he needed against me were really the nobs.

I blew up both of his vehicles almost immediately. I couldn't then kill enough of the orks from then on part of the scenario was kill points and those were the only two I ever got. I was able to make it a game because of my skimmers and rhinos moving to contest objectives. I only lost by like 4 or 5 battle points. I could have been worse.

My opponent in this game however was fantastic. He's the kind of guy that I would easily have over to my place for a few beers and some dice rolling any time. Great guy all around.

My second game was against Dark Eldar. This match up I was looking forward to. I have always done well against the Deldar. I know how to play them and have even almost tabled them before even with my chaos marine army.

This game was the best by far of the three games. It was an incredibly intense game. The first three turns were all me I was blowing up skimmers and killing those pesky Deldar troops like it was going out of style. Turns 4 and five the game totally swung in his favor and I thought for sure I would lose the game. It went to seven turns and it went all the way down to the last five minutes and I came back.

The game ended with me losing the primary objective but winning the secondary and tertiary and pulling out a small 9 to 8 win.

Great game, decent guy. I'd play him at a game store night any time.

The third game was against the new Necrons. It was my first game against the new codex and I wasn't sure what to expect. He took Imotek the Storm Lord. Imotek was the only reason I didn't blast him off the table. If we hadn't played night fight for the first 4 turns I would would have done much better. I lost that game 21 to 7.

For the third year in a row the Bad team won. It is really surprising that they would do so good when everyone on the interwebz says that the most powerful codexes are Imperial ones. Oh well.

My Impressions:

Positives:

- Good people to play against

- Good Prize Support (Everyone on the winning team each year gets a box of GW figs in addition to all the individual prizes.)

- Good Terrain: well painted and was relatively easy to play with. (In fact I found out afterwards that most of the terrain there was brought up from Chicago and will be used at Adepticon this year.)

- Plenty of time per game (We had 2.5 hours per game for 1850pt games.)

Negatives:

- Players choice should have been separate from painting prize not added together

- Lighting was poor for about half the tables (But the space was free courtesy of the game shop that gave the organizers the space for the event. I can't really complain.)

I will be playing again next year if I can.

I came away from this tourney realizing that I haven't come up with a list I like at 1850 yet for my Marines. I will have to keep working on it.

Look for more updates with new lists soon!

Thanks for reading!

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly V

2012-01-20T06:24:00.001-08:00

This weekend is the GBU V. Its the fifth year in a row of this local tournament. I have played in it the last 3 years. Its pretty fun and is probably the largest local tournament.

The way it works is that there are three groups of players each group will only play people in one of the other two groups.

The Good: All Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Sister of Battle, Grey Knights

The Bad: Chaos Marines, Choas Demons, Dark Eldar, Tyranids

The Ugly: Orks, Tau, Necron, Eldar

Here is the website: http://adeptusbrewcity.webeasysite.us/

Every time I've played in it I've played my Iron Warriors, well this year I will play on the good team with my Minotaur Space Marines. It will be a vanilla marine codex army.

Here is the list:

1850Pts – Space Marines Roster

1 Space Marine Librarian in Power Armour, 100 pts (Null Zone; Vortex of Doom)

4 Sternguard, 185 pts (Combi-Plasma x2; Plasma Gun x1)
1 Sargeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Plasma x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)

1 Dreadnought, 125 pts (Twin-Linked Autocannon; Twin-Linked Autocannon)

1 Dreadnought, 125 pts (Twin-Linked Autocannon; Twin-Linked Autocannon)

9 Tactical Squad, 220 pts (Meltagun; Missile Launcher)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Meltagun x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)

9 Tactical Squad, 220 pts (Meltagun; Missile Launcher)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Meltagun x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)

9 Tactical Squad, 220 pts (Meltagun; Missile Launcher)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Meltagun x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)

9 Tactical Squad, 220 pts (Meltagun; Missile Launcher)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Meltagun x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)

1 Land Speeder, 90 pts (Heavy Bolter x1; Typhoon Missile Launcher x1)

1 Land Speeder, 90 pts (Heavy Bolter x1; Typhoon Missile Launcher x1)

1 Predator, 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))

1 Predator, 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))

1 Predator, 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))

Total Roster Cost: 1850

I don't know if I like the Sternguard squad or not. If I got rid of it I would add a MM land speeder and another rifleman dread. I would also change the Librarian's powers to null zone and gate of infinity.

I won't be able to finish another dreadnought tonight though, so I think this will be my list.

Let me know what you think.

Hulka's Bonus Scenario

2012-01-10T08:57:00.000-08:00

While the Eldar were scouring the town trying to find info about the underground caverns, Hulka decided to take a small crack team from his own crew to a nearby factory. They would infiltrate the factory and attempt to sneak out of it with some goodies.

This scenario is very unique in that I needed to figure out a way into the factory and then once inside it had to search crates that contained random wargear and weapons. My crew were assumed to be wearing workers clothes so the regular workers in the factory would not think twice about my guys wandering around.

If a worker were to spot one of my crew opening a crate they would alert the authorities. The Enforcers would then exit an office and come to attack my crew. The workers have a daily routine where they enter the factory by two doors and then go to various stations. Once at these stations every turn a die was rolled for each worker to see what they would do. They would either keep working where they were, or turn around or go to a different station nearby.

Every hour of the day consisted of four game turns. I had an open-ended goal of getting in somehow, finding as much stuff as I could or dared too and then getting out somehow. I could very easily get in get out and be done, but I had other plans.

Check out this blog post for more info on this scenario:
Bonus Scenario

Here is a picture of the factory. Some imagination is necessary as the outer walls were all immpassable and there were no windows to climb in or out of. The only way in was the two doors the workers entered by or the garage doors that the trucks would later use to get in.

As the work day begins the workers line up outside the doors ready for another day:

Sargent Hulka takes Fyord Fairlane, Alisa T'Kar, assassin Tor Alcorn and Archy Bunter with him on this stealth mission. He decides the best way to get into the factory is by casually walking in dressed as a worker with all the other workers:

As the workers move to their positions Archy and Hulka start their search opening crates as the workers have their backs turned: (We put tufts of cotton on piles of crates that I had already searched.)

As most of my crew deicdes to walk around avoiding the workers' glances, my assassin Tor Alcorn decides to use his grapple and haul himself up onto the top of some machinery and go into hiding, waiting for the moment where he will be most needed:

As my search continues, elsewhere in the factory workers continue about their normal tasks and the Enforcers haul up in a corner office just waiting to be alerted.

Alisa has been searching for some time now and my crew has found a number of cool items. My crew had found quite a bit of useful kit by now: a grav chute, biobooster, lascarbine(Mars pattern), a respirator, and a photovisor. Alisa then decides to walk right up to one of the last pile of crates not yet to be searched and wait for the worker to turn his back.

Now almost all of the crates had been searched and I decided I'd search this one last crate with Fyord. And he couldn't believe his eyes when the crate was opened. A Plasma Cannon was inside! At this point I decided my crew had found enough stuff and all that was left to be done was to get out.

At this point in the scenario the trucks began arriving which would be loaded up with stuff by the workers and then drive out. As the first truck pulled in, Archy Bunter moved close to it and I had hatched a plan! A very A-Team plan if I do say so myself.

I move Archy to the side door of the truck and declare that he is pulling the driver out and then shooting him. With delight the Arbitrator, my friend, agrees that this would be pretty cool and also alert the enforcers. So Archy pulls the trigger and also hops into the drivers seat.

The workers are now obviously a bit scared for their lives and the Enforcers burst out of their office ready to crack some heads.

A this point, knowing the gig is up, Alisa searches the crate right in front of the stunned worker and not finding much of value decides to move over to one of the doors, which is locked. She luckily has a krak grenade and plants it on the door, a big explosion later and the dorr is blasted off its hinges, giving my crew an escape route. Archy however, decides one escape route just isn't good enough and kicks the big truck into gear. He floors it and rams headlong into the garage door hoping to smash through it. Unfortunately the door holds.

Tor Alcorn then makes his move and jumps down from his hiding spot. One of my crew then lets fly with a lasgun and kills an enforcer. With all of this commotion a door opens up inside the factory and out comes an absolute monster with cables all around and bristling with guns. Tor then decides to throw his Hallucinagen gas grenade to obscure its view and it hits two Enforcers and a worker send one of them running in a different direction thinking he has spiders crawling all over him!

Hulka, seeing Archy fail in his attempt to smash through the door climbs on board the truck and tries to smash through the door again. And again the garage door holds!

At this point the Enforcers have rounded the corner and are quite close to my crew, they open fire and my crew tries to get the heck out.

As the rest of the crew try and get out of the blown off door, Hulka gets cut off and has to try to escape gimpy leg and heavy carapace armour an all.

The Enforcers have rounded the corner and begin shooting in earnest at my crew. The first to get knocked down is Alisa:

Fyord then gets hit and also goes down.

Finally everyone but Hulka eascapes out of the door. Hulka is all alone in the Factory at this point and has to run from one pile of crates to another taking cover and trying to avoid not only the Enforcers but the big monstrosity shooting at him with a heavy bolter.

With all of the Enforcers focusing on Hulka he somehow manages to evade capture and escapes through the door to safety!

It was such a nerve-wracking game when Hulka got cut off. I had to decide what to do, try and bring back my crew and try to rescue him or see if he could gut it out on his own. He somehow managed to not get hit TWICE! by a heavy bolter. And the enforcers just couldn't bring him down. He is obviously made of some tuff stuff.

The Monster was a really cool surprise that I didn't know about before the battle. I didn't get a very good picture of it so I will have to wait and see if my friend got a better pic of it before I can put it up.

These kind of game are really great because they are open-ended and have no set end turn. It also showed that this game can be played in a different style than what is normally expected from a 40k game or even a Necromunda game. Having a story and coming up with rules on the fly like driving the truck and ramming the door is great fun. I want to try and play more scenarios like this where there is a definite story and some loose rules to go with it. As the game progresses we can modify and make up new rules when we think of something that would be cool to happen during the game.

After the battle was over I decided to sell off the plasma cannon because we both felt it was a bit over powering to have in my crew. Also it was worth quite a bit of coin so that was nice. The other items I got were pretty awesome and will be put to good use by my crew.

Thanks for reading, see you next time.

The Zorn Artefact Part1: The Hunt for the Caverns Batrep

2012-01-05T10:30:00.000-08:00

So The first game we played I acted as the Game Master and controlled the Enforcers of Vrall. Yog'Sothoth and crew were tasked with the mission of interrogating townsfolk and searching buildings to find the entrance to underground caverns that supposedly exist below the town. They needed to accomplish this goal to get their leader, Miguel Quasar, back from Sargent Hulka who has been holding him captive.

They had to accomplish this whether they alerted the authorities to their presence or not. Although it would be easier to find the entrance without alerting the authorities.

Here is the battlefield:

The Enforcers of Vrall deploy in the center:

The Eldar sneak up to a building ready to interrogate a townsfolk:

The Eldar Sharpshooter Daemon prepares to get into a better position to survey the battlefield:

Yog'Sothoth prepares to give an Imperial Citizen the shakedown:

Daemon the Sharpshooter climbs up to get a better position and starts knocking off Enforcers. I think he shot 3 or 4 during the game. The Enforcers meanwhile spread out to try and catch the Eldar in the act:

Oblio and Hiro close in on another Citizen but an Enforcer tries to spoil their plans:

The Enforcers spot the Eldar and they send reinforcements in the form of a large Toad Armoured vehicle loaded with Enforcers of Vrall and Oblio takes aim:

The Enforcers disembark from their Toad ready to lay down the law on Oblio:

With time running out and the Enforcers now fully aware of the Eldar, Yog steps up and lays down his law with his flamer:

Hiro makes a break for it to try and get to a building further back. The Enforcers spot him and with a well-placed lasgun shot bring him down.

Yog'Sothoth powers up his powerfist and charges into an Enforcer hoping to knock him on his butt:

Yo'Sothoth is brought down by Enforcers, Hiro is knocked out of the game and unfortunately Oblio gets captured by Enforcers and taken off to the Precinct House. While Daemon the sharpshooter continues to snipe off Enforcers he eventually realizes that he is the only one left and decides to sneak off into the shadows and regroup:

With Oblio captured the Eldar gang is reduced to just three members. They failed in their mission to find either the entrance to the caverns or info leading to the entrance.

When news of their misfortune reaches Sargent Hulka he is not pleased. He decides to take all of Miguel's weapons and wargear and sell him off into slavery.

The next battle report is up next.

Bonus Scenario for Sargent Hulka and Crew

2012-01-05T07:46:00.000-08:00

So last weekend I played two scenarios with my friend the first one was the one I posted in my previous blog post and the second one was one he came up with. The details, which are his work, is detailed below:

"The Captain tapped his finger on the switch simply marked "OPENCOM" repeatedly, even though he knew it wouldn't work. Frustration was beginning to set in. Three full days following the communications blackout after the SPECUP1 Satellite failure, things around the industrial zones were beginning to come back together. Automation would always hiccup now and then, an autolift failing to arrive at the correct floor, or an autocar driving headlong into a crowd of citizens waiting in line for nutri-rations.

Sometimes those queues were so long, citizens at the back barely noticed the car, and would actually stay in line thinking that actual progress in distribution was being made.

The captain's nameplate, pinned to his front left lapel of his navy-blue wool jacket read in loud, black capital letters: RANCO. Captain Jarr Ranco was a native born; one who was born and raised, and incidentally never left, the surface of Cassius. His entire life had been one of relative ease, relative wealth, and relative order.

To anyone else in this galaxy, his life was hard, poor, and chaotic.

Captain Ranco finally gave up on the OPENCOM switch on his main screen panel, stood up from his station and walked across his small office to a grey-green steel door at the opposite end. His boots were black polished leather, and made a squeaky-squishing noise as he walked across the white tile floor. The tile was most certainly synthetic, a type of rubber made in the South Industrial Districts, what most Enforcers of Vrall called the "SID," also joking that the initialism stood for "Sudden Immediate Death."

Ranco reflected briefly upon this as he twirled the combination dial once and unlatched the heavily reinforced steel door, revealing the only portal leading out of his station. Outside, a labyrinth of cubicles spread out before him below a small girded walkway. Jarr stepped out onto the platform, and called out in a demand:

"Mister Lemon! Mister Lemon!"

He scanned the crowd. A small man, clad in a navy blue jumpsuit and clutching a folder of datafile papers and a small vid-screen was weaving his way through the cubicle maze, making his way to his office. Ranco returned back inside. The meeting began a full three minutes later.

"Mister Lemon, I do apologize for taking you away from your station, I will be sure to fill out a Ninety-Five-Stroke-Seven for your absence. You will deliver this to your Secretary-At-Arm-Length and Minister-of-SID-Portfolio, yes?"

Ranco removed a rubber stamp from his desk drawer, and used it no less than nine times on five different datafiles.

Mister Lemon looked shaken. "Sir, since the failure of the Autocoms in the SID, it is highly unlikely that the transportation grid is working fully. Even if I could call one of the services, that is."

Ranco looked displeased, an expression he'd worked upon for years, ever since he was twelve and discovered it when examining his complexion in a mirror at the Northside Youth Training Facility. "Mister Lemon, I put it to you that you should most likely be able to walk there..."

Ranco said many more words while berating Mister Lemon, but Mister Lemon had stopped fully listening. His eyes were scanning the address of the bastion he would have to walk to, and his mind reeled at the prospect at walking the streets of the SID alone. When the meeting was over, Captain Ranco slammed the steel door shut behind Mister Lemon. It took Mister Lemon five minutes to return to his seat. Two hours later Lemon's shift entered the Task Phase, where he filled out another 95-7 form, delivered it to the floor manager and stepped out into the street.

Exactly Thirty-Seven minutes later Lemon found himself disembarking from a public transportation pod, and, still clutching his vidscreen and folder of datafiles, began a slow winding walk through the winding streets to the Ministorium of the SID. Mister Lemon made it about three blocks. His body would be found by a Vrall patrol two-and-a-half hours later. His vidscreen would be missing, but the datafile papers were strewn all around the area, in a diameter twice the radius of the pool of blood surrounding the late Mister Lemon.

Four blocks away, Fjord Fairlane was spending the sunny afternoon trying to get his newly-acquired All-Terrain Vehicle "The Toad," back on four (if not six by tomorrow) wheels again. He had stopped to eat a ham and vegimite sandwich when a whirl of 12" x 18" legal documents (normally called datafiles on this planet) floated on a breeze around the corner and scattered across the oily driveway in front of him. Fjord picked one of them up casually, and sat down on a half-drum. He scowled as he read, trying to decipher what it read. Most of it seemed like gibberish, but there was one section that seemed a little bit more clear:

++372ninrApls++ Start The factory is located at 12099978a 445b SID primary. While the current situation disallows our communication with the factory, it is imp**67++galphaninrBmins++ we make our investigation on the floor production. It is the responsibility ++codvioANSI97.3visio++ of the Ministry and its Portfolio that the code is followed to absolute strictest standards. ++LingophonestartninrApls++ Informants have told us that there are stockpiles of weapons and equipment that have not been delivered due to the Autotruck (v769.9) malfunctions. ++71077345++ JVR has sent courier. ABS will be ready for field testing once Autotruck comms are restored. Please send Vrall Enforcement team to safeguard ABS until then. ++71077345ninrBminsEND+++

Fjord raised one eyebrow upon reading this and paused chewing. Folding it in half, he walked into the small garage and through the back door to where Sgt. Hulka and the rest of the gang were deciding what to do next."

The scenario:

"Sgt Hulka's team, if they choose to do so, can infiltrate the Factory 71077345 and plunder the overstock.

The scenario will begin with the Arbitrator setting up the Factory. Somewhere in the middle of the factory will be the man known simply as "JVR." He's the factory boss. There will be lots of equipment and crates and stuff around, and the Factory will take up the majority of the 6' x 4' board.

There are three distinct entrance times that the team can take advantage of, at other times the doors to the factory will be locked. Getting in will be much more difficult when the doors are locked.

0100: Workers arrive in two entrances to the factory. If the team can find a way to get into the factory, they'll find themselves surrounded by workers "punching in" and going straight to work.

0600: While the Autotrucks used to take away goods are disabled, there are still delivery trucks bringing raw materials to the factory. There will be a large garage door that will open and allow these trucks to enter and leave.

0800: Worker break. Most workers exit the building and hang around outside the doors for an hour while they smoke.

0900: Worker break ends. Workers enter the factory and get back to work.

1100: Shift change. Doors open for new shift.

1600: Autotruck delivery.

1800: Worker break. Doors open.

1900: Break ends. Doors close.

2100: Factory closes and all workers leave factory. Lights are shut off and nightwatchmen deploy and security systems are enabled.

2400: Factory re-opens. Lights turn back on.

How this will work: The above describes an average day in the factory. Through surveillance, the team can observe one day of movement, which will be performed by the Arbitrator. Then the Player will pitch his strategy for getting into the factory and getting away with the loot, a "plan" as it were. The Arbitrator and the Player will come up with a division of turns between hour schedules that will describe what happens and when.

For example, if the player decided that he wanted to sneak someone into the factory during a break at 0800, he could begin his first turn at 0700. Then the player and Arbitrator could agree that there would be four turns played between 0700 and 0800. The same "pace of play" could be kept until the player sneaks his figure into a hiding spot where he's sure he won't be seen for hours. Play could "time warp" up to 1100 where a shift change occurs- as long as no player movement is needed.

This is a cooperative effort between Player and Arbitrator to allow the Player to plan a break-in and loot scenario. Player should be encouraged to "think outside the box," coming up with elaborate schemes to get in, get loot, and get out without detection.

It should be noted that the Factory Employees are good citizens who will most likely rat out anyone they don't recognize as a real employee. Detection is probably not a good thing, and if it wasn't evident in the fluff, Vrall Enforcers are probably nearby. They like to hang around factories full of weapons.

Furthermore, the Foreman of the Factory, JVR is a most mysterious character. His location will be kept hidden until the Arbitrator feels is is proper to introduce him. He'd probably be worth lots of ransom money...

Finding loot: Player will be able to expend movement and actions to "search" almost anything. If a player rolls a "6," on a D6, he will find loot. Every time a model searches, add a D6 to his roll (to a maximum of 6). The Player will roll on the charts in the Arbitrator book according to category and find those items.

Arbitrator reserves the right to veto any item that probably wouldn't be there (like terminator or power armor, or eldar force weapons, etc).

If, before searching, the Player rolls a "triple six," he may roll on any chart and override the Arbitrators veto!

Errata:

Each "piece" of terrain may be searched once, excepting obvious things like walls, doorknobs, car tires. They cannot be searched at all. Things that can be searched will herefore be called crates.

Boxes and crates can be searched, but what is inside does not necessarily need to be taken.

If there are multiple models in base contact with a crate, one model may search and deliver an item inside to said adjacent model (the "You Hold the Crate Open" rule).

There are a few ways of alerting the authorities to your location.

1) Search through a crate while in LOS of an unfriendly citizen, Enforcer, or anyone else who is employed by the factory.

2) Shoot any guns inside.

3) Kill someone inside while in LOS of anyone unfriendly, or allow a body of someone killed to be found by anyone.

4) Open an office door (especially that one office full of Enforcers) without disabling the alarm, or making sure there's no one inside.

Billy-Joes-Gun-Shop: Down a dark alley a mere 500 feet from the factory is a minor trader known as Billy-Joe. Billy holds a stake in this operation, and will be willing to help the gang if you wish. He will allow the gang to do the following:

Pre-Game Action: A single member from the gang may pick one item in the armory, and roll to see if it is available. If it is, he may buy or trade items on a 100% value basis to Billy-Joe. If an item or items are traded with Billy-Joe, they must be returned at the end of the mission.

Post-Game Action: Any extra gear hauled away from the Factory will literally be "Factory Fresh," still in its plastic wrapper and smelling like a new car. Billy-Joe will pay full price for these items.

Oh yeah, and the benefits.

For anyone who enters the factory and survives will gain 1xp.

If the leader survives: one bonus xp."

Next posts will be batreps.

The Zorn Artefact Campaign Part I

2011-12-19T10:37:00.000-08:00

"This Artefact looks like it may be some sort of map, or guide." said Candor Blau placing the roughly disk-shaped object Hulka found on the wooden table. "A map huh? Well can you read it?" asked Hulka.

Candor was always interested in geography as well as ciphers, having studied those disciplines in his days as a youth at the Imperial Academy on Hroth Primus. He pointed at the symbols on the disk and explained, "As you can see here, there are four symbols indicating perhaps the cardinal directions like on a map or compass. We can infer this is the planet it is referring to because of the symbol in the center which corresponds to this planetary system we are in right now. Four planets orbiting a star."

"So besides planets and the directional symbols what else does the piece indicate?" asked Alisa. "Well it would appear that there are directions to some sort of cave system. Do you know of any caves on this planet?"

"Well there are probably many caves and mines below the surface because of this places' past." Responded Hulka. "Perhaps this was what Lan was searching for. He did mention to me in passing many months ago about an underground chamber of some sort."

"Maybe we can use the Eldar's skills in finding the entrance to these caverns." put in the every scheming assassin, Alcorn.

"Brilliant idea, I need you to convey a message to them Alissa. Tell them they can have Quasar if they help us in finding the entrance to underground caverns." Responded Hulka. "But how will they find these caverns?" Asked Candor. "The Eldar have means which you can only guess at. They will be able to find them. I will send them a message." said Alissa.

Mission 1: The Hunt for the Caverns

This mission will be played out with the Eldar taking up the task of finding the entrance to the underground caverns and reporting that entrance back to Hulka's crew. In return they will get their Rogue Trader back.

I will play the part of the GM and I will control the NPCs. The mission will take place in the frontier town where the first mission of the prologue took place. They will need to gather information from the townsfolk and do some investigation to find the clues as to the whereabouts of the cavern entrance.

There will be many NPC townsfolk and buildings to examine. They must do this without getting too much attention from the authorities. While this is still a frontier world and not really controlled by the Imperium, aliens are not totally welcome here.

The board will be a 6'X4' board with a setup similar to the setup of the first game but with more buildings. Each building will be inhabited by at least one member of the town. To question the townsfolk they must move into base contact with them and make a successful nerve check. This will extract the info from the townsfolk.

roll a d10 after questioning the townsfolk, subtract 1 from the number rolled if it is the first time a townsfolk was questioned and look at the chart below:

1-2 - "I don't know what yer talking about! Get out of my house before I call the authorities!!" get a minus -1 on all further rolls, and add +1 on the alarm counter.

3-5 - "I have only heard of the caverns in passing, I cannot help you."

6-7 - "I know who you should talk to!" +1 on future rolls.

8-9 - "I think you should talk to Gregor!" +2 on future rolls.

10 - "I know where it is!" You have the info!

For every failed Nerve check add +1 to the alarm counter.

When the alarm counter reaches 6, the authorities will be alerted to your presence.

The Authorities:

At the beginning of the game disperse the authorities as per the fisrt game from the 4 prologue missions. They respond as described in that mission. If the authorities are alerted to what the Eldar are doing they will respond accordingly. They stop being controlled randomly and I will control them. Also an Armoured Toad vehicle will arrive off a random board edge carrying 4 more Enforcers.

The alarm counter will be set to 6 if any of the Eldar get within 4" of any of the Enforcers as well.

Once the info has been obtained the Eldar must exit off the board edge that they deployed on. As shown in the map below:

Each townsfolk can only be questioned once.

There is another way to find the actual entrance to the caverns. Each building an Eldar unit enters can be searched. They must do nothing for an entire turn and must make a Leadership check. If the check is passed they may then roll on the chart below:

d10 -

1-4 They search for quite a long time and are totally absorbed in the effort of searching. They unfortunately make too much noise in the effort and add +1 to the alarm counter.

5-9 While digging around in the building for awhile they are unable to find anything of value, but are more determined then ever to find the entrance. add +1 to the alarm counter and +4 onto this chart the next time they roll on this chart

10 - They have found the secret entrance to the underground caverns!

Hopefully this scenario will work I may need to update it further.

The Zorn Artefact Campaign kicks off

2011-12-19T07:01:00.000-08:00

The previous 4 scenarios from the Book of the Aribtrator that I played can be called the prologue to this new campaign that I will be playing. This new campaign will pit my crew of adventurers led by Sargent Bruhm Hulka against the crew of Rogue Trader Miguel Quasar.

The last game we played ended with Hulka escaping with an ancient piece of Xenos tech from a downed alien space craft. Miguel Quasar was wounded badly by the alien guard robots at the space craft's landing site. My crew was able to secure the wounded Quasar and escape to a safe house much to the chagrin of his Eldar allies.

And now to the story...

Darkness surrounded him. The cool concrete floor of the room made him shiver as he lay on his side. Slowly the Rogue Trader sat up and rubbed his eyes. Blinking, he tried to make out some details of this room that he some how ended up in.

He looked around noticing the room he was in was only about eight feet by ten. A door with light streaming through a crack at its foot beckoned to Quasar. He could hear talking coming from the far side of the door. He couldn't quite make out what they were saying but they sounded agitated.

Standing was tough, using one of the walls to prop himself up he slowly shuffled to the door. He tried the door knob and it, unsurprisingly wouldn't turn. Reaching down to his belt he noticed that he didn't have any of his equipment on him. "Damn." he whispered.

Suddenly the door opened. Light streamed into the room making Quasar blink quickly trying to fend off the abrasive light. "So I see you're up. Good It looks like we will have something to bargain with." Hulka put his hand on Quasar's head and pushed him to the ground. "You should probably rest some more, you'll want to be at your best when they come for you."

"Why are you holding me?" asked Quasar. "We have reached an agreement with your Xenos allies." said Hulka. "They will do something for us in exchange for your release. Now shut up and stay put. Oh and there is no sense trying to escape, Rocky has been keeping watch out side this door since we captured you. His Heavy Stubber would certainly rip you to shreds if you tried to do anything foolish." With that he closed and locked the door, plunging the room back into darkness.

Cassius III:

Cassius III is a worls on the edge of the Kronus Expanse. It is at the very edge of Imperial space. It is ruled by the Arch-Techno Magus Arduro Lexcrusio Germanus Excelon the XVII. He is an old Tech priest who is clinging to life and has a very loose hold on the comings and goings of his planet. His tech guard who are the law on this planet are seldom seen and their numbers are believed to be less than 20. The Enforcers of Vrall are the police force whom he has contracted with to maintain order. They are actually a private army from the Agrarian Mafia house of Vrall which is said to be the actual house of the Rogue Trader Arminious Vrall who founded the planet 3,000 years ago. He named it after his eldest son Cassius Vrall.

Shortly after colonization, the Adeptus Mechanicus moved in because of the great riches of minerals that the planet had. The Mechanicus made a pact with Vrall that they would be the rulers of the planet but Vrall could be the figure head of the new regime. After 2,500 years of mining, most of the planet has become a wasteland and nearly all of its mineral wealth has dried up. Most of the Mechanicus has moved on and left the aging Excelon in charge.

The Agrarian Mafia of Vrall had taken over five hundred years ago and began the process of terra forming the planet into a more agricultural world. It has only partially worked. There are some farms and they all pay a tax to the house of Vrall. Most of the planet is littered with old decrepit mining vehicles and abandoned cities where thousands of workers once lived and worked for the Mechanicus.

The farming communities are small but make enough food to survive. Because of the planet's location this food is sold in the larger cities and trading posts on Cassius III to Rogue Traders and others who are embarking on long voyages into the Koronus Expanse.

More to come...

Genestealer Hybrids, Civilian Vehicles and Inspiration

2011-12-17T13:43:00.000-08:00

Well I haven't done any work in the last week, but I have found some neat things to inspire me on the interwebs!

Check out this forum blog of a dude making a Genestealer Cult army:
http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Ammobunker/topic/7425881/1/

I also found this awesome article on 40k Civilian Vehicles on Dakka:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Civilian_vehicles_in_40k

And check out Combat Zone Chronicles:
http://www.combatzonechronicles.net/table.htm

One more thing, I have always been interested in Inq28 which I first heard about on DakkaDakka many years ago. It has been very inspirational and in many ways kept me interested in trying something of that sort. One reason why I wanted to try Book Of The Arbitrator was because I could do campaigns with a small group of minis.
Well here is the blog for Inq28:
http://inq28.blogspot.com/

I am also adding on Migsula's Blog:
http://legionofplastic.blogspot.com/

Enjoy, until next time.

New Blog and Planetstrike!

2011-12-13T07:13:00.000-08:00

I found a new blog today from one of my new followers:

http://daedeluskraetyr.blogspot.com

Check it out its another Minotaurs player.

Also thanks to all my followers its a great feeling to know people actually are reading this blog. I had a while when I wasn't doing a whole lot of updating but I am going to try and do more updates on a more regular basis as I've got a lot of new projects I'm working on at the moment.

My newest project will be Planetstrike. I've been talking to one of my friends and he wants to do some Planetstrike games. I've reread the book and I think I will begin making some bastions and other things from scratch for our up coming games.

We have been talking about doing an Iron Warrior and Daemons game as well as some Minotaurs and Space Wolves games. Stay tuned...

Campaign Game 4 Battle Report

2011-12-12T11:56:00.000-08:00

After having been defeated by Rogue Trader Miguel Quasar and their leader Inquisitor Arkhan Lan dead, Sargent Hulka and the remnants of Lan's crew fled the scene and had to regroup.

"We won't let Arkhan's plans fail," said Sargent Hulka. "We must push on and try to take the artefact, its what he would've wanted."

"But what will we do with the artefact if we do succeed?" asked Alisa, obviously disheartened by the loss of her leader and close confidant.

"We will cross that bridge when we get to it. We must lick our wounds, pick ourselves up, and continue our journey to the space craft."

With that Hulka sheathed his knife and stood up, straightened his jacket and began to walk on down the trail. The grizzled war veteran obviously wanted to keep the crew moving and keep their minds off of Lan's death. He secretly wasn't so sure as to what their role would be in the future of this tale the Inquisitor had begun so many years before, but he knew even though Lan may be dead he couldn't let the man down.

He was nervous about their next encounter with the Rogue Trader because he had proven to be a worthy foe, but he wasn't about to let his comrades in on his secret.

Rocky, Fyord, and UgSplag the ogryn packed up their stuff and began to follow Hulka into the next encounter.

The scene is set:

Alisa, Fyord and Candor advance towards the Armoured Ground car, fingers crossed that it still works.

Sargent Hulka's plan is simple, commandeer a Toad vehicle and drive straight towards the alien space craft.

On the other side of town meanwhile, the Rogue Trader, Miguel Quasar and his Eldar allies sneaking from cover cautiously advance unsure as to what to expect. The roaring of primitive vehicles in the distance and the large wrecked space craft warning them of the coming conflict.

The Eldar sharpshooter takes up position...

Sargent Hulka's crew gets closer to the space craft while the Eldar Hiro jumps into another vehicle and begins a round about way to cut off Hulka's escape.

Rocky meanwhile begins sneaking around behind a building to get into a flanking position.

Alisa and her crew got into the Armoured Ground Car and zoomed up close to the crashed space craft but Oblio, the Eldar marksman spotted their advance. He opened fire and hit with his las weapon penetrating the car's armour, Alisa was forced to take a nerve test which she promptly failed. She then sent the car spinning around 180 degrees and it slammed into the building behind her, immobilizing the car!

Hiro, in his newly acquired assault bus zooms around behind some buildings, knowing he'll need to be in position to cut off my crew's escape.

At this point in the battle, both Miguel Quasar's and Hulka's crew are both close enough to the space craft to trigger its self defense mechanism which in turn wakes up defense robots. Sargent Hulka, sensing the danger quickly hops off the Toad and runs into the ruined space craft attempting to grab whatever he can find of value.

Rocky moves up to the corner of the building and seeing a robot opens fire with his heavy stubber. The robot explodes after being pelted with high velocity solid rounds.

With Hulka inside the space craft the Eldar, led by Rogue Trader Miguel Quasar move up and start taking on the Robots at close range. Miguel and Yog Sothoth assault the robots. Yog has success and destroys one utterly with his powerfist. Miguel stuck in hand to hand combat for several rounds can not take down the robot. It eventually fells Quasar. Quasar drops to the ground apparently lifeless but the Eldar know the fights not over yet, they can still salvage a victory.

Another robot wanders over to the wreckage of the ground car and opens up with its pulse carbine into Fyord Fairlane. Fyord has no chance and gets shredded, falling to the ground.

Sargent Hulka emerges from the space craft with an ancient xenos artefact emitting strange sounds. Hulka jumps into the back of the Toad. "Lets get the hell out of here!" Putting the Toad into gear, they back away from the space craft, turn around and start back the way they came. At that moment Hiro jumps out from his armoured bus and jumps in from of their Toad, levels his pistol and fires.

Hiros shots bounce harmlessly off the Toad, but one of Hiro's mates opens up with his long las and hits home, sending the Toad out of control. Fiery and Hulka jump off. Hulka tells Fiery to take care of that Eldar, while he continues on foot with the artefact.

Hulka escapes with the artefact. He has shown he can lead this crew without their venerable leader Arkhan.

Later on that night at the appointed meeting point agreed to before the final push to the space craft, the rest of the crew meet up. Rocky and UgSplag arrive late with a prisoner in tow.

"Well, well, well. What have we got 'ere?" says Hulka. "We've got a prisoner boss!" UgSplag spurts out.

"So we meet again, Hulka." Says Rogue Trader Miguel Quasar.

Campaign Game 3 Battle Report

2011-12-09T06:17:00.000-08:00

So this past weekend we played through the third scenario I made for Book of the Arbitrator. Our crews had both become smaller since the second game. I had lost only one henchman but my adversary had lost several. He added on a couple of extra henchmen using the Citizens of the Imperium generic entry in the Book of the Arbitrator to make up some points and make the game a bit more even.

The game started off with my Inquisitor leader, Arkhan Lan and his crew having escaped the Rogue Trader and his Eldar allies. Lan had gotten the information as to the location of a downed alien space craft and the Rogue Trader was hot on his heels.

Arkhan Lan decided to make a last stand before reaching the space craft and hope to dissuade his pursuers from continuing their chase.

All the way to the right is the old ruined Imperial Guard outpost where Arkhan Lan and his boys have decided to make their last stand:

The Sneaky Eldar deploy:

Arkhan Lan and his crew deploy in and around the outpost:

Sargent Bruhm Hulka and crew set up on one side of the outpost:

On the other side Lan and his crew setup. Inquisitor Lan decides to take the fight to the enemy in this scenario, he will not hold back and wants to discourage these Xenos and their Rogue Trader leader to just walk away and stop pursuing the Xenos tech.

The Rogue Trader gets the initiative and turn one begins with the Eldar advancing:

As the Rogue Trader and his Eldar allies advance on Lan's position, he throws a smoke grenade to mask their advance:

Arkhan Lan decides that its time to act, he and his crew advance down the road using the smoke as cover just as those sneaky Xenos are doing.

Three of the Eldar work their way around a building and try to catch Lan's crew at unawares.

The Rogue Trader throws another smoke grenade but Arkhan Lan is not phased, his power armour comes equipped with enhanced vision allowing him to see right through the smoke screen. Arkhan Lan get a surge of adrenaline and yells out a fierce battle cry and charges through the smoke straight into an Eldar with a power fist. Arkhan is not phased and slashes his chainsword down to decapitate the xenos scum. The Eldar is not so easily defeated however, and side steps the blow. He then smashes his powerfist into the armored ceramite of the Inquisitor's power armour and cracks open the breastplate sending spears of pain into Lan's body. Lan falls to his knees and spits up blood onto the ground. He lets out a last scream of pain as he falls his last breath of life escaping from is mouth. Inquisitor Lan is dead.

His allies looked stunned for a moment and Sargent Hulka rallies his troops with a battle cry. Trooper Fiery McPhee hurdles a barrier and tries to avenge is former master. As he gets into a position to hurl flaming promethium into the xenos line he too is felled by a well-placed las shot and falls to the ground.

Ogyrn UgSplag lets out a gutteral yell and opens up with his heavy stubber into the Eldar who felled Fiery and quickly dispatches him. The Rogue Trader seeing Sargent Hulka rally his troops decided to put an end to this new potential rival steps up into hand to hand with him. One quick attack later, Hulka too goes down.

The assassin Tor Alcorn decides to take thing into his own hands and leaps over a pipes and tries to get closer to the out flanking Eldar. Alcorn leans too heavily on his over blown ego and over stretches himself. While briefly out in the open, the Eldar warrior steps up and unleahes a hail of deadly shuriken blades and down too goes Alcorn.

Things are looking bleak now for the whats left of the Inquisitor's crew. Alisa T'Kar knew these Eldar would be tough and she had questions about Lan's strategy coming into this encounter. She surveys the field of battle and decides the discretion is the better part of valor. She signals a retreat and at the end of turn six, my crew bottles.

In the aftermath of the battle, Fiery, Tor, and Hulka all survive and my crew regroups for the coming investigation of the downed space craft. Inquisitor Arkhan Lan has seen his final action, however, and muttering a prayer to the God-Emperor, Sargent Hulka takes command of the crew for the final push.

Since I bottled on turn 6, I lost the scenario. I had to survive for 8 full turns and was unable to do so. I only received d6 experience and promptly rolled a 1. Only my Ogryn ally gained a point. The Rogue Trader's crew gained a lot of experience and going into the final scenario would have a small 5 man crew but they would be battle-hardened. I knew the final scenario would be a difficult fight without my Inquisitor but I would do my best the next day.

Scenario 4 battle report coming soon......

Pics of Ramshackle Vehicles

2011-12-06T10:29:00.000-08:00

So I was meaning to do an update last Thursday or Friday but I just didn't get my act together on time. I finished painting up these vehicles Friday afternoon.

So here is the first one, the Toad:

Here is the Armoured Toad:

The Hotrod:

The Armoured Ground Car:

I love the drivers in these vehicles, the are so characterful! I have to admit, while these kits are pretty straight forward they are a pain to assemble, I needed to use a bunch of green stuff and some sprues glued to the bottom to keep them together.

They painted up really well and I think I did a decent job for not spending much time on them.

This past weekend i got to play through the final two Book of the Arbitrator Scenarios I made up. I had a great time and I love the rules for vehicles, the damage chart is hilarious! I will do a detailed battle report for both battles hopefully later today or maybe tomorrow.

laters.

Teaser for the weekend Part 1

2011-11-30T12:45:00.000-08:00

This weekend I will be finishing the last two scenarios for Book of The Arbitrator and also playing a game with my Apostles of Contagion.

Here is a teaser of the mission(s).

Also I found a blog that i will be following and you should too.

Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

Stay tuned for another update either tomorrow or Friday..

New resin Vehicles!

2011-11-18T10:30:00.000-08:00

So when I was at Rock Con I picked up some awesome stuff in the silent auction and from the vendors. These are the resin vehicles I got, I decided to finally pull them out of their bags and wash them so I can get to work on putting them together and painting them.

I got an original Forgeworld resin drop pod in the silent auction. Its smaller than the new plastic ones and has 5 marines in harnesses inside. I found the old rules for it the other day and noted how it could only hold 5 marines. Well, I am going to use it as a regular drop pod once I get it together, hell it IS an official model after all!

So I also picked up 5 Ramshackle games vehicles. The Armored Toad and regular Toad were display models, so they were already assembled and only 8 bucks each.

I also got a Badger a Death Rod and a Quad. All of these were on sale for 20% off I think it was. They were too good of a deal to pass up.

Here is a final shot with everything laid out:

Now you may be wondering why I have all of the Ramshackle Games stuff. Which by the way here is the link to their site: Ramshackle Games

Well I got these vehicles because I plan on assembling them and magnetizing different 40k weapons to them and using them in games of Book of the Arbitrator. I can wait to get them painted up! I hope to have at least a couple of them done by December 3rd, which is when I will play through the final two scenarios I posted up here a while ago.

I will keep updating with my progress.

Laters.

Painted Minotaurs

2011-11-18T07:04:00.000-08:00

I took some pictures of my painted Minotaurs last night. Some pics are better than others be eh what can ya do.

These are some shots of the army deployed and ready to go to battle.

Here is my Land Raider Proteus, I used an old landraider model I got for cheap and put new weapons on it.

Next up is a Predator and a Rhino.

Next we have a couple of Land Speeders.

My Land Raider Crusader.

One of my Rhinos.

A Dreadnought with a Multimelta.

Next up is one of my Riflemen Dreads and a squad of assault terminators advancing.

Here are some shots of my Sternguard. Right now I have a seven man squad with 3 combi-plasma and 2 plasma guns. I have plans to expand the squad and also create a second squad probably with different weapons.

Here is my standard librarian in power armour. He always rides with the stern guard either in a rhino or in the land raider Proteus.

This is my Terminator Armoured Librarian with a Storm Shield. The second pic shows the Storm Shield better. I bought a box of Grey Knight Terminators and converted them for my Librarian and Moloc.

And last but not least is Lord Asterion Moloc, Master of the Minotaurs, Satrap of the Daedelos Krata, Bringer of Wrath.

RockCon 2011 has come and gone already

2011-11-08T07:02:00.001-08:00

Well somehow another RockCon has come and gone already. Its amazing how quickly that weekend goes. I had 5 great games of 2,000, 3,000, and three 4,000 points. I played the Minotaurs in every game. I brought my Apostles of Contagion but never got a chance to play them everyone wanted to play my Minotaurs.

I did get a couple of pictures of my army so I'll post them up here.

Here is shot of the 4,000 points:

Here is another shot of my deployment in a game using the Spear Head deployment zones.

I now have several weeks until I go to Madison to finish my two scenarios for Book of the Arbitrator with my friend. Until then I will be blogging about new vehicles and rules for the Book as well as putting more pictures up of my Minotaurs.

Book of The Arbitrator Games

2011-10-28T08:18:00.000-07:00

So this past Friday night me and my friend played through the first two scenarios that I had posted up earlier on this blog. We had a good time but it took us longer to play them then I had anticipated so we only got through the first two. It ended up being 1am a lot sooner than I thought it would and I was fairly drunk and tired by then so we called it.

We were not too familiar with the Necromunda rules or the Book rules so we had to look up quite a few rules, slowing our games down a bit.

Scenario 1 was all about avoiding the authorities whilst also finding loot counters which would get our little crews the info they needed to find the wrecked alien space craft.

We deployed 6 guardsmen in the middle of the board and took turns controlling them between turns. It worked out fairly well but when we decided to kill them with our crews we really had no problems dispatching them.

I started out with a pretty dispersed deployment putting my Inquisitor and assassin along with a couple other guys with lasguns and a flamer to my left. The Ogryn and heavy stubber fellow in the middle and my Eldar female with a crew of lasguners and hth guys to my right.

The plan was to advance up the flanks and let the heavy weapons cover the middle.

Inquisitor and Heavy Stubber man surveying the field.

The local authorities preserving the rule of the Imperium.

Miss Alisa T'kar and company advance up the right flank.

An aerial view of the battle field around turn 2 or 3.

The authorities attempt to question the Rogue Trader, but he will have none of it and dispatches them swiftly.

My Inquisitor at one point moved up close enough to one of the enemy crew and got hit with a web pistol! he stood there immobilized for a turn and decided to call off the mission. We voluntarily routed after 4 turns after having acquired 2 loot counters to the rogue trader's 3 and hoped for the best.

After rolling a d6 and adding experience points and loot counter's I had won the first battle. I added some new abilities to a couple of my crew who went up a level.

And then we re set up the board and my crew was off to find the space craft with the rogue trader in hot pursuit!

My crew started off running down the road trying to get out of town.

The Eldar set up position if a ruined building waiting for me to pass by and spring their ambush.

My Inquisitor and Ogryn take up the lead carefully advancing down the dark city streets looking left and right for any signs of the enemy.

Hearing something to his left, my Inquisitor bursts out from cover and runs into the open, spotting the shifty Rogue Trader.

The trusty Ogryn henchman turns the corner to back up his leader and trys to loose some shots at the Rogue Trader.

The Rogue Trader throws several gas grenades towards my Inquisitor and he and his crew decides its not worth pursuing the Trader and more and they continue down the road, the end in sight!

One of the Eldar attempts to sneak up on my crew but the Inquisitor spots him...

'''and makes short work of him.

At this point my crew is only about two turns away from the board edge and the Rogue Trader's crew has been severely mauled. We decided to call it with me once again being the victor.

The after action report on the Rogue Trader's crew wasn't encouraging. He had several of his henchmen die from their wounds and he didn't acquire much money.

I had several members of my crew gain new abilities and we were ready to defend our information, to the death in the third scenario.

The Rogue Trader's crew would get reinforcements including a ruffian and several citizens wielding knives as well as some transportation for the next scenario.

However, as I stated above it was rather late and we were both pretty tired so we called it a night.

I want to play the next two scenarios soon so hopefully we can get back together and finish them up. It was quite a blast.

The Book of The Arbitrator gets a big thumbs up from both of us.

My crew is done! and so is the crashed space craft

2011-10-21T07:01:00.000-07:00

Last night I finished the bases on my Inquisitor and his motley crew of misfit adventurers. These guys were fun to do because there weren't really that many of them and they were fairly easy to paint up.

Let me know what ya think.

Here are the main characters:

Next up we have Sargent Bruhm Hulka and crew:

Then we have Alisa T'Kar and her firesupport crew:

Fyord Fairlain and Rocky:

I also painted up the crashed space craft:

So tonight is the night. I will be taking pictures and I will post up battle reports on Monday.

Cheers for now!

Alternate Scenarios for Friday

2011-10-19T08:20:00.000-07:00

Well, as things tend to happen when more than one of my gaming friends is involved, one of them dropped out of the game for Friday.

So I've had to rewrite the scenarios. Really only 3 of them because the first one works just fine for two players.

So new Scenario 2:

Setting up the Scenario:
So one of the two crews has gotten the information about where the Space Craft has landed. The other crew is chasing them down. The crew that has the information is the one that got the most experience points from the first scenario. That crew deploys their entire crew first in the 16" X 8" rectangle as shown above.

The crew thats in pursuit has tried to set up an ambush. The player controlling the ambushing crew splits up their crew into 3rds. That player then rolls a d8. That first 3rd of their choice is then deployed after the other crew into the rectangle associated with the number rolled on the d8.

The crew that is setting the ambush goes first and get +1 on all their initiative rolls on turn one.

Starting on turn two the ambushing crew rolls for their reserves using the standard 5th edition 40k reserves rules. When a unit arrives that player then rolls a d8 for that unit and it is deployed in the rectangle associated with the number rolled.

Ending the Scenario:
The crew with the information must make it alive all the way across the board and move off the edge of the board within 2" of the road. If the crew bottles they lose the scenario and will receive only +1 experience for each surviving unit. If they make it off the board then they receive +1 experience for each unit surviving and +1 for their leader.

If the ambushing crew takes any prisoners they receive an extra +1 experience. They also receive +1 experience for each unit surviving and +2 for their leader if they prevented the other crew from exiting the board edge (basically killing all of the crew or having them bottle.)

Scenario 3:

Setting up the Scenario:
The crew that earned the most experience points from the previous scenario now faces a crew that is angry and has decided to make this their Alamo! The crew with the most experience deploys first in the circle as shown above, they may fortify the area with whatever is deemed necessary it is an old abandoned Imperial Guard output so make it look cool!

The other crew rolls a d6 and deploys second in one of the two rectangles indicated above. This crew is allowed a couple of extra Henchmen bought from any entry in the Encounters section of the Book Of the Arbitrator totaling about 150 for this scenario only.

Either crew may include vehicles so long as neither crew is rated more than 200 more than the other crew excluding additional henchmen from above.

Ending the Scenario:
The crew in the circle must survive 8 turns without bottling. If they bottle then they earn only d6 experience points. If they don't bottle then each surviving unit earns +1 experience and the leader earns +2 experience.

The attacking crew earns +1 experience per surviving unit. If the they force the other crew to bottle then their leader earns +2 experience.

Scenario 4:

Setting up the Scenario:
The crew with the most experience points moves onto the table from the right shown by the arrow and gets first turn. They also receive +1 initiative for the scenario.

The other crew deploys second 12" from the left board edge.

Both crews may use vehicles in this scenario.

The Waking Aliens:
Every turn a unit is within 6" of the ship add +1 to the activation counter. When the counter reaches 4 roll a d4 and then for the number rolled roll a further 2d6 and a scatter die. Measure from the center of the ship and place a Robot there. Repeat this process at the beginning of the turn every time a multiple of 4 is reached on the activation counter until all 4 robots are deployed.

At the beginning of each turn the robots move d8 inches in a random direction determined by a scatter die. They will never charge anyone but will shoot at the nearest model at the beginning of each turn after they move.

The robots have the profile of a Space Marine Scout and they carry a Pulse Carbine. They never bottle and aren't afraid of creatures that cause fear. They only go away if their wounds are reduced to zero and will fight in hand to hand if charged. They count as having a knife in hand to hand.

Finding the Artefact:
A unit must be inside the main chamber of the Space Craft for one full turn and must do nothing for that whole turn to find the Artefact. Once it is found that unit must move back to the deployment zone or the board edge of that crew to win.

There we go 3 modified scenarios for 2 players.

Inquisitor's Retinue and Crashed Spaceship

2011-10-19T06:20:00.000-07:00

I've done some painting and have the crew ready, except for their bases, for Friday night's Book Of The Arbitrator games.

Here is the first guy, my Inquisitor:

Here is the Assassin:

The Heavy Stubber Dude:

Sargent Hulka and his crew:

And a couple of other gangers:

Also I've been working on the focal point of the campaign, A wrecked alien Spacecraft.

I decided to make the terrain piece as a building that the space craft had crashed into. I hope it will turn out all right. Here are some shots of it pre-paint job which I plan to do tonight.

Book of The Arbitrator Scenarios

2011-10-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

So this coming weekend I am having some buddys over to play some Book of The Arbitrator Scenarios.

The Background of the story is that a Bounty Hunter type was tipped off on the location of an Ancient Alien Artefact on the planet of Cassion III. His transmission was intercepted by a Rogue Inquisitor and so he has also arrived at the planet to hunt for the Artefact also.

Meanwhile the Imperial authorities no nothing about this but become tipped off as the campaign goes on.

The Campaign kicks off in the frontier town of Apartros with both the Inquisitor and the Bounty Hunter gathering information under the watchful eye of the Imperium.

Scenario 1:

Starting the Scenario:
Both sides roll a d6 the highest chooses which side to deploy in and whether to deploy and go first or second. The side that sets up first gets gets +1 initiative for the rest of the battle after turn 1.

There should be sixe buildings each one has a loot counter inside.

Avoid the Authorities!
There will be 6 Imperial Guardsmen armed with lasguns that begin the game in a 6" circle in the middle of the table, they act as per the sentrys rule in the 4th Edition 40k rulebook.

Ending the Scenario:
The scenario ends when one side fails a bottle test or voluntarily routs. (Note: a minimum of 4 turns must be played before either of these conditions can be met.) At the end of the scenario each side rolls a d6 then adds +1 experience points for each surviving unit, +1 for the winning leader, and +1 for each loot counter.

Scenario 2:

Setting up the scenario:
The crew who got the most experience points in the previous scenario now knows where the atrefact is and is now on the move. That crew now deploys first in a 16" X 8" rectangle alon the board edge as shown above.

Each other crew then splits their crews into 3rds. They then pick one 3rd to deploy on the table and the other 2 3rds to be left in reserve. They enter play via the Flames of War reserve rules start rolling on turn 1.

Each crew that has reserves then rolls a d6, the higher roll then decides which of the two crews deploys first and which side of the table they deploy on. Then each crew rolls a d6 again when they deploy and that roll determine where they deploy, in the 1-3 section or the 4-6 section as shown above.

When their reserves arrive they roll a d6 again and those reserves deploy in the zone marked 1-3 or 4-6 depending on the roll.

The side that moves first of the 2 gets a +1 on their reserve rolls for the game.

The crew trying to get to the other side of the table goes first.

Ending the Scenario:
The crew with the info must move off of the opposite board edge within 2" of either side of the road without bottling. If any of that crew gets captured then they divulge the info to the other crew after the scenario.

If no one is captured and the crew with the info escapes then they will get +2 experience for each unit and +2 experience for their leader.

Each unit of the other two crews that survive get +1 experience and +1 for each captured of the crew with the info. Any unit still in reserve after the scenario is finished gets no experience.

Scenario 3:

Setting up the Scenario:
The crew with the highest rating begins the game deployed in the circle as shown above. This crew has been cornered by the other two crews and must survive the battle to get to the Artefact.

The other two crews roll a d6 the highest roller picks which deployment zone to deploy in and whether to go first or second. They must deploy before the other crew. The crew that goes first gets +1 initiative for the rest of the scenario.

The crew in the circle goes third for the first turn.

Vehicles are allowed in this game.

The crew in the circle gets defensive terrain of their choosing, it should look like an old abandoned Imperial Guard outpost.

Ending the Scenario:
The crew in the circle must survive eight turns without bottling to win. Their leader gets +2 experience points and each unit surviving gets +1 experience points.
Otherwise if they bottle they only get d6 experience points.

Each other crew gets +1 experience for each surviving unit and +1 experience for their leader.

Scenario 4:

Setting up the Scenario:
The crew that got the most experience points in the previous scenario moves onto the table indicated by the arrow above. The other two crews roll a d6 and the winner choses which other deployment zone they want and deploys their crew after the other player. Then all 3 crews roll a d6 and the winner goes first. For each subsequent turn the crew who moved onto the board from the right gets +1 initiative.

Vehicles are allowed in this Scenario.

The Waking Aliens:
Every turn a unit is within 6" of the ship add +1 to the activation counter. When the counter reaches 4 roll a d4 and then for the number rolled roll a further d6 and a scatter die. Measure from the center of the ship and place a Robot there. Repeat this process at the beginning of the turn every time a multiple of 4 is reached on the activation counter until all 4 robots are deployed.

At the beginning of each turn the robots move d8 inches in a random direction determined by a scatter die. They will never charge anyone but will shoot at the nearest model at the beginning of each turn after they move.

The robots have the profile of a Space Marine Scout and they carry a Pulse Carbine. They never bottle and aren't afraid of creatures that cause fear. They only go away if their wounds are reduced to zero and will fight in hand to hand if charged. They count as having a knife in hand to hand.

Finding the Artefact:
A unit must be inside the main chamber of the Space Craft for one full turn and must do nothing for that whole turn to find the Artefact. Once it is found that unit must move back to the deployment zone or the of that crew to win.

Thats it!

Book of The Arbitrator

2011-10-14T08:17:00.000-07:00

So I was surfing around the interwebz the other day and stumbled across a blog called Tales From the Maelstrom (http://talesfromthemaelstrom.blogspot.com) and one of the posts on that blog was about a Necromunda fan-made expansion called Book of the Arbitrator.

So I went to the site and downloaded the pdf and started looking through the rules.

Very neat stuff. See what I've always liked about Necromunda was the idea of a 40k skirmish game, but the problem with Necromunda is that it only covered a small section of the 40k universe. With the Book of the Arbitrator the author had the smae problem and decided to expand upon the Necromunda rule set and open it up to all of the 40k universe.

After reading through it I decided I had to build a 'gang' and play some games. So after talking it over with a buddy of mine we decided to go all-in.

I have begun creating characters and building models, I forgot some of their names and their fluff isn't done yet, but I figured I'd post some WIP pics of the figs.

Inquisitor:

Ogryn:

Assassin:

Fire Team Alpha:

Sargent Bruhm and Company:

Whole 'Gang':

As you can see in the picture with the whole gang there are some figs behind them. Those guys are some adversaries I was thinking of tying into our campaign somehow.

Well that's it for now, I will update probably on Monday after I get a chance to work on these guys over the weekend.

The Apostles Pictures

2011-10-10T08:48:00.000-07:00

I finished the army a couple of weeks ago and took some pics, enjoy!

Here is a squad leader of one of the guard squads:

Here is a shot of a Plague Marine Squad:

Here is one of my Rogue Sorcerors of Nurgle:

Here is another Sorceror:

Here is a shot of Necrosius, the Hand of Nurgle:

Here is another shot of Necrosius:

Here is the Mortar Squad:

Here is the Guard Command Squad:

Well my camera is ok but I don't have a good set up to take pics yet. Its something I will work on for the future.

New Minotaurs Pictures

2011-04-18T06:13:00.000-07:00

So I have started painting the Minotaurs finally. They are taking quite a bit of time to paint. I am really trying to stick to the scheme in the Forgeworld book. The bolters are 5 different colors. Thats really whats taking a long time.

The pictures below are still a work in progress, but I'm getting there.

I am really happy with the way they are turning out.

The basic tac marines are mostly done, I have to paint an auspex and purity seals on them and of course their bases, but thats pretty much it.

The sargent, special weapon and heavy weapon troopers still need more work. I have to black wash their weapons yet and do some detail work on the sarge.

Minotaurs Update

2011-04-04T07:04:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend I added more models to my fledgling Minotaur army. I was able to get the landspeeders I needed thanks to a good friend of mine helping me out with a good deal. I also got some more marines and the new grey knight terminators.

The terminators will be converted for my characters in my army. I have a partially built Lord Moloc as seen below. He just needs a storm shield and he will be practically done.

I made a terminator chaplain as well, which I am calling done.

And a Terminator Librarian who only needs a storm shield to be complete.

Here is one more shot which shows 4 tactical squads, 2 assault squads and my landspeeders.

Minotaur Army Update

2011-04-01T09:15:00.001-07:00

Here is my librarian.

Here is the Chaplain Ivanus Enkomi, The Voice of the Chapter, Reclusiarch of the Minotaurs

Here is my Siege Master Captain of the 7th Company

Here is a whole army ahot with all the figures I have so far.

Minotaurs 1850 tourney list

2011-03-30T08:29:00.000-07:00

This is a list I would like to try in a tournament setting at 1850points, it seems like a lot of tourneys are at this point level.

HQ -

Librarian w/null zone and smite
100

Elites -

Dreadnought with 2 twinlinked autocannons
125

Dreadnought with 2 twinlinked autocannons
125

5 Sternguard with 5 combi-plasmas
in Rhino
185

Troops -

9 marines with Missile launcher and meltagun
1 sarge with combi-melta
in rhino
220

9 marines with Missile launcher and meltagun
1 sarge with combi-melta
in rhino
220

9 marines with Missile launcher and meltagun
1 sarge with combi-melta
in rhino
220

9 marines with Missile launcher and meltagun
1 sarge with combi-melta
in rhino
220

Fast Attack -

Landspeeder with Typhoon Missile Launcher
90

Landspeeder with Typhoon Missile Launcher
90

Heavy Support -

Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters
85

Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters
85

Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters
85

so we got

8 missile launcher shots
4 twin linked autocannons
3 autocannons
8 heavy bolters
5 plasmaguns
8 meltagun shots

12 vehicles

46 infantry
8 scoring units

22 KPs

TACTICS

Combat squad the marines, put 5 man squads with missile launcher in deployment zone in cover if possible.

Librarian goes with sternguard.

Five rhinos move up the field and pop smoke in the middle.

Everything shoots at transports turn one. Meltas hit heavy transports turn 2. Sternguard and Libby take care of heavily armored infantry.

The MInotaurs: 4,000 pts.

2011-03-28T14:25:00.000-07:00

This is the list I will be building to. It is Using the Vanguard Siege Army list from The Badab War book II.

HQ -

Lord Asterion Moloc
235 pts.

Elites -

Ironclad Dreadnought w/ 2 hunterkiller missiles and chainfist
155 pts.

Ironclad Dreadnought w/ 2 hunterkiller missiles and chainfist
155 pts.

7 Assault Terminators 3 with 2 Lightning Claws, 4 with Thunderhammers and Storm Shields.
280 pts.
in Landraider Crusader with multimelta
260 pts.

Troops -

9 marines with missile launcher and plasma gun
1 sarge with powerfist
all with siege mantlets
250 pts.

9 marines with multimelta and meltagun
1 sarge with powerfist
in rhino with hunterkiller and dozer blade
250 pts

9 marines with multimelta and meltagun
1 sarge with powerfist
in rhino with hunterkiller and dozer blade
250 pts

9 marines with multimelta and meltagun
1 sarge with powerfist
in rhino with hunterkiller and dozer blade
250 pts

9 Siege Assualt Marines with 2 power weapons
1 sarge with powerfist
in Landraider Redeemer with multimelta
470 pts.

9 Siege Assualt Marines with 2 power weapons
1 sarge with powerfist
in Landraider Redeemer with multimelta
470 pts.

Heavy Support -

Land Raider Achilles
325 pts.

Land Raider Achilles
325 pts.

Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts.

Predator Squadron ( 2 preds)
Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts.
Predator with autocannon and 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts.

total - 3960 pts.

Minotaurs Army Lists

2011-03-28T13:11:00.000-07:00

The first two lists I will post up here are at 2,000 points.

The first list is my 2,000 pt. "Tournament List"
Its codex legal and I would bring it to any tourney and feel competitive.

HQ -

Librarian w/ terminator armor and storm shield, null zone and avenger
140 pts

Elites -

5 assault terminators - 2 with lightning claws, 3 with thunder hammer and storm shields
200 pts

dreadnought with 2 twin linked autocannons
125 pts

dreadnought with 2 twin linked autocannons
125 pts

Troops -

9 marines with missile launcher and meltagun
1 sarge with meltabombs and combi-meltagun
in rhino with hunter killer
235 pts

9 marines with missile launcher and meltagun
1 sarge with meltabombs and combi-meltagun
in rhino with hunter killer
235 pts

9 marines with missile launcher and meltagun
1 sarge with meltabombs and combi-meltagun
in rhino with hunter killer
235 pts

5 scouts with sniper rifles, camo cloaks, and one heavy bolter
100 pts

Fast Attack -

land speeder with multimelta and heavy flamer
70 pts

land speeder with multimelta and heavy flamer
70 pts

2 land speeders with typhoon missile launchers and heavy bolters
180 pts

Heavy Support -

Predator with autocannon 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts

Predator with autocannon 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts

Predator with autocannon 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts

2,000 pts total.

so 6 HKs
9 heavy bolters
3 autocannons
4 twinlinked autocannons
7 missile launchers
6 meltaguns

I really like this list its got long range suppression fire, short range melta and medium range melta, its got hard hitting hth objective grabbing and vehicles.
Its great for a turn one alpha strike.

Its all about popping transports on turn 1 if i accomplish that right away, the rest of the game is cake for me.

This second list is a more in your face type army which is not tourney legal because of Moloc, who is The Minotaurs Chapter Master and is a forgeworld special character.

HQ -

Lord Asterion Moloc
235 pts

Elites -

5 assault terminators - 2 with lightning claws, 3 with thunder hammer and storm shields
200 pts

Dreadnought with multimelta
105 pts

Dreadnought with multimelta
105 pts

Troops -

9 marines with multimelta and meltagun
1 sarge with powerfist and bolter
in rhino with hunter killer and dozer blade
250 pts

9 marines with multimelta and meltagun
1 sarge with powerfist and bolter
in rhino with hunter killer and dozer blade
250 pts

9 marines with multimelta and meltagun
1 sarge with powerfist and bolter
in rhino with hunter killer and dozer blade
250 pts

Fast Attack -

land speeder with multimelta and heavy flamer
70 pts

land speeder with multimelta and heavy flamer
70 pts

2 land speeders with typhoon missile launchers and heavy bolters
180 pts

Heavy Support -

Predator with autocannon 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts

Predator with autocannon 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts

Predator with autocannon 2 heavy bolters and hunter killer missile
95 pts

2,000 points total.

This second list is similar to the first so I don't have to buy lots of different models! The difference here i feel is that its more in you face. I always move into midfield with this list, the previous one i may hang back for a turn with. The dozers are there to free me up from worrying about DT tests with the rhinos, I can move them forward no matter what.

Let me know your thoughts.

The Minotaurs

2011-03-28T10:38:00.000-07:00

So I recently bought The Badab War Books I + II from Forgeworld and I've decided on building a new army. The Minotaurs Space Marine Chapter is my newest army.

BACKGROUND INFO
The Minotaurs were initially part of the Cursed 21st Founding. They disappeared from Imperial records at some point and had become lost to history until recently.

When the Badab War broke out The Minotaurs came out of nowhere, their entire chapter's fleet arrived in the sector and immediately started hitting secessionist targets. They declared themselves for the loyalists and sent their head chaplain, Ivanus Enkomi to talk to the war council. From that moment on The Minotaurs were the most ferocious allies on the loyalist side, devastating planets and populations in the sector. They almost completely eliminated the Lamenters chapter and claimed their ancient Battlebarge as spoils of war.

OPERATIONAL INFO
The Minotaurs always prefer to fight at full chapter strength whenever possible. they are fleet-based and so can respond as a chapter to any threat. The have approximately 12 Strike Cruisers in their fleet.

The Minotaurs are known for their use of advanced weapons and tanks, having more Mk8 armour than most chapters have. They have vast numbers of Predators and Vindicators a their disposal. They are also well versed in the art of seigecraft.

DISPOSITION
They operate under orders from the High Lords of Terra. The High Lords are the only authority The Minotaurs recognize and are frequently sent out to wage war on parts of the Imperium that have either gone rogue or traitor or simply as a political tool to punish those who disobey the Lords' edicts.

They have been known to have eliminated approximately 5 Space Marine Chapters since their reemergence from obscurity. They have been banned from the Ultramar System because of their elimination of the Inceptors Chapter, an Ultramarines Successor Chapter, and their deliberate insulting of Marneus Calgar in the presence of the Genesis Chapter.

Their condescending nature towards other Imperial Authorities has given them a bad name throughout the Imperium. No Imperial Commander will request their presence for aid unless there is no other choice. Also whether they would respond to that request or not is suspect. They Don't care what their reputation is, they only care about serving their masters and crushing worthy foes, who in their minds are other Space Marines. They relish their fights with other Chapters so they can test themselves against a worthy enemy.

SOME RULES WHICH COMPLEMENT THE FLUFF
The Minotaurs are my kind of army. They embody everything I enjoy fluffwise about an army. They also give me a great reason to have games against other space marines.

The Forgeworld books list two special characters for the Minotaurs; Lord Asterion Moloc and Ivanus Enkomi. Lord Moloc is a beast of a special character. He has a relic blade, a 2+/3++ save and is a 4 wound eternal warrior. But the best part is he gives your entire army preferred enemy: space marines. Thats right. He puts most special characters to shame in hand to hand AND his entire army is well-suited to smashing space marines.

PROGRESS SO FAR ON THE ARMY BUILD
So far I've re-purposed a number of Iron Warrior models because I realized that 12,000 points is probly a bit much for the Iron Warriors.

I've re-purposed a rhino and a predator along with about 20 space marines. I have so far built 3 10 man tac squads, 1 10 man assault squad, 2 attack bikes with MMs, and a land speeder typhoon.

I've begun work on my characters, Enkomi, a Captain, a Libby, and Tech Marine. I've got some stuff in the mail coming along soon which I will use to finish my characters and add some more vehicles to my army with.

So here are some pics:

Whole Army

Characters

Assault Squad

Tactical Squads

Next post will be army lists.

Siege of Mordax Outcome

2011-03-28T08:08:00.000-07:00

So the big game weekend is over and I've had some time to think about how it played out.

Well I think it looked great, having not seen it set up until the Friday of the big game it was quite a sight. I was happy the walls all fit together well.

SUPER-HEAVY ALLOTMENT
Some thought after the game that giving each side free superheavies was unbalanced. I don't know if i agree with that assessment. The one superheavy that really had a big impact was Jedly's Reaver titan, but that is to be expected, the thing is a beast. If the attackers had some sort of a plan to deal with it, I think they would have been better off.

WALL STRUCTURE POINTS
Each wall section was armour 14 and 10 structure points any glance or pen removed a structure point. Some suggested that if it were say 5 structure points they would have come down quicker and allowed our armies into the fortress faster. (Until 5 wall sections were down, the attackers couldn't deepstrike into the fortress.) I assumed with the modified force charts and the large amount of points the attackers had available to them that 10 wasn't too many, I may have been mistaken.

DEPLOYMENT
The defenders didn't deploy a single unit on top of the walls. A good descision probably given the scenario rules. I think perhaps I should have required either some units to be on the walls or made their deployment zone closer to the walls. Their deploying farther away allowed them to engage the attackers with little fear of immediate retaliation.

The attackers deployment, in hindsight, was wrong. The rules were fine I think but where we deployed what armies was the real problem. I take full responsibility for it because I was the general and I basically decided where everyone was going to deploy. I should have though it out more. I should have realized that the middle of the board would eventually become flooded with defender's armies once their reserves arrived, and it would be very difficult for the attackers to press home their initial advantage once that happened.

I had not foreseen that huge pushback in the center of the board. I think had my 8,000 point army and Eth's 8,000 points of Orks been the two flanking armies coming in from the sides, we may have had a different out come. I think both of our armies could have really broken through the walls and hit the smaller amount of defenders on the flanks pretty hard and we could have kept our momentum throughout the game.

This was once again another game possibly determined at deployment.

NUMBER OF TURNS/NUMBER OF POINTS
We were able to play through 7 full turns in 14 hours. That averages out to 2 hours per game turn. Not bad and probably a D-Company big game record. Considering the total number of points was around 120,000 I think we did alright.

STUFF THAT SUCKED
The reaver titan's giant missile thingy that killed 4 rhinos, 2 hqs, and a vindicator of mine on turn 1. It was a huge shot. I still had enough left to play a big role in the game and I think if he hadn't shot me, I would have overrun the defenders completely.

People dropping out. When I originally proposed this game, I came up with 13 defenders at 4,000 points each and 15 attackers at 4,000 points each. Had we have been able to have that many players I bet we could have played 10 turns. The smaller size armies allow for faster game play.

THINGS THAT ROCKED
The venue was great. The hotel staff were awesome, very attentive to our needs and just plain nice, which can be rare. The room was fantastic it was big enough and far enough away from the rest of the hotel that we could be as loud as we wanted and stay up as late as we wanted to without bothering anyone. I'd like to thank Stormcaller for setting it all up for us.

The Bastions were great, I'd like to thank Pen Dull for putting them together and painting them. They looked fantastic, and were big enough that it really gave the game some much needed weight. I wanted it to look like this was an important fortress and those massive bastions did the trick.

The help that Eth gave me with getting my materials to build the walls was more then I could have asked for. I never would have finished them all without his assistance.

The ability to bounce rules off of Lord Bran Redmaw and Seti and Pen Dull was also very helpful in getting the rules to the place they needed to be.

Of course I'd like to thank everyone for showing up and thanks to Pete and AJ for bringing extra points so that the defenders would have enough to balance the game.

Overall everything worked out as I wanted it to, with the exception of my team losing of course, but you can't have everything!

Without further ado; here are some pics:

The Siege Of Mordax - More Walls

2011-02-20T11:13:00.001-08:00

Well The D-Company Big Game is only a month away now and I need to build more walls for my fortress that I am building for the game. I've got 2 sections now almost done, and about 13ish to go. No prob. Stick around to see if i can do it.

Here are the two sections.

Three games with the Apostles of Contagion

2010-11-15T10:11:00.000-08:00

So this past Saturday I was able to play three games with my 2,000 point Apostles of Contagion army.

Its not yet painted but the models are all built.

The army list was as follows: (I dont have th list with me so I am not sure of the points of some of the units)

HQ:

Necrosius

Company Command Squad - Vox Caster, Chaos Banner

Mortar Squad with Chemical Shells

2 Rogue Psykers of Nurgle with 2 rolls on the Psychic power table each

Elites:

6 Plague Marines with 2 melta guns
1 Champion with powerfist
in Rhino with extra Armor

6 Plague Marines with 2 melta guns
1 Champion with powerfist
in Rhino with extra Armor

5 Plague Marines with 2 melta guns
1 Champion with powerfist and plasma pistol
in Rhino with extra Armor and combi-flamer

Troops:

Renegade Armoredfist Squad 1
Missile launcher, grenade launcher, vox caster
Champion with bolt pistol and meltabombs
in Chimera with multilaser, extra armor, and heavy flamer

Renegade Armoredfist Squad
Missile launcher, grenade launcher, vox caster
Champion with bolt pistol and meltabombs
in Chimera with autocannon, extra armor, and heavy bolter

21 Plague Zombies

21 Plague Zombies

21 Plague Zombies

Fast Attack:

Sentinel with autocannon

Heavy Support:

Basilisk Artillery Strike

NOTES on list:

The Rogue Psykers attach to the Armored Fist Squads and Necrosius rides with the 6 man plague marines squad.

The list is from the Siege of Vraks book 3 from Forgeworld.

The first game was against the Eldar.

It was 3 objectives, quarters deployment. I won the roll off for deploy first/ go first but of course he rolled a 6 for seize the initiative.

Luckily he had a poor first turn of shooting. He killed some zombies and stunned a rhino.

I moved two rhinos, a chimera and a squad of zombies forward into the quarter to my left. The central squad of zombies moved forward along with a rhino towards the quarter on my right. The rear squad of zombies moved up to take the objective in my deployment zone.

My plan in this game was to hold the objective in my deployment zone and move most of my army up to contest the other 2 objectives. The plague marines and the zombies along with one armored fist squads would distract/stall his army while trying to contest/hold the other two objectives. I would hold my own objective and see how it played out.

As the game played out he eventually broke through my forces and contested my objective on turn 4. I counter punched and killed a weakened wraithlord and a weakened squad of striking scorpions to push him off my objective.

My left flank pushed out and in the bottom of turn 5 one plague zombie held the objective in that left quadrant. We rolled to see if the game was over and to my luck it was.

I won 2 objectives to one.

It was a good game for me because i was beginning to see the strengths and weaknesses of my army. I was able to see just how good zombies and plague marines are in hand to hand combat.

Having fearless units with feel no pain is very nice.

I won the game, but it was by the skin of my teeth, one more turn and I would have been blown off the objective and lost.

The second and third games were against space marines. Mainly a foot slogging list with some dreadnoughts and and predator.

The first of the two games was a six objective game with a quarters deployment again.
This table was extremely heavy on terrain. Basically it came to down to the fact that I was able to take three objectives fairly easily because they were not easily seen by the marine player.

I shot him off of one objective by hitting him repeatedly with chemical mortars and the artillery strike. The other two objectives i didn't even try to contest.

I won the game three to two.

The last game was quarters again but only three objectives. It was more wide open and the marines showed their superiority in long range fire.

In the end we tied, we each had one objective and we tied the third.

Thoughts on the army:

The list I wrote up is fairly decent. It wouldn't win me any tournaments even if it was tourney legal. But I like it none the less.

The Chemical mortars are probably the best unit in the army. Ther ability to simply ikill whatever they touch short of terminators is impressive. They are probably underpriced.

The Artillery strike is so incredibly inaccurate that a unit standing on the marker for where it hits will probably be safe.

The Plague Marines are awesomely tough. I really like them. I hae never had a real chance to play with them before and I like them alot.

The Zombies are nice because of the number of them I have. 63 plague zombies can be quite the thorn in the side.

I still need to evaluate whether i like the 2 armored fist squads the way they are and the command squad. I may need to change them up adding different weapons and such.

As far as new units, I have a hellhound and up to three leman russes as well as another sentinel I could use. Just need to figure out how to fit them in.

Thats it for now.

Siege game PICS from RockCon

2010-10-28T10:27:00.000-07:00

So another RockCon has come and gone. This year if you've been keeping up with my blog, we had two big floor games. I was in charge of the Siege of Mordax game. I created a scenario packet to detail how this game would be run. I came up with the deployment rules, the wall rules, and the reserve rules. I have to say I'm very pleased with how the game ran. Everything went very smoothly. I had a blast and seemingly everyone playing in the game did also.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this game. We were able to start rolling dice at 12:30pm and we played 7 full turns. We called the game finished at around 9pmish.

It ended in an attackers' victory but just barely. It came down to the bottom of 7 and the defenders' warhound titan firing and just missing one shot which sealed the victory for the attackers. Great close game.

Without further ado, here are some pics.

This game was a test game for the annual D-Company Big Game which is held every year in March.

I had some great feedback from the players involved and I am beginning to modify the rules for the big game.

It worked great and hopefully wih the tweaks it will be one of the best Big Games ever.

WALLS!! for RockCON!

2010-10-04T10:04:00.000-07:00

I am building walls for the Siege of Mordax, a mega battle I am running at the forthcoming RockCon in Rockford, Il coming up October 23rd.

So far this is what I have accomplished for the walls.

First up this picture is the Styrofoam glued down to Plexiglass bases.

Next up is what I have completed as of last night.

I will keep updating my progress as RockCon gets closer!!

New Chaos 2,000 point list

2010-07-29T07:00:00.000-07:00

Here is an army list i just came up with. The Dreadnoughts are a bit scary because of their potential to fire frenzy but I have 21 heavy weapons, 12 vehicles, and a lash sorceror in the list.

HQ -
sorceror, Mk of Slaanesh, Lash of Slaanesh
125 points.

Elites -
Dreadnought with twin-linked Autocannons, and missile launcher
110 points.

Dreadnought with twin-linked Autocannons, and missile launcher
110 points.

Dreadnought with twin-linked Autocannons, and missile launcher
110 points.

Troops -
10 marines Plasmagun and Autocannon
in Rhino with havoc launcher
225 points.

10 marines Plasmagun and Autocannon
in Rhino with havoc launcher
225 points.

10 marines Plasmagun and Autocannon
in Rhino with havoc launcher
225 points.

4 marines melta gun
1 champion with powerfist and combi-melta
in rhino extra armor
185 points.

4 marines melta gun
1 champion with powerfist and combi-melta
in rhino extra armor
185 points.

4 marines melta gun
1 champion with powerfist and combi-melta
in rhino extra armor
185 points.

Heavy support -
Predator with Autocannon and 2 Lascannon sponsons
130 points.

Predator with Autocannon and 2 Lascannon sponsons
130 points.

Predator with Autocannon and 2 Lascannon sponsons
130 points.

2075 points

so breakdown:
9 autocannons 3 of which are twin-linked
6 lascannons
3 missile launchers
3 plasma guns
6 meltaguns

Lash to move the enemy around.

oh ya and 12 vehicles.

so is this a good, bad, or ugly list?

oops I originally thought the preds were 105 not 130 my bad

One weekend Two games

2010-06-28T09:11:00.001-07:00

So this past weekend I got in two games of 40k. The first one was 2,000 points on Friday against daemons and the second was 2500 on saturday against nids.

So here is the list I ran for the friday game:

HQ -
Sorceror, mark of Tzeentch, gift of chaos, warptime, personal icon, terminator armor

(This is not an ideal build for him I know, I'm still playing with HQs and can't settle on one I like yet, I wish i didn't have to take one at all honestly! lol)

Elites -
5 Chosen - icon of chaos glory, 2 melta guns, 2 flamers
in rhino

5 Chosen - icon of chaos glory, 2 plasma guns, 2 flamers
in rhino

Dreadnought - 2 ccws

Troops-
9 marines - icon of chaos glory, meltagun, autocannon
1 champion - powerfist, combi-flamer
in rhino - extra armor, havoc launcher

9 marines - icon of chaos glory, meltagun, autocannon
1 champion - powerfist, combi-flamer
in rhino - extra armor, havoc launcher

9 marines - icon of chaos glory, meltagun, autocannon
1 champion - powerfist, combi-flamer
in rhino - extra armor, havoc launcher

Heavy support -
Predator - extra armor, 2 heavy bolters, 1 autocannon

Predator - extra armor, 2 heavy bolters, 1 autocannon

3 Obliterators

2000points

He had roughly:

Epidemus

3 Fiends of slaanesh

2 nurgle princes

Kugath

3 squads of plague bearers

1 squad of nurglings

3 flamers

1 tzeentch character on a disk (dont remember his name)

Well, We tried the new spearhead deployment (the triangular one) and I deployed and won initiative. I Zoomed up my left flank towards the far objective.

He then started dropping in and by the end of my turn 4 all three daemon princes were dropped. I then had a relatively smooth victory by eliminating his troops with shooting/assaulting, never underestimate 10 chaos marines on the charge!

I ended up winning with two objectives taken to his one.

The game saturday was the game where we each had one objective in our own deployment zones. I knew this could be a tough fight, but I took my 2500 point list I posted on here with the berzerkers in it and was able to fight him to a draw.

Overall a good weekend of gaming.

So, I made the plunge finally.

2010-06-17T08:09:00.000-07:00

I sent an exhaustively long email to Stelek over at Yes The Truth Hurts, introducing myself and giving him my two Ard Boys lists I posted earlier in this blog.

And now we await his response.

Hopefully he will be constructive. But I just really wanted to introduce myself.

So I'll let you all know his response.

Another 'Ard boyz list

2010-06-03T07:10:00.000-07:00

This is something different I just came up with. I have units in here I never play with but maybe I'll give them a shot.

HQ -

Chaos Lord with Daemon Weapon
130 points

Chaos Lord with Daemon Weapon
130 points

Elites -

3 Terminators with 3 combi-meltas, one chainfist.
in Landraider with Extra Armor
355 points

Dreadnought with 2 close combat weapons
100 points

Dreadnought with 2 close combat weapons
100 points

Troops -

10 marines with 1 lascannon
in Rhino with Havoc Launcher
220 points

10 marines with 1 lascannon
in Rhino with Havoc Launcher
220 points

10 marines with 1 lascannon
in Rhino with Havoc Launcher
220 points

10 marines with 1 lascannon
in Rhino with Havoc Launcher
220 points

8 Khorne Berzerkers
1 Champion with powerfist
in rhino
264 points

Heavy Support -

3 obliterators
225 points

Predator with twin-linked lascannon and lascannon sponsons
165 points

Defiler
150 points

total : 2499

The point of this list is to attack the enemy head on. The two lords ride in the Landraider with the terminators and move towards the enemy every turn, dumping out hopefully within charge range and assault 3 different units. The 2 dreadnoughts and the rhino with berzerkers do the same.

Meanwhile, the rest of the army sits back and shoots, hopefully busting transports and vehicles with ease then hitting the juicy innards with battlecannon and plasma cannon rounds. The marines in the 4 rhinos are the late game objective grabbers, they stay in their rhinos all game unless they need to get out to blast away with rapid firing bolters at some point.

The other idea with this list is to give the enemy no clear idea of what to shoot at other than the main assault force. And the whole armry has different armor values hopefully making it more difficult to pick and choose what to shoot at with what.

So what do ya'll think of this one?

Ard Boyz chaos marine army

2010-05-27T08:17:00.000-07:00

If I were to play in 'Ard boyz, this would be my 2500 point list:

HQ -

Sorceror with Mark of Tzeentch,
warptime, winds of chaos, meltabombs,
personal Icon
195 points

Elites -

5 chosen with 2 melta guns, 2 plasma guns
in rhino with extra armor
190 points

5 chosen with Icon of chaos glory,
2 melta guns, 2 flamers
in rhino with extra armor
180 points

5 Terminators -
1 with combi-melta
1 champion with combi-melta and chainfist
1 champion with combi-flamer
1 with heavy flamer
1 champion with Icon of chaos glory
225 points

Troops -

9 marines with Icon of chaos glory,
1 meltagun, 1 autocannon
1 champion with powerfist and combi-flamer
in rhino with extra armor and havoc launcher
295 points

9 marines with Icon of chaos glory,
1 meltagun, 1 autocannon
1 champion with powerfist and combi-flamer
in rhino with extra armor and havoc launcher
295 points

9 marines with Icon of chaos glory,
1 meltagun, 1 autocannon
1 champion with powerfist and combi-flamer
in rhino with extra armor and havoc launcher
295 points

Fast Attack -

3 bikers with 2 melta guns and
Icon of chaos glory
129 points

5 Raptors with 2 melta guns
120 points

5 Raptors with 2 melta guns
120 points

Heavy support -

Predator with autocannon and heavy bolter
sponsons and extra armor
115 points

Predator with autocannon and heavy bolter
sponsons and extra armor
115 points

3 obliterators
225 points

total 2499 points

Nasty? I don't know

18 melta guns if you count the oblits and the combi's

11 flamers if you count the oblits, the combi's and winds of chaos

5 autocannons, 4 heavy bolters, 3 lascannons (oblits)

4 deep striking units

18 kill points

3 scoring units

Army list from Codex: Chaos Space Marines

2010-05-27T07:14:00.001-07:00

This is my Apostles of Contagion army list I will be using from the chaos marines codex:

HQ -

Chaos Sorcerer
Mark of Nurgle, Warptime
145 points

Greater Daemon
100 points

Troops -

5 plague marine with 2 meltaguns,
personal icon
1 champion with powerfist
in rhino extra armor
253 points

6 plague marines with 2 meltaguns,
personal icon
1 champion with powerfist
in rhino extra armor
276 points

6 plague marines with 2 meltaguns,
personal icon
1 champion with combi-melta
in rhino extra armor
261 points

14 lesser daemons
182 points

14 lesser daemons
182 points

14 lesser daemons
182 points

Heavy support

vindicator with possession
145 points

vindicator with possession
145 points

vindicator with possession
145 points

total 1998 points

Alrighty, here are some pics

2010-05-13T13:53:00.001-07:00

So here are some of the only pics I have of my new Nurgle Renegades for my Apostles of Contagion army.

The first pic is 4 guys, the one on the left is a squad leader with a bolt pistol, next to him is a vox-caster and then next to him is a grenade launcher.

Next up is a squad of Nurgle guys, we got the leader, a grenade launcher and vox caster guy and the missile launcher guy is cut off on the left side.

And finally is a picture with 3 of my chemical mortars, and you can see the missile launcher team behind them and also a sorcerer I will be using.

I don't know if I'm totally done with these guys yet, but thats why I haven't painted them yet. I tried to use the GW basing kit because it has some neat resin bits. They seem to have come out all right.

Anyone wish to comment?

Maybe I'll get my first comments on these pics...

Been kinda lazy as of late.

2010-05-12T17:49:00.000-07:00

Ya, I haven't posted in a while, but here goes.

I bought a box of fantasy battle zombies which is the last of the zombies I need to buy for the Apostles of Contagion Army I am building.

I looked at the army list I had and decided to change it up a bit. I will have champions in each plague marine squad with powerfists and no combi-flamers on the rhinos.

One squad of Plague Marines will be only 6 strong and Necrosius will ride with them.

What I need to purchase for the army still:

2 Chimeras ( I am working on a deal to acquire these from a buddy of mine)

1 Renegade Nurgle Sorcerer ( i want to use the Fantasy battle nurgle sorcerer model.)

7 Plague Marines

What I need to build:

3 Rhinos

21 Zombies

3 Plague Marine Squads

1 or 2 Sentinels (depends on my final army list)

2 possesed models incase my sorcerers get possessed

3 Spawn models I started years ago but never finished.

So as you can see I still have some work to do yet.

Traitor Guard

2010-03-15T13:05:00.000-07:00

So the next army I completed was actually an extension of my Iron Warriors. This new army is a traitor guard army based on the rules in the Siege of Vraks books from Forgeworld. I have units in the army from all three Vraks books, so when I play a game I have alot of variety of units to choose from, I have approximately 3,500 points.

The army has a Company Command Squad, 2 platoon command squads, and 6 10-man platoons of renegades. It also has a squad of 5 renegade ogryn bersekers, 6 hounds of Xaphan with ogryn handler, 2 squads of 10 disciples of Xaphan (veterans essentially), 3 mortars, 60 mutants, 22 plague zombies, 13 beastmen, 5 Enforcers (commisars essentially), 7 sentinels, 2 Lemas Russes and a Malcador Defender (its the 5 heavy bolter variant).

This army is quite fun to play as I have a lot of choices to build a 2,000point army. I like to fit in all the renegade guard squads if possible. The Company Command squad has a vox-caster which is used for spotting if I take an Artillery Strike.

This is essentially an allied renegade army that fights alongside my Iron Warriors, it is led by a renegade Tech-Priest.

Later I will post pictures of these units when I get a chance.

What armies do I play and why?

2010-03-12T06:21:00.000-08:00

This post is about the armies I've chosen to play and why.

I have a huge Iron Warriors army totaling around 12,000 points.
I started building this army when the first Index Astartes article about the Iron Warriors was printed in White Dwarf. I can't remember when that was but maybe 8 years ago or so. They just captured my imagination. I liked the idea of a Chaos Marine army devoid of daemons, an army that was very similar to an imperial space marine army except they hated the Imperium and wanted to tear it all down. They excel in siege warfare and bring big guns and lots of marines and tanks to the battlefield.

That was my vision for the army, a huge mechanized marine force, with big guns. I think I've hit the nail on the head with my army. One thing to note, I only have 6 Obliterators and only 4 are painted in Iron Warriors colors. I never cheesed out the army list with the 3.5 Chaos Codex like alot of people did. I have never played in a game where I took all 6 Oblits that was under 5,000 points. In fact, at 5,000 points I usually only take 4.

Now a days, this army is just not as effective as it used to be. Its not really a competitive army at 2,000 points or below. The new chaos codex has gutted the flavor and options the old one has, and I've grown a bit weary of playing them, that's why I've branched out recently into new armies.

Stay tuned for the next post.....Traitor Guard.

A note on my style of wargaming.

2010-03-09T11:21:00.000-08:00

When I started wargaming it was back in the early 1990s and I was in middle school. I got into Warhammer Fantasy Battle first. I bought White Dwarf and I bought and painted figures. I was never able to play anyone though. No one I knew was as interested in buying, assembling and then painting their army. But I didn't care I liked the miniatures and loved the background.

I am in this hobby because it IS a hobby. I am into 40k because I LOVE the background. I would have stopped playing a decade ago if I wasn't so in love with the gimdark 40k universe.

All of this makes me the type of gamer that I am. I build armies because of their fluff, and because I think they'd look really cool as an army on the tabletop.

My gaming group, D-Company is another reason I am so involved in the hobby still. We are a gaming group that doesn't have a store to game at. We game in our basements. Almost everyone in my group has their own table in their house.

Every year we put on events at Rock-Con, Rockford Illinois' annual gaming convention, and we also put on an annual 'Big Game' and this year it looks like we will be putting on a tournament as well.

Forgeworld and home-brew rules are welcome in my group. One thing we have been striving for recently is to play this game the way WE want to play it.

I recently did an experiment with one of my friends. I have been complaining about the new Chaos Marine Codex since it first came out. I think its deplorable how GW stripped it of everything that made the 4th edition codex cool. Well my friend and I did a test. I played an army built from the old codex and he played an army built from the current one. the result? a tie!

Anyway, that is what I mean, My gaming group is awesome because we allow stuff like in our ranks.

Well enough for now, I've published more stuff today than I probably should have in a whole week, but whatever.

2010-03-09T11:18:00.000-08:00

Here is the army list I am building at the moment.

Now most might look at this list and scoff saying 'its not 5th edition worthy!' and I would probably agree. Thats not the point. One thing that anyone who reads my blog will begin to notice is that when I build an army, its not 1,500 points, its not 1,850 or even 2,000 points. My armies are built to be large. This 2,000 points is simply a beginning.

HQ

Necrosius The Hand of Nurgle
160 points

Company Command Platoon
Company Command Squad with a
Vox-Caster and a Chaos Banner
50 points

Mortar Squad with chemical shells
75 points

Rogue Psyker of Nurgle with extra roll
25 points

Rogue Psyker of Nurgle with extra roll
25 points

Elites

7 Plague Marines with 2 meltaguns
In rhino with extra armor and
combi-flamer
236 points

7 Plague Marines with 2 meltaguns
In rhino with extra armor and
combi-flamer
236 points

7 Plague Marines with 2 meltaguns
In rhino with extra armor and
combi-flamer
236 points

Troops

21 Plague Zombies
126 points

21 Plague Zombies
126 points

21 Plague Zombies
126 points

Renegade Armoured Fist Squad with
grenade launcher, missile launcher,
vox-caster and veteran with meltabombs
and bolt pistol.
Chimera with autocannon, extra armour,
pintle-heavy stubber.
200 points

Renegade Armoured Fist Squad with
grenade launcher, missile launcher,
vox-caster and veteran with meltabombs
and bolt pistol.
Chimera with autocannon, extra armour,
pintle-heavy stubber.
200 points

Fast Attack

Scount Sentinel Squadron
2 sentinels
70 points

Heavy Support

Artillery Strike—Bombard Strike
100 points

total: 1991

The Apostles of Contagion

2010-03-09T09:35:00.000-08:00

So I made the plunge. For almost ten years now I've played Iron Warriors but now I'm gonna do something completely different. I'm building a Nurgle themed army. It will be based on the army list in the Siege of Vraks book III from Forgeworld as well as the Chaos Marine Codex.

My first goal is a traitor guard army with a heavy plague marine contingent.

I've already written an army list and have begun assembling the models.

I don't have any pictures yet, but they will be soon up here.

Necrosius will of course make an appearance as well.

This is my first blog.

2010-03-09T09:17:00.000-08:00

This is the first blog I've ever created. This will chronicle my adventures in all thing 40k.

I will begin this blog with my newest army I've started to build, The Apostles of Contagion, hence the title of the blog.

I will also talk about other armies I've built in the past or armies I wish to work on in the future.

This blog will also be about my 40k RPGing, the GMing I'm doing and the tales of Inquisitor Raxxus.

I will do many other things on here as well, such as book reviews and the like.