So, Saturday morning, I was productive. I hit the fabric store, and got a sheet of "potting soil" brown fabric. I hit Target, and got a box of tacks, and some wood glue. Then I went home and waited for a friend to get up and head over, and we hit Lowes, and got a sheet of plywood, then dragged it back to my place... Unfortunately the sheet of fabric I got was about half the size I needed, due to my not understanding how they sold it and not checking before I left, so Ill be heading back some time this week to get more. That didnt stop me and Mikie from playing a game though! Terrain was a bit sparse, though that should have helped him rather then me.
1000 points, Tau vs Red Scorpions. Annihilation, Dawn of War. Same list as previously reported for me, he had a commander with 1 body guard, a unit of Kroot, two units of fire warriors, a unit of gun drones, and a unit of stealthsuits.
Highlights of the game: Chaplain and assault squad beat the stuffing out of the drones, then get shot to bits by the commander and BG, Chaplain survived, then proceeded to solo kill the commander, bodyguard, and a good part of one of the Firewarrior squads.
The Kroot... Im not sure what to think of them. They spent the entire game either hitting dirt cuz of my shooting or dusting themselves off. I think the only time they moved was turn 1 (he went first), then at the end, when they finally broke and ran. They took a good chunk of my shooting, but most of it was incidental fire, in that I didnt have any better targets at the moment. My devastators worked wonderfully, they "reached out and crushed someone" every turn. On the other hand, I didnt concentrate on one target with them, I spread the wealth over the entire army all game. Not sure if that was a good decision or not.
In the end, I lost the assault squad and a handful of tactical marines, he was left with a few Firewarriors. Its always harder to pull a lesson from a win then a loss, but I think the lessons for this game was that assault troops need larger units, they need to be supported better, and that if a "tarpit" target like the kroot show their faces again, I need to maximise shooting on them, so they dont soak fire for the entire game.
Ill also try to get some pictures of the table after I get the other sheet of fabric.
Keith looks to be joining our campaign, so there are Orks inbound! Still not sure what day we are planning on playing, Mikie seems to want Mondays, but havnt heard what works for Keith.
I need to get around to making more terrain too...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tables and Scenery and possibly a Campaign!
Ive been planning on building a gaming table for a few years now, but lack of a steady opponent, finances, and plain laziness have all conspired to keep me from actually doing it.
So, with my recent decision to finally get playing more often this year, I talked with Mikie about possibly start a campaign, just a few games every other week or so, and I realized that Id probably flake out on games held elsewhere, as usual... obvious answer is to have the games come to me! In order to not look like a total asshole here, I will point out that Mikie drives about an hour from where he lives to where we are, and he has that spiffy hybrid. So, it really doesnt matter for him if he is going to be playing at the mall, at the Glen Burnie Bunker, or at my apartment.
Now I need a table for sure! One of the times I was at Costco recently I noticed a 6x4 folding card table. Thats a good start, but a card table isnt the ideal surface for a game of 40k, is it? Im thinking that get the table, then pay a visit to Lowes and get a sheet of plywood, either 6x4, or two 3x4, and set it/them on the card table. Should be good enough unless we are attacked by the dog... Im still trying to decide if I want to properly base it, or just pick up some fabric from the cloth store and lay it over everything. Advantages to doing that are its quicker, I can get multiple sheets to show different types of terrain, and its ultimately disposable (for when I finally move away from MD).
I will also have to build some terrain, but this wont be so much of a pain, as raw materials are plentiful and easily accesable... and I can tell Mikie that he has to make some of his own!
No real ideas on the campaign yet, but he plays Tau, Necrons, and Tyranids. Maybe the Zeist campaign? ;)
So, with my recent decision to finally get playing more often this year, I talked with Mikie about possibly start a campaign, just a few games every other week or so, and I realized that Id probably flake out on games held elsewhere, as usual... obvious answer is to have the games come to me! In order to not look like a total asshole here, I will point out that Mikie drives about an hour from where he lives to where we are, and he has that spiffy hybrid. So, it really doesnt matter for him if he is going to be playing at the mall, at the Glen Burnie Bunker, or at my apartment.
Now I need a table for sure! One of the times I was at Costco recently I noticed a 6x4 folding card table. Thats a good start, but a card table isnt the ideal surface for a game of 40k, is it? Im thinking that get the table, then pay a visit to Lowes and get a sheet of plywood, either 6x4, or two 3x4, and set it/them on the card table. Should be good enough unless we are attacked by the dog... Im still trying to decide if I want to properly base it, or just pick up some fabric from the cloth store and lay it over everything. Advantages to doing that are its quicker, I can get multiple sheets to show different types of terrain, and its ultimately disposable (for when I finally move away from MD).
I will also have to build some terrain, but this wont be so much of a pain, as raw materials are plentiful and easily accesable... and I can tell Mikie that he has to make some of his own!
No real ideas on the campaign yet, but he plays Tau, Necrons, and Tyranids. Maybe the Zeist campaign? ;)
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