Post by englishchris on Jan 4, 2015 13:08:38 GMT -6
One and All
The long awaited Battle of Macragge is upon us! The Hive Minds of 3 of our Brohammer brethren has fallen upon the token foreigner of the group. Yesterday 5 of us meet up to try to hammer out how this thing was going to go down, and this is what we came up with.
This event will be considered open to all Brohammer members. Although each side does have dedicated commanders, people are more than welcome to check it out, drink beer, eat snacks, and generally hang out. Those same people will also be asked to volunteer to be plastic pushers and dice rollers too!
Daniel Young will be hosting the event, because he is just so awesome.
The Tyranids will be teamed by Nick Powell, Jeff Allen, Joel Williams (and maybe Dexter? I don't have his contact details, if someone wants to reach out to him...).
The Ultramarines will be teamed by Chris Standing, CJ Sutton, David Pawlowski, Mike Thompson. (stand ins maybe Matt Wirt and Dan Kessler, I just have to confirm).
Dans Bribe:
Because Dan is being so awesome with hosting us, we agreed to bribe him with plastic crack. The group of key participants will buy Dan a SM Tactical Squad, SM Bike Squad and a Ironclad Dreadnought.
Schedule:
Such a mission as this, is a considerable undertaking. Players are encouraged to drop off armies, terrain, and tables during this week. General rule of thumb is that when you turn up during the week, we ask if you can also set up a table. This helps spread the work.
Friday Night is set up night. This is when the board is set up, traits and psychic powers rolled for, asset cards picked, and armies are deployed. We want to get straight into things on Saturday morning.
Saturday and Sunday will be game days, and each day will consist of 4 turns. Each side will have 1 hour to complete their turn.
Food & Drinks:
So that Dan and Annabelle are not having to cater for all of us lazy, slobbish nerds. Everyone is asked to bring either 1 meal for the group, or 1 lot of drinks and snacks.
(If you don't know Dan's address, go ahead and ask him. I don't want to publish his home address on the internet)
Rules of the Battle.
These rules were agreed upon over several beers,, ribs and a buffalo style turkey leg. With such a covenant created, these rules are not liable to any further change.
Victory conditions:
Tyranids to totally destroy the Ultramarines. Ultramarines, to keep alive minimum of 1 model on the board by the end of the game.
Tyranid Hive Swarm:
To reflect on the multitudes of a Tyranid Hive fleet, and to balance the points difference, all Tyranid units/characters/etc, may be placed into ongoing reserves and respawn in the subsequent turns. This does not include Gargantuan Creatures, however these beasties can be respawned with the "Reinforcements" strategic asset card, for example.
Table set up:
Ultramarines set up the board
Ultramarines deploy first
Tyranids have first turn (Ultramarines can not roll to seize)
Battle specific rules:
Each side will have 1 Warmaster and 4 Warlords. Warmaster has 2 warlord traits, Warlords have 1 warlord trait
These traits affect army wide.
Standard Apoc rules for formations, strategic asset cards, etc
No Natural Disasters.
All models are WYSIWYG (this is totally critical!!!)
No Mysterious forests, rivers, etc
There will be 7 strategic objectives on the board (2 in the Nid deployment zone, 2 in the SM deployment zone, 3 in no mans land). Holding an objective until the end of the turn will yield 1 strategic asset card for the controlling player.
These objectives will be model specific. Ie, if it is a fuel barrels, follow the rules for fuel barrels. If it is an ammo dump, follow the rules for the ammo dump. They will probably also include the Aquila landing pad, a Bastion, Eagle gun, etc.
Board:
Board will be 6 feet deep and 12 feet wide. Armies will deploy 2 feet away from each other.
On a personal note, this will be my first and final outing of my entire Ultramarine force, before the vast majority is sold off. So I plan on spending most of the time making a battle report for Brohammer.
And remember, the most important thing is to have fun!
I shall see you all Friday night at Dans.