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Post by theknightmantis on Apr 17, 2016 10:29:07 GMT -6
So where did we land on Xenos for this? I found a good rule site for Orks in 30k but it might be a tad pointless for me to roll out on the 24th if this is a marine only party. Xenos will be one of the things up for discussion. I am leaning towards certain ones being fine if said person does not own an Imperial or Chaos Army.
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Post by 1D3chan on Apr 17, 2016 11:36:49 GMT -6
the only problem is there is no set end time The games are timed. The tournament ends at 5, I've only very rarely seen it go longer than that. I'll add this to the original post.
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Post by Dan K on Apr 17, 2016 19:53:35 GMT -6
So where did we land on Xenos for this? I found a good rule site for Orks in 30k but it might be a tad pointless for me to roll out on the 24th if this is a marine only party. Xenos will be one of the things up for discussion. I am leaning towards certain ones being fine if said person does not own an Imperial or Chaos Army. There is enough room in the 40k universe (okay, 30k) that anything is possible. Maybe a tomb world on a distant planet opened early or maybe there was a scouting brood of nids that was just never recorded. The only real difficult one would be Tau since they were still throwing stones at that the point in history. Eldar and DEldar are around during 30k but have just suffered the great fall, so they would be around but scattered. Orcs are orcs, always there, always shooting. Imo, the more players the merrier.
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Post by doubleback on Apr 18, 2016 19:41:15 GMT -6
Good to hear, I'm not at all against eventually picking up a heresy chapter, but I'm a year into 40k with two armies already, pretty sure sure a third one will get me committed.
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Post by Nick P on Apr 18, 2016 22:52:18 GMT -6
My only concern is stopping this from becoming "40k campaign but also there's legions I guess" if that makes sense; eldar/dark eldar and orks work well, but even necrons is a real stretch.
Why don't we run a tally of who all wants to play what, so we can see where we stand? I'll make a poll.
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Post by doubleback on Apr 19, 2016 6:53:05 GMT -6
Well good news is I think only you and I play Necrons, and I don't think either of us plan on bringing them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 7:11:33 GMT -6
Worse case scenario, we can run two campaigns. I'd be happy to host a non-30k campaign, as long as that's not stepping on anybody toes. It may work in the favor of the players if the narrative is smaller as well. Writing a story for 4-5 players is a lot more manageable then 6-10. Likewise scheduling may become less of an issue, as most of the 30k players don't make it to Tues./Wed. often.
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Post by Asyrean on Apr 19, 2016 8:24:01 GMT -6
Worse case scenario, we can run two campaigns. I'd be happy to host a non-30k campaign, as long as that's not stepping on anybody toes. It may work in the favor of the players if the narrative is smaller as well. Writing a story for 4-5 players is a lot more manageable then 6-10. Likewise scheduling may become less of an issue, as most of the 30k players don't make it to Tues./Wed. often. I know I'd be interested in joining a 40k campaign over a 30k campaign. Simply because that's what I have and that's what I know. (Well, judging by my Win/Loss record, it's arguable whether I know anything.) Anyway, just my personal stance in case it adds anything to the conversation. So, Will I'd join a 40k campaign if you were willing to put it together. Especially a map based campaign.
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Post by geofflloyd on Apr 19, 2016 13:25:01 GMT -6
Worse case scenario, we can run two campaigns. I'd be happy to host a non-30k campaign, as long as that's not stepping on anybody toes. It may work in the favor of the players if the narrative is smaller as well. Writing a story for 4-5 players is a lot more manageable then 6-10. Likewise scheduling may become less of an issue, as most of the 30k players don't make it to Tues./Wed. often. As a Tau player, I would certainly be in favor of a 40k campaign
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Post by dex on Apr 19, 2016 14:14:33 GMT -6
There is a lot of Dilution running two campaigns.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 14:23:57 GMT -6
There is a lot of Dilution running two campaigns. I think there would be less then you might expect. I for one just don't want to play in a 30k campaign. Additionally any Tau or Nid player's can't play from a narrative position. Unless your doing a 40k + Legion Astartes campaign, but then that is not really a Horus Heresy Campaign. Like I said though, I don't want to undercut anything or step on toes. Its just seemed like things were starting to get a little shoe-horned as nick pointed out.
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Post by Nick P on Apr 19, 2016 15:15:21 GMT -6
There is a lot of Dilution running two campaigns. I think there would be less then you might expect. I for one just don't want to play in a 30k campaign. Additionally any Tau or Nid player's can't play from a narrative position. Unless your doing a 40k + Legion Astartes campaign, but then that is not really a Horus Heresy Campaign. Like I said though, I don't want to undercut anything or step on toes. Its just seemed like things were starting to get a little shoe-horned as nick pointed out. Yeah I guess my post should have read, "who actually wants to do a 30k campaign, and who is just saying YES because they want a campaign period" lol If there just simply aren't enough 30k people, then maybe we just need to try to grow the community more. If more people would rather do a 40k campaign, that's totally doable! And if there is interest in both, then even better! I just want to make sure we have an accurate idea what people want to do is all, because a lot of it seems like people just want to play in A campaign, not necessarily a 30k campaign.
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Post by dex on Apr 20, 2016 7:32:36 GMT -6
Count me in for a 30k campaign, count me out for a general who can use unpainted cheese in a 40k campaign.
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Post by doubleback on Apr 20, 2016 10:30:12 GMT -6
Nick I would say that is accurate, what we should probably do is see who all wants to do a campaign in general, then see how many of those play Xenos. If the bulk of interest is from outside the 30K lore then at the very least we do a 40k campaign, if not we can rock a 30k with some shoehorning, worst case we do both.
Will, I am more than happy to help with the planning and narrative if you want it.
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Post by 1D3chan on Apr 20, 2016 11:14:16 GMT -6
For what it's worth, I'd just like to play in an organized campaign setting. I don't really mind if it's 30K or 40K. I understand the setting differences enough to play in either.
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