All Day Sunday 13 March 40k Multiplayer Mayhem

[mike954]

All Day Sunday 13 March: a perfect opportunity for some large scale destruction in the 41st millennium!

A few of us have been talking about it, and it would be great to hear:

-who all are interested and
-what minis people have available/ want to use
-any ideas on a theme for the game to spice up the traditional clash of Imperium (& maybe Neutral Xenos) vs Xenos.

Minis:
I'm happy to bring along any or all of:
-2000pts of Tau
-2000pts of Khorne Daemons
-4000pts or so of Tyranids
-about 800pts of Black Reach starter set + a Rhino of Crimson Fists with Pedro Kantor in case we fancy a little scenario with them making a characterful stand someplace on the board.

It would be great if anyone wanted to use the above minis to try out 40k as well.

Theme:
I'm going to shamelessly rip off an idea from the battle in the Warhammer rulebook between Skaven on one side and allied Wood Elves and Bretonnians on the other. There could be the usual scoring objectives or Kill Points.

We could then add secret objectives like occupying a given terrain feature or knocking out a certain unit (eg. an enemy HQ) for extra victory points. So, if your opponent starts to act rather too protectively over a bunker or ruin, there might be something valuable enough to make it worth your while to ensure he doesn't hang on to it!

Edit: This means you could end up with allies having different scores depending on whether they fulfil their secret objectives. It would certainly add a bit of an element of poker-faced bluffing to reading players' behaviour during the game! ;D

Edit 2: Corrected a typo.

[sapper]

Mike

I might be interested...well I am interested... but will need to check with She Who Must be Obeyed if we've got any domestic commitments of which I am not yet aware, or of which I am aware but have forgotten.

Martyn

P.S. I could bring along 1,500 points of Eagle Warrior Space Marines (they look like they're wearing the Blackburn Rovers home strip).

[mike954]

Great stuff, Martyn, I hope you can make it! I remember your Eagle Warriors and their distinctive battle colours well, a brilliant example of the Emperor's finest!

[sanderson]

Hi Mike,

I'm very interested in it! I can probably bring along 2000-2500 (haven't added them all up yet) of welsh marines and Ultra's!

I like the sound of secret objectives. It will spice things up a little!

Apoc rules or normal rules with teams?

Cheers

Stephen

[mike954]

Nice one Stephen! We're really starting to get some points together now!

Ruleset
Rules-wise, keep it simple, I reckon. I think regular 40k rules are best because you get units onto the board faster than with Apocalypse. However, the more crazy Apocalypse/ Spearhead units on the table the better, it's a great chance to try those weird units out!

So by all means let's have Apocalypse models (Baneblades, Stompas whatever) and Spearhead units on the board doing Apocalyptic things, but I think we can do without getting too bogged down in the Apocalypse rules for deployment, reserves etc.

Anyone without Apocalypse units could just have a sustained assault rule to respawn a few destroyed units per turn back onto the field of battle as reserves.

Theme/ Victory Conditions
With all the carnage from Apocalypse weaponry and respawns, it might make sense for the two teams to compete to reach a pre-determined kill-point total as a way to end the game. eg. half the number of opposing units + respawns.

Once one side reaches its kill-point target we can tally up the victory points for secret missions or normal objectives for another score as well.

It'll also give us a bench-mark for future games if we have a combined total for how many kill-points were scored in all ;D

Edit: for typo

[michaelanstead]

Hi, I would be interested in joining this game. I have 4-5k Eldar. Can put out some vehicle spearheads on he table if the game requires it. Most of those points would be unpainted. How does that matter?

Michael

[mike954]

Hi Michael, good to hear you're interested, it'll be brilliant to see some Eldar fielded on the day!

Mar 2, 2011 16:28:45 GMT michaelanstead said:

Most of those points would be unpainted. How does that matter?

Well, painted minis help to generate a bit of atmosphere in games, even if they are presented in work-in-progress basic colours and basing. You might also have to weather a few light-hearted remarks at the Eldars' expense as well (eg. "no paint-no saves", etc.).

How many points of your Eldar are painted up? There's still plenty of time to splat up some more minis, and it's the perfect incentive! I myself have a few Carnifexes, Termagants and Tyranid Warriors I am trying somehow to find the time to get done!

[dave3]

Well Mike, as you know I am up for this. I have buckets of orks...Buckets of IG (plus a new tank I made ages ago but not debut yet) Chaos Marines quite a few of those.. Blood Angels...yes lots.and I may have time to get the Stormraven built!And Nids, you know how much I have of them, plus the 2 Mysetic spores yet to debut. ;D

[michaelanstead]

I am in Norway at the moment, until next wednesday. So painting is not really an option. I have recently started a High Elf army, which I have only just built and based about half. As you know a new army takes up most of your time (it is all new and exiting).

At the moment i think I have only about 1-1.5k fully painted and partially painted. Good news my pathfinders are painted, so I can still take that +2 cover save ;D

[mike954]

Dave, I think your hordes of minis just upped the ante, this game is looking like a truly epic affair

Michael, hope you are enjoying your time abroad, 1-1.5k sounds just fine, a few folks might be recycling casualties into off table reserves to bulk up, or you can grab some of my minis to top up.

For example, Pedro Kantor+Crimson Fists allying with Eldar would be in character- they have a track record of it in the official back-story of the Battle for Traitor's Gorge after all! GW have even issued an Apocalypse "Battle for Traitor's Gorge" datasheet for download on their website for this allied force. I can email you a copy if you like, just PM me

This is looking like it will be an epic effort, might have to take a few snaps of the game at this rate! ;D

Edited for a typo.

[sapper]

Mike

I was gonna say that I could push my contribution up to 2,000 points of Eagle Warriors, but it looks like we'll need a table the size of a five-a-side pitch as it is !

Martyn

[james watson]

ho ho he he i would love to get in on the fight Ive got 5k of space marines and my lovely new space marine bane-blade
how many Pt's are you doing per player or is it cram as much on the table as we can


thanks James

[dave3]

How big a table are we going to have?...and I didn't mean to have all my collection out!!

[mike954]

Mar 3, 2011 19:50:03 GMT dave3 said:

How big a table are we going to have?...and I didn't mean to have all my collection out!!

Just one of your armies is enough to up the ante on its own Dave! No need to bring along more than one faction unless you have a desire to

Table size:
Table wise our last Apocalypse battle was a 3 vs 3 affair and those are the player numbers we have so far. We played the game on a 10'x4' table, with diagonal deployment separated by 1', if I recall.

Let's have a closer look at things:

Player: Available faction/s, (Alliance), max. points available
mike954: Tau/Khorne Daemons/Tyranids (Xenos) 8000pts
sapper: Eagle Warriors (Imperial) 2000pts
sanderson: Welsh Marines, Ultras (Imperial) 2500pts
michaelanstead: Eldar (Imperial ally or Xenos) 1500pts
dave3: Orks/Imperial Guard/Blood Angels/Chaos Marines/Tyranids
jameswatson: Space Marines (Imperial) 5000pts + 1500pts Baneblade

So the current situation appears to be:

Confirmed Imperial players=3
sapper: SM 2000pts
sanderson: SM 2500pts
jameswatson: SM 6500pts

Confirmed Xenos players=1
mike954: 'nids (plus Tau & Khorne Daemons if needed) 4000-8000pts

Uncommitted players= 2
dave3: Spoilt for choice
michaelanstead: Eldar 1500pts

If we field the maximum so far, with michaelanstead joining the Imperials, then it looks like a 12,000pts per side battle with 24,000pts on the table, give or take 1000pts.

Edited for more info.

[dave3]

I do have a hankering to give my Blood Angels an outing...especially as I am currently building the Stormraven. Assuming I complete it for next week ( ) the points are in the vicinity of 4000. I can always lend out an army if we are short of things to kill! For the Emperor! ;D
Dave