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Post by FaithandFire on Apr 17, 2009 7:19:20 GMT -5
How about Saturday, May 16th for the final installment in the T'schere Trilogy? This round is Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
For more than a year, ominous rumors had been privately circulating among leaders that the Eastern T'Schere, isolated, desperate, and terrified, had been at work on what was darkly hinted to be the ultimate weapon: a doomsday device. Intelligence sources traced the site of the top secret project to the perpetually fog-shrouded wasteland below the Arctic peaks of the Zhokhov Planet. What they were building or why it should be located in such a remote and desolate place no one could say.
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. "
"Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face"
"Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH? "
"It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises."
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Post by FaithandFire on Apr 17, 2009 7:31:14 GMT -5
SO, here are some thoughts about structuring the megabattle. Feedback would be appreciated. (I'll be away April 20-30, in case anyone wonders why I don't respond for a while)
Three tables put together so that they form a triangle (well,there is a triangle shaped "hole" in the center of the table area when they are put together). Planetary Defense Forces (IG), Daemons, etc. deploy "in the middle" 12" onto each table with the Doomsday Device (Devin posted a link on the forum a while ago to the details about this on the GW site) deployed on one table.
The allies (Anti Doomsday forces, not really allies) then deploy on the far side of each table 12" in. So, if you are following the table set up, we really have three different battles going on, one on each table, with each allied force advancing toward the center. This way we can deploy Orks on one table, SM on one table, and ELdar, Tau, etc on the third table.
Defenders win if they manage to blow up the world with the doomsday device. "Allies" win if the preven it.
Force sizes - go a bit larger this time?? 1850??
Can we incorporate something to balance uneven points on each side? Those of you more familiar with Apocalypse - can we use strategic assets to balance the sides? Can we use the apocalypse rules with this weird set up?
Toss in a Stompa, a Baneblade, etc??
As mentioned, feedback is welcome!
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Post by phoenix on Apr 17, 2009 7:47:06 GMT -5
I can provide the doomsday device, a Plague tower, and two silver towers of Tzeentch (all homemade, of course) if anyone wants to use them. I'm not sure I can attend, I'll have to figure that out closer to the date.
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Post by FaithandFire on Apr 17, 2009 8:09:36 GMT -5
Great! I was hoping someone would have something that we could use.
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Post by khornedog on Apr 17, 2009 8:39:04 GMT -5
I should be able to make that date. I am out of town that next weekend (23rd).
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Post by darkathy on Apr 17, 2009 9:55:39 GMT -5
I think that if we were to try it with a triangle of tables (at least so that the tables are touching in the corners) then it would get hard for the defense to move there unit cause they would have to reach across the table, maybe set it up so that the tables are in a very sharp U shape, this way then the defense can get in to move there units (through the open side) and were still rushing at the center of the table really...
though I havent read the rules for this scenario, so if someone can post the rules or a link for it then that would be good (assuming that these arent home-brewed)...
lets see, battle-wise, I think that something like the last megabattle might be good, the defense has this in a small fortress and so each table has a wall on the defense side that it has to get through before it can deactivate the DDD, the defense can set up on the tower (but not behind it, there is no easy way from one side of the wall to the other after all) or in front of it, cover saves for the people in the walls, etc. though I think giving the walls either a higher armor value or more structure points would be good... thats all I can think of for now, I may be able to post something more later (if I get anything more).
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Post by snickerdoodle on Apr 20, 2009 2:26:55 GMT -5
I've started constructing a Doomsday Device, just a little 'Nurglely'.
If there is some way we can get it so that the attackers have to 'interact we each other'. (Translated as have a reason to fight one another). The senario should work great.
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Post by FaithandFire on Apr 20, 2009 6:18:39 GMT -5
We did something like that in the last Fantasy megabattle. The "allies" aren't really allies and could just as well turn against each other as continue to attack
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Post by droofus on Apr 20, 2009 18:27:20 GMT -5
Maybe give bonus points towards winning for each opposing HQ choice that you kill (from any other "faction"). That might make the "Allies" take some pot shots at each others most important units.
To make things more even for the "Defenders" , we could give the daemons sustained attack through a warp rift located near the center of the table. Meanwhile the PDF could also get sustained attack from the outer board edges. This would represent forces from elsewhere on the planet being called to defend the holy project.
The allies on the other hand would only have the forces they brought with them.
We'd still want to make sure that the defenders have around 65-75% of the total "Allied" point value though. Otherwise, even the reserves wouldn't be enough. Good thing for us that Brad an Devin have extensive chaos collections.
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Post by deewalla on Apr 20, 2009 20:26:57 GMT -5
Im thinking the "secret orders" that were used in a recent WD might work... Plus the fun prospect of trying to kill the biggest vehicle or beat so-and-so to CC first... etc etc.
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Post by snickerdoodle on Apr 21, 2009 3:27:06 GMT -5
The way I figure it their should be 3 distinct groups, beings that want to blow up the planet, people that don't want to blow up the planet, and da odas dat here dere big dakka ova dere.
Instead of each side getting secret orders we could make each player have secret orders. ie kill general of a specific army, kill more of that armies vehicles then anyone else etc...
Could lead to one heck of alot of CHAOS....yeeaaahhh!!!
On a side note, I have modeled a DDD it just needs some painting now.
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Post by phoenix on Apr 22, 2009 10:08:43 GMT -5
I think we need to have a modeling competition on Doomsday devices! I'm sure there are a lot of aspiring Chaos lords who want to have a go at it.
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Post by droofus on Apr 22, 2009 10:26:43 GMT -5
Good idea. You guys should post up images of your devices. Then we can start a polling thread to determine whose DDD will be used in the battle.
Sound fair to everyone?
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Post by snickerdoodle on Apr 23, 2009 1:53:20 GMT -5
NO it doesn't Drew, MINE, MINE , MINE.....
We could also just vote on the day of the megabattle.
On Warseer someone was talking about their DDD. It was Chuck Norris in a life pod with a red button that said Don't press this.
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Post by phoenix on Apr 23, 2009 8:21:55 GMT -5
I DEMAND that you use MY Doomsday Device!
*ignores response*
*pushes big red button anyway*
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