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[40K/BFG] Online 40K/BFG Pick Up Games
ElderCat
Registered User, ClubPA regular
Registered User, ClubPA regular
The 5th Penny Arcadian Warhammer 40,000 League!
The Pick up Game League!
You can play this:
Or this:
Images from here:
Download the VASSAL wargaming application from this link here.
Download the 40K module V40k 5.4-e: from this link here. There is a new group of people working on this module, you can check the bugfixes, download the latest release, and keep up with plans for future revisions here: http://vassal40k.wordpress.com/
Here is a link to some premade maps..You load them as a saved game, there might be an error that is was saved with a previous version, but it will work. Also, if the scatter die doesn't work right you can replace it from the models tab.
Here is a link to an old user guide, some of the options have changed, and the screens don't look exactly the same, but there is a lot of basic information there that will help you get a feel for the module.
If you want to BFG, Download the BFG module VBFG 2.2 from this link here.
Rules:
Time period: Until the next person starts a league.
Ok, here's the deal, I got really busy after the BFG league fell apart, and the new forums caused a lot of disruption as well. I still don't have a ton of time to run a complicated league, but I think that maybe we need to try something simple this go around. So, just arrange a game with another forumer, post the results here and I will keep track of them. I will rank the list by win-loss percentage, with a minimum of 3 games in order to be ranked.
40k Rules: Have two lists for two game sizes, 1000 pts list for a quick game or if you are just learning Vassal; And a 1500 pts list for a normal 40k game, at the point limitGod GW intended.
BFG rules:
Fleet list of 1500 points, from one of the standard fleet lists on the GW website. If you and your opponent know the 2010 rules update, and would prefer to use it, you can, but as it is not yet official, I would rather use the rules as written on the GW website.
You CAN change your list, since this is just a pick up game league. You CAN swap out armies, just make sure your opponent knows what army you plan to use beforehand. There is not a need to post your army list since it can change between games, unless you want help with it, but you do have to show your list to your opponent when the game starts.
Rule disputes: If something crops up in a game that cannot be conclusively settled, post it here and I'll make a ruling on how it should be played within the league.
Anything that needs to be further clarified? Did I leave anything important out?
When you signup please post your Army, time zone, and the best day and time for you to play.
I am going to do two separate lists, since the 40k and BFG games are NOT linked this time around.
40k Players:
Name...........40k Army.......Time Zone
Eldercat..........DA.................GMT -5
OtakuD00D......DE.................GMT -7
Moridin889.....BA/DE..............GMT -?
Player...........Games.....W/L/D....%
Eldercat.........0...........0/0/0....0
OtakuD00D.....0...........0/0/0....0
Moridin889.....0............0/0/0....0
BFG Players:
Name...........BFG Fleet.....Time Zone
Eldercat..........IN/SM.........GMT -5
Player...........Games.....W/L/D....%
Eldercat.........0...........0/0/0....0
The Pick up Game League!
You can play this:
Or this:
Images from here:
Download the VASSAL wargaming application from this link here.
Download the 40K module V40k 5.4-e: from this link here. There is a new group of people working on this module, you can check the bugfixes, download the latest release, and keep up with plans for future revisions here: http://vassal40k.wordpress.com/
Here is a link to some premade maps..You load them as a saved game, there might be an error that is was saved with a previous version, but it will work. Also, if the scatter die doesn't work right you can replace it from the models tab.
Here is a link to an old user guide, some of the options have changed, and the screens don't look exactly the same, but there is a lot of basic information there that will help you get a feel for the module.
If you want to BFG, Download the BFG module VBFG 2.2 from this link here.
Rules:
Time period: Until the next person starts a league.
Ok, here's the deal, I got really busy after the BFG league fell apart, and the new forums caused a lot of disruption as well. I still don't have a ton of time to run a complicated league, but I think that maybe we need to try something simple this go around. So, just arrange a game with another forumer, post the results here and I will keep track of them. I will rank the list by win-loss percentage, with a minimum of 3 games in order to be ranked.
40k Rules: Have two lists for two game sizes, 1000 pts list for a quick game or if you are just learning Vassal; And a 1500 pts list for a normal 40k game, at the point limit
BFG rules:
Fleet list of 1500 points, from one of the standard fleet lists on the GW website. If you and your opponent know the 2010 rules update, and would prefer to use it, you can, but as it is not yet official, I would rather use the rules as written on the GW website.
You CAN change your list, since this is just a pick up game league. You CAN swap out armies, just make sure your opponent knows what army you plan to use beforehand. There is not a need to post your army list since it can change between games, unless you want help with it, but you do have to show your list to your opponent when the game starts.
Rule disputes: If something crops up in a game that cannot be conclusively settled, post it here and I'll make a ruling on how it should be played within the league.
Anything that needs to be further clarified? Did I leave anything important out?
When you signup please post your Army, time zone, and the best day and time for you to play.
I am going to do two separate lists, since the 40k and BFG games are NOT linked this time around.
40k Players:
Name...........40k Army.......Time Zone
Eldercat..........DA.................GMT -5
OtakuD00D......DE.................GMT -7
Moridin889.....BA/DE..............GMT -?
Spoiler:
Player...........Games.....W/L/D....%
Eldercat.........0...........0/0/0....0
OtakuD00D.....0...........0/0/0....0
Moridin889.....0............0/0/0....0
Spoiler:
BFG Players:
Name...........BFG Fleet.....Time Zone
Eldercat..........IN/SM.........GMT -5
Spoiler:
Eldercat.........0...........0/0/0....0
Spoiler:
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Joline Lovejoy: Gifted Priest/Pistoleer - Chains of Corvis IKRPG
Joline Lovejoy: Gifted Priest/Pistoleer - Chains of Corvis IKRPG
Buy my 40k shit.
That's cool I teach people pretty often. Do you have skype? Makes it SO much easier.
8am Central? So that's... 0800+900=1700 until 1300+900=2200. That's actually perfect for me. I won't be up until around like 1900-900=1000 (10am) your time more than likely, so right around 11am or noon your time. If you've got skype PM me your login and I'll add you to my list when I get off work in a few hours then we can just touch bases tomorrow when I wake up.
Buy my 40k shit.
My name on Vassal is the same as on here. If I'm not on by 11am and haven't left you a message on here, either I'm still sleeping or something came up with work (I'm deployed) and can't get to a computer. Do whatever you feel you gotta do at that point.
Buy my 40k shit.
Buy my 40k shit.
Buy my 40k shit.
Anybody free tonight for a game? Like, after 12a eastern?
So we rolled a random map and it was a 4x4 but we were both ok with it. We rolled pitched battle annihilation. I was Dark Angel Deathwing, he was Slannesh Chaos Marines.
I take the last army I had saved in Vassal, which I think is kinds risky:
#Terminator Armour; Twin Lightning Claws
5 Deathwing Terminator Squad (Troops) @ 270 Pts
#Terminator Armour; Twin Lightning Claws (x4); Thunder
Hammer (x1); Storm Shield (x1); Apothecary; Standard Bearer
5 Deathwing Terminator Squad (Troops) @ 235 Pts
#Terminator Armour; Cyclone Missile Ln.; Twin Lightning Claws (x1);
Power Fist (x4); Storm Bolter (x4)
5 Deathwing Terminator Squad (Troops) @ 235 Pts
#Terminator Armour; Cyclone Missile Ln.; Twin Lightning Claws (x1);
Power Fist (x4); Storm Bolter (x4)
5 Deathwing Terminator Squad (Troops) @ 235 Pts
#Terminator Armour; Cyclone Missile Ln.; Twin Lightning Claws (x1);
Power Fist (x4); Storm Bolter (x4)
1 Dreadnought (Elites) @ 145 Pts
Front Armour: 12; Side Armour: 12; Rear Armour: 10; #Searchlight; #Smoke
Launchers; Dread. CCW & Storm Bolter; TL Lascannon
1 Land Raider Crusader (Heavy Support) @ 250 Pts
#Searchlight; #Smoke Launchers; #Power of the Machine Spirit; #Frag
Assault Launchers; 2 Hurricane Bolters; Multi-Melta; TL Assault Cannon
Models in Army: 23
Total Army Cost: 1500
Turn 1: nothing happened, there was some maneuvering and a lot of whiffed shots. Most notable his left defiler failed to pen my LR after a direct hit. Oh, also his raptors plus Lord came in, scattered off the board, but only went back in reserve.
Turn 2: Orange managed to immobilize his right defiler, and made all its saves from the
demolisherBattle Cannon in return. BOTH of us thought it was a demolisher cannon, but when he looked it up to tell me the stats it was AP3. Then there was an incredibly lucky shot from the machine spirit in the LR firing the assault cannon at the left defiler, rolled a 6 (rend made it a 7) to pen and then a 6 to explode. Followed by a LC shot from the Dread going through the new gap and wrecking his bottom rhino.Turn 3:
He got both his reserves in and his outflank was luckily the side he wanted it to come in on. While he was moving I remember to take a pic:
My turn taken after I moved a couple units:
Turn 4:
Turn 5:
My turn:
My Command squad rolls decent for DT, and Blue moves to assault the rhino. My shooting: After trading whiffs all game Orange manages to explode the right defiler. Assault: BLue explodes the rhino, and I make all the saves from it. My Command squad assaults through cover, last chance for him to inflict some damage: He misses with his power weapon and I save the rest, then annihilate him. I do the math, and the killpoints are 7-2. He would have to table me without losing another unit to even tie. We call it. Final pic:
3 hours total, with a 20 minute break in the middle.
I think his list was fine. I think I just got kinda lucky with both his defilers not being able to assault me, and all his power weapons missing, ugh. As far as tactics, I think maybe he should have landed the raptors and chosen in my backfield or used the rhino to screen from my command squad, and concentrate on white, blue, and orange. That is about the only thing I would suggest different though.
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