Post by gr00v3r on Apr 28, 2009 14:27:26 GMT 10
So horse and myself started playtesting my map-based campaign rules two weekends back. In the first weekend, we played the first three campaign turns (Weeks 1 to 3), and Week 3 required resolution of two Epic battles. We played the first Epic battle that weekend, and the second battle the weekend just gone. (You can read about the campaign and the first game on Bell of Lost Souls (www.belloflostsouls.net/2009/04/epic-quintairn-conflict.html), if you're interested in blow-by-blow details).
The first two campaign turns saw both armies position themselves and set up defenses. In Week 3, however, we both threw down, each attacking different territories, and the campaign was on in earnest.
The first game was 4,800 points of Eldar vs 4,000 points of Ultramarines, with the Ultramarines defending a heavily fortified position. It was a tight game and the Eldar came very close to booting the Ultramarines out of the territory, but the stalwart marines held the line and took the honours at the end of the day.
The second game was 4,400 points of Ultramarines attacking 4,000 points of Eldar holding a heavily fortified position. This sort of battle is, of course, the marine's forte, and the Ultramarines managed a convincing victory over the Eldar...but this was largely (or, if I'm being honest, ONLY) thanks to a single large dose of LUCK where the Marines won the very first Strategy roll. (It was a huge gamble--if this roll had been lost, the battle result would have been very, very different.)
The first two campaign turns saw both armies position themselves and set up defenses. In Week 3, however, we both threw down, each attacking different territories, and the campaign was on in earnest.
The first game was 4,800 points of Eldar vs 4,000 points of Ultramarines, with the Ultramarines defending a heavily fortified position. It was a tight game and the Eldar came very close to booting the Ultramarines out of the territory, but the stalwart marines held the line and took the honours at the end of the day.
The second game was 4,400 points of Ultramarines attacking 4,000 points of Eldar holding a heavily fortified position. This sort of battle is, of course, the marine's forte, and the Ultramarines managed a convincing victory over the Eldar...but this was largely (or, if I'm being honest, ONLY) thanks to a single large dose of LUCK where the Marines won the very first Strategy roll. (It was a huge gamble--if this roll had been lost, the battle result would have been very, very different.)
