Friday, January 14, 2011

Gaming in 2011...

I went to my local GW Vets night on Tuesday for an arranged game with one of the new lads who has started gaming there. I had met him the week before and watched his game at the time where he was using a classic Mordian Imperial Guard army supplemented with Forge World patterned tanks. It looked great to see someone gaming with such classic miniatures. We arranged a game and he said he may bring his Necrons or Guard.

Well I arrived on Tuesday to find he had brought his Necrons, and again it is 100% classic metal figures. He has the old Warriors, Lords (which he subs as Pariahs), Destroyers and Immortals. It was fantastic to see and I only wish I had had my camera on me to get some pictures.

We settled on a 1,500 point mission from the Battle Missions book and played the Necron Ambush game. I think the store is running a campaign which he is a part of which uses the Battle Missions scenarios.

I got to play the victim of the Ambush with my Marines, taking my standard list of:
-Chaplain
-2 Tactical squads (one Plasma and one Melta oriented)
-Assault Squad
-Las/Missile Dreadnought
-Vindicator
-Predator
-Bike Squad and Attack Bike
-Sternguard (5)

The Sternguard were a points filler and I didn't really want to play my scouts. And the bikes were a nostalgic twist as I haven't gamed with them since they sported Ultramarine colours back in the 90's - I had dug them out when I based all my remaining Marines.

The game was good fun and went to 6 turns. He had split his forces evenly and deployed against both flanks, bogging down most of my units in protracted assaults through to turn 5. I got the edge in the last 2 turns and had him down to 1 model away from phase out, but ended the game with a tie at 4 kill points each.

It was a nice fun game which we would like to do again next week if I can get away from work early enough. As you may have guessed, I'm back at work and straight into it developing measures to assist those caught up in the massive floods currently being experienced on the other side of the country. I have found myself stuck at work longer than I would usually be, meaning I missed out on Wednesday games night with the lads, and cutting into my painting time, although I can't complain too much considering how much some people have lost in this disaster.

The other thing I did while in store was drop off my Death Watch for the current painting comp they are running. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of the finished product (including the highlights that were missing in the final WIP shots last time). I am working on Typhus (Death Guard) at the moment as my single miniature entry and like how he is coming together. I'm going to try to bust out my camera on the weekend and get some WIP shots of him and his boys (FW Deathguard Terminators) which I am also working on as my last project prior to jumping into my Marines.

Until then, happy hobby all.

Cheers,

Pom
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4 comments:

  1. There's more making the older minis look good than nostalgia and rarity, although they do help. The stuff from that era and before is a constant inspiration.

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  2. I agree Porky. In our area, you may see one or 2 classic minis at a time, seeing 2 whole forces comprised of them was really something else. Considering how old these Necrons were, the sculpts have held up to time really well. Next time I get down for a game I might see if he minds me taking some pictures to share.

    Thanks for stopping by Porky.

    Pom

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  3. I'm sorry to hear about the increased demands on your time due to work but that's really cool that you're doing it to help the people. It must be gratifying at least to know that what you're doing really matters to people's lives. Still I hope things settle down for you soon.

    That's awesome news about getting to play against such a cool, old style army. And he's got Mordians, too... Wow! Glad to hear you had a good game against those Necrons, how did the Sternguard and bikes do against the robo menace by the way?

    Take care, Pom!

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  4. Cheers Papps,

    The Sternguard did alright seeing off a unit of Warriors through rapid fire madness and then a successful 'counter' assault although I feel they will work better at 10 men with Librarian support to teleport them around (using gates of infinity).

    The bikes were ho hum. They knocked down quite a few immortals in the turn the shot but failed to see them off in the assault. They held the assault up for 5 turns though, more because of my opponents poor rolls with his Lord which was also taking part. The mission didn't lend itself to the use of bikes seeing as I was enveloped from the get go - although the turn 1 assault was good. Will definately use them again as I like their abilities regarding movement rate, shooting followed by ability to assault.

    Thanks for stopping by mate.

    Pom

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