tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post1738925306727433828..comments2024-03-26T23:08:31.051-07:00Comments on Somewhere the Tea's getting cold...: Battle at the FarmUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-61708003766432283182021-06-07T22:54:21.615-07:002021-06-07T22:54:21.615-07:00A very cunning plan indeed - as cunning as a fox w...A very cunning plan indeed - as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning, as Blackadder would have said! It certainly gives the Ork player a bit more to do other than getting shot. I think roleplaying as Hrukk trying to get the jewels at all costs is the key for an Ork player to enjoy the scenario and callously calling for back-up to just provide a distraction while he sneaks in for the loot is a good way of doing it. The GM can obviously spice things up a bit by making secret rolls to see if any of the Boyz with him get suspicious of his motives and there could be some great role-playing opportunities for Hrukk to haggle/bribe/stab in the back any of his lads who get wise about him once they reach the farm.<br /><br />I think Richard's problem was that he was up against a trained soldier - Ollie did a very good job of assessing the situation, reinforcing his strongpoint that was easily defended with a heavy fire team and deploying a flanking ambush force forward of them that could then switch to providing covering fire for a Charlie/Delta style section action if the Marines did in fact end up having to fight through the Orks to escape. I guess I could have sowed some seeds of doubt in Ollie's mind about his plan by hinting at large Ork troop movements going on off the table that might have encouraged him to break cover.<br /><br />You're definitely right about no plan surviving first contact with the enemy though!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-10098701925969019412014-04-28T11:58:05.439-07:002014-04-28T11:58:05.439-07:00Aw gee - thanks Pop!
I don't need any more re...Aw gee - thanks Pop!<br /><br />I don't need any more reasons to keep procrastinating when there's a backlog of 6 games to write up! ; )Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-40143828123894339792014-04-28T09:37:44.070-07:002014-04-28T09:37:44.070-07:00You been Liebstered, son.
http://mrsaturdaysmumbl...You been Liebstered, son.<br /><br />http://mrsaturdaysmumblings.blogspot.ie/2014/04/cover-me-in-glory-liebster-award.htmlMr Saturdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092917415087033316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-64571197045958258572014-04-22T10:42:57.003-07:002014-04-22T10:42:57.003-07:00Ah, and to the victor go the spoils of war! Hope w...Ah, and to the victor go the spoils of war! Hope we haven't taken the sheen off your success with all this talk of game balance!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-27739978777005418342014-04-22T10:41:50.774-07:002014-04-22T10:41:50.774-07:00Cheers Erny and glad to hear your holiday went wel...Cheers Erny and glad to hear your holiday went well. Richard's son had a whale of a time tearing about the place with my two! They didn't quite make it up Catbells (one of the smaller local mountains) but I gather there was a successful trip to the Mining Museum, along with steam train rides on the Sunday. <br /><br />The Orks were a bit of a rush job - the Marines were among the first minis I painted on getting back on to the hobby, except for the metal guys who came a bit later.<br /><br />Crikey - not even Dreadnoughts helped! At this rate we'll end up with the Zulu style attack involving waves and waves of Orks, Dreads and buggies that were involved in that Rourkes Drift style game of 40K that featured in WD a while back!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-20598065317214044862014-04-22T10:36:35.196-07:002014-04-22T10:36:35.196-07:00Sounds like she had a great game! I'll have to...Sounds like she had a great game! I'll have to see how many more Orks I can piece together to give them some reinforcements.<br /><br />I still think some kind of fracas over the jewels would be a great way of ending the game if Thrugg actually did dislodge the Marines by calling for reinforcements.Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-89182071324408873202014-04-22T10:33:52.867-07:002014-04-22T10:33:52.867-07:00Cheers Suber - know what you mean about cover. I e...Cheers Suber - know what you mean about cover. I ended up adding a hedged field and additional woods to give the poor chaps something to hide behind!<br /><br />I'll have to dig the Jadeberry Hill scenario out and take a look...Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-10197426886051239582014-04-22T10:32:30.581-07:002014-04-22T10:32:30.581-07:00Definitely need to give them carapace armour at th...Definitely need to give them carapace armour at the least.<br /><br />Like Suber says - perhaps the Orks even it up with the Jadeberry Hill scenario?Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-72499970560931324852014-04-22T10:29:32.060-07:002014-04-22T10:29:32.060-07:00Yeah - if we get the chance again I reckon we shou...Yeah - if we get the chance again I reckon we should make Ollie assault the farm and see if you can even the score!<br /><br />I'm sure the GM could have some fun with initiative/intelligence tests to see whether Hruk or any of his boys notice what Thrugg was up to - perhaps even ending up with an Orky brawl over the loot in the teeth of the Marine's assault...Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-16341294783542344192014-04-22T06:43:41.863-07:002014-04-22T06:43:41.863-07:00Great write up mate! One of the most enjoyable wee...Great write up mate! One of the most enjoyable weekends gaming ever! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950267563557844071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-41586333546628110002014-04-22T04:35:10.886-07:002014-04-22T04:35:10.886-07:00Glad you all had such good fun, wish I could have ...Glad you all had such good fun, wish I could have made it but equally had great fun on our little family holiday to Norfolk. Do let us know how the families got on whilst gaming was going on. Be good to let the Mrs know in case you do this again.<br /><br />Nice to see you didn't need my minis either, you got the marines and Orks painted up nicely in in timely fashion.<br /><br />I've never seen the orks win, even when I added some dreadnoughts to the mix. I suspect the marines are just meant to win.Ernyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106035249657749275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-64278498584485141452014-04-21T04:23:27.084-07:002014-04-21T04:23:27.084-07:00I remember thinking I could win the scenario after...I remember thinking I could win the scenario after getting smashed a year or so ago by doing the following as outlined in the scenario:<br /><br />Turn 1 - ? Orks hide behind the generator and hill and call in reinforcements. Keep calling till you roll the 6 required to call in the hundreds strong ork horde<br /><br />Turn after the radio works: Space Marines crap themselves as they now have around 4? turns to exit the board on the Ork side of the table. They have to break cover or else an ork horde arrives and kills them. No dice are rolled; the marines on the board after time runs out are dead.<br /><br />Ork ambush turn: Orks fire from hiding when the marines are at close range giving the marines a taste of their own medicine. We finally have a fair fight.<br /><br />No jewels are recovered but eh ... you want to win right?Rob_Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172318344556547199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-3479315718645771722014-04-20T17:02:38.861-07:002014-04-20T17:02:38.861-07:00I ran this about a month ago with the wife and a f...I ran this about a month ago with the wife and a friend battling it out. The wife played the orks and did quite well (so much that she forced one marine squad to rout) but in the end the marines won. As noted the scenario is badly unbalanced - the orks need at least one more 5 ork squad (and probably two) to have any chance of actually winning. And by winning I really mean recovering the gems...Firthy 74https://www.blogger.com/profile/17104155948966037030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-78755792135041693762014-04-20T12:50:14.079-07:002014-04-20T12:50:14.079-07:00Haha, it is always great seeing someone playing th...Haha, it is always great seeing someone playing this scenario again! :)<br />In my experience, every time I have played this particular scenario, the poor Orks never had a chance. Cover is the only thing they could use until they get to close quarters, and there is none!<br />Anycase, the game is fun indeed, I encourage you to play part 2 of the scenario, the Jadeberry Hill Battle (WD#94 if I am correct), maybe the greenskins have their chance for a sweet revenge!Suberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-14209131165305680862014-04-18T13:07:14.294-07:002014-04-18T13:07:14.294-07:00Yeah robot I agree; it does make sense from a bala...Yeah robot I agree; it does make sense from a balanced scenario perspective if the troops with the crap armour/kit start in the hard cover. I'm not sure why the games developers didn't swap these sides around before going to print.<br /><br />Thants; that -1 modifier is a killer for the Orks; that's why replacing them with power armoured (or at least carapace) makes the game a bit more fun to play and less like a day on the shooting ranges for the space marine player!!LegioCustodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833383911728446032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-28741594845038593812014-04-18T12:48:10.059-07:002014-04-18T12:48:10.059-07:00As I said to you, the scenario would work far bett...As I said to you, the scenario would work far better if the Orks were already there in the farm, and then they were attacked by the Space Marines (thus putting the Orks in the defenders position); this would not only give the orks a bit of cover, but Thrugg could very easily say "oi, you lot, you just keep shooting while I pop over here a minute" and dig up that treasure without anyone else noticing.robotforadayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302954722308521390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-87200427272467153862014-04-18T08:51:56.127-07:002014-04-18T08:51:56.127-07:00Durability is definitely the key. Next time (if th...Durability is definitely the key. Next time (if there is one) I'll probably give the Orks better equipment - scanners to spot the Marines, a few more heavy weapons and grenades. Their armour is completely useless against the -1 modifier Bolters have so that'd need improving too.Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-64284083647175883102014-04-18T08:49:49.026-07:002014-04-18T08:49:49.026-07:00Reinforcements had crossed my mind although I had ...Reinforcements had crossed my mind although I had only painted the 21 models needed for the game. Mind you they were dying that quickly it wouldn't have been a problem.<br /><br />Richard was doing a fine job of role-playing Thrugg and calling for back-up would have meant sharing those elusive jewels!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-11556939071289296112014-04-18T00:39:08.554-07:002014-04-18T00:39:08.554-07:00Yeah; the Orks are just bolter fodder. In this one...Yeah; the Orks are just bolter fodder. In this one. When I played it through last time I replaced them with sisters of battle using space marines stats; it tends to give them a bit more durability! LegioCustodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833383911728446032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-66833373196898707972014-04-17T17:12:43.602-07:002014-04-17T17:12:43.602-07:00The only way I see the Orks winning is to get into...The only way I see the Orks winning is to get into cover quick and call in for reinforcements. I think the scenario gave you a 1 in 6 chance of this succeeding. Just sit tight and keep using that radio. Then the plot twists in their favour. The marines have to break cover and run to the ork lines. The game completely changes from an Ork shooting gallery to a Marine one.<br /><br />Give up on the idea of retrieving the gems. It's impossible.Rob_Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172318344556547199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-52359949906922277222014-04-17T06:05:53.997-07:002014-04-17T06:05:53.997-07:00Thanks - glad you enjoyed it. It was certainly a b...Thanks - glad you enjoyed it. It was certainly a blast gm'ing and gaming it!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-42818874166901776572014-04-17T06:01:43.432-07:002014-04-17T06:01:43.432-07:00Cheers Mr S. - must admit I did feel more than a l...Cheers Mr S. - must admit I did feel more than a little sorry for Thrugg and his merry band myself!<br /><br />They'll get a bit more love when I feature them in their own post after I've finished off detailing them.Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-81914954511816366112014-04-17T05:59:43.346-07:002014-04-17T05:59:43.346-07:00Sounded like you needed a new opponent back then b...Sounded like you needed a new opponent back then but they're usually harder to come by! <br /><br />Your Powerboarding Gretchin remind me of the constant arms race we used to participate in when we were kids. My Imperial Guard ended up staggering under the weight of Synskin, respirators, mesh and flak armour, haywire and melta bombs and god knows what other kit, in order to survive more than a few turns against my mate's Space Marines who were not averse to chemical, germ and any other kind of warfare!<br /><br />I think as far as Rogue trader is concerned, balance is in the eye of the beholder.Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-18849606179562993302014-04-17T01:50:17.257-07:002014-04-17T01:50:17.257-07:00Wonderful battle report. It was a really enjotable...Wonderful battle report. It was a really enjotable read :)Stygianhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157673627988765453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-61318688376144265372014-04-17T01:37:20.901-07:002014-04-17T01:37:20.901-07:00Nice report! Those poor orkses.Nice report! Those poor orkses.Mr Saturdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092917415087033316noreply@blogger.com