The Vogen League comes to Plainville - September 22nd - October 27th

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This fall, Battleground Games and Hobbies in PLAINVILLE will be running a map based league.  We are going to be using a slightly modified version of The Vogen Campaign (detailed below).


League Details:

Start Date:  Thursday, September 22nd 2011
End Date: Thursday, October 27th 2011
League Night:  Thursday 6:30pm  Players are STRONGLY encouraged to be present at 6:30pm on League Night.
Entrance Fee:  $20.00

We are going to cap the League at 20 players.

It is suggested (although not necessarily required) that players be able to field 2000 points of their army.


• ForgeWorld lists are legal.
• Cities of Death scenarios will not be used unless specified.
• The League will NOT make use of any Cities of Death rules unless specified although players are free to use them if they see fit.


League night will work like this:

End Week - This phase is where the scoring of victory points takes place.  This phase will be ignored on week 1.

Campaign Phase - In this phase players will place pins / fortify territories.  Placing a pin in an enemy territory is how to initiate a battle for that week.  Your battles details should be worked out with your opponent.  Things like time, points, other special rules, etc. will be up to you to decide. The Campaign Phase lasts for the entire week and contains the Battle Phase.

>>Battle Phase - Your actual game(s).  Upon completion of each game please remove the appropriate pin(s) from the map.  The player that loses the battle will remove his pin from the territory.  If there is a draw, the defending (controlling) player will keep control of the territory.  If there is no controlling player at the beginning of that weeks Campaign Phase then a draw will result in no one taking control of the territory.

The Vogen Campaign

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“We thought it was over. We couldn’t have been more wrong. Turns out the Night Lords left us a little present during the first war. The presence of so much death, confusion and panic lit up like a firecracker in the warp. Chaos was irresistibly drawn back to Vogen, hoping to feast on our pain. As it turns out, so was everybody else; right now just about every other heretic, alien and scumbag in the sector is fighting for a piece, either for or against Chaos. They want our city bad. But they ain’t getting it.”

Veteran Sergeant Hessel, 122nd Cadian Regiment

The Vogen Campaign is based on the Imperial city of Vogen on the planet of Khai-Zhann, predominantly because a lot of details have already been sorted out for the beleaguered capital.

The campaign is map-based; some of the locations within Vogen are of varying strategic importance and hence have a Victory Point total allocated to them according to their status. For instance, a hab-block may be worth 1 VP, the Palace Grounds 4 VPs, etc. Some locations, however, will earn you no VPs at all.


Basic Rules

The way the campaign is played is as follows:

I. Each player has a number of colored indicator pins which should bear their initials. The pins can be color-coded depending on which army the player uses, green for Orks, blue for Eldar, gold drawing pins for NPCs, etc.

II. Each player starts with one pin in a non-labeled, non-scoring square just inside the city walls; the place where your forces have breached the walls, their HQ, etc. This will be determined on the first night of the campaign. A square with one of your pins in it is occupied by your forces.

III. At regular intervals during the campaign (every week, on league night), each player may place another pin in a square next to one of their existing pins, even if the border between them is very small.

IV. If two pins of different colors are in the same map square after placement, you must play a game of 40K with the owner of the other pin. The loser removes his pin altogether, the winner claims that square by leaving his in place. If there are already two pins of different colors in a square, you may not move into it (no three- or four-player games)

V. If you lose all your pins, you’re out of the campaign.

VI. Games are of any agreed points value.  If a point value can not be agreed upon the default point value will be 2000.  Players will have the option to use a randomly determined Cities of Death mission unless specified otherwise in the location information.

VII. If your pin occupies a location with a Victory Point value and there are no opposing pins in that location, you can claim those points to add to your total.  This will take place at the end on each week, on League night, before the new week begins.

VIII. At the end of the campaign (6 weeks), the player with the most Victory Points in total is the winner.

That’s the basic premise. This ensures everybody fights over locations of strategic importance. However, not everybody is available whenever someone else feels like having a scrap, so these rules are adjusted as follows.


Advanced Rules

I. Instead of adding another pin, you may FORTIFY one existing pin. Add a dot • (clearly marked) to the pin you have fortified. When fighting a game in this location, you have an extra 100pts to spend on your list. This may be done more than once, adding 100pts per fortification and another dot to the pin, but no more than three times in any one location. Some of the locations already have fortifications, eg (•••) would mean someone defending that square may spend 300 extra points on their list.

If you are not present on League night one of your territories will be fortified for you.  Remember that this REPLACES your ability to place another pin.

II. If someone is contesting a square with you but you cannot play them for any reason (holiday, too chicken, no time, etc.), you are considered to have lost the battle.  If you foresee this being a problem DO NOT sign up to play in the League.

III. Certain critical areas of the map have certain special rules and scenarios (a cathedral may give Sisters players more Faith points per battle, etc.). These are listed in the next post detailing Vogen’s important locations.

IV. No assassins may be used unless specified in the location brief.

V. If you are not present for a while, tell the campaign organizers and they will fortify one of your squares each week. If you just can’t be bothered, forget to make a move or to tell the organizers, you miss out, as you cannot have a ‘backlog’ of turns and do them all at once.

VI. If you are not present to play a game with someone who has invaded your territory you will be considered to have lost the battle.

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The Vogen Campaign

Map Location Special Rules

122nd Cadian HQ

One of two islands of resistance to von Guyen’s rebels, the commander of the 122nd Cadians, Colonel Karnow had anticipated the rebellion and put his HQ on high alert. Karnow ordered the bulk of the regiment to remain billeted in their fortified camps to the north of the city, trusting that the KZ-PDF could contain any trouble that occurred. This proved to be a costly mistake as the majority of the KZ-PDF had gone over to the rebels and much of Karnow’s forces were trapped outside the city. Thousands of frenzied cultists hurled themselves at the Cadians HQ, but the defences were well planned. Heavily fortified bunkers, minefields and razorwire protected every approach and eventually, the rebels were forced to settle for simply containing the Cadians. Only when reinforcements fought their way to the city to relieve their comrades did the re-conquest of Vogen become possible.

2/4 VICTORY POINTS: Imperial Guard players may claim their base for 2 Victory points. It counts as having two ‘dots’ of fortifications. However, if the base falls, the player that takes it can claim the Imperial Guard base for 4 victory points as the Guard’s morale is broken.


Administrative Quarter

The commerce that is the lifeblood of Vogen is regulated and controlled from here, by the fiscal accountancy scribes and legislative scholars of the Imperial Office of Outlays. These loathed, but necessary, officials pen the multitude of laws and regulations that govern and monitor the mercantile and financial activities of the populace. Almost as soon as the first shots of the rebellion were fired, the citizenry of Vogen began tearing down the buildings here with savage abandon and it not certain whether rebels or loyal citizens perpetrated these acts of violence. Despite the fierce fighting nearby at the gates of the Adeptus Arbites Precinct House, Imperial scribes attempted to restore some kind of order to their destroyed records, but the vengeful populace had proven to be exceptionally thorough.

2 VICTORY POINTS


Angel Square

This was once the site of many hundreds of Imperial celebrations in Vogen’s long history, thousands of jubilant citizens flocking to hear the proclamations of the Ecclesiarchy from the nearby Basilica. Coronations, declarations of war and knighthoods have all taken place under the shadow of the massive statue of Sanguinius that casts its steely gaze across the square. Formerly Celebration Square, the site changed its name when the immense statue of Sanguinius was erected to commemorate those of the Blood Angels Chapter who gave their lives in the defence of Khai-Zann, during the Myele Insurrection. The statue is a great and potent symbol of Imperial power, and if it should be toppled by the forces of evil, the effect on the morale of the Imperial forces would be devastating.

4 VICTORY POINTS: If a non-Imperial player takes Angel Square, they can elect to topple the statue at the center of the square. If this occurs, all Imperial forces (Imperial Guard and all their variants, Sisters of Battle, Adeptus Arbites, and all Space Marine Chapters) suffer from –1 Leadership for the whole of the next Campaign phase (the week of play after this event occurs).


Arbites Precinct

The second island of resistance left within the city when the rebels began the Khai-Zhan uprising, the Precinct House of the Adeptus Arbites saw some of the heaviest fighting of the war. The grim and imposing façade of the Judges headquarters, studded with pillboxes, loopholes and gun nests, is a fearsomely well-defended building and every approach is heavily mined and protected by yard upon yard of razorwire. Using their connection to the water purification plant, the Judges were able to infiltrate the entire city, springing ambushes on unwary rebels and plant booby traps in their midst. In the latter stages of the war, regiments of loyalist KZ-PDF were able to use the Arbites Precinct as a jumping off point as they cleared the north wall of the city towards the North Road Gate.

4 VICTORY POINTS: Any player wishing to occupy the Precinct House must first oust the Adeptus Arbites stationed there. Find a willing Imperial Guard player and play a game against them. If you win, you may occupy the Arbites Precinct House. The Precinct House already has two ‘dots’ of Fortifications. (The player playing the IG in the area must play in a manner that preserves the integrity of the League)


Basilica Imperius Dominatus

The oldest structure in the capital city, the Basilica Imperius Dominatus, or Basilica as it is more commonly known, is the hub of the Imperial cult of Vogen. Every day the priests of the Ecclesiarchy rang the faithful to worship and despite horrendous damage suffered during the fighting, the preachers and minor functionaries continued to lead the faithful in prayer over the crash of artillery and rattle of gunfire. On the third day of the war, warriors from the Night Lords Chapter of Chaos Space Marines overran the Basilica and murdered every one of the priests, hanging their mutilated corpses from the statuary around the temple’s cloisters. These terror tactics would prove to be a miscalculation as they merely spurred a wrathful population to unheard of acts of zealotry, recapturing the Basilica from the Night Lords despite horrific losses and bloodshed. The ruined shell of the Basilica once again echoed to the sound of Imperial hymns and prayers, remaining in loyalist hands for the remainder of the war.

2/4 VICTORY POINTS: If a Sisters of Battle player controls the Basilica, they benefit from D3 extra Faith points in every battle they play. The Basilica is worth 2VPs to non-sister Imperial players, and 4VPs to Sisters and non-Imperials; as the Basilica is a potent symbol of Imperial authority and cannot be seen to fail.


Building 235

With the destruction of Vogen’s genatorium, von Guyen’s techs were forced to rig a temporary power grid in a nearby building. With jerry-rigged energy generators connected to the underground geysers, von Guyen was able to supply power to his traitorous army. However, once Imperial auguries had identified the building, its destruction was immediately assigned to a battalion under the command of lieutenant Badenhall of the 122nd Cadians. After three hours of fighting, the building was captured with a casualty rate of 83%. It was later discovered that the generator machines had been removed from the building to another location before the assault was launched.

4 VICTORY POINTS: Games in this area must be played using the Spearhead scenario.  A building must be placed in the middle of the table, this will represent Building 235 and will be the sole objective.  Players may opt to use the High Ground mission (Cities of Death) with Building 235 as the objective.


Cartel House Dwellings

When the families of the various family cartels journey to Vogen, they reside in magnificent townhouses in the segregated western quarter of the city. The rebellion had, in part, been fuelled by Governor Kadulus’ excessive profit skimming which resulted in a terrible financial burden being placed on the workforce. When the rebellion broke out, many amongst the rebellious populace saw this as a chance to take back their hard-earned wealth from those who had profited from their toil and sweat. Many of the fine townhouses were ransacked and their occupants murdered before they could escape. When Imperial forces began clearing the district in preparation for their attack towards the North Road Gate, they were forced to destroy armed gangs of squatters who had taken up residence in the houses of those they had murdered and attacked anyone who came near. Desperate to hold onto what they saw as rightfully theirs, the commencement of the Imperial assault had to be delayed several days as vicious skirmishes were fought amongst the ruined finery of the wealthy to dislodge the squatters.

1 VICTORY POINT.


Dealers’ Accommodation

The middle-men who negotiate the sales and prices of the Vogen kelp cakes to off-world buyers often travel far and wide across the landmass of the planet to secure the best prices. When they travel to Vogen it is customary for them to stay in this fashionable district, enjoying the lavish hospitality of the family cartels. By day they work in the sweat pits of the Vogen Trading House and by night enjoy the exotic delights of the Pleasure districts. When hostilities erupted, many of the fine hotels were largely unoccupied, and were subsequently occupied by von Guyen’s officers. An Imperial kill team, posing as citizens pressed into the rebels service, infiltrated the hotel and were able to administer a lethal toxin to the wine at a banquet celebrating the capture of the Palace of Peace. The upper echelons of the rebel command structure were thrown into disarray by the subsequent deaths and the traitor army was paralyzed for nearly twelve hours. Imperial forces used this time wisely, fortifying their positions and advancing into strategic positions within the city. Following the mass poisoning, rebel officers became much more cautious, moving from building to building, eventually abandoning the district as more of their number succumbed to explosive booby traps and time delayed bombs.

2 VICTORY POINTS. A Callidus Assassin is still operating here and may be used by Imperial players at the normal points value.


Execution Square

When the defense laser batteries were constructed on Gibbet Hill, public executions were moved to the more sheltered location of Khai-Zhan square, which was renamed, with typical Arbites imagination, Execution Square. Lawbreakers, heretics, traitors and witches were dragged in chains to the center of the square and either shot or burned at the stake for the citizenry’s edification. For the majority of the war, Execution Square served as a staging area for the rebel army of cultists as they laid siege to the Adeptus Arbites precinct house. For days the rebels hurled themselves at the bronze gates of the Judges, but could not breach the defenses, losing thousands of their number in a matter of hours. Eventually von Guyen realized he was achieving nothing other than depleting his own army and settled for simply preventing the Arbites from breaking out, though he was unsuccessful even in that.

2/4 VICTORY POINTS: 4 Victory Points for Chaos players, 2 for all others.


Genatorium

Virtually all of Vogen’s power comes from coastal wave generators and is channelled to the northern genatorium. From here, power is distributed throughout the city and this was one of the first buildings targeted by von Guyen’s rebels. The heroic resistance of loyalist KZ-PDF units gave the workers time to booby trap the machinery with crude explosives and the resulting detonation flattened buildings for two hundred yards in all directions, opening a breach in the north wall. The area around the Gentorium became a no-man’s land as automated underground turbines continued to pump out scalding hot water in man-killing steam geysers.

2 VICTORY POINTS: The steam geysers follow the rules for Magma Vents outlined in Hostile Terrain, WD255, p36. There are D6+1 geysers on the battlefield. You could use cotton wool to mark out where the geysers are.


Gibbet Hill

Situated on an exposed and windswept rocky island to the northeast of the city walls, Gibbet Hill has always had associations with death. Once, convicted murderers were hung by the neck until dead here, but now it is a fortified gun emplacement. When public executions were moved to the more sheltered location of Execution Square by popular demand, the hill was fortified and defence laser silos constructed atop the old detention complex. Gibbet Hill was the scene of fierce fighting due to its elevation above the city. Though only fifteen metres or less above sea level, it provides a vantage point from which the Imperial palace can be bombarded. The fortress changed hands many times during the fighting, until there was virtually nothing left of the original buildings.

5 VICTORY POINTS: If you control the arsenal of laser silos on Gibbet Hill you may use a Orbital Bombardment in every game you play. You may also destroy one ‘dot’ of Fortifications in any square or location per week.


Gun Towers and Sniper’s Alley

These heavily armored gun towers changed hands many times over the course of the war, their strategic location overlooking the Basilica and law courts making them ideal vantage points for forward artillery observers and snipers. Indeed these were among the few structures that survived the war relatively intact, despite attempts by both sides to reduce them to rubble. Chentelle Street, the long road that led from Harikon’s Bastion on the south wall to the gates of the Palace of Peace became known as Sniper’s Alley and, soon, it was a brave soldier who dared to try and cross from the east side of the city to the west.

2 VICTORY POINTS per gun tower location: Each of the Gun Towers has both Lascannon and Heavy Bolter Sentry Guns, set on point defense mode. They are elevated ~8”. Once the location is claimed, they will fire upon the nearest enemy target every turn.  Players should use an Imperial Bastion to represent a Gun Tower.  The scenario that should be used is Spearhead with the Gun Tower in the center.  Players may also choose to use the High Ground scenario (Cities of Death) in these locations, with the gun towers themselves as the objective.

2 VICTORY POINTS for Sniper’s Alley South,

4 VICTORY POINTS for Sniper’s Alley North: A Vindicare Assassin is operating in Sniper’s Alley and may be used by Imperial players at the normal points value.

The Gauntlet (Cities of Death) is always played in these locations but does not make use of the Scenario Special Rules except for the how reserves work.


Hab-blocks Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta.

When the forces of Chaos hit Vogen like a thunderbolt, much of the habitation districts were levelled by artillery duels between rebel and loyalist forces. Many of the workers had looted the nearby mercantile districts and were unwilling to relinquish their new possessions. When forces from both sides attempted to traverse this rubble choked wasteland, they found themselves under attack from blackened and wretched gangs of workers, driven mad by the shelling, who steadfastly refused to abandon their homes. Fiercely protective of their shattered domains and obsessed with obtaining more of their filthy possessions, the area swiftly attained a dangerous reputation where a lone sentry could be dragged into the shadows by crazed looters and murdered for the laces in his boots.

1 VICTORY POINT PER HAB: If a model is All On Its Own (any model with 1 or less wounds left who is NOT in a unit) at the beginning of any turn, remove it from play as it is mobbed and murdered by a band of armed scavengers.  All games played in Hab Blocks Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta will be played on a 4'x4' table.
If you have all the Hab-blocks under your control, they are worth 8 VPs in total.


Hab-blocks Epsilon & Zeta
Largely demolished during the fighting, this region became a relative haven for refugees displaced by the fighting. Both forces attempted to clear the area several times, as the camps made ideal staging areas for saboteur teams to operate from in secrecy. Riots were a regular occurrence in this district, erupting as citizens, both loyal and traitor, would fight for scraps of food and their possessions.

1 VICTORY POINTS EACH  Games played in Hab blocks Epsilon and Zeta will be played on a 4'x4' table.


Harikon’s Gate

These swallow-tailed bastions guarded the eastern approaches to Vogen and the river crossing at Cho-Kai Bridge. These bastions were to play little part in the conflict as the rebels were already within the city and their open rears rendered them largely useless in terms of attacking the city.

0 VICTORY POINTS


Imperial Senate House

The Senate House was built when Vogen was first founded and, at the time, stood as a symbol of co-operation between the planet’s various family cartels. Local laws were passed here and disputes between the cartels resolved. During the uprising, the building was more or less empty and von Guyen’s men seized the Senate House in little under an hour. As a tactical base it was practically valueless, as its plan was indefensible and its structure unfortified. Early on in the fighting, it was used as an ammo dump by von Guyen’s troops, but when Imperial saboteurs managed to detonate the ammunition, it was abandoned. When Cadian troops attacked from the north, they pressed it into service as a field hospital and it was said that the screams of the wounded could be heard over the incessant artillery barrages as far away as the Ecclesiarchal palace in the southern quarter.

1 VICTORY POINT


Mercantile and Pleasure Districts

The once prosperous mercantile and pleasure districts, popular with the moneyed members of society, lay to the north of the Palace of Peace and were a target of opportunity once the rebellion began. Looters from the nearby worker habs took the chance to ‘liberate’ much of the merchandise from this district in the mistaken belief that this uprising was a simple civil matter and they could wait it out in comfort. The fighting in these districts was fierce as the main push of the Cadians northern forces advanced through here once the Imperial Fists had taken the Genatorium breach.

2 VICTORY POINTS EACH

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North Road Gate

When the re-conquest of Vogen began, the loyalist forces used the Arbites Precinct as a jumping off point, fighting their way through every building and street along the north wall until capturing the North Road Gate. This enabled loyalist KZ-PDF and Cadian regiments besieging the northern wall access to the city. With the capture of the North Road Gate, the rebellion was effectively over, though this would not be recognised until the fighting had ceased. Imperial forces were now able to penetrate deep into the city virtually unopposed and bring up large scale breaching batteries with which to hammer the walls of the Imperial palace.

4 VICTORY POINTS: If you control the North Road Gate, you may re-roll any unsuccessful reserves rolls you make in all locations.


Palace Gate

The lavishly decorated Palace Gate on the eastern wall was one of the first symbols of Imperial rule to fall when von Guyen’s rebels struck. Adorned with larger than life marble statues of Governor Harikon Kadulus and his immediate family, the gate stood as a monument to his greed and vanity. Protected from the east by two vast bastions, the gate was well defended from an enemy outside the city walls, but vulnerable to traitors within. The opening of the rebellion was signalled by the detonation of breaching charges at its base, destroying the gate, toppling the vast statues and completely blocking the eastern road from the city.

0 VICTORY POINTS: The Palace Gate has been destroyed and is tactically worthless. However, the Bastions on either side are heavily fortified and count as having two ‘dots’ of fortifications.


Palace Grounds

This once fertile and pleasant park was used for state functions and gala dinners of the Governor when Vogen’s temperamental summer would allow such events to be held outdoors. These events were said to be magnificent and only those members of Vogen’s mercantile cartels who currently enjoyed the Governor’s favour would be invited. However, the ornamental gardens and lush orchards of the palace grounds were burned to the ground in the early stages of the war to prevent enemy infiltrators from approaching the palace undetected.

4 VICTORY POINTS PER HALF: The grounds consist of hectares of rolling greenery, with much of the vegetation now burnt to the ground. Use a standard green table and scenery. The grounds cannot be fortified.


Palace of Peace

The Governor’s Palace sits at the center of Vogen and is perhaps the oldest structure on the planet, with the exception of the Ecclesiarcial temple. Cunningly designed by Leonos del Torquemas to be both an architectural masterpiece and impregnable fortress, the palace is designed to be a maze to those not familiar with its layout. Numerous blind alleys and killing grounds masquerade as ornamental hallways and marble flagged plazas, every square inch covered by concealed bunkers and decorative loopholes. Three centuries ago, in response to increased warp storm activity around the Eye of Terror, Imperial engineers strengthened the walls of the palace, obscuring much of its beauty, but rendering much of the structure virtually indestructible. Only after an immense bombardment from the Vogen Law courts was a breach finally blasted in the walls and the Adeptus Arbites, who had so bravely held their precinct throughout the rebellion, were granted the honour of leading the final assault on the palace. The rebels died to a man and, deep in the palace dungeons, the victorious Arbites discovered the bodies of von Guyen and Governor Kadulus.

10 VICTORY POINTS:This is a fortress, indispensable in times of war and the jewel in the crown of Vogen.

If the Palace is not currently held by a player the player with the most victory points is considered to have arrived just before the enemy and can make use of the fortifications.  There is no special scenario to be played unless the Palace is controlled.  Players should pay particular attention to the fluff when designing the table.

If the Palace is already controlled the Grand Assault scenario (Cities of Death) is played here. Players will not make use of the Scenario Special Rules except for reserves. It already counts as having three ‘dots’ of fortifications.

You may not move into the Palace unless you have a solid foothold in Vogen. Such a massive undertaking as claiming this fortress requires well-established supply lines, troop bases and specialist equipment. Therefore, to take the Palace you must have garnered no less than 8 Victory Points AND be able to trace a path to the Vogen walls through territories that you control.

If you lose control of the Imperial Palace in the Grand Assault, you must lose D3 pins as well as the pin claiming the Palace as your forces are routed. These must be the pins nearest the Palace of Peace.


Railhead Depots and Terminus

The major rail artery from the massive harbour facilities on Vogen’s southern coast enters the city next to the HQ of the 122nd Cadians where every item of rolling stock is vigorously checked before it enters the city. Suicide bombers packed a train with high explosives and drove it through the gates of the railhead terminus before detonating it. Fortunately, the blast shielding of the Cadian HQ protected it from major damage, but the devastation wreaked within the rail terminus was catastrophic and 90% of the facility was damaged beyond repair. Throughout the fighting, the smashed railhead had to be swept regularly for enemy saboteurs en route to the Cadian’s HQ and fierce battles erupted in the twisted metal graveyard as von Guyen’s troops attempted to break the Cadians resistance.

2 VICTORY POINTS EACH: If you control either the railhead depots or the terminus, you may assault the 122nd Cadian HQ from this location. This bypasses the fortifications of the 122nd HQ.


Spaceport Complex

The reason for Vogen’s continued dominance of planetary affairs, the sole spaceport on the planet is where all Vogen’s imports and exports arrive and depart. The landing fields and warehouse complexes stretched far to the north of the city and Imperial forces were forced onto the defensive as traitor units attempted to wrest control of the facilities. Units of the Cadian 122nd stationed outside the city walls were able to lend their strength to the defence of the spaceport, but were annihilated when Thunderhawks carrying debased warriors of the Night Lords Chaos Space Marines dropped from orbit and struck within the defensive perimeter. Reinforcements from the north, in the shape of fresh regiments of Cadians retook the spaceport several days later, but it was only to find the landing platforms and runways cratered and booby-trapped. Engineers from the Departmento Munitorum worked non-stop for days to repair the sabotage and soon fresh troops were able to be brought in form off-world.

0 VICTORY POINTS: Any forces with a pin in the Spaceport Complex may place a pin in any
unnamed location on the map (it does not need to be adjacent to a square occupied by that
player). They may not place a pin in a named location. They may also Deep Strike any units they wish to keep in reserve if the scenario uses the Reserves rules.


Trading Houses

The main business of Vogen took place here, in the heaving, sweating floor of the trading house as the cartel’s representatives negotiated with off world buyers. Competition was fierce and fights common as the methods of sale frequently became little more than brawls. Von Guyen’s troops neglected to seize this building early in the fighting and by the time his troops moved into the building, the major financial resources of the family cartels had been transferred off world, depriving von Guyen of a major source of funds with which to motivate his troops. Von Guyen had the buildings demolished by artillery in a fit of pique, a decision which would later cost him dear as it allowed the Imperial counter-attack to reach the northern walls with an abundance of cover and his own forces with nowhere to mount an effective holding action.

2 VICTORY POINTS


Vogen Law Courts

The foremost authority on the planet, the law courts were the preserve of the wealthy, where members of the mercantile cartels would bring any grievances to the Chief Judge of the Adeptus Arbites. Only the most serious and public cases were tried here and frequently these attracted the avid attention of the masses. During the reconquest of Vogen, Imperial officers quickly realised that the capture of the Law courts was a necessary precursor to the assault on the Palace of Peace. The south wall of the palace had been under repair when the uprising occurred and the position of the Law courts, so close to the damaged section of wall, made it a logical position for Cadian heavy artillery pieces. Von Guyen’s forces realised this also and fought tooth and nail to deny the Cadians occupation of the building. Some of the most desperate fighting of the war took place in the streets surrounding the Law courts as both forces attempted to wrest control of the complex. Eventually, the building was to fall into Imperial hands when warriors of the Imperial Fists arrived and swept the defenders from its corridors and rooms. The bombardment of the palace walls could now commence.

5 VICTORY POINTS: Any player controlling the Arbites Law Courts may discount two ‘dots’ of fortifications when attacking the Palace of Peace.


Vogen Theatre House

Patronised by the wealthy members of Vogen society and trade negotiators, the finest works of Imperial playwrights were performed here. The building’s enormous armaglass dome was said to be the most magnificent example of Leonos del Torquemas’ work, the architect who also built the Palace of Peace. Actors once trod the boards here, re-enacting the heroic deeds of the Emperor and his Primarchs, but one of the first shells fired by the rebels scored a direct hit on the armaglass dome as the Governor’s players enacted scenes from the infamous ‘Downfall of Vandire’. Lethal shards of glass, each as large as a man’s arm, slashed downward, killing hundreds of theatregoers in seconds. A second shell followed the first, demolishing the east wall and killing the actors in its fiery detonation and there were those amongst the survivors who claimed that, given their performance, this was a blessing in disguise.

2 VICTORY POINTS


Water Purification Plant

Since 98.3% of Khai-Zhan’s surface is ocean, the water requirements of the populace is easy to meet, although the high salt content of the water requires rigorous purification before it is fit for human consumption. The vital nature of this facility made it a prime target for the rebels, but its strategic location next to the Arbites precinct made its capture an extremely difficult proposition. The rebels’ reluctance to flatten the plant with artillery played into the hands of the Arbites, who used the underground pipe system to launch raids behind the rebels’ lines and throughout the city. Vicious battles were fought as the rebels attempted to wrest control of the purification plant from the Arbites and provide their soldiers with a readily available source of fresh water, rather than the desalination capsules they were forced to rely on.

0 VICTORY POINTS: Any forces occupying the Water purification plant may use any unnamed location on the map when they place a pin (it does not need to be adjacent to a square occupied by that player). They may not place a pin in a named location. Their troops also benefit from the Subterranean Movement (see the sewers asset in Apocalypse) rule.

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Players planning to play in the Vogen map league that starts this coming Thursday...

It is highly encouraged for you to be at the store each Thursday night at 6:30pm during the 6 weeks that the league will run.  

If you cannot make it on a Thursday you MUST provide me with the following information before 6:00pm that Thursday.

- Before the first meeting you must roll 1d100 (if you fail to do this I will do it for you).  This number will dictate the order in which each player chooses his territory on the first night, higher is better.

- If you are unable to make a given week's meeting you must send me a list of 4 (or greater) territories that you wish to take.  They must be ranked in order with number 1 being the territory most preferred, 2 second most, etc.  

- If you are unable to make the FIRST meeting please provide me a list of 4 different starting areas as well as a list of your first 4 moves from each.  Please include as much information to me as possible if you can not be present on the first night of the league.  Contingency plans are encouraged.

If you fail to provide this information to me before each week one of your territories will be fortified as per the rules.


Please send an email titled "Battleground Vogen League Week [number] - [name] to ChaseLaq@gmail.com

Ex.  If I were emailing my moves for week 3 I would send and email titled "Battleground Vogen League Week 3 - Chase Laquidara".

[tilarium]

Sounds interesting, I'm game    I'm starting a new job next Monday and so I don't know what my schedule will be, going to try and make sure I have Thursdays off, but I can't gurantee

[TheManaKid]

Chase, I really hope u didn't type all that

[canadianone]

This looks like fun! depending on how many points i have, i might even be able to use my tau!

[Bromeo]

Oh my god this is so cool. I hope I'm able to do it.

[Dissimulation]

how do i sign up?

[Lykosan]

Why Thursdays grrrr damn you Chase. Tuesdays

[Ed]

ForgeWorld lists are legal so i can use the greater deamons?

[The_Chef]

Protip: North Road Gate is one of the better starting picks.

[Chase]

ForgeWorld lists are legal so i can use the greater deamons?

They're daemons, sure... but they're also datasheets.  As far as I know, datasheets are Apoc only.

[Ed]

oh ok