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[Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« on: August 26, 2012, 03:49:35 PM »
This Megabattle is a community driven megabattle that will take place in BG Weymouth once the dust has settled. 

Format: Apocalypse Megabattle - 4000 points per person - all models must be completely painted.
Date: Winter / Spring 2013 (TBD)
Time: Please be at the venue at 10:00am. Set up begins at 11:00am. Game ends at roughly 10:00pm.


Location:
Battleground Games and Hobbies
Abington MA


Player Limit:
The event is capped at 20 players.  (10 players per side)


Registering for the event:
If you are interested in registering please post in this thread, and your affiliation

Upon registering you will be asked to:
Create a Battleground forum account if you do not have one already.


If you register and find out later that you can not make it, let us know ASAP

(Unofficial) Battleground: Opening Salvo! Apocalypse Megabattle Overview:

To celebrate the new store opening, we are having a community driven Apocalypse game.


The factions are comprised as follows:

The forces of Order include:

Codex: Black Templars
Codex: Blood Angels
Codex: Grey Knights
Codex: Dark Angels
Codex: Eldar
Codex: Imperial Guard
Codex: Space Marines
Codex: Space Wolves
Codex: Tau Empire
Codex: Sisters of Battle (WD)


The forces of Disorder include:

Codex: Chaos Daemons
Codex: Chaos Space Marines
Codex: Dark Eldar
Codex: Imperial Guard - Renegade / Traitor themed and modeled armies only.
Codex: Necrons
Codex: Orks
Codex: Tyranids

It should be noted that ForgeWorld (Imperial Armour) lists may be used.  The side they fight for should correspond with the codex they best represent. Remember, the order / disorder list overrides the allies matrix as a house rule.

After choosing a side players will be asked to create a Battleground forum account. 

The game itself will run using the Apocalypse rule set.  We try to stick as close to those rules as possible, but due to the nature and size of the event we have changed the way certain aspects work (mainly, strategic assets).  These changes will be posted below. Apocalypse isn’t about limiting people but it is about fun. Creating a distance bubble for certain abilities has been a creative yet only mildly nerfing idea that helped foster more enjoyment overall.

If you would like to bring heavily converted or scratch built models that is 100% fine and even encouraged.  Please submit those models (or pictures) to us ASAP so that we can approve them.  We like to think this community Megabattle showcases the game of 40k and would like custom models to be up to a certain standard. Please post them in this thread.  We can use it to help people sure up their modeling and painting skills while not frustrating those who have spent much time and effort on their models.

This post will be appended with any player sanctioned ideas for rules and such.

Disorder:
SyRael- Necrons 4000 points
Robert Camp- Orks 4000 points
Lykosan- Dark Eldar 4000 points
andalucien- Daemons 4000 points
Zaroth- Traitor Guard 4000 points
Cryptoron- Necrons 4000 points
BlankaSmash- Orks 4000 points

Order:
Steve D- Space Marines (Ultramarines) 4000 points
Achillius- ? ? ? 4000 points
Seth- Eldar or Grey Knights 4000 points
The_Chef- Wolves or GK 4000 points
Jiraiya- Space Marines (Ultramarines)- 4000 points
jfoodmaster- Red Scorpions 4000 points
the_trooper- Carcharodons- 4000 points
deathwatch101- Space Marines (Blood Ravens)- 4000 points

Maybe:
Rurouni Benshin- Space Marines (Ultramarines)- 4000 points
« Last Edit: January 01, 2013, 11:04:47 AM by the_trooper »

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2012, 04:59:10 PM »
I would love to be part of yet another excellent Battleground's Mega-battle. Count me in for 4000 pts Necron.

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2012, 05:59:30 PM »
Im in with 4000 pointa of Ultra Marines

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2012, 06:02:43 PM »
Think it's possible to raise the point value since there will be only 20 players.  6000 seems doable for most, and that's 60,000 per side. 
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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2012, 06:37:03 PM »
Think it's possible to raise the point value since there will be only 20 players.  6000 seems doable for most, and that's 60,000 per side.

That's going to be a looooong game though....if we want to do that (and I'm all for doing up bigger games) we need to come up with ways to speed up each turn.

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2012, 06:57:14 PM »
If we want bigger I think 5000 to start would be a good target range. Also, there should be a points bank in case someone could only do 4000 and still wants in (I know of at lest 3). And I do agree with a 36in zone around abilities such as null zone and Imotekh's bolts. We may want to soften that zone to about 26in  depending on table size.

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2012, 06:58:36 PM »
I am in for 4K of Orks.

Could I get an official ruling for BoLS rules for the Ork Gargant?  I think would be a blast to build one.
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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2012, 07:54:29 PM »
In for sure, fighting for order. 4k army tbd.


If we want larger points sizes, then we'll have to seriously consider smaller tables, in terms of people, but more points.

Going with 4k right now is a good start, once we've a better idea of Weymouth's layout we can take it further.

What you can do to help is look at any character or power you may have that will affect multiple units and suggest how this can be played in such a way as not to slow the game to a halt.

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2012, 08:57:15 PM »
I'm in. Dark Eldar for me.

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2012, 09:02:15 PM »
I am in for 4K of Orks.

Could I get an official ruling for BoLS rules for the Ork Gargant?  I think would be a blast to build one.

As a whole, I know the BoLS "Lord of Battle" pdf were seen as OK by the community in previous megabattles and were seen as lining up with GW / FW's rules. 

If there aren't any objections, I would say a tentative but strong yes to using those rules.

EDIT:

Unless, there are more updated GW / FW rules.  While this doesn't apply to the Gargant, it does apply to things like Reaver titans and such.

EDIT 2:

If we do 20 people, at 4k a player, we can still shift points. The point bank would come from the initial max point value.  So say if player 1 can only bring 2k, the rest of the team can split up the remainder.

If we can get a majority to say lets go 5k, then we can look at raising it.

4k is nice because it is a stretch goal from the normally maxed out 2500 point armies that can be stretched if you use that especially ostentatious unit of vanguard vets.
« Last Edit: August 26, 2012, 09:06:17 PM by the_trooper »

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2012, 09:20:13 PM »
IMO, it would be cooler (and a bit more balanced) to have the Imperial forces vs Xenos scum. Humanity's last stand against a cold, crazy ex-girlfriend of a galaxy.

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2012, 10:00:08 PM »
IMO, it would be cooler (and a bit more balanced) to have the Imperial forces vs Xenos scum. Humanity's last stand against a cold, crazy ex-girlfriend of a galaxy.

I'd be willing to try that -- especially if the teams become lopsided.

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2012, 10:12:35 PM »
i am in for order eldar or grey knights tbd when the event date is determined
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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2012, 10:17:17 PM »
IMO, it would be cooler (and a bit more balanced) to have the Imperial forces vs Xenos scum. Humanity's last stand against a cold, crazy ex-girlfriend of a galaxy.

I'd be willing to try that -- especially if the teams become lopsided.

Look what happened to the Tyrinids on the moon table when this was done...

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Re: [Unofficial][Megabattle] Battleground Opening Salvo!
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2012, 10:35:58 PM »
Look what happened to the Tyrinids on the moon table when this was done...
Exactly.

Wait, what happened to the Tyranids on the moon table?