Do you need to have 4000 points, or is it up to 4000 points?
If you're having trouble getting up to 4k points, I don't mind lending you a superheavy or two the day of the megabattle for you to use (that is, if you're playing on the side of order).
Its ok Little Man. Wrap yourself in Tinfoil. Glue a few cardboard tubes and you can be titan sized.
can i sign up 5 times and bring my whole eldar army?
(http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/8325971/img/8325971.jpg) (http://picturepush.com/public/8325971)it is very funny
(http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/8326243/img/8326243.jpg) (http://picturepush.com/public/8326243):D:D:D:D:D
Thanks Chase.
Now I know not to GIS "sharks and mermaids".
(http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/8326243/img/8326243.jpg) (http://picturepush.com/public/8326243)wow. i laughed my ass off. that was awesome. that space shark is trying to eat the ultramarine chick.
What's the count so far for each side?
What's the count so far for each side?
Order: 10
Chaos: 3
I'll be there with Necrons. Again. But at least this year I'll have lots more new stuff :D
I hope I dont have to paint a tone of space marine pirates cause no one has the testicular fortitude to face the might of the 4th company?
This is the only reason I went loyalist. FEAR OF THE D!
THE STRENGTH STEVE D!
I'm sure there will be plenty. It seems to me like this year will have fewer giant robots towering over everything though.
I think this is cool for lots of reasons. I have finally come around and decided I don't think the amount of Str D matters very much.
At this point the only issue at all I have with the big titans is that people tend to "hold" them till all other shooting is done, THEN fire them. It delays the game a little bit.
Is this going to be 6th edition??No, we've already grandfathered in 5th ed. for this year's Megabattle.
Boo... interest level approaching zero...
Is this going to be 6th edition??No, we've already grandfathered in 5th ed. for this year's Megabattle.
As far as I know, Steve... you haven't signed up yet! ;)
It;s definitely going to be 5th edition. I just have no interest in having an off-site event on the day a new edition goes on sale.
That shit's bad for business, yo. ;)
Registering for the event:
If you are interested in registering please email me at ChaseLaq@gmail.com
If you would like to register for the event you MUST pay at one of the Battleground locations before you will be added to the list. If you would like to pay via credit card or debit card and don't want to make the trip down, please give either store a call.
Abington - 781.261.9669
Plainville - 508.316.1195
Well, Josh... Something had to make sure I wasn't going to have an easy Megabattle, right?(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6690/chasefry.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/chasefry.jpg/)
So what is the count currently for Order V. Destruction, and what happens if it is very uneven?
I think it should be Imperium vs The Rest of the Universe :)
Do you have any ideas of where the location might be?
People could assist in this regard by encouraging friends to participate. It's just a better experience and success when more people participate. Plus, I like to break old records. ;)Doing my part as we speak. ;)
Disorder could definitely use some assistance at this particular moment, so if you're on the fence about which side to be on, I encourage you to fall in that direction.
Do you have any ideas of where the location might be?
Checking out a potential location today. I'll let you know how it turns out.
I guess I dont count as being in the mega battle even though I am Steve D. I am sad because I am totaly in.A name alone doesn't mean much. Chase spells mine wrong just to remind me of that.
I guess I dont count as being in the mega battle even though I am Steve D. I am sad because I am totaly in.A name alone doesn't mean much. Chase spells mine wrong just to remind me of that.
Jason, the Megabattle has lots of crazy options outside the normal game experience. Don't discount anything until you look at the available strategies.
I meant for normal games, but i suppose i'm in the wrong forum. I guess we will have to see how 6th edition incorporates apoc/forgeworld
10) I think I want to go to Electric Daisy Carnival next summer.
6th looks like its aiming to be a compleat package type book with rules for super heavies gargantuan creatures strategic asset like rules and built in rules for allied forces. It's possible we won't need the apocalypse books at all.
6th looks like its aiming to be a compleat package type book with rules for super heavies gargantuan creatures strategic asset like rules and built in rules for allied forces. It's possible we won't need the apocalypse books at all.
6th looks like its aiming to be a compleat package type book with rules for super heavies gargantuan creatures strategic asset like rules and built in rules for allied forces. It's possible we won't need the apocalypse books at all.
That is going to make 40k so sweet
6th looks like its aiming to be a compleat package type book with rules for super heavies gargantuan creatures strategic asset like rules and built in rules for allied forces. It's possible we won't need the apocalypse books at all.
That is going to make 40k so sweet
You still have not preordered your book, Steve D!!!
You're THIS close to being fired!
If the IA books become "legal" I will be so excited. If only for the idea of every rules whiner's head exploding at the thought.
If the IA books become "legal" I will be so excited. If only for the idea of every rules whiner's head exploding at the thought.
*sigh* If IA books become "legal"....damn, going to have to put the Ravenwing models away since there are quite a few IA units that would look really good working next to my Grot Tanks...mmmm Mega Dread, Junka, Lifta-Droppa....
6th looks like its aiming to be a compleat package type book with rules for super heavies gargantuan creatures strategic asset like rules and built in rules for allied forces. It's possible we won't need the apocalypse books at all.
That is going to make 40k so sweet
You still have not preordered your book, Steve D!!!
You're THIS close to being fired!
9) I'd prefer the Daemons not be rated R. Whereas personally I couldn't care less about it, I think it's probably the right call for the event.
Well, you could use the super heavy damage table, as it sits in Apocalypse Main Rule book. ;)
So, with allies being "in" in the main 40k rules, would it be acceptable for a participant in the Megabattle to include a main detachment + allies within the 4000 pts? I think I can recruit 2 more participants if this is allowed (they just don't have 4000 pts of any one army).
I just went back and read that part of that thread. I said that because at the time I was expecting 6th edition to release on August 4th (one of the two dates we were considering at the time).
Since we're getting it 1.5+ months before the Megabattle, if at all possible, we're going to run it in 6th edition.
It's just me flip-flopping as usual, that's all.
Since we're getting it 1.5+ months before the Megabattle, if at all possible, we're going to run it in 6th edition.
Chase,
If at all possible, can we stick with 5th edition? I ..................... I think that everyone will not have a compete understanding of the rules and that's just going to slow things down even more than they usually are.
Since we're getting it 1.5+ months before the Megabattle, if at all possible, we're going to run it in 6th edition.
Chase,
If at all possible, can we stick with 5th edition? I ..................... I think that everyone will not have a compete understanding of the rules and that's just going to slow things down even more than they usually are.
You'll be fine, I'm looking forward to playing 6th in the mega battle, and frankly the rules in 6th are so much cleaner it should be better all round.
wonderful idea unfortunatly haywire attacks do nothing to super heavies unless they roll a 6 which causes a glance.
but on the upside there is now only one vehicle damage chart for the megabattle.
nope.
one chart to rule them all, one chart to find them, one chart to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
If someone would like to start a thread full of Apocalypse related questions that should be answered that might help make things run more smoothly on game day. (and I can't believe I just did that to myself)
I'd love for there to be more Plainville interest. I'll see what I can do about that.
Something like:
14 Order
8 Disorder
Very small turnout this year so far, but there's a lot of Abington people that have yet to register.
The smaller turnout allows for some more fun I think. We'll probably get to 30-40 people. I'd love for there to be more Plainville interest. I'll see what I can do about that.
In V6, flyers have an Evade maneuver, giving them a 5+ jink save at the cost of reducing them to snapshot fire for the rest of the turn. The Nightwing also has Eldar Holo Fields, which gives them a 4+ chance of ignoring incoming fire. It would seem that the Nightwing could use both? (At 285 points, it had better.)
I visited Forge World's errata, but they don't speak to these.
Some changes / comments:
Location is still up in the air. Right now the contenders are the Plainville store and the new spot in Weymouth where we will be moving the Abington location later in the year.
One question. Last year there was alot of talk about what units could benefit from what rules and effects granted by other players equipment and units. Normally we have ruled that only units in your army benefit from powers and effects of other units in your army, so things like guys that grant leadership to other space marines only effect your space marines. There where a few exceptions things like the tallyman of nurgle who I think we had granting his bonuses to all nurgle models.
there is one I have to bring up, The silver towers of tzeentch they possess protective wards that grant a cover save to friendly units and friendly vehicles with in 6 inches of them. Will the towers grant this cover to all disorder units in range or just to the units in the same army as the towers?
combo that with the Tzeench invul save plus the 2 headed greater deamon whats his faces and you get real dumb real quick
i've done that in a few apoc games. Its a lot of points that don't kill stuff, sadly :(
which right now the towers special rule needs a rewrite because it grants the tower and other vehicles in range obscured, and other units gain a 4+ cover save, with obscured no longer in the game the tower currently has no effect on itself. though in a friendly game it could be assumed that now everyone gains the cover save, RAW the only effect the tower granted to itself is a rule that no longer exists.
who has them? ;)
ok so alot of the changes in 6e that people talk about don't actually effect a mega battle things like secondary force org charts and allies, but one of the new rules warlord traits should be looked at. Most of them are perfectly fine but I can see issues with a few of them due to the nature of such a large game and the number of people involved.
Command Trait #2 intimidating presence unlike the rest of the command traits that only effect your units and are easy for a player to remember this one effects all enemies within 12" and could be a bit of a pain for everyone involved.
Personal Trait #4 the mega battle deals with victory points in its own way and letting characters generate extra ones every round in a challenge could cause problems.
Strategic Traits #2, 4, 5, and 6. #2 starts the game with night fight which is a pain and coupled with some of the assets in apoc could allow people to shut down the game for the first few turns. #'s 4, 5 and 6 all rely on reserves and set up rules that are not used in this game. # 3 is also possibly a problem but to a much lesser degree.
Dealing with warlord traits can go a couple of ways, we could ban them but that's heavy handed and will cause problems next year as the new codexs will sometimes have custom warlord lists as well as giving named characters unique warlord traits already factored into there cost.
we could have a list of unusable traits and have people reroll if they get them, we could even write a whole mega battle only list of traits.
But the easiest method is to take a page out of the apocalypse rules and reduce randomness. Just allow each player to pick which trait there warlord has, have it listed on there army list beside there warlord, this gives everyone a bit more customization and eliminates the need for every player to have to roll before the game starts, there will be a lot of pre game rolling for psychic powers as it is without adding warlord traits to the mix.
But the easiest method is to take a page out of the apocalypse rules and reduce randomness. Just allow each player to pick which trait there warlord has, have it listed on there army list beside there warlord, this gives everyone a bit more customization and eliminates the need for every player to have to roll before the game starts, there will be a lot of pre game rolling for psychic powers as it is without adding warlord traits to the mix.
I will probably be borrowing a couple of Valkyries from a friend for the megabattle. I would like to use them as Vendettas. I would convert them if they were my models. If there are objections, I will use them as Valkyries.As long as they're painted to table top standards, I don't think it should be a problem. Then again, I'm not sure how closely Valks compare to Vendettas in appearance.
I will probably be borrowing a couple of Valkyries from a friend for the megabattle. I would like to use them as Vendettas. I would convert them if they were my models. If there are objections, I will use them as Valkyries.As long as they're painted to table top standards, I don't think it should be a problem. Then again, I'm not sure how closely Valks compare to Vendettas in appearance.
ide say keep them as Valkyries for simplicity sake. The game calls for WUSIWUG so they need to have the correct weapon load out.
ide say keep them as Valkyries for simplicity sake. The game calls for WUSIWUG so they need to have the correct weapon load out.
Ok, so I won't 'sperg about people saying "u" instead of "you" BUT FOR THE LOVE OF THE EMPEROR, IT'S WYSIWYG!
If I made an Emperor Titan out of Cake would someone want to play with it?
If I made an Emperor Titan out of Cake would someone want to play with it?
If I made an Emperor Titan out of Cake would someone want to play with it?
Everybody gets a piece every time it loses a structure point!
If I made an Emperor Titan out of Cake would someone want to play with it?
Everybody gets a piece every time it loses a structure point!
This has probably been covered, but does "AA mount" include both skyfire and intercepter rules? and does anyone know where there is a 6th ED update for the Necron Pylon Stats?
Do we still need to post conversions/scratch builds before the megabattle, cause I have a few that might come down to the wire.
I heard a rumor that there is a 4 foot tall titan riding a shark working for Order.
Thanks, Derek, Chad, Chase and Rich Curtin (for being the master plumber) for another great megabattle!
no no it was clearly my fault, I have alot of self hate so most things are my fault, unless I am at work and then we tend to blame things on jay walker. not because he dose anything just because he is a convient scap goat, even things he could not possibly be involved in like there being a uneven number of gloves in a box, clearly he broke into the factory and took one glove out of each box and then resealed them. :-)