Horus Heresy Escalation Campaign

[Dave]

And for those thinking of joining us the factions we have so far (should that influence your decision making) are;

Dave - Dark Angels
Ray - Space Wolves
Mike - Death Guard
Jamie - Salamanders/Word Bearers
Ben - Thousand Sons
Matthew - Mechanicum
Gary - Blood Angels
Tom - Blood Angels

[MoodyGit (Gary)]

I've gone Blood Angels.

[Tom]

How annoyed will you be if I do as well?

[MoodyGit (Gary)]

Well I've bought in now so I'll have to bury the hatred deep

[Dave]

With the unprecedented level of interest some duplication in legions was inevitable I think.

On the positive side, you can join forces and play bigger games!

[Dave]

Tom,

I have just received my replacement Liber Astartes, if it has any influence whatsoever on your decision to start HH you’re welcome to keep the one I’ve lent you.

[Dave]

Everyone seems to have some models now so I thought I’d put a marker down on getting things started.

It’ll be a pretty casual affair, round 1 will start from the 6th December and will be 500 point games. The round will last 6 weeks ish and the aspiration would be for everyone to play at least one game. Non campaign games of any size also encouraged in this period.

I might come up with a very basic and minimal reward type system, i.e for every Victory Point you score more than your opponent you get 5 extra points to spend on your list for the next round up to a maximum of 25 points (doesn’t sound much but it will pay for a few upgrades on sergeants and whatnot). I don’t know, I’ve not really thought it through.

For those forward planners, each round will add 250 points to game size and so by the end of round 3 everyone has a nicely painted 1000 point army, yay!

There’s still time for you Simon, Wayland have a 30% off sale at the moment and all you need to play the smaller games is a single box of MKVI Marines.......

[Darkson (Simon)]

No thanks.

I'll step out for a few weeks (months?) while you play HH, as there's 8 of you (gives me a reason to try some of the solo/co-op games I have sitting around).
If I can just get a game for my 1 in 5 no work nights, that would be great. Otherwise, I'll be happy to jump in for other games if you have people missing.

[Darkson (Simon)]

Dave, once you solidify the plans I'll post it to the FB page, might get some interest from the Test Valley/Spruecutters lot.

[Dave]

No thanks.

I'll step out for a few weeks (months?) while you play HH, as there's 8 of you (gives me a reason to try some of the solo/co-op games I have sitting around).
If I can just get a game for my 1 in 5 no work nights, that would be great. Otherwise, I'll be happy to jump in for other games if you have people missing.

I think you’re overstating the frequency in which we will play.......

I’m not really expecting that everyone will play every week, probably just 1-2 games per round (6-ish weeks per round). As I said, it will be a casual affair.