As Raven has mentioned attending and is working on an army for this very purpose, I thought I would get the ball rolling on the organization, setting of date, army choice and building, and of course, the smack talk. Proceed.....

What dates are good for everyone? If we follow tradition we would be talking about Aug 7-8 or Aug 14-15.

Aug 14-15 would be better for me and Jr. Tigger, as we will probably be in Florida the week before.

I propose:

1) That, as we've done in the past, we try to limit the game sizes to 1500 points (unless, of course, some folks want larger games) to speed play;
2) That Sho-T contact Dream Wizards for us re. space, as BigWUSS--errr, BigDAWG --seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth.

August 14-15th work for me (as well as a 1500 point limit). I'll probably be driving down, since I don't exactly have a way to carry vehicles around in stow without them getting mauled.

I'll probably be out of the country until October, but I hope you all have fun.

I also favor the 14-15 and the point limits as std. Tank, you will be missed. Also, any DW megabattles or will we follow custom and do that at de Casa de Sho-T?

Hey Kenton, where in FL?

A little far ahead for me to think about this yet.

Not to invite ourselves to Sho-T's, but the grilling of dogs and burgers at Pat's was a very enjoyable time.

Either weekend is fine by me. I don't have my work schedule for next year yet, but I can't imagine that the public school year will start before August 14....

May I recommend a bump to 1750 or 1850?
1500, to me, seems limiting in 5th.

-Mike

Pictures and Jungle coverage, or it never happened.

1750 could work.

And, of course, there will be copious Jungle coverage.

So the limit is to be 1750? Is there any objections to this? It also seems to me that the 14-15th are generally the agreed upon dates for the event unless I'm mistaken. Barring a mistake on my part, I'll start to make arrangements for these days.

I talked to Doug at Dream Wizards and suggested August 14 and 15. As long as there is not a Magic release tournament then, we should be set. Is their a backup date, just in case?

The weekend after maybe?

Wheeeeeeeeeee! After more "surprises" at work, I'm totally looking forward to this already.

I'll bring my (revamped) Slann army (using Tau rules, of course), and also Sisters of Battle FTW!

On a slightly different note, for such a "rare" army we have a large number of people on the Gate with Sisters. By my count we have Orcboy, Gnome, St. Ommervile, myself, Sho-T, and Julian. Am I missing anyone?

"Big G" and my Kurindans (Lizardmen using Nid rules) need to eat someone's army in an Apocalypse game this year. Who wants to be devoured?

While I don't have any titans or anything of that nature (nor have I played Apocalypse before), I'm willing to give it a shot.

I'll also probably be bringing a friend with me to CO7 as well, since we're forgoing Games Day now that its not in Chicago anymore. So the sooner I can take off specific days, the better. That way I can confirm my attendance nice and early.

Apocalypse Coolness:

Just a thought; if we want to play an Apocalypse game, we should probably schedule it well in advance. To wit, figure out if there are any card tournaments (etc) that day, and just plan on spending most of the gaming day either Saturday or Sunday playing a giant Apocalypse game over multiple tables -- with additional tables for gear, casualties, special missions, etc. Realistically, this is going to be a four-six hour EVENT, and we might as well plan accordingly.

I volunteer Sho-T to come up with a suitably fluffy story and background, as well as to provide overall guidelines.

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If we're playing an Apocalypse game, I'll be sure to bring along enough points worth of whatever I'm bringing to make things suitably insane. And since I'm feeling the urge to put together a Tyranid army list (now that I have the new codex), I may end up joining the Kurindans... or alternatively, competing with them on a different part of the table

Your Nids on one end, my Lizzies on the other, with some poor slob(s) in the middle. MUNCH! CRUNCH! RAWR!!!

So one day **my** Hive Mind was, like, yo bro, your genetic constructions are totally whack, and when *your* Hive Mind was all up in my Hive Mind's grill about that universal truth, **my** Hive Mind was totally like, hey, whatever bro, we can throw down but it won't prove anything because we'd both just recycle the same biological material. If you wanna settle this we oughtta see who can eat up more NEW biomass than the other, bro.


I likee this idea. I probably will have only about 1500 points or so, but if there are other "traditional" Tyranid players who wanna team up with me, we can start at one end of the table, the Kurindans at the other, and see how far toward the middle we each can get

Sho-T has almost 5K of Nids (how *could* you forget?). Justy will have some Niddyness ready by then, too.

I'd cheerfully volunteer my marines to be one entree of a multi-course meal. My boys are geared toward killing things in power amor, not chitin, but I'd be happy to give it a go.

I will have some additional Nids to add for certain. 2 Battleforce boxes arrived today. Muhahahahaha. Count me in to acquire new biomass.

I feel like the minority now...AS A SPACE MARINE. Well, at least it'll be accurate to the 40k Universe. I say bring it on!

If I can make it, the Ice Drakes are ready to turn back the Hive Mind!

Thats what I like to hear! I've gotta get myself painting hardcore then...cause...I've got my 1750 point goal...but, I have a billion marines to paint to get up to big battle.

So you guys are essentially planning a reverse Centipede game...lol.

Nothing wrong with that! Not gonna lie, I'm already getting uber excited.

all we need is for someone local to the gaming store to double-check the availability of either Sunday or Saturday for this extravaganza. Realistically, we'd want at least 4 hours and some break time built in, and a good chunk of the gaming area to set up in.

Ecclektic: are you going to make it to this one? You and I talked about a game of FoW last time. I'm still looking forward to that if you can manage it.

With how busy I am at work and domestic stuff going on, I don't want to pretend that I will have the time. It is only March and this is not for almost 5 months but if I were to go it would be at a last minute whim and I don't foresee that since a family vacation will be occurring over the summer sometime as well.

Edit: If it is not a burden, bring your stuff and you never know. But I am looking at a job change at my place of work that may require 50% travel so can't guarantee my plans.

Ok, we are about 5 months out now. Sho-T, any more info on firming up the date? If you could inquire about the card tournament situation it would be mucho appreciated.

Also, I think there is interest for an Apocalypse battle during the overall festivities. Seems like it will be Nids vs miscellaneous biomass. What day do we want to do that on? Sat? Sun? Or after normal game as Casa Sho-T if he is interested in hosting?

Finally, who is bringing what army? I am going to bring Nids and Night Lords (Today's beatdown is brought to you by the letter 'N') Both are under construction but I will have them finished by then if all goes well. I think the consensus is that the point value is 1750 at this point.

Thoughts? And what armies are you folks bringing to rumble with?

The only functioning army I currently have is the Black Templars...so I'll be bringing them. I can play probably up to 3000 points with them...maybe as much as 4000.

I've never doing a Counter Offensive, so I'm game for whatever everyone decides for the gaming.

I talked to Doug at DW on Wednesday. It will be a couple more months until we know the Magic schedule (or other card games). The one problem with a "casual FREE" weekend is that the store will bump us for a money maker like a card tournament. As soon as I can confirm, I will let you all know.

As for armies, I am planning Space Wolves, Imperial Guard, and Tyranids.

I got 2 grand of loyal Marine goodness. If you've played me once, you know what I've got. I don't change a good thing 'til I have to.

I can vouch for that! I know I can bring about 2000 points of Ice Drakes and associates, maybe more as the year progresses...

Woot. We'll see how inspired I am to paint things, but I'm guessing the list will look something like:

Planning to bring: Sisters of Battle, Tyranids
Bonus army: Marine Dreadnought list

Backup plans: Slann (Tau Empire) and Imperial Guard

I'll bring everything that has a recent codex.

"Is this a private thing or can anyone go to Counter-Offensive?" the lurker says cautiously.

My sisters army is yelling at me from the closet to break them out again, but my ork army isn't close to done. Perhaps this gives me the deadline I need.

Pack them girls up for a road trip! You are more than welcome. Anybody named after a 1970s funk band is cool in my book...

...whisper, whisper...

He's not?

...whisper, whisper, whisper!

So, he's not named after the Lionel Ritchy band? The one that did "Brick House?"

WHISPER!!!

Nevermind. You're still welcome!




Second bit of business: can we unsticky the CO6 thread now? Please?

Third bit of business: I picked up a resin Bane Blade (I think that's what it is) years ago at a charity auction. Is that something that can be used with a Marine army for Apoc? If so, should I bring it to CO7 with me?

This event is open to the public.

-Mike

Edit: Mel bested me by fractions of a minute!!!

When I first read that post, I thought his sister had an army...guess the rest of you assume he meant he has an SoB army which seems more likely, but you never know.

Yeah, the first time I read that line from the Lionel Ritchie Tribute alias, I was thinking that he had just outed his sister. To a bunch of strangers on a gaming forum. And I was like, "daaaaaaaaaaamn", but then my Common Sense kicked in and I tried re-reading what I had just read.

Yes it is, and yes, you should, but be warned: "Big G" will merely crush it with his powerful khram.

Baneblade: wonderful vehicle. Probably one of the most points-effective Apocalypse tanks, as it does really well hurting large blocks of Infantry, vehicles, etc. About the only thing it struggles with, ironically, is other super-heavy vehicles and critters.

That's what Shadowswords are for. If we need some more things for big G to toy with, I can bring another Baneblade and the aforementioned Shadowsword.

But will fall to the might of the really powerful Dark Eldar Apocalypse formations!

[sarcasm]Oh, well, you know, when the other guy is playing DE in an Apoc game, you just might as well save yourself a lot of time and heartbreak and concede before anyone puts any models down. Then you can get in a few good games of Uno or maybe take in a movie with all the time you save. [/sarcasm]

I know, right? The formation that requires reaver jetbikes as well as an archon on foot with incubi, the two most points effective units in the game, is so awesome! But what really makes the formation powerful is its ability to count as flyers for the small drawback of doing nothing all turn! Man, wouldn't anyone rather lose a few units in exchange for being able to do virtually nothing? I mean, what's the point of the webway portal when you can make yourself vulnerable for two turns rather than none?