Monday 10 August 2015

519 - The Second Siege of Agratha - Part 3: Friendly Forces

To step away from the fluff for a brief moment, Gentle Readers, I shall try to fill you in on where all this has come from.

Back in May, in Post 500 (here: link) I announced that I was planning to sell off my 40K Imperial Guard army. Within only a couple of days of this I'd had a couple of folks showing genuine interest (thanks, chaps!) and a message from Colonel Winterborne of the 4th Praetorian Mechanised Regiment (here: link) informing me that I had to go out fighting.

And thus a legend was born.

Shortly thereafter, and in a process totalling (so far) over a hundred emails, a home was found for the game (Kirton Games in Crediton, run by Col. Gravis), an enemy was found for the Imperium of Man and a handful of additional belligerents were uncovered too, so in total we now have the following:

  • 4th Praetorian Regiment of Foot (The Lord Governor's Own) under Col. Gravis himself, with a notable detachment of cavalry (here: link)
    Col. Gravis. Windswept. Bit of a smoldering 'Poldark' thing going on there, wouldn't you say?
  • 4th Preatorian Mechanised Regiment, under Col. Winterborne. I should point out that both of these Praetorian armies are absolutely bloomin' stunning and my lacklustre Cadians will sully the table just by being near them.
    Col. Winterborne. Whiskery. Okay - this guy means business. 
  • 2/24th Cadian Light Infantry under the local command of Admiral Drax (with recent reinforcements from a liaison detachment of 262 Line Regiment of Krieg, under Oberst Horne [please see Zzzzzz's delightful fluff in my last post, here])
  • An Ork Warband led by Warboss Gorblud (Matt),
  • A Second Ork Warband of Goffs, led by Braindead Bigsod (Mike) and
  • Yet Another Ork Warband led by Wazdakka Gutsmek (James)
Sadly my knowledge and understanding of our Orkish adversaries (both on and off the field) is limited, but frankly, that seems appropriate, given the fog of war (and the fact that the Ork players aren't bloggers).

Sadly, my grasp of the rules since 5th edition is also pretty tenuous, but I'm sure I'll pick it up, right?

Gravis and his team at Kirton Games [BUY STUFF FROM THEM HERE! --> link] have been doing a sterling job of getting tables, scenery, Leviathans etc. ready for this event (when their real lives have allowed it), and I'm grateful to Winterborne and Matt in particular for penning some great background fluff and rules. 

Mostly though, I'm humbled and touched by this fiendly ol' blogosphere of ours a-rallying round!

Thanks, All!

- 4 Days...

19 comments:

  1. I'd considered airborne or armoured units, but this way you get another ~200 wounds on the table. Which might be important when fighting Greenskins.

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  2. Really looking forward to seeing the write up for this battle. Wish I could take part, sounds like a blast!

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  3. Will say I've been really looking forward to this battle as well. Guard have always been my favorite good guys faction and they do look the best out of any of the 40k cliques when arrayed arrayed en masse.

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    1. Two "arrayed" for the price of one. Thanks once again auto-correct...

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    2. I'm really hoping someone will have a good camera...

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  4. No Titans I'm afraid Dai and not a d weapon (happily) in sight! this game will be a proper feast for the eyes with hundreds of infantry on both sides and countless tanks!

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    1. Reading this makes me happy. :) Titans are best left to Adeptus Titanicus (The only game where titans were represented properly imo)

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  5. "(and the fact that the Ork players aren't bloggers)."

    Oh no? lol, well then to show you the error of your ways, feel free to volunteer my tankbustas to the various warbosses' for da big Krumpin' dat ur oomies are gonna get!

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    1. Hmmm....seems I read that quote wrong, but no matter! My offer stands and I rather like the idea of Da Long Wayz Dezert Groop (or at least small portion of it) fighting across da pond!

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    2. I promise you, Cheef, that I shall do what I can, but I'm afraid those stromtroopers took up a whole week more than I thought they would...

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  6. This will be awesome! Are spectators welcome?

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  7. Hopefully it'll be spectacular enough to convince you keep at least a token force of the 24th ;)

    Hopefully we'll live up to the hype as a venue, alas not enough hours in the day to contribute what I'd like to, work getting in the way of our fun, is it too early to book in a sequel? ;)

    Courtney, absolutely welcome! Kirton's not massive at the moment, so no spare tables I'm afraid this time, though we're expanding into another unit next month!

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    1. Courtney, it'd be ace to see you - even briefly! I'm always up for folks helping me move the hordes...

      And do you have a good camera, perchance?

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    2. I do indeed have a good camera (my ability to use it is the problem). Whenwill this valiant battle be taking place?

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    3. It's still on - we're on Ork turn 2 now.

      ...and tomorrow...

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