[Epic] Eric Rutins' Canpaign (His reply to Bart's post)

From: Elias Tiliakos <elite_at_...>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 97 17:56:44 EST

>
>Thanks for writing up and posting our second campaign session. It was
>all as you said - the glory and the shame in even quantities (though
>only shame for the Space Marines so far).
>
>I would add that we players experienced the highs and lows of our armies
>acutely. Coming into Turn 3, Bart was very optimistic. Being stopped
>butt cold was not in his plan and definitely caused him dismay.
>Similarly I was quite excited at the arrival of the Space Marines, yet
>their performance (and that of the rest of my army on Turn 4) was the
>worst I had seen yet. One can only wonder what will come on Turn 5.
>The Orks have now pushed deep into the Imperial center, threatening to
>drive a wedge between the flanks. The capital is now on the front line
>of the Imperial left flank. The Space Marines will continue to try to
>hold the center.
>
>> attacked on all three fronts again, but met with different results
>Well, almost all fronts. :-) I did manage one attack (with the
>titan-led company) which recaptured that territory on my right flank for
>one turn.
>
>> wreak havok in the shooting and assault phases. With a 3 out of 4
>> chance to win the War Machine shooting phase, I lost. To make matters
>> worse, the IG stripped me shields caused a critical hit which ignited
>> Magazine, resulting in my weapons being inoperable for the rest of the
>> turn. The IG then caused a firefight, suprisingly, I lost this phaser
>
>This was truly amazing. His Great Gargant could not have had a worse
>outing here. Pretty much the counterpart to the Space Marines
>performance.
>
>> Total VP's overall was -5 for the IG 2 for
>> the Orcs.
>
>This was up from -7 for the IG on the previous turn and down from 3 for
>the Orcs. The IG got one momentum effect (I chose divine inspiration)
>for the next turn's battles.
>
>> the eagerly awaited, experienced, gloriously brave,
>> stupendously effective Space Marines.
>
>Do I detect a hint of sarcasm? ;-)
>
>> forfeit 4 VPS. My Waaagh in this turn had grown to 4500pt!!! And it
>> was a glorious Waaagh. As poorly as things went in the Turn 3 (and it
>
>This was really good timing for the Orks to roll that 12. Otherwise
>with the arrival of the Space Marines it would have theoretically been
>quite a bit more difficult to sustain the offensive. Bart did have to
>win all three battles, though, or suffer a substantial penalty.
>
>> them, and the rolled another 1 in the rally phase, so they were
>
>This just became silly as the Space Marines couldn't remove a single
>blast marker the whole battle. Moreover, they couldn't set overwatch,
>couldn't move, etc. They had one approach move and then sat still and
>destroyed my morale until they retreated off the side with around 13
>blast markers.
>
>> by what I can only describe as an Amphitheater of Orcs in a semi
>
>This was pretty funny, actually (the IG tanks exploding). The Ork
>amphitheater was an impressive sight, especially with the eight Stompas
>in the action.
>
>> 4250pts. I am perched to attack a major territory next turn...
>
>And I thought last turn was tough. Now it's 2000 IG + 500 SM vs. 4250
>Orks. This will be a test of my abilities if ever there was one.
>
>> Eric, do you want to add any comments?
>
>Uh.. <g>
>
>Regards,
>
>- Erik
>

Elias

-----------------------------------------
"Understanding is a three edged sword."

                        -Kosh
-----------------------------------------
Received on Thu Oct 30 1997 - 22:56:44 UTC