Hey all!

Here's the link to the Theater of War campaign that ran back in 2007:

http://www.wkks.org/bill/warmachine/thornwood/

Be wary of the pdf links, I'm leaving the pages as they died.


I mis-remembered having a bunch of rules for the campaign made up. If I recall correctly (NOW!), we just played it as detailed in Apotheosis with a couple of minor tweaks. The detailed stuff was for the League that ran later.

One tweak was lowering the detachment size so players with only a box and a few figs could play. I don't see that as a problem now and may help with some of the scenario issues. I'll look and see if I have some dead tree materials that I forgot about.

In the meantime, discuss.

Ah, those were the days...

I need to review Apotheosis and the TOW rules.  Anyone out there that doesn't have Apotheosis, have no fear.  I'll bring my copy in with my stuff on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

I think we should take an inventory of who plays what and a rough estimate of how much they can field.  

I have:
Cygnar 2500 points
Trollbloods 2500 points
Khador 500 points
Protectorate 750 points
Mercenaries 2000 points
Everblight 2000 points
Circle 1000 points

I am really looking forward to this.
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Groomie



Stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out?

Yes, after talking about this tonight with you guys I'm really excited to try this.  It would be fun to see how the different factions fare in a long running campaign.  

I should be able to field a comfortable 750 points of Cryx.  I haven't had a chance to play a larger game yet so it'll be a learning curve for me, but it should be alot of fun. Hopefully in the next few months I'll be able to put it up to around 1k of well-mixed stuff.
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Warmachine: Cryx
Warhammer 40k: Eldar

Some more material I recovered from the trove.

The Rules Glossary:
http://wkks.org/bill/warmachine/rulesglossary.html

featuring the infamous 'Bill Hill' and 'Sudden Death Caster Kill'.

The Forward Position scenario:
http://wkks.org/bill/warmachine/scenarios/forwardposition.html
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Warmachine: Cryx, Khador
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i've got enough for a list of Khador 500pts and Cryx 500pts-ish.

Theater of War calls for detachment sizes of 750 pts and 1000 pt games are possible.

One creates three detachments, though that does NOT mean one needs 2250 pt in figs!  

I do seem to recall two detachments could be used on some occasions. The detachments serve as a pool for the list used in the actual games, which could vary in size.
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Warmachine: Cryx, Khador
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I think before we reduced the size of the detachments to 500 each, but left the size of game up to the players, with 500 being the minimum.  That way you could play larger games if you want.

Before we go forward, we should decide if we want to build 750 Detachments or 500 Detachments.

I vote 500, mostly due to the fact that everyone can field at least 500 points, but not everyone can field 750.
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Groomie



Stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out?

At 500 points, how do you propose to handle the scenario problems?

My opinion was they were designed for larger armies (ie Khador and the Buildings That Must Die).

Wasn't there another TOW published, Suul or something? Could look at that as well.
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Warmachine: Cryx, Khador
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TOW:Bloodstone Marches (Hordes)
http://privateerpress.com/docs/hordes/s-Evo-Webmap-4player.jpg

It's from Evolution, which I haven't picked up yet (Jeeeeerooooodd, I'm nnnnnneeeding suuumting!)
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Warmachine: Cryx, Khador
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Just got done looking over Thornwood  to refresh my memory.

Scenario problem, Khador, Break the Blockade:
The guard towers take 80 damage ( at ARM 18 )  to destroy and there are three of them. That seems just wrong UNLESS playing 1000 pts.

I do think part of the deal is planning for the Strategic Objective scenarios, I don't think they are intended to be won by a generic list.
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Warmachine: Cryx, Khador
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aka SoulRipper/Privateer Press forums