[Campaigns] GW Norwich campaign Update on page 1

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**Gorillawizard**

Yeah it was the original idea but tbh i think 5000 wasn't particually fair as many people don't have 5000 points of their army and others do. Therefore people could tailor there army alot more than others. This way, there won't be too much tailoring and most people have 3000 points or even can buy that extra 1000 points in the coming weeks, not saying you have to, but if you've wanted to try something out you can. Like i want to try my Sternguard in drop pods

**Formosa**

its 2000 point list and not going to be rigid at all, you make a 2k list, then select your force from that, try and make an all comers list as none of you will know what mission you will be playing till the day! hahahaha

**Gorillawizard**

3 votes to 1, OVERRULED hahahaha

**Nick Ellingworth**

Formosa wrote:its 2000 point list and not going to be rigid at all, you make a 2k list, then select your force from that, try and make an all comers list as none of you will know what mission you will be playing till the day! hahahaha

I'm just using what I've got, there's not much redundancy in my army.

PS my 3rd rhino is nearing completion once that's finished I should finally be able to make a start on getting atleast one squad fully painted before the campaign starts. I might even give one of the defilers defiler a go between now and then.

**SpankHammer III**

So the campaign starts next week with a Planetstrike game, how does everyone feel about that?

I've got a 2000 point list, plus another 1000 (can't remember if the reserve list idea was approved or not)

I am a little confused as I have a game booked at 7:30 against Gooda's Tau (not sure of spelling) and Tony and Lorna are playing Fantasy. So when are we actually doing the campaign?

**Lorna**

I forgot about la campaign, we'll have to see what we can do.

**SpankHammer III**

I thought it was the week after next, but Tony told me last night it was next week.

**Lorna**

well then, seems we are all playing 40k

**SpankHammer III**

Yeah its a little annoying I was planning on running an all walking list for giggles but don't think it will work for the campaign certainly not Planet Strike, unless I write a 2000 point all walking and run it for the entire campaign but I think I just get Pwned if I do that.

**Lorna**

just power blob everything.

LRBT Power Blob!!!!

**Nick Ellingworth**

Seems like I'd better get a move on, still got that defiler to build.

**Lorna**

my ymgarls will not be painted. and 2000 points is a massive stretch for me. but i can attempt to make it.

**Nick Ellingworth**

There's no way my army will be fully painted next week or even completely undercoated (ran out of spray

), still I should at least have the 3rd rhino finished and I might be able to make a start on painting one of the squads. I do however have 2000pts pretty much ready to go (aside from the aforementioned defiler)

**Lorna**

i'm gonna have upgrades on eeeeeeeeeverything.

**SpankHammer III**

I'm now no longer sure of what 2000 point list to use

i'm tempted to run my current 1750 with another 25 guardsmen.

**Nick Ellingworth**

Well throwing more guardsmen at a problem does generally solve it.

**SpankHammer III**

You do make a good point. In fairness the difference between the two list i'm considering (not including the all walking list) is ratlings vs rough riders.

HQ (195)
Col Theodore Lynch (CCS)
4 Plasma
Astropath
chimera
Multilaser
Heavy Flamer

Troop 1 (155)
Vets
3 melta
Shotguns
Chimera
Multilaser
Heavy Flamer

Troop 2 (200)
Vets
3 Plasma
Chimera
Multilaser
Heavy Flamer

Troop 3 (610)
Infantry Platoon Grevious
PCS
Capt Isambard "Grevious" Greeves (Al'rahem)
4 melta

3 Inf Squad
3 Melta
3 Power Sword
3 melta bombs
Commissar Captain Lucius Genk (Commissar)
Power Sword

2 Inf Squad
2 Melta
2 Power Sword
Commissar Oswald Jenkins (Commissar)
Power Sword

Fast Attack 1 (140)
Morning Breath (devildog)
Multi melta

Fast Attack 2 (140)
Joy Girl's Kiss (devildog)
MM

Fast Attack 3 (110)
Rough Riders
5x additional riders
melta bomb

Heavy Support 1 (165)
Demolisher

Heavy Support 2 (165)
Grendal (LRBT)
Lascannon

Heavy Support 3 (165)
Marilyn (LRBT)
Lascannon

or

HQ (195)
Col Theodore Lynch (CCS)
4 Plasma
Astropath
chimera
Multilaser
Heavy Flamer

Elite (70)
9 Ratlings

Troop 1 (155)
Vets
3 melta
Shotguns
Chimera
Multilaser
Heavy Flamer

Troop 2 (200)
Vets
3 Plasma
Chimera
Multilaser
Heavy Flamer

Troop 3 (410)
Infantry Platoon Grevious
PCS
Capt Isambard "Grevious" Greeves (Al'rahem)
4 melta

3 Inf Squad
3 Melta
3 Power Sword
3 melta bomb
Commissar Captain Lucius Genk (Commissar)
Power Sword

Troop 4 (235)
Infantry Platoon Nobel
PCS Lt Felix Nobel
4 flamers

2 Inf Squad
2 Melta
2 Power Sword
Commissar Oswald Jenkins (Commissar)
Power Sword

Fast Attack 1 (140)
Morning Breath (devildog)
Multi melta

Fast Attack 2 (140)
Joy Girl's Kiss (devildog)
MM

Heavy Support 1 (165)
Demolisher
Heavy Flamer

Heavy Support 2 (150)
Grendal (LRBT)

Heavy Support 3 (150)
Marilyn (LRBT)

**Gorillawizard**

Rough riders

cos ur ratling aren't true ratlings!

**Formosa**

if it is too much of a pain, then we can wait another week, but check my posts, it was 2 weeks a week ago.

If you lot dont want to do planetstrike, cool.
I will post a diferent mission up for you all

**Lorna**

i don;t mind, but having spoken to jason, he needs alot of stuff. So we'll have to to talk to him at some point.

**Gorillawizard**

Stuff? like what. Neways i'm cool with planetstrike as i've never tried it at all or even any of the battle missions or cities of death. So i'm cool with anything.

**Lorna**

posters, the fluff, the other things, or we can just run this between ourselves.

**Nick Ellingworth**

Well I'm happy to start whenever you lot want to.

**SpankHammer III**

We gave Jason fluff the other week and all our stuff has been posted on face book hasn't it?

I'm happy to start the campaign, i'm going to just use my current 1750 with 25 more guard in it. I actually like planet strike if its played right, but to do that we need to know sides and points now.

**Lorna**

thats cool

**Nick Ellingworth**

Hmm I could be having to do a lot of work on Thursday to get my Thousand Sons ready, a whole load of them have decided to fall apart (I hate plastic-metal hybrids!) and my super glue can only be described as solid.

Still atleast the all the vehicles and the DP are ok. Oh and the land raider is no longer just primer, I gave it a base coat of necron abyss earlier.

**Formosa**

so is the consensus that we start this week, are would you ladies and gents like to next week?

i have decided to ditch planetsrike, i cant think of a way to make it work... sooo...

The opening stages
The attacking player must destroy the spaceports defeces
1750
3 objectives
6"/4'

Raid
The attacking player must destroy the supplies/food/gerbils!
4"/4"
1500pts
Victory points
Dawn Assault (NF turn 1)

These 2 missions are pretty straight foward.

Alex if you could add a bit of fluff describing the imperials sending a crusade to the system, a a line or 2 for these missions. Thanks =p

**SpankHammer III**

Can do

Imperials launching a crusade is already covered in the fluff, but won't be difficult to write a few lines for each mission. It would be easier if I knew who was each side but I can leave that vague.

What planets these happening on?

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Ask and you shall receive.

It did not take long for Imperials revulsion, at the destruction wrought upon the former imperial system, to turn to a boiling rage and launch their offensive.

It is widely agreed by imperial historians that the beginning of the crusade to liberate Golgotha was signalled by two simultaneous raids upon _____________ and ___________.

The assault on ____________ was the larger of the two raids, the purpose of this action was to wrestle control of the local spaceport from the hands of the enemy. Imperial commanders had recognised that the liberation efforts hinged upon not only victory on the planets surface but dominance in local space as well. If the Spaceport could be taken it would allow the free movement of men and material to and from the planets surface, providing a value beach head for the liberation of the whole planet and a spring board for offensives in the rest of the System. An Imperial force secretly made planet fall. The strike forces main objective was to disable the spaceports defence network, paving the way for a larger troop deployment. The defence network was based around three power nodes if the attackers could hold just two of the nodes for long enough the spaceport powerful Lascannon batteries would power down.

The second raid on ____________ was a diversionary attack to draw the enemies’ attention away from the attack of the spaceport. Imperial commanders knew that in order to convince the enemy that the diversion was real they could not use half measures, although the diversionary force was smaller than the force attacking the spaceport it was only fractionally so and still represented a creditable threat. The diversion would also offer imperial command the opportunity to study their enemy, his reactions, his skill and his cunning thus giving them a valuable insight for future actions. The second force landed in the middle of the night cycle, their orders were simple “cause a gak load of trouble”. Their attack was timed to start at dawn, before the attack on the spaceport, in order to give the enemy time move his forces away form the spaceport.

**Formosa**

yo lorna, i cant play fantasy tonight, my dwarfs are in a shambles, i cant find half of them. i will have to play you another week, Sorry blud

**Lorna**

Thats cool
I'll find someone else to play, hopefully.