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The trick in this game will be the stacking. You're only playing one member in the gang but you can get up to three different powers or even "stack" by getting two powers at taking one of them "twice." You can see generally how the game is played in this thread:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/309016.page

Just keep in mind that the rules for that particular game are somewhat different than the ones that you're signing up for now.

So I don't control 3 gangers? That was the impression I got.

Can I pick the gang name?

Also if I picked Raider and Healer for a ganger could I attack move then heal?

VikingScott wrote:So I don't control 3 gangers? That was the impression I got.

No, you work with other posters in a gang against other gangs, hopefully coordinating your strategy via PM.

@VS: awesome. BTW, "perfect" gang composition doesn't really matter - it's for fun, and really, it's hard to screw it up too much.

I didn't mean perfect I meant I'd pick ganger and given 7 abilities from reading it wrong or something. Just guessing from how my luck is lately. (I know that they get 2 chosen abilities by me.)

So if I picked Raider and Healer could I attack, move then heal?

VikingScott wrote:So I don't control 3 gangers? That was the impression I got.

Due to the low interest leading up to this, I am allowing players to run gangs solo, of up to 3 gangers.

If we're actually going to have enough interest for 6+ total players, we'll move toward 2-person teams consisting of Leader + Ganger and Heavy / Ganger / Wyrd.

VikingScott wrote:Can I pick the gang name?

Also if I picked Raider and Healer for a ganger could I attack move then heal?

Yes.

Yes. Raider is Attack then Move, and Healer is Move the Heal, so you could combine them that way.

Ok then, thanks for the clear up.

Escher gang name will be Garland's Gunfighters

I'll pick only a leader atm just incase interest suddenly flares up

Mythic Garland- Leader, Raider, Healer.

Cool, that works. Feel free to recruit Gangers!

At this point, we have 6 players, so I will remove inactive gangs (Cawdor & Orlock).

Gangs

Delaque
House Delaque specialises in spying and assassination, wear large trench coats & light-filtering goggles -- sneaky dudes
* (Leader ??? / Lord of Battles)
* ???
* ???

Garland's Gunfighters
House Escher population is almost entirely female - their males are shrivelled and imbecilic -- Amazon punkers
* Mythic Garland - Leader, Raider, Healer (VikingScott)
* ???
* ???

Torrd's Grinders (JohnHwangDD)
House Goliath fosues on Size and physical strength, wearing mohawks, piercings, thick chains and spiked metal bracers -- meathead punks
* Torrd (Leader: Leader x2, Medic)
* Gredr (Heavy: Attacker x2, Sniper)
* Skrag (Wyrd: Psyker x2, Devourer)

Van Saar
House Van Saar produces extremely high quality technical equipment, wear tight fitting body-gloves and a neatly trimmed beards, . and are often recruited by Imperial forces -- factory thugs
* the_ferrett (Leader: ???)
* Manchu (Heavy: Attacker, Raider, Sniper)
* ???


Spyre Hunters

(2 Spyres)
Young nobles from the upper Spire come down to hunt underhive gangers and thereby prove their worth, equipped with state-of-the-art / off-world ultra-tech
* ??? (Emperor's Faithful)
* ???


New players, please choose one of the 5 gangs above.

JohnHwangDD wrote:Due to the low interest leading up to this, I am allowing players to run gangs solo, of up to 3 gangers.

Wha???

Manchu wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:Due to the low interest leading up to this, I am allowing players to run gangs solo, of up to 3 gangers.

Wha???

The thread went cold for over a week, so I adjusted to make do with fewer players.

If we'll have more players, I'll adjust back.

Setting these games up takes a lot of leg work. When I started running Honoris Causa, I sent out PMs to basically everyone on my friends list.

Gang: The Hiveshades (Delaque)
Leader: The Master (Leader, Sniper, Medic)
Heavy: The Bringer (Fighter!, Sniper,)
Ganger: The Silent (Sniper, Raider, Charger)


EDIT: Aded House name.

@LoB: I think your ganger is already a fighter and so can only pick to other traits. Also, what house are your hiveshades part of?

My ganger dosent have fighter manchu, thats the heavy.
Oh and I added the house name.

Rules are here

Gangers automatically have Fighter; Heavies automatically have Attacker.

@LoB: You could do this:
Leader: The Master (Leader, Sniper, Medic)
Heavy: The Bringer (Attacker, Fighter, Sniper)
Ganger: The Silent (Fighter, Raider, Charger)

The Fortunates - House Van Saar

Nika de Volt (Leader): Medic, Blitzer
Kurt “Solid” Plissken (Heavy): Sniper, Raider
Igor Sprague (Wyrd): Psyker, Devourer

The Fortunates welcome PMs regarding alliances.

@LoB: All gangers are fighters and may choose two other powers (minus certain powers).

@Manchu: Looks good.

@ferrett: please confirm that the Gang works, and which of you will be controlling the Wyrd.

Wait what?

LOL man I droped the ball their, here is the final list.

Gang: The Hiveshades (Delaque)
Leader: The Master (Leader, Sniper, Medic)
Heavy: The Bringer (Attacker!, Sniper,)
Ganger: The Silent (Sniper, Raider, fighter)

@Manchu: You're on a 2-person team with ferrett, so you'll both need to coordinate the Gang.

@LoB: looks good!

That's a pretty significant disadvantage.

You snooze, you lose.

Or, recruit 4 more, and we'll all be in the same boat..

I won't be playing tag team against one-person teams.

a 2-person team isn't nearly as bad as trying to coordinate the 3-person team, like we did in the last game.

Yeah but it's twice as bad as a one person team.

If you can't handle a single teammate, how would you handle a half-dozen (or more) for Horus Heresy?

Team members are balanced in terms of being both advantageous and disadvantageous. But on the whole, it is preferable to be a one person team against a two person team in a forum game like this.

Yes, but this game is more to test the stacking rules and tell a story than to "win" per se.

Going in, gangs start with a nominal 1/5 chance to win, and getting ganged-up on early will make most of the difference.