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Hi everyone,

As part of our campaign, going to need to fight a battle where our Orks' HQ is under attack by the Eldar army.

We get 500 points for our defending army plus 600 points of fortification.

Wondering if there are any thoughts on how to inflict maximum damage....

Also - does it work to have a Big Mek with KFF inside of a fortification to cancel damage to the fortification?

Thanks

Yeah - it's going to be uphill alright - main question is how I can do some damage in this lopsided battle - and then catch him (in a run-down state) with my army when I can get there....

What do you think about using the Dakka jet skwadron in the Apocalypse rule book (or is that still OK in 7th edition)?

I'm thinking that he might not have many skyfire weapons....

Thanks for so many suggestions!

Maybe there is a way to run the Painboy on a list from the Ghazghkull book so that he can have that super boss pole to create fearless ??

If we go with the list Gungo is suggesting - what is the best way to handle the detachments and formations to make that work? (That part of the game always kicks my butt still)

Thanks

Hi everyone -- following up after the battle

Big thanks for all of the suggestions -- really made the battle more fun

Here's our blog write-up for some photos:
http://battlegaming1.blogspot.com/2015/07/warhammer-40k-in-park-playing-game.html

Quick lessons we learned and summary points:

1) Our campaign coordinator agreed with all of you and let us use an unbound list. [That really helped.]
2) We *did* find a Landing Pad model and got it built in time. Was hard to find!!! Everyone told us it was now a special order item.
3) Tactical error -- we didn't have time to build lots of Vengance Weapons Batteries, so we used our Plasma Obliterator. That was fun, but foolish because it let our opponent charge easily with his D-1 Eldar weapons and wipe out our buildings.
4) The Landing Pad was great
5) Having so many Mek Guns was great -- they were the all-star!

Thanks