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It depends on who would be playing, if it is all people who have a good grip on the game, then yes.
If people will be bringing friends who don't really know the game then no way.
Playing big games with people who dont know the game that well really, really bites, you spend more time teaching people rules than actually playing the game.
oz of the north wrote: It depends on who would be playing, if it is all people who have a good grip on the game, then yes.
If people will be bringing friends who don't really know the game then no way.
Playing big games with people who dont know the game that well really, really bites, you spend more time teaching people rules than actually playing the game.
To be fair the kind of game he is taking about would have to be upwards of 600,000 points, in a game of that scale the turns would have to be timed so it wouldn't really be an issue on whether or not the other players know the game perfectly.
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No, because they're not much of a game, and not much fun. They're just an excuse to put your models on the table and then put them away.
A few years ago, there was a goal to set the largest tank battle ever. No quality required. One guy showed up with a box of half-assembled models, but hey, they counted towards 'the record' so let him in.
"Deployment" was a joke. It was all vehicles, so they just start them 12" apart, and they're packed in so tight that nothing could move, except for straight forward. This is on vehicles that had a median range over 48".
Never again. What's the point. I'd rather play in a smaller game where everything is painted and we actually have space to maneuver.
Redbeard wrote: No, because they're not much of a game, and not much fun. They're just an excuse to put your models on the table and then put them away.
A few years ago, there was a goal to set the largest tank battle ever. No quality required. One guy showed up with a box of half-assembled models, but hey, they counted towards 'the record' so let him in.
"Deployment" was a joke. It was all vehicles, so they just start them 12" apart, and they're packed in so tight that nothing could move, except for straight forward. This is on vehicles that had a median range over 48".
Never again. What's the point. I'd rather play in a smaller game where everything is painted and we actually have space to maneuver.
The game you played in was clearly not organised well enough. It might of been better with timed turns and a proper schedule. I refuse to play in the games like the one you experienced. I'm sorry to hear about it.
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If I wanted to play the largest 40k ever, I'd reinstall Dawn of War, add the mods that crank up the units to stupid, then watch as my screen erupts into a symphony of explosive death.
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The one good massive-scale game that I remember being a part of was set up in a really interesting manner, one that actually made it kind of fun instead of a giant mess. Basically, instead of having one giant game of (in our case) 10,000 points on 10,000 points, we had 5 separate games of 2,000 points on 2,000 points happening on the same table. There were barriers between each game that could be crossed, but only by spending a turn doing so, and shooting across them reduced BS by 1 for each one crossed.
I can't imagine how you would do this in a much, MUCH larger game (if the record is indeed 848,000, it's slightly different from 10,000) but it's one way of doing it.
Anyway, just thought I'd share that.
Honestly, I would have to say no in any other case. I'm really not a fan of Apocalypse, if only because it seems like there's such a huge disconnect between who's affecting the outcome of the game and who's doing the most stuff on their turn - the players with the big superheavies and gargantuan creatures are the ones who really matter in truly massive games, but that means they aren't doing much outside of moving a few models and firing a few things. Meanwhile, the players without those models are just moving their own units around and pulling them off the board en masse. I've been on both sides of the board, and I didn't like either one - the low-model players just sit around doing nothing while the high-model players move their armies, and the high-model players just sit back and watch, powerless, while the low-model players use ridiculous guns to destroy entire units at a time.
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Redbeard wrote: No, because they're not much of a game, and not much fun. They're just an excuse to put your models on the table and then put them away.
A few years ago, there was a goal to set the largest tank battle ever. No quality required. One guy showed up with a box of half-assembled models, but hey, they counted towards 'the record' so let him in.
"Deployment" was a joke. It was all vehicles, so they just start them 12" apart, and they're packed in so tight that nothing could move, except for straight forward. This is on vehicles that had a median range over 48".
Never again. What's the point. I'd rather play in a smaller game where everything is painted and we actually have space to maneuver.
I took part in the largest painted tank battle. I think we still hold that record, although I haven't checked. I would say that the achievement is far more meaningful if you have a paint requirement.
I was working out how much space you would need and if you played 7,000 points per table per side then you would have to use 65 tables. To my knowledge I know of one place that could take that many. I haven't a clue where all the tables would come from though.
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Yes. Timed turns would have to be fair and that would be impossible with so many players involved.
I am an extremely rational player and calculate several turns in advance, always calculating the statistical average of an assault / volley at a certain target. Such a chaotic game would go against the basic principle of me playing 40k and I could not enjoy it.
Chaos=Havoc wrote: If you could, would you play in the biggest 40k game ever?
No.
I've played 3 on 3 apocalypse games with 5k points per player. These players were very familiar with 5th edition rules, knew their armies very well, and get along great. The game was the climax of a 4 month narrative campaign, so everyone was super into it.
It took forever.
I can't imagine throwing 30 more players in, who don't know each other, in a crowded game area, without some sort of narrative or reason for being there. Also, I've seen pictures of these "largest games" and it's just a long 4' wide table with huge armies 2' apart with no terrain.
Madness. I'll pass!
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2014/05/30 12:35:19
Subject: Re:World record breaking warhammer 40k game
Hells no. Waste of time, effort and it looks silly to have these giant arse armies deployed so close to each other anyway. Just an excuse to put a bunch of models on a table and then remove them again.
There's a reason I like 6mm scale games, it's because the spectacle of huge armies facing off makes a lot more sense in a 6mm scale.
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I ran a group that participated in 'Big Game IV', which was 64,000 points spread across 4 tables. It was a fun game, but larger games to get 'clunky' once armies get close enough to assault. I'd participate, but I would also go in understanding that it isn't really a 40k game, it is a chance to participate in an achievement.
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Does anyone think that it would be possible to have one game which happened worldwide on the same day and at the same time (for each time zone the time would be the same but not at the same time as the game from other countries)?
Get too big you risk ypour goung to have a super hevey packed parking lot, tanks packed hull to hull firing like lines of Napoleon era ranks.
No strategy, just sheer firepower fired In vast ranks of artillary and ordinance
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The table size would greatly come into reference here, but with the turn time limits you get the opponents who decide they can be clever and argue to kill your time. Last time I played an apoc game, my opponent failed a wound from my manticore or his toughness 4 sorceror and I had to spend 5 minutes walking him through how if a gun is twice your toughness it is instakilled, even though I was well aware he knew this rule. But, I feel that is the minority, it would be great if it was all people how understand and really enjoy large battle style games.
oz of the north wrote: The table size would greatly come into reference here, but with the turn time limits you get the opponents who decide they can be clever and argue to kill your time. Last time I played an apoc game, my opponent failed a wound from my manticore or his toughness 4 sorceror and I had to spend 5 minutes walking him through how if a gun is twice your toughness it is instakilled, even though I was well aware he knew this rule. But, I feel that is the minority, it would be great if it was all people how understand and really enjoy large battle style games.
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