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2010/11/22 14:26:39
Subject: Campaign games or single games?
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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Just wondering what you guys like more when it comes to playing with your army men.. do you prefer campaign style games like Necromunda or Mordheim where your gang/warband/army gains experience and skills and cooler weapons the more they play? Or single games like 40K or Fantasy where you just make an army list and go play?
Feel free to discuss 
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2010/11/22 15:15:58
Subject: Re:Campaign games or single games?
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Elite Tyranid Warrior
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I love campaign games, even with 40k I would rather play a long running campaign. The only problem is campaigns tend to require a lot of organizing and a lot of dedication from a lot of people to keep them going. Most things like that I've been involved in have fizzled out before they got interesting because players dropped out or failed to show up, and the organisers eventually just give up, or just get too busy with real life to keep it going.
I would much rather play a one off game than waste time on a campaign that flops. But a good campaign that you can keep going is so much more interesting and rewarding.
The best campaigns usually seem to happen when a group of people are forced to waste time together by work or school... And so get to play a lot to pass their down time. I find when people have to play games on their own time, they tend not to be quite as dedicated. 
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2010/11/22 15:20:11
Subject: Campaign games or single games?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Campaigns.
Our planetary Empires campaigns run about 6-9 months each.
Tons of fun.
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2010/11/22 15:25:36
Subject: Campaign games or single games?
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Madrak Ironhide
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I think wargaming campaigns flop because they don't have really good incentives for players
who fall behind.
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2010/11/22 15:59:20
Subject: Re:Campaign games or single games?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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Love campaigns. but you need players who are willing to play the op-force and not mind if the way the campaign is running means then end up getting hammered by superior forces.
They also have to not mind that if they are playing the offensive team this campaign they will end up being the op-for the next go round.
Doing it that way lets the attacking player point up an invasion / defensive force of maybe 10 - 20,000 points and run a series of linked missions.
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2010/11/22 16:03:55
Subject: Campaign games or single games?
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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I love campaigns too but it seems mine always suffer the same fate. People just stop playing. I think a lot of it is because they fall behind and then feel like they can't keep up. One thing I like about Mordheim is the underdog gets more xp, so you can go against a tougher warband and slowly catch up.
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2010/11/22 16:12:56
Subject: Campaign games or single games?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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In the planetary empires campaigns, the guy with the fewer tiles gets 50 points per tile difference added to his total.
So if a guy with 3 tiles plays someone with 8, he gets an additional 250 points. That's pretty big in a 1500 point game.
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2010/11/22 18:37:42
Subject: Campaign games or single games?
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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You missed an option: I WANT to play campaigns but can't manage it for whatever reason.
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2010/11/22 19:21:23
Subject: Campaign games or single games?
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Ultramarine Master with Gauntlets of Macragge
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A lot of people want to play campaigns - in fact, I'd say most people with a decent maturity level would love to play a nice long campaign. We just don't all have access to a group that's "with it" enough to get going.
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