Salty Monkey

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Here is the thesis of my force:

“Of Fetid Tongue”

Chaos Space Marines (Creations of Bile) & Chaos Daemons (Nurgle)

Bile has made a deal with the putrid Prince of Nurgle, Gorbulix, The Grand Tender of Grandfather’s garden. What foul rewards Bile hopes to gain from the maggot kin is known only to him but he has sent a small force of his most dependable marines, The Scourged, to assist the daemons in befouling the planet and summoning an “Exalted One” from his prison deep within the planet.

I will be there to get the "official restart" of the Crusade on the way.

Here is a link to the nitty gritty house rules and such: https://www.ordofanaticus.com/topic/217073-40k-crusade-the-unofficial-thursday-night-crusade-starting-september-22nd/page/3/#comment-2457738

Also feel free to post a brief (or not so brief) outline of your army (who you are running and a quick reason for being there) on the main crusade thread

This is completely optional but fun narrative kinda stuff for those who want it.

Here is the thesis of my force:

“Of Fetid Tongue”

Chaos Space Marines (Creations of Bile) & Chaos Daemons (Nurgle)

Bile has made a deal with the putrid Prince of Nurgle, Gorbulix, The Grand Tender of Grandfather’s garden. What foul rewards Bile hopes to gain from the maggot kin is known only to him but he has sent a small force of his most dependable marines, The Scourged, to assist the daemons in befouling the planet and summoning an “Exalted One” from his prison deep within the planet.

So here is the official outline and base rule set. If anyone has any amendments or questions please let us know.

We will be running a escalation style crusade. We will be using the Tempest of War card set to determine game missions.

We will be starting at 500pt games then ascending by 250pts every 2 weeks for the 500 & 750 point games we can have up to 2 games a week.

I will post the weeks points and game info on the game night forum.

We are using the standard crusade rules amended with the following house rules:

1- We are using points in stead of power level. each roster starts with 1000pts and if you use RP to increase your point pool it will be adding 100pts

2- Every time we advance a game point tier you will receive a free 250pts of points you can add to your roster. This is meant to balance out the bonuses we miss out on with not using the standard crusade missions.

3- Command points be as the standard 2021 rules:

500pt games: 3 CP start with 1 added at the start of your command phase

750pt @ 1000pt games: 6 CP start with 1 added at the start of your command phase

1250pt and up games: 12 CP start with 1 added at the start of your command phase

4- Agenda's can be chosen before the Primary Mission card is drawn.

5 - Table size is to be agreed upon by the players before the deployment card is drawn. You can choose to use the standard size recommendations in the rule book or you can do what ever size both opponents agree upon.

*Optional narrative fluff. I will be attempting to do a little fluff stitching to help give the games more of the campaign feel. This is not necessary for play but if anyone wants to participate it this please send me a quick idea of the force your running and why your here. Setting is below:

Also at low levels knights can be problematic…some people might not bow out against knights at 500pts but I’m sure they will be plenty of people who will take you on (I fear no one, cus I lose more than I win anyway;) )@Brother Glacius

if anyone else has any input in knights let us know 🙂 

3 hours ago, Brother Glacius said:

As a new 9th ed 40K player, the only thing I can say that I'm worried about is running into competitive meta. I've been watching a bunch of games on youtube and that is the only thing that really makes me apprehensive. I know that its a very opinionated topic right? And I don't want to push my playstyle on anyone else. I just know that from what I have seen so far of competitive games, that army composition does not appeal to me at all. So I guess all I can ask is if that is the direction you are taking your army, find an opponent that is doing likewise.

I'm switching from necrons to knights because I'd have to build and paint way too much of my necrons for them to be better. I also have no idea how the knights will play yet. But I have them painted. I just wanted to give ppl heads up.

Crusade is meant to be different from competive and the tempest of war plays different from tournament stuff

that said if you bring knights expect that people will bring “the heat” cuz knights can get pretty brutal if one isn’t ready

i know I’ll re-think things a bit if knights are on the board 😉 

23 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said:

So we are still building 1000pt rosters, but the first few games will start at 500pts?

thAT is correct sir

15 minutes ago, lamejosh said:

Actually stoked to get all that paperwork together, haha.  Trying out Tempest of War was cool.  It does lead to some questions in Crusade.

Minorly, how to handle Agendas.  The selection step is missing in missions for ToW, but that could just get slotted before Create the Battlefield.

Second, the Crusade-specific missions have Crusade-specific rewards for the victor.  Playing ToW we'll be missing out on these.  Some examples are victor gets 2 RP instead of 1 or can Marked for Greatness on 2 units instead of 1.

Great questions …we will be working on Rule set along with some house rule stuff to clear up using the ToW cards

i will hopefully have it posted by Sunday and obviously we can abridge anything we miss

also since we are going to be doing an escalation type crusade we are going to hit the “reset button “ and start fresh this Thursday 

last night was awesome but I think we can get a little better organized in the future 

keep any other questions coming, I know my wife thinks I’m perfect but I’m just a humble pirate and need as much as you peeps will give.

🏴‍☠️ 

@Brother Glacius combat is one of the more nuanced parts of the game 

good news is that we will be starting next week as an escalation style crusade and playing a bunch of low level games is a good way to get a hand on the rules without it getting too overwhelming 

we will be starting from scratch as well just to flatten the curve so if you want to tweak your crusade lists feel free

Great open tonight! 
 

The turn out was awesome and it was great meet up with everyone 

next week we will officially start. We will post the layout soon and begin the Madness!

2 hours ago, Brother Glacius said:

So trying to prepare a list, and was wondering what I needed to look at. I have found the following:

Munitorium Field Manual Update Mark II - this seems to be the latest point changes. So if we use points, use this.

Power Rating Update - Same as above but for PL instead.

Balance Dataslate Update - this says for matched play, but was curious if we are using it as well.

Also, is there any reason to get the freaking books? I mean honestly...they don't seem to be all that valid anymore.

I have a necron codex you can use for strats and such I think it helps having a book, as i am old. 😉

Ill bring it tonight

2 hours ago, Some_goob said:

Hey y’all, I’m new to the Portland war game scene but I’d love to play some killteam (don’t have enough units for a full 40k game yet) - any chance I could find a match at this session? Or is it just a crusade event? I wouldn’t be able to get there until around 5.

come on down, this is not just a crusade night

20 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said:

I think I have settled on my necrons. First off, I actually have an army painted that I took to an OFCC once. So that gives me a good base of models. I also have collected more stuff for them since 9th came out and have new cool things that need to be painted. Also, since I have not played 9th yet, it seems like this could be a forgiving army.

Step 1 is now done.

Now I gotta choose which faction to run, or 

bad ass!

41 minutes ago, Kevin the Wizard said:

I'm 99% sure I can show up but also never played crusade. Bring 1000 points and maybe some extra boys just in case is what I'm reading?

I can also bring my Chogoris space gas station terrain.

Not done with my Kokiyo food truck/space container conversion yet, but I can bring it down and get some input on the build.

Khan will win in a foot race against most of you. He's zoomy as [big bad swear word].

Awesome!

3 hours ago, WarwickRockbourne said:

Offering support and good vibes. My Thursday showings are still limited enough to be inconsistent and unplanned. 

Curse the existence of bills and schedules! At least it's fun and satisfying. Playing with my models with stand-up Thursday folks fun and satisfying. Nope!

you can always come and game when you can, we can just mark it up to The Chaos side of the Dark Angels mucking them up 😉

33 minutes ago, Michael said:

I got some new models and ready for games up to 2000 points.

@Salty Monkey The crusade is happening? Count me in, what are the details? I can do my best to be there around 5pm Thursday.

CRUSADE IS ON BABY!!!!

here is the official, unofficial page for it: https://www.ordofanaticus.com/topic/217073-40k-crusade-the-unofficial-thursday-night-crusade-starting-september-22nd/page/2/#comment-2457579

We are going to work out all the details on Thursday and hopefully get the first round of games in. if you like you can rough out a 1000pt crusade roster but it may change depending on what we decide on Thursday

Also if we need some imperial influences I can rough up a Guard force…the 138th Penal legion is a bit scattered but I can pull it together 

2 hours ago, Brother Glacius said:

Hmmm still trying to decide on which army to go with. I would probably say that Necrons are probably towards the top of the list simply because I have quite a bit painted and with this edition, some new units to paint up. That being said, I'm spoiled with choice, so if there is an army that people would want to go up against, feel free to suggest it. I've dropped CSM and Orks from my list as they are already represented.

Play what ya like, I’m sure your CSM and mine will be quite different

that said I do have a lady est edition Necron codex you can use if you need one

49 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said:

looks like two chaos players and an ork player so far?

yep and possibly a Squat army as well (yes they are still squats and always will be 😉 )

Cool @BigMick37 looking forward to seeing some pirate ork madness on the field!

For anyone else planning on coming please post on the Thursday night gaming page https://www.ordofanaticus.com/topic/217298-922-ordo-fanaticus-game-night-at-wow thursday 4pm-9pm/P

We are looking to start with teh nonsense around 5pm, if thats not good let us know...

I’ll be there to kick off the Crusade!

I’ll be there 4ish but thinking whoever is in for the crusade we can aim for 5 to get plans made and maybe even a game

if 5 doesn’t  work let us know and we can adjust!

2 hours ago, Brother Glacius said:

At this point I may just go for the army with the simplest rules. Getting frustrated. 

Try not frustrated, the whole idea is for this to be fun (my intention at least) 

This Thursday is just a leaping off point no pressure intended and i hope that after we get things together it will be less stressful and more fun

13 hours ago, Brother Glacius said:

So basically I need to be able to create a valid battleforged force out of 1000pts. I need to look up CPs and such. I haven't ever made an army in 9th yet.

In wouldn’t look at it as ‘need to’ but ‘can do’

you can just have a concept and some minis. And touch it up once we get in. Also I’m planning on be there early as possible on Thursday, 4ish and I can help you get you up to speed in 9th if you’re free

also There is a number of command point options that we as a group will discuss on Thursday which we want to do 

On 9/14/2022 at 6:15 AM, Brother Glacius said:

I'm currently bouncing around a few armies. One the one hand, I'd really like to do knights...but I'm fairly confused about how to do an army composed out of lords of war and only at a 1000pts no less. I just picked up the latest WD due to the points update but it also had new Crusade rules for necrons in it. So I could go necrons too. My Ad Mech are also calling to me. Ugh. Do formations come into play with Crusade? Like do I need to be able to create a legal formation with the units I have in my crusade force?

Typically standard battle forge rules apply, for example; you would have to take separate detachments  of imperial army’s but there is no penalty for doing so outside of the CP cost

Outside of that maybe just bring a small amount of various armies your interested ( you seem to have a bunch of options) in playing see what others are bringing and decide from there. I’m bring my chaos marines but I might be open to other options in case a good story line pops up

3 hours ago, Brother Glacius said:

So if spending in RP, you would normally get 5 PL, or in this case, 100pts.

That is correct!