40K Orks v Templars

 Tha gaming heir is home from University and as is his wont requested a game of 40K. I have so many models for so many better sets of rules it seems a shame, but it's what he enjoys so...

He took the Templars and I took the Orks. We had some objectives to grab.

Da Ladz assembled

I took the KilloZap gun even though it is bobbins

You get a lorra, lorra Orks for 1,000 points

Klankenstein made his regular appearance

The Templars had their own Dreadnaught

And some Terminators

The Marines pushed up

While Da Boys hugged the terrain.

A sneaky rhino pushed around one flank.

The Lootas were doing a reasonable job of picking off Marines.

The Nobs got stuck in

And handed it our good and proper

An almighty scrum developed in the middle

There wasn't enough room for all the Ladz to get stuck in.

Klankenstien and the Klankettes ambushed the Rhino

Marines and a Chaplain dropped in from nowhere

The Marine Dread waded toward the fight

The Orky Walkies couldn't peel open the Rhino

The Nobs butchered the rest of the Marine squad

The Marine Dreadnaught found himself assailed.

The Chaplain realised he may have bitten off more than he could chew.

The Emperor's Champion climbed out of the Rhino and did unspeakable harm to Klankenstein

The Chaplain failed to get his guys to charge home.

"Punch him wiv da KLaw, Boss!"

"'Ere we go, 'ere we go..."

Eventually the Warboss found a weakness and inserted his fist.

With the death of the Dread game time was up and the Orks had a solid win.

I still think 40K is not a very good game, but it's fun to play soldiers with the laddo

Warmaster Black Knights

 Another unit for the Vampire Counts army

I realise now that with both the units so far I've actually combined two different sets - some modelled on the Blood Knights and some more traditional skeletal types. That's fine the previous shown set was the same.

I think I have another two units of these two paint.

But then I hit a problem as the Forest Dragon licence has ended so no-one can print these for sale any more.

Glorantha Midgard

Next weekend we'll be going to Joy of Six show to stage a Glorantha game of Midgard.
This was my suggestion, however I've been very lax at getting models painted. Fortunately Matt is much more disciplined and enthusiastic than I and so has panted up two (very large) forces.
I'll have some to add (if I get my finger out) and James is preparing some Walls of Pavis for the game.
However we thought we'd have a bit of a practice to get a feel for which units we'll use at the event.

In the end we just threw pretty much everything on the table and muddled through. I took the Lunars, Martin took the Orlanthi and Matt thumbed through the rules and made helpful decisions about unit stats.

Both forces lined up - this is way bigger than we'll play with at Joy Of Six, but we wanted to get "all the toys" on the table.

We'll also have a nicer mat on the day, and some bespoke Glorantha scenery.

The Orlanth forces had some small palisades to deend.

The Lunars bought their dinosaurs.

Bid blocks of Lunar spearmen with skirmishers to the fore.

The Orlanth forces held steady.

First cash happened on the lunar left, spirit cavalry thundered in to the Lunar horse.

The Lunar centre pushed up

Their Chaos allies on the right hit home.

Orlanth cavalry was making short work of the Lunars, despite the presence of dinosaurs.

Battle was joined across the field.

The Telmori pushed back the Lunar phalanx.

Casualties were mounting for the Lunar commander.

And the skirmishers were proving difficult to shift from the village.

Bloody fighting was the order of the day.

The dinosaurs had proved no match fo Orlanthi courage.

A Storm Lord summoned the wind to bear him aloft.

And his presence fortified the Telmori

Casualties littered the ground and both forces were running out of Reputation.

In the end it was the Lunar morale that collapsed ans the followers of the Storm god could claim the victory.

Great game that, despite the number of units still played quickly and easily.

Our game on Sunday will be smaller, to give more people chance to take part  and will also feature Trolls and Praxian nomads (if I get on with painting!).

Do come and join in and throw some dice if you're in the area.