That's a cool idea - the only real drawback I can think of is that you could only play as Space Marines, Chaos, Orks, Eldar or Guard.  Other than that yeah you could organise games before you play them and agree on any special "rules of engagement" to get the scenario right.  Nice one, Squall - a very clever way to put a new twist on the online gaming.

BTW I had an idea and this seems like the ideal place to post it - did everybody enjoy the Chogoris campaign? I think it had lots of cool battles, twists and cinematic moments to make for a good TT campaign "refight"! Almost every army is accomodated. What do you think? I reckon it would be a good way to meet the rest of the clan face to face - I think most of us that play DOW also play 40K.

I've even been crazy enough to draw up a campaign map (I used it to keep tabs on the "big picture" in the original campaign so I could write the weekly reports) and write some trial scenarios; if you want to read them I'll post them up.

What are your ideas so far?

PS it's nice to have someone on at the same time as me for a change!

So just the same points as in the relevant Codexes? But some troop types are better/worse than in TT (Khorne Berserkers = ace, Rangers = crap)

It would be kinda easy to cheat though - even if it's just accidentally adding a Sergeant or whatever.  If a heavy weapon trooper dies can you replace him? And can you reinforce squads?

Let's work through it army by army - say start with Space Marines?

Tac Squads = Same pts as in Codex

Scouts = Perhaps give them a points break since you can only get 4 in a squad.  Obviously the only heavy weapons you can pick are 0-2 Sniper Rifles/Flamers.  As Scouts don't actually get flamers and plasma guns I'd charge them at Tac squad rate.

Commander = About the same - add up the points for a Thunder Hammer and pistol, Battlecry would probably be covered by Rites of Battle cost. For orbital strike look at the Daemonhunters Codex. If you want the commander veteran upgrade give him Terminator Honours etc

Assault Marines = Maybe charge a bit more?

Sergeants = ALL must have and pay for the same weapons ie Chainsword/Power Weapon/Power Fist. Don't need to charge for Rally as this is kind of counted for by "And They Shall Know No Fear"

hmmm...

i like ur points idea but i dont se the point in charging the squads for stuff they cant get rid of e.g the sarge...we wouldent charge for his base wep or skills but any additions will be added to the points cost...

eg. way he is 75pt base value adding a power sword takes him to 100 a power fist 125 all of this would be made BEFORE the battle started...it would be build up THEN fight.

and yea i think we should stick to the FOC otherwise games could be dominated with terms and such. every game will be base FOC but ill fine tune every games.. e.g if playing a defence game the attackers get 1hq 2 troops 1 elite unit whil defenders might get 1hq 2 troops 1 heavy wep

ittl all depend on the scenario were playing. ill look in the rule book for there ideas

we can discuss who wants to play when we haw worked it all out lol

true true...forgot about that lol. and even if we do the campaigns i think that weed need to take it down a notch...i know enough about TT history but the things u and tidal went on about just confused me lol...i think we should have a 2nd topic for each campaign explaning step by step whats actually goin on! i.e  we post on campaign then post what we mean on the 2nd topic.

lol ill tell ya 2moz  cya

Oh dod gammit, you logged off just as I was writing - d'oh!

Fenix don't nag :p you know Squall dissapears alot :p

Thats a point. Squall can you change my sn from Raven to Asreal please ^^ seeing as thats the ones i use now a days :p

2 change ur name all i got 2 do is go in2 ur profile and click delete profile, and then u can make a new account with ur new name, ive done (thats how i went from SeanYellow - The Underdog)

-- Edited by The Underdog at 22:46, 2005-12-06

To get back on topic, a note about Tac squads and special weapons...

Tac squads in 40K I think are versatile enough to represent Veteran, Tactical and Devastator squads, depending on their weapon options

Veteran Squad - May take 2 special weapons (Flamer/Plasma) OR 1 special and 1 Heavy, charged at codex rate. Also, if a Leader starts the DOW battle attached to the squad you can take all 3 HQ units (representing a Bodyguard squad under the new codex) but they must stay with the squad unless it is destroyed.  I don't really know how to factor in Terminator Honours or close-combat oriented Veterans...perhaps use Assault Squads in DOW to represent them but then of course Leaders can't join them...

Tactical Squad - May take 1 special and/or 1 heavy, charged at codex rate. Perhaps allow 2 specials as a representation of the "Cleanse and Purify" trait (if Chapter Traits wouldn't make it too complicated - as an aside I think Blood Ravens in 40K should have Purity Above All - you can attach up to 4 Apothecaries to squads in DOW - and Suffer Not the Alien to Live - they are experts at fighting all kinds of xenos - balanced by Eye to Eye - they don't get bikes in DOW -instead of the nonsensical Trust Your Battle Brothers, See But Don't Be Seen, and Flesh Over Steel)

Devastator Squads - May not take special weapons but may take up to 4 heavies (missile/heavy bolter) at codex rate, maybe missile launchers should be cheaper than in codex as they are only good against tanks in DOW (in 40K terms, they only fire Krak missiles).

And Terminator squads would have to have their points cost greatly increased since their Storm Bolters are absolute death-cannons in DOW. Plus the fact that they are hard as nails (after the Space Marine fashion )

See arn't i lazy :p I made another account :p lol

So yay now i'm Asreal and i'm a girl! XD

*reopening this topic*

so is this actually gunna happen? fenix, i have the codex we worked out but we still gotta test it. how about tomorrow (sunday)