Blastscape

My Blastscape markers have arrived.

They are certainly of a decent size for wargaming and good value for money ar under £12.

The only criticism that I have is that the plastic is very thin and hence slightly warped.

Planet Strike - Thoughts about daemons

I have reread the Daemon Codex carefully and I think I klnow what went wrong (see previous post). Daemons have a Daemonic Assault, which is treated using the Deep Strike rules. However, no daemons are listed in the OOB as Deep Strike but as Daemons (hence daemonic assault). If you assume that Daemonic Assault is Not Deep Strike then no daemonic units can assault on first turn, indeed, many have to land off table.

That severely restricts the daemon army in Planet Strike and stops it running wild on turn one.

Problem solved.

John

Planet Strike - First Game

I played my first game of Planetstrike last weekend. I was the attacker with a Daemon Army and my friend Shaun deployed his IG and three Bastions as the defenders. Both armies were around 2,000 points.

I started with the Firestorm and rolled nine attacks. We agreed that Guard units targetted could take cover in their lines. Ducking and covering gave them a 2+ save so few were killed but most units were 'gone to ground'.

All the daemons can deep-strike by definition so the bulk of my army arrived on turn one in the midst of the defenses and could assault straight from deep strike (Planet Strike rule). We agreed a house rule that the Guard would still get the 2+ save on the first turn of combat but that only delayed matters a little. By the end of turn three the Guard were mincemeet and it was all over.

The Bations Interceptor guns had little impact on the game, performing better as normal guns.

The Planet Strike Rules combine to make a daemon attacker damn near unstoppable; there was nothing Shaun could do.

One could remove the firestorm from daemons as that would leave the defender up and shooting on turn one.

Anyone else played a game yet?

John

Bastion - Flaktower

I made the basics of this tower some years ago but I have scrubbed it up and put a spare turret ring on the top. It is now my Planet Strike Flaktower.

I am still painting the Bastion. It has the base colours and weathering on but now I need to accessorise it.

I am having a firesale of many of my unused miniatures on eBay to fund Planet Strike. The Dr Who stuff has to mostly go and many of my Babes with Guns. Parting with the latter was a real wrench.

John

Bastion

I was asked to show an overhead shot, so here it is.

I am currently selling my skyshield Landing Pad on ebay.uk, it is just too big for my gaming table.

John

Planet Strike, Bastion, Aegis Line, Skyshield

I spent a happy hour or two putting these together.

The Bastian and Defense Line are very, very good. They are just the right size and have interchangeable turret rings so the Comms Unit, Quad Gun and Lascannon are all interchangeable. As well as the Bastion roof mount you get two turret mounts, a mobile mount and a fixed top of building (or top of Chimera for a Hydra conversion) mount as spares. You need a minimum of two defense line boxes though, one is not enough.

I am less keen on the Landing Platform. It is very large, taking up a great deal of space. The hinges on the side flaps are a pain. I suspect that they will mostly be used in the up position, turning the Pad into a fort. The Pad is just not very sexy. Maybe it will grow on me when I paint it.

I have had time to go through the Planet Strike book. It is a bit like Cities of Death, a straight expansion for 40K. It is really an attacker/defender scenario book. There are few rules to simulate a planetary landing other than those we already have. The main drop zone is still off board. Certainly, more units than in straight 40K can deep strike. The book is heavily dependent om the Apocolaype-like stratagems. I am not a great fan of these. In my opinion , they add pointless complexity. I am glad I bought the book but I confess to being a little disappointed.

So, out of five:
Planet Strike: 3
Bastion: 5
Aegis Line: 4
Landing Pad: 2

John

Skyshield Landing Pad Sprues

And here are the skyshield landing pad sprues.


John

Bastion and Aegis Defense Line Sprues

I was called to the door today to receive a box of shiny toys from a member of the Postal Service clad in orange day-glo jacket and shorts. Englishmen should not wear shorts, unless they are the colonial sort that drop below the knee.

I forgive him his sartorial mistakes because he had a box of shiny new toys from Games Workshop, Planet Strike has arrived.

I enclose pics of the Bastion and Aegis Defense Line sprues. Note the automated guns: a Lacannon with the bastion and a quod autocannon for the Line. it strikes me that the latter would make a fine AA AFV.