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Offline BaronVonJ

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In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« on: October 07, 2011, 02:54:49 PM »
In the Emperor's Name, a free set of Sci-Fi rules set in the not-40k universe, turned out to be great time when we tried it out several weeks ago. Though nostalgic for early GW days, that universe has never been my bag. Fantasy, particularly a large scale skirmish, which is the best for my group of 6-8 weekly, is what I wanted to try. Now, I loves me my Song of Blades and Heroes, but it's really a two player game. I figured it would be simple enough to tailor ITEN to fantasy. The ensuing brawl proved me right.

the Wastes
"The temple of Baal-El has lain buried in the Wastelands for untold centuries. But recently, during an earthquake, the temple emerged from the depths. Now, forces converge. Some to destroy the temple, some to worship it's dark god..."

The Orcs

the Elves

The Adventurers

The Barbarians

the Forces of Chaos

The King's Men
The forces weren't balanced point-wise. But tactics should have panned out. They didn't. It was mostly a one sided affair in favor of Chaos. The Boy, controlling the Adventurers, got hammered by the Barbarians second turn. He never even got off a spell. (Spells are basically Psyker Abilities from ITEN). The forces of Good should have hauled ass to the temple, and then defended it's narrow passage. Chaos warriors are slow, the Barbarians have no long range, and the orcs were farthest away and blocked by terrain. Oh well. It was still fun.

In the Temple a dark god waits....

Elves take the high ground

The barbarians in the woods

Chaos vs. the King's Men

Offline joroas

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 03:01:54 PM »
Nice looking game.
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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 03:03:50 PM »
haha that looks like a lot of fun...with a ton of great old figures...very nice!

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2011, 05:10:25 PM »
Tons of Old School Citadel. I wish I could track down all the old Chaos Dwarves I had. They're so much fun to paint. I have most of the old Chaos Marauders waiting in the wings.
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Offline Mr.J

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2011, 07:09:03 PM »
Great looking game and miniatures.

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2011, 08:22:35 PM »
Old school apocalypse!!!  Looks like a blast, Herr Baron.

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2011, 08:41:23 PM »
Yes the archer from the Adventuring group is especially old. He's a Corsair from the first time Citadel did Lord of the Rings.

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2011, 03:54:50 PM »
Bloody nice stuff there Baron! Love it all, wish you took a little better pics though. ;)
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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2011, 11:19:56 PM »
Sounds like a fun game and haul out some OS figures, nicely done.

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2011, 09:14:16 AM »
I love the King's Men. Thanks for sharing!

Offline Pil

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2011, 09:26:15 AM »
Very nice! The Kings Men are indeed particularly striking even though they are some of the most recent models. It's a shame the game didn't really go as planned but as long as you had fun it doesn't really matter :)
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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2011, 09:29:22 AM »
There is this slow, but sure, move towards simpler rule sets, maybe we're all just getting too old to read long-winded rules........

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2011, 09:36:07 AM »
There is this slow, but sure, move towards simpler rule sets, maybe we're all just getting too old to read long-winded rules........

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 Looks like a fun game,brilliant minis :)
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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2011, 12:45:25 PM »
Awesome loveliness!!

Who makes the (hob)gobbo in the second pic bottom right, is it Otherwrold or older?

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Offline Pil

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Re: In the Emperor's Name - Fantasy addition (pic heavy)
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2011, 04:12:29 PM »
It's a Games Workshop hobgoblin champion by Alan Perry from the early 90s, originally intended for use in Chaos Dwarf armies. You can view the catalog page here:
http://www.solegends.com/citcat9x4/c93532-01.htm

 

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