OPR - Grimdark Firefight - Test Game

With my brother and nephew over it was necessary to play a game of some sort … as over the years I have purchased various starter sets and kits from GW … and my nephew has got into the 40k lore ( in a big way) the game was going to have to be 40k based. 

However, I don’t have 40k (well I do have a copy of 3rd edition - never played) and the first two editions of Kill Team. But due to work and cooking commitments I decided to go for One Page Rules Grimdark Firefight - I had done Marine and Mechanicus lists for a big game, but thought a skirmish game would be quicker and we could play a 3 player game.

So we picked sides - 

Little Dane - Space Marines 

Big Morts - Necrons

Myself - Chaos Marines and Cultists

The young Dane was cautious with his marines - trying to keep them out of harms way … the Necrons were slow … the Chaos forces rushed forward with cultist meat shields. My brother and I managed to score some objectives in turn 1. What we were finding difficult was to kill space marines - their armour was blocking most hits. We were also finding that very few wound rolls were “knocking out” operatives.

The game rolled along fairly well - the cultists did their job well as canon fodder, with 5 out of 6 being killed off in the game, but gaining a few objectives on the way. One of my chaos marines was vaporised by a plasma gunner … If I recall correctly the Necrons and Space Marines only lost one figure each, the armour and self-repair being a bit of a pain. The last turns were a grab for points - the Necrons managed to kill a marine when he was on an objective and a cultist was killed for the little Dane to score a point. The final scores were 5 to me, 2 to Big Morts and 1 to the little Dane. I saw this as the Chaos Marines ruthlessly rushing in a getting an artefact for some nefarious purpose or preventing the Imperium and Nercons from getting some Blackstone …

I quite liked the rules - although we probably played a few rules wrong and with 3 players possibly a bit slow. Possibly we played the game a little dry and needed a better reason for the engagement.

Anyway a game played.

Morts

A busy old month has been July …

Recently there was a family gathering in Buckinghamshire, which was very nice. Plenty to eat and drink - even managed a few games. Including Boules and Kubb in the garden (when it wasn’t raining). Some evening games Coup, Skull, Rhino Hero and Road Kill all good fun. 

Then last Monday I took my brother, brother-in-law and two nephews out for a hike and wild camp on Dartmoor. 

A good evening and day - but the weather was not as good as it could have been. It was a rather damp and windy night. Everyone seemed to be happy with the walk and experience… which was nice.

Then on Saturday there was a trip to the mighty Grecians for a friend testimonial game for the captain - I had managed to get hospitality (involving a breakfast and cream tea) for the visiting Danes - the first football match for my nephew (who also went down on the pitch for the pre match pictures). All in all a splendid day and ECFC won!

Morts

Not much to report …

 So with the garden remodelling and the rather hot weather not much gaming going on. 

I have finished the shed and made a couple of raised bed frames … I did buy some 60mm square bases, so part way there in the change to the collection … strangely some figures look ok with the standard DBA basing numbers … 

Just have to fully commit to actually to the change …

Morts

Actually I did paint something …

So I did paint something - an GW elf general for my Kings of War elf army … which might become an DBF/HotT army … 

I need to attach a Ral Partha elf shield - but positioning it isn’t as easy as I thought it would be, so I might to press mould the design onto a larger shield. 

But that will have to wait until the weather isn’t quite as warm and sticky and I have got further along the with the garden remodel. 

I have also seen DK a couple of times and played games in a pub - managed to win Hive (2-1) and Yo Sushi … obviously games at my level.

Morts 

Other stuff - out on Exmoor

 Apart from shed building, I when out for a couple of days to assess a couple of Dof E groups. I have to say I was disappointed in the weather on Exmoor for June - quite overcast. 

The first day - not what I was expecting, although it had improved by the afternoon. My base camp. Apparently we were visited by a fox in the night, which was pulling bags out of the kids tents looking for food. 

The second day did see improved weather (TR shows the morning from the camp). It was a nice couple of days - some walking but mainly moving to various checkpoints in a minibus to see the kids.

Now I have to write up my assessor reports …

But I thought I write this in a successful attempt to avoid writing them up …

Morts 

Shed building … two weekends work.

 What have I been up to for the last 2 weekends …

Well I dismantled an old shed that I had built (the original had a trapezium base to make the must use of the space), but it had to come down as part of the garden remodelling. 

The top some the dismantling in progress - the bottom the cleared space and the new base (built out of old decking boards, a few weeks ago). 

The reassembly progress - last weekend. The end picture showing the basic patching done to ‘seal’ it up for the week. 

This weekend’s work involved cutting the old door to size and rehanging it. It also required making a new door and hanging that. Then sorting out the roof. 

The bottom pictures show the shed complete with locks and battens on. Just needs a coat of preservative to  bring it together. Almost all materials were reused/recycled from the old shed and decking. Total cost £55 for the new wood (£40) for the door and some roofing felt tape (£15) to patch the roof felt … not sure how well that will work. 

Overall happy with the result. 

Morts

More kitbashed Servitors

My distraction on servitors has continued. More Wargames Atlantic Cannon Fodder to be … Ad Mech Cannon Fodder - close combat types this time. My reasoning will be that these with be recently “punished” convict servitors - hence the limited amount of adaptations on them. 

Like the others - I need to put some wire (tubing) on them and some green stuff. Otherwise they are basically done (apart from the paint). 

Morts