Siege of Thrax Campaign – Episode 5 of 5 – Escalation

Lumbering behemoths of super-heavy tanks rolls forward and crush all in their bath as the confrontation between the Imperium and the Forces of Ruin escalate to the dramatic campaign finale for the Siege of Thrax. The Forces of Light, being continued to be pushed back to their Hive City of Thrax Primaris, make a last-ditch effort to slow the advance of the Forces of Chaos as they relentlessly push forwards in their mission to waking the Sleeping Daemon-God buried beneath the City. The Inquisition are now fully engaged in the confrontation, pulling all stops to halt the advance of the…

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Warmachine – first battle report – Khador vs. Convergence

So today I played my first game of Warmachine and it was a hoot! i’m sure we got some of the rules wrong, but I had my good friend Matt walk me through a game of my Khador vs. his Convergence of Cyriss at 11 points a side. We had a great time. In the top of turn 3 he ended up getting a warcaster assassination on my ‘caster Sorcha. The game took us about 45 mins to an hour, but we chalked that up to really not knowing how to play and having to look up most of the…

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Battle Report – Siege of Thrax, Episode 4

The Imperial and Ruinous Powers Warlords march towards their large-scale confrontation in Episode 4 of 5, in this latest installment of the Siege of Thrax campaign. In this scenario, the armies combine forces for the first time in the campaign and take the field together as the Imperial Guard, Dark Angels, and Salmanders Space Marines compete with the forces of The Unchained and the Death Guard Chaos Space Marines to capture an orbiting Space Hulk and plunder the relics aboard to perhaps in some way tip the balance in the saga. How will the battle unfold? Read on!

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Battle Report – First look at Tyranids 6th ed

All set up for our regular monthly game day and due to several factors outside our control, we weren’t able to assemble quorum for our last episode of the campaign. We did have enough players for 2x games of 40k, so I decided to set my gracious opponent Craig up with 1500 points of Death Guard Chaos Space Marines, and I’d try my hand at my first game with the 6th Edition Tyranids codex. It was a great game and we had a lot of fun. Check out the battle report below to see how they faired!

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Battle Report – Siege of Thrax, Episode 3

Chaos Nurgle Lord Craxus the Foul and the brutal Ork Warlord Garm Skullcrusha have a stand-off and epic confrontation in the middle for the push towards the heart of Thraxan capitol. The orks, seeing a string of victories pile up and momentum for a Waagh of their own, are beginning to interfere with the plans laid out by the Forces of Ruin. Lord Craxus begins to become concerned that the Ork forces are pushing too fast into the loyalist lines, creating an over-extension threat towards the campaign as well as threatening the Sleeping Daemon’s successful rite of wakening. The two…

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