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CITW January 14th, Peoria Meet: Yet Another Border Scrap - Karpav1 - 01-15-2023 Into the starlit void
We're riding the storm
No sign of JuTunheim our longboats perform
We're all alone
Red stars in the sky
Into the vast forever
Adapted from "Odin's Prayer"; by Bloodbound
Greetings captains, engineers, pilots, gunners, and other 23rd Sigurd Heavy Flotilla oarsmen. Today we send word to Parliament and the High Council of the deeds of our Viking brothers of the 201st. Before ascending to Vahalla, these warriors sent many lizard-loving Colosian pilots to dine in the cold, deep halls of Hel, licking the boots of Loki. Will this display of might convince these border intruders that Odin's Will is unwavering, or will they continue to linger in the dark, hiding from Odin's Wisdom? These are the signs of the coming of Ragnarok. I leave you with The Orð: its observational record data the keys to learning what we can from the mistakes of our enemies.
Heill in Alföðr Óðinn!
Huginn Hjalti
Forces: House Colos
Turn 1 mid-movement phase with torpedo tracking projection maps turned on. Deathwind and 2x Thunderbird HCR yet. Glaive III pilot breaks right to eject a decoy. [TOC follow up: "Investigate possible new Colos homing technologies or faulty decoy manufacture, as the results of the countermeasures deviated significantly from the expected results ranges"]. Colos Deathwind decoys performed within the expected performance range. [Correction: The two torpedo spreads in the middle board that are marked as heading towards the Deathwinds in the upper right are incorrectly keyed. Those were fired by the Deathwinds, and are also targeting the Glaive III.] Turn 2 - the start of the Torpedo Results Phase. Realizing they can not outrun the smaller incoming munitions of the T-Birds, the Glaive crew turn the ship and break just in front of the Deathwind II's eight Mk 20 torps-- all bunched up in a single hex, 1 hex off the nose. The line of Mk. 10's and 20's incoming to Glaive III are separated for sequential torpedo resolution but are in the Glaive III's hex.
Turn 2 Close-Up. Many shots were either out of arc, outright missed, or bounced off of armor. The Deathwind II's in particular, with naught but an Ion Ram still functional were at a steep disadvantage to hit the nimble Pit Viper II's in their field of fire. Turn 3 - Final:
Optional Rules in effect:
I want to thank all of the players that showed up and participated in the event, one of my old-time gaming friends I hadn't seen for some time took the day off to make it (thank you Chris), while my newest Silent Death acquaintance is a true dyed in the wool Old-Guard Silent Death Master. He arrived in full vintage Silent Death regalia: shirt, hat, and a keen knowledge and deep love of the game that was immediately recognizable within moments of meeting him. I struck the SD gaming group gold in meeting him and having him travel the two hours to show up and play in the game I hosted. We all shared contacts and vow to keep this going. I had four players when I thought maybe one or two would attend (I ran out of my modified metal-post ship stands!). I was also notified of yet another interested player who couldn't attend but had their contact info passed to me. Awesome! I know I have been playing a lot of Sigurd vs. Colos up until now, but it is mainly because I have most of that stuff painted and ready to go. I have the most options with these two factions. I do plan on painting more of my ships if I will actively be playing more often with this newly forming group. I am eager to get large flotillas of Luches Utopia, Data Sphere, and ASP Technocracy, on the table next followed by Sunrunners and Yoka Shan Warworlders, then in the distance Tokugawa***. Sorry, Unkulunkulu & Hibernia fans. ***But first a good number of asteroids stands completed. I will report on our exploits for this coming year as we plan to make more games happen every couple of months or three at the least. Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed our battle report. ~Karpav RE: CITW January 14th, Peoria Meet: Yet Another Border Scrap - Karpav1 - 01-16-2023 I just saw this on visiting Joseph A. McCullough's** blog for the first time. It's about him starting The Ptolemean Wars campaign. How cool is that? I thought I would link to it here if anyone is interested. **(Author of some of my favorite Osprey games like Frostgrave, Oathmark, Rangers of Shadowdeep, and The Silver Bayonet) The Renaissance Troll.blogspot.com 12/2022 Silent Death - The Ptolemean Wars Begin RE: CITW January 14th, Peoria Meet: Yet Another Border Scrap - Smurf - 01-17-2023 Cool stuff. Now to crank up the rules abit hahaha |