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nightserpent
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 1:47 am 
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Well, the title pretty much sums it up! ?:D

How many blast markers and order dice should I own for a typical E:A game?

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:07 am 
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NightSerpent,

I would guestimate that at least twenty to thirty blast markers are needed depending on the playtest rule edition...  :D

I don't think I've ever used more than ten order dice, but to be safe, have at least twenty for larger games...  :p

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 4:27 pm 
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Thanks!

Is this per side, or for the whole shebang?

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:52 pm 
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NightSerpent,

Is this per side, or for the whole shebang?


The numbers I estimated are for both sides.

Generally speaking, you need order dice for the total number of formations that both sides use. Generally speaking, twenty would cover most of the games I've playtested, which have had as many as 3,000 points of units. Of course, I never tried the "max out the Ork formations with tons of little formations" tactic.

Generally speaking again, in order to break a unit, you pour most of your firepower on one enemy formation until it breaks so only one formation will soak up the majority of blast markers. A SM opponent must not have realized that I'd caught on that he did that so he tried that with a big big Ork formation I rushed down the center of the field. It soaked up eighteen BMs at one point and was still going (mostly supressed, of course). He did finally break the beast, but it reformed the next turn!    :D

Meanwhile, all of my other units were untouched and unharrassed. That was when the Stomp formation came over the hill...

That was one of the more one-sided victories.

Of course, NS, I'm not up to date with the most recent edition (my playtest partner is on a long three-month work trip) so I don't know if those numbers are still good for the latest playtest rules. I keep hoping that Dafrca will pipe in since he's much more up to date with things.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:50 pm 
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As per usual, I checked my link to Dropship was working and clicked the What's New link to find that there had been no update since 27th April...

However after a bit of searching I found the following for your interest from the Dropship site

http://www.dropship.org.uk/forgeworld/fwharridan.asp

http://www.dropship.org.uk/epic/ea004.asp

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:58 pm 
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Now THAT is a beautiful website!

Looks like it is going to be a cool new resource for Epic:A

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 4:27 pm 
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Hi!

I like the new one you made for the epicentre better.... :;):

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:13 pm 
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Wow !!!  Glad I have a Harridan on order !  :D

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:23 pm 
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Looks great-cheers for posting Jimbo! :)

Edit- Wow, just looked at Will Hayes' Death Guard- superb and very inspiring!

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:40 pm 
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You just KNOW this will be an awesome site when its completed to Carls' usual amazingly high standards

Thanks for the heads-up Jimbo :)

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:52 am 
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Carl does have an awesome site..... Cant wait to see some of the EpicA stuff he is doing...

Thanks Jimbo
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