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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos  Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:46 pm |
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Hi there,
I am interested to know what is your "average" size for an E:A game. 1k, 2k, 2.5k, 3k....20k?  In general the "mainstream" GW games seem to be around 2k for good games, and 1500 for torunament games. 2k lasts a whole afternoon while 1500 is quite faster, ending in 2 or 3 hours if you klnow your rules.
Is that the case with epic? Do you ply bigger games? smaller?
Thx for the input.
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 5:05 pm |
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"In the day", we would do between 2-3000 by SM1 standards, usually. It was workable, the board was not cluttered, there was room to maneuver and we could finish it in 4-6 hours on a Sunday afternoon ! 
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:00 pm |
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We play with about 3k, and on days that we have alot of time we play with 5-6k or more!!
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:06 pm |
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Hi!
As there are so many versions, the point comparison gets difficult. I enjoy 6000 points under SM2/Netepic, although 4000 seems to be fine for getting several games in an afternoon.
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:19 pm |
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My games have levelled out at about 3000 points maximum for a few hours gaming in an evening. After I got past the learning stage of having to look at the rulebook every few minutes to double check rules, I can get 3k point battles finished in roughly two hours, more if there are beers involved.
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:18 am |
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We have been using the new EA and playing 2500 to 3500 for an evening game.
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:23 am |
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Our usual is for 2500 on an evening. This means we can usualy fight to a conclusion and have time for a beer and debrief after.
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:02 am |
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Generally nil, as I have no local opponents who play epic - but once I'm out of this MSc I'm going to try to introduce it at the club..:angry:
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:12 am |
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Usually about the 2700 points tournament size for a standard evening skirmish but if we have a free weekend we usually go for something a bit more special like really big games or mini campaigns. A 10.000 pointer is a lot of fun and looks great on the table but there's not much room for tactical manouvering so it usually ends up in quite a slaughter.
For the occational Netepic game 5-6000 is pretty standard. It takes the better part of the evening and a bit into the night.
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:33 pm |
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Seems that an "average" games isdoubl points over those of a BFG, WHFB or WH40k games: 3000-4000 points over the 1500-2000 that you usually see in those other games. Sounds fine to me More or less, how many squadrons is that? Do you include titans or superheavy tanks in such games?
In brief I might bother you with an IG list to see how it goes 
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:57 pm |
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In SM1 only 25% of your force level could be used on Titans. So 3000+ points if we use Titans.
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:03 pm |
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We used to use 3,000 to 6,000 points in the old days and occasionally a larger game.
Now I play E-A so we use their recommended numbers.
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Post subject: Marines vrs. Chaos Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:06 am |
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| Quote (Markconz @ 28 2004 Aug.,15:46) | | About 3K for time reasons, I prefer much more ? |
You made me think about one of our playtest nights where we each played 1500 points on a 2' x 2' area. I played three games that night.
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