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Safety Factor
Oct 31, 2009




Grimey Drawer
Turns out ZM boards are being redone in plastic.



:smith:

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A 50S RAYGUN
Aug 22, 2011
do they still do the very annoying thing where it's 'last chance to buy' but they're only holding like 40 pieces of inventory that are immediately bought? that was always a cool thing

long-ass nips Diane
Dec 13, 2010

Breathe.

How on earth could you read this thread and actually want to buy a ZM board

A 50S RAYGUN
Aug 22, 2011
they were like 40 dollars

Booley
Apr 25, 2010
I CAN BARELY MAKE IT A WEEK WITHOUT ACTING LIKE AN ASSHOLE
Grimey Drawer

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

they were like 40 dollars

What? They're like $800.

Broken Record Talk
Jul 28, 2009

A three-hundred thousand degree baptism by nuclear fire;
we had it coming.

Booley posted:

What? They're like $800.

Yeah, but they come with so many holes in them that you’re only buying like $40 of actual resin.

tallkidwithglasses
Feb 7, 2006

long-rear end nips Diane posted:

How on earth could you read this thread and actually want to buy a ZM board

ZM is cool and fun to play

long-ass nips Diane
Dec 13, 2010

Breathe.

tallkidwithglasses posted:

ZM is cool and fun to play

I understand that, but why would you want to buy a ZM board from forgeworld instead of getting something from Death Ray Designs or using necromunda tiles or whatever

Stephenls
Feb 21, 2013
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:

I understand that, but why would you want to buy a ZM board from forgeworld instead of getting something from Death Ray Designs or using necromunda tiles or whatever

Once again: Deadbolt's Derelict by Death Ray Designs. For all of your much cheaper, much more configurable ZM needs.

Booley
Apr 25, 2010
I CAN BARELY MAKE IT A WEEK WITHOUT ACTING LIKE AN ASSHOLE
Grimey Drawer

long-rear end nips Diane posted:

I understand that, but why would you want to buy a ZM board from forgeworld instead of getting something from Death Ray Designs or using necromunda tiles or whatever

If the fw one isn't cast like rear end it's a lot cooler than using mdf walls and necro tiles.

Endman
May 18, 2010

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even anime may die


Booley posted:

If the fw one isn't cast like rear end

Paging Bulbasaur to the thread

Hixson
Mar 27, 2009

My ZM table is pretty much perfect :shrug: I’m not sure if Bulbas experience is typical

Hixson
Mar 27, 2009

Even if it’s cast like rear end it’s still better than mdf

Broken Record Talk
Jul 28, 2009

A three-hundred thousand degree baptism by nuclear fire;
we had it coming.

Hixson posted:

Even if it’s cast like rear end it’s still better than mdf

As the owner of a massive MDF set, which has been used once, and a tiny resin set, which we use all the time; this checks out. MDF is just rear end for terrain.

panascope
Mar 26, 2005


lmao

Salynne
Oct 25, 2007
I guess 3d printing one that is almost an exact replica of the resin ones makes a lot more sense now...

It went from being breaking even for buying a printer + printing a whole board to well you also can't even buy it anymore.

ijyt
Apr 10, 2012

I have a magnetised modular MDF set that I regret getting. It’s easier to store and its neat to change the layout but MDF terrain is so flat and boring that I need to spend a solid couple of weeks detailing it myself now.

TTerrible
Jul 15, 2005

long-rear end nips Diane posted:

How on earth could you read this thread and actually want to buy a ZM board

Safety Factor
Oct 31, 2009




Grimey Drawer
Zone Mortalis is the Game of Kings and Book 9 is real.

TTerrible
Jul 15, 2005

Safety Factor posted:

Zone Mortalis is the Game of Kings and Book 9 is real.

God is great.

A 50S RAYGUN
Aug 22, 2011

Booley posted:

What? They're like $800.

when they were on last chance sale, i mean

ijyt
Apr 10, 2012

A 50S RAYGUN posted:

when they were on last chance sale, i mean

LCTB doesn't mean they're on sale dude, everything is still full price.

Ghazk
May 11, 2007

I can see EVERYTHING
Death Ray Warpstrider is pretty good as far as MDF goes IMO

moths
Aug 25, 2004

I would also still appreciate some danger.



You're probably thinking of the cardboard ZM tiles from Necromunda or something - those were priced in that neighborhood.

Salynne
Oct 25, 2007

moths posted:

You're probably thinking of the cardboard ZM tiles from Necromunda or something - those were priced in that neighborhood.

Probably thinking of the individual one foot squares.

Those were $47 each. So 750 for a whole 4x4.

Broken Record Talk
Jul 28, 2009

A three-hundred thousand degree baptism by nuclear fire;
we had it coming.

General Olloth posted:

Probably thinking of the individual one foot squares.

Those were $47 each. So 750 for a whole 4x4.

Good god is that too much!

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



Just get a dry erase board and draw your own walls. If it can work for d&d, it can work for ZM.

Lord_Hambrose
Nov 21, 2008

*a foul hooting fills the air*



Fashionable Jorts posted:

Just get a dry erase board and draw your own walls. If it can work for d&d, it can work for ZM.

Ew.

Just get the Necromunda tiles if you want to do ZM, honestly. Also, Necromunda is a great game that you get as a fun bonus.

Hixson
Mar 27, 2009

Fashionable Jorts posted:

Just get a dry erase board and draw your own walls. If it can work for d&d, it can work for ZM.

Yeah do this it’ll be sweet

Safety Factor
Oct 31, 2009




Grimey Drawer
Those of us who have explored the Crystal Caverns of Mi'yag know that Zone Mortalis can be anywhere, that a board can be anything.

panascope
Mar 26, 2005

Fashionable Jorts posted:

Just get a dry erase board and draw your own walls. If it can work for d&d, it can work for ZM.

MODS

tallkidwithglasses
Feb 7, 2006

Safety Factor posted:

Those of us who have explored the Crystal Caverns of Mi'yag know that Zone Mortalis can be anywhere, that a board can be anything.

ZM happens wherever enough drunken morons have a collective will to do so.

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you




Sometimes we play warhammer without minis even, we just have a GM tell us where they are. Saves a lot of time on setup and having to get specific models to represent our characters.

BULBASAUR
Apr 6, 2009




Soiled Meat
Why even unbox your minis? We could all learn something for the AoS folks

adamantium|wang
Sep 14, 2003

Missing you
World Eaters chainaxes cost 0 points, have a range of 0"

TTerrible
Jul 15, 2005

BULBASAUR posted:

Why even unbox your minis? We could all learn something for the AoS folks

I feel under attack

Ghazk
May 11, 2007

I can see EVERYTHING
Battle Report!

2500 point kill point mission, Alpha Legion vs Dark Angels
Hammer and Anvil deployment (short table edges, long narrow battlefield)

The Alpha Legion needed to show that their undercover operatives were trustworthy by killing their own.

Alpha Legion Forces:
Warlord - Autilon Skorr (Chose night fighting + night vision warlord trait)
Two 10 man assault squads
7 man destroyer squad with jump packs
10 Cataphractii Terminators
3 Suicide Sleds with multimeltas and graviton guns
Sicaran Venator
Sicaran Omega

Allied Militia
Force Commander (Alchem Jackers)
Two 20 man grenadiers with 2 heavy stubbers each
2 Thudd Guns
Aegis Defense Line

Dark Angels
Praetor with Terranic Greataxe (???)
Armistos Consul
Two 10 man tacticals in Rhinos
Two 7 man plasma support squads with Apothecaries in Land Raiders
7 man Acid Heavy Bolter Squad
Two Contemptor Mortis with two TL Lascannons
8 Destroyers with Jump Packs

I infiltrated the 10 man cataphractii squad as close as possible, front and center. They ate the first two turns of shooting of the entire Dark Angels army and still had 2 guys standing who charged a plasma support squad with the enemy's praetor and murdered them all. Excellent distraction, A++

The destroyer squad advanced in the shadow of the terminators and were MVPs, killing a contemptor, a plasma support squad, and a tactical squad.

Two assault squads outflanked and came in on the same side, overwhelming the other contemptor and heavy bolter squad.

The sicaran venator spent the entire game missing shots, and the omega killed half a tactical squad, overheated to damage itself, but managed to survive the game.

With no objectives to camp, the militia huddled in their barricades trying their best not to die and did a fairly good job at it.

The plan went a little too well, as there were no operatives left to convince the Imperium that they were good guys.










Ghazk fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Sep 13, 2019

JcDent
May 13, 2013

Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!
Wait wait wait

Did two Cataphracti manage to solo 7 plasma dudes, apothecary and a praetor?

Ghazk
May 11, 2007

I can see EVERYTHING
Yep, took two combat phases, but you can’t stop the fist

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panascope
Mar 26, 2005

Weighted dice :rolldice:

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