Kaloran Crusade - A Global Great Crusade event - Orks vs 30K

[Dono1979]

Isolated in a far flung System in a newly opened Sub-Sector, the human world of Kaloran was a backwater planet which had barely progressed to a basic industrial tech level. Ear marked for future investigation due to the discovery of vast food resources on its neighbouring planet of Oligos by an advance Imperial survey team, the Kaloran system had a single automated monitoring station which transmitted regular, insignifant data back the Helix Expeditionary Fleet based on Corabie. That monitoring station has now gone silent.

 

Without significant military forces or allies in the area, the planets inhabitants had no chance of repealing the tide of Orks which swarmed into the System, displaced by the rapid expansion of the Imperium's Great Crusade. What survivors did manage to escape have fled into the mountains seeking to hide themselves away as their cities burn amidst the greenskin invasion.

 

Cut off from the rest of the Imperium by the raging Warp Storms and desperately needing to secure a stable source of food supplies for the fledgling Sub-Sector the Helix Expeditionary Fleet has mobilised and is en route to investigate the disturbance. Unaware of the massive Ork presence their primary objective: secure Kolaran's Compliance as a staging base to allow harvesting operations to begin on Oligos.

 

 

Welcome to the official launch of the Kaloran Crusade, a Global event to replicate the battles fought by the Imperium against the Ork Empires during the Great Crusade, similar to the Ullanor Crusade. While this event will be using the Horus Heresy 30K ruleset it is primarily focused on Imperial vs Ork battles, the devastating effects of the Horus Heresy has not cascaded to this Eastern Fringe theatre of war and Great Crusade continue unabated and unified.

 

The aim of this event is to hold multiple games throughout the world over the same weekend, with all players using the same format and split into two faction; Orks vs Imperials. All of the participating games will have a Tournament Organiser who will record the players and the games results and send them through to a central reporting page hosted on the AUS30K.com website where the results will be compiled and outcome of the battles will determine whether Kaloran is reclaimed by the Imperium or falls to rampaging Orks.

 

 

When: 25th & 26th of April, 2015

These dates are tentatively confirmed at this stage and unless there is an extenuating circumstances should not be changing. Groups are welcome to play either on the Saturday or the Sunday, or even both days if they want to make a big event of it

 

Where: EVERYWHERE!

Any group, anywhere in the world can take part in this event, the more groups which register in advance, the more chances we will be able to get some sponsorship and prizes from Kormlech who are interested to see if this event can gain traction.

 

Who: Orks and Imperials

The games will be open to all 30K army lists currently in print (although local TO's are free to apply additional restrictions) and the Ork Codex from 40K. While there was originally some thoughts to try and come up with alterantive rules for the Orks, some play testing is starting to indicate that appropriately designed lists can be competitive against 30K armies.

 

Points: 2,500 Orks vs 2,000 Imperial

All Ork players are permitted to bring lists comprising of 2,500 points while their Imperial counterparts will be limited to a list of 2,000 points to represent the overwhelming tides of Greenskins invading the planet and already established there.

 

Cost: $5 for event Tags

There are no fixed charges to participate in the event, however local groups may charge event fees to help cover venue hire and prize support or other things like that.

Event Dog Tags will also be available for all players for AU$5 per tag, we are aiming to gain prize support from Kromlech for all groups who have 10 or more players who register for the event and the dog tags (as a means of confirming player participation).

 

Players/TO Pack: Coming soon

 

 

Getting Involved:

If you want to get involved in this Global Event, please get together with your friends and start gathering interest. Nominate a single person within your group to be the TO, this person will be responsible for communicating with the central team co-ordinating the event in the lead up to the weekend and after the weekend with the result. They will (ideally) need to be reliable and have access to the internet in order to upload picture and reports etc.

Once you have a TO selected, find a location! This can be at a local Gaming Store, a community hall or even at a mates Garage, just somewhere where you can setup the tables and play your games over the weekend. If there are only a few of you then you can probabl play in normal place you have games, however if you are organising a large gathering you may need to seek out somewhere which can cater for more players than normal, remember tables, terrain and facilities.

And of course the TO needs to contact me, either through this thread or via a message. I need to know their contact details (which will be kept private if they wish), the number of players they are co-ordinating, where they are hosting their game and whether they are open to additional players or not. The last part is allow a central list of games to be published so that players who may not have a large group of friends but still want to take part can find local events happening in their area.

 

 

Notes for Orks:

While play testing has indicated that 40K Ork lists can compete against tailored 30K lists, it is essential that the Orks tailor their lists to face 30K armies and the types of tools required to face such things. Most of the play tests have shown that Stompa's, Gargants and other such large vehicles are NOT very effective against 30K armies as they often get destroyed very quickly even with Meks and suchlike, instead LOTS of boddies appears to be the key, target saturation, swarm the enemy and break them. Max out your squad sizes, remember you have 500 more points than the Imperials, use it to outnumber them, dont bring 4 Meganobz when they are likely going to be facing units of 10 Termintor!! For more information and discussions on Orks tactics please see this thread.

 

Notes for Imperials:

First up:    This is for a FUN narrative game.

Please dont tailor your list to such a degree that you will simply roll any of your opponents, especially if you know those opponents have never faced 30K armies before, it will be a big enough learning curve as it is. Bring a fun list, for everyone, and enjoy the day(s) and the story that will get built around it.

Second: Spread the WORD!!!

There will be a LOT of Ork players who may not see this thread, as they may not be interested in playing an Imperial army and so have never really come across to 30K stuff. Ask around, tell people about the event, hunt down Ork players, advertise on your local forums and in the local clubs. I can almost promise you that it will be far harder finding Ork players than 30K Imperial players, and remember you can only have as many Imperial players as there are Orks to face them!!

 

Notes for the TO's:

A pack will be forthcoming but in short:

  - Start rounding up your players

  - Find a place to play

  - Contact ME!! and tell me: You contact details, your country, your location, current player involved (and whether they are Ork or Imperial), whether you are open to the public or a private game.

  - Get ready to take lots of photos and submit a battle report.

                                          

[Dono1979]

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