Fairstrife1138 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Afternoon Gang. The organiser of my local gaming group has asked me, to revitalise 30k in my meta, to run a Conquest style campaign. I have run in the past a Blood in the Badlands and a few 40k campaigns, all based on Warlord RPG progression and team planning. I am expecting about 8 players, 4 on each side. And most of that will be a wide array of legions and some 40k guard (As people be stubborn >.<)Has anyone run one? Any advice? Im still reading through the rules in the book and it looks hella confusing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairstrife1138 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Nothing? :( Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 My only advice would be to read the rules as thoroughly so it flows smoothly. I've done a campaign with 3 a side (little friendly organised one) and because none of us had actually sat down and read the rules properly, it was a bit 'stop and start' for a while. Read through it properly...then do so again. Keep a document where you've noted all of your worlds/traits etc, and note any divergences you make. Since then though, we absolutely love it. It's a brilliant sandbox tool, only limited by the amount of people you have, the quality of your terrain and your imagination. 4 a side is a really good number to start with. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairstrife1138 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Thanks for the advice man. What did you use for a nap, was it Planetary Empires and stuff like that? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Thanks for the advice man. What did you use for a nap, was it Planetary Empires and stuff like that? Yeah a friend owned the GW tiles and we've used them in the campaigns we've run, they've also been used at a number of 'campaign tournaments' that are run in Australia over the course of each year with no problems Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthamal Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 The campaign system in conquest is so comprehensive that it basically caters to any type you may want to run and can be tailored to any size gaming group as well. I haven't actually played one as yet but I wrote one based on it and it was nice and straightforward but with plenty of scope to add little narrative touches and have something overarching as well Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I tried to write on for the Siege of the Imperial Palace. It didn't go so well. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairstrife1138 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 What did you find went badly? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 It's hard to combine the various phases with some of the Studio missions. For phase one it was a pretty elaborate ZM campaign to take over a capital ship/orbital fortress, phase two was an extensive planet strike campaign against orbital defense lasers and space ports, phase three was the siege of the outer walls, phase four was the city fighting within the palace city, and phase five was zone Mortalis in the palace itself. The final mission absent of phase was a single zone Mortalis mission where the loyalist forces were deployed randomly across a ZM board while the traitors were able to place their units coherently. In theory it sounded like it would work, but some of the missions didn't fit the epic scale well with their objectives and rules. Like why would destroying a macro cannon bastion matter over the gate behind it, if that makes sense. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairstrife1138 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 That's a very good point. And well worth looking into as something to avoid. I'm going to trial it as a 2 month campaign. With 4 games within that. And see how we do. My local club doesn't have a zone mortal is board. And trying to teach people the rules for it will be more trouble than it's worth. But we will put things in to keep it interesting. Defenders and attackers lists and so on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairstrife1138 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 That's a very good point. And well worth looking into as something to avoid. I'm going to trial it as a 2 month campaign. With 4 games within that. And see how we do. My local club doesn't have a zone mortal is board. And trying to teach people the rules for it will be more trouble than it's worth. But we will put things in to keep it interesting. Defenders and attackers lists and so on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4080949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesh Kadesh Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I'm in the process of getting one written up for my clubs winter campaign. There are a few more players than yours, but the theory is the same. I'll male a better post when i'm at home. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4082258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairstrife1138 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Nice! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/309014-conquest-style-campaign/#findComment-4082408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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