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London Slow Grow League 2016

PostPosted: February 1st, 2016, 10:26 pm
by Markyr
London Slow Grow League - starting Tuesday 2nd February 2016 @ Dark Sphere http://www.darksphere.co.uk

Format – Interactive narrative slow grow league/campaign
System – Corvus Bellie Infinity N3 ruleset (with round specific list restrictions)
Rounds – 5 fortnightly rounds / 10 weeks total (starting at 150pts building to 300pts)
Rules – Mission briefings will be published online the Friday before the next round (additional side missions may be added by direct correspondence)
Reporting – All results are to be sent to me asap after the match (win/lose/draw, score, objectives completed, victory points etc)
Matches – 1 match per round minimum (ideally on the Tuesday, but can be any time you can fit one in)
Cost - table rates which are to be paid directly to Dark Sphere as usual
What you need each round – Army list, models to complete your list, any playing aids (rules, templates, dice, tokens and tape measure)

Background – Following discussions within the existing Dark Sphere Infinity group there was overwhelming interest in a spiced up slow grow league, with the preference of making it into a narrative campaign. I volunteered to run the event again and have written the narrative, decided missions and how the story progresses depending on game outcomes. We want this to be a really interesting league, showing off the great rules system. This has meant that the event will NOT be an official ITS league.

Scoring – resolved from who wins and what objectives were completed.

A slow grow is about a) having fun and meeting people, b) playing the rules and learning the game and c) getting us to actually paint something. This particular league should have something for everyone! We will sort b) at the table and c) between games. As a group of players we, and Dark Sphere, simply do not tolerate intimidation, poor sportsmanship and general nastiness. We expect that if any disagreements come up they are sorted in an amicable manner or at worse with a little chat with me. That said, any poor behaviour could result in you being removed from the league.

Mark

Re: London Slow Grow League 2016

PostPosted: February 1st, 2016, 10:27 pm
by Markyr
Round 1 - Caballo Caucus

This story follows directly on from the last years Slow Grow event viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2698 and again is based on Caballo.

Caballo is a small Ariadna colony planet under Nomad protectorate in the Honturia System, coordinates 14’22”N, 120’37”E. Geographically Caballo can best be described as an urbanised space rock. The planet is split into four areas; with Topside, Middleside and Bottomside populated by the Ariadnian and Tailside providing accommodation for the embassies of the other powers. Since the Ariadnian colonists first landed they have spread from their original settlements of Fort Hughes in Topside, Fort Mills in Middleside and Fort Drum in Bottomside, which have formed a continuous low level urban landscape covering a significant proportion of the planet’s surface. Due to the botched criminal investigations Pan Oceania and Yu Jing forces were forced to remove almost all their interests from the planet and the XO district of Tailside was taken over by an O-12 contingent formed of Haqqislam and Aleph settlers. The Ariadna governors still have their agreement with the Nomad fleets, providing them with a district in Topside now known as Corregir and Cavite, but this has widened to include ships of other fleets in the Nomad flotilla.

The elections are being held for a new governor. The surface of the planet is tense, due to the recent firefights that plagued the surface O-12 are forcing the change.

All the factions have a reason for pushing different candidates - and the recent bodies of the paramilitary squads need to be rapid in blood. A dark and alien hand is also in play - moving in the shadows and shaping the events of the world.

Nomads and Ariadna ( :nomad: :ariadna: ) – Supplies mission to ensure the current regimes candidates manifesto is ready to ship to all parts of the planet.
PanO, Yu Jing, Haqqislam and Aleph ( :pano: :yujing: :haqq: :aleph: ) – Supplies mission represents raiding the warehouses and print shops to destroy or swap the manifestos.
Combined Army and Tohaa ( :ca: :tohaa: ) – Supplies mission represents researching the local environment to infiltrate into the society.

Points – 150pts (no retreat, no hacking, REM's can be included without a hacker or TAG)
Mission – ITS 2015 Supplies (lieutenant considered as a specialist)
Classified – 2 classified objectives (including HVT rules)
Bonus – This is campaign play and is about epic heroic actions. All heroic actions are to be reported to the TO, an additional point will be given each round to the actions picked by the TO.

Re: London Slow Grow League 2016

PostPosted: February 1st, 2016, 10:29 pm
by Markyr
Round 2 - Cavite Election Day

The Primary and Caucus debates, speeches and rallies were a bloodbath. Voters from both sides were kidnapped, threatened and in some cases killed. Many standing for election have mysteriously disappeared and the Morat Appreciation Party HQ was torched to the ground by Aleph troops under the direction of O12.

But ultimately all these distractions have done is clarify the real election fight - Candidate Douglas Triumph is set to take the election with strong support from the Aridna and Nomad factions, whilst Song Shen is the only viable alternative still campaigning. Douglas has made it clear that he want his quite backwater world to stay that way - and the megacorps can stay the hell away.

As the election day dawns there is a final flurry of activity as the most militarised political groups carryout final missions to sway the voting. Local security and policing forces have been asked to protect the candidates and the parties - leaving the vote counting locations exposed. Through the early morning mist armed dark figures can be seen approaching the terminal stations, an eerie discomfort sits over the land ... broken by an alien scream ...

Nomads and Ariadna ( :nomad: :ariadna: ) – Nimbus Zone mission represents the hardwire hacking to get their chosen representative elected as governer.
PanO, Yu Jing, Haqqislam and Aleph ( :pano: :yujing: :haqq: :aleph: ) – Nimbus Zone mission represents the blocking of Ariadna and Nomad votes from non-recognised sources.
Combined Army and Tohaa ( :ca: :tohaa: ) – Nimbus Zone mission represents accessing the global surveillance systems to find the alien bases.

Points – 175pts including 5xp Spec Ops ( http://anyplace.it/ia/ia.html used for the spec ops ONLY)
Mission – ITS2015 pg41 Nimbus Zone (lieutenant considered as a specialist)
Classified – 2 classified objectives (including HVT rules from page 188 of the N3 rulebook or 189 of the pdf)
Bonus – This is campaign play and is about epic heroic actions. All heroic actions are to be reported to the TO, an additional point will be given each round to the actions picked by the TO.

Re: London Slow Grow League 2016

PostPosted: February 1st, 2016, 10:30 pm
by Markyr
Round 3 - Place Holder

Re: London Slow Grow League 2016

PostPosted: February 1st, 2016, 10:31 pm
by Markyr
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Re: London Slow Grow League 2016

PostPosted: February 1st, 2016, 10:32 pm
by Markyr
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Re: London Slow Grow League 2016

PostPosted: February 1st, 2016, 10:34 pm
by Markyr
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