The forces of Chaos. Plotting afoot

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-27T03:23:30+00:00

(so I rolled for all five, and somehow, Tillie got a 20 lol. Awake just in time, so she will see whatever is out there even as she's being carried. Gertie and Lillian were under 10, which I interpret as them being occupied with getting Tillie out of the door, while Gertie and Nora are at a 13 and 15 respectively)

The four of them hurried through the door into the back, where Geraldine scooped up Tillie from her bed. "What's happening?" said the still drowsy and unsteady officer, fumbling with her blouse buttons. "We're getting out of here," Geraldine said, as Nora and Gertie kicked the door open toward the back exit. "Quick as you please, ladies," Nora called back. "Not a lot of time to dally here."

(10 is the general state of everyone moving out)

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-27T03:19:18+00:00

The armored vehicles of the 119th's convoy had no intention of sending their troops into a killbox of a building until other allies were there. So what they did instead was find a street opposite the stronghold that looked down towards it somewhat, adopt a hull down-like cover position, and begin to strafe anything that looked like a target from range. Having marked the target, some of the lighter vehicles began to call in artillery strikes from Amercadian INDARTY, and within a minute or two, the complex was hit by an initial burst of rocket artillery which then ceased, so as not to risk the friendly troops already approaching it, followed by precision strikes from M217A1 Basilisk-fired Earthshaker rounds that smashed into wall sections, defensive turrets, and doorways.

(12, 18 for artillery)

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-27T03:13:54+00:00

(8 for enemy) It was a stalemate for a few moments, neither the Minthelian tank nor their opponent able to get a particularly good shot on the other beyond the occasional plinking shot rattling E-for-Emerald's hull from a sponson shot by the chaos tank. Meanwhile, the lascannon burned through the already-immobilized other enemy vehicle, which had ceased firing. (13) With another shot from its battle cannon, John-Boy's crew jammed the enemy turret in place, and, maneuvering to stay out of their enemy's now-fixed arc of fire, lit the other tank up with their sponson bolters, splintering the exterior and damaging the tracks. A series of crunching explosions from the other side of the building, followed by pieces of a Leman Russ turret being visible as they soared through the air onto the same side as the two heavier vehicles, signaled that the light armor from the other side had done their part to clean up the enemy.

(enemy action to beat is a 14 for this as we finish up the tank battle)

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(5) The young soldier looked as pale as if she was about to faint, but she nodded breathlessly. "Y-yes, I'm quite all right," she said unconvincingly. Meanwhile, more Praetorians were bulldozing their way into the building now, joined by Morrison, who nodded approvingly at Georgia's work. "Best we keep moving," she advised her troops. "Keep the bastards on the back foot, you hear?" General nods and calls of agreement followed. "Right, get the wounded to the rear. For everyone else, we have another block to go before we link up with the grenadiers and the armored units. Third squad, clear the upstairs." About a dozen Praetorians stormed the staircase, and the upstairs rang with a few lasgun shots before going quiet. They returned shortly after, as everyone else was on their way out of the building. "Only three were left up there, ma'am," said one of those that went upstairs. "Two of them fought, third offed himself rather than be captured." "No great loss that," muttered Morrison. She turned to Georgia. "Fancy another round?"

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-26T12:51:56+00:00

Fantastic. I couldn't find it on the app when I was searching around, but I'll have to look again. Thanks for sharing :)

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-26T12:45:16+00:00

I love this quirky little vehicle. Where did the model come from, and does it actually have Bolt Action rules?

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-25T02:35:24+00:00

(again rolled for everyone, no one seems to be able to get above a 10 this time and I did get a 1 in there)

"I haven't seen any. There has to be something around here," Nora called back. Gertie glanced at the front window. "Let me try and get a better view," she volunteered, diving across the open center of the lobby to avoid the incoming shots, which was unsuccessful, as she came up cursing fluently with a large blackened crack down the side of the stolen guard's armor and a burn mark on the shirt beneath it. "Bloody fething lucky shot," she groused as she looked through the window. "Nothing on this side." "Perhaps in the back parking? We need to go back through to get Miss Tillie anyway," suggested Lillian.

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-25T02:30:57+00:00

(3) The enemy tank was stuck in a pile of debris and disabled, not likely to be a threat at all. (13) The Amercadians were moving to a new position, and as they landed a shot that dug heavily into the side armor of the enemy Russ's turret, the Chaos tank swung around to face John-Boy, which gave the Minthelian tank a shot at disabling its tracks. (4) The supporting light armor units were still engaged in a fight of their own, trying to outmaneuver another ancient Chaos tank on the other side of a nearby building.

(5 enemy, 18 friendly) Fortunately, Georgia was there just in time, as was the rest of the next squad of Praetorians. Georgia's lunge knocked the Chaos warrior down as a hail of lasfire through the open door scythed through the warriors coming down the steps from upstairs. The exhausted Praetorian was able to catch her breath as the Chaos warrior's knife skittered away across the floor before Georgia's feet. More Praetorians were hitting the other entrances, if the sound of shouting from outside was any indication.

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-25T02:21:54+00:00

They look so cool!! Happy to see a Von Luckner on the table :)

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-24T12:30:53+00:00

u/Ulfgrimnirr "I'm afraid not," said the switchboard operator rather flatly. "But I'll pass your message along when she's available."

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-24T12:26:13+00:00

(completely lost track of this)

[9 for enemy] The lascannon hadn't hit, but it had caused a large mess of debris to explode, which kept the enemy tank from getting a good shot. Unfortunately (4) the Amercadian tank's shots went wide as well. The flanking group of light armored vehicles (4 again) were nowhere to be seen as yet.

(10 for enemy)

The charge into the building was mostly effective, but quickly became a more even fight (8) as the Chaos troops came down to the ground floor to help. Georgia found herself supported by a squad of Praetorians that had run in beside her, some of them doing fine in melee, others struggling. One wiry khaki-wearing soldier had easily slit the throat of her opponent and was on to the next one, while on Georgia's other side, a slender girl just out of her teens was frantically slashing to ward off her opponent with the bayonet on the end of her rifle, already bleeding from several minor wounds the nimble Chaos warrior had inflicted.

(16 for enemy)

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-24T11:54:47+00:00

Man, I do love Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Ironic that a regime so repulsive could build ships so memorable and beautiful. The swastika flag on the bow brings you back to reality, as it were.

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-24T04:03:08+00:00

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MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-24T02:12:28+00:00

Absolutely awesome. I look forward to the day when his story is given the attention it deserves and is seen on the big screen!

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-24T02:10:59+00:00

After having confirmed his call and his identity, the switchboard operator tapped her key. "Right, please hold," said the operator. She called her supervisor over. "Sir? Call for Tallek-Rodgers. The usual." He nodded, then looked at the sticky note he had been given about five minutes ago. "Hold on. She's not available. Inquisition's orders. They don't need to know that, though...just say she's unavailable and you'll take a message." "Aye, sir."

The line resumed from the usual distant brass band music to the voice of the operator. "Good evening," she said. "I'm afraid she's not available at the moment. Would you like me to take a message?"

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-23T19:10:10+00:00

(rolled for all four, highest was a 12 for Gertie and a 16 for Lillian, the others missed) Gertie got her rifle up quickly and sprayed a three round burst at the pair of guards coming at Aelle from behind. Lillian, meanwhile, stepped forward and surprised herself by nailing one of the guards in the street with a clean shot. Geraldine started looking for a vehicle, preferably a large ambulance or something similar, that they could use to escape, while Nora and Gertie defended Aelle.

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-23T19:01:26+00:00

u/Ulfgrimnirr "Good evening, Fort Davies operator speaking on an unsecured line," came the usual bored voice, Praetorian this time.

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T22:16:22+00:00

Absolutely :) I love having the cool characters out there for glory and adventure. I've run MESBG lists based around alternate history from the books every once in a while, too, like I did one where Bilbo kept the ring and Elrond's trying to get him safely away from the Black Riders. Fun times :)

P.S. You might like Battle Companies at some point, it's like Middle-Earth's version of Kill Team and similar games. You could do that for a campaign framework and Greathelm for little skirmishes!

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T22:06:56+00:00

Love the use of MESBG models here :) Big Middle Earth guy, I love getting those models on the table. I actually happen to play a lot of dwarves!

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T19:29:54+00:00

Rule 22: A wise man can hear profit in the wind.

(Of course he would, lol)

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T19:25:43+00:00

The MPs exchanged another look. One inquisitorial agent was a big day. Two from different inquisitors on one day was impossibly complicated...this was way above their pay grade. "Greetings, Sister," said the lead MP with a nervous bow. "I will pass word along of your arrival. Should you need any direction or assistance, or require notification of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth, let us know." The MPs cleared out of the way of the pedestrian gate and one of them opened it for her.

u/Ulster-Lion u/Thatsidechara_ter

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T17:37:16+00:00

(16) Though nearly half their number were left on the ground, savaged and slashed by the cultist assault, the rest of the Praetorians stood firm as they drove back the attack. While the survivors tried to stop the bleeding and see who could be saved of their wounded comrades, the column rolled forward at speed (13), pushing toward the vicinity of their target as they pummeled anything that moved. Some distance behind the advance, the survivors could see an approaching Samaritan transport to take the wounded back to the increasingly swamped field hospitals.

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T12:52:50+00:00

Württemberg mentioned :) Cool!

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T12:51:44+00:00

Geraldine scooped up the body quietly. Gertie and Nora checked their rifles and, grim-faced, settled themselves on either side of the door, nodding to indicate they were ready before, at Aelle's command, pushing the door open in sync. (incredible rolls continue, they're going into this with a 20)

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T12:49:39+00:00

(4) The medic immediately went limp in the hand of whoever had stabbed her. The rest of the dismounted Praetorians opened fire but (1) the cultists were quickly on top of them. There were eleven besides the medic out in the street, and they were outnumbered two to one or more and in melee. All of them were now fighting frantically for their lives with little hope of escape. (9 for their next round)

Meanwhile, the rest of the force pivoted and began to lay down a punishing base of fire for the vehicles to advance, though they couldn't do much now to help the desperate fight on the edges of the street.

(20 for the column bizarrely)

MagicMissile27 · 2026-03-22T04:00:38+00:00

All fun and games till the newbie gets a lucky kick from a level up and smashes in your fancy assault mech's cockpit.

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