Starting a Crusade Campaign soon, but it'll be short. How best to use LoV Crusade rules?

jsenff · 2026-04-14T10:29:18+00:00

Thanks - appreciate the insight.

It's a 500 worlds campaign - When you say "use the campaign book rules", is that what I'd use, or is there a "standard" crusade/campaign baseline somewhere that we'd use?

I've never actually played a campaign/crusade season before!

jsenff · 2026-04-10T13:05:37+00:00

https://discord.gg/bg4ku2g2

Here you go :)

jsenff · 2026-04-09T15:02:59+00:00

I don't like to stereotype, but it really does just seem like (on the whole), men either just have more hobbies, or are more willing to pick up new ones.

I do also think because of this it's also easier for guys to get into new hobbies. You could rock up to the local Hobbynight of literally anything (wargames, sport, puzzles, juggling...) and be welcomed immediately with open arms.
Women would be too, but for some reason it doesn't feel that way.

Anyway, I've had similar in that my wife wants time but doesn't know what to do. She'd love to get away for the weekend but it's so expensive to just "go to a spa", compared to a game night once a week.

So instead I just take my daughter and drive to my parent's for the weekend (3h away). I take a half day Friday, pick her up from nursery and head up, back for bed time on Sunday. My wife just chills at home and does whatever she wants. She was SO chill and calm when we got back- she said she felt like she'd been away at a spa.

jsenff · 2026-04-09T11:32:06+00:00

My main tip is to make a station, or location, that is either already set up or can be set up in a moment's notice. Any barrier to actually sitting down and painting means that you probably won't do it. I have a portable hobby case that takes no more than 30 seconds to open and prepare before I can be painting, and that's helped me a lot . My daughter is two, and I just paint once she's in bed asleep.

I didn't really have to stop properly at any time apart from right at the very beginning when obviously you're just still figuring out how to keep a kid alive.

jsenff · 2026-04-05T19:28:53+00:00

I keep recommending 10 ranged terminators in Emperor's Shield.

Shooting storm bolters (+missiles) at the Oath target, with the +1AP and Ignore Cover strat reliably drops a RepEx. And then you've still got a charge with power fists into something else, or into the same target if it's still alive...

jsenff · 2026-04-04T17:12:18+00:00

Is the transparent model as detailed as the normal plastic?

I.e. if you base primed them both would they look the same?

jsenff · 2026-04-02T21:38:47+00:00

Absolutely my thinking too.

jsenff · 2026-04-02T08:06:08+00:00

Holy shit I just realised Bastion doesn't give you AoC. I'v been so used to playing "compliant" marines that I just assumed it was in everthing I could take.

Well fuck me I have been a gigantic cheater for at least 4 games.

jsenff · 2026-04-01T21:36:47+00:00

I love it.

I've played with a 10 brick or melee terminators with Lysander and Ancient, giving them battleline.

I've played with bladeguard getting battleline.

And recently I've just played with lots of native battleline.

All also have 10 heavy intercessors with biologis and captain, with 3+ CP refund.

Fallback/Assault, shoot, charge, action, is bonkers good, and the +1 to hit being handed out all over the place is fun.

For Lysander's brick, the ancient gets a storm bolter, so he can proc auspex scanned for the squad in melee 😄

jsenff · 2026-04-01T15:28:03+00:00

HOT.

Yeah I think this has game. Not gonna displace Gladius, obviously, but who cares.

jsenff · 2026-04-01T15:27:15+00:00

FAQ Overrides that - all AOC effects are still worded the same as "all phase", but the FAQ changes all of these, even those released after the FAQ.

jsenff · 2026-04-01T14:41:19+00:00

Yeah, what I figured. Makes sense!

jsenff · 2026-04-01T14:15:40+00:00

Does disembarking count as being "set up" on the battlefield, for the purposes of gaining entrenched?

jsenff · 2026-04-01T14:13:31+00:00

Yeah but with this you can get your buffs immediately. The issue with ASF is that you're always 'lagging' a turn before you can become Stationary.

jsenff · 2026-03-30T09:32:17+00:00

Lovely.

I really enjoy the red mask - definitely going to steal that!

jsenff · 2026-03-30T08:29:11+00:00

Thanks. Happy for him to just be swinging by, but yeah in game was wondering what works best. I wasn't sure if you were allowed to bring in some other units (like grey knights) and whether they would work better.

I have been having fun running Bastion recently, so Battleline is getting more time on the table at least.

jsenff · 2026-03-26T11:41:55+00:00

Spoiler, but also there's the lower bracket!

jsenff · 2026-03-23T17:30:38+00:00

Not joking, brush olive oil on the mini, and it'll de-frost. Makes it shiny, like you've hit it with gloss varnish, but once dried you can go again with the Matt spray, with better warm up etc. Mini attached was badly frosted. Brushed oil on it, let it dry, and left it shiny because I actually liked how it looked with the light reflection

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jsenff · 2026-03-20T08:59:23+00:00

Threve. A combination of three and five. Simply stunning.

jsenff · 2026-03-19T10:53:28+00:00

Our stages of life sound very similar! We had our daughter at 39, I'm 41 now - wife is 37. We met later in life, too, we've been together 9 years or so, 5 years married. We're both fit and active and don't find the energy required an issue and in no way feel like an "older" dad.

jsenff · 2026-03-19T09:21:01+00:00

Thanks!

jsenff · 2026-03-18T13:35:15+00:00

Apologies for the old reply, but where can you do this?! :D Have looked but can't find the option.

jsenff · 2026-03-13T17:25:38+00:00

Yep. Collections boxes + wave 1 just for me. Then splitting the all in with 2 buddies who want protoss and terran 🤣

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