House of the Jade Lantern

Instead, they manage an orderly, strategic retreat! The DMC – that is the Dwarven Mining Consortium – was thrown into some disarray when the Space Elf Raiders pulled an orbital drop (with bombardment!) on a remote DMC facility. In short, I was able to play some Xenos Rampant a few nights ago.

To celebrate the New Year, we rolled out our first game of Xenos Rampant. We used the standard 24 pts, with a 6′ by 4′ table, and random rolled the Orbital Drop scenario. My Dwarf Mining Consortium was the Defender.

From the start, it did not go well for the DMC. We lost an entire Recon unit, and nearly half of another Heavy Infantry unit to Space Elf orbital bombardment, and from there, it went pretty poorly from there. Almost comically, as the Space Elfs Raiders relentlessly advanced on the Command Post, and after about 7 rounds, the few remaining DMC withdrew to plan an new tactical offensive.

It may be digital, but a new grudge was added to the Book … er, the Dataslate of Grudges.

On the game side of things, I enjoyed the Xenos Rampant rules. Definitely need to give it a deeper reading, and a more thoughtful approach to building my detachment. It did not fare as expected, which frankly is a good thing for learning a new system.

Happy New Year!