Tyranid Attack!

Posted by Ranillon on 11. August 2009 01:08

"How Many Bugs are there, Son?"
 "All of them, sir!"

-- Exchange between General Miktar and his aid fifty seconds before the General was shot for desertion

We here at 4oKOrigins labs are always hard at work developing new ideas for Origins events.  Here is one we think has a lot of potential  -- Tyranid Attack.  It is inspired by this scene from the (otherwise stupid) movie Starship Troopers:

As you can see the general gist of the scenario idea is that you have an small imperial force placed in a fortress of some size that are facing down wave after wave after wave of attracking Tyranids.  Here is the first draft of the possible map:

This is just the first go at the idea.  We are still not sure of the size of the table -- two, four, eight? -- which depends on how much stuff we can get out there.  There will need to be nigh endless waves of bugs, but fortunately the defenders will have walls and emplaced guns to help prevent themselves from being turned into bug food.

The scenerio could include anywhere from six to twelve players depending on game size.  Everything would be provided.  One big aim here is to do a "prestige" board that will attract a lot of attention.

 So, what do you all think?  Please give thoughts in the talkback.