So it’s already July, which means it’s the perfect time to look forward to Orktober at Drawbridge Games in Pittsburgh, PA. Previous Octobers we’ve done different Ork-themed events at the game store: wacky races, mega-battles, and even a “how many Grots can your vehicle or monster kill” game.

Thursday, October 24th we’ll do a mega-battle game we’re calling Survive the Green Tide: players will bring a smaller-sized force and see how long they can survive and what they can take down against a massive (and recycling) horde of Orks that rush forward and fire indiscriminately… which is no different than usual.

Survive the Green Tide

Players can choose to be on the Ork side and join us GM’s (if they bring Orks) or the player side (anything else). For player-side players, they will each bring a small force of 750 points*, chosen as normal. The Orks will deploy on one side of a massive table, the players on the other side. The goal of the game is to see how long the players survive against the relentless Ork push, as well as what all they manage to take down in the process.

A prize pool will exist for this one, and draws will be added for number of rounds survived, as well as for eliminating the biggest and most units. That means entries for things like most points killed, biggest models killed, most Ork boyz killed, etc. The full list will be provided at the event–players will get kill count tracking sheets for that purpose. Balanced forces may be able to score lots of points, but also specialized boyz killers or tank killers could ensure they win specific things. And survivable units may also be the key. Enter and find out.

As a bonus, players on the non-Ork side can loot their own vehicle for the Orks to includd in their throng. It will use all the rules for the vehicle as normal, except it’s Ballistic Skill will be a 5+ for all weapons (regardless of modifiers like Heavy or other special rules). Players will also get a bonus draw in this big game if they manage to kill the model they made (run by their Ork opponents of course).

Ork players should contact Andrew and Rico to register their interest, and get a sense of how we’ll be handling the battle on the Orks side.

All models must be painted (meaningful attempt) and based to be utilized.

* Note that depending on total amount of Orks available and anticipated number of players, that number may grow or shrink. Our best estimate is that all will be able to field 750 and it’ll work out. But keep in mind we might adjust when we get closer to the timing!

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