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| Author: | Jodrell [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Dan Abnett happens to live in the same town as me (actually, about 5 minutes' walk away), and I bump into him occasionally. This weekend our friendly local gaming store reopened in a new location, and Dan popped down to sign books and answer questions. He also took a fancy to my titans and asked to play!  I won! |
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| Author: | Evil and Chaos [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Heh that's cool. |
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| Author: | kyussinchains [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Awesome! |
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| Author: | Moscovian [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
In most respects I think that is way more awesome than meeting a moviestar. |
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Congrats !!! 
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| Author: | Jodrell [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Dan played two games - one versus me, and then another against another store regular (which I GM'd). In the first game, we took one Warlord, Reaver and Warhound each and squared up against each other. I was able to knock out his Reaver in the first turn. My Warhound survived a strafe from his Warlord and ended up in close combat with the Dan's Warhound. Meanwhile, our Warlords went toe-to-toe with almost identical loadouts: my titan had twin Gatling Blasters, A Quake Cannon and a Volcano Cannon, Dan's had twin Gatling Blasters and twin Volcano Cannon. Dan's mistake was moving his titan when could have stood still; that meant that I could open up on him in First Fire. My Gatlings and Quake Cannon stripped his remaining shields, and the Volcano Cannon dealt the final blow. For his second game, Dan wanted to do something a bit diferent, and decided that he wanted to take out my Imperator, Machinator Formidabilis ("Fearsome Engine" in Low Gothic), against a pack of four Warlords. The Imperator stood and watched (and banked plasma) as the Warlords approached. But calamity! In a well co-ordinate strike, all four Warlords pounced at once, stripping the Imperator's shields and starting to do damage! First a gun tower was knocked out, then a sensorium. Just when it seemed that the Machinator was going to survive the turn without any serious damage, a deflected shot took out the coupling on the left arm, and the mighty Plasma Annihilator came crashing to the ground! With Machinator's most deadly weapon wrecked, and surrounded on all sides, there was little that Dan could do as the Warlords moved in for the kill. One of the Warlords was reduced to slag by the defence laser, but in the same turn, a shot from the rear penetrated the plasma reactor, and KABOOM! For the first time in twenty years, my beloved Machinator Formidabilis was destroyed in a mighty conflagration. Despite the ignominious defeat of an ancient and noble God-engine, great fun was had by all. |
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| Author: | MrGonzo [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Brilliant! A story to tell the grandchildren! "Kids, it was 2013 when I faced the most epic battle of my life..." Hehe ^_^ |
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| Author: | jimmyzimms [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
This is the coolest thing to happen to anyone anywhere. Time to convert him to a regular player methinks! 
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| Author: | fredmans [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
I cannot believe you beat him at his own game. /Fredmans |
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| Author: | Dwarf Supreme [ Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Moscovian wrote: In most respects I think that is way more awesome than meeting a moviestar. I totally agree. 
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| Author: | SpeakerToMachines [ Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Awesome! Titanicus is one of my favorites, I'd have loved to see the author actually command Engines in the (little) field. From his writing, I'd say that he's quite familiar with the game; The space battle scenes also really evoke Battlefleet Gothic. |
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| Author: | Jodrell [ Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
He told me that he's played Epic before, but a long time ago. Obviously he's played 40K and WFB more recently. Obviously, as fans, we don't want him to waste time playing games, he should be writing more books for us to read! |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
That is possibly the coolest thing ever!  Feel free to tell him that I said thanks for keeping Titans, and therefore Epic, in the public eye. |
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| Author: | netepic [ Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I played Epic against Dan Abnett - and won! |
Dude - we are not worthy! That is awesome news! |
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