r/BLKOUT_game

Finally finished up my ORK! The bases are prepainted, but otherwise I did the rest 😁

On Sunday, May 17th I hosted another BLKOUT meet-up at Griffonest Games in Woodstock, IL. The group has doubled in size over the last year and there seems to be a lot of growing interest in the game in the Chicagoland area. We had twelve in attendance, and each played a series of three missions, tallying cumulative Victory Points for bragging rights.

I outfitted six, 2'x2' tables: three shanty towns, a space port, a shipping yard, and a largely interior board. I wrote all the game material and provided players with a packet including the missions and - of course - the cheat sheet/flow chart for Blast.

The first mission, "Security," had a pair of wandering NPC security drones that would attack the nearest target. Destroyed drones would respawn at the hard points, which could also be destroyed. Players also had the option of using data attacks to hack and move the drones.

The second mission was entitled "Squall." A magnetite dust storm covered the play space and severely inhibited line of sight and all electronics. Players could use hard points to temporarily shield the surrounding area from the storm's effects. Models that were exposed and up on terrain were at risk of lightning strikes.

The final mission was called "Hazmat." Prior to the deployment phase, each player would place a set amount of explosive barrel terrain on their opponent's side of the board. When damaged, the barrels initiate a Blast attack, then leave a special smoke marker denoting "toxic fumes."

Overall, it was a huge success! Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun and it was great to support the developing game community. We will definitely be doing it again.

If you're in the Chicago suburbs, keep an eye out on the Discord for future events.

Had four players playing Blkout today. James and his son Decker along with Richard and myself.

Richard and his Harlow 1st Reaction Force faced off against Decker and his UN 3rd Reserve Battalion whereas James brought his Task Force Boone vs my UN Raid Force Alpha.

Decker did well the first couple of turns but then his dice abandoned him giving Harlow the win. Task Force Boone got in some good hits but the outnumbered but elite UN Raid Force locked down the lanes of fire early on and took the win.

Richard then brought out his Black Pact and brought them against the UN Raid Force. The UN got seriously punched but eventually took down all the Black Pact pirates.

Just purchased the starter set after debating between getting into either warhammer or BLKOUT as my first tabletop experience. I’m sure I can figure out the rules and how to play no problem. But as a complete beginner who has never assembled or painted a model, what are some recommendations for tools, paints or advice to help me have a decent looking starter set?

Hey all, check out my Ork’s!

Check me out on IG fo’ more: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYVbUzWgSAO/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

PLEASE don't compliment the bases, they're pre-done 😭

A little bit more to do on it but getting there

Haven’t been able to play for almost 2 years and finally getting back to it. So glad to see this sub is here and more people are playing. Dug out my models and here’s a few, all with speed paint.

My Harlow 1st reaction based on Titanfall pilots

The Assault team is based on the TF1 militia rifleman, control team based on the Sonar Pulse, and the Springbok on the Stim (the last 2 from TF2)

If people are curious the guns they have I tried to paint after the Flatline, Spitfire, R-201, and the Devotion

Proud of this one, probably looks better in person