Hey guys... I recently did a 3 game tournie locally, and as its been some time since I did one in my home town (usually I am on the road) I thought that I would share a little with you all.
1.. The tournie was about 16 players and the level of Competition was good as a lot of the gamers are old hands so the lists were decent.
2.. The organizers from Halifax GW are amazing guys, and for the most part I think everyone had fun
3.. We were Guinea Pigs for the managers newest tournie format, so the missions were a little weird in some ways (but still good for most guys).
4.. There was a time limit which factored in a little (2K is tough to do; but we got 3 games in between 1030-1730 of one day -- included an hour break/lunch or so)...
5.. Soft Scores were in effect (which the staff did, so they were a lot more fair than usual), Opponents still voted for their favourite match up, and sportsmanship, but the staff did a lot of the tidying up work...
First off, here are some pics of the most of the armies (I know I missed a couple; but I was gaming... so I can't be everywhere at once)...
Sapce Wolves
SM's (best General)
CSM
Dark Eldar
CSM's Khorne
Da Orkz (best overall)
CSM's
CSM's
Noise Marines (Favoured Opponent - best sportsman)
SM's (best presentation - includes soft scores)
My own Eldar
Saim-Lucter's Lightning BrigadeHQ – 783 = 39.15%
(140) 1 Jetbike Autarch; LaserLance, Fusion Gun, and Mandiblasters.
(185) 1 Jetbike Farseer; Fortune, Doom, Spirit Stones, Runes of Warding, Runes of Witness.
(458) 9 Jetbike Warlocks; 2 Embolden, 2 Enhance, 1 Destructor, 1 Spear.
Troops – 565 = 28.25%
(130) 10 Storm Guardians w/ 2 Flamers, Warlock w/ Destructor & Spear.
(145) Wave Serpent w/ TL Bright Lances & Spirit Stones.
(85) 10 Defender Guardians w/ Shuriken Cannon.
(145) Wave Serpent w/ TL Bright Lances & Spirit Stones.
(60) 5 Dire Avengers.
Fast Attack - 152 = 7.6%
(152) 5 Swooping Hawks; Exarch with Sunrifle, Intercept & Skyleap.
Heavy Support – 500 = 25%
(180) Falcon w/ EML, Holo Field & Spirit Stones.
(160) Fire prism w/ Holo Field & Spirit Stones.
(160) Fire prism w/ Holo Field & Spirit Stones.
2000pts, 3 Scoring Units, 12 Kill Points, 47 FiguresObviosly missed a few... Sorry to have left some out, as I did try to get them all; but with that many CSM/SM armies, a lot of them started to look the same after a while... I will check my pics though and add any that I have stashed in the thumbnail vault.
OK, on to the games.....
Game 1 vs the Green and Purple Space Marines of Mr. Hill... (his army won best presentation as the soft scores were added up with the paint scores etc)...
Excellent opponent... (no huge Batreps, just the quick and dirty of it -- OK)
Here is the mission.
And try to remember that part about 5 Mission Objectives... and that was the theme of the day... sort of pooches some armies that work without cookie cutter Troops in Rhino's, etc... but more on that later. You also had to select 5 KP units from your opponents list (pre-game) to gather those KP's to add to the score for a total of 5 MO's + 5 KP's per game (nice concept actually - just not perfect).
First time I have faced Mr Hill but we have been trying for about a month to get a game together as we met via internet and had some discussion in the past... We fire out terrain, roll for Deployment, I take 1st and he fails to Steel the Initiative... I get fortune working and he does a faceplam as he realizes that a Hood might have been a good option... I put down both Vindies, a Whirlwind, and a Rhino and its Tac Marines as my 5 KP's... he writes down my HQ charcters and my Scoring Troops... (theme of the day actually)... I set up dead center in a Turtle, while he has his force in two sections... I work on his Vindies, Whirlwind and Rhino+Tac for the most part but can't bust a single vehicle with shooting, switch to assault mode and have the JB Council chew threw the Vindies, the Whirlwind, and that Rhino... We get 5 full turns in and would have had a 6th (for me to finish the Tac Squad) but ran outta time (no point to start the turn and hose him outta his 6th reply).. anyway, I score 4 KP's and 2 MO's but loose the Defecder guardians, both Serpents, and all but the Storm Warlock as well as the Hawks and half of the council... It was a tough match that was fairly even through out due to my horrible shooting; but I win with a solid 6/10 (scored the card 5/10 by mistake) while he had 2/10 for the Defenders and 1 Objective... Here are some pics of the match at/near the end, etc..
~~ Unit of the match goes to the Storm Guardians, for loosing their Serpent, failing their Moral Test, then getting Pinned, regrouping, loosing more guys to enemy fire, and still having the Warlock survive to Score....
~~ TL-BL's did 8 shots into Rhino's and never made a dent.
Game 1 - Victory 6/10.Cheers and more to follow.