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Category Archives: Battle Reports & Tournaments
Mission Idea #1: The Long Haul
When it comes to tournaments at the LGS I play at, we always end up playing the same missions over and over. There’s about six of them and they are recycled every month. They get mixed up a bit but still the same old ones we’ve played countless time. I know another player at the shop was working on some missions for the tournaments to use so I thought I’d join the cause. Here’s an idea for a tournament mission, feedback is welcomed.
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Tagged Missions, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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July’s 1,850 Tournament Results
Another long and mentally tiring game of moving plastic models around a table and rolling dice. I didn’t fair poorly but I did not win the tournament and did not win any consolation prizes either, IE: best army, best sport and…there was another one. For the day I went 2-1, getting a massacre win, a minor loss and then a major win. Here’s the quick and dirty, oh and I was playing my Ork list that I mentioned here:
Today the 1,850 tournament at Crossroad Games commences at noon. Because of ‘ard Boyz, I have not played in a tournament since March, so I’m looking forward to today. Time to print off the army list and gather the Boyz into the transport. Waaagh!
Upcoming July Tournament
Not counting the recent 3-week tournament we held this month, I have not done a tournament since March. In the five tournaments I’ve done I have only fielded my Space Marines once. We are scored on painting and my Orks are fully painted so I’ve used them the most because I can assemble a list without worrying about what is and is not painted. The one time I did field my Marines I fielded only what was painted and the result was less than desired. That was the one time I went 0-3 for the day.
Posted in Battle Reports & Tournaments, Visum, Warhammer 40K
Tagged Crossroad Games, Fate's Angels, Space Marines, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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Week #3 – June’s Tournament
Last night was the final night for the ongoing tournament. I’m not feeling up to writing a narrative battle report so here’s the breakdown. I played two games last night. My first game was against the best Ork player at the shop, also one of the best players at the shop period. So good in fact that he’s going to ‘ard Boyz Nationals. My list was:
Posted in Battle Reports & Tournaments, Warhammer 40K
Tagged Battle Report, Crossroad Games, Orks, Sun'z Killaz, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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Week #2 – June’s Tournament
I played the second game last night of the ongoing tournament. My opponent was a Marine player, another person just getting back into the game. The mission involved six objectives, of which only three were real objectives. On turn 2, 4 and 6 you had to roll to see which objectives were legit. To get a massacre you had to have more kill points and hold more objectives and deployment was dawn of war. The mission was supposed to be night fighting the entire game but we completely forgot about it.
Feeling the urge to write up some form of battle report for the first game in the three week tournament, I wrote a narrative report that I’ve put under Stories titled My Battlewagon! I enjoy creative writing and want to get into it more so I thought this was a good way to get warmed up. Enjoy!
June’s 1,500 Tournament
Crossroad Games is holding a 1,500 tournament this month but it’s being done differently than usual. The store is hosting the semis for ‘ard Boyz this month and wouldn’t be able to also host the normal monthly tournament. So what they’ve decided to do is hold the normal tournament over a three week period on the normal 40K gaming night. You have to stick with your army but can change your list each week. Everything else is normal, army comp scores, painting scores, etc.
Fate’s Angels Squeek Out a Win
With ‘ard Boyz being next month everyone at the shop is getting ready for it, well except for a few of us. So, I’ve been showing up with 2,500 point lists to play against those who are going to enter. Last night I got to play Brian, an Ultramarine player, who wanted to play test a list of his. His list was:
Upcoming ‘ard Boyz and a Break for Me
May is the month for ‘ard Boyz and my FLGS will be holding preliminaries for it. The April tournament at the shop will be 2,500 to get ready for the encroaching ‘ard Boyz. Since I have no interest in ‘ard Boyz in May I’ll be skipping out on the April tournament also. A few months off from tournaments is a good thing I think. It will give me a chance to wrap up my Marines a bit more, hopefully, as well as the last few unpainted models my Orks have.
Posted in Battle Reports & Tournaments, Warhammer 40K
Tagged 'ard Boyz, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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March’s Team Tournament Report
First let me say that the team tournament was one of the funnest tournaments I’ve done. Having four players on a table just adds a whole new dynamic to the game and the mood at the tables was light and fun.
Posted in Battle Reports & Tournaments, Warhammer 40K
Tagged Battle Report, Crossroad Games, Necrons, Tau, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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Team Games
The past two weeks I’ve had the chance to play team games to get ready for the tournament this Saturday and I’ve learned a lot in those two games. The first game was myself with my Necrons and an Ork player against Space Wolves and Sisters. That game had two objectives and me and my teammate split our forces and each went for an objective. We did well with him holding one and me holding another, though the other team got a last minute contest on my objective. We still won and left them only 1 Sister, 5 Long Fangs and a Rune Priest on the board.
Posted in Battle Reports & Tournaments, Warhammer 40K
Tagged Necrons, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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Team Tournament Necron List
Well, here’s my most likely final list for the coming team tournament.
HQ
Lord w/resurrection orb, solar pulse, phylactery, gaze of flame, chronometron and warscythe
Elites
Immortals x 8
Troops
Warriors x 10
Warriors x 10
Fast Attack
Destroyers x 4
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Tagged Necrons, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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Tournament Practice
Last night we managed to get in a practice team game for the upcoming tournament. We rolled for random partners and I got Jeremy, an Ork player. We faced off against Dave who was fielding his Witch Hunters and Big Nate who was playing Space Wolves. The short of it is that Jeremy and I took a major win. We played an old ‘ard Boyz mission, Drawn and Quartered, where you deploy using Spearhead and place an objective in the two quarters not deployed in. I moved a unit of Warriors with Lord and Immortals to the closer objective to secure it. I left my Destroyers hanging back and a unit of Warriors to back up an Ork unit of Shoota Boyz that were playing mid-field support. The Orks were able to blow through the two units of podded Grey Hunters to secure one objective and I walked to the other where I was able to stand my ground and unleash lots of gauss fire. In the end they managed to contest the objective I was holding with one Sister who refused to die but the Orks held theirs securely. The only thing left of their army at the end was that one Sister, 5-6 Long Fangs with a Rune Priest attached.
Posted in Battle Reports & Tournaments, Warhammer 40K
Tagged Crossroad Games, Necrons, Orks, Space Wolves, Tournament, Warhammer 40K, Witch Hunters
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March’s Tournament – Team Play (Retake)
On second thought, my often neglected Necrons will see the field in this team tournament. Nobody fields Necrons in the tournaments I’ve attended or on the regular Wednesday night 40K nights. I only know of one other person with Necrons and I know he won’t be fielding them. I figure let’s throw something out there nobody will expect…well unless they read my blog but I’m sure none of those guys do.
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Tagged Crossroad Games, Necrons, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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March’s Tournament – Team Play
So next month at Crossroads we’ll be doing a team tournament with a random partner. Each person will bring a 1,000 point list using normal force organization, though we’re debating using Adapticon’s approach with a restricted force org chart, which I’m all for. Hopefully we’ll have a good turnout for this because I think it’s going to be a great time.
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Tagged Army Lists, Crossroad Games, Orks, Sun'z Killaz, Tournament, Warhammer 40K
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You Win Some, You Lose Some
In my case however I lost them all. Played at this month’s 40K tournament yesterday and was swept all three games. First game was a minor loss against Tyranids, the second a massacre loss against Space Wolves and the last a massacre loss against Orks. This was my first time trying my Space Marines, Fate’s Angels, where normally I use my Orks, Sun’z Killaz.
Battle of Inimīcōrum – Chapter 1
Well, just got a working draft of chapter 1, which is my first battle in the campaign, up and on the site. You can follow the progress of the campaign from the Battle of Inimīcōrum on the right under Fate’s Angels. You can view chapter 1 right here.
The Tournament Scene (Part2)
My other point with tournaments was a learning experience. As I said in the last post, this last tournament I went into much more prepared. After the first tournament I began writing up my next army list for my Orks and spent a great deal of time fine tuning it. I combed over the list so many times I lost count and I play tested the hell out of it. Which brings me to my point.
The Tournament Scene (Part1)
Well, let me kick off this new site format change with something I recently started doing, competing in local 40k tournaments; more specifically the monthly ones held at Crossroads Games. Every month Crossroads holds a tournament and I’ve attended the one in November and the one for January. I have to say I’ve had a blast at both of them.
