Tag Archives: Tournament Scene

My Change of View on Army Composition

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Thor

Those who read regularly know that attending tournaments is still pretty new for me and I’ve only attended ones held at the LGS. The first one I attended was overwhelming. I show up last minute with an army I threw together in 10 minutes and get handed a scoring sheet. I then spent the day figuring out what the hell I was doing. Ok, so there’s a massacre, major and minor win and the possibility of a draw, all worth varying points. Oh, there’s these bonus points…how does this all work? Sportsmanship and painting, easy enough to figure out. Army composition score…what’s this?  Read more... (457 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

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Tournaments – Win Big or Go Home

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Thor

I’m far from an experienced tournament goer since I’ve only played in five of them and all of them local. That being said, at my FLGS we’re all discussing our current method of scoring, from army composition scores to the very core of determining the overall winner. I won’t touch on army comp scores, that’s a hot topic for another day. Most of the discussion has been around determining the overall winner. The method we currently use theis  massacre, major win, minor win and draw system (MMMD).  Read more... (989 words, estimated 3:57 mins reading time)

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The Tournament Scene (Part2)

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Thor

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.  Read more... (341 words, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

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The Tournament Scene (Part1)

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Thor

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.  Read more... (486 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

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