1850 - RTT - G3 - 10-14-12

Game 3

With some judicious deleting of repeat pictures I was able to find some more space on my memory card for this final game.  I also tried to reduce the resolution of the pictures but I could not find the function on such short notice.

Mission: The Scouring

Deployment: Hammer and Anvil

Opponent: Chaos Space Marines w/ Daemon Allies

My opponent in this mission is Craig who just came off a game against hyv3mynd

1850 - RTT - G2 - 10-14-12

Game 2

I am in good shape after the first game - scoring max points against my opponent which means I was at the 'top table' and expected a good matchup.  I drew Doug, whom I had played in the last tournament (written up here) when he brought Grey Knights.

This time he brought a guard army with him that had a lot of anti-Daemon firepower.

Mission: The Relic
Deployment: Vanguard Strike
Opponent: Imperial Guard

1850 - RTT - G1 - 10-14-12

In stark contrast to the last tournament I played in, this time my daughter decided to sleep through the night and left little doubt that I would have the chance to play Saturday.  I arrived without coffee about 20 minutes before the tournament and the format remained the same, although it was a bit tighter with respect to the rules.  The winner was based on W-L record over 3 rounds, which just about guaranteed there would be a tie with the fifteen to twenty people.

The tie would be broken by battle points - which is where the tighter rules this week came in.  For each mission the number of objectives was set by a TO roll at the start of the round which kept some mystery in it, but made sure each player could score just about the same number of points.

As usual I brought my Daemons with me as usual with the list discussed in this post.

Game 1

Mission: Big Guns Never Tire
Deployment: Dawn of War (12" from board edge)
Opponent: Eldar

1850 - RTT - G3 - 9-8-12

Game 3

Deployment: Dawn of War
Mission: Purge the Alien (Killpoints)
Opponent: Imperial Guard w/ Dark Angel Allies

My army list can be found here.

HQ
Company Command Squad w/ Plasma Gun, Medic
Primaris Psyker w/ Lightning (other useless power)
Allied: Librarian w/ rolled powers Prescience, Force Dome

Elite
10x Ratling Snipers

Troops
Platoon w/ 2x Lascannon, Plasmagun
Veteran Squad in Chimera w/ 3x Meltagun
Veteran Squad in Chimera w/ 3x Plasmagun
Allied: 10x Space Marines w/ Plasmagun, Plasma Cannon

Fast Attack
Hellhound w/ hull Heavy Flamers
Allied: Land Speeder w/ Multi-Melta

Heavy Support
Leman Russ Demolisher w/ Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Hull Lascannon
Leman Russ Battle Tank w/ Hull Lascannon
Basilisk
Allied: Vindicator

1850 - RTT - G2 - 9-8-12

Game 2

Deployment: Diagonals
Mission: The Relic
Opponent: Imperial Guard

My army list can be found here.

HQ
Company Command Squad w/ Plasma Gun, Med Pack, Banner

Elite

Troops
Platoon w/ Lascannon, Sniper Rifles, Cloaks, Snare Mines
Veterans w/ 3x Melta Guns, Demolitions
Veterans in Chimera w/ 3x Plasma Guns
Veterans in Chimera w/ Lascannon, (maybe melta guns?)

Fast Attack
1x Valkyrie w/ three Lascannons

Heavy Support
2x Leman Russ Executioner w/ Plasma Cannon Sponsons and Hull Mounted Lascannon
Leman Russ Vanquisher w/ Multi-melta Sponsons and Hull Mounted Lascannon
Leman Russ Battle Tank w/ Heavy Bolter Sponsons

1850 - RTT - G1 - 9-8-12

It was tournament day, the day I had been looking forward to all week long and I almost did not go.  My beautiful 5 month old daughter decided the night before that sleeping is for suckers, so I was up at 2:00 in the morning driving her around in the car, trying to get her some sleep so her mother could also get some sleep.

Usually I try to show up early to help setup at events, but as the 9:30 start of signups began, I was debating staying home with my little girl instead, when my wonderful wife said "You should definitely go."  With that stamp of approval I grabbed my models and got in about 15 minutes before the start of the tournament.

First Game of 6th Edition - Finally!

I had a chance to play my first game of 6th edition, and although it was a little rough at some points - it was overall a great experience.  Before I go any further a mini rant...

I loaned out my new 6th edition rulebook to some other games while I was playing for a few minutes.  In that time they managed to smash the corners and peel off that nice outer lining.  I take good care of my things, and now my 6th edition book looks worse than my 5th edition/4th edition already.  If you borrow people's things, especially their $75 rule book, be respectful of them and return them in the same condition

...okay, that helped a little bit.  I was steamed all night about the book being wrecked but I tried not to let that get in the way of having fun.  I played a variant of the list I posted here for 1850 which was...

1250 - 4 Player FFA - Round 2

Round 2

Each of the tables used in this tournament are a bit different to provide 3 unique experiences as we all played one game on each table.  This table had a huge circle of LoS blocking terrain on the peripheral with nothing in the center.  I was nervous about this one and need a little luck to make things work for me.  As it turns out, I choose my deployment zone first and arbitrarily choose one with a little less terrain to prevent mishaps.  My opponents for this round are hyv3mynds Dark Eldar again here who end up across from me this time.  There is also a Grey Knight player and an Imperial Guard with the following

1250 - 4 Player FFA - Round 1

I have already posted twice about the rules and list associated with this four player FFA tournament and now it is time for some reports. The rules can be found here for rules while my most recent proposed list can be found here for list. Unfortunately, I realized when I arrived in Rochester at the in-laws that I had misplaced 10 Horrors somewhere but I had thankfully brought an extra set of Fiends with me. In the end I took a list close to my original proposition with Horrors instead of Daemonettes - in retrospect I think I should have nabbed the Daemonettes for this kind of game but they Horrors led to some epic moments. The final list was:

Chaos Daemons

HQ
Fateweaver

Elite
6x Fiends
6x Bloodcrushers w/ Chaos Icon, Fury of Khorne, Instrument

Troops
18x Plaguebearer w/ Chaos Icon (these will have a painting article/concept article soon!)
9x Horrors w/ Changeling

Random Team Tournament - Round 3 - 1000 Points

My army and the tournament rules can be found here.


Round 3:
Mission - Seize Ground (5 Objectives)
Deployment - Pitched Battle

Allied Army - Imperial Guard

HQ
Primaris Psyker w/ "Lighting" (2d6 shots?)


Elite
6x Ratling Snipers


Troops
10x Veterans w/ Demolitions, 3x Melta (in Valk)


Fast Attack
Valkyrie w/ Multiple Missile Pods


Heavy Support
2x Basilisk
2x Leman Russ Demolisher w/ 1 Lascannon

Opposing Coalition - Necrons/Necrons

HQ
Necron Lord w/ Mindshackle Scarabs, Warscythe, Tachyon Arrow
Command Barge
Court- Necron Lord w/ Warscythe and MSS


Primaris Psyker w/ "Lightning" (2d6 shots?)


Elite
C'Tan w/ Writhing Worldscape, Lord of Fire


Troops
5x Gauss Immortals
5x Tesla Immortals
10x  Guardsmen  w/ 3x Grenade Launcher, in Chimera
10x  Veterans w/ 3x Flamers, Demolitions (in Valk)


Fast Attack
5x Triarch Praetorians (yep that is right!)
Valkyrie
Hellhound


Heavy Support
2x Leman Russ Punisher w/ 2x Lascannon

Random Team Tournament - Round 2 - 1000 Points

My army and the tournament rules can be found here.


Round 2:
Mission - Capture and Control (3 Objectives)
Deployment - Table Quarters


Allied Army - CSM


HQ
Chaos Lord w/ Terminator Armor


Elite
6x CSM Terminators w/ 2x Combi-Melta, Heavy Flamer


Troops
6x Chaos Space Marines w/ Plasma Gun in Rhino
6x Chaos Space Marines w/ Plasma Gun in Rhino


Fast Attack
-


Heavy Support
5x Havoks w/ 3x Autocannons
3x Obliterators


Opposing Coalition - Necrons/Necrons 
HQ
Necron Lord w/ Mindshackle Scarabs, Warscythe
Command Barge


Necron Lord w/ mindshackle Scarabs, Warscythe
Command Barge
2x Crypteks w/ Tremorstaves


Elite
C'Tan w/ Writhing Worldscape, Lord of Fire
C'Tan w/ Writhing Worldscape, Pyreshards


Troops
5x Gauss Immortals
5x Tesla Immortals
5x Necron Warriors
5x Necron Warriors


Fast Attack
5x Triarch Praetorians (yep that is right!)
7x Canoptek Scarabs
6x Canoptek Wraiths w/ 2x Whip Coils


Heavy Support
Annihilation Barge


It is a random team tournament so I am pitted against my partner from the previous games with the CSM opponent from my previous and vice versa.  We win the roll to go first and hand over the first turn to our opponents since it is an objectives game.  I am not sure this was a great decision overall.  It really restricted my deep striking and engaging the enemy further back may have been more beneficial.


We also play all the terrain pieces as area terrain (I wanted to play them as open terrain, difficult to move up and down but alas) and the 2 level pieces as impassible.  This is just about the worst possible scenario we could run into.

Random Team Tournament - Round 1 - 1000 Points

This weekend (May 12) I had the chance to go to Millenium games for a random team tournament. This was a format I had not played before and had some strict composition rules. Before I too much criticisms hits my, and my opponent's, lists here they are:




Army Composition:
1000 Points consisting of :::: 1 HQ, 0-2 Elites, 1-3 troops, 0-2 Fast, 0-2 Heavy.
No Special character/Named Sergeants upgrades
Choices for Elites, Fast, and Heavies are 0-1 I.e. No two long fangs.
Choices that modify army selection are allowed. I.e. Master of the Forge. Sagas
You must also have at least 4 of the 5 force org slot


With a unique opportunity to completely screw over my ally, I decided to take my Chaos Daemons with the following list:

HQ
Keeper of Secrets


Elite
6 Fiends
4x Bloodcrushers w/ Icon, Instrument, Fury


Troops
12 Daemonettes
5x Horrors w/ Bolt


Fast Attack
-None-


Heavy Support
Daemon Princess w/ Mark of Slaanesh, Iron Hide, Pavane, Aura of Acquisence

Da Boyz Round 2 - Eldar

Da Boyz Round 2 - Eldar

I check my pairings and at first I misread them and think I am up against Nick Rose (he Massacred me round 1 last year at this event when I played SoB).  I move to the table and am relieved at first to see someone else there until I realize it is Greg Sparks.

On a side note, what an awesome last name is Sparks?  I mean, seriously, when they were handing out last names at the beginning of time his great-great grandfather must have won the lottery to pick first.

I have never met Greg before but his reputation precedes him in Rochester, I know he is not going to make mistakes.  I also know that this is probably the worst mission possible for me to draw against him, before we get into the, the mission.

Da Boyz Round 1 - Grey Knights

I wanted to give back a bit to all those Battle Reps I have enjoyed over the last year.  To do so, I wrote the story of my Daemons here at Da Boyz GT.   I did not win the event (in fact my painting/comp score took me right out of the running), but I did manage to stay in the running for Battle Points!

In a tournament dominated by Grey Knights the Chaos Gods call upon members of an elite team called the Bandwagon Breaking Unit to corrupt the metagame.  These are their stories.

Mini Battle Report

After a brief hiatus from painting and gaming (working on cars, opening up camps and house hunting have taken up a ton of time over the last few weeks) I managed to get a game in this weekend against a local SM player.

No pictures on this one - camera was in another city 60 miles away - so I'll do a brief synopsis and some commentary on the army.

I ran Slaanesh Daemons using my standard 2000 point list - looking at it I think I misadded and was 18 points over, removing Musk from the Keeper would have 0 impact on the game.

Last Man Standing Results

I had hoped to include a full write up and battle reports with this post but I was unable to for a few reasons.  The first is I forgot my camera, the second is the games went poorly enough in general there really wasn't a point in including more detailed information.  I do want to, however, provide a synopsis of each tournament round and some thoughts on my list/strategy.  For reference, the list I used can be found here.