Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Ard Boyz 2011
I made it to the second round of the Ard Boyz this year. This is a short wrap up of the second round as I didnt do one for the first.
I played at the Game Vault this year in the second round. I know I hae mentioned it before but it is a great store and if there is anyone coming by Fredericksburg they should swing by. I digress.
First of all my army going into round 2 consisted of:
I played at the Game Vault this year in the second round. I know I hae mentioned it before but it is a great store and if there is anyone coming by Fredericksburg they should swing by. I digress.
First of all my army going into round 2 consisted of:
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Final results for Battle For The Cure 2011
Well, I have the final results for the BfTC 2011. I finished 9th in the overall score out of a total of a total of 14 players. In the painting competition I fared batter. In individual model, my Commander Farsight took 3rd, no prize awarded but there is a boost in my pride because of it. In the overall army painting I came in 8th. How that works out I have no idea. I am happy with the result though for Farsight. As far as my overall tournament score I do feel the first scenario put me in a position that I couldnt come back from.
To give you an idea of the first scenario mission it was pretty basic but also unbalanced with the right match ups. The scenario had the defender deploying in a 24 inch band in the middle of the table lengthwise and the attacker could deploy within 12 inches from each long table edge but couldnt be within 18 inches of an opposing model.
To further make it a lopsided affair you had to escort an objective from the center of the board off the table. This proved to be a problem at best as you could only move it 6 inches in any turn and you also were not allowed to move in your turn or assault unless you were either fearless or you passed a leadership test at the beginning of the units movement. This pretty much bogged Commander Farsight down as he couldnt get past his bubble-wrapping firewarriors. It wouldnt have been too bad if I were against guard or even vanilla marines. What made it bad was the fact that in addition to not being able to move faster then a snails pace my opponent was playing nids allowing him to run roughshod over the table.
Oh well, enough complaining about scenario balance. Im not sure what I am going to be attending next. I will be sure though to post once I know what it is. Maybe this time something down in Richmond with the Stony Point Refugees at FTW games.
To give you an idea of the first scenario mission it was pretty basic but also unbalanced with the right match ups. The scenario had the defender deploying in a 24 inch band in the middle of the table lengthwise and the attacker could deploy within 12 inches from each long table edge but couldnt be within 18 inches of an opposing model.
To further make it a lopsided affair you had to escort an objective from the center of the board off the table. This proved to be a problem at best as you could only move it 6 inches in any turn and you also were not allowed to move in your turn or assault unless you were either fearless or you passed a leadership test at the beginning of the units movement. This pretty much bogged Commander Farsight down as he couldnt get past his bubble-wrapping firewarriors. It wouldnt have been too bad if I were against guard or even vanilla marines. What made it bad was the fact that in addition to not being able to move faster then a snails pace my opponent was playing nids allowing him to run roughshod over the table.
Oh well, enough complaining about scenario balance. Im not sure what I am going to be attending next. I will be sure though to post once I know what it is. Maybe this time something down in Richmond with the Stony Point Refugees at FTW games.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
After Action Report
Well, I have just finished the Battle For The Cure at The Game Vault. The tournament was ok. It was for a good cause so I cant complain too much. The first scenario was against Matt. He played a Nid army. The army itself wasnt overpowering, the scenario though was a different story. Pretty much you ended up with an Attacker and a Defender. The attacker had to sit in the middle of the table on an objective. The catch was that in order to move you had to make a morale check to move if you werent fearless. For his nids that wasnt a problem since most were fearless, for the Tau though it was a paralyzing rule.
The second game ws a long range sniping game with a guard player which ended up being a tie. The final game was against a Chaos army which was very well designed and was very very close.
I am sure I will go into more detail later, right now though it is just late and I honestly dont have the energy to go into detail. I did pick up 16 kroot for 17 bucks at the auction after the tournament and a few DE for 10 bucks too. They are the old DE but Michel is interested in learnign to play them, or at least in collecting them.
I am considering running a list with 1 squad of 20 kroot and 12 kroot hounds as one squad. I figure a giant blob of pissed off kroot coming at someone might keep them from assaulting my fire warriors and crisis suits.
The second game ws a long range sniping game with a guard player which ended up being a tie. The final game was against a Chaos army which was very well designed and was very very close.
I am sure I will go into more detail later, right now though it is just late and I honestly dont have the energy to go into detail. I did pick up 16 kroot for 17 bucks at the auction after the tournament and a few DE for 10 bucks too. They are the old DE but Michel is interested in learnign to play them, or at least in collecting them.
I am considering running a list with 1 squad of 20 kroot and 12 kroot hounds as one squad. I figure a giant blob of pissed off kroot coming at someone might keep them from assaulting my fire warriors and crisis suits.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Last tourney
I didnt put anything up about it. At he last tournament I ended up placing dead middle of the field. My first game was against Blood Angels. I have said in the past and will say now that the Blood Angels are the bane of my Tau. My second game was against Space Wolves. I did surprisingly well against them as they didnt run roughshod over me. Finally I played against IG. In the last game I played against Imperial Guard who learned in short order not to get into a long range pissing match against the tau.
So basically first game was massacred, second was a minor victory and 3rd was a major victory. Overall a good tournament. Im hoping that the BattleFor the Cure goes much better for me.
So basically first game was massacred, second was a minor victory and 3rd was a major victory. Overall a good tournament. Im hoping that the BattleFor the Cure goes much better for me.
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