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Post by ohgodsnakes on Apr 19, 2018 17:11:31 GMT -5
I was just notified about this one through the Brawl in the Hall organizer. Late notice, but maybe someone will head up. www.facebook.com/events/230709474173914/Showers of War 40k Tournament at Addictive Hobbies and Games in the simcoe mini mall. Entree fee will be $20. Singles Tournament, 2000pts, 20 player max . Doors open at 9:00am If your going to be late let me know ahead of time . Don't be late... Round one starts at 10:00 am sharp, ends at 12:30 pm Lunch 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Round 2. 1:15 pm - 3:45 pm Round 3. 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm Competitors will participate in three (3) games over the course of the day. Each round will last 2.5 hours SHARP. Players may begin playing as soon as they have finished deployment. Should you finish your deployment early and wish to start early, then go for it, but once I call 30min, you have 30 min to finish. Work it out between you and your opponent for equal time for additional rounds. The game ENDS at 2.5 hours. Period. Rules Each player will have access up to a total of 3 Detachments . All models must be what you see is what you get to a reasonable degree. If you have any customized models you would like to use let me know . Faction traits will be maintain though all rounds. Psychic powers can be picked each round. Each army gets 1 free "Relic" and it must be in your list. Additional relic's can be picked by spending CPs. Missions First blood will be changed to "First Strike" Both players will have a chance to score first blood only on the first turn. Round 1 - Front - Line Warfare (pg 68) Chapter Approved Round 2 - Custom Maelstorm mission. A write up for it will be provided . Round 3 - Scorched Earth (pg 70) Chapter Approved Scoring Win 6pts, Tie 4pts, Lose 2pts. Slay the Warlord 1pt Linebreaker 1pt First Strike 1pt |
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Apr 19, 2018 21:36:54 GMT -5
Showers of War?
and what date is this?
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Apr 19, 2018 21:37:50 GMT -5
Don't ask me lol
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Apr 19, 2018 21:50:56 GMT -5
The 21st, so 2 days from now
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Apr 20, 2018 10:01:33 GMT -5
Danny and I are going.
20$ entry, Everyone gets some kind of prize, not using new points values, or the newest beta rules (not sure on the old one, but they are less game changing)
No painting requirement, no paint scoring, so that's a bummer for me, but W/E.
If you would like to come let, let me know ASAP.
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Post by voodoo on Apr 23, 2018 10:49:22 GMT -5
How were the War Showers?
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Apr 23, 2018 10:59:15 GMT -5
How were the War Showers? You'd think we'd be showered with battle reports by now? |
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Post by voodoo on Apr 23, 2018 11:45:05 GMT -5
How were the War Showers? You'd think we'd be showered with battle reports by now? At least sprinkled... I dunno, I feel a bit left out in in the rain by this lacklustre tournament coverage. Maybe if we give Lukas and Danny a torrent of requests they'll find time to write something up. |
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Post by artonas on Apr 23, 2018 19:48:21 GMT -5
Should have been there for all the excitment!
But "one" thing that felt strange was playing with no beta rules. Not even Novembers beta rules for smites. Which I didnt realize till the last round when i was playing against 5 flyrants.
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Apr 23, 2018 20:15:43 GMT -5
It was so beautiful today that I took a day off and worked outside all day. I'll do a bit of a recap tomorrow when I'm stuck inside at work.
Still outside now! Just hanging by the fire.
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Apr 24, 2018 13:46:13 GMT -5
Alright, as promised.
the event was at Addictive Hobbies and Games, which is in a strange building called the Simcoe Mini Mall. It's really just a pretty standard street-side building with 17 different vendors set up in a market-style layout. The hobby store takes up the back 5th of the building, about 175 sq ft. For the limited amount of room, they have a decent selection (not nexus by a mile), and 15% off GW prices, so that's nice.
The area we were in was a loft-like space upstairs, which I think the vendors below can book times for. It looks like it's mostly used as a hobby space. It has no windows and looks like my late grandmother's basement. That being said, it was a great gaming space. The basement feel may have actually added to the atmosphere. I doubt its very comfortable in the summer though!
Terrain wise, most of the tables were pretty decent. Some unpainted terrain, but Will (the TO) looks like he's hard at work developing the community and getting things ship shape.
Meta wise, they are pretty casual. I brought a list that was.... not super casual. I ended up apologizing to my opponents on most occasions. I think people in kingston may have been able to handle this list, but at this tourny it cut through the opponent's lists like butter. I also went first all three times (1 seize and 2 naturals) all while never having the +1, so luck was on my side. I'm sure my last opponent could have put some hurt on with his double Jormungdr t-fex's + malanthrope if he had gone first, but I ended up killing both before they could ever shoot.
I had mistakenly assumed that Oshawa's proximity to Toronto would have meant some pretty nasty lists.
Prize support was ok, especially with only a $20 entrance fee and 12 players. Everyone got a loot bag with a neat tape measure, some paint, some dice and pins, probably a $12-$15 value. Then first place got a $40 gift certificate, and 2nd/3rd got $20 certificates. Danny tied for 3rd so he and his opponent split the prize. For the low amount of players, I don't know how successful a draw prize system would be. I ended up getting two pots of Astrogranite Debris for my bases, a medium base brush (one of my favorites) and 3 Primaris Psykers, 'cause the look cool and constipated.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Apr 24, 2018 13:50:39 GMT -5
big meanie... but thanks for the run down!
I'd be interested to see what else was in the double tfex+mal list... as I use those a LOT with my nids and love them.. never had them both die before they could shoot before - that's generally a pretty tall order to kill 28 T8 2+ save wounds with -1 to hit!
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Apr 24, 2018 14:20:50 GMT -5
The double t-fexs with rupture cannons
Malanthrope warlord with ignore cover warlord trait
10 screening gaunts which actually did do some screening
3 groups of 3 rippers
4 dakka fexs with advanced senses and -1 to hit, the 24 shots each variant
2 dakka flyrants
Mawloc with 30 devilguants coming up in a tunnel
nuerothrope
My list
Bork'An sept
battalion
ColdFusion commander
Fireblade
3x5 firewarriors
Tigershark Fighter Bomber
Outrider
Coldstar with 3 burst cannons and counterfire defence systems
2x5 man pathfinder units
Y'vahra
Outrider
Commander with 4x cyclic ion blasters
4x shield drones
5X shield drones
Y'vahra
So yah, 2 Y'vahras. They did mean things. I coupled them with the stim injectors stratagem to keep them running at full efficiency. To take down the two T-fexs, I gave up the burst cannon commander's shooting and used the command and control node stratagem to re-roll wounds on one, and then the second y'vahra and the fusionmander got the 2nd. Devilgaunts killed a y'vahra with the double shoot stratagem, which was cool. 180 dice, wooo! He used the app, thank goodness.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Apr 24, 2018 15:29:09 GMT -5
ah rupture cannons... that's the problem...lol.. tried that myself a couple times... it tends to not work out great...
plus should have been kronos for the reroll 1's if you're going that route...but still I don't think it could handle double Y'vahra triple commander!
hitting on 4+, wounding on 3+ then the suit gets an invul save... not liking those odds to punch one out.
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