Well been very busy on the tournament front. I will post Nicon and TS3 reports in a few days as well as a good close look at the new warhammer 8th.
Game 1: Nick I
Nick grudged me for Brins since I was also sort of showing him the 40k ropes it would have been embarrassing to lose to him but after the crushing loss at Equinox I was rally looking to get some payback! With a beer to winner the stakes where high but the Death Guard pulled off a big victory taking max points.
Game 2: Danial Hayden
Having never played a bike army befor I was a little worried this was going to be a free loss. Danial had overwhelming long range shooting over me and should have kept at arms lenth but instead tryed to dig me out of a corner. With most of our amrys engaed in combat thanks to him underestimating the potential assault range from rhinos I was able to bog him down with plague marines. In came two iorn clads and started takeing me apart but they where soon dealt with thanks to my termanators who killed one after the other and romped home disapointedly the deamon prince died befor killing anything. Win just sort of max.
Game 3: Mark Buttle
Nids! After winning the last game in a mission and verase a army I should have lost to it was looking like my streak was at a end. Mark made a big mistake going first with little to no long range firepower I wasint able to put much if any damage into his units befor they crossed the table and swamped me. Holding up in a corner I was able to deal with his army peacemeal and thanks to some lucky rolls was able to walk out with a draw! Trust me a draw is a win vs that army.
Game 4: Jed Applegate
How much AP1/2 pie plates do you need! Jed had a huge space marine army with 2 vind's a anilator 4 rhinos 10 sternguard and vulkhan I rushed forwards and poped smoke and then spent the rest of the game tieing up his units while trying to limit the damage the game ended in a draw if it wasint for Jed not picking up on the mission objectives I would have lost. Draw with some bonus points
So end of day 1 2/2/0 I was very happy not to lose a game but was worried about some of the armys and players floating about on the top tables. Some poker and beer with a good night had by all.
Game 5: Ghost of dooom!
I was all happy until I was told my easy necron opponent was int able to make it in so I would be playing the Ghost... ? Well normaly a ghost is meant to play the bottom and take an easy going list, but that was not to be instead I was going to play a really tooled up nid army with all the goodies compounded by the mission I killed everything but the two outflanking gaunt making large ugly bugs being a breakthrough there was nothing I could do. Loss but got a few points.
Game 6: Izzy
Izzy had a fun blood angel list but got the bad end of a rock paper scissors match up being asked to split his force and contest objectives. Also his dice decided to become lemmings, the crowing moment was Dante a Chaplin and priest with a few sanguinary failed to kill 7 plague marines then getting meltaguned and assaulted by 2 squads and my terminators. Izzy was a top bloke about it and took the smashing like a pro if only more players where like this when the dice failed them and smiled and laughed rather than throw there toys! Win with max points.
Was a great weekend apart from the one game I scraped 2nd out of 30 with some awesome soft scores big props to Haydn K for being a good bastard and hosting us.
