What the hooey is that?

Something horrifying is comig down the pipe.Yep, that's right, Age of Sigmar. The GW sales rep is really pushing the store to run a league. My goal? To see just how far. I have messed around with it a bit and decided that it seems kind of fun. I even want to bring out my Tomb Kings for it. The Ogres... Sorry, Ogors... don't actually seem all that great. I will be making a change, moving from model count to wound count. Likely adding in some force org stuffs as well, just to limit the stupid, and give it some sort of balance.

The crazy is that I plan to try and get the rep to basically just give away models to EVERYBODY. At least everybody whom completes the league. And I am even bringing my little ones into it.

Finally, some not Fantasy...

...and some Fantasy. A bit late on this one, having spent most of last week getting things ready for my sister's wedding. That also meant I wasn't down playing any games this last weekend. So, here is a quick run down of my two games two weeks previous. Game one was once again Fantasy versus Shea and his Skaven. For game two, I pulled out Leveticus versus Patrick's Nicodem for some Malifaux. I really need to stop doing that, but I start thinking who would work best for strategy versus Ressers, no brainer, Leveticus. And it pretty much wrecks Patrick's day, he hates Levy.

Ogres stomp some rats

We are setting an uncomfortable precedent here. I only managed to get in one game, and it was Fantasy. That isn't completely true, I was able to clear a single room in Myth, but I plan to post about that game later. Anyway, on to the Cursed Game.

May the Fourth Be With You

Happy Star Wars Day! And yes, that is Fantasy. Do not be alarmed, I did in fact play a 1k game versus Troy's Lizardmen, I used my Ogres, and I did, in fact, NOT rage.

Pulling Out the Relics

A rather diverse weekend for me, partly due to some awesomeness at Hobby Quest in Longmont for their Army Amnesty Day, the day after Christmas. First up was Malifaux, then I got a steal on some Relic Knights models, finally finishing out Saturday, being true to my word, with some of the hated Fantasy.

Its beginning to look a lot like Fantasy

Say what?!? Yep, it is true, I am starting to get back into Warhammer Fantasy. I will pause while you recover.... Good? OK, here we go. So, I have been looking at Ogres for a long time, but my previous group already had an Ogre player and I had gone with Tomb Kings. Well, with my TK losing its flavor and thus my enjoyment, I was looking at them again, off and on. With High Elves and Lizardmen magic being "nerfed"(I am assured it is so) I was looking at them again. When I was asked for Christmas ideas, I seized my chance. The result? A box of Ogres. A modest start, but a start none the less. So I proxied a 800 point list and got a couple games in against Troy on Friday. Of course, I couldn't go a whole weekend with out a game of Malifaux, so I threw down against Troy on Saturday on the Pumping Station board. But, first up, Fantasy.

Why can't I love fantasy?

I played a game with my Tomb Kings versus Troy's Lizardmen. I lost, rather soundly, but it wasn't a bad game. I didn't quit, I didn't even rage. My dice were definitely not hot and I still can't irresistible a spell, but that is what it is. For most of the game I just felt impotent. I did some damage, but nothing spectacular. I of course forgot to roll my wards after I finally got the spell off. All and all a meh performance on my part.
That, however, is not what I want to talk about. The problem I had was that it just wasn't fun. It wasn't a bad game, there just wasn't anything entertaining about it. Troy is probably my favorite opponent in any system. He tests me at almost every turn. This game, though, didn't have that. It was just motions. I don't feel any challenge from Fantasy. You don't need to figure out anything to play. You know the range, the movement, the weapons, the everything. It's a pretty board game. You can't misjudge a distance and be just out. About the only thing is a missed charge, which leaves you open to counter. But you will still be in combat, it just costs a point of static res. Oh, noes. There is a lot of talk about adding more morale to 40K, such as fear, but I can tell you, fear and terror can be all but ignored.

I guess I'm just not interested anymore, and I pray the new 40K isn't just rinse and repeat. Thank the gods for Malifaux, or I may not have anything to play.

The fun stops here!

Got some games in this weekend, two to be exact. And neither of them were Malifaux! *gasp*

Genghis 2011: Day 3

Finally, time to play Fantasy. The reason I come to these thing. My first choice in tournaments. Likely the only tournament I will be going to at Tacticon. The 3 full days thing, no thanks. I also want to run Malifaux, and get some classes in.
Any who, why your here, the games.

Beginning the road to GenghisCon

Well, with league now over, and the year drawing to a close, its time to start really thinking about GhengisCon. For the next month and a half its going to be painting, building, testing, and gearing up for the event. Honestly, the whole league was practice for it, but now its only Genghis. I have plenty to do, and not a lot of time to do it in.

Whats this? A win?

That's right folks! Tomb Kings have scored a win. And not just a win, but a Solid Victory. I managed to take down some Dwarves. A week before I even tied some High Elves, which sucked, because I pulled that from at least a Solid Victory, hoping for a Major one *sigh*. But not this time, this time I assessed my chips, and just went for a win, any win. It was a near perfect match up, I was running Khalida and her giant unit of archers, he was running artillery Dwarves. They just set back and let me poison them to death.
I had tried a combat heavy list against the High Elves, and it worked out well, but I think part of that was due to my opponent splitting his forces to much. This Khalida list, with its single huge Archer unit, 2 Screaming Skulls(that's right, 2. Thank you Jack Hand), and a Casket, will do better for me, especially in the league, as I am facing an Empire army(other empire player dropped), a Dwarf army, Saurus, and a Dark Elf Hydra(likely 2). I plan on taking something similar to Ghengiscon.
A few more wins, and I will have a few wins.

Consistancy is the mother of depression.

Hmmm... And I thought I was doing so well. First game against Chuck's Empire list, and I failed.

Finding Strength

In my cunning plan, I continue to lose, so as to throw the rest of the League off guard. Actually, if I could remember my rules, I think I would be doing better.

Growing League

So, its been a couple weeks since my last post, and let me tell you things have changed. OK, thats a lie, I'm ranked last. Finished the first tournament last Saturday, came in 8th.... of 8. That was a wopping 1 point, but I did get 3 points for painting(thats max), though it wasn't hard. A point for primed, a point for 3 colors, and a point for based. I was the only one with a finished army, and got kudos for that, but not much else. I also caught flak for my stellar record. Afterwards, I was able to get my week 3 games in, which bumped up to 1250.

Better...

Well, not really. A couple 40K and a couple Grow League games. Good on one, less so the other.

OK, I may need a new army book

Last weekend, I started in a Grow League. Starting is 750 points, then 1500, finally 2500. Each set will have a few weeks of games(3 I think), and then a tournament. The idea is to get people building armies for the new edition, and having prize support to aide everyone. I don't think I'm going to get any. I tried several lists, facing the same High Elf player each time, and got slaughtered each time, the worst, of course, being the time we played for the league game. 900 victory points to zip. I killed damn near nothing, and definately not whole units. He had Sword Masters, which just ate my squad of Tomb Guard, with combat res killing the King AND Heirophant Liche Priest. This left a yet unseen swarm in his back field. Needless to say, it arrived, then left. I just don't have the staying power that I need to be able to have troops to res next turn. I have since remade my list, going more along the lines of what I plan to take to Ghengiscon next spring. That list will be a Khalida bow line list. My 750 point can't take her, neither will my 1500 point, but till then I plan to run a core of archers, flanked by 2 units of light horse, led by my obligatory King and Liche Priest, with 0 equipment save a 5 point 6+ ward save versus war machines icon on the King, all backed up by a Screaming Skull Catapult. Hopefully this list will give me some punch, without be hamstrung by 40% of my army being tied in my 2 characters. We shall see, second games start today.
May the dust from my powdered bones get in my enemy's eyes.

Tacticon Day 2 - Warhammer Fantasy

This tournament could have gone better. I finished 10th, but there were only 18 players. Still middle of the field, which was my goal, and saying 10th sounds nice. I should have done better, finishing painting would have given me at least 9th. Having played my first game to completion would likely have given me many more, but more on that later.