Rematch!

I snagged a rematch today. Or near enough. Dane and I played again and the strategy was Plant Explosives. For schemes we flipped Hold Up Their Forces, Deliver a Message, Claim Jump, Outflank, and Take Prisoner. Three of which we had on Friday. The deployment was corners however, so that was a change. My list barely changed, his changed a lot.

Lightning win, slow draw

I have been playing around with doing video battle reports, which is why have posted them here. However, it has been a long road, and they may never come out.
Yesterday I played two game but forgot my camera, so I wanted to post them here. I also forgot my notebook, so I don't have all the details, either. But they were both interesting to me.
Both games were before the 3-22 update to M3E.

A Tidbit of M3E

As I mentioned in the last post, I have been getting in games of the Malifaux M3E closed beta. Up until recently, I have been under a NDA to keep quiet, but recently Wyrd lifted it, so I can now blabber all I want. My opponent through the beta was Dane. That was it. Try as we might, we couldn't get any other testers in our group to come get some. But a game is a game. And Dane is a great opponent to be saddled with. I'm not going to go into any rules details, those are elsewhere, about to be opened, and may have already changed. Anyway, on to the battle.

Okay, probably dead

I am coming out of retirement, or at least hoping to. As anyone can see it has been far to long since I last posted. I have not been idle, but hobby progress has been nill. The big game around campus is X-Wing. After owning it for almost two years, all of a sudden, everyone has it and everyone is playing. I have become a Scum and Villainy player as of late, forsaking the Empire and piss poor pilot skill for expensive tricky pilots, drugs, and money.

However, thats not what I plan to discuss today. Instead I am going to go into depth on a Malifaux tournament I rolled into a couple weeks ago. It was ran by Russ out of the Nerd Store in Greeley. I had been trying to get over there for a while, but with work stupidity, I never had enough lead time to get it off. But, I finally did. Read on to find out how I did.

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.

A strong week ago

I didn't manage to get in any games in this last weekend. My boys and I were off doing other fun things. I did drop by Hobby Quest on Sunday, but wasn't able to get a game, but my boys were able to do some painting in the store, and I felt it was a definite win. I did watch another game of Wrath of Kings, feeling a bit of temptation, but I am fighting it hard. But, that's not what I am posting about today. Today, I am posting about my games the week BEFORE. Yeah, I know, slacker. At least this way I have something to post this week. All part of my master plan. Yep, sure.

Breaking News: League Game Won

I managed to get in far more games than I have been as of late this last weekend. Four games to be exact. I rolled in to Hobby Town on Saturday a little early, but everyone was already playing, so I hung out, grabbed some lunch, and when an opponent opened up, I jump right in.

Hobby Quest Tournament!!!!

I played in a Malifaux Tournament in Longmont at the Hobby Quest store. Some strong competition, and I walked out very wiped out. If you haven't been to the Hobby Quest store, I highly recommend it. They are located on 119 and 287(Ken Prat and Main) in south Longmont. It is hidden in the South West corner of the little strip mall. Hey, maybe I will get to see you there, though I don't get down there as much as I would like. Anyway, back to the tournament.

Jacob Lynch double header

This past Saturday I played a double header versus a pair Lynch players, followed that up with a Bolt Action game, and then rounded out the weekend with some Relic Knights on Sunday. With a Malifaux tourney coming up in Longmont this weekend, I was glad for the practice. The Bolt Action was to give Nabors some tourney practice for one he has on the same day. The Relic Knights is for a league that I should be practicing for.

Life after Genghiscon

So, I finally posted my everything leading up to Genghiscon, but I am still not caught up. Even with inclement weather, I have still gotten games in, joined a league, and painted more Relic Knights, all with life banging on the door. But life is life, and this is a gaming blog, so, buzz off, life, we're on to the games!

Post Genghiscon Catchup

Sorry, all. I have been pretty quite for like the last month. I just haven't had time with trying to prep for Genghiscon. But that is done, and it went really well. But more on that at the end. First, I am going to try, and likely fail, to run through all of the game I have played in the last few weeks.

The Challenge

By the time this goes live, I should already be neck deep in another Iron Man Painting Challenge. I have a lot to get done, but I'm not sure I have almost 30 hours of stuff. No worries though, I will of course sneak off to play some games. Above you can see the first on the roster, my Mouslings. These are my must finish. I need them for Genghiscon, when I am running a SDE knock off at Con Jr.

I want to get my Relic Knights finish, except the flesh. I believe I mentioned earlier that I was planning to use my new found skills after the con to finish them off.

My something else model will be a Malifaux Librarian. This is mostly because I want to throw her in some of my crews, and it will be good to have one random nonthemed model I can do whatever with to break some monotony.

I also have my never finished Misaki crew on the docket. I hope to make some strides here, hopefully finishing them so I can put them on the table. Depending on them versus my Mouslings, one will be going as a unit entry. I may try and enter the other as part of a diorama, but I will just have to see.

I do have one other model that may make the table. It is my Steampunk Arielle. She is a future single miniature entry, but will not likely see competition in 2015.

So, that is what I have planned. A good portion is doable with little to no self forcing. Misaki's crew has been a bit of a thorn, but I will see. I won't be able to post anything from my camera, as I will have no way to upload, but I hope to throw some Facebook and Twitter out. My Twitter is Crimsonwraith and if you don't know my Facebook, learning it won't help you. If you don't catch either, I will still be taking pictures with my camera and releasing them sometime next weekish.

Talk at cha later.

A weekend well spent

So, it has been a couple of weeks since I last posted, but I am in fact not dead, nor have I wandered off. As of late I have been getting my old house ready for sale, so things have been nuts busy, and at night, when I usually post, I am so wiped out, I just go to bed. Which is also starting to hurt my prep for events I am running at Genghis. But, even with all that, and stupid weekend work schedules, I still managed to get in a few games. First up was a game where I all but forced Nabors to try Relic Knights. Then, this last weekend, I succumbed to pressure to play him in some Dropzone. I then followed up the next day with some Malifaux in Longmont. I could have done another intro for Relic Knights the weekend before last, after the game versus Nabors, but I was delirious with lack of sleep, so I went home. I hope to make good on that one this weekend. But that is another article, this one is about face stomping!

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.

A tournament win!

Over the weekend, we had the tournaments for both the DzC and Malifaux leagues. I ran the Dropzone tournament, so not much to report there, other than I thought it went off really well, with the only snag being attendance. The Malifaux tournament was also small, but we played four rounds anyway. That, I think, went really well. I didn't see any bad games or upset players, so that is truly awesome.

Two leagues finished strong

The Nazca finish the Drop Zone league on a win, and Taelor and Nothing do the same. I played my final games for both leagues over the weekend, and managed to win both. And, I think to a degree, crush my opponents' hopes and dreams. But I'm just awesome like that.

Can we blow it? Yes we can!

Okay, so I am not unbeatable at DzC, but I am doing fairly well. Well, I was until Saturday, when I single handedly crushed... myself. Yep, I scored a loss due to a stupid mistake on my part. One of those "What the F was I thinking" moments. Oh, and I did pretty terribly in the Malifaux league on Sunday.

Accused of WAAC

Participating in two leagues at once is pretty awesome. I managed to put in three games for the DzC league on Saturday and got in my first game for the Hardcore Malifaux league in Longmont on Sunday. I may have a chance at the DzC league, but I am unlikely to get much for the Malifaux league. I only got in one game versus everyone elses three. I just show up too late. I did, however, manage to do a "pretty dick" move in one of my games. See if you can spot it.

I'm a dirty, Crooligan thief

And proud of it. But we will get to that later. First up, the Dropzone Commander league started on Saturday, and I am off to a smashed start.

Feast wasn't that bad

Actually, I had an awesome time. There was some misinformation that had colored my view going in, and to be honest, I thought, more than once, of not even going. But Jules is my friend and I had already paid, so I headed down Saturday morning. And I am glad I did. While I mostly left the con as a whole to itself, where I did venture was awesome. I can't give any 40K or Infinity run downs. I could see Infinity from the Malifaux tables, but I never went over. I also didn't go anywhere near the 40K stuff, and avoided the Warmableh like the plague. I did see some notable 40K players(ex-40K?) over in the Warmahordes section, for what that may mean. Read on for the games.