ComicReaders' Downtown Warhammer Fantasy Escalation League - Season 2 - 2500 Point Tournament
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DESCRIPTION
A 2500 point tournament to end Season 2 of the ComicReaders Downtown Warhammer Fantasy Escalation League. The top 8 players from the Escalation League use the knowledge they have obtained during the escalation months to create a strong army to fight other armies and hopefully come away victorious!
DATE & TIME
Sunday, October 20, 2013 @ 10am - 8:00pm
ComicReaders Downtown will open for Tournament players at 9:45am on Sunday. (Store opens to the public at 12pm.) We anticipate the Tournament ending around 8:00 pm. The store will close to the public at 5pm.
TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE & PRIZES
Players are required to have at least 2 copies of their roster on hand. A copy of the roster needs to be submitted to the store at the beginning of the tournament, any discrepancies in the list and what is fielded will result in disqualification from prizes. Players are recommended to have a copy of their FAQ on hand in case army specific questions are asked by the opponent.
Games will promptly start at 10:00am. Each round of play will be a maximum of 3 hours (shorter if everyone is done playing their game), if the game is not finished, it will end on the closest full game turn, and the game will be decided by what is dictated in the book.
First round of play will be Blood and Glory, starting at 10:00am
Second round of play will be Battleline, starting at the latest 1:30pm
Third round of play will be Battle for the Pass, starting at the latest 5:00pm
Terrain will be pre set-up, with only Forests counting as Magical terrain.
There will be 4 different categories for prizes. Please note that players cannot win multiple prizes. Players receive $50 of Games Workshop product (restrictions will be applied and explained to winners)
Best Score
The player that comes out as the winner in tournament play.
Great Gamer
Best sporting player as rated by fellow players.
Best General
Best combined result of Best Score and Great Gamer.
Best Army
Best looking army, either excellently painted, converted or have a great theme, as voted by fellow players (and possibly the public).
ROSTER OF COMBATANTS
ComicReaders' Warhammer Fantasy Top 8 Escalation League Season 2 Members.
There will be no spots opened to outside players.
THANKS
This League would not be possible without the dedication of ComicReaders' staff.
Some of these conditions may be subject to change.
Special Tournament Rules as of Sept 30th:
Magic
- Mages MAY NOT change Lores from battle to battle
- A player's Armylist must indicate which Lore is being used by which Mage
- If a player has a Mage that can choose between 2 Lores, they must indicate on the Armylist how many spells they will be taking from each Lore (this number cannot be changed)
Rosters
- The player will only be required to hand in a roster to the store at the beginning of the tournament
- Players do not need to show an opponent their roster before the game, but may show them the roster after the game
- Players are recommended to have their FAQs on hand
Other
- Special characters are allowed
One of the scenarios that we are playing is Blood and Glory! This is my favorite. Just wanted to remind everyone that a 2500pt starting army will have a breaking fortitude of 3. Thus your army will need at least a general and two standards to start the battle. Chris, I hope each of your zombie units can take a standard!
Yup they can. I'm also probably going to have to throw a BSB banner somewhere even though I don't have to take leadership for anything... I guess my frenzy checks for the vargheists? And it'll potentially lower crumble results by 1 each time... might end up being worth the 25 points for at least 1/3 games?
Looking forward to the tournament! I'm curious to see if having all the flying things will help or hinder me on Battle for the Pass. Also really hoping to have at least my centerpieces painted before then. Something tells me I won't finish the 20-40 ghouls though...
I am glad to hear that your painting like a mad man. I am in a rush right now but I will have to update you on my efforts... lets just say that steam Tank got a bit of an overhaul.
Quote from: RobertP on October 04, 2013, 11:27:35 PM
... lets just say that steam Tank got a bit of an overhaul.
You put its wheel back on!? :neener
I'm quite certain I won't be anywhere near done painting everything, but I'm really hoping I'll have time to finish my lord at least. Looking forward to seeing everyone's armies on the 20th. Best painted is always a tough decision.
I just finished putting my snow flock on all my Skaven last night, actually I did it all in one night *phew*
That being said I am now stuck with deciding my next army to paint, I have Dwarfs already built, and they are getting a new book early next year so it will likely be them, and that way I can have them ready for the next escalation league.
See you all at the tournament!
The story of the steam tank: So this beast is metal and has had a poor paint job. I had bought it second hand from an former Regina player that had stopped playing many years ago. As I used it during the league, pieces started to come off. Most notable the wheel, that I would place beside the tank. The tank also lost a number of decoration type bitz over the 3 months. So last week I decided to put this thing back together and paint it. As I did so piece after piece fell apart. Over the course of that night, nearly everything fell apart as I discovered to my dismay that the steam tank is at least 20 pieces! As I tried to put this back together I glued, greenstuffed and painted. I would say that the tank is about 50% done right now. NOW this is all really funny fluff wise because in the Empire this happens all the time. There is only 8 steam tanks (originally 12). Fluff wise, the master engineer that thought up this contraption has died and other engineers can not make any new steam tanks. Thus, if the steam tank blows itself up (likely :( ) or is destroyed in a combat (unlikely :excited ) all the pieces of the tank are sought and the tank is meticulously put back together.
You could always strip your tank(since it is metal :o) by using the common nail polish remover Cutex. I actually did that to my old Cold Ones and had great results by soaking them a couple days then scrubbing the $&@"&$ out of them with an old toothbrush.
I did the same thing to my old Eldar blobs that I painted horrendously back in elementary school. Except I used Castrol engine degreaser I believe? It's in a purple jug at Canadian Tire for pretty cheap. After soaking for a day or two the paint practically slid right off when I scrubbed them with a toothbrush. Works on plastic or metal and took varnish off as well as my thick paint job - doesn't eat the glue either! Just make sure you wear gloves!
Rob - you'd think if they knew how to put one back together after it exploded that they'd be able to reverse-engineer it and make a new one... since it explodes anyway they can't be worried about taking it apart and not being able to re-build it. Maybe some specific parts don't explode that they don't know how to make? :confused Cool story anyway!
I thought the same thing. The only reasonable explanation is that the original parts are infused with magic. (Magic explains everything!)
Thanks to everyone that came out!
Best General: Justin - Bretonnia
Best Combined: Chris - Vampire Counts
Best Sportsman: Mark - Warriors of Chaos
Best Painted: Robert - Empire
Pictures will be posted when I get a chance to pull them off my phone and then send them to Chad.
Next ComicReaders Escalation League: Warhammer 40k in January 2014
Next ComicReaders Fantasy Escalation League: July 2014
Player's league starting up pretty soon, so please visit this thread for discussion: http://sask.games/index.php?topic=3012.0
Was a blast thank you to all my opponents and everyone else for the great day of wargaming! now to get ready for some 40k and re-work the warriors for next season(and do some bases)
Tournament was loads of fun. Thanks to everyone for coming out and making it such an enjoyable event again. Also thanks to Lareina for volunteering her day to organize everything and take pictures. Looking forward to seeing them once they're posted.
Round 1 was vs Mark's Chaos - a back and forth bloodbath that could have gone either way had it not been for Blood and Glory. Screaming at a squad with double Doom & Darkness and an Aura of Dark Majesty nearby (-7 Ld total) with a BSB and banner in it was the anti-climactic finish to this game.
Round 2 was against Allan's High Elves. Could've been a totally different game had we gotten a few more turns in. When time was called he had just managed to kill my dragon, but the lord remained intact. The varghulf held his own for once against a couple smaller cav squads while the vargheists and terrorgheists killed a couple core squads and his icy phoenix.
Round 3 was against Justin's Bretonnian champions in one of the most heart-pounding, back and forth matches I've ever played. Absolutely everything seemed like a critical moment right from turn one where I made my lord's 4+ ward against a trebuchet's boulder. In the end it was meant to be a Breton victory as Justin destroyed an entire squad of vargheists with a single lightning bolt! (d6 str6 hits + d6 str4 hits and he dealt 9 wounds), I failed to cast a healing spell on 6 dice!, and Justin made round after round after round of 5+ armour/ward saves on his unkillable grail knights. Had those last 3 models actually died, we would've tied by 3 points!
Seeing Justin refuse to roll below a 4 for the last turn and a half was a little frustrating, but still a fantastic finish where every dice was rolled with our breaths held, hoping the scales would tip just that LITTLE bit in our favour.
Congrats again to Justin for coming in first, and to Rob and Mark for winning best painted and sportsmanship.
I think it would be cool to see all the standings from the tournament so everyone can see how they did....
Quote from: Prince of Arnheim on October 21, 2013, 03:24:17 PM
I think it would be cool to see all the standings from the tournament so everyone can see how they did....
Posted, I just noticed I had the incorrect name for one of the winners but the numbers were correct. Go me.
Crushing victory = 10
Victory = 8
Draw = 5
Loss = 2
Crushing Loss = 0
Nathan and Devin could not play in the 3rd round, thus the 0s for them and no result, in the 3rd round it should have been Nathan vs Allan and Robert vs Devin.
Would be cool to see the painting and sportsman votes too....unless....that must be kept secret :o
Quote from: Prince of Arnheim on October 22, 2013, 03:45:26 PM
Would be cool to see the painting and sportsman votes too....unless....that must be kept secret :o
Sportsman will be kept secret.
Painting: Rob 4, Mark and Allan both at 2