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Specialist Games General Discussion => Events => Topic started by: BlackEd on October 06, 2010, 01:48:49 AM
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Hello all!
I am running a Warmaster Tournament in Dover, NH, USA on January 15th, 2011. The tournament will start at 9:00 am and go until 6pm. There will be 3 rounds and break for lunch. Players will also vote for the best painted army.
Please bring a 2000 point army, and 3 copies of your army list, and two objective markers on round bases. Any of the armies published in the Armies List or the Trial Armies list will be allowed. However, High Elf and Daemon army players are asked to use the tournament lists published in the Trial Armies document.
Please email or PM me if you would like to attend.
The cost to play is $5 USD for prize support. Suggestions for prizes are welcome. My first thought is to have a number of Warmaster blisters for prizes.
Hope to see you there!
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don't snicker but i will check with my wife about this :)
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Interesting- my parents are only a hour away in Maine...
How many slots do you have, and how many do you think will show?
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What's the weather like in NH in January?
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Fracas: No snickering from me. I have a wife, and I know what you mean. :)
Right now there are 14 open slots, no one is officially registered as of yet. But I believe that 2 folks will register soon.
Weather in NH in January is likely to be cold and windy. Temperatures in the 20's (Farenheit), with a breeze making it seem cooler. Sometimes there is a mid-January thaw, when temperatures get above freezing and lots of snow and ice melt. If there is no thaw, there will be lots of snow. In some places, it might even make the landscape look beautiful.
I think we will have time for 3 rounds. I will be able to open the store early and keep it open later. I'm not sure what to offer for prizes, since I assume most folks would like Warmaster blisters and the store does not have any on the shelf. The store does carry WH40K, WHFB, flames of war and lots of models. So if any of you have a suggestion, please let me know. I am considering dipping into my own inventory to offer Warmaster blisters as prizes.
There is a bar two doors down, and a pizza place at the other end of the block thst serves decent pizza and also beer. This being a proper New England city, there are finer establishment not far from the store.
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I'm hoping to jump start interest in Warmaster again. In New England, I mean. I figure if some one over here tries to organize gatherings, more folks will dust off their old collections and play.
As for the tournament itself:
I will also ask players to bring two objective markers, appropriately themed for their Warmaster armies.
I hope to see you there!
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I'm in, dwarves. Commander in Chief House might join with her Elves.
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I will also ask players to bring two objective markers, appropriately themed for their Warmaster armies.
Is there a reconmended base size for objectives? I'm going to have to whip some up.
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Mine are usualy on a bigger round or square GW base, but I also used FlamesofWar objectives ::) and the smaller type of CD's you sometimes get as also prety nice to work with.
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Any size between 25 mm and 60mm. The two Chaos objectives that I made are 40mm and 60mm round bases. The objective markers I'm making for the Cthulhu Daemon army are based on 40mm bases.
I will post pictures of what I've done. They don't need to be fancy but you need to know that they are yours!
I edited the first post to have all the up-to-date info. Significantly, the date is January 15th, 2011 (a Saturday).
If you have suggestions for prizes, please let me know either here or in a PM.
4 slots are claimed so far. The armies are: Dwarves, Tomb Kings, Orcs, and Empire.
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you can register your tnt http://www.tabletoptournaments.net/t3_overview.php?gid=20
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Definitely interested in heading up for this, I'd have to borrow an army though or get one built up. We'll see how Nov/Dec go as I'm trying to get the rest of my Tyranids built as well for Epic: Xenos.
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What are you interested in borrowing?
I'm probably flying, but I am sure someone else can lend you an army.
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I have the following armies available to borrow:
High Elves
Dwarfs
Empire
Tomb Kings
Chaos
Orcs
Daemon Army
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Probably High Elves, but if I'm borrowing I could be persuaded to take Orcs if people are interested in having me berate some Goblins throughout my games.
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Here's the list of attendees so far:
Chris -- Dwarfs
Joe -- Undead
Gary -- Empire
Charlie -- Orcs and Goblins
Dave -- High Elves
Ian -- Undead
Ed -- Daemons
Carrington -- Undead
That leaves 6 slots open. Send me an email or a PM or reply here if you want to attend.
I've been getting terrain ready for the tables. I'm trying to get enough terrain ready so that each table will be interesting to play on. I want to avoid too much open space, so that the table will present interesting tactical challenges.
And if any one has suggestions for prizes, please let me know.
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On a side note, what store is this event being hosted at / address?
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The tournament will be at
Elite Hobbies
90 Washington St # 334
Dover, NH 03820-3774
(603) 749-0800
On the corner of Washinton St and Central St.
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It's been ages since I've been there; glad to see they're still in business. :)
As I've told BlackEd via email, add me to the list; I'll be taking Vampire Counts. Ed, do you have an idea of when we should have lists to you? (as I write this, I realize it might be in the first page, but oh well I'm lazy...)
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The first page says you have to turn your list into me a week before the tourney. I'll then change it a bit and you'll have those 7 days to paint any units you don't have in your new list.
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The first page says you have to turn your list into me a week before the tourney. I'll then change it a bit and you'll have those 7 days to paint any units you don't have in your new list.
Ok, I'll get right on that. I'll post to this thread too - heyyyyy, I see what you were doing there. You were trying to pull a funny on me! Bad Dave! ;)
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Here's the list of attendees so far:
Matt -- Vampire Counts
Chris -- Dwarfs
Joe -- Undead
Gary -- Empire
Charlie -- Orcs and Goblins
Dave -- High Elves
Ian -- Undead
Ed -- Daemons
Carrington -- Undead
9 Registered, 5 slots open.
How about we skip prizes and use the cash to order pizza for lunch?
(I was *really* tempted to write some thing like "One! One registered player. Ah! Ah! Ah! Two! Two registered players. ..." But I think you would need to have kids watching Sesame Street to get it.)
Ed
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And I forgot to answer the question: Bring the army lists on the day of. One copy for me (organizer), one copy for yourself, and one copy to share with your (current) opponent.
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Did any of the guys from NH register Ed? Tristan said he'd be able to make it in from VT along with a friend.
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Tristan has asked me to reserve 4 slots. This means that, tentatively, there are 13 people signed up with 1 slot open.
As I am one of those signed up, I will bow out if 2 more people want to play.
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Ed, which Tristan ?
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Tristan from Bennington, VT, USA.
Ed
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LOL...
last name Hoag ?
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That would be him. He won a scenario comp a few years back if I remember correctly. Got a Lizardman army out of it I think. Played some EA with him, and Matt a game of WM.
Further question, anything bringing anything to trade?
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He also did a lot of artwork for "the Art of Siege"!
He and his ex met with me and the wife in Toronto when we dropped of our elder spawn in Canada a couple of years ago ! After working on AoS we kinda dropped out of contact ! good to hear he is still playing !
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I've got a small pile of wound markers I would like to trade for dwarf wound markers; also a pair of chaos hounds.
Not WM; but I probably have some FOW stuff to- SS infantry company, some PZIV (from box set), some other odds and sods...
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Would it be possible for someone to bring some super glue and kicker to the event? One objective fell apart on a car trip... flying in I have little hope for it staying in one piece...
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I'll be bringing the unpainted Worms that Pendraken cast up for me. I'll see what else I have to bring...
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OK, I will be contacting all participants this weekend to see if they are still coming. I've had one person drop out and another join, so I have 13 participants and 1 open slot.
I'll post a new tally by Monday.
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One more drop out, so 12 signed up and 2 slots open.
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The Warmaster Tournament in Dover NH is tomorrow starting at 9am at Elite Hobbies.
Right now 10 slots are taken, leaving 4 open for anyone interested in showing up.
I am looking forward to this!
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Dont forget to make pictures !! and some battlereps 8)
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Looking forward to tomorrow. Who's coming Ed? I'll bring my camera Lex.
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Lex,
Let me know if we should move the result of the tournament to another thread elsewhere on the forums.
A quick update:
9 people showed up. Brian bowed out so that I could play.
Dave was the winner with a High Elf Tournament force, with 2 wins and 1 draw. Chris with the Dwarves was a close second, with 2 wins and 1 loss.
I really enjoyed meeting everyone there, and hope you all come again. Chris came from Raliegh, North Carolina for the tournament! Tristan drove 3.5 hours from Vermont! Dedication!
I am happy to report that the Warmaster community picked up as manya as three new players. While showing the game to Brian at the shop on Friday night, one of the other gamers was very taken with the game. Since it was a teaching game for Brian, he is a new player. My friend Ian finally purchased his own miniatures, so I count him as a new player also.
BlackEd
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Reports and pictures in thread are OK !
Breakdown of armies and scores (where possible with estimated XP lvl of player) also appriciated
And any "house" or "event" rules used, as well as any "hot" issues that came up during play and how they where handeled...!!
Good to hear that everyone had a good time and that you picked up more "acolytes", from experience we know that when putting the game "in the open" it WILL apeal to many (experienced) players !
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Here's my High Elf list:
8 Spearmen
4 Archers
2 Silver Helms
2 Reavers
2 Chariots
2 Bolt Throwers
1 General
2 Heroes
2 Wizards
My first game was a standard game against Tristan's DE. My Cav/Chariots managed to kill enough units to be two shy of break while only losing a stand or two in total. I just couldn't manage to get the last two kills though and Tristan rolled into me with his Cold Ones. I finally got break but my expensive units were gone and the VP difference was around 170 points I think, so a draw. Memorable moments included a Cold one charge that bounced off a Spearman unit's flank, another that bounced off a Chariot flank, and Tristan's general stabbing himself after a blunder :P.
The second game was King of the Hill against Ian's Undead. Ian rolled high for most of the game, good for his attacks, not so much for his command. His chariots managed to mess mine up pretty bad but I got to shoot them up a bunch after. My Reavers got a horrible 3d6 roll and ended up in a horrible position, but they lived thanks to a failed command roll. By the end of the game I had 20 something to Ian's 10 something units on the Hill for the win.
My last game was against Chris' Dwarfs, I forget the name of scenario but you set up in opposing corners and had to move objectives off the board. I grabbed two early on but couldn't order the units off to save my life. Meanwhile, the Dwarfs managed to outrace my infantry to the woods and proofed difficult to shift. The battle was going pretty bad for me until I managed to get my Silver Helms in on three units flanks with Light of Battle. They rolled them up pretty good. We had to the call the game due to time and I won by 250ish after finally getting my two objectives off. Had it gone another turn it probably would have been a draw.
All and all, it was a fun time. I look forward to doing it again and having some of my pokey elves painted. :P
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My first game was against Chris' Dawrves. On turn 2, Chris had 2 units of cannon on a hill, brigaded with 2 units of rangers. Two other brigades od Dwarf warriors were on the hill as well. His line was anchored to the board edge on my left. I tried to go right to attack the exposed end of his line. On turn 3 a 2 units of Hounds tried their luck against a brigade of Dwarf Warriors on the plain, and 1 unit of hounds tried the attack against a unit of rangers on the hill. (There was another attack that I got off that turn but I do not remember what units attacked which dwarves.) Unfortunately, I resolved the attack against the ranger first. They won because they were defended and made their saves. Once they wiped out the hounds, they fell back right behind the hounds that had yet to fight. My hounds lost that fight and died because they had nowhere to retreat to. Much of the rest of the game was a blur of trying (and mostly failing) to get into a good position. Critical command rolls failed to go off, leaving lighter units to attack the Dwarf warriors unsupported, which did not help. The end result was a resounding Dwarf win.
My second game against Gary's Empire troops went much better. The scenario was to have the most number of stands on the central hill. Gary deployed two units of cannon on a hill in the center, with infantry on either side, and some cavalry on each flank. On turn 1, my cavalry/chariots/hounds moved twice each (two brigades worth) under direction of the general. The infantry brigades moved close to the centerline of the board on my right. Empire was able to move some infantry units forward, but his cavalry on each flank refused to budge. On my turn 2, I took the open fill in the center and prepared my infantry for either a charge or cannon fire. The General's inspired orders saw that each of the cavalry brigades got off 3 successful orders each! One brigade smashed at the Empire cavalry, a unit of hounds attacked his cannons. The second brigade were able to charge the infantry units in front of the cannons. Combat went my way. I was able to eliminate a unit of handgunners and a unit of pistoliers that were brigaded with 2 units of knights, and managed do some damage to the knight units. The infantry in front of the cannons were destroyed, and the attackers advanced in the cannons. The cannons then were destroyered. On the following turn, the Empire knights on the left charged the remants of the cavalry that attacked them. On the right, the Empire Knights cam forward to get ready for an attack on my infantry on the ground. Turn 3 was short, but the Empire was unable to get close to the center hill, and so lost the battle.
The third battle was a scenario in which each side had to try to rescue (or capture) wouned leaders. Each player had two leaders (objective markers) that he positioned before deployment, one per table quarter. Armies set up from deplyment zones anchored in opposing table corners, reaching 60cm out from the corner.
My thrid battle was against the Vampire Counts. One of the VC objective markers was on the edge of his deployment zone, so the VC army had a unit touching during deployment. The Daemons had 3 objective markers fairly close to their deployment zone. On turn 1, a VC commander was unable to order a unit of Zombies to move the marker. (We postulated that the Zombies may have been trying to eat, rather than save, their commander.) The VC player was able to come forward a bit. The Daemon army was able to grab one objective located in a forest, came close to a second, and was able to move the cavalry brigades toward the center. On turn 2, the zombies again did not move as they decided whether or not to eat the wounded commander. The VC army moved a little more toward the center, but only a few command rols went off. On turn 2, the Daemons had two objective markers and had cavalry on the central hill with the last unclaimed marker. On turn 3, VC got closer to the hill, but units were stranded in bad positions when the key command rolls did not go off. The Daemons made the most of it, getting off some charges on initiative and getting some orders off. The dice also abandoned the VC player in combat. A few turns later, the VC army was at the break point, having lost 12 units. The Daemons lost 3 units. My hat goes off to my opponent for his sportsmanship in the face of bad die rolling. This was a resounding victory for Daemons.
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45 pictures uploading to flickr. I'll be writing up the battle reports tomorrow...
highlights:
1. The Dispell scroll worked its goodness against a five caster army... okay, exceptionally bad dice luck worked better. Poor Ed, you would think with 5 wizards you would get ONE spell off a game....
2. Epic cannon love ala fancy targeting via lotharie's (in)famous article. Only bad spot was when I ran out of targets. :)
3. Pointy-eared dress-wearing pansies stole my beer. Oh, and defaced my ancestor's statue. Did I mention stealing my beer? A GRUDGE has been entered my book of Grudges. Vengeance Will Be Had On Dave's Dress-Wearing Pansies. It was the bright shiny silver paint job that distracted me.... :o
uploading overnight...
but the link to the pictures (unedited/named for now)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58597694@N08/?savedsettings=5371250821#photo5371250821
testing...
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/58597694@N08/5371208129/in/set-72157625866253140/)
(http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i383/Haraninm/Warmaster%20January%202011/P1000733.jpg)