25pts Steamroller Tournamnet

Well... that didn't go so quite as planned. For some reason *cough* I was hungover by the time the tournament started. Multiple bad plays and some poor dice rolls really did it for me. I didn't know what to expect but there were a lot of good players at the tournamnet. I'll give you just a quick recap of my four games.

Game 1 - vs Reznik (Menoth)

A Reznik list with a Reckoner and a Vanquisher with some standard Menoth support units. The only unit he played was Flame Guards with the UA. The scenario was Close Quarter and I played with my Rask list. I used my feat early to not get shot down by his jacks, the following turn he sent in some Flame Guards to jam my Gatormen. My Wrastler got the charge on the Reckoner and killed it without using all of its Fury. The following turn the Vanquisher killed my Wrastler and the Flame Guards got some insane dicerolls and killed all of my Gatormen. Couldn't do much rest of the game and Reznik got the charge on Rask and killed him.

Game 2 - vs eVayl (Legion)Stupid tier list with 3 heavy beasts, two Angelius and a Ravagore. I played with Baranabus and I almost won the game. It became a slugfest in the middle of the board and he only had an Angel with 4-5 boxes left and the Spawning-pot-thingy. In the end he made a last atempt to kill Barnabas with a summoned Stinger. He got a realy spike in the damage roll and killed him outright(!).

Game 3 - vs Clanadra (Trolls)

Never played against this caster before. Earthborn, Stormtroll, Pyg Burrowers and some strong solos. I chose to play with Rask this time again. Was a pretty one sided game. The Burrowers made more than 60% of their Tough rolls. I couldn't prevent him from getting the charge and killing my beasts and gators one by one.

Game 4 - vs Gorten (Mercs)

Not a Seaforged list. He played with Gorten, Driller, Forge Guards, Thor, ATGM and a Mule. I played with Barnabus just to be able to hide in the swamp pits. The only reason I won the game was due to a miss play by him. Me moved Gorten to the flank, away from his main force, which let me use Barnabus feat and knock down his entire army and kill most of it in one turn.

Conclusion

Don't play when this hungover kids. Some real advice would be practice, practice and practice. I haven't played in quite a while and almost everything I faced felt like something I've never encounterd before. Hopefully this next Journeyman League will help me get in shape with Cygnar once again.

My first Steamroller with Gatormen

 



Holy Crap! I haven't done an update on this blog for ages. Well, I haven't been playing that much Warmachine either. Finished my first Journeyman League last year with the Gatormen. Didn't have that much time to play games, but I painted most of the models.

Anyway, this weekend will be my first tournament of the yeah. It's just a small local tournamnet at 25 points, so I will bring my minions this time around. There will also be a new Journeyman League (slow grow) starting next week, and so I will probably return to Cygnar as they are my main force. I will try and make some battle reports this weekend, but don't expect a lot of pictures.

As far as lists go, they're pretty straight forward. I will play 2 lists, Rask and Barnabus, and they'll be something like this:

Points: 24/25
Bloody Barnabas (*6pts)
* Bull Snapper (3pts)
* Blackhide Wrastler (9pts)
* Ironback Spitter (8pts)
Gatormen Posse (Leader and 4 Grunts) (9pts)
Feralgeist (1pts)
25/25
Rask (*6pts)
* Bull Snapper (3pts)
* Blackhide Wrastler (9pts)
* Swamp Horror (8pts)
Gatormen Posse (Leader and 4 Grunts) (9pts)
Professor Victor Pendrake (2pts)

Gartors in Journeyman League

Done with my Battlegroup for the Journeyman League. Had the chance to play three games this week against some other players. Barnabas battlegroup is really, really strong with so low points. The fact that he brings two heavies and can himself dish out some pain is usefull. I'll give you guys a quick rundown of my three games.

First game was against Cygnar with pCaine, Hammersmith and Defender.

As this player was new to the game we didn't play with any scenario, a big perk for him as he could leave both Caine and his Defender far back and shoot me down. I started with protecting myself with Swamp Pits all over the place, but then he started to throw Thunderstrike on my heavies doing some damage to Barnabas. Finally I caught up with him and used Barnabas feat to knock him down and kill him.

Second game was against Menoth with pKreoss, Crusader, Repenter and Revenger

Got the alpha strike with my Wrastler on his Revenger when he moved him forward to arc a spell onto Barnabas. He then charged the Wrastler with his Crusader but didn't manage to kill it. Then I managed to grind and kill all of his Warjacks without loosing any beasts. Barnabas charged and killed Kreoss.

Third game was against Cryx with pAsphyxious, Leviathan and two bone-chickens

My turtle managed to get a pretty good hit on the Leviathan removing his movement so he couldn't charge. He still advanced and tried to kill my Wrastler but missed with two attacks and had to use his chicken to charge and kill it. Barnabas charged and killed the Leviathan and the chicken, the turtle then killed the other chicken. Not much he could to at this point as I could transfer any damage Barnabas took from Gaspy, so I charged and killed him.

Got myself a Bonesnapper and a Feralgeist for 15pts, and I've also placed an order for a Posse and Viktor Pendrake who will be part of my 25pts army.

Gartoromnomnicon

Great news everyone! My LGS is starting a Journeyman League to bring in some new blood to our meta. I've long been thinking of starting up a Rhulic force since I've always had a soft spot for dwarfs, but since I already play with focus I aslo wanted to give the fury mechanic a go. So I ended up ordering the Blindwater Congregation battle box - Barnabas, Wrastler and Ironback.

I have really no clue what so ever how they play since no one in my area plays them, and I haven't even played against them. I've read about their "flying-gator-tactics" and their awesome Posse brick wall. Barnabas don't feel like the most versatile warlock, but he's probably a good place to start. I have my eyes on Rask, but I might as well try one of the more spell slinging warlocks in the end.

Well, it's still to early to decide on anything right now. I have my battle box and my first 15pts done. Expanding the force will be easy, just buy a bunch of gatormen and the few solos. This is the 35pts list that I'm aiming for;

Bloody Barnabas (*6pts)
* Bull Snapper (3pts)
* Blackhide Wrastler (9pts)
* Ironback Spitter (8pts)
Gatormen Posse (Leader and 4 Grunts) (9pts)
Gatormen Posse (Leader and 4 Grunts) (9pts)
Totem Hunter (3pts)