I'm happy to announce that the 3rd Annual New Zealand Teams Championships will take place on the weekend of 28th February - 1st March 2015 at this year's venue the Khandallah Town Hall, Ganges Road, Khandallah.
All the feedback I have received so far was overwhelming positive for the venue and the format. Using this year's event as a benchmark, the event will be limited to sixteen teams of four playing over six rounds.
More details will emerge over coming months with tickets to go on sale early September. If you are keen to attend please mark it in your diaries and start constructing your teams.
Look forward to seeing you there.
As GW says "This is great news".
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Triumph & Treachery at the Warlords
On Saturday week (15March) I will be running a game of Triumph & Treachery at the Warlords (Ganges Rd, Khandallah). This is an opportunity for all those interested to come along and stick their mates in the back! The game will start at 10:30am and all are welcome.
Please bring along a 1000 point army and be prepared for some murder and mayhem. Be warned though, you never know who your real ally is......and never, ever trust a Dwarf.
Please bring along a 1000 point army and be prepared for some murder and mayhem. Be warned though, you never know who your real ally is......and never, ever trust a Dwarf.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Fields of Blood Painting Checklist v2
I have revised the Fields of Blood Painting Checklist that caused such mirth in the lead up to Skitterleap 2013.
You can find the updated version here
This addresses some of the feedback I received after the event. You have 45 possible points and need to get 36 of them to get maximum points.
Now people have seen how it works and given its new iteration I am hopeful that we will see a greater percentage of participants at or near the cap.
And if you're not then you've only got yourself to blame. You've got six weeks including Easter to achieve the checklist standards.
You can find the updated version here
This addresses some of the feedback I received after the event. You have 45 possible points and need to get 36 of them to get maximum points.
Now people have seen how it works and given its new iteration I am hopeful that we will see a greater percentage of participants at or near the cap.
And if you're not then you've only got yourself to blame. You've got six weeks including Easter to achieve the checklist standards.
Runefang VII Approaches
We are now only about six weeks from Runefang VII on 26/27 April here in Wellington. This is Anzac Weekend so a great chance for out of towners to travel to the capital for what I’m hoping will be another excellent tournament.
The event is using Swedish Comp – the first Wellington event to do so – with armies to all be 11+ under the latest iteration. It will also be the first Wellington event where the new Dwarfs will be on the field so we’ll be able to see how they perform.
The registrations are starting to come in but remember the Earlybird rate runs out in around ten days.
A Call for "ETC Comp" Opponents
With the NZTC out of the way – and what a fun weekend it was – my attention now turns to Adepticon and the ETC. Adepticon is a month away and I still have a lot of work to do – finish the Death Guard, learn how to play 30k etc – to be ready in time. Busy weekend coming up. I also have to work on a list as I venture into the land of No-Comp but quirky scenarios.
However my gaming focus is now very clearly on the ETC. On Monday we had a Team NZ boot camp at Chez Dunn where six of the team got together to work on lists and start to switch to ETC mode. It was a great day in that it is far easier to communicate face to face than to do everything remotely. Lists were tried, new builds looked at and everyone went away with a better appreciation of the road ahead.
Being the only team member here in Wellington, I am putting out the call to any locals that would be able to give me some practice games. All races – even stunties, in fact especially stunties – are welcome. We have downloaded last year’s maps, have the correct size and type of terrain, I just need opponents. I can provide the latest draft of Comp so you can construct list.
Just let me know on my normal email. Happy to host (as I said I have terrain, tables, maps) or visit. My intention is to play at least 50 games before I leave so let me know if you’d ever like a game.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
New Zealand Teams Championship Results
The 2nd Annual NZ Teams Championship was run over the weekend in Khandallah Wellington. This year I hired the Khandallah Town Hall as the venue and it proved to be a winner with the attendees.
Peter Williamson did a great job umpiring the event and it all seemed to go well from his point of view. A big thanks to him for all his efforts. The event attracted 16 teams - matching the hall's capacity - including two from Melbourne.
Here are the results:
Congratulations to the "Team With The Guy" for sweeping all before them and winning all six rounds.
The Winners 2014 - Team With The Guy - James Brett, Sam Morgan, Nick Hoen and Greg Greenfield
Second Place went to Shirts Off Wargamers - James Milner, Sam Whitt, Mal Patel and Ben Wadsworth - while last year's 3rd Place team "DILF" - John Willenbruch, Glenn Tibbles, Antony Kitson and James Brown - repeated that performance.
The Most Sporting Team went to the "Grumpy Old Men" with the von Trapps winning "Best Painted Team".
The individual painting awards went to:
1st - Sam Whitt (Warriors of Chaos)
2nd - Graeme Fry (High Elves)
3rd - Dan Butler (Warriors of Chaos)
This morning I totalled up the individual results and here are the Top 10:
The tiebreaker used was "Under the Bus". If you finished on same points higher place went to the person who's result was the smaller percentage of their overall teams (team b4 self). Looking at the results I'd say Basil Moskovis was "Chief Bus Driver" this weekend with his score making up a whopping 39% of his team's score!
A big thank you to all for attending and especially to all of you that travelled to get here. Hopefully see you back in 2015.
Peter Williamson did a great job umpiring the event and it all seemed to go well from his point of view. A big thanks to him for all his efforts. The event attracted 16 teams - matching the hall's capacity - including two from Melbourne.
Here are the results:
Congratulations to the "Team With The Guy" for sweeping all before them and winning all six rounds.The Winners 2014 - Team With The Guy - James Brett, Sam Morgan, Nick Hoen and Greg Greenfield
Second Place went to Shirts Off Wargamers - James Milner, Sam Whitt, Mal Patel and Ben Wadsworth - while last year's 3rd Place team "DILF" - John Willenbruch, Glenn Tibbles, Antony Kitson and James Brown - repeated that performance.
The Most Sporting Team went to the "Grumpy Old Men" with the von Trapps winning "Best Painted Team".
The individual painting awards went to:
1st - Sam Whitt (Warriors of Chaos)
2nd - Graeme Fry (High Elves)
3rd - Dan Butler (Warriors of Chaos)
This morning I totalled up the individual results and here are the Top 10:
A big thank you to all for attending and especially to all of you that travelled to get here. Hopefully see you back in 2015.
Friday, February 28, 2014
NZTC - ONLY ONE SLEEP TO GO
Tomorrow is the 2nd Annual New Zealand Teams Championships and it brings together sixteen teams of four from across NZ and Victoria, Australia (2.5 teams).
Pretty much all of the top thirty NZ players are represented in teams. Some are based on blood (like the wonderful and likeable Von Trapps) while others are just glory hungry mercenaries thrown together seeking some sort of validation (The Wolfpack). Other teams are composed of people with similar interests e.g the DILFs who are attracted to fathers or Team HAM who like pork based deli items. We even have a team of orphans. Originally called "Redheaded Stepchildren" they apparently decided to call themselves the Krak Team ( a name that initially created some excitement for the DILFs). The SOWs will be present - Shirts Off Warhammer - formed as the result of a separatist split within Team Omani from 2013.
Our Australian friends bring two specialist teams - Panel Comp FTW and The Team Containing the Guy Who Beat.... - and they look very strong on paper.
Last week I picked the best teams on paper and I see nothing to change my view. My pick for the top five in finishing order is:
1. The Wolfpack
2. The Team Containing the Guy Who Beat Si....
3. Beauty & the Beasts
4. DILFs
5. Von Trapps
Let's see how the dice fly......
Pretty much all of the top thirty NZ players are represented in teams. Some are based on blood (like the wonderful and likeable Von Trapps) while others are just glory hungry mercenaries thrown together seeking some sort of validation (The Wolfpack). Other teams are composed of people with similar interests e.g the DILFs who are attracted to fathers or Team HAM who like pork based deli items. We even have a team of orphans. Originally called "Redheaded Stepchildren" they apparently decided to call themselves the Krak Team ( a name that initially created some excitement for the DILFs). The SOWs will be present - Shirts Off Warhammer - formed as the result of a separatist split within Team Omani from 2013.
Our Australian friends bring two specialist teams - Panel Comp FTW and The Team Containing the Guy Who Beat.... - and they look very strong on paper.
Last week I picked the best teams on paper and I see nothing to change my view. My pick for the top five in finishing order is:
1. The Wolfpack
2. The Team Containing the Guy Who Beat Si....
3. Beauty & the Beasts
4. DILFs
5. Von Trapps
Let's see how the dice fly......
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
NZTC Just Days Away
Setting up the hall from 6.00pm.
All help appreciated
If you're not excited now about the NZTC then you are never going to be.
It is only four days away (probably three when you are reading this).
We will be setting the hall up from 5pm on Friday night. If you're local I'd certainly appreciate any help you can provide. The hall is only 100m down the road from the tables but it still means loading a trailer and then unloading them.
I have talked to some of you regarding terrain but if any I haven't contacted can bring some then it would be appreciated.
Anybody is welcome to drop in and watch or just to say hi.
This will be NZ's largest ever WHFB event and I'm picking will be hotly contested.
Monday, February 24, 2014
The Hobby Stop
I wanted to give another shout out to local gamers regarding The Hobby Stop. About a year I became aware of them, visited but hadn’t been back again before Saturday (they are on the other side of town to me).
The Hobby Stop is a Wellington hobby store located in Kilbirnie that sells a wide variety of wargaming products. As well as the popular manufacturers such as Games Workshop, Battlefront, Wyrd and Privateer Press, they also have a great range of hobby products including scenic and paints.
This is Wellington’s only independent hobby shop that has a focus on wargaming products. As such I hope it succeeds. Certainly when I went in on Saturday I was able to pick up modelling supplies –Woodland Scenics Straw and Revell Plastic Glue – as well as the latest White Dwarf Weekly.
They have a permanent 10% off all Games Workshop products so go part way to mitigating the discount obtainable from offshore purchases.
The address is:
And you can get them by telephone on 027 318 22 66
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Wellington Warlords Membership
Today I paid my subs for the Wellington Warlords - $40 per year, $10 for Out of Towners - and I'd encourage all local tournament gamers to consider also joining.
First and foremost, it is great to support the local club. It is through clubs such as the Warlords we get new blood into the hobby to grow our blossoming tournament scene.
Secondly, it is really good value. $40 for 20+ meetings a year...anyone north of Kapiti or Upper Hutt, it's only $10. The club has tables and terrain and also runs the annual Call to Arms and Vermintide events.
Third, once a month....on the 3rd Saturday....I'll be looking to run a WHFB event at the club. This month it will be "Triumph & Treachery". So once a month you know that you can definitely come along and there will be an organised activity you can participate in.
Finally, these are the guys who lend us their tables for the local Fantasy tournaments. Without them it would be really difficult to run events. So joining the Warlords is a way of saying thank you.
If you would like to join the Warlords then you can do so by contacting the Secretary Peter Hood here. He'll send you all the necessary details. Tell him that The Fields of Blood sent you!
First and foremost, it is great to support the local club. It is through clubs such as the Warlords we get new blood into the hobby to grow our blossoming tournament scene.
Secondly, it is really good value. $40 for 20+ meetings a year...anyone north of Kapiti or Upper Hutt, it's only $10. The club has tables and terrain and also runs the annual Call to Arms and Vermintide events.
Third, once a month....on the 3rd Saturday....I'll be looking to run a WHFB event at the club. This month it will be "Triumph & Treachery". So once a month you know that you can definitely come along and there will be an organised activity you can participate in.
Finally, these are the guys who lend us their tables for the local Fantasy tournaments. Without them it would be really difficult to run events. So joining the Warlords is a way of saying thank you.
If you would like to join the Warlords then you can do so by contacting the Secretary Peter Hood here. He'll send you all the necessary details. Tell him that The Fields of Blood sent you!
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