I'd like to give a shout-out to three Wellingtonians that are running blogs and urge you to check them out for more local gaming content.
Sam Whitt's Hashuts Right Hand
Joel van de Ven-Long's The Brush of Doom
Ben Wadsworth's Shirts Off Warhammer
Of the three, Joel has been going the longest and Ben 's has just started. They all do Battle Report far better than me!
Saturday, September 8, 2012
New 6th Edition 40k FAQs
You can find the v1.1 FAQs here
These address both issues in new rules and interaction with existing codices.
Good on GW for putting out a second update so fast.
These address both issues in new rules and interaction with existing codices.
Good on GW for putting out a second update so fast.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Upcoming Events
The Tauranga Club are hosting a Warhammer Fantasy event this weekend and next weekend there is Guardcon in Auckland where there is both Fantasy and 40k Doubles.
Following these two events there is a gap until mid/late October when there are events in Auckland (Archenemy) and Christchurch (conquest) before the final event of the tournament season, SKITTERLEAP, here in Wellington.
Numbers for Skitterleap are building very nicely and it looks like we'll get a field around the 25-30 points, meaning lots of potential ranking points for those chasing Masters qualification.
Drop me a line if you want details and/or a Players Pack
Following these two events there is a gap until mid/late October when there are events in Auckland (Archenemy) and Christchurch (conquest) before the final event of the tournament season, SKITTERLEAP, here in Wellington.
Numbers for Skitterleap are building very nicely and it looks like we'll get a field around the 25-30 points, meaning lots of potential ranking points for those chasing Masters qualification.
Drop me a line if you want details and/or a Players Pack
Ogre Dice Have Arrived
If any readers are after some custom dice for their Ogre army then please let me know.
My order has arrived and the Great Maw is very happy with the result.
The dice are black 16mm with red pips. The Great Maw has replaced the "6".
I'm selling in blocks of 20 and have three sets left. They are $40 (AUD, USD, NZD) or GBP30 per set including postage.
EDIT: ALL DICE ARE NOW GONE
My order has arrived and the Great Maw is very happy with the result.
The dice are black 16mm with red pips. The Great Maw has replaced the "6".
I'm selling in blocks of 20 and have three sets left. They are $40 (AUD, USD, NZD) or GBP30 per set including postage.
EDIT: ALL DICE ARE NOW GONE
Well Done to New Zealanders at ATC
Well done to the team of New Zealanders who did so well at the Australasian Team Championships in Warhammer 40k.
The team were so far ahead at the end of the fifth round that they could use the last round for practice games to plan for future.
The team were so far ahead at the end of the fifth round that they could use the last round for practice games to plan for future.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Holiday
I'm going to be away for the next five days so new blog posts will be spasmodic.
Rather than blogging I'll be sitting by a pool (or on the beach) in Fiji taking in the sun. My Kindle is loaded with books, the iPad has the Empire Book and the Daemon Painting Guide on it. I'm not sure what internet access my hotel has but Vodafone's roaming rates preclude 3G net access ($10/MB).
Jack & Tom are looking after the cats - and I'm hoping that I come home to a swathe of Daemons that have been sprayed with their base colours.
Rather than blogging I'll be sitting by a pool (or on the beach) in Fiji taking in the sun. My Kindle is loaded with books, the iPad has the Empire Book and the Daemon Painting Guide on it. I'm not sure what internet access my hotel has but Vodafone's roaming rates preclude 3G net access ($10/MB).
Jack & Tom are looking after the cats - and I'm hoping that I come home to a swathe of Daemons that have been sprayed with their base colours.
Arch Enemy Charity Event
The Arch Enemy Charity Tournament is being run on Labour Weekend by Aaron Peters. The event will occur at the City Guard club in Auckland. Both Fantasy and 40k tournaments will be held.
You can find all details at the City Guard forums.
You can find all details at the City Guard forums.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
More Horus Heresy "Betrayal" Teasers
Book 1 "Betrayal" contains rules for:
Each Legion has unique Elite choice
The HQ options for each Legion have unique Wargear
There are Special Characters for each Legion should you want to use them BUT you don't have to use them to play the Legion.
There are rules for Primarchs but these are for Apocalypse games only.
Guess we can now confirm that Codex: Chaos Space Marines will be a re-hash of Gav Thorpe's previous load of dross.
- Sons of Horus/Luna Wolves
- Death Guard
- Emperor's Children
- World Eaters
Each Legion has unique Elite choice
The HQ options for each Legion have unique Wargear
There are Special Characters for each Legion should you want to use them BUT you don't have to use them to play the Legion.
There are rules for Primarchs but these are for Apocalypse games only.
Guess we can now confirm that Codex: Chaos Space Marines will be a re-hash of Gav Thorpe's previous load of dross.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
More NZ ETC Analysis
Continuing on with the analysis, this next table looks at the strength of schedule (based on army) that each player had.
So given the armies that Dave Grant played against (for example), you would expect them to score 60.6 points over 6 games given their average results over the event.
It shows, for instance, that Rowan played the strongest schedule while Thomas had the weakest (based on average results). Dan butler's schedule, dominated by Skaven armies, was much closer to his overall score than first appeared.
At a headline level it looks like Mal, Dave and particularly Thomas were manevuered into "better" matchups at the expense of the others - particularly Rowan and Dan. Of course all this analysis is with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight!
So given the armies that Dave Grant played against (for example), you would expect them to score 60.6 points over 6 games given their average results over the event.
It shows, for instance, that Rowan played the strongest schedule while Thomas had the weakest (based on average results). Dan butler's schedule, dominated by Skaven armies, was much closer to his overall score than first appeared.
At a headline level it looks like Mal, Dave and particularly Thomas were manevuered into "better" matchups at the expense of the others - particularly Rowan and Dan. Of course all this analysis is with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight!
ETC Analysis - New Zealand
The results for this year's ETC have been released and I've taken the data and analysed to look at the NZ Team performance. I have produced the following two tables which give a helicopter view of their games and results:
The first shows the NZ Player, their army their score and the average at this year's ETC for that army. Finally I have listed the six opponents they had.
The most striking thing is how well NZ's top four scoring players did against their army average. Dave G, Rowan and Thomas scored two points a game better than the average player for their race.
The second table shows the results for the various armies at the ETC - their average points, average poits for and against per game and how many countries took each army. It also shows how many times NZ played each race, who it played against them and the average points scored.
One thing that strikes me is that NZ put Skaven into a mirror match and matched Lizards vs. CDs, DE vs. DoC or VC and Dwarfs vs. Empire or Dark Elves. Apart from that there is little consistent pattern evident in the matches. The two CD v Liz matches ended 10-10 so it is a little surprising that we moved away from that in Round 6 and put WE against them. I suspect we may have been manevured into a situation where we had a number of poor potentials.
Looking at the NZ and the overall results I think in retrospect that Vampires would have been a better army choice than Wood Elves. The other countries clearly thought VC superior and the results bear this out.
Speaking of Elves, I'd say that the four dice limit on Shadow really hurt their overall performance given their reliance on Mindrazor to stand firm.
The first shows the NZ Player, their army their score and the average at this year's ETC for that army. Finally I have listed the six opponents they had.
The most striking thing is how well NZ's top four scoring players did against their army average. Dave G, Rowan and Thomas scored two points a game better than the average player for their race.
The second table shows the results for the various armies at the ETC - their average points, average poits for and against per game and how many countries took each army. It also shows how many times NZ played each race, who it played against them and the average points scored.
One thing that strikes me is that NZ put Skaven into a mirror match and matched Lizards vs. CDs, DE vs. DoC or VC and Dwarfs vs. Empire or Dark Elves. Apart from that there is little consistent pattern evident in the matches. The two CD v Liz matches ended 10-10 so it is a little surprising that we moved away from that in Round 6 and put WE against them. I suspect we may have been manevured into a situation where we had a number of poor potentials.
Looking at the NZ and the overall results I think in retrospect that Vampires would have been a better army choice than Wood Elves. The other countries clearly thought VC superior and the results bear this out.
Speaking of Elves, I'd say that the four dice limit on Shadow really hurt their overall performance given their reliance on Mindrazor to stand firm.
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