40k - ITC Mission Practice

Over the weekend I managed to get in a couple of games using the ITC Missions.

In the first I played Alastair's Tau and it was a real ding-dong battle. He had to leave before we completed the game but at the end of Turn 4 he was ahead 18-17. I learned a few hard lessons in this game as my character placement was sloppy. Going into the game I had a plan but my line got disjointed and that led to some poor decisionmaking on my part. I was also rusty with my rules knowledge forgetting some critical attributes I had. As a result I went home and updated the cheat sheet I had been using previously.

My second game was against Tom who was having his second game of 8th and using Nids. We used it as a training session where we talked through our moves and what we were trying to accomplish. In this instance my character placement was much better. I was helped in no small part by Seizing the Initiative (and rolling like a 12 year old at times).  My Grotesques where able to nullify some of his heavy hitters in the centre.

One of the key learnings from the game was in relation to the selection of Secondary Missions. WE both have developed plans around what works best for each of our arms.

Character placement was much stronger for me this game and hopefully I can reinforce what I did in future games.

Next weekend I'm looking to have a gaming day here at Chez Dunn so I'll get a chance to test those learnings.

40K Event Calendar Updated

The 40k Event Calendar has been updated to reflect upcoming events. Here you can get the headline details, registration info and download a copy of the Players Pack (if available).

New events added:

• NatCon
• Battle Above The Brynderwyns
• Lakes of Blood
• Iron Monkey

If you have an event you want added just let me know.

NZ Rankings Display Update

The FOB NZ 40K Rankings Page has been updated to reflect that the NZ Masters this year will have a field of 16 participants.

The Top 15 plus the current NZ Master will receive invites and those places are marked in Blue and Yellow respectively.

Icons for the codexes that didn't have custom icons have also been added.

40K - CHARICON Results

Over the weekend Charicon was run in Upper Hutt, organised by Bede Bailey and raising $6000 for charity.

The 40K event attracted 33 players who battled over six rounds with 1500 point armies. As it was a "charity" event, I decided to emphasise all aspects of the hobby, including placing an army selection assessment element in the hands of opponents.

Here are the results:

Rank	Player	Army	Battle	Pres.	Sports	Comp	Total
1	Stuart Fields	Renegade Knights	31.33	24.00	19	12	86.33
2	Scott Paterson	Tau	32.67	22.67	18	12	85.33
3	Luke Archbold	Adeptus Custodes	27.33	24.00	20	12	83.33
4	Sean Sullivan	Adeptus Mechanicus	32.67	23.33	16	10	82.00
5	Scott Avery	Grey Knights	25.33	20.67	22	12	80.00
6	Simon Smith	Drukhari	26.00	22.00	20	10	78.00
7	Michael Stewart	Adeptus Custodes	26.00	21.33	19	11	77.33
8	Sam Whitt	Chaos Daemons	26.67	22.00	19	9	76.67
9	Ryan Stuart	Tyranids	22.67	21.33	20	12	76.00
10	Hagen Kerr	Sisters of Battle	22.00	24.00	18	12	76.00
11	Glen Burfield	Space Marines	20.67	23.33	21	11	76.00
12	Craig Stewart	Astra Militarum	22.67	22.67	19	11	75.33
13	Dave Hodgetts	Astra Militarum	24.00	20.67	18	11	73.67
14	Sam Nightingale	Space Marines	26.67	19.33	19	8	73.00
15	Paul Knieriem	Deathwatch	16.67	22.67	21	12	72.33
16	Aaron Wilson	Craftworld Eldar	25.33	21.33	18	7	71.67
17	Steve Joll	Space Wolves	17.33	23.33	19	12	71.67
18	Cody Parlato	Space Marines	18.00	23.33	18	12	71.33
19	Bob Pearce	Space Marines	16.67	22.67	20	12	71.33
20	Ryan Pike	Craftworld Eldar	20.00	22.00	18	11	71.00
21	Bruce Manning	Thousand Sons	20.00	23.33	18	9	70.33
22	Shane Rongonui	Craftworld Eldar	17.33	22.00	20	11	70.33
23	Robert Higgins	Adeptus Custodes	16.67	22.67	19	11	69.33
24	Jordan Green	Death Guard	16.67	24.00	19	9	68.67
25	Ross Brewster	Craftworld Eldar	17.33	22.00	19	10	68.33
26	Kent Jackson	Space Marines	16.00	20.00	19	12	67.00
27	Regan Ridge	Astra Militarum	19.33	21.33	18	8	66.67
28	Josh Lloyd	Necrons	15.33	20.00	19	12	66.33
29	Simon Avery	Dark Angels	11.67	21.33	18	12	63.00
30	Thomas Battersby	Chaos Space Marines	12.00	18.67	18	12	60.67
31	Nick Johnson	Tau	12.67	19.33	18	10	60.00
32	Matthew Liggett	Tyranids	13.33	16.00	19	11	59.33
33	Matthew Tansley	Orks	16.67	17.33	18	6	58.00

BEST PRESENTED ARMY - Stuart Fields

BEST OPPONENT - Scott Avery

This was Stuart's first tournament and to walk away with First Overall and Best Army was a great effort.

Interestingly, no went undefeated. Every player had at least one loss in their six games.

Only 14 out of 33 armies emerged unscathed from the player-assessed composition assessment. However, those 14 did include the Top 3 placegetters.

The results have been uploaded to the FOB NZ Rankings.

40K - 2019 FOB NZGT - Registrations & Waiting List

Last week tickets went on sale for this year's FOB NZ Grand Tournament.

The tickets sold out in under two hours 😀

Under the "Event Registrations" in the banner above, there is a list of the 72 participants.

A waiting list has also been started should there be any drop outs. Last year real life intervened and there was some attrition leaving the event with 59 starters. My intention this year is to work on the basis of 64-68 participants.

40K - Fields of Blood Warhammer 40k New Zealand Grand Tournament Tickets

Tickets for the 2019 FoB NZGT go on sale tomorrow 1 February at 8.00am

The event is limited to 64 participants due to the size of the venue.

You can download the Players Pack here

This event sold out in 48 hours last year and I expect that there will be good demand again.

40k - New Year, New Gaming Room

Just before Xmas Tom moved into a flat closer to his work. This seemingly innocent move put in place a train of events that involved some sensitive discussion as interested parties maneuvered to mutually beneficial outcomes.

As a result of these negotiations, the garage has returned to its role as a place to park a car, the outside shed a place for garden tools (rather than boxes of terrain) and my wargaming room  (off the garage) to a general storage room [95% wargaming stuff 😀). To offset that I have a room up in the main part of the house purely for gaming.

I called up Hagen one afternoon and he came around to help me move my gaming table. Easier said than done! The table sits on an old Games Workshop table and this was too large to get through our doorways (as well as weighing a tonne). So it had to be dismantled and reassembled once inside the room. The cabinet holds my armies and there is space at either end for 8x 92L boxes of terrain.

The room has built in cupboards for further wargaming storage. It is really well lit and you can get 360 degree access meaning that it is now easier to play Hammer & Anvil deployments.

The last two weeks higgins has been around and spanked tmy Harlequins both evenings.

Looking forward to have more locals over for games during the coming years.

40K Harlequin List - 1000 Points

At the end of March I am going to Adepticon in Chicago and have signed up to play in The Long War Doubles. Jack will be using his Dark Eldar so I need to have 1000 point list to complement them. I've decided to use Harlequins.

The list I am working towards painting is as follows:

1000 Point Harlequin Battalion - Masque TBC

HQ

Troupe Master - Fusion Pistol, Relic + Warlord Trait
Shadowseer - 2x Spells TBC

Troops

3x Troupe - 2x Caress, 2x Fusion Pistols

Fast Attack

Skyweaver Unit - 4x Glaive & Haywire

Dedicated Transport

3x Skyweaver - 2x Shuriken Cannon

That comes in at 989 points. I'd appreciate any C&C on makeup, loadout, possible, Masque, Relic, Traits and Psychic Powers.

40k - Harlequin Vehicles

Over the break I painted up the vehicles for my initial Harlequin list so that I could get them on the table and start playing.

I have painted up 4 dual-Shuriken Cannon Starweavers and 8 Skyweaver jetbikes with Haywire. 

The crews haven't been done yet as I can add them as I paint them and still play in the interim. Also the placement of the crew will allow me to more efficient paint the highlights on the vehicle (no point highlighting then covering with riders 😀)

I wanted to be more muted in my Harlequins and not have the vehicles too garish or ostentatious.

Looking through my hobby drawers I found some of the magnetic flight stands Jack had bought from Litko. Using the same Secret Weapon bases used for Jack's Dark Eldar, I created magnetised bases for these flyers. The army's basing has been painted to match that of Jack's and my Dark Eldar.

I'll get some final pictures up once the riders are completed. In the interim I am painting Troupes to go in the Starweavers.

40K - The Return of The Long War

In 2019 I'll be running The Long War 40k Tournament series at the Warlords.

These are three round one day events held at regular Warlords meetings. The tournaments are open to all but are free if you are a Warlords member. This incentivises people to join the Club and builds the community by having a regular group of people playing 40k at the Warlords.

The cost of each event is $25. However, as I said, if you are a full Warlords member (annual sub currently $50) then there is a substantial saving should you attend all of them. In addition, you can attend a further 20+ fortnightly meetings.

In 2018 there were four The Long War events. But 2019 will see that grow to FIVE!!!!!!

The dates and points levels are as follows:

• 16 March - 1750 points
• 4 May - 1500 points
• 6 July - 1500 points
• 7 September  - 1500 points
• 19 October - 1750 points

The events have been loaded up into the "Events Calendar" - just push the button on the banner. A players pack for the first event will will be up in the next couple of weeks. If you want details on how to join the Warlords then just drop me a message.