Something different

So I skipped Kublacon this year for Fanime. It's been 3 years since I last went to this convention. How is this related to miniature wargaming? I don't know yet, but I'll look around to find a rationale.

GW yearly price increase

Looks like this year's price bump is here. It's averaging at 15% increase from current costs. This one caught my eye: Storm Raven went from $66 to $82.50. Realize that the Forge World Storm Talon is £80, or at 1.57 exchange, $125. I think I'm going with the prettier FW version if I'm plopping down that type of change.

Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rumors

Wow. Check out the link to see the rumors: http://apocalypse40k.blogspot.com/2012/05/6th-edition-rule-and-fluff-changes-are.html?m=1. Then come back for my reaction.

GK Tournament Meta

I've been to two WarmaHordes tournaments at Game Kastle. Both were of the 35 point Steamroller variety and included different people at both events. Between those two matches was a tourney that I visited and Bob played in. There should be enough experiences to consider possible army builds for the next GK Steamroller.

Steamroller, Tiered style

The Steamroller tourney has come and gone. Seven players came and threw down. Almost all were Hordes players, only 3 were Warmachine. Of the three, two were Cygnar, Blaize and Darius for me, eHaley and Nemo for Bob. The last player was a Khador player that I didn't play.

Practice game 1

Here's Khador Tier 1 with eIrusk versus Cygnar Blaize Tier 4.

This was a 5 turn slugfest. By Turn 3, Khador should have won by either getting one of the Control Points or assassinate Blaize. The dice turned on Khador when he tried to finish off Blaize. He also missed a chance to get one of the CPs when he concentrated on killing Blaize.

The reprieve for Cygnar let them survive for another 2 turns and control one of the Monoliths while keeping Khador from controlling the other one. This forced tiebreaker scoring and Cygnar pulled off the time-limit win. Blaize was left with 2 health boxes and Irusk had 8 left after a double-barrelled blast from a Charger in turn 5.

Lessons learned:
1. Stick with your plan, don't change it if you can capture a CP.
2. Protect your Warcasters.
3. Know your special rules, to save time
4. Plan your Focus allocation in advance.
5. Use spells as needed. You don't need to force their use.

Darius Tier 4

Here's a couple of pictures of part of my Darius Tier 4 battlegroup: