Blood Bowl – Elves
Carry cases, my secret shame
With more than a few weeks under my belt now at my local friendly neighbourhood gaming club there is one aspect I’m still struggling with and one that even at this early stage is open to a little good natured banter from the guys. I’ve obviously put in a lot of work on my son’s ‘nids. Something that’s not been lost on folk if the many admiring comments and praise are anything to go by.
What is problematic is that ‘nids die, quickly and in droves and sometimes I think it’s rude to spend time putting them back in the box when I should be paying attention to my opponents move etc. Anyway this is my largest gaming carry case. Originally from Trago Mills [if I recall correctly] this drill case was pretty cheap.
£1.99 Delivered from Germany, with FREE Postage!
RECYCLED PLASTIC MULTIPLE SHIPPING BOX 420x305x110 mm NEW
Flufftastic – Techno-Achaeologist Avro Vulcan
It was only after his father’s passing many years later that Avro decided to travel in search of lost technology and in time this brought him to Ferron Proxima. His research showed the potential finds on Ferron Proxima could be highly significant. The composition of the planets surface, the mysterious geological and geographical layouts present and the many ‘folk tales’ and legends that could be drawn from the aboriginal population, particularly some of the more fantastical stories from the Bear Claw Tribe about “silver, winged giants and their cloud chariots”. Extensive interviews with the clan led him to the remote glacial mountain ranges of Vyzagapatnam in Ferron Proxima’s Northern Hemisphere.
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Last known picture of Techno-Achaeologist Avro Vulcan and mechanid |
Gaming nights alright for fighting
I got on down to my friendly neighbourhood gaming club a little earlier than usual to ensure I got a game but that didn’t work out because I still arrived after everyone else so those that were playing 40k had already set up and started so I had to wait until someone finished before it freed up a player.
On the plus side I got to watch Roy and his Imperial Guard utterly demolish 1000pts of Necrons. His four Vendetta’s filled me with an all consuming dread. Lookignn at the 1000pt ‘nid list I have just what have I got that can get to those and punch a hole in them without them flitting off to pick them apart with combined twin-linked las-cannon fire? And that’s not even considering the troops inside or the big blob of guards and heavy weapons teams shooting from cover!
Anyway, the game ended quick and I opted to face the Necrons to allow my opponent, who I’m ashamed to admit I don’t recall catching his name, a chance to regain some pride. Dawn of War deployment with four objectives, one in each corner of the board. Now unfortunately I only took one photograph. The new bigger hall we use does not like pictures on my phone, just not enough light. So I took one pic and seeing the result didn’t bother although some tweaking with the colours isn’t so bad, here’s a before and after.
So how did the match go? I won, at the 5th turn. I had two objectives to his one and one contested. The list itself is some usual stuff – my standard Warrior unit with Deathspitters and Barbed Strangler and a prime with Deathspitter, lash whip and Bonesword. They sat on an objective and rained fire down on anything they could see. Not the most effective use of 210pts but the unit only lost 2 wounds for the game. I had a Trygon, instead of a Prime, who deep-struck which sucked because 6 St5 BioElectric Pulses aren’t half as good as 12 Containment Spines [technically they are except for a 12″ range versus 18″ but that was irrelevant in this case]. The end result was that he had no less than three models with ‘mind-shackle’ scarabs so having a Monstrous Creature do D3 damages to itself on a 3D6 leadership roll [at least the Prime has Ld10] isn’t pretty. He did tarpit a unit for three turns though but it’s not what you hope for it to do.
The mind shackle scarabs were a royal pain in the a$$, causing not only tthe Trygon but a couple of Hormagaunts and the Tervigon to self harm. I was incredibly fearful of these things and having three characters wielding them it was a nightmare to try and whittle the unit in an attempt to get to the danger zones. As it was the relentless fire of the warriors and the devgaunts did the most damage but it wasn’t totally successful as the warriors kept getting back up.
The Tervigon also deviated a load of cluster spines on top of the Hormies so it was the Tyranids pretty much eating themselves that night. The Tervigon only spawned 14 termagants in the first turn and pooped out. They captured an objective but were then slaughtered by scarabs. Outflanking Stealers came in on the left, which I didn’t want but in actual fact given the loss of the Termagants the Stealers rampaged through the scarabs with the Broodlords adrenals insta-killing a base at a time. In the end the Stealers secured the objective and the objective in the building just out of shot top left was secured by some Immortals that never fired a single shot all game!
Ultimately I’d be happier with a Trygon Prime if it’s going to deep strike but I don’t know what 40pts to shave off to get it abd looking at the Guard army I’m really surprised and concerned as to what I could be facing in June. I don’t expect ‘nids to be competitive and even though I like small battle points lists this 1000pt army feels barebones and weak even though a few of the gribblies have upgrades. Much to think about.
Terrain is Everything – Tournament Terrain
Equally I had some nice things to hide behind here and finally playing on one of the ‘red planet’ boards was a treat.
Gaming night 2nite
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I’m only here because I’m smiling with having done some painting. |
Given it’s my youngest’s birthday next Tuesday and he’s been harping on about it since the day after his last one I kind of have to go tonight or it’ll be April before my next session. Thanks to the bumper crop of attendees last week the club is upgrading to a bigger room so again it’s best I go to show support.
Although I don’t fully equate my membership of the Lost Boys Gaming Club to being a member of my kendo club I think ‘giri’ still applies, in some small way. Giri 義理 is a Japanese value roughly corresponding to “duty“, “obligation“, or even “burden of obligation” in English.
Unlike kendo where my very attendance was sufficient to help others and support the club if I don’t attend Lost Boys no one will suffer because of my absence. However, the club needs to pay for the facilities so that is important to have sufficient numbers to break even. Of course in this day and age we all have to economise so my two visits a month goal is, I think, a decent commitment to the club. Anyway, with more room I think I’m more likely to get a match tonight than last week so I’m looking forward to it.
Meanwhile, last night I got in some painting while watching some episodes of Modern Family on the Sky Go. I finished the first set of highlights on my elf Blood Bowl team [except for the Blitzers] and I haven’t even introduced them to you yet! I also did a load of Tin Bitz on my AoBR Tac Squad weapons. Not a huge amount of progress but it’s one more hurdle overcome, onto the next one and only time will tell if it’s easier or not.
‘nids part 29 – More Rippers [WHY?!].
Gaming Night -Zombies!!!
‘nids part 28 – Ymgarls and a FREEBIE [free STUFF!]
With my local friendly neighborhood gaming clubs tournament I needed to maximise the figures I’ve got to make the 2,000 pts I was going to fight with, so out come the Ymgarl stealers to bulk out my force. Having that assault from ‘dormancy’ is really useful and their turn-by-turn mutation makes up for lack of adrenals or toxin sacs, not to mention everyone seems to think their SO much better than their standard bretheren.
But what to do to remind you which mutation they’re experiencing this turn? How’s about some handy Ymgarl genestealer mutation markers?
And if you need more than three here’s six handy cut out and keep ones here. I just print them out [click for full size, they should be 2cm tall], add double sided tape on the back and Sellotape on the front. Attach to mounting card and cut up. If the mounting card has a white core then I use a black marker to make them look cool.
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Print
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Apply double sided tape to back
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Stick to mounting card
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Carefully apply sellotape to top if you want them pseudo-laminated
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Cut out with craft knife/scalpel
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Amaze your friends and enemies with these cards
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Tell them to visit 40kaddict.blogspot.com for their own free markers.
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And of course while you are at it you can do the same for my free Wound Markers