HGR Journal Entry No. 042 - Tap Out 40k, HGR Style...

Date: January 26, 2008
Venue: Neutral Grounds Galleria
Regulars in Attendance: Balian, Sigismund, Salubri, Kyuzo, Ebon
Games Played: Warhammer 40k

Highlights:

Third straight Saturday at Galleria! Got to rack in four, count 'em, four games in one table on an afternoon and evening of gaming.

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Game1 - Sigismund(Tau Empire) vs. Balian(Knights of Ibelin)
2000pts Take and Hold Alpha
Sigismund taps out in Turn4. Balian Wins!

Sigis pulls out yet another surprise by bringing in his all-white (but in progress) Tau Empire. Little did he know that Balian was ready for him when he brought out his ALL-WHITE Knights of Ibelin with THREE white Vindicators!!! Lolz.

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Game2 - Kyuzo(Chaos Space Marines) vs. Salubri(Death Ravens)
2000pts Take and Hold Alpha
Salubri wins via Massacre on Turn5!

Things went downhill for the forces of Chaos right at the start when a combined attack from Deathwing assault and Ravenwing scouts rendered a havoc squad on one flank useless with a Land Raider providing problems at the opposite flank, destroying one rhino and disrupting what's intended to be a steady press to the center. Forces of Chaos never had a chance to recover with units being picked one by one taking out all Chaos scoring units to leave center uncontested by the Death Ravens.

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Game3 - Balian(Knights of Ibelin) vs. Ebon(Deathguard)
2000pts Secure and Control Gamma
Balian wins via VP!

Immaculate Vindicators DID NOT MISS during the entire game. Enough said. ;)

(the vindicators did miss.. but when they missed, they still hit something :P My MVP for the game though was Balian himself, the Emperor's Champion! Too bad the commander, Godfrey, did not reach combat... my fluff says that dude once fought for two days with a bolter shell in his testicles :P - Balian)

That's what I meant too! Lolz.

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Game4 - Salubri(Death Ravens) vs. Sigismund(Tau Empire)
2000pts Cleanse Gamma
Sigismund taps out in Turn4. Salubri Wins!

This was an interesting game. For starters, it was a relatively fast paced one (with a little help from Balian and Kyuzo doing some quick rules reading and casualty packing for Sigis to focus more on the game). And it was all that shooting from the Tau Empire against Deathwing Terminator armor! Talk about "fighting in the shade"! Now maybe if Sigis HAD first turn was not as tangled up in deployment and made full use of his mobility and be able to spread himself out a little more to max out shooting at the Death Raven spearhead... well... we'll never know now would we? Hehehe...

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Other Warhammer 40k players showed up to pass by or watch the games with us. There was Marty, and er... Marty, and Naj(?) and RJ(?). Maybe they might be able to join us in the next scheduled Saturday game.

Today's Quotable Quote That Sounded Kinda Wrong Award goes to Justin - "Excuse me Emcee, pahipo ng Rhino mo..." :D

Gaming Ended close to Closing Time (9:00PM).

See you next gaming session.

HGR Journal Entry No. 041 - More Galleria Gaming...

Date: January 19, 2008
Venue: Neutral Grounds Galleria
Regulars Present: Kyuzo, Balian, Sigismund, Ebon
Games of Choice: Warhammer 40k
Highlights:

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Game1 - Balian(Ravenwing) vs. Sigismund(Blood Ravens)
2000pts Cleanse Gamma
Balian wins via VP

Ravenwing doing a lot of faking one way and move the other, with Blood Raven terminators zigzaging and shooting behind cover. Sigismund's tactics (and shooting) were sound, dessimating Ravenwing forces to more than half. Only critical error was Sigis had no available units to contest quarters in the closing turns, which pretty much proved to be the points difference between them.

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Game2 - Kyuzo(Chaos Space Marines) vs. Ebon(Deathguard)
2000pts Cleanse Alpha
Ebon wins via Objective [one scoring unit on one uncontested quarter vs. none]

I tried experimenting by making some major adjustments to my Emperor's Children list by mixing in more chaos space marine units along with some rhinos and havocs too. The set-up has its merits, though I guess I should not have been overly aggressive against Deathguard. Plague marines at T5 and Feel No Pain is a pain. Lolz.

It was a close game with Ebon's claiming unit just one model short of not scoring. Had a chance at a draw if it were not for that crucial miss on that lascannon shot at those dudes on the very last turn.

HGR Journal Entry No. 040 - Galleria Learning Experience

Date: January 12, 2008
Venue: NG Galleria
Regulars In Attendance: Balian, Sigismund, Kyuzo
Games of Choice: Warhammer 40k
Highlights:

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Game1 - Balian(Dark Angels) vs. Sigismund(Blood Ravens)
2000pts Cleanse Omega
Balian wins via VP

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Game2 - Balian(Dark Angels) vs. Sigismund(Blood Ravens)
2000pts Take and Hold Omega
Balian wins via VP

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Game3 - Sigismund(Blood Ravens) vs. Kyuzo(Emperors Children)
2000pts Cleanse Alpha
Draw

Playing Emperors Children using the new CSM rules needs a bit of adjustment on my end, especially with the loss of indirect firing defilers, daemon bombing, and daemonic strength powered aspiring champions which my playing style was heavily banking on during the early days. Personal assessment is an uphill climb using a themed army, which with the new rules, does not really restrict you from following nowadays. Figured out a couple of weak points in the army set up I used against Sigis's Blood Ravens, which is something for me to ponder on when I figure out my adjustments for the next gaming session.

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HGR Journal Entry No. 039 - Fortune Cookie Crumbling...

Date: January 5, 2008
Venue: Midnight's Place
Regulars Present: Balian, Midnight, Kyuzo
Rules of Engagement: Warhammer 40k
Highlights:

It seems that Balian kept himself busy by assembling and priming 2000pts of Ravenwing over the Christmas holidays! So here we go!

Game1 - Balian(Ravenwing) vs. Midnight(Space Wolves)
2000pts Secure and Control Omega
Balian wins via VP!

Space Wolves had their hands full right from the get-go, with Ravenwing going from one flank to the opposite end in just two turns. What really did them in was the ton of assault cannons and meltas that took out most their infantry and armor respectively.

Ravenwing is scary I tell you. Scary enough for me to admit the Emperor's Children I brought won't be able to last 3 turns against those guys. :P

Had a relatively early dinner over at Shakey's. Then Salubri called in hoping if we can still have coffee at the local Starbucks. Perfect timing.

Balian and I were able to meet up with Salubri over the usual Starbucks. I said perfect timing coz it was the perfect opportunity for me to give Salubri's "fortune cookie" which was with Midnight since Christmas break, and with Balian getting his "fortune cookie" earlier in the day. I'm glad to know that they were happy with what I gave them. ;)