Saturday, March 08, 2008

HGR Journal Entry No. 048 - Expanding The Secret Vocabulary...

Might as well post it now while I can't do my 15-min-painting-and-3-hour-admire technique. ;)

Date: March 8, 2008
Venue: Robinsons Galleria, near Victory and Skybowl, in a corner table among the card players
Regulars Present: Balian, Sigismund, Ebon, Salubri, Kyuzo, special appearance by Midnight
Other Players Present: Henry, John, special appearance by Mike
Highlights:

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Game1 - Balian(Steel Falcons) vs. Sigismund(Black Templars)
2000pts Cleanse Omega
Balian Wins via VP! 7 turns

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Game2 - Ebon(Order of the Clenched Fist) vs. Salubri(Deathwing)
2000pts Recon Omega
Salubri Wins via VP!

Gwen was adorable! We were a bit distracted in keeping her preoccupied so she doesn't distract Daddy Ebon while up against Salubri. Heard the momentum swung back and forth but in the end it was the Deathwing that prevailed.

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Game3 - Henry(Space Wolves) vs. John(Tyranids)
1500pts Cleanse Omega
John Wins via VP!

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Game4 - Kyuzo(Dark Eldar) vs. Balian(Steel Falcons)
2000pts Take and Hold Gamma
Balian Wins!

Brought my Dark Eldar again, this time taking another crack at the Steel Falcon light show. Dark lances were able to score some great hits against a lot of the Razorbacks and one of the Dreadnoughts in the earlier rounds. But there were still a lot more lascannons left on the table to methodically take out Dark Eldar raiders at will. Game ends with only the Wyches the only scoring units left for the Dark Eldar against a lot more mobile units left for the Steel Falcons to take the center.

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The Regulars decided to pack up early when it seemed not sufficient to run a fifth and sixth game with the time left.

Made a quick analysis of man's complex mating rituals ensued when Balian, Salubri and Kyuzo decided to send a couple of hours for dinner and coffee at Quattro and Starbucks respectively. Despite the road repair, Starbucks was packed. A good way to end the day.

Some Quotable Quotes:

Kyuzo - "Too many lights!"
Salubri - "Syempre, Steel Falcons yan eh!"

*Bang bang bang!* "This is taking too long! Charge! Grrraaarrrggghhh!!!" - Henry's Space Wolves when they faced Tyranids for the first time. They will be missed. ;)

Some noteworthy additions to the Secret Vocabulary were made as well. What can I say, we were on a roll:

"Bleh" - pertaining to something that's not exactly what it seemed
"Poosshhiinngg" - as previously explained and just realized Balian was serious when he just figured out what it meant after hearing it
"Keblag" - pertaining to something distractingly bouncing, but in a good way. Hehehe...
"Wwwhhhaaah" - pertaining to a Keblag, but in a bad way
"Wwhhachacha" - the arrival of something really REALLY wrong! Wahahaha!!!

Session ends 9:30-ish

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