Venue: Robinsons Galleria
Regulars Present: Kyuzo, Sigismund, Ebon, Salubri
Other Players Present: Henri, Marty, Mike, Jesse, Alfred
Some New Potential Players in Attendance: Nelo, The Other Marty, JR, and The Other Adrian
Gaming Highlights:
Balian noteably not among the early arrivals, who is on BF duties for the weekend. And Sigismund kept on saying he misses him! Aaawww....
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Game1 - Sigismund(SM-Blood Ravens) vs. Henri(SW-Iron Wolves)1500pts Seek and Destroy Alpha
Sigismund Wins! 6-0
Sigis went on mini-tourney tune up mode, pitting Blood Ravens against what was initially heard as a drop pod assaulting Iron Wolves. Sigis went on millimeter gaming mode, probably wanting to make a good showing in the coming mini-tourney by the looks of it. Not much into the rest of the gaming details except for the outcome where Sigis had a heavy advantage of 6 scoring units left on the table compared to none for the Iron Wolves.
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Game2 - Marty(Tau Empire) vs. Kyuzo(CSM-Black Legion)2000pts Secure and Control Omega (3 Loot Counters)
Kyuzo Wins via VP! (7 Turns)
My first game against Marty's Tau. Had that sinking feeling I should've brought Dark Eldar instead. Hehehe... Anyway, I knew I had to get Tau to come out of any potential hiding places while my troops make a steady advance to claim objectives. The agreed terrain rules on the table (all hills with no difficult terrain, without cover saves unless you're behind it and blocks LOS) as well as majority of our respective armies in reserve, forced the both of us to deploy aggressively, with Chaos Havoc Squads literally doing a staring match with Tau Broadsides. First turn was key, and when I won out, I was only able to kill off one Broadside. But I got lucky on this one when Marty failed the Broadsides' leadership test and fell back off table on the first turn!
Bad luck changed places for the next two turns, where the rest of my reserves only started coming in on Turn 3 (SEVEN(!) units failed to come in during the 2nd turn!). Was pleasantly surprised when my Obliterators and Slaaneshi Lord on bike was able to reach the Crisis Suits and took them down one by one. But not at a cost though, as some impressive defensive shooting from Fire Warriors took out one Termie squad and one the Slaaneshi Lord when they're left in the open.
Game ends on the 7th turn with one Loot Counter contested, and one Counter claimed by each side, and the Victory Points eventually breaking the tie.
Good game.
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Game3 - Salubri(Eldar) vs. Ebon(CSM-Deathguard)2000pts Seek and Destroy Gamma
Salubri Wins via VP!
Saw only parts of this game, which was cerebral from Turn 1. Ebon and Salubri are quick to read each others' moves, with Salubri making a strategic retreat to a defensive position on one flank while his "Eldar Beautician" (Eldar Wraithlord) kept the Greater Daemon and Daemon Prince of Nurgle at bay for three Turns and stop the Nurgle sweep short. A more colorful description by Salubri: "Eldar run and gun bading maneouver worked well against them moving walls of maggot infestation!". Salubri pulls off a major victory against Ebon on VP count.
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Game4 - Mike(SM-Ultramarines) vs. Jesse(SM-Luna Wolves)2000pts Take and Hold Omega
Draw! (7 Turns)
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Game5 - Marty(Tau Empire) vs. Alfred(IG w/ Daemonhunter Allies)2000pts Seek and Destroy Alpha
Marty Wins! 6-2
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Some of the boyz went on to have dinner over at Dencio's Metrowalk. Other than Sigismund's bloody chicken episode, the boyz were in relatively high spirits. Some talks on finalizing some details and logistics for the coming mini-tourney ensued. Session ends 10:30-ish.
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