Trollbloods hello again

So 2012 will begin with me starting up trolls again goal being to have a 50 pt army by winter

Here's a picture of my first new troll "Grimm Angus"

2011's khador is just about finished being painted entering into my first tournament with eIrusk I'll take some pictures and let you know how it turns out.

TempleCon 2012

Well I couldn't quite figure out the app plus my spare time was spent sleeping. So we arrived just in time to miss the Colassal's release video.

I can't speak for my fellow Con goers but I think the Idea is amazing! I love huge point games and I think this will become a great addition.  Plus the models look great. Can't wait to see the full scale model of the Cryx Kraken!  A little more info was released about the Iron Kingdoms and character creation and use of minis in the tabletop rendition.  Also it was announced that along with the third tier Casters "Legends" there will be a new rhulic caster.  

The convention moved into a new room. Quite a bit larger this year. While waiting for the room I played a few games, first one with a Rhode Island native that I played the last two years on the cave table. Then after driving from Maine played Rob! haha we always manage to squeeze a game in.  Rob one after I failed to assassinate Captain Amador Dmiano and Scaverous got taken out.  Lovely looking terrain but pain in the rear to move around on.

After a good four hour nap I got my list got "Flanks for the Memories" the first Midnight madness.  Got a couple of practice games in for Iron Arena.  When it came time to write our lists and get our game on, I found out it was two lists Required which I was unprepared for.  It would help if I had read a little closer into the description of the tournament.  So I quickly ran upstairs and grabbed Venethrax and some banes. Then proceeded to get beat down went 1-3 in the first tournament.  After the midnight madness I played a number of Iron arena games to build my confidence.  After a disappointing beginning to my gaming convention I proceeded to win the next 5 out of 6 games.  By then it was almost eleven and Jeff was beginning Hardcore and I was off to bed.

After I woke up and got some more Wendy's in me refilled my liquid supply I got out my Venethrax Death Race Midnight Madness.  After a few trials all wins I felt up to the challenge set ahead.  First round was hand picked for me unfortunately for my first opponent a nice girl "Aislynn" fielded a list set up for Venethrax. Absylonia and thirty some points of beasts.  She then proceeded to feed Venthrax beast after beast. Until Abby was on her own against a big bad Venethrax.  Second round I met up with a Cygnarian fielding pNemo and an Ironclad the black thirteen and then the Seether and banes swept round destroyed the Ironclad then Venethrax sat on full focus and Dragon Slayer giving Ven Twenty Six armor ran up the battlefield at nemo basically invincible then squished nemo.

Round three was on and I had Maelok the Dreadbound and his army of gators.  I had my work cut out for me.  This being only the second time I'd faced him I was unaware of some of the combos he's capable of.  I just couldn't finish his gators off so he kept bringing them back and charging even sitting on high armor chipped away and with a roll of trip fives dice minus twelve took him down. My first loss.  Round four was a Khador player featuring Vlad and only Beast09 some Iron Fang and Ulang Horsemen.  Vlad threw all he had at Venethrax and could only bring Venethrax to half but some bad rolls and then Venethrax beat Vlad's Face in.

Round five was against another Legion player from which Venethrax munched.  And in the last round It was Gorten but I was tired and out of the running for first second or third So I played like a goof and had fun doing it had two assassination attempts at gorten but couldn't roll to save my life.  

After all was said and done Jeff went off to catch some sleep while I played a few more games and waited for my fellows to awaken and get my bags.  After I was packed up I used the last of my time to snap some more photos of the con and the game-room.  Along with a few fellow GameGeekers.

Rob

Rob Gaming

Rob's Game Mercs v. Pirates

Nice Legion Army

Cool Scenario table destroy or protect the graveyard

Another nice scenario table didn't get to try this one sorry it's blurry

Will Shick's Circle Orboros Army Notice the Nice new Ferral

Assault the docks!

GDayBloke taking on an eglishmen Nemo meet castigator boom stick

Master Yann Aka DevilSquid

Nick being a good sport

40k had a nice showing

40k players

Interesting Skare Combo

Absence and a Renewed Vigor

Sorry I have been away.  I made my transition to third shift without too much hassle but getting used to how things work and the numerous amounts of overtime I haven't had a lot of free time.  I've been playing pretty steady Warmachine/Hordes (WarmaHordes) Finally assembled all my second had Legion of Everblight with a few exceptions.  My wife is painting them in her own time so I have a few painted and will start to share with everyone.

I have been plugging away at my Khador slowly but surely.  I have them all assembled, primed and begun.  A few were finished back in October but I try to paint a little here and a little there.

TempleCon 2012 is now less then a week away and I've decided that Cryx will be joining the fray.  I was going to bring a tournament Legion list but decided not to make my wife rush.  (As I hate playing with unpainted models)  Lich Lord Venethrax, and Lord Exhumator will be my center points.  Skarre and Terminus will be in attendance as well.  This is the first year I'm not bringing every playable model since I plan on playing in three tournaments so caster choice is limited and the Iron arena will have a few other contenders so I think I'll be well suited.  I am very excited to try out the new casters on those who dare.  Depending on how my mobile blogger works I will post updates from the con.

And in DnD news I've started my second campaign as the other fizzled out due to schedule conflictions. Hoping that this one might be better than the last.  Still keep running into brick walls while attemping to force the party into roll playing.  There is a lot of meta-gaming and this leads to their characters making decisions that in no way shape or form they would make if they were the character which ends up either forcing there way through a puzzle or complication to say well my guy can just get there from here with no problem.  Or proceding down a hall by sliding the character.  If anyone has suggestions I'm open to it.  My goal is to have a fun campaign that is enjoyable to everyone.

So hopefully you'll be hearing a lot more, Fingers crossed.

Over-Achievement Week 1

So after one week of play I have heard that numerous games have been played and many shenanigans by players attempting to win differing achievements.  Myself I have played three games, and won all three so far bringing the enemies of the nightmare empire to their knees.  Muwahahaha.  I was thinking I had no chance at this league due to the fact that I didn't have a ton of time to play lots of games but after two good games with gracious opponents I racked up a fair amount of points.  My goal is to get every achievement available but for some of them that is hard to do.  But alas when I get the easy ones out of the way here come some tricky silliness and I will lose games but in a loss I may achieve many of my points.  

Sorry I haven't attached any pictures as of late.  I keep forgetting to bring my camera, this will be rectified next week and the weeks following.  

On another note I picked up my bombardiers and the starter set comes out next week and I have on on pre-order, so my Khador will begin it's decking out.  Who knows maybe I will bring Khador to TempleCon this year.  As of now I think it'll be Cryx since Circle and Gators last year.  But who knows only tie will tell.

Over-Achievement League Day 1

   Ok so the league has kicked off and I faltered at the starting gate.  First day I planed on being up there relatively early unfortunately due to some work issues I ran about 45 minutes late leaving me waiting for a game.  After a little while I got a good 50pt pAsphyxious list in against Kaelyssa and her retribution.  It was a slug-fest with epic and terrible dice rolls on both sides. The game drew out until round 5 with both sides having 1 caster 1 jack and 1 solo.  Fortunes on the nightmare empire this day and Tartarus made short work of Narn and Erebus held up the Manticore while Asphyxious threw a boosted hell-fire at Kaelyssa and boosted damage roll landed with a 6 a 5 and a 3 this was more then enough since the canker-worm had picked at her the round before.

    In my first game I got 1 pt for a 50 pt win 1 pt for a game against retribution 2 pts for destroying 10 warrior models in a single round and 1 more for boxing an enemy caster with a spell.  So all in all game 1 gave me 5 pts.  Not too shabby however I'm going to have to step up my game in order to compete in this league as the more games you play the more points you can earn.  As far as I've heard play as many games as you can.  SO.... I think this Saturday there will be a little excursion to the Game of the Geeks for a few games small and large point value.

    All in all I am very excited for this league and it appears that at least on week one day one we had a very good turn out and I hope to catch you all there.  There is still time to get in and get playing hope to see you there facing the nightmare empire!  Good night.

Not so silent silence

    All's not so silent on the gaming front.  Alas but I have been yet again making me into a liar yet again.  Been busy with other things still gaming only once a week on Thursday evening.  With Maelok being released the Gators are back on the table couldn't wait to get him and now that gators are available again... finally I can get my second unit of Gators.   Got an awesome scheme for em too going to make them rotten like Maelok.  And this way I can use them as his unit gain death pact.  Also a second black-hide wrastler to look a little rotten and undead. 

    Maelok looks good a really fun option.  Almost as if a gatorman became a warlock.  He feels like you can run infantry heavy along with a few snappers and a wrastler maybe two. Not sure as I have not gotten a game in with him.  Saddened a little due to the fact that the Over Achievements League starts tomorrow, and a lot of he achievements are better served to my Cryxian empire.  Besides all the gators are done Cryx still needs painting and basing.  

So no in game assessments until the end of the league or if I can get in some games at other times.  But alas it is late and I have to be awake and alert in just a few short hours.  So I leave you with the images of Maelok the Dreadbound and all the other Blindwater Congregation! 

Late night tourney

Ok so the turn-out was awesome! I wish I had not been up so early yesterday?   Had a great list and first round went smoothly.  Erebus kills Ossyan, second round up against rhulics and did ok until feat turn made some bad decisions and lost after six rounds with only Scaverous alive.  Way to go Murph!   I started to slow by round three and had a good chance against eLylyth put Scaverous out there on turn three exposed thinking that I'd draw out his feat turn and most of everything was engaged.  Oops I forgot Lylyth has evasive and slipstream plus some good damage rolls and Scaverous met his first death.  So sleep deprived and needing to be up in 4 hours I bid you adieu.  Thanks to all at the tourney and apologies to my last round mate as I made some poor moves that led to my downfall.  Still love this list though. That makes Scaverous 6 wins 1 Death 1 Loss due to end of rounds.