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Ok gang! It's that time of year again, time for the ratskins to mass and kill all your dudes in a frenzy for presents, plates of delicious (and deadly!) christmas cookies for objectives, and rampaging Bloodcrushers!

For those who weren't here for the last one, get ready for another set of absolute nonsense scenarios like last year's "Phalanx of the Sugar-Plum Necrons", "Red Sleigh Down", and "They Never Let Poor Scz'phkk'ghb The Eater of Skulls, Devourer of Souls, Who Drinks From the Grinning Hellfathom Gourd of the Third Moon of Heran VI Join in All the BloodCrusher Games!"

In case you weren't aware by this point, the 40k Christmas tournament around here is NOT a serious, hard-nosed tournament! We'll be wearing santa hats and playing on tables bedecked in garlands and eating peppermint bark while our models romp through a winter nightmareland!

Bring 1850 points and be ready for a day of absolute Yuletide Carnage!

Entry is $10 like usual, and we'll be giving out all kinds of Holiday themed prizes!

Bonus points to anyone who brings Logan Claus on his merry wolf-drawn sleigh!

8:30ish - 9:30 - Set up and talk shop.
9:30am - 10:00 - check-in, sign-up, event preamble, pairings
10:00am - 12:15pm - Round 1
12:15 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 3:45 - Round 2
4:00 - 6:15 - Round 3
6:30 - Winners announced

Upcoming BIG Events:


2014 Monthly Schedule:

January 11th: RRT: COMPLETE
February 8th: RRT:Las Vegas Open Detox: COMPLETE
March 8th: Game Empire Championship Series event: "Beware The Ides of March": COMPLETE
April 12th: RRT: Total War Part I 1850 pts. COMPLETE
May 10th: Game Empire Championship Series event - Revenge of the Fluff: Part 2 The Re-Fluffing: COMPLETE
June 14th: RTT : COMPLETE
July 12th: Game RTT: COMPLETE
August 9th: RTT:COMPLETE
September 13th:RTT: COMPLETE
October 11th: RTT COMPLETE
November 8th: RTT COMPLETE
December 13th: RTT Holiday Madness!

Prize support will be awarded to Warmaster (Best Overall), Best Imperial, Best non-Imperial. Best Imperial and Best non-Imperial cannot be awarded to someone who also won the Warmaster or Best General awards. Armies that have allied contingents that are not both Imperial or both non-Imperial are not eligible for the best Imperial or non-Imperial awards.

Painting is Required to win BESET OVERALL. All other prizes, save Best Painted, can be won with out a fully painted army. There will also be a Best Army award to the player voted to have the best looking army at the event. In addition there will be a Sportsmen award and several silly awards for a few good laughs.

We are looking to make this the best year of gaming yet at Game Empire, so come on down and be a part of it!

I'll make about half of these as usual. I would suggest May for the GT. Also I would send a PM to Reecius and check if he has a tentative date yet for the 2014 BAO. We send a lot of guys up there for the BAO and wouldn't want our GT to get in the way of that. Plus I know he and the crew at Team Zero Comp would make every effort to come out to a GT run in Pasadena.

So, question:

Have you come to a conclusion on dataslates/escalation/stronghold? Juuust want to make sure I don't have to pack heat for a revenant or rather be caught off guard by one....

How about a voting post on all the new junk? LVO had this and people seemed to like it.

Are you doing the Kill Team events or will there be a second thread on that?

Are you doing a GT, or has that been shelved. I would say May or even June, many are in school and would like to have an event to bring in the summer break.

Will there be a discussion of terrain? Maybe a set of hyperlinks to the topics that relate to the events?

Ill be talking with Travis in person soon hopefully so I can get some more of the details regarding the GT. I like May as well. Ill be contacting Frontline about it after the Vegas Open. Im sure they are very busy with planning and logistics on that right now.

Dataslates are cool in the shop, Im 99% sure on that. Stronghold and Escalation are not being used in tournaments currently, though there might be an event or two that allows certain things to be taken. Those will be discussed well in advance.

Kill team events will happen, just not sure when and how yet. Like I said Im getting married next week so I dont have a ton of time right now. But I will get all the details ironed out.

Scenery is still in the air. Ive been researching some ways of getting some new stuff and I have a ton of foam in my truck to turn into rocky out croppings later this month. Again I cant act for the store since I do not work there. So I need to go over everything with Travis or Chuck.

Kinda disappointing that only painted armies can win ANYTHING. I mean I understand no grand prize or second place, but no awards for unpainted is pretty gakky for us who don't have a lot of time to paint...

Prime a model, paint the metal parts, drybrush the rest one color. That takes the whole of twenty seconds a model. I just tested it.

However Ill check and see if its only the top prize that requires painting. But try and get your stuff painted. I take commission if you want

I mean, I want to paint my models, Ill have an example of the finished product for the tourament, time is just crazy tight right now with 12 hour shifts and 6 day weeks on top of developing a game... I know, I know, no excuses, and I understand none of the top prizes, but we should at least get some chance to win our entry fee back!

 MikeFox wrote:
Prime a model, paint the metal parts, drybrush the rest one color. That takes the whole of twenty seconds a model. I just tested it.

However Ill check and see if its only the top prize that requires painting. But try and get your stuff painted. I take commission if you want

When we discussed and implemented the rule last year it was: The top prize (Best Overall) can only be won by a fully painted (3 Color Minimum) army. All other awards (Best General, Sportsman, etc.) can be won by anyone regardless of paint or lack thereof.

I think this is how it should stay.


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 gameandwatch wrote:
I mean, I want to paint my models, Ill have an example of the finished product for the tourament, time is just crazy tight right now with 12 hour shifts and 6 day weeks on top of developing a game... I know, I know, no excuses, and I understand none of the top prizes, but we should at least get some chance to win our entry fee back!

Agreed, and if they keep the rule as it was from last year you will still be eligible for all prizes but the top prize.


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 MikeFox wrote:
Prime a model, paint the metal parts, drybrush the rest one color. That takes the whole of twenty seconds a model. I just tested it.

However Ill check and see if its only the top prize that requires painting. But try and get your stuff painted. I take commission if you want

While true for you it may not be true for all players.

I agree with OverwatchCNC, you just can't win the top prize if you are unpainted. I have found that just about everyone comes with fully painted armies now. The other is rare. I also feel that the people that come are high in sportsmanship, that wasn't the case in the past. I do still see some crazy lists though. I do have to say they have never taken the top spot though. It will be interesting when the TO chimes in, all will be answered then.

I wasnt sure of the actual ruling. Ill change the rule in the first post right now.

I personally also prefer top prize only going to that which is painted, I think it cuts down on min-maxed armies and boosts sportsman ship. it certainly has made my first few events at GE very pleasant!

Having fully painted requirement doesnt deter min/maxing.I does limit the bandwagoners winning for a month or two but a terrible 1st grade paint job will still get the job done.

A first grade paint job very well will. And I rather play against Venom spam with some paint, then an army of grey plastic. The painting requirement for overall winner stands.

I wasnt saying it should be. I was just pointing out that you can do a terrible job painting it doesn't need to be well painted . I know I always want my models to look super good and spend extra time on each one but I could just go out and buy a can of spray paint ,boltgun metal, and a wash and be done with it in a day or less.

Someone say Venom spam? Cool I will be there

 azgrim wrote:
I wasnt saying it should be. I was just pointing out that you can do a terrible job painting it doesn't need to be well painted . I know I always want my models to look super good and spend extra time on each one but I could just go out and buy a can of spray paint ,boltgun metal, and a wash and be done with it in a day or less.

Hey man, you got the same technique as I usually employ ...

Takes me a year to paint anything and I paint all the time. Damn my OCD and all those pesky little details, makes for a pretty army though.

I'll be there! Need to prep for L.V.O cuz I'm gonna be able to go

First RTT was amazing as always. There were 18 players, which was great turn out. No 'nid players, the TO said they were all crying at home over their nerfed condex. I think we still need to play the thing before shouting foul. Top seat went to a Ultramarine list. I didn't get to play him this time, but he is a very fair player as was all the guys I played. I went 2-1, the highlight for me was playing a former GW employee. I have to say the guys I played were the best. We all had a blast and I heard no arguments at all. Lots of rules questions, but no disputes that I could see. Top painting went to a Dark Elder army that has a beautiful gradient of greens and reds. The scenarios really rocked. They were book missions with some great spice in extra points. I just wish the store would stock more product as I was having a hard time finding what I wanted, They will get it for me yes, but a need my fix man, come on.

What Sgt. Barker said.

For those following meta-shifts: A (not so) surprising amount of SM armies in attendance, including one earning Top Spot.

At least 7 SM, most vanilla, 2 Imperial Fists, with Drop Pods in many. Coulda been a BA list in there given the couple SRGs on one guy's model tray. Some Smart Car Fliers, too.
GK
Eldar (2 WK & Eldrad+DRs)
Necron + CSM (HellTurkey)
Tau - Heavy XV88s (top Xeno army)
IG - Leman Russes and fliers
DE - venoms & BeastM crew
Orks - (BattleWs)

... and I'm blanking on the rest (though I'm inclined to say lotsa power armor). As far as I recall, no daemon lists (no Screamer-Star!), SoB, DA, nor bugs, as Sgt. B. mentioned. Space Puppies might've been there.


Second punch-line on the -

 sgtpjbarker wrote:
No 'nid players, the TO said they were all crying at home over their nerfed condex.

comment:

"That's why GW is making the pages more resilient, almost laminated; to resist the tears of players reading them."

ba-dum-BUM!

Just to be sure, next tourny is on the 8th right?

Yup.

Haven't seen you around Overwatch, when you do plan on making it down?

 Dezstiny wrote:
Haven't seen you around Overwatch, when you do plan on making it down?

I am going to the Las Vegas Open so I probably won't be at the February tournament. I am aiming for March to be my first GE tournament of 2014. I usually make it to half the events each year.

Cool! i'll see you there if you want a practice match at paper comics or heroes, it's been a while since I've been there... so you don't have to go all the way down to Pasadena just hit me up

Well I'm glad to hear the first round of events went well. I was busy getting married in St. Thomas. But dont worry I had 2d6 in each of my cuff links in case I needed to roll any moral checks.

I updated the first post to reflect the February event. I understand that many of you will be tired from the LVO which I will be unable to attend this year. But if you want to come down for some less competitive play and some silly missions, this is the event for you! Hope to see you all there and I will be taking pictures of the events from now on as well to post here.

Congrats Mike!

Question, how do forge world units apply to the FOC and allies?

Example: If I have a tau list that is farsight enclaves allied with tau empire codex, but want to use something from the forgeworld taros campaign, which FOC would it apply to, the empire codex, farsight, or either?

 gameandwatch wrote:
Question, how do forge world units apply to the FOC and allies?

Example: If I have a tau list that is farsight enclaves allied with tau empire codex, but want to use something from the forgeworld taros campaign, which FOC would it apply to, the empire codex, farsight, or either?

I'm roughly 90% sure Farsight detachments cannot field Forgeworld units.