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Who's coming to War GamesCon?

I'll be there...although I'll be bringing something other than my Marines to a major event for the first time ever.

ill be there with my BA! It's going to be my first year.

Lucarikx

I just canceled my plane ticket yesterday because I do not want to spend a lot of money to travel to a tournemant with Forge World.

Sure I can play IG and spend $800 to make 7 of my opponents miserable, but I rather just skip it.

 Blackmoor wrote:
I just canceled my plane ticket yesterday because I do not want to spend a lot of money to travel to a tournemant with Forge World.

Sure I can play IG and spend $800 to make 7 of my opponents miserable, but I rather just skip it.

Really? Are you still griping about Sabre Platforms? Helldrakes and Tau are way worse, IMO. JWolf devastated all comers at the Alamo GT with Tau.

crazyredpraetorian wrote:

 Blackmoor wrote:
I just canceled my plane ticket yesterday because I do not want to spend a lot of money to travel to a tournemant with Forge World.

Sure I can play IG and spend $800 to make 7 of my opponents miserable, but I rather just skip it.

Really? Are you still griping about Sabre Platforms? Helldrakes and Tau are way worse, IMO. JWolf devastated all comers at the Alamo GT with Tau.

I am not the biggest fan of FW either, although I don't really care about Sabres. That being said if I wasn't hamstrung by work, the end of June is so much better for me, I would be there in a heart beat. Last years' WargamesCon was a blast.

The Sabre platform is just the tip of the Forge World ice berg, and the reason why most people do not think that forge world is too bad. That is the most common unit and the model that everyone points to for reasons why (and why not) to include forge world.

Yet there are all kinds of nastiness that lurks deep in the Forge World books that very few people know about or have experienced yet. When people get around spending the money it takes to buy a broken forge world army then we will see that it does not belong in tournaments.

Ask Goatboy how much fun he had facing a cheap quad launcher that can put down 12 blast markers a turn.

 Blackmoor wrote:
The Sabre platform is just the tip of the Forge World ice berg, and the reason why most people do not think that forge world is too bad. That is the most common unit and the model that everyone points to for reasons why (and why not) to include forge world.

Yet there are all kinds of nastiness that lurks deep in the Forge World books that very few people know about or have experienced yet. When people get around spending the money it takes to buy a broken forge world army then we will see that it does not belong in tournaments.

Ask Goatboy how much fun he had facing a cheap quad launcher that can put down 12 blast markers a turn.

What unit is that?

He played against a Quad Launcher Battery in the team tournament. It's not a single model. It's 3 but for only 150pts.

 Blackmoor wrote:
The Sabre platform is just the tip of the Forge World ice berg, and the reason why most people do not think that forge world is too bad. That is the most common unit and the model that everyone points to for reasons why (and why not) to include forge world.

Yet there are all kinds of nastiness that lurks deep in the Forge World books that very few people know about or have experienced yet. When people get around spending the money it takes to buy a broken forge world army then we will see that it does not belong in tournaments.

Ask Goatboy how much fun he had facing a cheap quad launcher that can put down 12 blast markers a turn.

Just a question on this. Do tournaments like this one require the IA books and actual FW models or are players with photocopies of the rules and converted minis able to play as/with FW?

Cliffy_3 wrote:

 Blackmoor wrote:
The Sabre platform is just the tip of the Forge World ice berg, and the reason why most people do not think that forge world is too bad. That is the most common unit and the model that everyone points to for reasons why (and why not) to include forge world.

Yet there are all kinds of nastiness that lurks deep in the Forge World books that very few people know about or have experienced yet. When people get around spending the money it takes to buy a broken forge world army then we will see that it does not belong in tournaments.

Ask Goatboy how much fun he had facing a cheap quad launcher that can put down 12 blast markers a turn.

Just a question on this. Do tournaments like this one require the IA books and actual FW models or are players with photocopies of the rules and converted minis able to play as/with FW?

Wargamescon requires the actual book to use the minis. I believe they allow conversions on a preapproved by TO basis

You know all the ork FW stuff is crap, some of us just like the models If I want to spend 300+ points on an armor 13 megadread with gak guns and 3 HPs damn it Im gonna lose it first turn every game

Hey everyone, let's not get into ANOTHER Forge World debate. Let's keep this about WarGamesCon. Thanks.

Forgeworld is being allowed at Wargames Con so I don't see why it can't be discussed. That said it's to close to another event for me so have fun everyone going.

FW or not, I couldn't miss out. WGC is awesome.

That said, FW in tournies is not awesome, so I'm just bringing a bunch of toys and aim to screw around on the bottom tables for laughs.

Wish I could be there .. but fell over my firm training week this year.

Eye of the Wolf for the win!

For the record Forgeworld in tournies is awesome.

Sad to see this already devolving into personal testimonials against the use of Forge World. If you're not going that is fine and your own choice but don't be such a troll about it. : (

Just moved to Texas, and I'm going. I've heard a lot of good things about it, and I'm excited to be attending.

FW was fine at KamikazeeCon in LA last year, and it was fine at BAO this year. I've been on the receiving end of Sabres and those IG super artilleries behind a ADL; the first time around, it hurt. A lot. But then I had experience fighting those units and now I know how to counter them. They are good units, sure; but so were TWC/Long Fangs in their day, and so were Nob Bikers back when they had their moment in the sun.

Point is, most people figured out how to beat those units, and we adjusted our army lists to include appropriate counters. I've seen simple stuff like SM Attack bikes ruin sabres and other FW "Super Units". Everyone just needs to spend some brain power to figure out what units your chosen codex has that can beat them.

Every codex has a unit to beat Sabres. Every codex has something to beat (insert any unit from any FW book here). Go to your FLGS. Buy them. Paint them. Bring them.

Its that simple.

Key word there is paint I got my SpaceWolf Thunder Cav army being painted right now. It should be better if not on par with my orks.

 MikeFox wrote:
Key word there is paint I got my SpaceWolf Thunder Cav army being painted right now. It should be better if not on par with my orks.

Indeed. Well known fact that painted minis fight better then unpainted ones.

At the very least they got shot at more

Bringing a converted Deathwatch army... bottom tables here I come!

 Traceoftoxin wrote:
Bringing a converted Deathwatch army... bottom tables here I come!

A least you'll look awesome!

Lucarikx

 Lucarikx wrote:

 Traceoftoxin wrote:
Bringing a converted Deathwatch army... bottom tables here I come!

A least you'll look awesome!

Lucarikx

That's the plan!

I always say if your going to get romped on might as well look pretty doing it!

I am not going and I hate to be on the band wagon but fw rules did play a small role in me not going this year, first time not going in 4 years.

I will be going for the first time ^_^ I personally like the idea of forgeworld inclusion.

Anybody know if we get live streaming from 40-GT this year ?

Like the inclusion of forge world made me decide to finally go.

It seems that the inclusion of FW both turned players on AND off from this event.

Apparently those people can't hang with supposedly OP units if they aren't in an "Official" codex. *mimics crying gesture*

I've played against some of those players that profess consternation (notably Blackmoor) at the inclusion of Forge World Units in GTs, and if this ruling keeps them away, its my opinion that the event will be better off without them.

Playing these players (in my experience) is like playing 40k with a crash-test dummy; no emotion, no enjoyment; by-and-large gamers who you would avoid anyway. It should be noted: there players who are OKAY with FW that are really fun players. But the most vocal opponents of the inclusion of said units here on Dakka have a seriously critical reputation of being very DB players in person.

If the hype is even 1/2 accurate, this will be an enormously enjoyable weekend. Its really their loss. Great venue (from what I saw when I was down in Austin last weekend), great TOs (from what the majority opinion on the Internet is);..... Feth them for trying to throw their Political-Gamer weight around and try to affect what the rest of us want at our events.

These events will happen with or without them. Let them sit at home, I say.