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Hail Warriors of Glory!
It is once again time for the great commanders and their armies to gather for battle!! Games Workshop and Game Empire are hosting Rogue Trader Tournaments at Strategicon this coming Labor Day Weekend at the Westin Hotel at LAX. Information about Strategicon can be found at www.strategicon.net. Below is the information regarding the tournaments. There will be Prizes, Fun and Glory for those brave enough to participate. So sharpen your axes and bless your bolters, for battle is about to begin!!
STRATEGICON WH40K & WHFB TOURNAMENTS

WARHAMMER 40K
Saturday, September 2, 2006
10:00 am
Event #:800
Room: Ballroom C&D

Warhammer 40K RT
Game System: Warhammer 40,000
2000 point armies. All RT rules apply. No Forgeworld variants beyond Codexes. No proxies of models (75% of unit must be modeled as equipped). Conversions must have significant GW parts. Scores based on Win/Loss, Painting, Sportsmanship/Rules Knowledge. Prizes include Trophies/Certificates and dealer dollars. $100 for best overall, $50 for best painted, $50 for best Sportsmanship, $50 for best General. Your list MUST be typed and orderly (Army Builder lists preferred) and we need 3 copies. 1 for you, 1 for opponent to review at conclusion of game, and 1 for judges to review throughout the tournament. Detailed RT rules are posted on the Games Workshop Website. You will be playing 3 games. Special characters are allowed in this tournament. If you have any questions please contact Cliff at Game Empire in San Diego. (858) 576-1525 or at elvizs@cox.net

WARHAMMER FANTASY BATTLE
Sunday, September 3, 2006
10:00 am
Event #:801
Room: Ballroom C&D

Warhammer Fantasy RT
Game System: Warhammer Fantasy Battle
2000 point armies. All RT rules apply. No Forgeworld variants beyond Codexes. No proxies of models (75% of unit must be modeled as equipped). Conversions must have significant GW parts. Scores based on Win/Loss, Painting, Sportsmanship/Rules Knowledge. Prizes include Trophies/Certificates and dealer dollars. $100 for best overall, $50 for best painted, $50 for best Sportsmanship, $50 for best General. Your list MUST be typed and orderly (Army Builder lists preferred) and we need 3 copies. 1 for you, 1 for opponent to review at conclusion of game, and 1 for judges to review throughout the tournament. Detailed RT rules are posted on the Games Workshop Website. You will be playing 3 games. Special characters are NOT allowed in this tournament. If you have any questions please contact Cliff at Game Empire in San Diego. (858) 576-1525 or at elvizs@cox.net

All we need to know now Sneekygit/Dave Fay is, are the San Diego guys coming up to support this event?

Darrian

Hey Sneekygit, Could you please post the picture you have of your 1000Sons termies? The bases are amazing and I cannot remeber where I originally saw your picture of them.

Thanks,

Darrian

I will be there, ready to crush and destroy.

but not from sandiego, I live in the slums of LA. Hurray downtown LA

I'm 90% sure I'll be there but haven't decided if I want to play in the RTT or just hang out.

@Bahkara, You better play in the RTT. As the guy who won the last RTT at Strategicon, this is you title to defend. You better give me the opportunity to beat you.

Darrian
100% sure

I dont know. I was there last time and he won by the skin of his teeth. He may not want to chance his title, as a second lucky break isnt that likely

Luck is a big part of winning an RTT, mainly in who your first opponent is and scenarios. My first and last game I won by the skin of my teeth. 2nd game wasn't as tough.

Having won every type of RTT awards (even some of the made up ones) I know longer feel the pressure to play. Besides, I won the Gamex RTT so this is really the title I have to defend. This is a different one so i am not defending my title. I'll most likely play as I do not really care for Warmachine and the historical people frighten me

Hey congratulations Darrian, i heard you won the GE RTT! well done. Wish i coul dhave been there, and it looks like ill miss stratigicon as well for a going away party for a best friend here, but i wish you guys well in that RTT, too.

Damn, from what i gathered the OC/LA guys put a smack down on the SD boys. I hope they come to stratigicon and earn some of the self respect back!

Anyway, wanted to say congrats.

Thanks Reecius. I had an amazing time, Game Empire RTT's are simply the best. I drive over 2 hours each way to play and it is well worth it. I got to play against Aaron's Soul Drinkers and John C's Deathwing and SP Musubi's (borrowed) Crimson Fist's. All 3 of the games were close and could have gone either way. More importantly, all 3 games were very fun. I can't wait to make the next RTT at GE.

Darrian

I made the mistake of listening to Darrian.

I brought my Godzilla nids down to San Diego at his urging. (I wanted to play Demonhunters or LatD)

I ended up crushing 3 guys, and the games were not much fun for me or my opponents. I like a challenge when I play and that army plays itself. Only eldar come close to being able to beat it.

I am going to blow the dust of of my Thousand Sons for Gamex.

Hello Bitter, party of one, your table is ready.

Allan/Blackmoor is the only guy I know who goes 3-0 at a tough RTT and complains.
I'd like to point out that he went 2-1 last time with his Word Bearers and complained about that RTT too.
I am beginning to see a pattern here.

Conversely, I had 3 incredible games against 3 very fun opponents and I got 10 more sportsmanship points than you did. Maybe you need to be nicer to people, smile more. Tell some jokes or something.  Don't take the games so seriously, it is not all about winning or losing.

Darrian

Congrats on the win Darrian!  Remind me next time to slow down a bit and not rush at you, and I can probably give you a better game rather then trying to get the hostage back at all costs! 

I'm just glad I faced the Genestealer army round 1 and not round 2 where they were moving 24" across the table!

Posted By Darrian13 on 08/27/2006 4:07 PM
Hello Bitter, party of one, your table is ready.

Allan/Blackmoor is the only guy I know who goes 3-0 at a tough RTT and complains.
I'd like to point out that he went 2-1 last time with his Word Bearers and complained about that RTT too.
I am beginning to see a pattern here.

Conversely, I had 3 incredible games against 3 very fun opponents and I got 10 more sportsmanship points than you did. Maybe you need to be nicer to people, smile more. Tell some jokes or something.  Don't take the games so seriously, it is not all about winning or losing.

Darrian

I was tanked in all of my soft scores because of my army. I told you that the 3 games I played were not fun for me or my opponents, so that explains my sportsmanship scores.  And I also know that for some reason no one ever thinks of marines as cheesy, only armies that can kill marines are. You brought what 15 assault cannons? And no one batted an eye.

And I did not complain about anything at the last RTT. I just pointed out that you played the ringer army in round one, and you tied a newbie in round 2. >

 

Someone didnt get clocked for taking max assult cannons. how did that happen?
I would have figured he was toast in soft scores for that.

all my buddies said they had fun playing darrian. And he played an assault cannon heavy army himself, plus an all drop pod SM list, so the cheese was flying in both directions.

@Cypher, Game Empire has a reputation of having players with "hard" lists, and this particular RTT was heavily hyped so everyone knew the lists would be brutal. There was some cross-countys rivalry involved so there was even more fuel for the fire. Despite all the cheese, i am sure that everyone (except Blackmoor) had a great time.

BTW, 13 assault cannons is by no means maximum.

Darrian

Congrats, Darrian. What did you bring?

Thanks Chris. I brought my DIY Luna Wolves.

Darrian

Darrian, was that an RTT that happened this past weekend? My roommate (Phoenix) was saying you may show up at a game store in Torrance...was looking forward to meeting you. Maybe next time, or at the con eh?

@Lormax Yes this was the RTT last weekend in San Diego.

I will definitely be at Strategicon supporting Cliff and Game Empire, they are running the GW events. I am not sure I am playing my Luna Wolves though. I might play my Black Legion instead. Sorry I could not make it to 3rd Planet on Sunday, I took my girlfriend to the beach instead.

Darrian

(If you do go to Strategicon, I will be wearing a Dakka shirt, so please introduce yourself)

You also won't miss us. We'll have a pretty large Cities of Death table setup to take on anyone. Hope to see you there!

The problem was that I did not face any of the hard lists.

Game #1. I played against an Ultramarine army that had 26 terminators (5 in a command squad and 3x7 for the elites) it was not as hard as it sounds; Darrian's list is much harder. I wiped him out in 5 turns.
Game #2 vs. Thousand Sons. He had one unit left on turn 4 and conceded.
Game #3, vs. Necrons, he conceded at the top of turn #2.

Oh, I would like to say that Darrian is a fun guy to play. He deserves his high sportsmanship scores.

I had less than 4 hours of sleep, was sick, and fought 3 hours of rush hour traffic so I deserve my sportsmanship scores. (Also I am a lot livelier when I play someone I know, instead of someone new)

But I am puzzled by the paint scores.

Congrats Allan for winning Overall with his thousand sons

Darrian and Allan had a final clash of the titans match to determine who would be top dog. If Darrain had won the match he would have won best overall with( he ended up with and 88 with 2 wins and a lose which is nothing to scoff at ) 98-99 depending on how generous Allan was feeling on soft scores.

Thank you Cliff and Shane for running a great event, 26 players ! Hopefully the next one will be twice as big.

The new terrain went over well, i'm sure more adjustments in the future will polish the over all effect and results.

Well as you'll find out when Shane posts the results of the RT i only missed winning over all by 4 points ( or if darrian would have beaten allan it would have been 2 points ;p )

Allan won best over all with his thousand sons with a whopping 100 pts( New RT High) !
Chris won best sportsman with his marines ( i think this is his 8th BSM sofar )
Verin(sp?) won best overall army with a gorgeous Feral ork army(Ginormous Squigoths and everything).
And i won :: shock :: best painted with 96 points , i have the second highest point total and almost lost best painted to 14 year old Alex's IG( Battle points was the determining factor).

I Played Alex's IG round 1 and drew
Round 2 i played Rick's nurgle army and won
Round 3 i played a MEQ i gaurd list and won
Every game was very close

Here's the silly list that i brought that should not have done so well
2000 Pts - Thousand Sons Roster - Unnamed

Elite: Thousand Sons Terminators (5#, 271 Pts)
4 Thousand Sons Terminators @ 271 Pts
Power Weapon (x4); Combi-bolter (x4); Tzeentch Icon of Chaos
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Essence @
Pts
1 Rubric Sign @
Pts
1 Terminator Armour @ [18] Pts
1 Aspiring Terminator Champion @ [103] Pts
Sorceror; Close combat weapon (x1); Chainfist (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Mutation @ [10] Pts
1 Wind of Chaos @ [20] Pts
1 Terminator Armour @ [18] Pts

Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 198 Pts)
1 Predator @ 198 Pts
Twin Linked Lascannon; Lascannon Sponsons
1 Daemonic Possession @ [20] Pts
1 Mutated Hull @ [30] Pts
1 Smoke launchers @ [3] Pts

Troops: Favoured Thousand Sons (11#, 359 Pts)
8 Favoured Thousand Sons @ 359 Pts
Close combat weapon (x8); Bolter (x8); Tzeentch Icon of Chaos
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Essence @
Pts
1 Rubric Sign @
Pts
1 Favoured Unit @
Pts
1 Aspiring Champion (free) @ [79] Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Powerfist (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Mutation @ [10] Pts
1 Wind of Chaos @ [20] Pts
1 Teleport Homer @ [5] Pts
1 Thrall Wizard @ [5] Pts
1 Rhino @ [88] Pts
Combi-bolter
1 Extra Armour @ [5] Pts
1 Mutated Hull @ [30] Pts
1 Smoke launchers @ [3] Pts

Elite: Favoured Chosen of Tzeentch (22#, 873 Pts)
0 Favoured Chosen of Tzeentch @ 873 Pts
Sorceror; Tzeentch Icon of Chaos
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Favoured Unit @
Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion (free) @ [82] Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Close combat weapon (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts
1 Thrall Wizard @ [5] Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion @ [92] Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Close combat weapon (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts
1 Thrall Wizard @ [5] Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion @ [92] Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Close combat weapon (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts
1 Thrall Wizard @ [5] Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion @ [92] Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Close combat weapon (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts
1 Thrall Wizard @ [5] Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion @ [87] Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Close combat weapon (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion @ [112] Pts
Sorceror; Close combat weapon (x1); Powerfist (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Mutation @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion @ [112] Pts
Sorceror; Close combat weapon (x1); Powerfist (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Mutation @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion @ [117] Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Close combat weapon (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Resilience @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
5 Tzeentch Minor Psychic Power @ [50] Pts
1 Chosen Aspiring Champion @ [87] Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Close combat weapon (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Daemonic Spawn @ [20] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts

Troops: Favoured Flamers of Tzeentch (All) (9#, 207 Pts)
9 Favoured Flamers of Tzeentch (All) @ 207 Pts
9 Doombolt @
Pts
1 Favoured: +1 to summoning role @
Pts

HQ: Sorceror (1#, 92 Pts)
1 Sorceror @ 92 Pts
Sorceror; Bolt Pistol (x1); Close combat weapon (x1)
1 Mark of Tzeentch @ [10] Pts
1 Bolt of Change @ [30] Pts
1 Talisman of Tzeentch @ [5] Pts

Total Roster Cost: 2000

Congratulations to Allan!

He, once again, proved why he is such a good player. He won with 1000 Sons, and everyone knows 1000 Sons are soft, right? Well I played against him in the third round with the championship on the line and he shot my army off the table. The "soft" 1000 Sons outshot my army, and my army had 12 assault cannons, 4 heavy bolters and 16 storm bolters and 4 meltas and 2 plasma guns and 12 bolters. Freakin' amazing! Besides the fact that I lost, it was a great game.

Darrian

Congrats on your win Allan! Are you going to put up a batrep detailing your epic struggle against Darrian's non-fluffy Luna Wolves?

EDIT: nevermind, guess you already did!

Doh! wish i could have gone, yet another missed RTT for this summer, but oh well, ill be ath the next ones.
Glad to hear that you did well Dave, and there were 2 thousand sons armies in the top 3?! that is pretty surprising. Must be some good generals at the helms.

Well, wish i could have made it, but your best friend only moves to washington DC to begin a career as a rocket scientest once, right? cant miss those crazy rocket scientest going away parties!