11.24.2010

Da Boyz, Game V

So, here we are, final game of the weekend!  Feel free to scroll through and check out the others, all except the loss in Round III - which I'll get to in due course.

As you'll see, I was paired with fellow Bell of Lost Souls writer Rob Baer, otherwise known as Man Boy Genius.  I reintroduced myself, whereupon he got a quizzical look on his face.  "I've met you before, man."  "Yup," I said, "except at Wargames Con you were feeling no pain!  I wasn't sure you'd remember."

A semi-legendary story!  Here's a dude that placed at an event even though he missed the early part of day two due to... well, you get the idea!  His army is well-known, but I assure you it's even better in person.

I won't spend too much time on this game, since it was fairly straightforward.  We have an objective each, and the first HQ to die will drop an objective.  My plan was to hold mine and sack a Herald, then hold that.  It would be enough to win the Primary.  The Secondary was Kill Points... and I wasn't confident I'd do well there.  It depended on his Hydra Battery.



A closeup.

His right flank was open, plus I needed a line on the Hydras.  I've got a lot of experience playing Guard, so I knew what the threat was!  The two Fiend units are both 50% in the cover of the trees.  His first turn is pretty much dedicated to shooting them.

Here's the other perspective.  The trees to the right, behind my Daemon Prince, hold my objective.  The DP is going to play around on this side of the river, and the 10-strong Horrors will Go To Ground on the objective.  On the left is my other push; I have the 10-strong Plaguebearers here, and it's where I intend to drop the rest of my army, including the HQ unit I'm going to toss.  The plan pretty much works out exactly as I intend.

His first turn of shooting: as Imperial Guard, it's fairly brutal, but cover saves keep most of the Fiends in the fight.  It should be noted, Rob was out of practice and had almost no experience playing Daemons - I imagine his new store keeps him busy.  He would have offered a tougher fight if we had to do it all over again, no doubt about that.

And it's on!  For whatever reason, I can't find the rest of the pictures but it doesn't matter much.  The game is fairly straightforward and worked out exactly as I'd hoped.  The two units of Fiends run rampant through Rob's army yet he has to split his forces to deal with both flanks.  Due to the carnage, he's never able to make a push across the bridge.  The game will end with me holding my objective and the HQ objective; ultimately, Rob had control of his.
That was the end of the weekend!  I went 4-1, though even with the loss I came fairly close to a prize.  Goatboy got 3rd place Best General - I believe that's how they set it up - and he was only ahead of me by a few points.  I did okay on painting, but certainly my army wasn't up to the same standards as the top  painted armies.  Rob's, for example, ended up winning in that category - for good reason.

I'm on record as saying Comp is Dead, but that doesn't mean I don't want to pick up whatever other softscores are out there; to that end, my next tournament army is going to be painted to a high standard.

Or rolled in chocolate and poo - however you want to look at it!

7 comments:

TastyTaste said...

I notice that you did not post a battle report of your game against Greg Sparks. Are we to assume that Greg did not want you posting his list for some retarded reason?

Brent said...

Nope!

That was the game where I took a beating, so I'm planning something special for it. :)

TastyTaste said...

It would be special if you responded to my emails as well hehe

GDMNW said...

You know that's a great looking counts-as army. The conversions are great and the overall look is solid. But it does leave me wondering, does anyone actually use the models as they were intended any more?

:)

Terminus Est said...

Awesome win ! Those Fiends were stellar.

G

Unknown said...

Its cool Brent you can say I drink, on occasion. Like right now.....

tzeentchling said...

Ironically enough, I was scheduled to play Rob that morning of WarGamesCon! While his absence meant I ended up playing (and getting my ass kicked by) Goatboy, which was itself cool, I was looking forward to playing the orky-Guard - those are some neat conversions!

(A new favorite!) Anon: I haven’t even bothered playing a game of 6th yet, cause I have read the rules, and actually understand how they interact with units. I know my armies no longer function how they should, and so I need to change them.

Strictly Average: 'cause 6-inches is all you get.

Stalking Jawaballs since 2009.

Jawaballs: "My butt just tightened up."

Brent, preferred 2-to-1 over Not Brent in a recent, scientific poll.

Brent: emptied the Kool Aid and DRINKING YOUR MILKSHAKE with an extra-long straw.

Unicorns don't exist.

Home of the Stormbuster, the Dyson Pattern Storm Raven.

I'm a comment whore and this whore is getting no play.

Not Brent hurts Brent's feelings.

I think, therefore I blog.

"You should stop writing for everyone else and worry about your crappy blog." - Anon.

Not Brent has been spotted lurking around with a green marker.

He's not like a bad guy from a cartoon, all devious but never quite evil, Not Brent is bad beans, man, bad beans.

Dethtron: "Again I feel obliged to remind you that trying to sound smart only works if you are."

MVB: "I am not one to join the unwashed masses of self-titled 40k experts out there distributing advice from their blogs about exactly how your list should be built..."

Shiner Bock on tap: that's how I choose hotels.

Strictly Average: The Home of Hugs and Gropings.

Don't feed the trolls!

MoD: "Welcome to Brent's head."

Competitive is Consistent.

Dethtron: "...you could use that extra time to figure out a way to get your panties unbunched and perform a sandectomy on your vagina."

Dethtron: “When calling someone an idiot, it's generally best to avoid making grammatical mistakes.”

Warboss Stalin: "You know, if it actually WAS funny, maybe I wouldn't mind."

Mike Brandt: "It's not a successful bachelor party if you don't misplace someone".

"The Master Manipulator (every store needs one): "...now, enough stroking."

Kirby: "I don't know about gropings. Seriously, Brent, keep it in the pants, please."

Loquacious: "No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get Hugs & Gropings or Stalks Jawaballs into Brent's little tribute."

Captain Kellen: "I rate this article a Brent on the Faith Hill to Nancy Pelosi scale!"

Drathmere: "Come for the balls, stay for the Brent? Kind of disturbing, man."

Go no further, lest thee see something thine eyes would fain look past!

Isabelle: "So, thank you for supporting your local and not so local unicorns. A noble gesture like that can show some scared kids out there that they don't have to hide from everyone and it's ok to be who they really are."

There is nothing more interesting than We The People... in all our beautiful, ugly glory!

On Internet Advice: You see, I have an almost religious belief that's it's a huge, colossal waste of time.

...I think I'll call it the Gun Shy Pattern Stormbuster, because after the Internet destroyed my first humble effort, I find I'm a bit worried about the reaction to this one.

Lauby: "Is it left over from that time you thought that you could just complete step one 12 times to meet the mandates of that court order?"

Not Brent: "I guess we'll have to read on and find out. Signed, Not Brent. Especially today."

Cynthia Davis: "I think the scrolling text is from Glen Beck's new book."

Grimaldi: "Spamming certain units creates interesting possibilities but also fatal weaknesses."

Purgatus: "Math can inform decisions. It cannot make decisions."

Thoughts? Comments? Hugs and gropings?

You'd be that much quicker to figure out what I mean when I refer to a Unicorn if I covered it in a rainbow flag.

SinSynn: (To Brent) "Curse you and your insidious influence on the internets..."

Dave G (N++): "You know you're an internet celebrity when your following is more akin to tabloids."

I prefer the term Internet Personality (or IP) myself, seeing as how I coined it.

Lauby: "Your attempt to humanize him as failed. I feel nothing but scorn for his beard - it's like a warcrime or something."

BBF: "I've always thought you are a good player but I finally figured out that you are a great player. It's hard to see sometimes because your personality is engaging, sincere and quite charming - to me that is kind of a rare combination."

'Clearly cheating?' I didn't misspeak: you jumped to conclusions. If you'd like to apologize I'll be happy to send you an autographed picture of my ass.

Ass.

I thought I was doing alright before I realized I was losing.

Age and treachery beats youth and vigor every time.

Popular Posts