Cold Blooded Croakers

I realised that I had never posted pics of Right Stuff's Slann team, The Cold Blooded Croakers, which he did well with at last year's Canberra Cup.  Here they are in all their glory :

Leaping Lizards! Converted from the Frog Warrior figures range by Nic at Eureka Miniatures (http://eurekamin.com.au/).  They were mildly converted, mainly with the addition of turtle shell armour to keep them safe on the field.

Converted Support Figures - Helmet Wulf Star Player, Cheerleaders and Apothecary
And a more recent addition to the team: The Kroxigor.  This great fig is from the Wargods of Aegyptus range

Lest We Forget

Pics from the ANZAC Day dawn ceremony we held today at sea
http://www.navy.gov.au/news/newcastles-anzac-day-sea

Farewell Sydney

See you in six months! A very proud day indeed

Varjazi & Basileus

More SAGA goodness! I'm envious of those of you who can pick up a copy at the SALUTE release:

Varjazi & Basileus is a full colour mini supplement for the SAGA rules and is the last one to cover the factions of the Viking Age.

Contained within are all the rules and background for three new factions, one of which, the Byzantines, has already been the subject of a article in a sold-out issue of Wargames Illustrated. The other two are the Pagan Rus and their successors, the Era of The Princes Rus.

Also included are a new Swords For Hire unit, the dreaded Steppe Nomads, who can be in the pay of all three of these factions, and a new Hero Of The Viking Age for the Byzantines, Harald Hardradda, Captain Of The Varangian Guard.

We wanted to end this cycle with a bang so Varjazi & Basileus is presented in a full-colour card folder that can accommodate your Battleboard collection, the Rulebook and an additional supplement. Varjazi & Basileus also contains the relevant 3 Battleboards.£12

Call Me Maybe

This is a hoot - its some funny US military guys in Afghanistan parodying the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders doing their own video clip to this song.  Thumbs up boys!  Great to see such humour in a tough place

Season 2 Summary

Looking back at Odinn's Champions' Season 2, moving up from the Rookies and into the Minors league was a real roller-coaster ride.  After two initial losses without scoring a single TD, the Norse got onto a winning streak of four games which launched them into the top section of their Division and cemented a berth in the playoffs when a draw in the final round saw them finish second overall.  The playoff games were tough though, starting with a match against the winners of the other Division, which was lost respectably at 4:3, followed by another close match against the Chaos Dwarves which eventually ran out as a 2:1 loss in overtime.

Empire Records2	Opponent	TD score	cas score (kills)		gate
F2	Hammer of Hashut	1 - 2	4 - 2  (0-1)		30 000
F1	The Savage Rose	3 - 4	6 - 2  (3-0)		29 000
round 7	Woodland Stryders	3 - 3	3 - 0  (0-0)		30 000
round 6	Hammer of Hashut	2 - 1	2 - 3  (0-1)		27 000
round 5	Black Mountain Lochers	2 - 1	6 - 1  (2-0)		21 000
round 3	River Stir Slayers	2 - 0	0 - 0  (0-0)		20 000
round 4	Didditon Oddrugs	2 - 0	2 - 1  (0-0)		21 000
round 2	Brutle Orcs	0 - 2	1 - 3  (0-1)		29 000
round 1	Crimson Breweries	0 - 1	1 - 6  (0-0)		23 000
won tied lost		TD score	cas score		gate
total avg. 4   1   4		15 - 14 1.7 - 1.6	25 - 18 (5-3) 2.8 - 2.0 (0.6 - 0.3)		26 000

Coach Right Stuff did a great job in getting to the playoff is his second ever season, scored more TDs than he gave away, had a record of 4W-1D-4 L but most importantly killed 5 opposition players - of which 3 were elves :-)

In the League standings (of 16 teams), the Champions finished up with representation in every category, which is pretty cool and included third for most casualties (well done Angry Agnarr, the Yheti with 7 to his credit)

Season's Top Scorers

list Nº	Player	type	team	TD
1	The Phloem	Wood Elf Catcher	The Savage Rose	13
2	Luc FILOVENT	Human Catcher	All French Company	11
3	Angle Flash	Beastman	Chaos Madness	10
4	Jaymaar	Wardancer	Woodland Stryders	9
5	The Petal	Wood Elf Catcher	The Savage Rose	8
6	Alven le jeûnot	Human Catcher	All French Company	7
-	Gottit	Wood Elf Catcher	Woodland Stryders	7
8	Micheal Vincent	Werewolf	The Midnight Hour	6
-	Gizar Greyclaw	Norse Runner	Odinn's Champions	6
-	Dar III	Gutter Runner	Didditon Oddrugs	6

Season's Top Killers

list Nº	Player	type	team	kills
1	Kremlin Meyhem	Chaos Minotaur	Chaos Madness	3
2	Thorin	Dwarf Blitzer	Barak Varr Dreadnaughts	2
-	Halfling Shitter	Beastman	Chaos Madness	2
-	Fallen Boon	Chaos Warrior	Chaos Madness	2
-	Sven Forkbeard	Norse Berserker	Odinn's Champions	2
-	A Good Elf	Zombie	The Midnight Hour	2
7	Alven le jeûnot	Human Catcher	All French Company	1
-	Thráin	Dwarf Blitzer	Barak Varr Dreadnaughts	1
-	Farin	Dwarf Blocker	Barak Varr Dreadnaughts	1
-	Narvi	Dwarf Blocker	Barak Varr Dreadnaughts	1

Season's Top Casualty inflicters

list Nº	Player	type	team	cas
1	Kremlin Meyhem	Chaos Minotaur	Chaos Madness	11
2	Halfling Shitter	Beastman	Chaos Madness	8
3	Angry Agnarr	Snow Troll	Odinn's Champions	7
-	Gilim Orcbreaker	Troll Slayer	Crimson Breweries	7
-	Ghanahk Rockfist	Chaos Dwarf Blocker	Hammer of Hashut	7
-	Tim the Tool	Dwarf Blocker	FUBAR Fellows	7
-	Sven Forkbeard	Norse Berserker	Odinn's Champions	7
-	Aztak Granitesmash	Troll Slayer	Crimson Breweries	7
-	The Toxin	Wardancer	The Savage Rose	7
10	Glen Calvie	Ogre	Black Mountain Lochers	6

Season's Top Throwers

list Nº	Player	type	team	comp
1	The Stigma	Wood Elf Thrower	The Savage Rose	25
2	Undead Eradicator	Beastman	Chaos Madness	23
3	Amrod	Wood Elf Thrower	Woodland Stryders	17
4	Le Duke	Human Thrower	All French Company	13
5	Boris Surespear	Norse Thrower	Odinn's Champions	12
-	Hirkas Copperhand	Dwarf Runner	Crimson Breweries	12
7	Frerin	Dwarf Runner	Barak Varr Dreadnaughts	10
-	Chuck Schitt	Human Thrower	River Stir Slayers	10
9	Hippity Hopper	Skaven Thrower	Didditon Oddrugs	8
-	Urdrirr Silverheart	Dwarf Runner	Crimson Breweries	8

In reviewing the roster we've seen significant skilling up over the season and TV has risen from 120 to
187.  Perhaps a little trimming is in order with the Linemen, but with all that 7AR you know it wont take long before nature takes its course and it happens anyway.  After the last game rookie Ulfwerner Grendel Slashclaw has joined the game in jersey number 13, a reroll has been added and Fan factor went down 1.

#		Player name	MA	ST	AG	AV	Skills	M	N	i n t	c m p	T D	c a s	m v p	S P P	value
1		Angry Agnarr Snow Troll	5	5	1	8	Loner, Claws, Disturbing Presence, Frenzy, Wild Animal, Mighty Blow, Guard, Stand Firm			1	0	0	11	2	34	200 k
2		Sven Forkbeard Norse Berserker	6	4	3	7	Block, Frenzy, Jump Up, Piling On, Mighty Blow, +ST			0	2	1	8	2	31	180 k
3		Harold the Missionary Norse Berserker	6	3	3	7	Block, Frenzy, Jump Up			0	0	0	0	0	0	90 k
4		Fafnir Bearclaw Norse Runner	7	3	3	7	Block, Dauntless, Dodge, Sure Feet, Catch			0	1	8	0	3	40	150 k
5		Gizar Greyclaw Norse Runner	7	3	3	7	Block, Dauntless, Dodge, Side Step, Diving Catch			0	4	8	2	0	32	150 k
6		Boris Surespear Norse Thrower	6	3	3	7	Block, Pass, Sure Hands, Accurate			0	14	1	1	1	24	110 k
7		Redver Norse Lineman	6	3	3	7	Block, Tackle			1	2	0	2	1	13	70 k
8		Sigurdson Norse Lineman	6	3	2	7	Block, Guard, Stand Firm		1	0	1	0	0	3	16	110 k
9		Dag the Dangerous Norse Lineman	5	3	3	7	Block, Wrestle			0	0	1	1	2	15	70 k
10		Vikur Norse Lineman	6	3	3	7	Block			0	0	0	1	0	2	50 k
11		Orm Norse Lineman	6	4	1	7	Block, +ST			0	0	0	2	1	9	100 k
12		Rodger the Furious Ulfwerener	6	4	2	8	Frenzy, Block			0	0	0	2	1	9	130 k
13		Grendel Slashclaw Ulfwerener	6	4	2	8	Frenzy			0	0	0	0	0	0	110 k
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			Team Name:				Odinn's Champions	Team Re-rolls:							4
			Race:				Norse	Fan Factor:							4
			Coach:				Right Stuff & Paul O´G	Ass. Coaches:							1
			Team Value:				1,870,000	Cheerleaders:							1
			Treasury:				30 000 gp	Apothecary:							yes

Player to watch next season is Blitzer Sven Forkbeard who has just added a strength boost to his stats, and with his Block, Frenzy, Jump Up, Pile On, Mghty Blow he is becoming casualty machine!

See you next Season!