Crowsfeast 2011

Well, as Tas alluded to in an earlier post, I managed to attend my first Warhammer Fantasy Tournament ever, taking into battle the Lizardmen army I have been working on for the past 12 months. The tourney consisted of 5 games of 2400pts using the basic scenarios randomly determined by the allocated table, which themselves were pre set with terrain.

Whilst only 12 of us managed to attend (The WHFB scene here in Adelaide isn't that big) it was still a great tourney. I managed 5th overall after 3 losses on my first day, and 2 wins on the second. My painting/presentation score was equal 3rd which helped me jump some other players I think who preformed better on the table but whose armies were not fully painted. The title is a link to the TO's own pic site for the remainder of the tourney pics. Sean is a very experienced WHFB player and a member of the Australian 2011 European Team Championship team. He ran a great tourney,including making cups of coffee for the players during the games :) Game 1 vs Wood Elves.Curse those small units of fast cav, a loss.... Game 2 vs Warriors of Chaos. This chap went on to second place overall, and no wonder, he wiped me from the table. My biggest loss.... Game 3, vs Beastmen.This was a Battle For the Pass scenario, the only one played end to end. The volcano in each deployment zone erupted every turn, burning any units within 6 inches, hence an incentive not to camp at your end of the table :).Another loss, not as bad as game 2 though... Game 4, first game of the second day, and my first and biggest win.  Finally worked out how to use my big monsters in flank attacks... Game 5 vs Beastmen again, but this time a win, my Stegadon saved the day crushing his huge horde of 50 infantry from the flank, with a little help from a Saurus block in the front. My second win. All my opponents were great gentlemen, and it was a blast overall

Warhammer Doubles Day

The Labour Day public holiday in SA was an ideal opportunity for the keen Warhammer players of my Club to get together for an all day session of team-play Warhammer. 7 members were divided into the Forces of Order or the Forces of Destruction, depending upon their preferred army. Seven different races were represented , Lizardmen, Empire, High Elves and Dwarfs for Order, and Skaven, Daemons and Vampire Counts for the Forces of Destruction. 

 The aim of the day was for every player to get at least 2 games of 3000 points in a team of 2, and as a bonus, a third game either as part of a pair (Forces of Order) or as a singleton in a 2000 pt game. There were no prizes up for grabs, just an opportunity to play in a team using the Alliance rules in the Warhammer 8th edition rulebook. Each player got half the points which when combined with their ally would make either a 3000pt or 2000 pt list. Most players hadn’t played too much 8th edition Warhammer, so the day was a great crash course in learning the rules and seeing how their armies faired against at least 3 other races, let alone when supported by another.

Features of the day included the sheer amount of fantasy terrain each game seemed to roll up, which really tested out players knowledge of the terrain rules, (and the rulebook index) and had varying effects on the way each game played and the feel of the battlefield. For me personally, it was great to exploit the opportunity afforded to me from no kids or other half around for an entire day....