Christmas games day Tsu December 23rd

[ashmie]

Thanks to all who made it out today. Fitting in a game of Black Powder in the morning before work was a first for me and totally awesome. Put me in a great mood for work. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

Do they know it's Christmas time at all






A cracking 4 turn game in a lightning 2 hours. Huzzah! Cheers Job, good game. Well played sir. Perhaps we can incorporate a Christmas truce in our next Flames of War game. On a roll of a one at the start of each turn they down weapons and play football in no mans land for a turn instead, (blood bowl rules). Too much maybe but I like the idea.

[me_in_japan]

Many thanks to Ash for organising this event, and to Leslie and Rich for what was shaping up to be a good game of Talisman (apologies for bailing early) and to Joseph for being a sterling 40k opponent.

Today's 40k game was a good un. 1750pts of my pointy eared pirates vs 1750pts of Job's Night Lords (inherited from Danguinius).

Events of note included:

Turn one, top o the movement phase, my Shadow Seer makes to cast "Veil of Tears" on the Harleys. Yeaup. Double ones, first dice roll of the game. Way to explode your head, Shadowy...

My Phoenix Bomber being awesomesauce (again). That makes 2 games in a row. Interestingly, on the first turn it arrived it did bugger all. I was starting to think it had lost its mojo, but next turn it was back to wasting space marines as per last game. It may be 225 points, but damn that bugger can shoot out some killy death.

Job's Flying Daemon Prince charging my Void Singer and insta-killing him with his Hammer of Wrath attack. Poor ol' Void Singer. Out there, minding his own business, singing some void, and then all of a sudden BOOM! Daemon Prince, boots-first into the head. Ouch...

Job's Hell Blade zipping onto the table in turn 3...and getting blown out of the sky by my Firestorm. 180pts, to be sure, but them long barrelled scatter lasers certainly deliver the goods.

Holo-fields are great right up until you get an "immobilised" result on the damage chart. Then its just embarrasing.

I'm really tempted to take Wraithguard instead of Wraithblades. The blades are far more piratey but...they suck. They really do. Deep strike in, stand around, get charged by dreadnaught. Cant hurt it (S5) cant run away (fearless) dulldulldull. There's always going to be something around to mess em up, regardless of where you DS them. Wraithguard would at least be able to steamroller a squad of marines with their D-scythes before they went down.

Pirate captain - uninspiring. Cant do much without a transport option. I shall look into building a Venom for him for next time.

All in all, a fun, educational game.

[job]

Thanks to Ashmie for the game of BP. It was a beautiful sight to see all our models together. And lots of wizz, crack and boom!

Thanks to MiJ for the 40k game. It was educational. Bit by bit I am ironing out the 6th ed rules. Thanks for your patience in the moments now and then we looked things up.

Yes, the Phoenix was awesome sauce. While my Land Raider has nothing to say to it, the regular CSM foot sloggers have to kowtow in awe of it.

That and pairing it up with the AA grav-tank was an awesome pairing. When my Blade Talon finally arrived, you lit it up! The very first turn with it ever in a game and you shot it down! Well, kind of expected. (I might add the AA gun also added 3 wounds to the Daemon Prince and killed several marines.)

Otherwise there was lots of models being blown to bits (Or bowled over by Hammer of Wrath blows ) on both sides. Good fun. Between a few critical cover-halo saves that may have changed the game and the awesome maneuverability of your Eldar army, I have to say my Night Lords were out done today. Well done.