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Good News Everyone!

Makers and I will be joining our friends from our FLGS over at The Lonely Havocs!. 

We figure why have two blogs running from the same store when we could combined to form one super awesome Voltron Force. 

It has been a pleasure talking and sharing with everyone over the past few years and we look forward to many more! Onwards and Upwards!

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Massive Changes Coming to 40k 7th Edition!

I'm not really sure how I feel about these yet. At the moment I'm more shocked than anything.

Warhammer 40K Battle Report: Iron Hands/Grey Knights vs Tau/Astra Militarum

Last week I came back from vacation and was finally able to make it to league night.

The League is currently 2 Headed Giant. (2 Man teams, of 1000 points a piece)

Capnmoe and I got to team up with two of our friends over at Lonely Havocs, Slender and Jon.

Jon brought Tau and Slender brought IG.

I brought my Iron Hands and Capnmoe felt like getting the new Aquila Strongpoint that he won from the Titan Tournament on the table...

Our List:
Master of the Forge
5 Man Tactical Squad - Razorback with TL Lascannons
5 Man Tactical Squad - Razorback with TL Lascannons
Landspeeder - Typhoon Missile Launcher, Heavy Bolter
Landspeeder - Typhoon Missile Launcher, Heavy Bolter
Vindicator
Predator - Autocannon with Lascannon Sponsons
Predator - Autocannon with Lascannon Sponsons
Aegis Defense Line with Quad Cannon

Coteaz with 2 Jokaero Weaponsmith, 3 Servitors with Plasma Cannons and 5 Warrior Accolytes
Ordo Xenos Inquisitor
6 Warrior Accolytes in a Razorback with Psybolt Ammunition
6 Warrior Accolytes in a Razorback with Psybolt Ammunition
Vortex Missile Aquila Strongpoint

Their list as best I can remember:
Cadre Fireblade with 2 Drones
3 x 10 Firewarriors
2 x 5 Pathfinders
2 x Hammerheads
Aegis Defense Line with Quad Cannon

Company Command Squad with Plasma in a Chimera
Platoon Command Squad
10 Man Infantry in a Chimeria
10 Man Infantry on foot
3 Heavy Weapons with Autocannons
Leman Russ Punisher
Leman Russ Battle Tank

Game was Scouring
Deployment was Hammer and Anvil

No Nightfighting

3 Objectives on each persons side, but we had the larger point objectives.

They won the roll and chose to deploy first.

40k Battle Report: Grey Knights Vs. Tyranids

The new Warhammer 40k league began at Fantasy Books and Games. It had been awhile since I played 40k because of our raging Warmachine obsession, and was really nice to get back into it. It's a 2 headed giant league where each team brings two 1000k lists. Makers is on vacation this week so I had to go at it alone. I brought Grey Knights to the fray and was paired against a fantastic Nids player.

Deployment: Dawn of War

Mission: Crusade (5 Objectives)

My List (Chaos Space Marines/Daemons):

HQ
Grey Knights Grand Master (Warlord, FnP 3" from an objective)

• Incinerator

Inquisitor Coteaz (Prescience, Forewarning)(Warlord, May reroll reserve rolls)

Troops
5x Grey Knight Terminators

• Psycannon
• 4x Nemesis Force Halberds
• Nemesis Daemon Hammer

5x Grey Knight Terminators

• Psycannon
• 4x Nemesis Force Halberds
• Nemesis Daemon Hammer

2x Jokearo, 3x Servitors, 5x Warrior Acolytes (Jokearo upgrade: Units weapons have rending)

• 3x Plasma Cannons
• 5x Bolters

6x Warrior Acolytes 

• 6x Bolters
• Razorback
• Psybolt Ammunition

6x Warrior Acolytes 

• 6x Bolters
• Razorback
• Psybolt Ammunition

6x Warrior Acolytes 

• 6x Bolters
• Razorback
• Psybolt Ammunition
• Assault Cannon

Heavy Support
Dreadnought

• 2x Twin Linked Autcannons
• Psybolt Ammunition

Dreadnought

• 2x Twin Linked Autocannons
• Psybolt Ammunition

Dreadknight

• Heavy Incinerator
• Personal Teleporter

Dreadknight

• Heavy Incinerator
• Personal Teleporter

Fortification
Aegis Defense Line

• Quad Cannon

Opponents List (Tyranids):

HQ
Hive Tyrant (The Horror, Paroxysm)(Warlord)

• Twin-Linked Devourers
• Wings

Hive Tyrant (The Horror, Psychic Scream)

• Twin-Linked Devourers
• Wings

Hive Tyrant (Warp Blast, Psychic Scream)

• Twin-Linked Devourers
• Wings

Tyranid Prime (Warlord)

Elites
Zoanthrope (Paroxysm)
Venomthrope

Troops 

10x Termagaunts

10x Termagaunts
10x Termagaunts
10x Termagaunts
3x Warriors

Fast Attack
Harpy
Harpy
Hive Crone

Heavy Support
Carnifex
Exocrine

Fortification
Aegis Defense Line

• Icarus Lascannon

Titan Tournament Final Round Recap

I played in the final round of the Titan Tournament at Ogres this weekend along with 11 of the best players from the area. I played in 3 out of the 4 qualifier events and placed top 3 in 2. That meant I had my choice of bringing Necrons with or without an ally, or Tau/Eldar because those were the armies I placed with previously. Since I had placed 1st when I used my Taudar I decided they were probably the best bet for the final round. The games were 1850 and here's what I was running:

HQ
Commander

• Command and Control Node 
• Puretide Engram Neurochip 
• Multi-Spectrum Sensor Suite 
• Onager Gauntlet 
• Neuroweb System jammer 

Ethereal

Farseer

• Jetbike
• Singing Spear 

Elites
Riptide

• Twin-Linked Fusion Gun 
• Ion Accelerator 
• Early Warning Overide 

Riptide

• Twin-Linked Fusion Gun 
• Ion Accelerator 
• Early Warning Overide

Riptide

• Twin-Linked Fusion Gun 
• Ion Accelerator 
• Early Warning Overide

Troops
3x Guardian Jetbikes
3x Guardian Jetbikes
6x Fire Warriors
6x Fire Warriors
6x Fire Warriors

Fast Attack
5x Warp Spiders

Heavy Support
3x Broadsides

• 3x Twin-Linked SMS 
• 3x Twin-Linked High-Yield Missile Pods 
• 6x Missile Drones

Wraithknight

Fortification
Aegis Defense Line

• Quad Cannon 

Total - 1848

My first game was against Necrons and was against a familiar opponent. Usually I find myself on the bad end of an ass whooping against this competitor. This time however, my dice were hot and I managed to pull out a 13-5 victory winning the primary (4x Objectives), tying the secondary (Kill the opposing Warlord), and getting 1 tertiary (First Blood). Highlights include my first shot from a Riptide taking out both of his Command Barges. Fire Warriors rolling 6 out of 6, 6's to hit a Nighscythe and take it out of the sky. Warp Spiders also did some work weakening one of his Overlords and dropping a Nightscythe at a critical point in the game as well as refusing to die to mass fire.

My second pairing was against Imperial Guard/Inquisition. Primary was Emperors Will (2 Objectives), Secondary was Table Quarters with a Dawn of War deployment. This was a very close game. He had a blob squad of 40 guys with a 4+ invulnerable and stubborn, which he marched directly for my objective. Had he chose to camp the blob on his objective I have no doubt that he would have won. Sadly for him, he chose not to. I focused all of my fire on his objective and cleared it by the last turn. I turbo boosted my jet bikes onto my own objective to contest his blob which had finally made it there, and sent my 2nd jet bike squad to take his objective for the win. Final score was 12-5. Highlights were jet bike shenanigans and the Wraithknight taking out an Executioner, Vanquisher, and 2 units of guardsman.

The final game was against Slaanesh CSMs/Imperial Guard. Primary was Victory Points (Had to be 185 points above your opponent to win), secondary 3x Objectives with a Vanguard deployment. This was another nail biter game that came down to the last turn. Just like the previous game, turbo boosting shenanigans from the jet bikes netted me the victory. I was above on Victory Points but not high enough, so we tied Primary. I still took secondary though as well as Last Laugh (Whoever kills the last unit). The game ended 11-6.

I was super pleased with my performance for the day. Though I won all my games, my overall point total wasn't enough for first place. I did take second though and walked away with a bunch of great prizes! I'm looking SO forward to getting the Aquila Strongpoint on the table and bolstering my other armies with the new additions. HOORAY!

Warmachine Bat Rep: Cygnar vs Retribution

Our Warmachine obsession continues this week with a 25 point Cygnar vs Retribution game. The store was so full of 40k players we weren't able to get one of the nice tables. That wouldn't deter us though. We set up on the only other table available. We called it "The Disc of Death".

My List (Cygnar):

Major Victoria Haley

• Ironclad 
• Squire 

Arcane Tempest Gun Mages (Leader and 5 Grunts)

• Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer

Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team
Journeyman Warcaster

• Charger

Professor Victor Pendrake

Makers List (Retribution of Scyrah):

Garryth, Blade of Retribution

• Chimera 
• Griffon 
• Phoenix

Mage Hunter Strikeforce (Leader and 5 Grunts)

• Mage Hunter Commander 

Arcanist
Narn, Mage Hunter of Ios 

Yes, his list is 26 points. Yes, he needs to learn how to math.

He won the roll to go first and this is how he ended after his turn 1. Sadly for him he forgot to shoot his Mage Hunter Strike Force at my Arcane Tempest Gun Mages. A mistake he would certainly regret.

During my turn the Black 13th moved up and took out Narn with extreme prejudice before he could get to my Journeyman Warcaster. My Ironclad charged and killed a Mage Hunter and the Arcane Tempest Gun Mages moved up and killed the rest of the unit using Deadeye from Haley. The Professor shot at the Griffon and knocked it down while the Charger used it's special shots to nearly kill it.

His Chimera Charged my Charger and destroyed his hammer arm making it very difficult for me to ever kill it. His Griffon stood up. His Phoenix charged my Ironclad and just pooped all over his cheerios, lighting him on fire and Nearly Killing him. His Arcanist and Garryth moved up.

In my turn I foolishly charged the Chimera with my Journeyman Warcaster and did nothing. The Ironclad did some minor damage to the Phoenix. The Professor attempted to knock down the Griffon again and failed. The Arcane Tempest Gun Mages moved up to shoot at Garryth for the assassination victory, but I foolishly forgot to fire them. I also moved the Black 13th up to shoot Garryth but forgot to fire them as well. I'm still too caught up in the rules from 40k to remember to take all of my actions during my activation phase instead of moving everything, shooting, then assaulting. Sadly I missed my opportunity to win the game because of my poor memory.

I would pay for my mistakes this turn as the Phoenix would use Combustion to kill the Ironclad and a few Gun Mages. The Chimera smashed the Journeyman Warcaster in to goo rendering the Charger inert. The Griffon moved up to confront the Professor. Garryth and The archaist moved back toward the ruins

The only thing I could do was retreat with Haley towards my board edge. The Black 13th moved to take shots on Garryth doing some damage but failing to kill him. The remaning Arcane Tempest Gun Mages took shots but failed.

His Phoenix would kill the the remaining Gun Mages and a combination of shots from Garryth himself and the Chimera charging would take out the Black 13th.

At this point I only had Haley and her Squire left so I tried to make a suicide assassination run on his caster only to fail killing him by, I think, 3 HP's. After that he charged Haley with Garryth and easily chopped her into bits.

The number one lesson we learned about this game was to ALWAYS remember to shoot your guys. It would have been a very different game had he remembered to shoot at me with his Mage Hunters turn 1 or if I had remembered to fire my Gun Mages and Black 13th on turn 2.  All in all, a great and fun game. Can't wait to play my next.

Warhammer 40k: NURGLE!

Last week at the LGS I ran into a few friends of mine playing some Daemons vs Chaos Space Marines.

Some people from r/Warhammer may know him as Squoze, the Herald of Nurgle

He also have a blog over at The Lonely Havocs.

He was running full Nurgle as always and I had to get a few pics to share as I really appreciate his skill and creativity when it comes to customization.

Enjoy!

And my all time favorite of his...

Lord Bjorn and Baby Carlos, the one man Wolfpack of Nurgle.