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Steamroller Tournament – 16th June 2013

Posted on June 18th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

owen

On Sunday we had a 35pt Steamroller tournament in Gamer’s World in Dublin (check out Lenny’s blog for his tournament report). It was billed a beginners tournament, though there were definitely more veteran players than beginners in the 18-strong field. … Continue reading

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  1. Spring is Coming – Game 4: Kallus vs Kromac (Video; VASSAL) Wow – this was the highest attrition game so far…
  2. Spring is Coming – Game 3: Saeryn vs Morvahna (Video; VASSAL) Here it is, Game 3 of the campaign. As we’re…
  3. Spring is Coming – Game 5: Saeryn vs Morvhana (Video; VASSAL) So, this is the final game of the campaign. Both…

Warlock Frenzy: Thagrosh, Prophet of Everblight

Posted on June 3rd, 2013 under , , . Posted by

owen

Thagrosh1 is a warlock that has really benefitted from some of the changes that came with SR2013. He can be pretty hard to take down and in an attrition game he has some tools that help him get on top. Let’s start with the basics – Thagrosh…

Malifaux Campaign: The Other White Meat (Games 4 & 5)

Posted on May 27th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

owen

Coming into the final two games of our campaign Peter’s Gremlins has a decent lead of 4 VPs over my Guild crew. Just to recap the Guild minions have been recklessly hunting Gremlins for meat and Orphelia has decided it’s payback time (read …

Malifaux Campaign: Restless Dead at Shallow Creek (Game 4)

Posted on May 20th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

owen

This is the final game in the campaign Phil and I have been playing based on the excellent campaign rules in Wyrd Chronicles 5. After three games so far there is nothing to choose between us – we are on the same number of game wins and we are eve…

Operation Overload – WWPD Global Campaign

Posted on May 15th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

owen

I had great fun playing in Operation Sealion last year. Starting on June 16th and running for 6 weeks the guys at WWPD (in cooperation with Battlefront) will be running a global Flames of War campaign based on Operation Overlord. I’m looking forw…

Ticket to Ride

Posted on May 9th, 2013 under . Posted by

owen

I had my first opportunity to play this game last Friday and what a fun game it is. The idea is relatively simple – players are trying to complete connections between different stations and get points for the length of track they lay. This is don…

Malifaux Campaign: Restless Dead at Shallow Creek (Game 3)

Posted on May 1st, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

owen

Game 3 of our campaign was again a 30ss affair and as you can see from the Turn 7 screenshot, it turned out to be quite a bloodbath. We used the same crews as the last game, but for this game Phil was down a Punk Zombie due to injury. I’m really …

Malifaux 2nd Edition Announced

Posted on April 30th, 2013 under , . Posted by

owen

… will be released in October with early release at Gencon. Public beta starting the end of May. Gremlins become a full faction, new stat cards and Henchmen turned into Masters … Excited! Owen

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Always have a Game Plan: Deployment and Turn 1

Posted on April 27th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

owen

A game plan, eh? It’s hard to predict how any game of Warmachine/Hordes will go, but it’s always worthwhile having a game plan. This plan should be pretty concrete in terms of how your force deploys and how you’d like the first turn w…

Naughty and Nice: A tale of two 25pt lists

Posted on April 23rd, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

owen

A while ago I posted about some Neglected Toys (Warcasters and Warlocks) that were gathering dust. With the beginners tournament coming up I decided it was time to bring some of those toys out to play, so I rolled on the D10 chart and here’s what I got. The first list is reserved for veteran [...]

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  1. Spring is Coming – Game 4: Kallus vs Kromac (Video; VASSAL) Wow – this was the highest attrition game so far…
  2. Spring is Coming – Game 3: Saeryn vs Morvahna (Video; VASSAL) Here it is, Game 3 of the campaign. As we’re…
  3. Spring is Coming – Game 5: Saeryn vs Morvhana (Video; VASSAL) So, this is the final game of the campaign. Both…

SR2013 Scenarios: Process of Elimination

Posted on April 22nd, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

owen

In this post I talk about the last of the four scenarios that may be used in the upcoming Steamroller 2013 tournament. Destruction Disclaimer: You probably get it at this stage, but this is not a substitute for reading the scenario and SR2013 document! Brief: Two rectangular zones, each with an enemy Monolith in the [...]

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SR2013 Scenarios: Destruction

Posted on April 16th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

owen

Over the last couple of posts I’ve talked about Incursion and Close Quarters. This time out I talk about Destruction, which is a scenario I have mixed feelings about… Destruction Disclaimer: As before, this is not a substitute for reading the scenario and SR2013 document! Brief: A rectangular zone cornered by Monoliths. Control the zone [...]

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Malifaux Campaign: Restless Dead at Shallow Creek (Game 2)

Posted on April 13th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

owen

This is a brief report for Game 2 in our campaign. When we kicked it off we were using the playtest version of the Malifaux campaign rules which have since been officially released in Wyrd Chronicles 5 (PDF). I recommend checking them out as this is a very fun way to play Malifaux. It’s a [...]

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SR2013 Scenarios: Close Quarters

Posted on April 10th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

owen

Following hot on the heals of Incursion here is the low down on Close Quarters. Close Quarters Disclaimer: As before, this is not a substitute for reading the scenario and SR2013 document! Brief: Two flags, one friendly, one enemy, you can score on both, but one is much better! Setup: Two flags are placed in [...]

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SR2013 Scenarios: Incursion

Posted on April 10th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

owen

There are twelve different scenarios in Steamroller 2013 and getting to grips with them can be pretty daunting for a new tournament player. We have a tournament for newer players coming up in Dublin in the next few weeks and I thought I’d run through the scenarios you’re going to see there. Ciaran, the Event [...]

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