Vulkan - 190
Librarian, Terminator Armor, Storm Shield - 140
5 Terminators, Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield - 200
Land Raider Redeemer, Multi-Melta, Dozer Blade - 255
Dreadnught, Heavy Flamer, Drop Pod - 150
Dreadnught, Heavy Flamer, Drop Pod - 150
10x Tactical Marines, Melta Gun, Multi-Melta, Power Fist, Drop Pod - 235
10x Tactical Marines, Melta Gun, Multi-Melta, Power Fist, Drop Pod - 235
2x Land Speeders, Heavy Flamer, Multi-Melts - 140
2x Land Speeders, Heavy Flamer, Multi-Melts - 140
3x Attack Bikes, Mutli-Melta - 150
Re-Done after learning that I suck at math...
Totals to 1980 so i have some wiggle room. For 1850 Games Drop 2 Land Speeders
Important Break Downs
I can Drop in either 2 dreadnoughts or 2 tactical squads in my opponents face turn 1 dependings on what I think would cause more havoc. In games against swarm foes I won't deploy via drop pod... it is a choice right, i feel like it was... Anyways with this many Muli-Meltas and since almost all of them can move 12 and then fire I think killing tanks will be a breeze and thats my goal since 40k has become very mechanized of late.
The Army has
12 twin-linked Multi-melta
7 Twin Linked Heavy Flamers
2 Twin Linked Melta guns
5 Master Crafted Thunder hammers + 1 Relic Blade
Friday, March 19, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The Hierarchy of Miniature gaming
There are several Miniature games that i do or have played over the years. I'd like to give them some form of Ranking system. The problem is the group is so diverse that its hard to judge them all on 1 scale. So i have 2 different ranking systems Rules Mechaninics, Fun/Desire to Play
Lets meet our Contestants!
Warhammer Fantasy - Dragons and mages do battle in the old world while the forces of chaos wage constant war for control of the world!
Wahammer 40k - Tanks and Aliens do battle in the future while the forces of chaos.... wait....
Warmachine/Hordes - The countries of Immoren vye for independence or control of the world around them, using Guns, Swords, Steam powered Warjacks, and Beasts of many shapes and sizes.
Malifaux - Its the best steam/western/victorian/horror/punk game on the market. While its genre is a mouthful, the world is rich and the characters unique as they battle for control of the precious soul stones.
Firestorm armada - Space battles aplenty as the humans and aliens do battle to control the storm zone.
Blood Bowl - Part Rugby, Part Football, part gladiator arena. The races of warhammer love a good game as much as they love violence and this bad boy combines them.
Necromunda - In the world of 40k hive cities are a common place for gangs to form, in this particular city the only laws are kill or be killed!
Monsterpocalypse - The poor people are earth are caught in the middle of a clash of titans as giant monsters rampage through our streets.
Mage Knight - Something happens, I'm pretty sure its boring... at least thats my experience with this one.
Arcane Legions - Mass Action Miniatures. Do crazy things while making the Egyptians, Romans, and Hans to battle with magic and cool monsters of myth.
Notables Left off the list - LOTR, Mordhiem - played each like once, don't remember them. BFG, Confrontation, and im sure a few others never played them.
So on to the Rankings with a short explanation.
Rules and Mechanics
1 Warmachine/Hordes - The simple mechanics are great. The dice rolling allows for a greater disparity in stats but keeps a good average on the Dice. Instead of a 1-12 chance for any specific numnber you are more likely to roll a 6,7,8 then any other number. The magic is well used and not game breaking, and the movement is very simple.
2. Malifaux - Very similar to Warmachine in many of its rules. Its loses ground with the Deck being too random where as the 2d6 has a nice average to it, the Deck is basically a D13. The Fate Hand does help which is why this one ranks so high.
3. Warhammer 40k - Easy movement. Easy to read ranges etc. It loses ground with the To Hit Table. this has been GW's staple for years so i doubt it will change, but Personally I'm not a fan as Its tough to teach new players.
4. Arcane Legions - Great rule set, the action points allow for a lot of great combos and tricks. its big downside is that Range Attacks are over-powered. The best bows usually win the day. Still very fun game
5. FireStorm armada - Simple enough mechanics. Plays very fluidly, and seems a little cleaner than space combat games of the past. I never played BFG so its a tough one to compare to, but I hear most people say its a little better.
6. Blood Bowl - Has a lot of frustrating aspects. Most notably, I dropped the ball so now its your turn. outside of the lose your turn when you fail a roll, its a lot of fun and allows you to create interesting teams.
7. Necromunda - Plays like 2nd ed 40k, which means everyone has kinda crazy rules and cool wargear. you play with a bunch of ladders and bridges, and use true line of sight. It ranks low not because its bad, but because the games ahead of it are so much cleaner and have had their rules constantly updated. I have not read the current living rule book, no idea if they made this game all badass.
8 Monsterpocalypse - Any system that creates its own dice gets a automatic negative in my book. Also the game basically comes down to who can do some crazy damage combo to the enemy monster first. Or in some cases how long can i ping you and play keep away. Plus the game gets very repetative after a few games.
9 Warhammer Fantasy - The movement section of the game is about 15 pages. thats too much. It ends up detracting from the rest of the game. then the Magic in the game is very powerful and most are won by having superior magic users.
10 Mage Knight - You roll dice and add your stat I do the same, If the attacker wins he hits. Unfortunetly almost every stat is the same or within 1-2 of eachother. end Result stand there rolling dice like crazy until one person rolls well.
Fun/Desire to Play?
1. Malifaux - This is my flavor of the month so that might be influencing me. I love the terrain filled boards, the skirmish games, and the awesome models. Its a total blast to play and really brings me back to my hey-day of gaming.
2. Firestorm Armada - Flavor of the Month part2. Its my first Space battle game so i guess its special to me, but I just love Broad-siding an opposing ship with a mit full of dice and then boarding them with my marines and taking them over.
3. Necromunda - Might just be better in my head then it ever really was, but for the same reasons I love Malifaux I loved Necromunda. Also my Skavies were cool as woah!
4. Warmachine/Hordes - It got too big to really enjoy as much as I used too. Back in the day I knew every stat of every unit, jack, caster, and solo. Now I can't even name them all. Still it has its moments and if I do return to it, I know I will have fun again at least for a while.
5. Warhammer 40k - My big knock on 40k right now is the codex creep. I hate that shit so much. Im angry that my chaos can't compete because GW decided that halfway through an arc of books they wanted to introduce some crazy shit and blow everything up. Now i either have to take a total douched out army that I really don't want to run or wait until they re-release Chaos in 2-3 years. Neither option appeals to me at the moment.
6. Blood Bowl - This game holds its own place in my heart. I love building a team and getting them skills etc. Its really cool. But as the game gets competative which is a situation i've been it this game loses its funness and becomes a chore to play. Going from open league play where you keep track of the team to a tournament or playoff style where you have to play x players over x weeks isn't fun and drives people away from the game.
7. Arcane Legions - Its fun and I enjoy it and all, but I just can't work up the desire to bring them out to play, plus my top 2 games are way more on my mind these days.
8. Wahammer Fantasy - Only If I ever find my beastmen army which I have no idea where it could be. Im a little pissed about that too. Even then, the game has too many broken armies and rules i just don't know anymore to give a crap about playing it.
9. Monsterpocalypse - Im a little surprised it ended up down here, but yeah. I just don't care about it anymore. maybe on a bored day when im malifauxed and FSA'ed out and looking at my gaming closet wondering what to do i'll bust this one out and give it another whirl.
10. mage Knight - What a bottom feeder. this game blows and I spent way too much money on it back in high school. I think I would rather have a blind surgeon with epilepsy operate on my junk then play mage knight.... its close I'd have to see how bad the Doctor's seizures end up.
Lets meet our Contestants!
Warhammer Fantasy - Dragons and mages do battle in the old world while the forces of chaos wage constant war for control of the world!
Wahammer 40k - Tanks and Aliens do battle in the future while the forces of chaos.... wait....
Warmachine/Hordes - The countries of Immoren vye for independence or control of the world around them, using Guns, Swords, Steam powered Warjacks, and Beasts of many shapes and sizes.
Malifaux - Its the best steam/western/victorian/horror/punk game on the market. While its genre is a mouthful, the world is rich and the characters unique as they battle for control of the precious soul stones.
Firestorm armada - Space battles aplenty as the humans and aliens do battle to control the storm zone.
Blood Bowl - Part Rugby, Part Football, part gladiator arena. The races of warhammer love a good game as much as they love violence and this bad boy combines them.
Necromunda - In the world of 40k hive cities are a common place for gangs to form, in this particular city the only laws are kill or be killed!
Monsterpocalypse - The poor people are earth are caught in the middle of a clash of titans as giant monsters rampage through our streets.
Mage Knight - Something happens, I'm pretty sure its boring... at least thats my experience with this one.
Arcane Legions - Mass Action Miniatures. Do crazy things while making the Egyptians, Romans, and Hans to battle with magic and cool monsters of myth.
Notables Left off the list - LOTR, Mordhiem - played each like once, don't remember them. BFG, Confrontation, and im sure a few others never played them.
So on to the Rankings with a short explanation.
Rules and Mechanics
1 Warmachine/Hordes - The simple mechanics are great. The dice rolling allows for a greater disparity in stats but keeps a good average on the Dice. Instead of a 1-12 chance for any specific numnber you are more likely to roll a 6,7,8 then any other number. The magic is well used and not game breaking, and the movement is very simple.
2. Malifaux - Very similar to Warmachine in many of its rules. Its loses ground with the Deck being too random where as the 2d6 has a nice average to it, the Deck is basically a D13. The Fate Hand does help which is why this one ranks so high.
3. Warhammer 40k - Easy movement. Easy to read ranges etc. It loses ground with the To Hit Table. this has been GW's staple for years so i doubt it will change, but Personally I'm not a fan as Its tough to teach new players.
4. Arcane Legions - Great rule set, the action points allow for a lot of great combos and tricks. its big downside is that Range Attacks are over-powered. The best bows usually win the day. Still very fun game
5. FireStorm armada - Simple enough mechanics. Plays very fluidly, and seems a little cleaner than space combat games of the past. I never played BFG so its a tough one to compare to, but I hear most people say its a little better.
6. Blood Bowl - Has a lot of frustrating aspects. Most notably, I dropped the ball so now its your turn. outside of the lose your turn when you fail a roll, its a lot of fun and allows you to create interesting teams.
7. Necromunda - Plays like 2nd ed 40k, which means everyone has kinda crazy rules and cool wargear. you play with a bunch of ladders and bridges, and use true line of sight. It ranks low not because its bad, but because the games ahead of it are so much cleaner and have had their rules constantly updated. I have not read the current living rule book, no idea if they made this game all badass.
8 Monsterpocalypse - Any system that creates its own dice gets a automatic negative in my book. Also the game basically comes down to who can do some crazy damage combo to the enemy monster first. Or in some cases how long can i ping you and play keep away. Plus the game gets very repetative after a few games.
9 Warhammer Fantasy - The movement section of the game is about 15 pages. thats too much. It ends up detracting from the rest of the game. then the Magic in the game is very powerful and most are won by having superior magic users.
10 Mage Knight - You roll dice and add your stat I do the same, If the attacker wins he hits. Unfortunetly almost every stat is the same or within 1-2 of eachother. end Result stand there rolling dice like crazy until one person rolls well.
Fun/Desire to Play?
1. Malifaux - This is my flavor of the month so that might be influencing me. I love the terrain filled boards, the skirmish games, and the awesome models. Its a total blast to play and really brings me back to my hey-day of gaming.
2. Firestorm Armada - Flavor of the Month part2. Its my first Space battle game so i guess its special to me, but I just love Broad-siding an opposing ship with a mit full of dice and then boarding them with my marines and taking them over.
3. Necromunda - Might just be better in my head then it ever really was, but for the same reasons I love Malifaux I loved Necromunda. Also my Skavies were cool as woah!
4. Warmachine/Hordes - It got too big to really enjoy as much as I used too. Back in the day I knew every stat of every unit, jack, caster, and solo. Now I can't even name them all. Still it has its moments and if I do return to it, I know I will have fun again at least for a while.
5. Warhammer 40k - My big knock on 40k right now is the codex creep. I hate that shit so much. Im angry that my chaos can't compete because GW decided that halfway through an arc of books they wanted to introduce some crazy shit and blow everything up. Now i either have to take a total douched out army that I really don't want to run or wait until they re-release Chaos in 2-3 years. Neither option appeals to me at the moment.
6. Blood Bowl - This game holds its own place in my heart. I love building a team and getting them skills etc. Its really cool. But as the game gets competative which is a situation i've been it this game loses its funness and becomes a chore to play. Going from open league play where you keep track of the team to a tournament or playoff style where you have to play x players over x weeks isn't fun and drives people away from the game.
7. Arcane Legions - Its fun and I enjoy it and all, but I just can't work up the desire to bring them out to play, plus my top 2 games are way more on my mind these days.
8. Wahammer Fantasy - Only If I ever find my beastmen army which I have no idea where it could be. Im a little pissed about that too. Even then, the game has too many broken armies and rules i just don't know anymore to give a crap about playing it.
9. Monsterpocalypse - Im a little surprised it ended up down here, but yeah. I just don't care about it anymore. maybe on a bored day when im malifauxed and FSA'ed out and looking at my gaming closet wondering what to do i'll bust this one out and give it another whirl.
10. mage Knight - What a bottom feeder. this game blows and I spent way too much money on it back in high school. I think I would rather have a blind surgeon with epilepsy operate on my junk then play mage knight.... its close I'd have to see how bad the Doctor's seizures end up.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A Possible return to 40k
I have been playing 40k since since I started College so its been a decent amount of time. I've played Chaos for almost the entire time. i tried blood angels, but that didn't work out so well for me. I recently tried to start a Salamander army that teetered out. Im currently considering picking them back up. Here is a possible list for 1850 and a way to bump up to 2k. I don't have my book on me so the points might be a bit off
Vulkan - 190
Librarian, maybe in terminator armor - 125
5x Assault Terminators with Thunder hammer, Storm Shield - 200
Land Raider Crusaider, Multi-melta - 250
Dreadnought - Multi-Melta, Heavy Flamer - 115
Dreadnought - Multi-Melta, Heavy Flamer - 115
10x Tactical squad- 175 Points
-Meltagun
-Multi-Melta- Free
Rhino- 35 Points
10x Tactical squad- 175 Points
-Meltagun
-Multi-Melta- Free
Rhino- 35 Points
10x Tactical squad- 175 Points
-Meltagun
-Multi-Melta- Free
Rhino- 35 Points
3x Attack Bikes, Multi-meltas - 180
2x Land Speeders, Multi-Meltas, Heavy flamers - 130
2x Land Speeders, Multi-Meltas, Heavy flamers - 130 - In 2k games
The Army ends up short in points at like 1830 and 1960. If i have over-costed things I will give Power-Fists to my Squads, if I've undercosted I hope its not by too much and I won't have to cut anything. Also I really want to find points to put my dreads in drop pods. that might be something I do with my tac Squads too. That way My characters can join them instead of the Terminators.
Vulkan - 190
Librarian, maybe in terminator armor - 125
5x Assault Terminators with Thunder hammer, Storm Shield - 200
Land Raider Crusaider, Multi-melta - 250
Dreadnought - Multi-Melta, Heavy Flamer - 115
Dreadnought - Multi-Melta, Heavy Flamer - 115
10x Tactical squad- 175 Points
-Meltagun
-Multi-Melta- Free
Rhino- 35 Points
10x Tactical squad- 175 Points
-Meltagun
-Multi-Melta- Free
Rhino- 35 Points
10x Tactical squad- 175 Points
-Meltagun
-Multi-Melta- Free
Rhino- 35 Points
3x Attack Bikes, Multi-meltas - 180
2x Land Speeders, Multi-Meltas, Heavy flamers - 130
2x Land Speeders, Multi-Meltas, Heavy flamers - 130 - In 2k games
The Army ends up short in points at like 1830 and 1960. If i have over-costed things I will give Power-Fists to my Squads, if I've undercosted I hope its not by too much and I won't have to cut anything. Also I really want to find points to put my dreads in drop pods. that might be something I do with my tac Squads too. That way My characters can join them instead of the Terminators.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Essence of being cool
What is Cool?
Everything in that Picture is Cool
In the long history of the world man has tried to be cool and failed terribly on many occasions. Dudes wearing togas was not cool. Slavery was totally uncool. White powder wigs were definetly not cool. Puffy Shirts not so cool. It wasn't until the invention of the Pirate that man really started to grasp what is cool. Rum, babes, open sea, plunder. All good stuff, but we had only begun to scratch the surface of cool.
Then as was fortold by Jesus, the savior of man, A savior of Cool was born unto us.
The Fonz was cool. He was hip and awesome, and everyone needed to learn from his lesson in order to also be cool. Why even today the measurement for something being cool is taken in Mega-Fonzies. The Fonz brought with him the famous "Ayyyyyyy" which was amazing in its own right, but with the addition of two thumbs point upwards while your elbows were on level with your hips. Well the world was not ready for such coolness. But the living Legend forged onwards carving out new ways to be cool for future generations. Soon everyone wanted to be cool like the Fonz, but with all greatmen debate was sure to follow. Was the Fonz divine? How was something chosen to be cool? Did Fonzie do it because it was cool? Or was it cool because Fonzie did it? though a most pointless debate it may have set us back in our search coolness several years. But on the Horizon a new leader of coolness had emerged. With the Fonz already in place as the master cool and being cool. A new man would show us that Violence was also totally freaking cool.
Chuck Norris let everyone know that murder was cool. Guns, Kung Fu, and beard were all a man ever needed. It was his job to carry the Mantle of cool for future generations, until a new bearer would take the crown from him and allow Chuck to return to the thing he loved the most... Selling the total Gym. It was with heavy heart and furrowed beard that he passed on his title to the Man who carries it today.
Bruce Campbell stole the Title of Cool away from all previous holders with his Dashing appearance, rapier wit, and devestating one-liners. Bruce taught us that anyone could be cool... mind you not as cool as he. And now that we have our holy trinity of coolness we are left to wonder. What will happen on the day when Bruce Campbell tires of his throne and passes down his mantle, who will be the Next champion of cool? Well I think you already know.
Everything in that Picture is Cool
In the long history of the world man has tried to be cool and failed terribly on many occasions. Dudes wearing togas was not cool. Slavery was totally uncool. White powder wigs were definetly not cool. Puffy Shirts not so cool. It wasn't until the invention of the Pirate that man really started to grasp what is cool. Rum, babes, open sea, plunder. All good stuff, but we had only begun to scratch the surface of cool.
Then as was fortold by Jesus, the savior of man, A savior of Cool was born unto us.
The Fonz was cool. He was hip and awesome, and everyone needed to learn from his lesson in order to also be cool. Why even today the measurement for something being cool is taken in Mega-Fonzies. The Fonz brought with him the famous "Ayyyyyyy" which was amazing in its own right, but with the addition of two thumbs point upwards while your elbows were on level with your hips. Well the world was not ready for such coolness. But the living Legend forged onwards carving out new ways to be cool for future generations. Soon everyone wanted to be cool like the Fonz, but with all greatmen debate was sure to follow. Was the Fonz divine? How was something chosen to be cool? Did Fonzie do it because it was cool? Or was it cool because Fonzie did it? though a most pointless debate it may have set us back in our search coolness several years. But on the Horizon a new leader of coolness had emerged. With the Fonz already in place as the master cool and being cool. A new man would show us that Violence was also totally freaking cool.
Chuck Norris let everyone know that murder was cool. Guns, Kung Fu, and beard were all a man ever needed. It was his job to carry the Mantle of cool for future generations, until a new bearer would take the crown from him and allow Chuck to return to the thing he loved the most... Selling the total Gym. It was with heavy heart and furrowed beard that he passed on his title to the Man who carries it today.
Bruce Campbell stole the Title of Cool away from all previous holders with his Dashing appearance, rapier wit, and devestating one-liners. Bruce taught us that anyone could be cool... mind you not as cool as he. And now that we have our holy trinity of coolness we are left to wonder. What will happen on the day when Bruce Campbell tires of his throne and passes down his mantle, who will be the Next champion of cool? Well I think you already know.
Can I Temper my Expectations?
I have been holding off writing about our local sports for a while. Mostly because in DC sucking has become a time honored tradition. Our teams create large expecations and then fail in the most spectacular way imaginable. But then in the offseason enough happens that we can fool ourselves into thinking that we can rebound next time.
Well I'm about to start fooling myself with the Redskins. Im still not sure why I'm so excited, we haven't changed that much from last year when we went 4-12. The biggest changes are in Philosophy. No longer is the leader of this team a happy go luck Mr. Rodgers whose orders are optional. No longer do Players get immunity because they are better liked by the owner. Shanahan is in town for 2 reasons. win a super bowl and teach these guys some respect. This raises the question, Was this a play-off team last year? Is the only thing that kept us out our poor discipline. Its a hard question to answer. There were certainly several games that the Redskins "Should" have won last year. With Shanahan at the helm this team can be molded by his new philosophy. Last year at voluntary work out Clinton Portis, Albert Haynsworth, and LaRon Landry all decided they had better things to do. This year they did not make that decision. They were called to camp, and they came to camp, end of story. Mike Shanahan cut the leadership from the Old Regime from his team. And I will be the first to say I'm going to miss almost every guy he dropped. But Football is a business and so is winning. Mike Shanahan only wants winners on his team, and that is what he is looking for.
Looking ahead this season is going to suck. we play the NFC North which holds three teams better then us. the NFC East which holds three teams better than us we have to play twice, and the AFC South which holds four teams better than us. It would be very easy to write this season off before it starts as rebuilding year. That the redskins aren't ready yet. But I have the feeling Mike Shanahan's opinion is the hell with that. So what if almost every team we play is "better than us" This is a team with nothing to lose and a lot of hungry talent. Shanahan will bring Winning back to Washington.
See I can't temper my expectations. Next season will be like 6-10 or 8-8 at the best, but its the future that holds my interest.
Also don't draft Jimmy Clausen, we need linemen so badly its stupid. Get Russel Okung and next year go for a QB there will be more of them and the ceiling is higher.
Well I'm about to start fooling myself with the Redskins. Im still not sure why I'm so excited, we haven't changed that much from last year when we went 4-12. The biggest changes are in Philosophy. No longer is the leader of this team a happy go luck Mr. Rodgers whose orders are optional. No longer do Players get immunity because they are better liked by the owner. Shanahan is in town for 2 reasons. win a super bowl and teach these guys some respect. This raises the question, Was this a play-off team last year? Is the only thing that kept us out our poor discipline. Its a hard question to answer. There were certainly several games that the Redskins "Should" have won last year. With Shanahan at the helm this team can be molded by his new philosophy. Last year at voluntary work out Clinton Portis, Albert Haynsworth, and LaRon Landry all decided they had better things to do. This year they did not make that decision. They were called to camp, and they came to camp, end of story. Mike Shanahan cut the leadership from the Old Regime from his team. And I will be the first to say I'm going to miss almost every guy he dropped. But Football is a business and so is winning. Mike Shanahan only wants winners on his team, and that is what he is looking for.
Looking ahead this season is going to suck. we play the NFC North which holds three teams better then us. the NFC East which holds three teams better than us we have to play twice, and the AFC South which holds four teams better than us. It would be very easy to write this season off before it starts as rebuilding year. That the redskins aren't ready yet. But I have the feeling Mike Shanahan's opinion is the hell with that. So what if almost every team we play is "better than us" This is a team with nothing to lose and a lot of hungry talent. Shanahan will bring Winning back to Washington.
See I can't temper my expectations. Next season will be like 6-10 or 8-8 at the best, but its the future that holds my interest.
Also don't draft Jimmy Clausen, we need linemen so badly its stupid. Get Russel Okung and next year go for a QB there will be more of them and the ceiling is higher.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Couple Reports
Game 1: Seamus vs Ramos - 35ss
I took a little bit of a different list with Seamus and I gotta say I think it worked well.
Seamus, Madame Sybelle, Rotten Bell, Convict Gunslinger, The Hanged, Grave Spirit, 2x NecroPunks
Not really sure all the stuff chris took. Off the top of my head:
Ramos, Brass Arachnid, Alice, Johan, some spiders, and a dude with 2 axes.
Our deployment was corners. I got Treasure Hunt and he Got Slaughter. We both rushed towards the middle of the table and started creating new soldiers. At one point his pair of Axes guy charged my Bell who was next to the treasure marker. He dropped her to 2 wounds. Seamus stepped up and blasted into the melee. He randomly hit the Belle who was killed by the attack. Now that the Axe guy was freed up Seamus leveled his .50 Cal pistol at him and blew him away. Then in a final act of mercy restored the poor belle he had just killed off. Ramos kept churning out constructs and I kept killing them. the Hanged and Sybelle killed off Johan, Sybelle was also killed. Ramos then blasted the hanged with angry fire. My Necro punks weren't having a great day as they tried to kill off a lot of spiders. The Gunslinger was killing left and right. As the game began to wind down I felt I had a good chance at clinching it. In hand i had the red joker and the 8 of crows. I began cheating everything I could save those 2 cards to get chris to ditch his hand. When he had 3 cards remaining I had Seamus charge in on Ramos and slit his jugular, He was able to avoid the first one, but the Second was too much and the mage fell. With that the Constructs were in a very bad way without their leader to pump out more or help them reactivate. Chris called it there, it went well for my. It also reminded my why I like Seamus so much. I also decided I need Punk Zombies for him, so that will be an upcomming buy, only starting with 1 belle was fine, I made 3 in that game, including the one i killed myself so I could recreate her later.
Game 2: McMourning vs Nicodem - 25ss
First time playing Mirror.
Nicodem, 3x Zombie Punks, Mortimer, Vulture
McMourning, 3x necro Punks, Sebastian, Zombie Chuahwa, Convict Gunslinger
Again It was Corners, this time I got Slaughter and he got treasure hunt. We both started moving into the middle. being pretty darn fast the necro-pinks were the first to get to the treasure. Before they could skedattle away though a couple punk zombies showed up and locked them in. It took me 3 turns to get a crow in had so I could cast monstrous creation. We were fighting over the corpse tokens all game. But as the game progressed I started to get all of them I needed. Our punks fought to mutual annihilation. Nicodem kept popping out Punk Zombies and standing up Mindless corses. But my 2 extra Flesh Constructs and McMourning were able to help thin the herd a bit. In the End the game finished with Nicodem untouched and surounded by a hoarde of Zombies. Then there was McMourning, 2 Constructs, and the Gun Slinger all tied up with Zombies but holdinh strong. Game ended in my favor 6-3. But it was a close game and only went really well my way when my Flesh Construct was able to get a red joker on damage against his construct and drop it in one hit.
Things went well for the ressers yesterday. I also painted up my zombie dog and both constructs so they are looking prety good. Not sure I really like the way the Constructs look, but they are done so I really won't be complaining. The Chuahwa looks pretty slick though. Next on the Docket are the Rotten Belles who I would have painted already, but I'm a little intimidated by them.
I took a little bit of a different list with Seamus and I gotta say I think it worked well.
Seamus, Madame Sybelle, Rotten Bell, Convict Gunslinger, The Hanged, Grave Spirit, 2x NecroPunks
Not really sure all the stuff chris took. Off the top of my head:
Ramos, Brass Arachnid, Alice, Johan, some spiders, and a dude with 2 axes.
Our deployment was corners. I got Treasure Hunt and he Got Slaughter. We both rushed towards the middle of the table and started creating new soldiers. At one point his pair of Axes guy charged my Bell who was next to the treasure marker. He dropped her to 2 wounds. Seamus stepped up and blasted into the melee. He randomly hit the Belle who was killed by the attack. Now that the Axe guy was freed up Seamus leveled his .50 Cal pistol at him and blew him away. Then in a final act of mercy restored the poor belle he had just killed off. Ramos kept churning out constructs and I kept killing them. the Hanged and Sybelle killed off Johan, Sybelle was also killed. Ramos then blasted the hanged with angry fire. My Necro punks weren't having a great day as they tried to kill off a lot of spiders. The Gunslinger was killing left and right. As the game began to wind down I felt I had a good chance at clinching it. In hand i had the red joker and the 8 of crows. I began cheating everything I could save those 2 cards to get chris to ditch his hand. When he had 3 cards remaining I had Seamus charge in on Ramos and slit his jugular, He was able to avoid the first one, but the Second was too much and the mage fell. With that the Constructs were in a very bad way without their leader to pump out more or help them reactivate. Chris called it there, it went well for my. It also reminded my why I like Seamus so much. I also decided I need Punk Zombies for him, so that will be an upcomming buy, only starting with 1 belle was fine, I made 3 in that game, including the one i killed myself so I could recreate her later.
Game 2: McMourning vs Nicodem - 25ss
First time playing Mirror.
Nicodem, 3x Zombie Punks, Mortimer, Vulture
McMourning, 3x necro Punks, Sebastian, Zombie Chuahwa, Convict Gunslinger
Again It was Corners, this time I got Slaughter and he got treasure hunt. We both started moving into the middle. being pretty darn fast the necro-pinks were the first to get to the treasure. Before they could skedattle away though a couple punk zombies showed up and locked them in. It took me 3 turns to get a crow in had so I could cast monstrous creation. We were fighting over the corpse tokens all game. But as the game progressed I started to get all of them I needed. Our punks fought to mutual annihilation. Nicodem kept popping out Punk Zombies and standing up Mindless corses. But my 2 extra Flesh Constructs and McMourning were able to help thin the herd a bit. In the End the game finished with Nicodem untouched and surounded by a hoarde of Zombies. Then there was McMourning, 2 Constructs, and the Gun Slinger all tied up with Zombies but holdinh strong. Game ended in my favor 6-3. But it was a close game and only went really well my way when my Flesh Construct was able to get a red joker on damage against his construct and drop it in one hit.
Things went well for the ressers yesterday. I also painted up my zombie dog and both constructs so they are looking prety good. Not sure I really like the way the Constructs look, but they are done so I really won't be complaining. The Chuahwa looks pretty slick though. Next on the Docket are the Rotten Belles who I would have painted already, but I'm a little intimidated by them.
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Dr. Is In
Finished McMourning last night... actually this morning. He's looking pretty sweet.
He was a bit of a challenge as after his pants and boots I had no idea what colors to use. White on his apron was my second choice after a light brown came out too brown. The blue gloves were my 4th option actually painting over brown, white, and yellow. Its a little Firefly reference, but I also think they look great. Lastly the blood splatters were really difficult. They didn't go on very well and at one point a huge glob of red hit his left arm and body and I had to wipe it off and repaint a lot oh his arm and chest. Still I'm pleased with the Final result.
He was a bit of a challenge as after his pants and boots I had no idea what colors to use. White on his apron was my second choice after a light brown came out too brown. The blue gloves were my 4th option actually painting over brown, white, and yellow. Its a little Firefly reference, but I also think they look great. Lastly the blood splatters were really difficult. They didn't go on very well and at one point a huge glob of red hit his left arm and body and I had to wipe it off and repaint a lot oh his arm and chest. Still I'm pleased with the Final result.
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