Where do I go now?

Ive been doing a lot of thinking this week, about project armies and tournaments and competitive 40k.

Before I was stationed at Osan, Id competed in a few of the events held here at the Glen Burnie Battle Bunker, and elsewhere around here, and did ok for myself. Ive still got my "Best Painted" and "Best Sportsman" awards, but I never did do all that well with the actual gaming. Probably because I wasnt all that competitive, and didnt care all that much. I was just having fun. Honestly, I think I won a total of 3 or 4 games out of 7-8 tournaments I went to.

Lately Ive been thinking of trying to get back into it all, and actually putting an effort into taking a swing at some of those prizes I wasnt aiming for before. Ive been reading a lot of the different blogs on tactics and gaming, and I am thinking it is time to see if you can put a new shine on an old turd.

I havnt decided for sure which army I want to do this with, but I think the Red Scorpions are not going to be it. I have considered the IG for this, but thats much more money then I want to throw at this idea right now. Im actually leaning towards a Dark Angels army. I could get two tac squads with rhinos, two deathwing termy squads, two LR crusaders, and a character of some variety to lead them for roughly 1500, and tack on a command squad to get them to about 1700, I think. Id have to look into how many points these things run, to really start planning my list...

Comments/Suggestions/Fish?

Whee!

If you are seeing this, the new Tuesday Top Ten is up!

Now, I drink rum and decide what to do with the rest of my morning!

Weekend Games

I say this now, without hesitation: If Deo EVER complains about "Cheesy Chaplains with an Assault Squad" I will punch him in the junk. Twice.

Been a while since Mikie (who posts here occasionally as Deo) and I have gotten in a game, so he came over Saturday and we got three 1k point games in.

For each game I used the same list, though I swapped the Captain for the Librarian for the 2nd and 3rd games.

I had:

Captain w/ Relic Blade, Stormbolter, Jump Pack, Digital Weapons

Tactical Squad w/ Missile Launcher, Plasmagun, Rhino w/HK Missile
VSgt w/ Power Weapon

Tactical Squad w/ Heavy Bolter, Flamer
VSgt w/ Power Fist, Stormbolter

Dreadnought w/ DCCW, Multimelta

Assault Squad w/2 Plasma Pistols
VSgt w/ Plasma Pistol, Power Fist

The Librarian I proxied bore a force weapon, plasma pistol, and jump pack, had the Epistolary upgrade and used the Force Dome and Might of the Ancients powers.

The first game I should have lost. Deo played Dark Eldar. I forgot to place the rhino, and the first tac squad got spooked off the table on turn one. Mandrakes came out of nowhere and ate my assault squad (he actually made it his mission this weekend to deny my having them charge at any opportunity... it worked for him) In the end, I managed to win, through pure stubborness.

Second and third games he proxied out for Craftworld Eldar. I got mangled the first game, the second one was a lot closer.

Yeah, I had the run in with the Howling Banshees charging a Doomed squad. He only did it the first time around, he wanted to try other stuff for the second game... I will admit, the Wraithguard walking up to your objective is a great distraction. They turned into a great tarpit, we slugged it out there for 5 turns I think. Im the end, Deo was left with a farseer, a warlock that had led the wraithguard, and a mangled (though still shooting) warwalker. I had three assault troops, and a rhino. Very messy game.

I still suck as battle reports, so Lessons!

#1 A librarian's psychic hood works best if you keep him near enemy psykers.
#2 Force Dome is nice, but not NICE.
#3 Rhinos are nice to have around, I need to get a few more.
#4 Mandrakes are not all that great in melee, but I think the uncertainty factor makes them useful as backup for a real assault squad.
#5 Dark Eldar (and CW Eldar at that) would be a real pain if mobilized.

Im sure I should rewrite this, but Ive got some work to do before the day shift gets in...