Warmachine Slow Grow Update

We finished up our last round of 25 point games last time we got together and are looking forward to moving up to 35 point armies this weekend. As you can see some of the armies are really beginning to come together as our group spends more time working on them. 

 Everyone has been slowly working on their armies over the course of four months now and we are at the half way point as far as our competition goes. Hopefully when the next Warstore Weekend or Mechanicon happens a good portion of us will be able to play in their steamroller events.

 After the "completely within" debacle we had previously, the group has been a lot more conscious and deliberate in their positioning. As a group I think everyone has moved past the "newbie mistakes" phase of learning the new system and our games are starting to show more strategy and depth. I can't wait to see what people bring for our games this weekend, because my legions need more enemies to crush!

Warmachine Slow Grow Update

 Last time our group got together for our day of gaming Dan may have broken his arm and had pokéballs thrown at him while he was down, but we also played a lot of games! We moved up to 25 points this session and played the No Mans Land scenario. This week saw a big difference in how peoples armies were able to react to threats and cover the table.

One of the biggest things to come up during the day was the fact that you need to be completely within the scoring zone to contest or capture it. People either were not in it fast enough or they would move / be pushed out and lose the game. Some people liked the strategy involved and some people felt cheated by this. TQ made a post about this on his new blog. He won a game because his opponent moved out of the scoring zone and he felt like it was a dirty win. What are your thoughts on winning on such a fluke? TQ personally wanted to just keep playing even though he was about to be crushed but as the keeper of the league I called it as I saw it and told him he won due to his opponent getting kill hungry.

 

 I also owned my brother after he bragged about how I would never assassinate his caster with my eThagrosh all beast list. Manifest Destiny HO!

He had the nerve to tell me I would not assassinate his caster.

We are looking forward to playing again soon and when we do I will be sure to update on  the groups progress as we move toward our goal of painted 50point armies!

We Came, We Played, We Went To The Hospital

In my last post I mentioned our upcoming day of gaming. Well it happened and I'll post pictures and talk about the progression of the league later. There are more pressing issues.

Before we started, when everyone was carrying their stuff in, Defrolla Dan tripped up the steps and fell onto the porch. Only two models were injured after this monumental fall. Defrolla Dan saved them with his body. He also broke his arm. It was his birthday and he could have cried if he wanted to.

BUT HE STILL PLAYED LIKE HE HAD A PAIR!

 (In a gown...)

WARMACHINE & HORDES Charge into PBL

     Our WARMACHINE / HORDES escalation league kicked off a few weeks ago and while we all made lots of mistakes in our first games we all also had a blast! The plan is to begin with a fifteen point army and every two months the point value of our games will increase by ten points. Originally the plan was to end at 35 points but after having played a few rounds at fifteen most of the group has expressed interest in moving up to finish at 50 points.

     As we play we are keeping track of our league using a simple points system. You get 10 points for a win, 4 for a draw and 1 for a loss. There are also points to be had for painting your models.  We are using the following values for painting points.

30mm base – 1
40mm base – 2
50 mm base – 4
Battle engine – 5
Colossal – 6 

In addition everyone gets a few points for attendance and there is a list of achievements with varying point values. When we finish the player with the most points will be the winner!

Here are a few more pictures from our first games. I'll post more as we continue playing and painting like we got a pair!