Journeyman League Part 1

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Well in my last post I explained that I was going to be running a rather tasty Cygnar list in the local league, however it turns out I was a little poor and the new army had to be put on hold.  So I entered with my Trollbloods and im glad that I did as I have been having some terrific games with them, there is a chance that I may finally have gotten the hang of Madrak.

Week 1 Battle Box:

Game 1: Karis’s Legion, new player but she had beaten me three times in the practice games. My Impalers took care of the Shredders and my Axer (Little Dave) bitch slapped the Carnivean.  End result was 3 troll light beasts and Madrak ganging up on Lylyth.

Result: Win Caster Kill

Game 2: Alan’s Cygnar, his jacks took out most of the beasts and then he decided to prove a point by charging Stryker at Madrak, this is where it went wrong and Madrak took the beating and then with two swings removed Stryker from the game.

Result: Win

Game 3: Chris’s Circle, Axer charged a slightly damaged warpwolf and killed it 3 hits, the Madrak and the Axer killed Kaya.

Result: Win Caster Kill

Game 4: Erik’s Legion, Axer charged the Carnivean and killed it with the help of one of the Impalers. Opponent conceded the game as the only had a shredder and Lylyth left.

Result: Win Caster Kill

Week 2: 15 Points (Battle box + Whelps and Min Kreil Stone):

Game 5: Ben’s Legion, Axer took out the Carnivean again and Madrak took Lylyth in a couple of swings.

Result: Win Caster Kill

Game 6: Steven’s Circle, It went wrong managed to get a charge onto Kaya and the Axer left her with only one wound left, then managed to get Madrak into a position to chuck his axe at her despite being in melee.  The shot hit and had I rolled one higher she would have been dead.

Result: Loss Scenario

Game 7: Bradley’s Pigs: It all went wrong here my Axer tried to go one on one with the War Hog and died, then both my Impalers were killed and although Madrak took out the War Hog I lost on scenario.

Result: Loss Scenario

Game 8: Digby’s Circle (Balder List): Started off well as for a change Digby couldn’t roll dice, then it went a little wobbly in the middle and the end well it was incredible. I have played this opponent many times and every game it always ends for me like the laundry scene in the Shawshank Redemption.  This time it went the same way until Digby noticed that while Balder had been killing Madrak in melee he has looked at the stats of the Heavy next to him and that in fact the roll of a four had missed and Madrak was alive with five wounds and no fury.  Madrak cuts himself for four leaving him on one wound as this is an all or nothing fight.  First hit lands on Balder, damage roll is +1 and I roll a 15 killing Balder.

Result: Win Caster Kill

Painting Points: 10, Impaler and Fennblades.

Journeyman Points Total: 29

Week 3 begins on Wednesday and im totally ready for this.army

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Brave New World

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Its been a while but Edinburgh again has a Privateer Press Ganger, Est was recently accepted onto the programme and will be based at the Games Hub and Edinburgh League of Gamers.  Not only has she just started but she has a massive list of events planned, starting with a Journey man’s league that will run from battle box size all the way up to 35 points.  So to mark the occasion I thought it would be only fair if I took part in the new league, now I could have run with my trolls again but I thought I would get into the spirit of the event as there are a lot of new players talking part this time.  So I bought a Cygnar battlebox as I rather fancy the idea of a ranged army, the models are reposed and the bases are supposed to be representing a war torn battlefield. The aim is to switch to Kara Sloan as soon as I can with some nice ranged support.

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A rough count the other day gives us about 35+ Warmachine players in Edinburgh with about 7 new in the last few weeks, Est has done a bang up job of promoting the hobby to the gamers here.

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As the poster the event kicks off the 1st May and games can be played at either the Hub or [elg] all you need to do is let Est know the results.  She can be contacted on the Privateer Press Forums or 6s2hit as AdeptEst or at the following email address adeptest@live.co.uk.

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Im Back!!!

Well its been a while since I posted anything here, I actually have a really reason for this.  I have just finished my degree and the last few months have been mental with dissertations and essays but im all done this time.  So now I had better get back to wargaming etc.

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6s2hit Podcast Episode 19

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This weeks show has Simon and myself joined by Joe aka Kissthehurricane talking about campaign systems and alternative models. Once again if you have a topic you would like us to discuss drop me a comment here or on the 6s2hit.com website.

http://www.6s2hit-thepodcast.com/?p=246

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6s2hit Podcast Episode 18

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This week sees Simon and I discuss the tricky subject of how we explain our hobbies to outsiders, we have all had that moment when we have had to out ourselves to others.  Following up on this we talk about how we would intro a game to new players, obviously that depends upon the specific games system.  Join The two old men of 6s2hit as we grumble on about more gaming topics, if you have any ideas for a topic send me a message here or on the 6s2hit forums.

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Covers & Cases

So I bought the missus a kindle with my student loan, well part of it at least.  All was wel until I realised that I hadn’t got a cover or case for it and no offence to the love of my life but she is ever so slightly clumsy.  Then I got given the chance to review a case for a kindle from www.idealcases.co.uk.  I hadn’t heard of these guys before even when I was searching the internet for a great cover that Linsey would like, I could see many plain cases or brightly coloured ones but nothing that I thought she would love the look of.

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So this was the case I designed for her, the website design tool gives you almost limitless ability to design the case yourself.  You can choose from Iphones or Kindles or other tablet products.  You then go on and choose to either create a unique design, an existing design or one from a collection of the clip art.

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I settled on the white background and added an owl clip art (she loves owls) then I framed that and added her name at the bottom on one of the many different fonts they have.  I placed my order and waited for it to arrive, to be fair it arrived fairly fast and was well wrapped allowing it to survive my postman.  The end result of this was that Linsey adores her owl kindle case and that on two occasions it has protected the device from the impact damage after she dropped it.  With the growing number of clip art on the Ideal Cases website the design options will continue to grow at a fast rate.  The end result is a custom made case for an exceptionally good price and a unique design.

http://idealcases.co.uk/

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Tools of the Trade

Just recorded another section for 6s2hit podcast talking about gaming aids and what we use.  So I thought I would knock out a short blog post about the things I use and why.

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First off we have the Edinburgh League of Gamers dice that I have been using in one colour or another for about 6 years now, I must have about 60 of them now.  I prefer these dice to the ones that you can buy from Gamer Workshop simply on the fact that they are larger, about the size of a scatter dice.

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Next my lovely hand made dice bag made by the talented Caroline,  this one has the club logo embroidered on it but many at the club had had other symbols or text done on theirs.

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Next my old faithful tape measure that I got when I worked at a plumber merchants, it was free and despite its age and battered appearance still works so I don’t see the need to replace it.

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Lastly my tremendously helpful Warmachine and Hordes templates and tokens.

There are obviously a number of other gamer aids out there that could be of use to me and indeed I own a few others but these are the essentials.  I have tokens and templates for other games but since im playing a lot of Warmahordes of late this tends to be my kit load out.  I intend to write a little post about the carry cases I use as I have finally found a set that suit my needs and were compatible with She who must be obeyed and her dislike of me spending money on games and game related things….. Ok she isn’t that bad but I think spending £100 on a case might be beyond me.

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