Friday, March 5, 2010

20 February 2010 Inner Circle High Stakes Jamboree and Pancake Breakfast (Postscript)

Well, one good game to start, one great game to end, and one godawful nightmare of a game that I at least took control of, in the middle.  The tournament format also awarded prizes to players who won games (at all) during the format, so despite the fact that I only placed, and didn’t win anything of consequence, I still ended up with some gift certificates.  I immediately put them to good use, purchasing the new Tyranid codex (know thy enemy) and some Gale Force 9 vehicle condition markers (extremely useful for an army list like this, as I have discovered!)

The tournament was very well attended, with 30 gamers, and no less than four (!) Sisters of Battle players.  I placed 7th overall, which I’m fairly happy with – although I do kick myself a little for letting my second opponent M get away with points that should have been mine, it’s not like it would have mattered that much in the final rankings.  A good mix of lists participated, with a decent amount of mechanization – a good thing in 5th edition, of course.  I actually faced three non-Marine armies, but this wasn’t that unusual, as the make-up of the army lists was quite variable: