Tournament Day

Here's your sneak preview of today's event.  It wasn't a full-on tournament as people were allowed to bring 3 armies if they wanted to try out as many of the new rules as possible.  Prize support was raffled off at the end so there was nothing to gain from bringing a ridiculous list except experience.

Playtesting

Working a full time job and coming home to a 6 month old doesn't leave much time to get out for games so this is what I do when I'm not inspired to paint.  I need inspiration to paint and right now the shift in rules has derailed all my previous army builds so here I go to the proverbial drawing board.

Zoanbomb

Pouring over the various rules, a thought hit me.

Telepathy offers a primaris power similar to the Doom's but without cover saves (3d6-ldr = wounds with no armor or cover).  Units can swap their random roll for the primaris power.  A unit of zoans can use this power 3 times.  A  unit of zoans in a pod can hit just about anywhere on the table.

Salvaging the Dark Footdar

The most depressing thing about 6th edition for me was invalidating my reserve/webway portal list.  I've been mulling over the options and here are some fun alternatives if the tournament circuit accepts allies.

Tyrant Wing

... AKA Lookout Sirs!  I was mulling over the recent rage over the "lookout sir!" allocation rule and this list came to me.  I doubt it would consistently perform, but it would be fun and fast to play.  Oh yeah, double force org at 2,000pts.

Misconceptions

6th Edition is still very new and there are a lot of misconceptions flooding the internet so it's important to keep perspective and realize that everything you read on the internet isn't always true (even here!).  I've seen this a lot on BoLS, 11th Co forums, and other blog so I'll address a few things here.  The most important thing going forward into the new edition is to know as many codex rules as possible so people don't pull off things that aren't supported by the new rules.  I'll update this from time to time and feel free to add.

Nid List - 1500pts

Three games under the belt with the new edition and my thoughts are still changing and evolving.  Here's a new list I want to test next.  Thoughts afterwards.

1500pts
Tyrant + wings, old adversary, devourers x2
Hive Guard x3
Termagants x20 + devourers
Tervigon + crushing claws, toxins, 3 powers
Warriors x3 + deathspitters x2, barbed strangler
Raveners x5 + rending
Trygon
Aegis Defense Line

6th Ed Batrep - 1500pts Marines vs Tyranids

Played Andy today in a full 6th ed game with all the new stuff except allies.  This will be long, but I'll take you through all the steps.  We started with a blank board marked off with 2x2' squares.  I took the near side Andy took the far side.

Here's the terrain we had to choose from.  I wanted some area, some ruins, and some impassible.  Nothing mysterious for this game.

Nid List - 1500pts

July's monthly event has changed to a "welcome to 6th" event which is really cool.  You can bring multiple armies to try different stuff out.  Allies, fortifications, and player set terrain is in which should also prove to be fun (or funny if someone whips out something really broken).  Prize support will be distributed by raffle so there's no incentive to bring a nasty list and beat face (unless you like testing nasty lists and beating face).

Here's my next nid list to test out more units and mechanics.

6th Ed Impressions - 2 Games Later

Millennium Games hosted an open play/discussion day to celebrate the release of the new rules yesterday.  My buddy Kevin did the same thing afterwards at his house, but with beer and food too.  I ground my way through 2 partial games just to try the rules out with the help of observers looking up rules as we played.

My first game was against IG with GK allies (libby + 5 terminators).  We played mission #6 The Relic (kill the carrier).  Deployment was Dawn of War (the new pitched battle).