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It’s Showtime!: Steamroller Tournament Report

Or “It all seemed to be going so well.”

As you might have gathered from the preparation articles, I was pretty confident going in to the Steamroller tournament. I had been on a bit of a winning streak with the prep games, and I felt I’d improved my game quite a bit. However, this is not ... 

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Steamroller Prep Part 3: Warwitch Deneghra

Okay, so I couldn’t come up with an Electric Six reference that wasn’t a stretch… Probably time to stop doing that.

My second list for the Steamroller prep was:

  • Warwitch Deneghra (-5)
  • Nightmare (10)
  • Defiler (5)
  • Deathripper (4)
  • Cankerworm (5)
  • Bane Thralls (5)
  • Bane Lord Tartarus (4)
  • Pistol Wraith (3)
  • Warwitch Siren (2)
  • Skarlock Thrall (2)

The intent with this list was to maximise stealth, high def, ... 

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Making Progress: Steamroller Prep, Part 2.

This time out, I want to talk about The Rules I placed myself under for Playtest.

1)      No Takebacks.

2)      Every game should be an SR2010 (revised) scenario.

3)      Time our turns.

4)      Every time I a) Make a mistake b) Thought of a clever trick or combo or c) Got surprised by something an enemy model did, WRITE ... 

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A few weeks ago, our local PGers announced a Steamroller tournament for the end of August. I was pretty disappointed with my showing at the last one I attended, so myself and my housemate (Harry/ John Q) resolved to playtest hard for this one.

And playtest we have.

When we started out, we set down the following ... 

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Blasted Heath was an excellent three weeks of gaming. I got in 6 games over the three weeks, and if I hadn’t been out of the country for the last five days of the league, I would definitely have played more. I managed to come 3rd overall, mostly down to one big win in a ... 

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iavian

GO BIG: And Hell Followed With Him

We’re on the homeward stretch now, folks. You’ve been with us for almost a whole month of large-based character goodness!

Today we turn to Lost Contributor I_Avian and his Cryxian models.

Riding forth from the Scharde Isles on an undead monstrosity, a hideous blend of nectorised horseflesh and steaming pistons, Darragh Wrathe is the scythe-wielding stuff of ... 

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iavian

Steal Your Bones

“Steam Powered Robo-Zombies” was the exact phrase that made me look at Cryx and decide to pick up some models. There was never any doubt that I was going to buy a unit of Mechanithralls right at the start. Then I saw the Necrosurgeon, and decided a lot of fun could be had with a ... 

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