Skull Bros Awesome!

I work at a desk job. I sit around all day, reading and writing various documents. It is a fine job that I like doing. One of the best aspects about my job is that I have my very own office where I can listen to obnoxious Warhammer podcasts all day. And I usually do, at least in the morning, as I catch up on new episodes of my favorite podcasts.

This week I was turned on to Skull Bros Awesome! An absolutely ridiculous podcast from the Mid-west. The episodes are short and have no real point as the cast always gets off topic, but the podcast is funny and entertaining and something I recommend checking out it you haven't heard of it before.

You can hear all their episodes (they are at a mighty 8! so far) from their website or subscribe to their podcast on Itunes.

Alamo GT 2012 - Round 4: Empire

For the start of Day 2, I played Leadership 2's very own Michael Hengl. Michael is an excellent Warhammer Fantasy player (currently ranked #1 in the United States) whom I have had the pleasure of playing multiple times as we both travel to the same tournaments on the West Coast. Michael also helps run the Quake City Rumble tournament in San Francisco, CA. For this tournament, Michael was playing his brand new Empire army known as the "Witchhunters of Vargheim."

His list for the Alamo was as follows:

Point Hammered Episode 73

Point Hammered Episode 73 is now available. In it, Johhny and Rodge drink themselves into a stupor and ask that you play along. Drink everytime you hear the bell ring (hint, it rings a lot).
http://pointhammered.com/episodeRecent.php

Alamo GT 2012 - Round 3: Ogre Kingdoms

For my final game of Day 1, I played Sean Bright and his Ogre Kingdoms army.

This is Sean. And he was a blast to play. He would eventually go on to win the Best Sportsman award for the tournament with a total of 4 Best Opponent votes (one of which was mine)!






Somehow I managed to lose his army list. So I don't actually have the magical items that he took with each unit. But I do remember the gist of the army. His Ogre Kingdoms army included the following:

This Past Weekend: November 18, 2012

Another "This Past Weekend" feature. In these posts I will be discussing my hobby adventures from the past weekend (which is when I actually get to game and paint) as well as any other fun things I happened to do. So let's begin.

This past weekend I managed to accomplish nothing in the way of Warhammer. No games, no hobbying, no painting, nothing! Instead I was dealing with real life things (boring!). My roommate and I were cleaning the house, putting in new hardwood floors (him, not me), and painting the house (me, not him) so that his daughter could have her fifth birthday party at the house on Sunday. We managed to accomplish everything we set out to do, but it left no time for gaming. Sad, so sad.

Also this weekend I went and rescued a new puppy from the humane society in town. He is a 4 month old mastiff puppy and is going to be a handful so I have been working with him the last few days. So far he has managed to not eat any of my figures that I keep strewn about so I am hoping that he keeps up with that streak until I can get everything cleaned up.

I have three more battle reports from the Alamo to finish. They are currently in several different states of written, but I plan on getting them finished over Thanksgiving so that I can post all of them next week.

Thanks for supporting me and this blog, and more importantly, supporting the Warhammer hobby in all its forms. I saw just the other day that this blog had gotten over 2000 hits and over 150 individual visitors since I started it at the end of September. That's just awesome. I know its not as much traffic as the big Warhammer blogs, but it means a lot to me that you find my battle reports and posts interesting enough to read.

I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving! And if you are from a place that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, I wish you happy holidays and a good weekend of Warhammer. As always, feel free to comment and if you have suggestions for future topics or things you would like to see please feel free to e-mail me at:
westcoastwarhammerblog[at]gmail[dot]com

Pointhammered Episode 72

Point Hammered Episode 72 is now available. In it, Johhny and Rodge discuss their games and results from the Northstar GT. I love this podcast and so should you! Listen here: http://pointhammered.com/episodeRecent.php

West Coast Hammertime Episode 9

West Coast Hammertime Episode 9 is now up and available for all to listen to. This episode includes an interview with Quentin Bohn from Club Capri who also travelled with host Fred Whitney (and yours truly) to the Alamo GT. A great overview of their games.
Give it a listen: http://www.westcoastgt.com/wordpress/?p=112.

Alamo GT 2012 - Round 2: Vampire Counts

For Round 2 of the Alamo I got to play Kevin Hopkins. I took a picture of him but it came out too blurry. Kevin, if you are reading this, I am sorry. I will try and take better pictures in the future. But the pictures of our game came out much better, so there is that.

Kevin is a nice, younger player, who was travelling for his first ever large GT-style tournament. Though travelling for him was a quick drive south as he lives and plays in Texas. He told me this was also his first five-game tournament so he was really looking forward to playing a lot of games against people he wouldn't normally have a chance to play (which I think is one of the best aspects of Warhammer tournaments).

Kevin was playing what I expect to become a pretty standard Vampire Counts list after the new FAQ, meaning that it had good units that could tie up other combat blocks while the two (yes, two) Terrorgheists screamed their undead hearts out. When I designed a similar army I went a little more scream heavy, and did not take the ghouls or a Strigoi, but for an all-comers list, I liked Kevin's design.

I also really enjoyed talking to Kevin throughout this game about tournaments, Warhammer, and other general nerd stuff. The start of Round 2 was when the beer maiden started making her rounds so Kevin and I were able to get in some drinking throughout the game which made us both a little bit more congenial and talkative. At one point I remember I was shouting at the Terrorgheists for their amazing luck (as you will soon see). As such, this game was the antithesis of my Round 1 game, and for that I was eternally grateful.

This was Kevin's Vampire Counts list:

2013 Tournament Season

So far these are the major tournaments I am planning on going to for the 2013 Warhammer Fantasy season. This list is likely to grow and I will update this list as I add more tournaments. Looking forward to seeing everyone on the circuit next year.

WaaghPaca! - Waupaca, WI - January 18-20, 2013 - PAID
Bay Area Open - Antioch, CA - March 1-3, 2013
Broadside Bash - San Diego, CA - April 5-7, 2013 - PAID
Quake City Rumble - San Francisco, CA - TBA
The Alamo GT - San Antonio, TX - TBA

Hall of Heroes - Season 2: Tournament 4

This last weekend I participated in a local RTT, the Hall of Heroes. This was the fourth tournament in a six tournament season (we are currently in Season 2). This month the tournament was at 2000 pts. I brought a shooty Wood Elf list to the tournament and managed to not only win all three of my games, but also get Best General in the process. One of these days I need to get the archers and dryads fully painted and maybe pick up a Best Overall award. Anyways, pictures from the tournament, as well as battle reports from my games will be posted as soon as I finish the write-ups from the Alamo GT!

Alamo GT 2012 - Round 1: Warriors of Chaos

I woke up a little tired (and possibly still a little drunk after the Friday night party bus) for Round 1. As such, I was looking forward to a relatively lighthearted first game which I thought I would receive because I was under the impression that the pairings were based on army composition and I had brought a relatively fluffy list. I was mistaken. Round 1 was relatively random unless you brought a completely over the top list in comparison to the other army lists around the room. Thus, Round 1 I played this Warriors of Chaos list:

Busy Week

I am still working on getting the Battle Reports for the tournament together. I am trying to make the reports a little bit more exciting by focusing on key units and dramatic turns of event. Also, I am playing in a 2000 point tournament tomorrow. (I know, I know, Warhammer all the time, right?) That being said, I don't expect the first battle report to be up until Monday. Bear with me and have a nice weekend.

Alamo GT 2012 - Overall Thoughts

I know that you, my avid readers, have anxiously been awaiting my thoughts on the Alamo GT. This post has taken a little longer than normal because I wanted to take a little bit of time to decompress and really focus on my experience at the tournament. Plus, work has kept me rather business with playing catch-up for missing two days.

When thinking about blogging about the tournament I had a hard time finding a good way to proceed. After a little consideration, I decided to break down the tournament into various categories so you can see my thoughts on each aspect of the tournament, as well as the tournament as a whole.

I'm Back

I have returned to the real world and am now back at home and also back at work (blah!). This past weekend was a whirlwind and I will be letting you in on my thoughts about the tournament itself, the scenarios, the armies, and my battles. But right now I am just too tired and too far behind at work. I only got back into town late last night so it will take me a few days to get pictures updated, sort through my notes, and then write and review my battle reports.

With that being said, I know you are interested in how I did overall. Although the exact scores are not posted yet (so I don't know where in the overall rankings I fell), I can tell you I did not win any awards. In fact, I managed to barely win a single game. Yes, that's right. After 5 games my record was a disappointing 1 win and 4 losses with the all fast cavalry army.

Without having my notes in front of me I know some of that is because of a few mistakes that cost me points when I didn't need to give any up. But, in reality, the biggest issue was that I brought a sharpened stick to a tank battle. The army lists this weekend (not only the ones I played, but the vast majority of them) were lists I would only ever expect at an 'Ard Boyz style event.

The army lists I saw can easily be broken down into this type of build mentality:

• If one unit of something was amazing, then two was even better.
• There is no such thing as maximum unit sizes anymore. If an army didn't have at least two units with 50 or more wounds in it then there was no point in bringing them at all.
• Combat, Combat, Combat!
• More Combat!!!

Looking back at my army design, I just wasn't prepared for this type of tournament play. But I lived and learned. And next year things will be a little different for the Wood Elves.