Trumpeter Salute 40K Tournament

The tournament was yesterday, the convention ended some time today. I spent most of today recovering from the efforts and trying to overcome the pain in my back and legs… I need a new hobby or a new body. I put way more effort into preparing for my demo game on Friday than I did [...]

Test Game of 40K

Regular Vancouver tournament nemesis James Russo called me up the other day.  He has been working on a scenario for Astro Vancouver based around the GW Battleboard and the hill I donated to last year’s Astronomi-con.  He’s dubbed it the battle of Muskie Hill. We played on Thursday, I had had two job interviews that [...]

2010 Astronomi-con Vancouver is Over!

I didn’t win best overall, I did win my first game scoring 12 points which was quite impressive.  Maybe this gave me delusions of grandeur.  What it did was put me at the top of the table so I had to play the really tough armies and generals.  I drew Nick Daniels who promptly stomped [...]

Warhammer 8th Edition Battle Royale

That’s right, this week in our Mighty Empires Campaign it had been decreed by the store owner that everyone who showed up would take part in the Battle Royale Mission as per page 406 of the big red rulebook. I read the rules and knew right away I wasn’t winning. Even with some changes and [...]

Game 2 & 3 of Warhammer 8th Edition

And two more losses.  I’m beginning to think I’m the worst army list selector in the world.  Night Goblin mercenaries have leadership 4! Of course they were in range of both my general and the battle standard bearer when they panicked and ran in the first game, from Salamander fire.  Didn’t know they shot that [...]