Did we actually turn into old men over the holidays? Nah, some of us already were...right Reid?!
Our second club day back for 2019 and we took it old school with two different set of ancients rules broken out, Basic Impetus and L'Art de la Guerre.
Ryan and Mike played some ancient action with Ryan's Macedonians hitting the fields against Mike's (my) Athenian Greeks. Basic Impetus is a pretty quick rule set to learn and when you come to grips with the whole "magic number" scenarios which cover pretty much everything in there, you're good to go. Model count is relatively low as well, so it's a good entry point.
Meanwhile, another battle was brewing on the back table...
Monkey and I played some ADLG, using Monkeys Dacian and Wallachian forces, we played a couple of games. Again, coming to grips with the rules is pretty simple and, while I enjoy the simplicity of Impetus, ADLG just seems to add a little more tactics and grandeur to the game.
Meanwhile, somewhere in 1980's Germany...
And in 1940's France...
And then into the 41st Millennium...
The answer is yes, Drew Carey are still broken as fuck.
Why not come down and see us yourself next time?
It was the last TCOW of 2018 and we thought we'd arrange something a little different. We've done mega-battles in the past but we'd never done 40K...so why the hell not!
We'd originally planned for about 8 players, so 4 on 4, but the numbers dwindled slightly on the day and we only had 5....and SOMEONE had gone and brought Knights...
So, with Francis and his 3,500 points of Knights, Marines and Shield Captains on one side and Dave (World Eaters), Daryl (Death Guard), Jorin (Necrons) and me (Ultramarines) on the other, we just got into a slugfest!
A 12 x 4 table was used with a heap of LOS blocking terrain, not that it would make too much of a difference.
And away we went...
The Land Raider the Wouldn't Die...
This was when the bloody Knight threw a Rhino at my Librarian!! Luckily, he ducked in time!
Inceptor time!!
Death by 1,000 cuts!
So, despite their massive firepower and our lack of high AP weapons, we managed to win the day! Great job Francis and what a great sport as well!
We also managed to have 2 Team Yankee and 1 Flames of War game played as well.
Froggies!
Oooh, Shilkas....
So there we have it! We've had a pretty bloody good 2018 at TCOW! New games, new people, new spoons...we've had it all!
A massive thanks to all players who graced us this year and to the people behind the scenes who make shit get done. You know who you are...
And one final sending of THOUGHTS and PRAYERS for our Founder and Saviour...we miss you buddy...
