Meet Andy and Darrell at Huddersfield Games!
January 23, 2013 by dracs
Hey guys, ever wanted to play a game of 40k against Darrell and prove him wrong? Well that's nice, keep dreaming kid. But you could get the chance to at least try as he and Andy will be going to the Huddersfield 40K Slam Tournament this April!
Yes, Beasts of War's very own dynamic duo of cheddar are taking part in the Huddersfield Games' 40k tournament on the 27th-28th of April.
So if you have a bone to pick with them or just want to buy them a drink (they will love you forever) be sure to pick up a ticket. Details can be found on the Huddersfield Games site or on the Beasts of War Forum.
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Oh now that would be a sight to see.
Can we just turn up and watch you guys in action or do with have to participate?
Yes you can turn up and watch. You could even try in vain to help my opponents before there total annihilation.
Cool I’ll come along to cheer you guys on, good luck!
April 28th! thats my birthday. Wish I was in the country but Canada is my stomping grounds.
Darrell
I have told you competition will be fierce.
You have been warned.
Owen
Fierce you say. Fierce Bunnies don’t scare this old wolf
The website isn’t very clear … in fact it doesn’t tell you where the tournie is or whether you need a ticket for each day or one for the whole weekend.
Huddersfield is pretty small but I still wouldn’t fancy playing “find the 2.5″ mini in the cellar” over there.
I would love to meet Andy and Darrell but Huddersfield !
Yes I know it’s Huddersfield. Where the men are men and the sheep are nervous
If you want a pck mail me at [email protected]
Darrell If Sheep are nervous it is because they heared you were coming!
There will be people there from England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland. Darrell, I am now carving you a wooden spoon.
Send the guys to gencon if you really want an over the top response 🙂
Is there an age range on this??
also on the sight it says that place 15 has reserved his place until the 28/1/13 but it doesn’t say if he actually has a place.
I could be being very stupid here but is there 1 or 2 places left
The last place has been booked.
1 Player has asked me to keep him a spot. I will contact him and see if he wants it.
We are looking at expanding it due to it’s success to 18 players instead of 16.
Does anyone have a problem with this?
Owen
not me buddy, the more the merrier……. we are going for our first try with “slam rules” this weekend. been looking at a wee trial army for the match up, god you can come up with some fearsome shiz with the 2 force org charts to play with….. although so can my grey knight opponent.
still now’s the time to weed out the guys/units who just don’t earn their points…
ian..
well had first game with the rules package, was great fun. ran with a full codex demon army against a fully grey knight codex list, although i lost the game i put 14 points on the board against johns 15, but to be honest for them to get even that amount of points was a surprise.. with the grey knights rerolls to hit and wound ,coateaz’s “ive been expecting you” the dread knight and oh dont forget warp quake… in fact its amazing really…. thank tzeentch for flamers….
Cheers for the feedback. People here are really starting to get into the list building. Not much practice games yet. However I have seen some interesting lists. Vendettas, stompas, plauge towers, etc.
Everyone thinks 3000 points is a big game, but you put one or two big things in and getting an efficient army is difficult.
I have started making the freebies. Looking at mugs and objective markers this week. I may be able to make T-shirst as well. Will see how things go.
Owen
Darrell’s head keeps growing as he keeps winning tournaments. So carefull if you play him. If he leans towards you to much he over balances and could knock you out. Keep him at arms length and you’ll be fine.
Owen
Well we got some practice in, I loved the relic mission first time i’ve used it, the game by my score was a draw 10 points each. It’s easy to forget that objective missions are not about killing your opponent as much as they are about keeping and holding/denying objectives, is so easy to go into annihilation mode.
I looked up what a plague tower is, puss canon man i love it. I’m going to this game more to see what people have than to play should be fun.
cool a draw is even better than a loss. yeah the game ran nice and slick. i find the demon games can be quite quick regardless of the result going your way or not by getting right in about the enemy from turn. in fact this came up last night are we right in thinking that apoc setup is bidding for your set up times and as the demons do not deploy do i need only to bid 1 second and will therefore in theory get the first turn???? but yeah as far as big models go i am considering… Read more »
How did you find the game length rules?
Owen
I think the game length/time will come down to practicing and playing the missions, do it once or twice and you should be fine. The rules are fine, learning your opponents rules will speed things up. The relic mission is basically capture the flag x6, playing the mission, so you know what’s what will really will help. I found that after playing the relic, it really gave me a lot to think about in regards to what to do next time, so your advice to play all the missions and get familiar is golden. I will have a go at… Read more »
If you want to really get to grips with some builds try proxying extreme builds.
Try making a stompa list or a flier list and see how the army fares. Also try facing mass troops. 300 – 500 bodies.
Both extreme can be a good test of how your army works.
The problem with large games if you play an all or nothing army it can be difficult. Have the right build to deal with it and its easy. Having an all comers list is really difficult.
The player who have done this have normally done the best.
Owen
bloody hell looks like i got a fair few demons to get properly based and finished for the slam now its looking so hordey for me now….. clever by them though ” make em but more, force them to have the big units and the big kits… god damn it… SELLL, SELL, SEEEELLLLLL….” still would be very interesting to see what would happen if the demon armies came up against each other.. with the warp storm tables being rolled on so much we would eventually just wipe ourselves out……. still pondering about how to deal with titans and super heavies… Read more »