I figured since I never take great notes on the games, I'd just post some cool pictures and an overall recap with how things went. This post will focus on the 40k Championships.
The great thing about this event was there was absolutely no pressure for me. I was 100% committed to running the 40k Friendly on friday so no matter what if I advanced I planned on rejecting... like I really had a shot. I ended up winning my first games, 2nd being against my team tournament and regular gaming partner Jeff (small world). The third game I lost against Bill Kim who ended up winning the overall for Thursday, and the last game I lost against a great opponent with a beaststar. Was my first experience against it and surprisingly I was able to take it out - at the cost of a good portion of my army.
I had a great time with 4 great opponents. I think I ended up around 57th our of 220 players. Not too shabby with as little practice I get in.
Here's the army in all it's glory that I took.
One thing I realized is I just hate static shooting. Whereas the broadsides were a huge deterrent and a focal point for my opponents, I don't like not being able to move with them. I think I'd much rather go a third skyray and third riptide to keep mobility. Either way, Tau are getting shelved for awhile while I work on my imperial forces.
Now for the massive photo dump... captions in the photos! I realized that either my camera is getting worse or I just was way too unsteady while I was taking photos. Sorry if the quality wasn't 100%. Time to get a tripod.
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| first round against Tyranids. I stole the initiative which is really harsh when playing Tau. Kind of went downhill from there. |
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| Second round against Jeff's armor 14/13 brigade. Way more difficult then I thought it would be but ultimately pulled out the win. Serious amount of lascannons! |
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| Bill Kim's demons in round 3 |
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| The beasts of slannesh ended up being my undoing. Just didn't have a solution to get rid of them. Ended up having a sole kroot on the table at the end! |
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| Round 4 opponent's beaststar elder |
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| Killed the beaststar in the end, but didn't have enough to pull a win. Going 1st is rough when there are jet bikes on the board to grab objectives. |