Tournament what...?
Games played
So, I have realized that the last 6 games I've played, I lost. To recap, game 1, 500 points against Matrix (and his one knight) I lost by a point and 1 wound. Game 2, full 2k against Matrix and his Death Watch (DW), Lost by not playing for objectives and realizing the glass hammer of Orks. Game 3, Matrix again, but optimized to kill knights, I lost by him killing me, duh... this game I played a list I didn't like. Game 4, against King and lost because I charged Berserkers and could not use unstoppable green tide. Game 5, was a Kill Team game against Jeep, where I charge a Thunder Hammer wielding Gray Knight with my Tyranid Warrior Leader and lost, because he had hammer of wrath. For the 6th game I am just predicting a loss, as I have not played it yet, but will do so in grand fashion I am sure.
So, I have realized that the last 6 games I've played, I lost. To recap, game 1, 500 points against Matrix (and his one knight) I lost by a point and 1 wound. Game 2, full 2k against Matrix and his Death Watch (DW), Lost by not playing for objectives and realizing the glass hammer of Orks. Game 3, Matrix again, but optimized to kill knights, I lost by him killing me, duh... this game I played a list I didn't like. Game 4, against King and lost because I charged Berserkers and could not use unstoppable green tide. Game 5, was a Kill Team game against Jeep, where I charge a Thunder Hammer wielding Gray Knight with my Tyranid Warrior Leader and lost, because he had hammer of wrath. For the 6th game I am just predicting a loss, as I have not played it yet, but will do so in grand fashion I am sure.
Here the moment where I rage quit the game I've played for 3 decades, sell off all my stuff and take up knitting, but alas, I will not, can not and must not. I am really not that discouraged, except for game 3, at all. I don't mind losing, but a win would be nice. Each time I've played, I found weaknesses in my army, I found mistakes that I made, and things that I over looked.
Hobby Progress
I started this blog in December and found that I've played only five games. The purpose of this blog is to get me up to date and I gave myself to year to do this, or at least a year to play in a tournament. Well, that year is on it's 5th month and I have signed up for a tournament. I will be playing at the Fabulous Gentlemen's and Ladies GT in Las Vegas in June. See more here. I have made a list, see at the bottom. I want a fully painted army for this, so I have lots of work.
The list of work motivated me to organize. I made a spreadsheet, like any good gamer should.
I will have to paint 74 miniatures out of 128 from the list. That includes 30 Grots, two battle wagons, two flyers, with the harder more time intensive parts being 10 Nobz and 15 storm boyz. I am almost done with the Grots, so that will be 44 miniatures left. Ugh. I am trying to paint 30 minutes a night and have a planned game night with no games, just painting. I am unsure if I'll make this or not, but I know that I do not want to be painting the day before or the day of the tournament.
Ponderings
How is it that one plays and enjoys losing? Is it upon both players to make the game fun, or if one guys is a dick, would that ruin it for the other?
My Tourny List 4.0 (yep, there were 4 different iterations of this list)
Bad Moons Dread Waagh
Big Mek W/ Souped Up SAG
Big Mek with Regular SAG
Grots x10
Grots x10
Grots x10
Wazbomb Blasta Jet
Dakka Jet
Evil Suns Blitz Brigade
Big Mek with Redder Armor
Weird boy
Ork Boys x12 with Power Klaw
Orks Boys with Shootas x13 & 2 x big shootas
Ork Boyz x30 with Power Klaw
Waaagh Banner with Power Klaw
Nobz with Big Choppas x10
Storm Boys x15 with Power Klaw
Battle wagon with deff rolla and 2 big shootas x2
What do you think of this list?
I like the list, seems to have some chops. I'm not sold on SAG in a badmoons and find that rerolling 1 shot, wound, damage often is better than rerolling 1s.
ReplyDeleteGrots for screening and maybe obj grabbing.
Weird boy + boys for the fun da jump and +1 attack combo.
Flyers are good harass and can clear little 5 man squads so your boys can get closer.
Nobz + banner + battle wagon is a combo I want to try but is a bit expensive for my current list but if you deepstrike and charge jt they seem like they can do some damage.
SAGs are awesome, super RNG but I bring one in all my lists. Not sure if I like two, I'd probably swap one for a war boss with da killa klaw because he can counter charge and take some big scarys down