There is Only War 2010 – An Epic Armageddon Tournament.

10am on October the 10th, 2010.

We held the first Epic tourney in Perth in over 3 years. It was hosted at the Tabletop Gamers Association in East Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia. We had 6 players play three 2hr games at 3000pts (there would have been 8 players but one had to drop out for good reason the day before so I didn’t get to play as well). The awards available were for Grand Champion, Best Painted, Best General, Most Lucky Player, Most Unlucky Player.

A BIG thanks to Mark, Jason, Olly, Chris, Georg and Drew. You blokes are fantastic and you helped make the tourney a dream to organise.

The Games Won points system was as follows (these points contributed to the Grand Champion award):
25pts for a win (whether by Victory Goals or by points)
15pts for a draw
5pts for a loss

1st round games:
Mark (Saim-Hann) Vs Georg (Biel-Tan). 3:1 win to Georg
Drew (Steel Legion) vs Jason (Biel-Tan). Victory point win to Drew.
Olly (Titans) vs Chris (Codex Marines). 2:0 win to Chris.

2nd round games:
Drew vs Chris. Victory point win to Chris.
Mark vs Olly. 4:0 win to Olly.
Jason vs Georg. 3:0 win to Jason.

3rd round games:
Chris vs Jason. 2:0 win to Jason.
Georg vs Olly. 2:1 win to Georg.
Drew vs Mark. Victory points win to Drew.

The Best General Award was based purely on Victory Goals scored during the 3 games.
Chris – 2
Olly – 5
Georg – 5
Jason – 5
Drew – 0
Mark – 1

The tied scores were then resolved by going to games won. This still left Georg and Jason on a tie so paint scores were then used to pick a Best General.

That gave Georg the win for Best General.

Best Painted was judged by the entrants.
Each entrant (plus a guest judge) picked their 3 favourite armies and gave them scores. 5pts for the top ranked army, 3pts for the 2nd favourite and 1pt for their 3rd choice.

This gave the following scores:
Chris (Marines) – 5
Olly (Titans) – 21
Georg (Blue Eldar) – 20
Jason (Eldar) – 0
Drew (Guard) – 0
Mark (Red Eldar) – 17

Best Painted went to Olly by 1 point!

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Grand Champion was worked out by adding the points for games won, Victory Goals scored and a modified score for painting (basically, each players paint score was divided by 3 {half the number of players} rounded to the nearest whole number, to give a score out of 10). I wanted the Best General and Best Painted scores to help divide players that ended up on the same number of wins.

Chris – 55pts for Games Won – 2pts for Generalship – 2pts for Paint = 59pts
Olly – 35pts for Games Won – 5pts for Generalship – 7pts for Paint = 47pts
Georg – 55pts for Games Won – 5pts for Generalship – 7 pts for Paint = 67pts
Jason – 55pts for Games Won – 5pts for Generalship – 0pts for Paint = 60pts
Drew – 55pts for games Won – 0pts for Generalship – 0pts for Paint = 55pts
Mark – 15pts for Games Won – 1pt for Generalship – 6pts for Paint = 22pts

Grand Champion went to a very happy Georg and his Eldar.

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The Curse of Chaos Award was presented to the player that had the worst luck on the day.
It was a fairly easy pick as Jason’s Eldar had failed something like 15 activation rolls in his first 2 games (maybe many more, I lost count :oops: ).

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The Blessing of the Emperor Award was presented for Good fortune on the day. Chris made some important armour saves that enabled him to win his second game against Drew.

Chris managed to stay out of the photo…

Congratulations to all the award winners and again, a big thanks to all the players.
Many thanks also to Tabletop Gamers Association for enabeling me to put on the tournay and for supporting Epic Armageddon over the last 3+ months! Cam, Adam… you guys are the best, cheers.

I’m looking forward to next year and getting at least 10 players to There is Only War 2011

The Armies!

Olly’s Chaos Titans.

– Reaver Titan (575)
with 2x Titan Close Combat Weapon (50), Plasma Desctructor (75) , Legate (50pts)= 750pts
– Reaver Titan (575)
with 2x Quake Cannon (150), Carapace Landing Pad (0), Carapace Multi-Lasers (50)= 775pts
– 2x Warhounds (500)
with 2x Plasma Blastguns (0), 2x Vulcan Mega Bolter (0)= 500pts
– 2x Warhounds (500)
with 2x Plasma Blastguns (0), 2x Vulcan Mega Bolter (0)= 500pts
– Recon Platoon (4 Sentinels)= 100pts
– Forge Knight Squadron (6 Forge Knights)= 375pts

3000pts AMTL 3.18
Strategy Rating: 3

Break their Spirit = Quake Cannon Reaver 775pts

Georg’s Eldar.

– AVATAR – 0
– WRAITHGATE – 50
–ASPECT WARRIOR WARHOST – 400
3x Striking Scorpion
3x Howling Banshee
2x Fire Dragon
+Exarch
+Autarch
-ASPECT WARRIOR WARHOST – 350
3x Swooping Hawk
5x Shining Spear
+2x Exarch
–GUARDIAN WARHOST – 300
Farseer
4x Guardians
3x Heavy Weapon Platform
+2x Wraithguard
+3 Support Weapon Platforms
–RANGER TROUPE – 100
4x Ranger
–WINDRIDER TROUPE – 200
2x Jetbike
4x Vyper
–SWORDS OF VAUL TROUPE – 250
3x Falcon
2x Fire Storm
–ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE – 250
Void Spinner
–ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE – 250
Cobra
–REVENANT TITANS – 650
2 Revenant Titans
–VAMPIRE RAIDER – 200

3000pts

BTS – Revenants

Chris’ Marines.

TACTICAL DETACHMENT – 500
6 Tacticals
+Supreme Commander
+Razorback
+Hunter
TACTICAL DETACHMENT – 300
6 Tacticals
ASSAULT DETACHMENT – 225
4 Assault Units
+Chaplain
ASSAULT DETACHMENT – 175
4 Assault Units
PREDATORS – 275
4x Annihilator
BIKE DETACHMENT – 250
5x Attack Bike
+Captain
LAND SPEEDERS – 200
5x Landspeeder
DEVASTATOR DETACHMENT – 375
4 Devastators
+2x Razorback
+Hunter
WARHOUND TITAN – 275
WARHOUND TITAN – 275
THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS – 150
2 Thunderbolts

3000pts

BTS – SC Tactical Detachment.

Drew’s Imperial Guard.

Regimental HQ + Hydra – 550pts
Infantry Company + Hydra + Fire Support Platoon – 400pts
Tank Company + Hydra – 700pts
Vulture Squadron – 300pts
Storm Trooper Platoon + Valkyries – 350pts
Artillery Battery – 250pts
Super-Heavy Tank Platoon – 200pts
Rough Rider Platoon – 125pts
Sentinel Squadron – 100pts

2975pts

BTS – Tank Company

Mark’s Saim-Hann.

Avatar 0
Wraith Gate 50
Wild Riders 325
– Autarch 75
– 1 Vyper 0
Wild Riders 400
– Farseer 50
– 3 Jetbikes 100
– 1 Vyper 0
Wild Riders 300
– 1 Farseer 50
– 1 Vyper 0
Guardian Troupe 375
– Wraith Guard 125
Shining Spears 325
– Exarch 25
Swords of Vaul 315
– 4 Falcons 200
– 1 Firestorm 50
– 1 Fire Prism 65
Swords of Vaul 300
– 5 Falcons 250
– 1 Firestorm 50
Revenant Titans 600

TOTAL 2990

BTS – Revenants.

Jason’s Eldar.

AVATAR – 0
ASPECT WARRIOR WARHOST – 375
8x Swooping Hawk
+Autarch
GUARDIAN WARHOST – 200
Farseer
4x Guardians
3x Heavy Weapon Platform
+3 Support Weapon Platforms
GUARDIAN WARHOST – 200
Farseer
4x Guardians
3x Heavy Weapon Platform
+3 Support Weapon Platforms
GUARDIAN WARHOST – 200
Farseer
4x Guardians
3x Heavy Weapon Platform
+3 Support Weapon Platforms
WINDRIDER TROUPE – 200
6x Vyper
WINDRIDER TROUPE – 200
3x Jetbike
3x Vyper
ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE – 250
Void Spinner
ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE – 250
Void Spinner
ENGINE OF VAUL TROUPE – 250
Void Spinner
NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE – 175
3 Night Spinners
NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE – 175
3 Night Spinners
NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE – 175
3 Night Spinners
NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE – 175
1 Night Spinner
2 Firestorms
NIGHT SPINNER TROUPE – 175
1 Night Spinner
2 Firestorms