This is Norman, your local Press Ganger.
I'm the guy judging tournaments, and being roped in by gamestores to do demos for WARMACHINE and HORDES. [These games kick so much ass, they have to spelt in all CAPS].
"But what is the Black Spot, Captain?" - Jim from Treasure Island
I'm starting up this newsletter as a means to get word out to the small crew of Privateer Press fans out there. I'll use the newsletter to keep everyone updated on the local WARMACHINE and HORDES scene. Especially notices for demos or tournaments happening locally. When new stuff comes in. What kind of new stuff to expect.
Tournament Report
11/11/06 (Saturday) Settler's Cafe 3.00pm
We had a very successful FOODMACHINE last Saturday.
Some of the more 'dependable' players were outstation for the weekend, but we still managed to get 4 players to turn up. That and two WM-addicted staff, makes a perfect 6 army tournament. Just the right number for the venue, not taking up too many tables and not letting the tournament drag on too long, since the cafe boiled over with customer came late evening.
The Armies
Brian - Menoth with Amon. Happily fielding the Reclaimer that just released last week. Lots of arc-nodes for Sand Blasty goodness. And not enough Zealots. :P
Geoffrey - Cygnar with Darius. Thunderhead. 2 Centurions. A painful tide of blue metal.
Hang - Cygnar with Caine. Lots of bullets. LG, Trenchers, Hunter, GMCA, Jr, Eyriss, Gorman. I don't think there was a single model with a melee weapon that could hit for nuts. But the quantity of air-borne lead was fatal.
Jason - Cryx with Deneghra. Deathjack and Seether. Two heavies with a non-melee WarCaster. Not the most optimum list, but being able to cast two Scourge a turn almost makes up for this.
Jefri - Legion with Vayl. 2 Carniveans. 2 Seraphs. 1 Shredder as pt filler. A lot of pain.
Kuok - Khador with Butcher. Spriggan, Destroyer, 2 Kovniks, WM, Eyriss etc.
Most of the players showed up late in typical Malaysian fashion, but we still had time to put in three matches for everybody. I managed to come up with a few scenarios off the top of my head, a "Prisoner Exchange" and "A Ranger Leaves No Man Behind". But it appears that the most popular scenario was the last one: Beat-The-Beejeezus-Out-Of-The
-Other-Guy-And-Screw-Scenario-Objectives.
Cryx was disadvantaged, with all the Cygnarans, and the disruption from Eyriss. A disrupted Deathjack makes the Cryx player very sad.
Jefri was the most popular, in-demand, opponent. Everyone wanted a chance to face off a HORDES army. And this was the first tourney with 500pts of beast. Carniveans chew up things very well. It lost to Menoth cos the Carnis were ganged up on. And then they failed to shred some Centurions cos of some poor dice rolls. But otherwise, even without any infantry, the Legion list is fairly formidable.
Khador suprisingly won a lot of games... :P Anyone familiar with Kuok's reputation will see why this was surprising.
I had a bit of my own fun when I had to fill in for Kuok when demands of work had to take him away from the gaming table. Last game vs Cygnar, I thought I would try out my newly assembled Old Witch of Khador list. With the Iron Fang Uhlans that I received just that very morning!! [I blew a butt-load of PG points that took half a year of tourney running to earn....]
The one turn when the Scrapjack (with Slaughter upkept), Unseen Paths into Trencher smoke with 3 focus, and proceeds to maul 2 Trenchers, 1 GMCA, 1 Eyriss, 6 Risen, 1 Thrall Warrior and Alexia... that was magic ^_^
But similarly, I lost a buttload of points when the Uhlans' MAT6 couldn't hit the LongGunners I sent them against. A little disappointed here. The charge attacks get a +2 to hit, which hits well, but the impact attacks are dependent on the measly MAT6. And I think they need numbers of 4-5 to be effective. Else the danger of getting bogged down in melee is too great.
Ultimately, Kuok's Khador won.
But staff wasn't eligible for the prize. So the free dinner fell to Geoffrey.
Food tastes better when seasoned with victory.
All in all, a great time was had by all. Many thanks to Settler's Cafe for the use of valuable table time.
Lessons Learnt
- Don't be tempted to deploy your Eyriss on a platform. She takes a POW10+2d6 falling damage when she tries to step off. *ouch*
- Always pack some munchies with Deathjack.
- Don't huddle around a Carni fielded by Vayl. Hoarfrost kills things.
- And when Carni is huddled by squishy Menites, remember that Hoarfrost kills things.
Photos
Here. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/64603942@N00/sets/72157594375732333] 
Upcoming Tournaments
25/11/06 (Saturday) Wolf's Game Shop
HORDES Box-set Rumble
Time to be determined. Will keep all posted here.
This is the long over-due second Box-Set battle for HORDES. The 'first' one had a poor turnout cos there wasn't a way to reach everyone. Hopefully, we can do better this time.
2/12/06 (Saturday) Wolf's Game Shop
750pt WARMACHINE Epic Battle
This will be a tournament for the more veteran players.
We refuse to let 2006 pass us by without establishing a new landmark. And we want to do this by upping WARMACHINE to the next level.
I'm counting on the veterans for this event. We're hoping to get 6-8 people for this.
15-17/12/06 Cineleisure
There'll be some kind of mini-con for the launch of Eragon.
Details are still coming in. But I'll probably be running demos there.
And we may have a Guts & Gears event. A grand melee of both HORDES and WARMACHINE together. Details being ironed out.
Phat Lootz
Wolf's Game Shop just brought in Storm Lancers, Skorne Praetorians, Kell Bailoch, Long Gunners + blisters, Sword Knight blisters, Trencher blisters, The Reclaimer, and NQ9
Inside NQ9, are 4 themed armies. You are allowed to build armies within these themes, and get certain bonuses. Such as FA +1 on Stormblades, or Latent Runes on your Bile,MechThralls & Soulhunters so that a new leader is automatically promoted when one dies.
And look here [http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/?cat=7] to see pics of the upcoming, Captain Rengrave, Cryx Helldiver, Legion Teraph etc.
Here's *MY* loot. 36 pieces of broken pewter, which will take all the King's men to put back into 3 Iron Fang Uhlans....
The Bilge
There was some pressure to get this tourney report out...
Slightly brain damaged from stumbling into http://superdickery.com...
That put me into a bit of an ennui... Please refrain from clicking that link if you value your time.
Epilogue
Please help get the Black Spot around. Let our community grow.
I have reason to believe that there's a few mystery Khador players somewhere out there... I can't account for the Behemoth, Karchev, MoW Demo Corp etc that disappeared from Wolf's shelves...
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