Cincinnati Arsenal Gaming Mini 40K Tourney!

EDIT: This was originally suppose to be posted in September...somehow I hit the "draft" instead of "publish" button.

Today was my first ever 40K tournament. It was ran by the Sean from Cincinnati Arsenal Gaming, and ran at ACME Games on the east side of Cincinnati. It was a mini tournament coming in at 1000 points per side. I decided to run Salamanders (because they are awesome, and painted, and He'Stan is freakin' sweet!)

My List:

• Vulkun He'Stan
• 2 Tactical Squads with Multi-Melta, Flamer, and sergeant with chain sword and bolt pistol, mounted in a Rhino
• 1 Tactical Squad with Missle Launcher, Flamer, and a sergeant with chain sword and bolt pistol, also mounted in a Rhino
• and finally an Ironclad Dreadnought with Dreadnought CCW, Sesmic Hammer, Heavy Flamer, Ironclaud Assault Launchers and Meltagun; flying through space in a Drop Pod.

Note: I ran the Missile Launcher because I only own two Multi-Meltas and I thought the Missile Launcher would preform better than the Heavy Bolter...since I didn't have the points for the extra heavy weapons.

I figured this would be a good all around list to deal with stuff and was in general balanced list that can handle all comers.

In the end, I ended up going 1-1-1, with the loss and the draw being very close. I ended the event in third place, based on Victory Points. Overall, I was pretty happy with my payload, minus the missile launcher. I knew it would end up sucking, but I had hoped for better output than one Ork truck kill. I will need to purchase more Multi-Melta dudes.

Edit: I have now purchased two more multi-meltas! Sweet!.

Also, Combat squads are not always worth it. It is obvious now, but they suck in Kill Point scenarios. O well, they did enough damage for me to steal 3rd place for the event! It was a great event and I learned a lot. More experience for Adepticon and the CAG event in May.