Warhammer Fantasy 'Ard Boyz, round 2

This past Saturday was the second round of 'Ard Boys. I took a semi-modified version of the Skaven list I won with to the second round. It was as follows:

Grey Seer w/ Screaming Bell, Feedback Scroll

35 Storm Vermin pushing the bell, w/ full command and a warp fire thrower team

36 storm vermin, with full command and a warp fire thrower team

36 Clan rats, spears, shields, full command, and a poison wind mortar team

36 Clan rats, spears, shields, full command, and a poison wind mortar team

Level 2 Plague Priest on the Furnace, flail, dispell scroll, item that gives any unit touching him -1 ld

35 plague monks w/ full command, the one use banner that allows you to re-roll misses and wounds

10 Poisoned Wind Globadiers

Plague Claw Catapult

Doom Wheel

Doom Wheel

Doom Wheel

Feels like I am forgetting something, unsure what it is. Anyway, that was the basic list. So I packed that shit up and went to Krystal Keep up in Dayton for round two.

Pretty good showing of armies, my Skaven, two Dark Elf players, a High Elf player (Dave/Crobar,) an Orc and Goblin player, a Warriors of Chaos player, a Daemon player, and a Dwarf player. Everyone had some interesting builds and overall looked like it was going to be a pretty good experience.

First round I was matched up with the Warriors of Chaos list. I honestly cannot remember exactly what he had, but it was something like two units of Knights, two units of Warriors, two Hell Cannons, two War Shrines, and a massive amount of characters. His plan was a basic "point defense" trying to minimize the amount of points he lost. His knights had a field day in my back line, but in the end it was a 13-10 loss for me. I was able to eat some tasty characters and a unit of knights, which really set him back. I also abused the fact that if the character's mounts are still alive, you don't get points for the character. It was a fun game, and this cat had a really unique way of running WoC. Very unique and really gave me a couple of different ideas when I get around to finishing up my Warriors army.

Second round had me lined up against an Orc and Goblin player. Holy shit! This guy is the guy that runs the Marauder Mayhem event once a year. I should have guessed he was a really good player. He preceded to rofflestomped me something fierce. He had my ass to the wall on turn two, and never let up. Six bolt throwers, two rock lobbas, one doom diver, a million characters, Grimgor, Orcs and Orcs and more Orcs everywhere. I had no answer. Clanrats in nets, storm vermin in nets, and the pain was immense. We played it through, but I was done on turn four. Bolt Throwers just ran me threw. And this dude had some sweet tactics. This game will be the game that changed me from 7th edition to 8th edition. I lost, 25-0. My rear still hurts.

The final round I was pitted against Raji and his Dark Elves. Raji is the best person in the world to play against. He owns the shop and is a great dude. We've been friends now for 6+ years. Raji is a great guy and a great person to play against. His Dark Elf list was a little soft, and I was burned out from me re-education the game before, so we settled into a silly game of Fantasy. What the game is supposed to be about. Some smack talking, some silliness, some fun magic phases...it was awesome. My Skaven stuff was blowing up left and right, his purple sun eating my poor grey seer, his hydra eating clan rats for dinner. It was a blast. This game is one of my top five games of warhammer ever. So much fun! Anyway, in the end, I won 25-0, as he had no answer for Plague Monks. It was a fantastic game, and we laughed the whole game. Good times had by all.

Overall, I'm really happy I went to the second round. I was able to play against different people and really got to experience 8th edition in its fullest extent. I ended up taking 5th place. First was the Dark Elf player with four Hydras and 100 crossbowmen. Second was the Dwarf player, and third was the Orc and Goblin player that ruined my life. I think the Daemon player had fourth, me fifth, six was High Elves, seven was Warriors of Chaos, and last was Dark Elf. Overall an awesome event!

Overall, I feel that 8th has the potential to be the best version of Warhammer I've played. There is some growing pains in the game, and the older army books have the potential to abuse the game a little more (no way you should be able to take a billion Bolt Throwers) but as GW has time to readdress the books, they will balance out. The game is awesome, and I love it.

Long live 8th Edition!