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Afterthoughts of my first tournament (part 1)


Mohojoe

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Hello all,

 

So as many of you know the last three months I have been juggling work to get an army finished for the Titans event, hosted by @Jamie Grinstead at Athena Games in Norwich.

Yesterday I attended the event, which was my first dip into the waters of tournament play. This was very apt as it was the first Age Of Sigmar event that Athena Games had hosted. I am going to do a brief write up of my thoughts of the event and my impressions as a newcomer to the tournament scene. I wont be writing out entire battle reps, as honestly, my memory isn't the best and I would not like to do any player a disservice. 

I travelled to the event with my brother, Damien ( A fellow newcomer to tournaments) and we arrived on the dot at 08:30 as the doors opened. We were greeted by Jamie and his friendly and helpful staff who showed us to the game hall located above the store. Originally a working mans club, the venue is surprisingly large and has qualities that resemble the Tardis. Above the hall there is another floor that was not in use on the day but we were assured that they could cope with ample players if the need arose. The hall itself was very spacious with eight tables set up and plenty of room for more and a raised platform at the front where the staff could observe all the games (as well as doing regular spot checks and rules queries). The tables themselves were all of a very high quality with decent terrain being used. The decision was made for all of the terrain to be static on the day without special rules being applied to it, this may have been a downside to some but as a fresh player it was a welcome change as it was one less thing for me to worry about! People filtered in for the next 45 minutes and got chatting and introducing each other. We had 16 competitors in all and everyone was very friendly and enthusiastic, definitely took the edge off the pre tourney nerves.

At 09:25 Jamie welcomed us all to the event, handed out a free gift ( a very handy acrylic rangefinder made by http://www.counterattackbases.co.uk/ especially for the event) and explained the rules. He then proceeded to draw the first matchups and we all went to our respective tables and got stuck in.

My first opponent, Arthur Treitl @WillofNagash, brought a death army to the table for our Blood & Glory scenario. He brought Nagash, a Liche priest, 3x20 Skeletons and a summoning pool of 500 points which in our game he used to summon 4 Morghast Harbringers. 

I was using a Frostlord on stonehorn, Huskard on thundertusk, Tyrant, Moonclan Grot Shaman, 2x 6 Ogors, 1 X3 Ogors, 3 leadblechers and a Gargant.

Arthur was a great, very patient opponent who took the time to explain what his minis did and so on. By turn 3 he nearly had the major victory by outnumbering me on one objective however my Ogors managed to kill enough of his skeletons so that he was one man short. After a hard fought battle for a tie, we ended the game at turn 5 on a draw. However due to leaving his Nagash on 3 wounds Arthur took the minor win on points. Loved the game, great scenario, great opponent and a fantastic entry into tournament play.

After game 1 the armies were displayed for the painting competition while people went for lunch. All the armies, (bar mine) were of a fantastic standard and nothing was sub par. The player vote went to @Bishmeister for his fantastic Display/Diorama of " Da Bloo Moon Forest Fungus Boyz " and the staff vote went to @shep for his incredibly detailed Skrye army.

 

Part 2 to follow

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