Ben Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 @Ben Johnson just took out BLACKOUT with his Nighthaunt army. 5/5 wins. Tabled all opponents too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Thanks to @Propainted on twitter for the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStreicher Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Nice! I guess the buff/debuff stacking of all them named heroes was the key to win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUFNSTUF Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 All 3 named heroes, thats great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReynakZhen Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I wouldn't even mind losing to such a beautifully painted army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Congrats to Ben And a big thanks to @Chris Tomlinfor the for organising - lots of lovely people there this weekend to meet at my first ever tournament more than a bus ride away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skabnoze Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Any battle reports or highlights? The army is interesting and I would like to hear how it was played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Sun Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Sooo, not to create controversy, but is it now legal to bring your own terrain to events? Because it's being reported that this is what happened here. The TO allowed Ben to put some ridiculously large LOS blocking pieces that he had brought onto the board which of course his army could charge over no problem but the Nurgle army could not. For reference, these were some of the pieces brought and placed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skabnoze Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 That is some good looking terrain. I like the shipwrecks on top of the mountains. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Totally the norm for events. The majority of them get players to bring terrain. From what I understand Nighthaunt vs Nurgle for the tournament win was a good game. Best sports all around. That photo looks like Ben’s army at SCGT, not Blackout. What’s going on here?? Seems like a very odd post to start with ‘not to create controversy’ looks like that’s exactly what you are trying to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrekkugle Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Grats on the win! Awesome looking army and terrain! Flying gonna be hit with the nerfbat soon then. Have to get a few games in before 3.0 then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Sun Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 18 minutes ago, Ben said: Totally the norm for events. The majority of them get players to bring terrain. From what I understand Nighthaunt vs Nurgle for the tournament win was a good game. Best sports all around. Sure...but not to get to place that advantageous terrain in nearly every game... players should get no say in placing terrain ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrion King Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 It was great to play Ben in game 5 today! I know some people have asked about the terrain impeding my armies movement compared to other tables but for me personally, it was fantastic to play on such a thematic table. How epic to take on Olynder in Shyish with the Blackout title on the line! The experience also made me think more about creating my own terrain! It was a great game and I would recommend Blackout to anyone thinking of going next year!!! Below is the calm before the storm! Another big thanks to @Chris Tomlin for a great event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Sun Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 46 minutes ago, Ben said: Totally the norm for events. The majority of them get players to bring terrain. From what I understand Nighthaunt vs Nurgle for the tournament win was a good game. Best sports all around. That photo looks like Ben’s army at SCGT, not Blackout. What’s going on here?? Seems like a very odd post to start with ‘not to create controversy’ looks like that’s exactly what you are trying to do The pictures were of his previous terrain pieces, not of the current event. As you can see in the above post, the same pieces of terrain were brought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Sun Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 21 minutes ago, Carrion King said: It was great to play Ben in game 5 today! I know some people have asked about the terrain impeding my armies movement compared to other tables but for me personally, it was fantastic to play on such a thematic table. How epic to take on Olynder in Shyish with the Blackout title on the line! The experience also made me think more about creating my own terrain! It was a great game and I would recommend Blackout to anyone thinking of going next year!!! Below is the calm before the storm! Another big thanks to @Chris Tomlin for a great event! So long as you were cool with it then I'm happy. Just want to make sure players aren't in the habit of bringing their own terrain if they're going to exploit it. TO's should borrow terrain if they need it, but they should also be the ones to place it. That's all I'm aiming to ensure happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Skrolk Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Looks like a creative Nighthaunt army, love all the named characters. Congrats and can't wait to play more matches against Nighthaunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Raptor Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Nice job! Your army is incredible. I’m worrying on my Haunts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWolfLord Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 There’s been a lot of naysayers about Nighthaunt with some people slating Lady Olynder, Kurdoss Valentian, Spirit Torments and Myrmourn Banshees as being worse than useless. This result proving those people wrong is very pleasing. I don’t for one second think they’re the best army out there at the minute but in the hands of a good player they’ll do well. Congrats to Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellfree Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Rogue Sun said: Sure...but not to get to place that advantageous terrain in nearly every game... players should get no say in placing terrain ever. It's also a UK only thing, interestingly enough. No NA tournament I can think of allows players to bring their own terrain (which I personally think is the better way to do it). We do adjust the terrain at the start of every battle, but what's on the table is what's on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qaz Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 My local tournaments also allowed players bringing terrain in aos 1. There's a certain guideline to it but everyone that have, will bring advantageous terrain with them. Namely the Occulum back then. Congratz to Ben. Pretty surprising list too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skabnoze Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Looking at the picture of the game (I assume that is the nurgle vs Nighthaunt game people are talking about), I can’t see what the “exploited terrain” comment is about. It looks like a pretty good table to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1705 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Do we have access to the rest of the lists from this event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofHokuto Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Skabnoze said: Looking at the picture of the game (I assume that is the nurgle vs Nighthaunt game people are talking about), I can’t see what the “exploited terrain” comment is about. It looks like a pretty good table to me. I'm guessing it's the fact that the "ship terrain" pieces are not insignificant LOS blockers on the deployment line/mid-line and that the two on the right create a very effective choke point vs non-flyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skabnoze Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 1 hour ago, SpiritofHokuto said: I'm guessing it's the fact that the "ship terrain" pieces are not insignificant LOS blockers on the deployment line/mid-line and that the two on the right create a very effective choke point vs non-flyers. Isn’t that the kind of boards that you want to have in general? Things with line of sight blockages, things to maneuver around, and formations for someone to potentially take advantage of. Isn’t that generally the point of having terrain on the battlefield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStreicher Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 17 minutes ago, Skabnoze said: Isn’t that the kind of boards that you want to have in general? Things with line of sight blockages, things to maneuver around, and formations for someone to potentially take advantage of. Isn’t that generally the point of having terrain on the battlefield? Same thought. I‘d be happy to play on such a map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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