Monthly Archives: July 2010

WAR Games Con 40k Singles Game One

WAR Games Con 40k Singles Game One

Game one is underway. Since I got whomped by a Ghazzie Ork list I decided to take a few action shots. Jester is finishing up against his opponent and looks to be pulling out a solid win but he says he is having trouble sealing the deal. Monkey is having a hard fought game against a guard army. Too close to call on this one. I do believe this is last years overall winner – the mechanical Tyranids. Not sure how this game is going. Both players have a ton of stuff on the table and there is only an hour left. Got a little bit of Eldar on Eldar over on one table. Big Al is facing off against a beautifully converted Guard army. This one looks pretty close but he says the Guard are getting him so we will see how it turns out. That’s all for...

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BOLScon / WAR Games Con Doubles Result

BOLScon / WAR Games Con Doubles Result

We just finishes up the doubles tournament. Proud to announce that Jester and Big Al took second in Best General and fifth overall. Monkey and myself came in in the top third. We ended up playing two of the teams in the top five so it was hard fought all through. For our victory supper we headed up the road to Rudy’s and had some amazing BBQ. Tomorrow the 40k singles tournament kicks off and it is going to be four games of fury on Saturday and then three more on Sunday. We’ll keep you updated on how it goes.

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Free Shipping from Quantum Gothic

Free Shipping from Quantum Gothic

This came across my news reader and I thought I would pass it along. Quantum Gothic is offering up free shipping during the month of August. Here is there news announcement - !FREE SHIPPING! All orders placed during the month of August 2010 will be FREE SHIPPING! We have decided to reward your waiting as any orders placed during August 2010 will be processed and therefore shipped starting from September 2010. The offer is valid World Wide starting from the 1st of August 2010 and ending the 31st of August 2010. 2010-07-27 Now would be a great time to pick up some of their pieces as they are rally sharp. I have been toying around with getting one of their artillery pieces and now looks like just the right time to do it.

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Day One of BOLScon

Day One of BOLScon

We made it down to Austin without to many issues and are getting checked in for the doubles tournament. So far everything looks good. There is a nice amount of terrain, there are tons o tables and people, and it looks like we are in for a good time.

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Off to BolsCon/WAR Games Con

Well we are off. A group of The Hogs of War - Monkey, Jester, Big Al, Sweet E, and myself - are heading down to Austin to represent at BOLScon/WAR Games Con. We will be playing in the doubles and singles 40k tournaments. Hopes are high for Big Al and Jester’s Tyranid/Eldar doubles list, and Monkey and I are going to be fielding a Nob Biker/Thunderwolf list that will hopefully give people fits. Keep checking throughout the weekend, I will be sure to post updates on how we are doing and also about the overall convention.

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Twilight Imperium with 7 Players

This last weekend at War Pig Game and Hobby seven brave souls gathered to play a game of Twilight Imperium. We had four veterans playing the game, and three who hadn’t played the game before. Since there were seven of us we used the Shattered Empires expansion (the base game only allows for up to six players.) We had a nice map setup, everyone had access to planets, not one was blocked in or hurting right off the bat. We had both sides of the map connected by worm holes, so everyone could pretty much get everywhere in short order. The game started off pretty slow. There was quite a bit of explaining how the game played, and quite a bit of early expansion by all players. By turn three everyone pretty much had it down – even those of us who had played before were a bit rusty. This was a very...

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Pegasus Hobbies Review – Techno Bridge

Pegasus Hobbies Review – Techno Bridge

Ottawa Gamer has a nice review of the Pegasus Hobbies Technobridge. The Pegasus line of terrain has long intrigued me. It is really cheap – this bridge was about $14 – but it is also kind of hard to find. I also had a hard time finding any pictures of it with a model near it for a sense of scale. From what Ottawa Gamer said this model is 8″ long and 12″ wide – you can fit two Rhino’s on it side by side.

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Deal of the Week #2 is Up at War Pig Game and Hobby

Deal of the Week #2 is Up at War Pig Game and Hobby

I made mention of it in a earlier post today, but I wanted to make sure you all knew that the second deal of the week is now up over at War Pig Game and Hobby. This weeks deal is for 25% off the Warhammer Fantasy Empire Great Cannon/Mortar Box. If you have any questions feel free to send an email to sales@warpighobbyshop.com

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First Impressions of Warhammer Fantasy 8th Edition

This weekend I was able to get in a game of the new Warhammer Fantasy. I squared off against Dannato from the forums. He was fielding an Empire army and I brought my Ogres. I had an absolute blast playing. I brought a Tyrant with Tenderizer, and three Bruisers – one had the Siege Breaker, the second a Great Skull, and the third was my Battle Standard Bearer with a War Banner. I had one unit of six Bulls, two units of Iron Guts, a unit of Gnoblar Trappers, a Scrap Launcher, a Gorger, and four Lead Belchers. Dan was fielding a nice mixed shooty army. He had two units of Pistoleers on horseback, a unit of knights with lances, a few units of Swordsmen with a detachment of Halberdiers, a Cannon, Mortar, and Hellblaster,  a guy on a  War Altar, a level 2 Wizard, and a Battle Standard Bearer. Dan...

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2010 ‘Ard Boys Results

Bald and Screaming has put together a list of all the ‘Ard Boys finals winners. It looks like there was a pretty good mix of armies in the top spots. The armies that took the top spots at the different events were – Chaos Daemons, Chaos Space Marines, and Imperial Guard. That really wasn’t what I was expecting. Be sure to head over and check out the rest of the results.

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