Are you enthusiastic about games? Well so are we!
With just two FNM events left of 2022, it was agreed that the combined scores would be the best way to find or Battlefields champion of 2022.
The first week was Pioneer and the second would be Standard, which would mean that our champion would need to be good at this years two favourite formats.
After the first week the standing were...
Our regular Thursday Commander nights have been one of the most popular events and regularly attracts a good crowd with a mix of decks.
So as the year drew to a close it was a great opportunity for some competitive play. Some plays also went the extra mile and built some lovely Christmas themed decks.
We had eight players and these were randomly split into two groups of four. On the first table we had Jon, Archie, Gary and Luca and the second one we had Jake, Lucas, Ridley and Piers.
Archie claimed a very early victory on the first table and won the game with an infinite combo piece that the other three were simply unable to stop. Another game was played and this time Jon won and this meant that both Archie and Jon would progress to the final.
On the other game which lasted a bit longer the Christmas inspired deck of Piers was the the eventual winner. The stronger Slithers deck was targeted by everyone during the early game and was unable to get started and with everyone spend a lot of effort to dealing with it left the door open for the life gaining Christmas deck to slowly kill the remaining two players. With Ridley being the last of the two to fall he also progress to the final table with Piers.
So with two hours of play already passed we had our top table, which was Archie, Jon, Ridley and Piers.
Archie was the favourite as his combo was pretty consistent and very hard to stop. He made this mistake of revealing that he had both pieces he needed and the rest of the table knew that once he reach just five mana the game would be over and Archie would be our Battlefields winner for 2022. Unfortunately he missed his 5th land drop and this allowed players to chip away at his life total. He never drew the 5th land and became the first to fall and leave the battlefield. The other battled away for some time but finally Jon claimed the victory he needed and became our champion.
All players received several promo cards and promo packs, so there were no real losers.
After some epic and occasionally bloody battles on day one, day two started fairly quiet...
The Eldar who had dominated the first exchanges travelled to Octarius with a precise plan of how to tackle the Plague Marines. The battle started with the Eldar electing to use their speed to make a dash for the fuel pipe in an attempt to secure an early objective from the slower Chaos force. This attempt was met with a hail of bolter fire claiming the brave Dire Avengers as the first casualties of the mission. Changing tactics the Eldar laid down some precise shots from the Ranger sniper rifles and started to eliminate the stronger enemy warriors with several mortal wounds. After a very tense and close battle neither side could quite do enough and both forces retired from the field to regroup for the final challenge.
In our opening battles the Eldar were victorious in the dark corridors for the Gallowdark, managing to siphon the power then needed and secure the conduits.
Back on Octarius the Salamadar Space Marines managed to out manoeuvre the Hunter Cadre and secure just enough fuel to take what was an important victory.
Which the ruins on the battlefields of Calnath still smoking from battle the Eldar beat the Veteran Guardsman by the narrowest of margins to gain their second victory. The guard used all the tactics they had including some precise airstrikes. They had fought well and despite the bravery of the Eldar exemplar which lead to his death on the field, just couldn't secure the battlefield.
The final standings after day one were...
Our Kill Team Tournament starts on Tuesday and to get things off to a quick start on the day I have decided to draw the rounds as follows. This will cover the first and second rounds (Tuesdays event) and I will post the rounds for the third and fourth on Tuesday evening ready for the following day.
Round Match Start Time Table Kill Zone Players
1 1 6:00pm 1 Calnath Player 1 and Player 2
1 2 6:00pm 2 Octarius Player 3 and Player 4
1 3 6:00pm 3 Moroch Player 5 and Player 6
2 4 8:30pm 4 Into the Dark Winners of Match 1 and 2
2 5 8:30pm 1 Calnath Winner of Match 3 and Loser of 2
2 6 8:30pm 2 Octarius Losers of Match 1 and 3
This is assuming that there are 6 players, if there are 8 players the draw will look like this...
1 1 6:00pm 1 Calnath Player 1 and Player 2
1 2 6:00pm 2 Octarius Player 3 and Player 4
1 3 6:00pm 3 Moroch Player 5 and Player 6
1 4 8:30pm 4 Into the Dark Player 7 and Player 8
2 5 8:30pm 1 Calnath Winners of Match 3 and 4
2 6 8:30pm 2 Octarius Losers of Match 1 and 3
2 3 6:00pm 3 Moroch Losers of Match 2 and 4
2 4 8:30pm 4 Into the Dark Winners of Match 1 and 2
Our first Kill Team Tournament will happen next Tuesday and Wednesday evening and will consist of 4 2 hour rounds. Each battle should happen on a different Kill Zone and these will be from Octarius, Moroch, Into the Dark and Calnath.
All missions have already been advised and players should make sure they read these mission briefs before they attend the event (this will help to speed up the running time).
Players will use the same kill team for each round. Models do not need to be painted but there will be a prize for the best painted force. Players must have a list for their Kill Team which should be sent to the organiser via message on discord before the event. (These will be shared once all lists are submitted). A sample form is available here. Players will be able to select 10 points of equipment which will stay the same all through the event (although maybe swapped for mission specific equipment). Players will also be using Tac Ops for this event.
The first round will be drawn in advance and will be announced on Discord. Rounds will be 2 hours in length and when time is called players will be allowed to finish the final round. (players can not advance to another round if there is less than 10 minutes remaining on the round.) The round timer will be shown on the screens and here is the timing guidelines...
We will be running a Kill Team event over two evenings in the last week before Christmas. Starting at 6pm each day, there will be a total of 4 missions for each player to take part in and these will be from four different Kill Zones which are Calnath, Moroch, Into the Dark and Octrius
The fourth and final mission that we will be using is from Octarius and will be 1.3
We will be running a Kill Team event over two evenings in the last week before Christmas. Starting at 6pm each day, there will be a total of 4 missions for each player to take part in and these will be from four different Kill Zones which are Calnath, Moroch, Into the Dark and Octrius
The third mission that we will be using is from Moroch and will be 1.1
We will be running a Kill Team event over two evenings in the last week before Christmas. Starting at 6pm each day, there will be a total of 4 missions for each player to take part in and these will be from four different Kill Zones which are Calnath, Moroch, Into the Dark and Octrius
The second mission that we will be using is from Into the Dark and will be 1.2
Tonight it is Modern Format for FNM and we have some new promo packs to hand out ...
We will be running a Kill Team event over two evenings in the last week before Christmas. Starting at 6pm each day, there will be a total of 4 missions for each player to take part in and these will be from four different Kill Zones which are Calnath, Moroch, Into the Dark and Octrius
The first mission that we will be using is from Calnath and will be 3.3
We are currently holding a raffle in the shop with all the proceeds going to Prostrate Cancer UK
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With Christmas just around the corner we will once again be running our 12 Days of Savings offer, we will be adding new offer for the next 12 days that we open, starting from Thursday 1st December. Each day we will announce our new offer along with the opening hours of the shop for that day. The offer will also be added to our website. All offers will be valid from the day they start all the way up until we close on Christmas Eve. All offers will be subject to availability and you will not be able to reserve this items.
DAY 1 (Thursday 1st December)
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DAY 2 (Friday 2nd December)
Further offers will be added on Saturday 3rd, Tuesday 6th, Thursday 8th, Friday 9th, Saturday 10th, Tuesday 13th, Thursday 15th, Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th.
