Tragedy and the Birth of a Man Cave

The Austin gaming community suffered a terrible loss this month. Our local hardcore gaming store has closed, leaving many in the Austin gaming community with a hard choice.....Where do we play? Luckily, there are other stores in the area that have game space and are trying to accomodate the community. However, these stores are diverse in their product and so attract a different crowd. No cussing.......now that is annoying. Hobby over Heavy.......can't we have both? This also leaves us with less tournaments per month. We will miss you Battle Forge Games......R.I.P.

Yesterday, I went to my teammate Cheeseburger Josh's house for a day of shit talking, ballbusting, and terrain building. It was a manly day of epic proportions. Josh banished his wife and kids to the bedrooms so that we could have the kitchen for a day of terrain construction. We talked 40K, drank gallons of Mountain Dew Throwback(with real sugar!!!) and ate a couple of tons of Taco Bell....Oh, and talked a bunch of shit at each other. It's amazing how brutal the insults can get with 5 guys in the same room.

The reason for the terrain building day was Josh now has his own man cave! It is not attached to the house and has room for two 4x6 tables. We did get in one 2000pt game and the setup worked really well. We have decided to play at his place a few nights a month. That way we can cuss and trash talk as much as we want without offending the soccer moms, D&D players and dirty card flippers....and we will still make appearances at the local shops to get fresh opponents and play tournaments.

I'll get some pictures of the terrain next week....and maybe even a battle report.

Go roll Some Dice.

CRP

BOLSCO..WARGAMESCON!!! WHERE WAS I?

I didn't get to roll a single damn die at WarGamesCon. My plan to be there for open gaming fell through due to a schedule change at work. I did get to stop by on Sunday to meet a few people, including Brent from Strictly Average and Tasty Taste from Blood of Kittens. I also ran into some opponents from last year, it was good to see them again. I really wish I could have competed but it just wasn't in the cards.

A couple of my teamates and regular opponents did pretty well, coming up just a tad short.

Finishing just short of the prizes is quite a disappointment, I know it happened to me last year. You'll get the win next time guys.

WarGamesCon appeared to be an even bigger success than last year and I am looking forward to being there ALL weekend next year. Congratulations Jwolf and crew, y'all did an awesome job.

I've got to get ready for work.....crap!!!

Go Roll Some Dice!!!

CRP

Tournament Pics From 5-15 or Man Am I Behind

Here are some pics from the hobby tournament at BattleForge Games back in May. The first round I played Adam's Chaos army. Adam is always alot of fun to play win or lose. Fortunately, the SWs pulled the win here.

2nd round I pulled one of my regular opponents and occasional teammate, Chris. His Nids are always tough and he got the win....this time. *flips Chris off*

The last round I played Kingsley's great looking Mantis Warriors. We ended up in a draw, thanks to some smart play by Kingsley.

As always the BFG Hobby Tournament was a lot of fun. Turnout was a little light with only about 22 players. Good times, though!

Go Roll Some Dice

CRP

Bol...errr WarGameCon 2010

Well, I am looking forward to the biggest weekend of wargaming in Austin. Unfortunately, I will not be able to participate in the Team Tournament or the 2 day Tournament due to work. However, I do plan on being there Friday evening and all day Saturday for some open gaming and heavy beer swilling. I will have the III Praetorian Rifles on hand as well as my Space Wolves. My goal is to get as many games in as I can and drink as much beer as is humanly possible. So, if you're planning on being at WarGameCon and have time for a game, shoot me an email and let's get a game in or grab a beer or six.

I know this year is going to be even better than last year and I really wish I was going to be able to compete this year. So, I really envy all of you that can participate. I know you are in for the most fun and toughest tournament of the year. Y'all have fun and if you spot me at the Con be sure and come by and introduce yourself.

I've got to get back to painting.

Go Roll Some Dice

CRP

SO HEAVY IT'S HOBBY SPACE WOLF LIST

Well, I finally won a tournament this year. It was last Sunday @ BFG for the 1250pt Super Hobby Sunday(Will of Chaos). I brought a "Logan Wing" build minus Logan. It consisted of a Wolf Priest, a Rune Priest, 5 Scouts, 3 PA Wolf Guard, 4 Wolf Guard in TDA(Hvy Flamer/PW, Combi-melta/PF, WCs, & TH/SS) in a DP, 5 man Wolf Guard squad (2x Combi-flamer/pw, pw/bp, 2x stormbolter) in a rhino, 2 5 man Grey Hunter(1 plasma, 1 melta) squads in Rhinos, and 5 Long Fangs with Missle Launchers. Not many troops, so the army was hard hitting but fragile.

Game 1 I played BAs, I ended up with a massacre, game 2 was against SMs and I also got a massacre, Game 3 was the toughest game of the day against Splug's foot Eldar. I managed to take out his Avatar in the first round of shooting the game was hard fought but Splug ended up conceding on turn 5. So I ended up with a 3-0 for the day and had my first victory at BFG.

I am playing in another Team tournament this Saturday, a Heavy tournament @ BFG, and Ard Boyz this month. Unfortunately, I will miss the last Will of Chaos Hobby Tournament due to work.

On the hobby front, I have some Sky Claws with Green stuffed mullethawks on the paint table and an Iron Priest/Canis conversion WIP. I am also working on some Nid drop pods......and I have started another Praetorian platoon.......oh and another Hydra turret and another Manticore turret.

Go Roll Some Dice!!!
CRP

CHAPTERHOUSE STUDIOS MAKES DOING PREHERESY EASY

First of all, I have not used this kit....yet. However, after seeing DeSnifter's conversion on BoLS, I really wanted to do some preheresy Rhinos to go with my preheresy Space Wolves. I really hate plasticard...and it hates me. So, this conversion was not going to work for me. I went ahead and did some Mk II's with wolf pelts and thought I was done. Until I saw this conversion kit by Chapter House Studios (chapterhousestudios.com) . The kit appears to be very straight forward and judging from other Chapter House products that I have seen, the quality should be great. I am now determined to have some MkIs for the Wolves. At a cost of $16.50, it will save plenty of cussin' and blood.

On a related note, Chapter House also makes some cool MkI shoulder pads. The also have some new preheresy jump packs that are cooler than hell. Go check them out chapterhousestudios.com

What do you think about these products? Would you like to see more Preheresy bits and kits?
Now go roll some dice!

CRP

ADEPTICON OR BUST!

My plan was to go to Adepticon this year. However, life does happen. Last week, I was hired to work at Dell computers. So, my dreams of conquest at Adepticon will have to be postponed while I pursue finacial security. I was really looking forward to the trip as there are atleast 20 locals going to the event. I'd like to wish my teammates and all the other Minions/BoLS players much good fortune in all the events. I hope y'all kick ass and have fun.

Even though, I won't be able to attend, I will be there in spirit and 2 of my armies will be there, as well. The III Praetorian Rifles and my Space Wolf armies will both be used in the team tournament. So, if you're at Adepticon and happen to see my armies and have any questions or comments about conversions, feel free to leave a comment here on my blog.
I have played quite a few tournaments lately. That is partly to blame for me not writing a blog for a while. One tournament in particular was a real downer due to some flat out cheating. It really left a bad taste in my mouth. In my world 22 is always more than 18 but, I will write more on this later. Despite the one bad tournament I have been involved in a some really good tournaments, lately.

We had a 2500pt Hobby tournament that was fun, I was able to use 2 squads of Ogryn, a 1250pt Super Hobby tournament that was an absolute blast, A 2500pt Hobby Team tournament, my partner and I went to table 1 for the last game and got beat by Jwolf and Goatboy, and a 2000pt Heavy tournament that was pretty intense. I got to table 3 in that one but, pulled a draw against Colby Anger(BoLScon 2009 best general) and got knocked out of placing. The turnouts at BFG have been really outstanding lately(30+) and one tournament they actually had to turn a player away. Also, I have been playing in an escalation league. We are up to 1250pt, so far. The Space Wolves are coming along and I look forward to getting the whole army done.

If you're going to Adepticon, have fun. If not, are you planning to be at any other GT level event? Hopefully, I'll see you at BoLScon 2010!

Now, get out there and roll some dice!

CRP