Show Notes
10-19-2013
News
- Our phones are working again, sorry about that. We switched carriers and has some technical issues.
- Bitz Trading day Saturday, October 19th!
- Big thanks to Mike M. for sending us some Black Library audio dramas! He said they’re especially for Frankie as Frankie can’t read so well! haha. Also, check out their awesome narrative campaign. This is seriously off the hook and they’re in phase 3! Follow the link to check it out and join in the fun. http://nalun2013.blogspot.com
- Guardian Games in Portland Oregon is hosting the Guardian Cup VI, and it is filling up fast! Check it out, CaptainA, forum master, will be there as will Natfka from Faeit 212 most likely, and GTA, Lyzz Foster and Frankie from our area! Sounds like it will be a fun time. Follow the link for more info: https://frontlinegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=10
- The Twin Linked doubles tournament at Great Escape Games is still open for teams. Follow the link for mor einfo: https://frontlinegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=105
- Thou Shalt Game in Temecula is hosting a midnight madness tournament for charity, every coming brings $10 in non-perishable food items which are donated to the needy. https://frontlinegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=82
- The 40Kegger in Winnipeg, Canada is open for players! They guys in their crew are all super cool fellas and they would love to see some people make the trip out to play. They said they’d be happy to help people out with accommodations and such. https://frontlinegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=22
- We’ve got some polls going on over in the Frontline Gaming forums about our video battle reports, the podcast, and our tournament format. Jump in and let your voice be heard about those topics.
- Long or Short form Video Bat Reps: https://frontlinegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=61
- Points Limit for our events in the 2014 Season: https://frontlinegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=20
- Skype in calls from listeners: https://frontlinegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=83
- Oscar Knutsson and his girlfriend Ashley have been kicking butt on the Las Vegas Open Raffle army! Check out the pictures of the Riptide and Wraithknight so far, they look awesome! The link to the WIP thread is in the notes. https://frontlinegaming.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=21
- Www.oscarlars.com
- Www.instagram.com/oscarlars
- Robotech releases a slew of new kits. They look great but the game still seems so two dimensional in terms of game play.
- Puppetswar releases a scale pic of their models!
Rumors: The Rumor Section is gathered from the web and is not in any way information we receive from any manufacturer nor is it necessarily accurate. This section of the podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only.
- The Sentinels of Terra supplement rumored to be coming out for Imperial Fists looks pretty cool! Some of the rumored rules for it include:
- Close Range Bolter Drill: supposedly they get to reroll all misses with Bolter weapons at half range, but still not for Sternguard special ammo.
- They can take Devastator Centurions as Elites or Heavy and Assault Centurions as Fast or Elite.
- Special character Sarge, Sarge Garadon who comes with a power fist and special Relic.
- They have their own Warlord table with some cool stuff such as It Will Not Die for your Warlord, +1/-1 to reserves, +1 damage to Fortificatiosn for your Warlord (lame!), Fearless and Counter-Attack for Warlord and unit, if he is in a building, -1 on damage rolls to that building (lame!), or Orbital Bombardment (2 for a CM!).
Rant Session
- GTA learns what it’s like to play a Big Boy army!
- Also, it’s that time to talk about any changes we make to our tournament system for the 2014 season!
Tactics Corner
- This one comes from Junlecs, hit a model with a concussive assault weapon in his turn, Hit and Run out, then in your turn hit them with a weapon that attacks initiative such as Jaws or a Blind weapons in your shooting phase! Ouch.
Rules Lawyer
- Do Black Templars use the Space Marines allies table or their own?
List Review
Eldar (Iyanden) 1850
HQ:
Farseer w/spear
Spiritseer Council x3
TROOPS:
Wraithguard x5 D-schythe
Waveserpent w/TLScat Laser and Shurk Cannon
Wraithguard x5
Waveserpent w/TLScat Laser and Shurk Cannon
13375:
FireDragons x5
Waveserpent w/TLScat Laser and Shurk Cannon
HEAVY METAL:
Prism
Knight w/suncannon and Scatlaser (warlord)
Knight
Initially I had planned on the dragons being scorpions, however the Infiltrate rule kinda ruined that, I am also partial to doing banshees just because people find them unusable. Whatever unit the leet is, my council and seer join it. I am hoping for atleast one protect/jinx and a horrify from the council. Battlefocus, quicken, protect, and guide make the dragons pretty gnarly. With the second Wraithguard, am I overlapping to much with the dragons? I could turn them into some Dire avengers for some more bodies (the one thing this list lacks). The other issue is my lack of Fast Attack and any Scourging missions. I would love to figure out how to get some spears in there. If I had warp spiders I would be way too Izod and khakis.
Overall plan: VS Gunline – drop blast templates/sheild gun for a few turns then bust up and clean up. Bikes – I guess the same, but less just rolling the dice and more maneuvering. Serpent lists? Crap I am one…roll better and hit things in the butt. I will have 4 tanks and 2 knights on the table spreading threat. The council’s micro changes with their powers, and is my opinion one of the more fun units to use in the game, I had 3 quickens once…thats some fast dudes.
Thoughts?
TastyTaste the rainbow, mofo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvgYAwDORo4.
Next time you are stuck in a long car ride with frankie, play the Audio Dramas instead of music
Thanks for taking a look at my list. It has gone through some serious changes, but the spiritseer council still remains. To answer Frankie’s question as too why three…because i couldnt fit in four. Its like having 6 warlocks without the suicide rate. Better LD and BS so more wychfires land. Horrify and psychic scream are a pretty nice combo. I have run 4 spiritseers and been able to double up on the horrify, that knocks the target’s LD down 6. Then you have two screams, even if one dosnt land you are going to wrack up some wounds that ignore armor and cover. So take that -6 LD, it will leave the typical unit with a 2 or 3. Now take your average roll on 3D6 and missus that. If both screams make it to wounds, you can pretty much evaporate any non ork unit on the table. You will also break a tonof morale, and play ping pong with bikes. Think ablout Fatie with a busted up LD, or any psyker if you can get it to land.
Also keep in mind I am running them with the firedragons, just one protect is giving me a save of 2+. These guys are a ton of fun to play, especially with battle focus.
In the end what I have done is take the prism, and wraithguard out and put in a variety of other units, mostly DA and quins.