Signals from the Frontline #441

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Show Notes

Date

6-17-16

Intro

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News

• The ITC 2nd Quarter update poll is coming next week! Make sure to stay tuned for that and think about what you’d like to see done with things like the Death from the Skies Supllement, Angels of Death Space Marine psychic powers, reactions to some of the potential GW FAQ changes and the proposed rule change to help Dreadnoughts avoid being immobilized so easily.

• We will also be enacting a new policy for the ITC in response to some of the events that have had mistakes with army lists, etc. If within 1 week of an event, the TO reaches out to us and shows that a player had an illegal list or played a rule incorrectly to their benefit, that player will not be granted any ITC points. This rule will not be applied retroactively, it will take effect upon the conclusion of the update poll and will be written into ITC Guidelines at that time.
• New releases for Bolt Action! Sherman Jumbo Heavy Assault Tank, Chruchill Troop, and the Fierfly VC.

• New Beyond the Gates of Antares release: Xilos Gulper.

• New Games Workshop releases this week: Start Collecting: Militarum Tempestus and Chaos Space Marines box sets, and the Lost Patrol board game! Order yours from Frontline Gaming at 25% off through Friday, June 24th. Orders@FrontlineGaming.org or call: 888-781-5120

• If you applied to come on board with Frontline Gaming’s content team, please bear with us. We got a big response and we’re working as fast as we can to sort through all of the applications.
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• New Horus Heresy book on the way: Crusade Imperialis!

• Las Vegas Open 2017 Registration will open on July 1st! Get ready for the biggest and best show we’ve ever put on! This year is going to be absolutely amazing, with 100,000 square feet of gaming and fun to be had! The main events sell out quickly, so be sure to snag those tickets before they’re gone.

Upcoming ITC Events

Rankings update! For the full rankings, click here.

ITC Championship Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Matt	Root	FNG	6	648.6
2	Joshua	Death		9	567.05
3	Thomas	Hegstrom Oakey	2DR’s	5	543.33
4	Steven	Heitmeyer	BComp	5	543.12
5	Jeremy	Veysseire	TZC	5	524.99
6	Andrew	Gonyo	BCoast	5	502.47
7	James	Carmona	TZC	4	485.43
8	Dan	Platt	CanHam	5	475.62
9	Frankie	Giampapa	TZC	4	475.05
10	Baxter	Seguin	Mugu	5	467.03

ITC Team Rankings

Rank	Club Name	Club Code	Placings	Points
1	Team Zero Comp	TZC	56	1282.5
2	Death Spiral Down	DSD	36	1149.23
3	Beast Coast	BCoast	32	1145.22

Adepta Sororitas

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Bartosz	Czolczynski	tró	6	296.24
2	Josh	Shubert	HardT	2	135.69
3	Johnny	Chao	N/A	2	111.74

Adeptus Astartes

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Thomas	Hegstrom Oakey	2DR’s	5	463.09
2	Justin	Pizzoferrato	Merc40k	4	441.69
3	Nate	Bates	BComp	6	392.1

Astra Militarum

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Aurelio	Correa	IFL	10	317.7
2	Maciej	Zwara	tró	3	263.53
3	Doc	Glenboski	EH	3	237.23

Blood Angels

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Chris	Morgan	N/A	3	256.36
2	Erik	Dahl	N/A	5	216.53
3	Julio	Rodriguez	nWo	2	180.27

Chaos Daemons

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Aidan	Barkley	Char	4	364.85
2	Peter	Kelly	MK	5	353.47
3	James	Carmona	TZC	3	346.88

Chaos Renegades

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Brett	Perkins	short	3	331.32
2	Aaron	Hayden	PE	3	307.18
3	Lukash	Nahachewsky	GWNG	3	294.79

Chaos Space Marines

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Alan	Dehesa	RQTF	4	309.82
2	Todd	Silber	DSD	3	283.46
3	Jakub	Gajlewicz	tró	2	201.88

Cult Mechanicus

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Geoff	Robinson	TZC	3	279.05
2	Jason	Byrd	Sun	3	236.77
3	Pieter	Bresler	GWNG	3	197.22

Dark Angels

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Aaron	Aleong	short	3	403.6
2	Grzegorz	Hellich	G’sCl	4	385.85
3	Rafał	Kroczka	tró	5	337.69

Dark Eldar

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Jeff	Biery	CofC	3	301.01
2	Maverik	Bishop	FMs	3	199.41
3	Willow	Ryder	LCC	2	179.32

Eldar

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Julio	Rodriguez	nWo	7	445.48
2	Jhason	Hardy	DSD	4	408.81
3	Trevor	Sandoval	RQTF	6	393.1

Eldar Corsairs

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Carter	Leach	Merc40k	3	308.67
2	Jeff	Biery	CofC	2	223.58
3	Derek	Page	SCart	3	206.1

Eldar Corsairs

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Carter	Leach	Merc40k	3	308.67
2	Jeff	Biery	CofC	2	223.58
3	Derek	Page	SCart	3	206.1

Harlequins

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Joshua	Death		2	179.34
2	Andrew	Helland	Bako	1	104.94
3	Adam	Haecker	BK	1	88.26

Imperial Knights

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Adrian	James	HerbAs	4	388.33
2	Joshua	Death		4	343.76
3	Vincent	Price	Mugu	4	321.44

Inquisition

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Justin	Jones	N/A	3	91.2
2	Randolph	Soanes-ulrich	N/A	2	65.18
3	Ric	Steiner	N/A	1	56.58

Knights Renegades Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	John-paul	Mawet	Mugu	1	113.88

Khorne Daemonnkin

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Horton	Doughton	Border	4	405.12
2	Brad	Bitler	DSD	3	286.65
3	Denny	Page	Mugu	5	283.13

Militarum Tempestus

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Reece	Robins	TZC	1	71.08
2	David	Koszka	B&W	1	50.83
3	Nick	Shantz	NKBs	1	49.93

Necrons Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Alex	Gonzalez	LCC	6	391.01
2	Baxter	Seguin	Mugu	5	386.76
3	Alexander	Fennell	DSD	3	311.86

Officio Assassinorum Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Tim	Roberts	Arc	2	81.96
2	Mark	Studor	N/A	1	71.34
3	Jamie	McLay	Loaded	1	62.4

Orks Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Troy	Graber	FMs	5	378.23
2	Rich	Kilton	2drs	3	275.86
3	Andrew	Vardaro	GWNG	4	235.13

Skitarii

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Jeremiah	Petit	FNG	5	343.02
2	Matt	Root	FNG	2	251.34
3	Phil	Harlos	GWNG	1	118.07

Space Wolves Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Chris	Cole	DA	4	318.09
2	Dylan	Mosley	TZC	2	196.96
3	Shawn	Hook	M.Y.C.L.	2	179.98

Tau Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Jeremy	Veysseire	TZC	5	447.82
2	Steven	Heitmeyer	BComp	5	441.6
3	Andrew	Gonyo	BCoast	4	426.2

Tyranids Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Club	Events	Points
1	Corey	Reece	Mulligans	4	266.75
2	Jaminh	Vo	MH	4	231.49
3	Krzysztof	Czolczynski	tró	2	163.08

ITC Tournaments this weekend!

• Two Headed Ogryn Team Tournament, Origins Game Fair, Columbus, OH, June 17th, 2016
• Comicpalooza, Houston, TX, June 17-19th, 2016
• Father’s Day Bash 1250 ITC Classic Hammer, Bremerton, WA, June 18th, 2016
• Clutch City GT, Comicplooza, Houston, TX, June 18th, 2016
• Titans’ June 1850 RTT, Timonium, MD, June 18th, 2016
• GT: Oldschoolowe Leśne Manewry, Lodz, Poland, June 18-19th, 2016
• The Battle for Santa’s Summer Home, End Zone, Clearfield, UT, June 18th, 2016
• Oldhammer Tournament, Great Escape Games, Sacramento, CA, June 18th, 2016
• Lords of War, Glimpses, Sherwood, OR, June 18th, 2016
• Iron Warriors Singles Tournament, Origins Game Fair, Columbus, OH, June 18th, 2016
• GWNG June Brawler, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 18th, 2016
• 40k ATC Primer Tournament, Atomic Empire, NC, June 18th, 2016
• Father’s Day Bash, Game Wizard Blue Sky Hobbies, Bremerton, WA, June 18th, 2016
• Gunjah the Bead Forest June Rtt, Cedar City UT, June 18th, 2016
• Battle for the Wooden Spoon, Bartlesville, OK, June 18, 2016
• Clash at the Aerie, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, June 18th, 2016
• Warhammer 40k ITC Tournament, San Antonio, TX, June 18th, 2016
• Culexus Joe’s Intergalactic Tag Team Smackdown, Top Tier Board Games, Hattiesburg, MS, June 19th, 2016
• ND Monthly, Montreal, Qc, Canada, June 19th, 2016
• Father’s Day Brawl, Games and Stuff, Glenn Burnie, MD, June 19th, 2016

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.

• Rumors of a New Blood Angels Start Collecting box on the way, with a Terminator Captain, Tactical Squad and Baal Predator.
• Rumors of several new Flyer boxes coming out featuring two flyers that battle with each other. They’re called Stormcloud Attack.

Rant Session

Tactics Corner

Rules Lawyer

Completed Commissions

List Review

A list for one of your podcast:

Any barrage weapon within 12″ can fire and have the template cover friendly models to include those locket in combat.

He also moves several artillery units to elite choices and makes field artillery battery’s non compulsory troop choices. Yes OBSEC artillery.

• HQ:
• Renegade command squad (Covenant of nurgle, command vox, Ordnance Tyrant)
• Elite:
• Wyvern
• Wyvern
• Wyvern
• Troops:
• 50 Plague Zombies (4+ FnP)
• 5 Renegade Veterans (Shotguns, Deepstrike, Flamer)
• 4 Quad launchers 20 Crew
• 4 Heavy Mortars 20 Crew
• 4 Heavy Mortars 20 Crew
• Heavy Support:
• 3 Rapier Laser Destroyer 12 Crew
• 3 Rapier Laser Destroyer 12 Crew
• 3 Rapier Laser Destroyer 12 Crew
• Fortification:
• Void Shield Generator (3 total shields)
• Allied Detachment:
• Tzeentch Herald on Disk (Exalted Reward)
• Tzeentch Herald on Disk (Exalted Reward)
• 10 Pink Horrors
• 10 Pink Horrors
• 9 Screamers of Tzeentch
• Total Pts: 1849

If you haven’t already formulated what I am going for here then I will explain. The screamer star is purely defensive in nature. I boost the screamer star up and then charge it into combat…. then the tyrant goes to work bombarding the screamers and anything/everything they are fighting. In the event that something makes it pass the screamerstar then I have 50 plague zombies to take on the next combat and repeat the process. The list is built around blocking any and all enemy advances with a wall of anti-infantry artillery shells. I’m playing with the idea of adding in some artillery carriages with either breacher shells or earthshaker shells for some more punch…. only issue is those shots can double out my tanks. Could this list put guard back on the radar or am I still dreaming?

FAQ Renegades:

How does the following renegade warlord trait affect ITC Missions:

1. Fanatical Convert:  When any friendly unit with the uncertain worth special rule is destroyed within 12″ of this warlord, the controlling player should roll a D6.  On a 5+, the controlling player scores an additional Victory point.  This does not affect any Victory points scored by the opposing player for that unit’s destruction.

How does the command Net Vox work with units that are within 12″

Command Net Vox:  A unit equipped with a command net vox gains all the benefits of a vox-caster, and any other friendly unit within 12″ may use the unit’s leadership value when  taking a morale check.

Uncertain Worth:  Renegades aren’t always reliable troops.  While some are fanatically loyal, others have been forced to fight and will run away at the first chance, while yet more are simply unpredictable insane.  This is represented by a militia unit’s random leadership value.  The first time a unit with this special rule is required to take a leadership test, roll a D6 and add 4 (Giving a result of between 5 and 10).  This is the squad’s leadership value for the rest of the game and should be noted down for reference.  This leadership characteristic is subject to all the usual modifiers during play.

So my question is when can you use a command net vox for a unit that is within 12″?  Meaning you would have to roll the leadership for the Command Net Vox unit to use said leadership.