Signals from the Frontline #576: The LVO Looms on the Horizon!

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Show Notes

Date: 1-3-17

Intro

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News

• The Malign Portents rumor engine continues to churn. We know we’re 16 days away form whatever it is that is going to happen and the details GW is giving us seem to indicate that it is related to the Death faction so that is cool. We so far have the following clues:
  • The Field
  • The Ship
  • The Icon
  • The Falling Star
  • The Village
  • The Asylum
  • The Valley

• More Daemons information from GW, with a faction focus on Tzeentch and Khorne.

• FLG League Update:
  • We’ve been having a ton of fun with the League and are winding down the last week of it.
  • We plan on releasing a write-up of everything we’ve learned and will launch the next league for AoS and 40k in February after we’ve recovered from the LVO.

Current League Standings

Player #	First Name	Army	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total Score
21	Paul	Imperium	1036	1035	1024	1038	1036	1031	6200
4	Reece	Biel-Tan	1033	1029	1036	1034	1039	1028	6199
7	James	Alpha Legion	1034	27	1037	1038	1037	1039	5212
14	Frankie	Sisters of Battle	1031	1030	17	1037	1029	24	4168
18	John	Drukhari	1029	27		1028	23	1032	3139
15	Anthony	Valhalla	1033	1028	18		9	1029	3117
3	Andrew	Genestealer Cults	17			1035	1031	26	2109
10	Ted	Astra Militarum	13	1032	1030	16		18	2109
6	Jeff	Saim Hann	1020		1029	22			2071
19	Mark	Imperium			1037			1031	2068
11	Steve	Ultramarines	15	1018	14		15	19	1081
16	Cooper	Adeptus Astartes				9	15	1035	1059
5	Adam	Astra Militarum	1029				25		1054
1	Pablo	Imperium		22			1030		1052
13	Quentin	AdMech	11		1036	0			1047
9	Larry	Heretic Astartes	1030				13		1043
20	Kasey	Adeptus Astartes		1023					1023
8	Jason	Grey Knights	15	18	12			20	65
2	Pascal	Chaos	6	20	11	14		14	65
12	Andy	Orks	20	14			13		47
17	Garrett	Necrons	10		7	17			34
22	Yu	Sapace Wolves	10	7	0	0	0	0	17

Interestingly, over the course of the 42 games played so far in the league, we’ve got the following statistic:

• Player going first wins: 18
• Player going second wins: 24

• Here’s a little sneak preview of a brand new ITC Terrain Set on the way! More information and pre-orders to come soon. We may also have some brand spankin new FLG Mats to show off, too…

• The LVO is on the horizon! We’re only 3 weeks and change away at this point and everything is shaping up. After the cut-off for refunds we had more last minute refunds than we expected and so have a little room left in the 40k Champs and 40k Friendly which were previously sold out. The 40k Champs had been up to 515! Exciting to see what’s possible. Also,
  • Be sure to check out the LVO Pub Crawl, too! It’s free to participate in, just be sure to be of legal drinking age and to drink at least semi-responsibly!
  • The Age of Sigmar Championships is going to be triple digits this year, too. Very excited for that as this will shake up the ITC rankings a ton for AoS.
  • Shadespire is also looking to be a ton of fun with over 50 people signed up to play in the first event we’ve ever had which is very exciting.
  • Warmachine and Hordes players always seem to like to buy their tickets late and this year is no exception, but we’re always happy to have them and we’re looking at a very turnout again this year which is great.
  • We’ve also got big turnouts for 30k, Blood Bowl, Infinity, Flames of War, Bolt Action, Malifaux, and more. This is going to be the biggest and best LVO, yet.
  • But outside of events, we’ve got lots of shopping to be had, too! Tons of vendors, out own Second Hand Shop, sales, and killer deals left and right with prices we can’t even advertise. Be sure to stop by and see what deals you can find on some awesome stuff.
  • And be sure to check out some of the seminars including informative Hobby Seminars with well known artists, Games Workshop Hobby Seminars with Chris Peach of Warhammer TV fame, and the fun and informative Seminars with all kinds of interesting guest speakers. The Games Workshop preview seminar on Thursday should be awesome, so make sure not to miss it on Thursday night, starting at 8pm.

Upcoming ITC Events

Upcoming 40k ITC Events

• Warhammer 40k : New Year’s Bloodbath Tourney!, Sarge’s Comics and Games, New London, CT, January 6th, 2018
• Blizzard Bash 2018, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, January 6th, 2018
• 40k New YEAR New PAINT Tourney!, Gamers N Geeks, Mobile, AL, January 6th, 2018
• WH40k: ITC Tournament, Power 9 Games, North Las Vegas, NV, January 6th, 2018
• WH40k New Heresy RTT, Village Games, Champlin, MN, January 6th, 2018
• GT: WH40K GT Hammer in the New Year 2018, Huzzah Hobbies, Ashburn, VA, January 6-7th, 2018

Upcoming AoS ITC Events

• Age of Sigmar LVO Primer Battlehost Tournament, Green Tower Games, Santa Clarita, CA, January 6th, 2018
• CanHammer – After Old Saint nick, Forbes Hobbies, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, January 6th, 2018
• Age of 6ixmar | Winter Blues 2018, The Sword & Board, Ontario, Canada, January 20th, 2018
• Age of Sigmar January ITC, AFK Games, Holt, MI, January 27th, 2018
• Major: Las Vegas Open, Las Vegas, NV, January 26th-28th, 2018

40k ITC Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Points	Events
1	Tony	Grippando	714.27	5 of 5
2	Andrew	Gonyo	683.32	5 of 5
3	Nick	Nanavati	680.73	5 of 5
4	Brandon	Grant	677.44	5 of 5
5	Aaron	Aleong	664.7	5 of 5
6	Matt	Root	644.93	5 of 5
7	Tyler	DeVries	627.8	5 of 5
8	Sam	Henley	625.73	5 of 5
9	David	Johansen	617.69	5 of 5
10	Trent	Northington	615.46	5 of 5

AoS ITC Rankings

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Points	Events
1	James	Thomas	457.56	4 of 5
2	Joe	Krier	456.4	4 of 5
3	Vlad	Nica	443.7	4 of 5
4	Samuel	Valdez	442.32	4 of 5
5	Zach	Lopez	422.06	4 of 5
6	Jarrett	Zazuetta	411.91	4 of 5
7	Alexander	Gonzalez	393.45	4 of 5
8	Michael	Burch	384.01	4 of 5
9	James	Sutton	383.88	4 of 5
10	DAVID	ROGERS	378.08	4 of 5