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Show Notes
Date: 2-20-19
Intro
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News
- The new release this week is the Dreaded Ambull, a Blackstone Fortress Expansion which you can get from Frontline through our web-store at a discount with FREE shipping options.
- We put together a photo journal of the LVO 2019 for those interested in getting a better idea of the event as there’s so much more going on than just the big GW tournaments.
- We’ve been extremely excited to start using the new tool we’ve built in conjunction with BCP to come up with some incredible tools. Also, huge thanks to Peter the Flacon who did a ton of work crunching these numbers.
- Also, if you attended the 40k champs, AoS Champs, 40k Narrative, etc. please check your email inbox for the feedback form! We love getting that invaluable feedback to make sure we’re giving you the experience you want!
- The ITC updates are on the way, please bear with us. Still hammering out the new formats and such and thanks so much to everyone that has sent in their feedback so far!
Upcoming ITC Events
Upcoming 40k ITC Events
- Double Deuce RTT, Louisville, KY, February 22nd, 2019
- RTT: A New Day’s End: Warhammer 40k Tournament, Dark Tower Games, Bellingham, WA, February 23rd, 2019
- Warhammer 40K: Fun to Play Day Rogue Trader Tournament, St. Petersburg, FL, February 23rd, 2019
- Warhammer 40k Monthly Tournament, Kirwan’s Game Store, Catskill, NY, February 23rd, 2019
- Guardians ITC 40K Tournament 2019-1, Friendly Local Game Store, Jacksonville, FL, February 23rd, 2019
- Hey Wanna Play’s ITC tournament, Plantation, FL, February 23rd, 2019
- Ark Valley Gaming 40k Tournament, Vulcan Glass Studios, Buena Vista, Co, February 23rd, 2019
- Navigator Challenge VI, Goblin Gaming, Northwich, England, February 23rd, 2019
- Dice of Fury #10 A Warhammer 40k Joint, Vancouver, WA, February 23rd, 2019
- Redding ITC Event #1 – 2000pts, Matrix Cards & Games, Redding, CA, February 23rd, 2019
- Two to Tango (40K ITC Pairs 1000pts), Ogre’s Den Gaming Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, February 23rd, 2019
- Captain Nemo’s ITC Tournament, San Luis Obispo, CA, February 23rd, 2019
- Warhammer 40,000 2019 Season ITC RTT #1 at Cataclysm Games, Machesney Park, IL, February 23rd, 2019
- 40K United’s 2 man Tournament, St. Louis, MO, February 23rd, 2019
- Toes In The Water, Buchanan, MI, February 23rd, 2019
- Arcticon 2019, Merrillville, IN, February 23rd, 2019
- Circle City Invitational RTT, Indianapolis, IN, February 23rd, 2019
- GT: Nashville Bar Brawl a Warhammer 40000 Tournamnet, Tennessee Brew Works, Nashville, TN, February 23-24th, 2019
- Westeros ITC RTT #7, Vasteras, Sweden, February 24th, 2019
- Old Wolf Winter 1500 ITC, Desert Sky Games, Chandler, AZ, February 24th, 2019
- Tantum est Fortis – Warhammer 40k Two-Man Team Tournament, Gam3Escape, Hilo, HI, February 24th, 2019
- February Folly, Medford, OR, February 24th, 2019
- Jay’s Unclean 40K Tournament, Jay’s CD and Hobby WDM, West Des Moines, IA, February 24, 2019
- MAJOR: 7th Annual Barrie Bash, Ontario, Canada, February 23-24th, 2019
- Captain Nemo’s ITC Tournament, San Luis Obispo, CA, February 23rd, 2019
Upcoming AoS ITC Events
- At Ease Games Monthly ITC Tournament, San Diego CA, February 23rd, 2019
- February Haven AOS RTT, Spokane Valley, WA, February 23rd, 2019
- Age of Sigmar ITC Tournament, The Portal, Manchester, CT, February 23rd, 2019
- Age Of Sigmar 2k ITC RTT Tournament, Fredericksburg, VA, February 24th, 2019
40k ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon | Leen | 228.12 | 2 of 5 |
| 2 | Richard | Siegler | 200.32 | 2 of 5 |
| 3 | Michael | Ralston | 192.47 | 2 of 5 |
| 4 | Daniel | Smith | 174.81 | 2 of 5 |
| 5 | Jimmy | Prescott | 162.38 | 2 of 5 |
| 6 | David | Ozawa | 132.98 | 2 of 5 |
| 7 | Namon | Allen | 128.36 | 2 of 5 |
| 8 | David | Lytle | 126.61 | 2 of 5 |
| 9 | Dan | Monsalve | 123.52 | 2 of 5 |
| 10 | Jim | Vesal | 120.89 | 1 of 5 |
40k ITC Hobby Track Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim | Vesal | 120.89 | 1 of 5 |
| 2 | Simon | Leen | 113.19 | 1 of 5 |
| 3 | Tyson | Augliere | 100.92 | 1 of 5 |
| 4 | Laren | Ocasio | 96.57 | 1 of 5 |
| 5 | Harry | Gieringer | 92.51 | 1 of 5 |
| 6 | David | Lytle | 89.3 | 1 of 5 |
| 7 | Adam | Martin | 83.07 | 1 of 5 |
| 8 | Tyler | Bortel | 81.99 | 1 of 5 |
| 8 | Chris | Ayala | 81.99 | 1 of 5 |
| 10 | Damion | Spearman | 78.84 | 1 of 5 |
AoS ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie | Steinbring | 117.02 | 1 of 5 |
| 2 | Chase | Reinhard | 113.19 | 1 of 5 |
| 3 | Adam | Thompson | 106.29 | 1 of 5 |
| 4 | Emma | Mangels | 102.8 | 1 of 5 |
| 5 | Derek | Erlenbush | 100.92 | 1 of 5 |
| 6 | Matthew | Obringer | 91.38 | 1 of 5 |
| 7 | Jeff | West | 89.3 | 1 of 5 |
| 8 | Jack | Ballard | 86.96 | 1 of 5 |
| 9 | Matt | Beasley | 85.89 | 1 of 5 |
| 10 | Hank | Adams | 81.59 | 1 of 5 |
AoS ITC Hobby Track Top 10
Shadespire ITC Top 10
Tactics Corner
Completed Commissions
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Out of curiosity are the Second Chance RTT scores still going into this season or was that scrapped?
Anytime Reece says,”in his opinion”, they usually are getting changed in the next FAQ.
Just be carefull when doing statistical analasys. For instance you cite Ultramarines being at a 45% winrate and Salamanders at 54% and therefore salamanders perhaps being better. But Ultramarines being widely regarded as the better faction will mean most people will flock to that. And the average space marine player will on average lose more games than win games due to the state of the codex. The few salamanders people will be more dedicated and probably have spent more time with their lists, upping their numbers. I would personally bet if you had a player with 5 games played with their ultramarines versus a similar player with 5 games played with their salamanders the ultramarines would wi more often than not. Same for a player with 100 games on ultramarines versus a player with 100 games on salamanders. The data here may be skewed with more of the ultramarines players being on the 5 games side while the salamanders players will be more loyal to their faction and be on the 100 games side.
In league of legends for instance there have been cases where a champion is considered very OP in competetive play bt its overall winrate is abysmal. This can be due to something being very difficult and skill intensive to play at a high level. Yet people see it perform well (in warhammer terms: place top 8 often) so unskilled players try it and drag the overall winrates down qite a bit. I also think marines get dragged down quite a bit due to being a “beginners” faction with proportionally more unskilled players than other factions.
That being said finally getting more data is very interesting and usefull and i can not wait to see what people will make from it.
Very good points you have there.
yeah it was interesting discovering out of the tau players, three took 5 yvharas and out of those, three of the yvharas were the three I brought. people with yvharas on average won 55% of their games =D
I just think it’s very unfortunate that 8th edition has seen so much efforts by the playtesters and GW to create balance (and it’s certainly better across all factions than prior editions), yet competitive 40k in 8th keeps getting a black eye from a handful of things:
– Overbearing units (Malefic Lords and Conscripts got fixed, but now we have the Castellan ruining the meta all by itself)
– Ynarri (still 15-20% too high a win rate, highest of any faction, after taking top 3 spots at LVO a year ago)
– Flyer spam (was an issue at start of 8th, got better, now seems back in full force with Aeldari, Drukhari, and Astra Militarum)
– Oddball codex releases that are outlier points efficient (currently Drukhari)
Given the great points adjustments in CA 2018 and all the codexes that have come out, it would be awesome to see a meta that doesn’t have Ynarri / Drukhari or Astra Militarum / Castellan trampling over everything and obscuring the great improvements that have been made to competitive 40k.
The Castellan is ruining the game for me. At a recent tournament, I faced triple Knights and Guard in two out of three games. One game featured two Castellans! It was kill points and end of game objectives. My army had absolutely no chance against them, the game was decided before even picking up a die.
Both games were absolutely no fun for me and I can imaging my opponents getting much satisfaction from the game. It was simply pointing at each unit they wanted to delete in their shooting phase and removing them from the board.
That sucks. Sounds horrible. I think none of the things I listed are very fun to play against if it feels too uphill. The March FAQ will have to do some heavy lifting.