In this extra evil episode of Signals, we take a look at the forces of Chaos as they invade the mortal realms and continue their long war against the lap dogs of the corpse god!
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Show Notes
Date: 12-11-19
Intro
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News
- This week’s massive pre-order from GW includes a host of new products! As always, you can purchase these from Frontline Gaming at discounted prices with FREE shipping options.
- Speaking of Chaos, here are some new Dark Angels 30k units that were previewed by GW! Dreadwing Interemptors and Legion Arquitor Bombard.
- GW has been showing off some of the new Slaves to Darkness rules for the upcoming AoS battletome.
- We thought it would be fun to do a State of the Chaos Address for episode 666 of Signals, so let’s check in on 40k Chaos!
- Big win for Chaos with the destruction of Cadia. It only took 13 attempts but they got there in the end! The little Chaos Engine that could!
- Upon seeing the popularity of the new kid on the block, Discolord, Abaddon got the equivalent of a lifted truck on 40″ tires and truck nuts with his new model.
- Chaos Knights make a splash on the scene with awesome new models and almost none of the weapons you actually want.
- Plaguebearers discover they peaked in Highschool. Once the prom king, they now take a few classes at the Junior College and wonder why none of the other Daemons return their phone calls.
- Despite all the change, the one thing that remains the same is that Chaos players remain in a seemingly permanent, global LARP being as bitter and jealous of the Imperium as their toy soldiers are in the stories!
- LVO update! We’re working on a base size chart and all of the fiddly stuff for the LVO including the actual rules on appearance standards and such, so just hang in there with us. Those will all be done this week.
Upcoming ITC Events
Upcoming 40k ITC Events
- MTS (Mangurrian Tournament System), Plasencia, Cáceres, España, December 12th, 2019
- Minot Two Rivers ITC, Minot, ND, December 14th, 2019
- Road To MOAB, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia, December 14th, 2019
- TabletopMasters Season Finale 2019, Gelsenkirchen, NRW, Germany, December 14-15th, 2019, Sponsor: Tabletop Masters
- GT: Xmas Waaagh ITC GT Tournament, Manchester, Lancashire, UK, December 14-15th, 2019, Sponsor: The Forge
- Fight Before Christmas 2019 Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament, Dickson City, PA, USA, December 14-15th, 2019, Sponsor: Adventure Game Spa
- 40K United’s Holiday Event, St. Louis, MO, December 14th, 2019
- Fight For the Fort, Saint Robert, Missouri, December 15th, 2019 Sponsor: The Gamers Hideout
- Gam3Escape’s Tantum est Fortis Warhammer 40k Tournament, Hilo, Hawaii, USA, Decmber 15th, 2019
Upcoming AoS ITC Events
- Ere We Go Again Ladz! AoS, Wichita, KS, December 14th, 2019
- The Waaagh Warm Up – ITC GT, Poole, Dorset, UK, December 15th, 2019, Sponsor: Entoyment
- AoS Wasteland Brawl ITC, Corning, NY, December 15th, 2019 Sponsor: The Game Shoppe
- December Age of Sigmar Tournament, Windsor, Colorado, December 15th, 2019, Sponsor: Heroes and Horrors
40k ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim | Vesal | 1192.73 | 5 of 5 |
| 2 | Richard | Siegler | 1179.82 | 5 of 5 |
| 3 | Nicholas | Rose | 1154 | 5 of 5 |
| 4 | Nick | Nanavati | 1124.36 | 5 of 5 |
| 5 | John | Lennon | 1118.79 | 5 of 5 |
| 6 | Mani | Cheema | 1117.13 | 5 of 5 |
| 7 | Tj | Lanigan | 1101.8 | 5 of 5 |
| 8 | Chris | Blackham | 1097.65 | 5 of 5 |
| 9 | Brian | Pullen | 1078.72 | 5 of 5 |
| 10 | Nick | Sutherland | 1063.44 | 5 of 5 |
40k ITC Hobby Track Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim | Vesal | 1117.54 | 5 of 5 |
| 2 | Karl | Payne | 998.4 | 5 of 5 |
| 3 | Lou | Rollins | 987.7 | 5 of 5 |
| 4 | Paul | Winters | 953.02 | 5 of 5 |
| 5 | Dominique | Carette | 951.41 | 5 of 5 |
| 6 | Tj | Lanigan | 941.79 | 5 of 5 |
| 7 | Matthew | Bodnarchuk | 906.71 | 5 of 5 |
| 8 | Thomas | Byrd | 887 | 5 of 5 |
| 9 | Jason | Byrd | 868.41 | 5 of 5 |
| 10 | Alexis | Putt | 866.07 | 5 of 5 |
AoS ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy | Veysseire | 962.66 | 5 of 5 |
| 2 | James | O’Brien | 915.54 | 5 of 5 |
| 3 | Alex | Gonzalez | 913.13 | 5 of 5 |
| 4 | Anthony | Lawrence | 880.41 | 5 of 5 |
| 5 | Matthew | Pashby | 868.14 | 5 of 5 |
| 6 | Joe | Krier | 865.1 | 5 of 5 |
| 7 | Chris | Bergman | 848.93 | 5 of 5 |
| 8 | Chai | Tzola | 835.12 | 5 of 5 |
| 9 | Matt | Obringer | 830.92 | 5 of 5 |
| 10 | Rahul | Pereira | 810.06 | 5 of 5 |
AoS ITC Hobby Track Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich | Waters | 332.64 | 2 of 5 |
| 2 | Jeremy | Veysseire | 316.83 | 4 of 5 |
| 3 | Matt | Beasley | 308.87 | 2 of 5 |
| 4 | Alex | Gonzalez | 293.67 | 3 of 5 |
| 5 | Matthias | Krushel | 276.99 | 3 of 5 |
| 6 | Harold | Black | 263.05 | 2 of 5 |
| 7 | Jordan | Duncan | 258.29 | 2 of 5 |
| 8 | Derek | Page | 253.26 | 2 of 5 |
| 9 | Rahul | Pereira | 250.71 | 2 of 5 |
| 10 | Michael | Burch | 242.67 | 3 of 5 |
Shadespire ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael T | Holy | 701.15 | 4 of 5 |
| 2 | Alex | Torbert | 613.88 | 4 of 5 |
| 3 | Janis | Gilham | 587.93 | 4 of 5 |
| 4 | George | Rollins | 562.83 | 4 of 5 |
| 5 | Matthew | Hoell | 486.5 | 4 of 5 |
| 6 | Rion | Wilfong | 462.36 | 3 of 5 |
| 7 | Frank | Dalykas | 453.18 | 3 of 5 |
| 8 | Alec | Berryman | 433.38 | 4 of 5 |
| 9 | luke | scianna | 424.31 | 3 of 5 |
| 10 | Jon | Sao | 423.63 | 3 of 5 |
Kill Team ITC Top 10
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan | Cho | 609.41 | 4 of 5 |
| 2 | Jonathan | Kolson | 476.7 | 3 of 5 |
| 3 | Tony | Field | 470.49 | 3 of 5 |
| 4 | Matthew | Martine | 470.1 | 3 of 5 |
| 5 | Daniel | Velazquez | 450.29 | 3 of 5 |
| 6 | Philip | Santa Maria | 445.69 | 3 of 5 |
| 7 | Keith | Wenck | 437.24 | 4 of 5 |
| 8 | Corey | Sullivan | 436.65 | 3 of 5 |
| 9 | Scott | Driessen | 422.24 | 3 of 5 |
| 10 | Robert | Schuchardt | 416.21 | 3 of 5 |
Tactics Corner
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Hey Reecius, maybe you can settle a debate for me. I’m trying to discuss the idea that 40k has a tendency for games to be decided in the first couple of turns. In my experience, it’s very hard to come back from behind, and I think a lot of players have the same feeling.
Do you have any input on the subject? I wonder if you track stuff like number of game rounds played during a game. I know ITC has rules for what happens when a player forfeits, but is the fact that they forfeited tracked? Obviously at high levels players are good enough to avoid it, but it seems like the normal player can tell when a game is over pretty quick.
Ah, that’s a good question but I only have anecdotal evidence off hand.
Yes, I think in this edition that happens a lot due to the game’s lethality. I still have a lot of close games and if you look at scores from games you see a lot of them are very close. But, I agree that when things go south early in this edition it tends to be definitive.
It’s be interesting to do an analysis of how many games have close scores vs. do not as I think you could infer from that how many blowout games you have.
With the ITC Battles app you could actually go in and see how often games are decided early game.
The average game score in 40k is 29 – 15 since LVO last year. It has not had much movement throughout the season.
He has spoken.