Adam, FLG Head Judge and TFG Radio host, here to present the Age of Sigmar results for the Las Vegas Open.
This convention report is brought to you by the AoS TO, Scott Reed. Take it away , Scott!
A torrent of clatter and commotion echoed through the hall as players prepared for the battles to come on Friday, January 19th, 2024. The fabulous Las Vegas Open, hosted by Frontline Gaming, brought together the largest number of players to every play in an Age of Sigmar event. At the time of dice being dropped 343 players started their gaming weekend. After 5 rounds of rolling dice, moving models, meeting new friends and buying drinks we had 11 undefeated players.
We needed to create a top 8 for Sunday from those 11. In a shadow round 6 players battled for the bottom three positions of sixth, seventh, and eighth place. On Sunday the final 8 undefeated players paired off in a single elimination top 8. With the brackets set (See below) players battle to stay in the hunt. In the end it was Cities of Sigmar vs. Cities of Sigmar, One piloted by Gavin Grigar a veteran of the top 8 with a collection of steam tanks gunning to knock out Jeremy Lefebvre’s collection of forces from the far corners of the Cities book. Jeremy, no stranger to the final rounds, and Gavin played a careful match looking for a chance to knock the other low. When the final dice was cast Jeremy Lefebvre was victorious. (lists and players attached.)
In the end everyone was a winner, events this big require community support and help from dedicated volunteers. Thank you to everyone who gave their time so many could come and play.
#1 Jeremy Lefebvre (Cities of Sigmar)
#8 Jacob Brandon (Kruleboyz)
#4 Fabien Barbusse (Blades of Khorne)
#5 Mrigank Jha (Stormcast Eternals)
#2 Jeremy Veysseire (Kharadron Overlords)
#7 Bill Hennessey (Ogor Mawtribes)
#3 Thomas Guan (Soulblight Gravelords)
#6 Gavin Grigar (Cities of Sigmar)
Army Lists
Jeremy Lefebvre (Cities of Sigmar)
– Army Faction: Cities of Sigmar
– Subfaction: Misthåvn
– Grand Strategy: Banners Held High
– Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS
Alchemite Warforger (110)*
Haskel Hexbane (180)*
Pontifex Zenestra (180)*
Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal (120)**
Freeguild Marshal on Griffon (270)**
– General
– Command Traits: Grizzled Veteran
– Freeguild Lance
– Artefacts of Power: Sigmarite Warhammer
Galen Ven Denst (160)**
BATTLELINE
Freeguild Steelhelms (100)*
Freeguild Cavaliers (180)**
Freeguild Cavaliers (180)**
OTHER
Hexbane’s Hunters (180)*
Wildercorps Hunters (140)*
Doralia ven Denst (160)**
Freeguild Command Corps (170)**
Freeguild Command Corps (170)**
CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000
Jeremy Veysseire (Kharadron Overlords)
Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords
– Sky Port: Barak Mhornar
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumphs: Inspired
Kharadron Code
– Artycle: Honour Is Everything
– Amendment: Trust to Your Guns
– Footnote: There’s No Trading With Some People
Leaders
Arkanaut Admiral (140)*
– General
– Command Trait: Ex-Grundstok
Aetheric Navigator (100)**
– Artefact: Voidstone Orb
Aether-Khemist (100)*
– Nullstone Adornment: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
Battleline
10 x Grundstok Thunderers (320)*
– 2x Aetheric Fumigators
– 2x Decksweepers
– 2x Aethercannons
– 2x Grundstok Mortars
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Grundstok Thunderers (320)**
– 2x Aetheric Fumigators
– 2x Decksweepers
– 2x Aethercannons
– Reinforced x 1
1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (170)*
– Main Gun: Sky Cannon
– Gunhauler Modifications: Coalbeard’s Collapsible Compartments
Units
6 x Endrinriggers (240)**
– 2x Drill Launcher
– Reinforced x 1
Behemoths
Arkanaut Frigate (300)*
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
– Flagship
Arkanaut Frigate (300)**
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 108
Drops: 2
Thomas Guan (Soulblight Gravelords)
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER
1 x Torgillius the Chamberlain (180)*
– Spells: Fading Vigour
1 x Vampire Lord (150)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Gorslav the Gravekeeper (140)**
– General
– Command Trait: Spoor Tracker
– Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
BATTLELINE
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)*
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)*
10 x Dire Wolves (150)**
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)**
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)**
OTHER
1 x Corpse Cart (90)*
– Unholy Lodestone
– Corpse Lash
1 x Corpse Cart (90)**
– Corpse Lash
– Unholy Lodestone
CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
Fabien Barbusse (Blades of Khorne)
Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
Leaders
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)*
– General
– Command Trait: Firebrand
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
– Prayer: Bloodbind, Killer Instinct
Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)*
– Prayer: Killer Instinct, Blood Sacrifice
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)*
Skarbrand (380)**
Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)**
– Artefact: Halo of Blood
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice, Bronzed Flesh
Theddra Skull-Scryer (160)**
– Allies
Battleline
20 x Bloodletters (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
– Bloodreaper
– 2x Hornblowers
– 2x Icon Bearers
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**
– Blood Chieftain
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Meatripper Axe
8 x Claws of Karanak (100)
Units
3 x Magore’s Fiends (140)
5 x Godsworn Hunt (160)
– Allies
Endless Spells & Invocations
Hexgorger Skulls (50)
Wrath-Axe (70)
Faction Terrain
1x Skull Altar
Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Warlord
Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Prayer
Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 160 / 400
Wounds: 133
Drops: 11
Mrigank Jha (Stormcast Eternals)
– Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
– Army Type: Scions of the Storm
– Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Inspired
– Holy Commands: Call For Aid, Thunderbolt Volley
LEADERS
Knight-Incantor (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Spells: Lightning Blast
Knight-Vexillor (120)*
– Meteoric Standard
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
Knight-Relictor (90)**
– Prayers: Translocation
Knight-Vexillor (120)**
– Meteoric Standard
Knight-Vexillor (120)**
– Meteoric Standard
BATTLELINE
Liberators (100)**
– Liberator-Prime
– Grandweapon
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield
Dracothian Guard Tempestors (420)***
Dracothian Guard Fulminators (240)***
OTHER
Vanguard-Hunters (100)***
– Hunter-Prime
– Astral Compass
Evocators on Celestial Dracolines (240)***
– 2 x Grandstave
Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (230)***
– Raptor-Prime
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Everblaze Comet (90)
CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord
***Redemption Brotherhood
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
Gavin Grigar (Cities of Sigmar)
Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar
– City: Hallowheart
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Reclaim for Sigmar!
– Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders
Battlemage on Celestial Hurricanum (260)*
– Universal Spell Lore: Levitate
Battlemage (100)**
– Arcane Trinkey: Realmstone Orb
– Lore of the Collegiate Arcane: Wildform
Alchemite Warforger (110)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Steam Tank Commander (270)**
– General
– Command Trait: Divine Champion
– Artefact: Mastro Vivetti’s Magnificent Macroscope
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal
Battleline
Steam Tank (230)*
Steam Tank (230)*
Steam Tank (230)**
Steam Tank (230)**
Units
6 x Freeguild Command Corps (170)*
6 x Freeguild Command Corps (170)**
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 118
Drops: 2
Bill Hennessey (Ogor Mawtribes)
Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
– Army Subfaction: Boulderhead
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER
1 x Huskard on Thundertusk (330)
– General
– Command Traits: Voice of the Avalanche
– Blood Vulture
– Mount Traits: Rimefrost Hide
– Prayers: Pulverising Hailstorm
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
1 x Huskard on Stonehorn (400)*
– Blood Vulture
– Artefacts: The Seat of Alvagr
– Mount Traits: Rockmane Elder
– Prayers: Heal
BATTLELINE
1 x Stonehorn Beastriders (330)*
– Blood Vulture
1 x Stonehorn Beastriders (330)*
– Blood Vulture
1 x Stonehorn Beastriders (330)*
– Blood Vulture
1 x Thundertusk Beastriders (260)*
– Blood Vulture
TERRAIN
1 x Great Mawpot (0)
CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
Jacob Brandon (Kruleboyz)
Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Kruleboyz
– Army Subfaction: Grinnin’ Blades
– Grand Strategy: Krump ’Em All!
LEADER
1 x Gobsprakk (240)*
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Sneaky Miasma
1 x Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)**
– General
– Command Traits: Supa Sneaky
– Artefacts: Mork’s Eye Pebble
– Mount Traits: Weird ’Un
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)**
– Spells: Choking Mist
BATTLELINE
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
– Wicked Stikka
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
– Wicked Stikka
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)**
OTHER
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)*
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
4 x Daggok’s Stab-ladz (70)**
CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
I would be VERY interested to know the first two matchups the Cities players had. It’s weird because I see there the Beastclaw Raiders guy lost to KO like I did at my last tournament with Beastclaw monsters, but then the KO lost to Cities…..except I tabled the Cities player with my Beastclaw monsters!