Blogger Ate My BatRep

And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt.

Summary:

I suck at answering emails. Sorry. Will do better.

Got a game vs. Deathwing. New Player. Will be dangerous soon. I won. His list needs work, and I screwed up a rule about Skimmers.

I'm sick. Tired. Need sleep.

Nighty night.

Vacations Are Exhausting

All day motorcycle classes on Thursday/Friday, transitioning into overnight bachelor party for one of my best friend's last night/this morning, transitioning into a spontaneous road/camping trip to Eastern Washington tonight/tomorrow/Monday.

So... yeah. Been busy. Wanted to tell you jerks I haven't forgotten about ya. That and, what with NOVA coverage, I'm sure you guys have better things to read than my Loganwing guide. It will get finished though, promise.

Cheers.

Logan Hybrid Mech

Watching Stelek go through his "1001 Arabian Lists" exercise while he gets ready for the NOVA has been interesting, to say the least. It's like getting a Yes the Truth Hurts brain dump over a couple of weeks.

Needless to say, watching other people build lists gets me interested in building my own. This list was itching in my brain and I had to throw it in a spreadsheet to see how I could make it fit. This borrows shamelessly from many of Stelek's concepts, but I don't think he's put anything quite like this together (could be wrong though... the guy writes a ton of lists).

Logan

Wolf Scouts x 5, Meltagun
Wolf Scouts x 5, Meltagun

-Wolf Guard x 10, Terminator x 2 w/Cyclone Launchers, 2 w/Combimeltas (go with Grey Hunters), 1 w/Combimelta & Wolf Claw (goes with Wolf Scouts), 5 w/Stormbolters
-Wolf Guard x 10, Terminator x 2 w/Cyclone Launchers, 2 w/Combimeltas (go with Grey Hunters), 1 w/Combimelta & Wolf Claw (goes with Wolf Scouts), 5 w/Stormbolters
-Grey Hunters x 5, Meltagun, Razorback (Heavy Bolter)
-Grey Hunters x 5, Meltagun, Razorback (Heavy Bolter)
-Grey Hunters x 5, Meltagun, Razorback (Heavy Bolter)
-Grey Hunters x 5, Meltagun, Razorback (Heavy Bolter)

Longfangs x 4, Multimelta x 4, Pack Leader, Drop Pod
Longfangs x 4, Missile Launcher x 4, Pack Leader, Razorback w/Heavy Bolters
Longfangs x 4, Missile Launcher x 4, Pack Leader, Razorback w/Heavy Bolters

So, after the Wolf Guard units split up you have seven dudes left in each squad, five in power armor with Stormbolters and two Terminators with Stormbolters and Cyclones. 14 Stormbolter shots plus 4 Frag templates is a frightening amount of mid-range anti-infantry. You have two of those units to hang back, shoot a bunch into midfield (and of course still be potent anti-mech) and then claim home-court objectives/quarters).

And of course for this list I hopped on the Heavy Bolter bandwagon. Hey, if you can't beat the Grey Knights, try and be like them but a little crappier, amirite?

Anyways, I think it's got potential. Your thoughts?

C&C welcome. Hopefully now I can get some sleep, lol.

Tournament Theory Deep Dive - "Total War" Mission, Playtesting

Hey guys.

My gaming club, the Dead Body Crew, is trying to put together a kind of tournament scenario library for use in local tournaments. The first missions which will be inducted into this library will be the NOVA missions, for reasons which are obvious to most.

Side Note:  I think there are a variety of ways to build missions/scenarios which are balanced and interesting. What I think is REALLY challenging is coming up with a fourth deployment type which is balanced and yet substantively different from the three standard deployments. Maybe it's not something to even mess with. Bad deployment types are a terrifically unbalancing element, and I have seen some really terrible ones out there. Food for thought.
End side note.

Space Marine Video Game... FML

No challenge intended.

 Well, I have a lot of things I need to do today.

But I just played through the Demo (available on X-Box Live for Download).

Still No Loganwing Guide...

...I'm not dead. I've just been really busy. All day today running around to appointments, classes, etc. Got home, made my meals for tomorrow and threw together my gaming stuff. Going to try a variation of "Logan's Wolfpack" tomorrow. I will be at classes all day tomorrow (I'm getting my Motorcycle Endorsement) but tomorrow evening am going to throw some dice.

Expect to hear more on Wednesday night, I will have no time till then.

Recovering From the Weekend, Building Wolf Scouts

Busy weekend, but I'm back home. I'm debating whether engaging further on Frontline Gamer's points is going to lead to bad feelings or increased understanding. I feel like SinSynn and my long-running debate actually made us better buds. But Frontline seems to have a bit of a different personality. Perhaps he can say more as to whether he wants to hear me more fully explain my points or just move on (we've followed each other's blogs, so we may have other topics to discuss in the future).

In other news, I have assembled my third Wolf Scout squad. I like the way the squad turned out, it looks very dynamic with some good poses.