HEXES in TEXAS 2008 - NHSD - Dallas/Ft.Worth Tournament

[InfinityMax]

Ironically, Aazh, I also won two games and lost three... but came in last thanks to a couple snafus (not by DMG - long and bizarre story, but funny). Which, I am sorry to say, was NOT my worst showing ever. However, I got both the things I wanted off the table, since MiniMax came in fifth and then gave the prize to me because he couldn't find anything at Wargamers HQ that he wants. I, on the other hand, could spend a grand without batting an eye.

I agree that lunch was a rip. I got half a sandwich and one glass of lemonade before they hauled it all away. I thought bottomless meant you got to get more.

[Rodriquez]

Thank you Rÿchean.

Today was such a blast.

Getting there early, I actually got to see some of how hard you worked to make it happen.

You did a great job.

I have much more to say--mainly about Tmac and Dignan and the great game I had against Kurisenshi and the crap game against Rod...

But mainly thanks for so much fun, Rÿchean.

And I totally don't understand how I never get credit for winning NonGenCon I--Heat of Battle. I won that, Rÿchean, Waaaay before MyBroInLaw won anything....


Crap game! I won that game bahahaha though it was those 3 shots to kill braxis that took that game. otherwise it would have been a massacre..

Rych, geez man maybe one day....isna that the same army ye brought to the last tournament? and the Krav's still died even with no Q9...

Pablo, good game man though that mask did freak me out at first...one of those wtf is up with that dude kinda things.

Hooters!! hahaha that was fun, though poor guy(pablo's bro?) got burnt by the blonde gal waitress...man we'll have to do that again sometime.
to the drives ie pablo and cheddar cheers!!! I know I couldna drive/ride afterwards

cheers
Rod

[Dignan]

Here are the random pictures I took:

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The eventual top finisher's Orc army versus the great Greek army. Classic match up.

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A rare moment of glory for Drlivingston as he gloats over Kuri's dead AE. Very few pictures would show DrL doing anything else well.

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Rychean in a first round match against a frenzy army.

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CheddarLimbo in an extremely close battle on Badru valley. I believe this came down to a few Marro Warriors taking out Agent Carr.

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Various First round battles taking place.

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DrL during the first of many humiliating defeats. I believe this shot was taken just after Brax was killed.

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The final match between the two highest seeded players. A completely awesome sight to see two melee armies battling it out for the top spot.

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The top spot literally came down to Ornak versus a rat and a knight. A great finish with Evil defeating Good.

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The crazy awesome prize table. Not pictured: about a thousand Skahens.

[Tmac2200]

Dear Drl
(Caughcaughosedx2)
:neener:
Any ways, great tournament and also great job Ry and to all that contributed.
My dad and I payed $40 to get in but walked away with over $100 in prizes.

Also I apologize for getting a little to loud.

But anyways great torny and...

2-0
agenst Drl
Wooooooooooo!
Can't wait till next year. Merry X-mas.

[Velenne]

Best DFW Tourney EVAR!

I settled on:
Zelrig
Niflheim
3x Rats
Marro Warriors

...in lieu of 4xAubriens/Taelord/Raelin, the all-melee gruts, and the Anubian/Khosumet/Badru armies. I enjoy the versatility of the dragons and felt that that aspect would outweigh the risk of putting most of my points in 2 figures. I was wrong.

I went 3-2, with both of my losses coming down to losing Nilf early on a few bad rolls and Zelrig just not having the moxey to stand on his own.

Best Moment: Winning against Mike's Zelrig and Cyprien with nothing but my rats and a very handy Glyph of Wannok left. To be fair, he says he wasn't taking off Cyprien's wounds when he'd kill a rat, but I forgot he wasn't supposed to be using Chilling Touch on them so I call that a wash.

Worst Moment: Losing Nilfheim in the opening OM of round 2 to a different Cyprien in my final game. Stupid Chilling Touch. I'd had all my OM's on Nilf so he got a free round and ended up with Cyprien in my starting zone. I never had a chance.

Best Non-HS Moment: Realizing I was getting away with WAY more than my $20 worth of loot. The shirt alone was worth $20 to me.

Worst Non-HS Moment: Sitting only a table away from a raucous DrL who had a tendency to scream a the top of his lungs in a very, very small room. Fortunately, I didn't have to play him because I'd already threatened to set his Braxas on fire if I did.

[CheddarLimbo]

Nice pics, Dignan, thanks for posting them.

"CheddarLimbo in an extremely close battle on Badru valley. I believe this came down to a few Marro Warriors taking out Agent Carr."

This really did come down to initiative. I got it in the last round and was able to take out Carr and Skahen. That was a crazy fun match...

Also, I (stupidly) thought that we were using fractional scoring to determine points. He only had one lone Wolf of Badru left, against my Marro Warriors, Marcu, and a single Knight of Weston. I thought I was way ahead in points, right? But no, I was one shiny knight away from losing the whole thing when time was called. Great game!

Pro Tip kids: Make sure you understand how tournaments are being scored so you don't look like a doofus like me.

Thanks again to everyone I played with and socialized with, it was a great event. And thanks to all the out-of-towners who came all the way up there dressed like Vikings and MacDirk!

[Dignan]

Man, what a great event. Thanks for everything Ry. The venue was cool and I didn't feel all that cramped. It was a neat place to have the event. The prize table was outstanding. Thanks to all the sponsors for all the prizes they added.

I had some great games and was jazzed with the way my army played. I was virtually walking out the door with a different, much lamer, army and changed my mind at the last minute.

My first match was against SaintbyGrace (who've I now played in three tournaments). He's such a great guy. We had a rather quick game as his Q9, Q10, and Charos army matched up poorly against my glads/blasts army. I was able to get a ton of glads around his heroes and get insane modifiers to my attacks.

My second match was against Stacey Ryan (or Ryan Stacy) on Badru Valley. He had 10th foot x1, Izumi Samurai, Gure Oni, Zelrig, and Kaemon Awa. Again my army was able to match up well against Stacey and once I was able to take Zelrig out of action there wasn't enough firepower to stem the flow of soulborgs I was throwing over the hills.

In my third match I ran into the perenial whipping boy DrLivingston and his Braxas Army on "If you can't take the heat". DrL'S AE dropped in the first round but ended up performing poorly and doing very little damage. Then I marched my soulborgs down the field and kept them packed together as we approached Braxas. I was finally able to close enough of the map off and swarm Braxas and take her down. After that, it was all over (of course we both knew it was all over the moment I sat down across from DrL).

My fourth match was against Dissolutio and his Sentinal army on Ruins of Pine tree marsh. Dissolutio's AE dropped at the start of the match and got a few good shots in, but lost two members early on. I then proceeded to try and avoid the remaining two AE who were perched on the far side of the map. I got a lucky shot on one of his Krav's and then extended my Glads into his start zone to take out Raelin. I got a little over extended and started losing gladatrons at an alarming rate to sentinals. However, in the end my Krav were able to finish off Dissolutio's army. A great game.

My final match was against Rod's 4th Mass, Raelin, Taelord army on Fire isles. In this match we basically traded shots across the open lava pit. My Krav not wanting to get too close to his Taelord Raelin power zone and his Mass not wanting to get too far away from Raelin's Aura. In the end the Krav were able to win the battle of attrition and take the field. It was a very close match and I only two krav and one Gladitron left.

Overall, it was a great event, as always. I'll have to see if Drl's Bro wants to play a final match for Oncara's trophy, but I won't pester him about it. I had a blast and I want to thank all of my opponets for being such good sports (except DrL who immediately blamed the dice after our match).

P.S. The capper on the day was when DrL almost got thrown out of Hooters for being so freaking drunk.

P.P.S. I also want to say thanks to the guys from San Antonio for making the drive up. It was great to meet you guys and you all contributed to the festive atmosphere with your costumes (I'm kicking myself right now that I don't have one freakin shot of you guys - what was I thinking).

[Buddy Lee]

I had a great time. I really am glad I was able to make it out to play. Ry, you did a great job at organizing and running this event. I know how difficult it is to run these types of things, anyone who can do it as well and smoothly as you did deserves recognition.

I also want to thank all the players who came out in support of this. Congrats to the winner, and happy 'scaping in the future.

Buddy Lee

[rym]

Hey guys, I started a Battle Report Thread (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=21813) here.

[StacySensei]

Many thanks to Rÿchean and all who helped set up/run the event. I had a blast.

The last tourney I went to I was 0 for 5. This time 1 and 4. So I am improving. Slightly. It would have helped if I had been using Zelrig the right way. I need to pay attention more.

One thing I thought was odd was that when prizes where being given out everyone was passing up the Skahens and taking everything else. I didn't get to go to GenCon so I was ecstatic to get one. I spent $20 and got a $50 figure, a great shirt, and lunch. Very cool.

[rym]

StacySensei, my first tournament (last year's NHSD) I went 1-4 and the following tournament went 0-4. So I know where you're coming from.

As far as prizes, I can only speak for me, but I'd already done a repaint of Agent Skahen, and truth be told, would've taken one, but seeing as I didn't have any lava terrain, that was the prize I was coveting.

Speaking of prizes, wasn't there supposed to be a Cowboys Q10? Did I miss that completely?

[Rÿchean]

That guy was one of the ones that didn't show.

[BloodyBaroness]

What an awesome NHSD! Great people, great fun and some crazy games.

I finished 2-3 overall playing a frenzy based army
4x Venoc Vipers
1x Armoc Vipers
1x Venoc Warlord (Go Mittens, Go!)
1x Cyprien Esenwein
1x Sonya Esenwein

Overall, I was pleased with how the army played out since I built it for the pure joy of getting to say "FRENZY" each time I tried to roll for it. It worked well in my second match since frenzy hit 5 times on the first order marked of the game!:lol: Sadly the vipers did have a bit of a tough go just tossing three attack dice and having no defense, but it was a fun experiment none the less.

It was cool to see Chad and Imax again from Gencon and getting to put more faces with usernames. Also being the only girl in a tiny room full of scaper guys was kinda neat :D. And Dr. L you cracked me up big time glad I was able to catch Braxas defeat of Zelrig on camera for you!

Here are some assorted pics. Enjoy! There are not many captions, you guys know who you are...

Me (Bloodybaroness) with some "bodyguards"
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The winners, Okay sorry for the bad pics, I had a few beers and was standing on a chair...
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The Prize Table
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IMax in his "battle stance"
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Dr. L's defeat of Zelrig...
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More in next post!!!

[BloodyBaroness]

My frenzy army versus aahzmandius (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/member.php?u=30) FRENZY for the WIN!!!!!
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Overall room shot
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Dr. L about to get a face pounding from the zombie horde!
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There we go. A few more may pop-up but I think that is the best of the stack.

[Dignan]

Great pictures Baroness, thanks for posting them. That's a really funny one you caught of me and Brandon in front of the prize table. I look so bummed to have second choice out of all those awesome prizes. I guess I was just tired after a long day of 'scaping.

[BloodyBaroness]

Lol, no prob. I probably should have said something smart like "hey winners look alive" or at least "cheese," but I was kinda tried myself and the beers did me no favors.

[boom]

Beers during the tournie? You all did it up right.

[rym]

Great pictures Baroness, thanks for posting them. That's a really funny one you caught of me and Brandon in front of the prize table. I look so bummed to have second choice out of all those awesome prizes. I guess I was just tired after a long day of 'scaping.


And I'm standing between you and Brandon just hoping and praying you guys had an insane amount of Lava terrain and didn't want anymore.

Good pics Bloody, as well as the one's you took, Dignan.

Good times.

[Dignan]

Beers during the tournie? You all did it up right.

That's how we roll down here in Texas. Beers, guns, and Heroscape.

[Tmac2200]

Dr. L about to get a face pounding from the zombie horde!


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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/dragonbaroness/DSCN1371.jpg


Ok, in the first pic I look reeealy fat. I wish I put my elbow down instead of out. In the secount pic I look waaaaaaaay better. 2-0 agenst Drl. heh heh heh.

[neo0149]

Worst Moment: Losing Nilfheim in the opening OM of round 2 to a different Cyprien in my final game. Stupid Chilling Touch. I'd had all my OM's on Nilf so he got a free round and ended up with Cyprien in my starting zone. I never had a chance.



ya velenne. i got a lucky ass roll on that one. i would have liked to see how it would have ended up if i hadnt got that roll. but that was an interesting army. i was like. damn thats a lot of rats!! but you can get your revenge next time. good game bro.

[Rÿchean]

Wait... Velenne played rats? OMG what is this world coming to!

[neo0149]

well Rychean, i must say everything was bad ass! the tourny was awesome. thank you for all your hard work. just wish the matches couldve been a little longer. i might have won the first game if they were. but i cant complain too much. i ended up 4-1 on my first tourney. so thats pretty good. but again. thanks for everything.

[Armageddon]

My apologies for not showing. They moved up one of my doctors appointments to Saturday at 10:10 (both my knees are blown with a bone tumor encompassing 80% of my right femur and they are concerned about a blood clot, so when they say "come in" I do so. So, if I don't pop up at a gaming session, usually, I'm back in the emergency room or unable to stand that day.):pity:

I called Thosw and let him know so he could snag my spot, since he had bowed out earlier, and then found out he could come.

I'll bring the Cowboys mini to the next tourney.

:grouphug:Speaking of which, is there a thread to monitor when people in the DFW (Arlington) area get together and game and when tourneys/competitions are?

Is there going to be one at Condfw? (Last year I tried to arrange one, but was unable to be at the convention, so I don't know if it took place.) and what about Project A-kon in June?

[aahzmandius]

I had a sign up sheet out for one at ConDFW, but nobody signed up, so I didn't bring my gear Sunday.

Not that I didn't already have a few games there, but I'd've loved to show off Heroscape there.

[neo0149]

I had a sign up sheet out for one at ConDFW, but nobody signed up, so I didn't bring my gear Sunday.

Not that I didn't already have a few games there, but I'd've loved to show off Heroscape there.

so you had a sign up sheet for a tourny at ConDFW for that Sunday?

[DrLivingston]

:grouphug:Speaking of which, is there a thread to monitor when people in the DFW (Arlington) area get together and game and when tourneys/competitions are?


Folks get together every Tuesday at Dignan's house in Richardson--a bit of a trip from Arlington.

Rym, Cheddarlimbo, and Rodriquez (also from Arlington) make it over about once every 4-6 weeks.

Those Arlington guys also seem to end up playing somewhere every Friday or Saturday night.

PMing any of those guys will probably get you a game every week.

Hope that helps.

[rym]

My apologies for not showing. They moved up one of my doctors appointments to Saturday at 10:10 (both my knees are blown with a bone tumor encompassing 80% of my right femur and they are concerned about a blood clot, so when they say "come in" I do so. So, if I don't pop up at a gaming session, usually, I'm back in the emergency room or unable to stand that day.):pity:

I called Thosw and let him know so he could snag my spot, since he had bowed out earlier, and then found out he could come.

I'll bring the Cowboys mini to the next tourney.

:grouphug:Speaking of which, is there a thread to monitor when people in the DFW (Arlington) area get together and game and when tourneys/competitions are?

Is there going to be one at Condfw? (Last year I tried to arrange one, but was unable to be at the convention, so I don't know if it took place.) and what about Project A-kon in June?

Hey, no apologies needed. Life happens and you cannot do anything about it. As long as you're on the road of progress and getting better regarding your knees, then that's all that counts.

The thread(s) you want are DFW's Gameday Thread (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=18265) and The Texas Thread (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=72) where all are welcome.

Hope that helps. And don't sweat the Cowboys Q10. Just make a GB one instead! :p :D

[aahzmandius]

I had a sign up sheet out for one at ConDFW, but nobody signed up, so I didn't bring my gear Sunday.

Not that I didn't already have a few games there, but I'd've loved to show off Heroscape there.

so you had a sign up sheet for a tourny at ConDFW for that Sunday?

I recall having one, but nobody asking about it, either. If there's interest, I'll work with the head of gaming for ConDFW (not hard, he's my roommate), and make sure it happens next year.

Lemme check the site for dates (www.condfw.org (http://www.condfw.org)) ....February 20-22, 2009. WOW! Great guests, already...David Weber and Jim Butcher! Must go read those books, now.

See y'all around,
--Aahz

[neo0149]

I had a sign up sheet out for one at ConDFW, but nobody signed up, so I didn't bring my gear Sunday.

Not that I didn't already have a few games there, but I'd've loved to show off Heroscape there.

so you had a sign up sheet for a tourny at ConDFW for that Sunday?

I recall having one, but nobody asking about it, either. If there's interest, I'll work with the head of gaming for ConDFW (not hard, he's my roommate), and make sure it happens next year.

Lemme check the site for dates (www.condfw.org (http://www.condfw.org)) ....February 20-22, 2009. WOW! Great guests, already...David Weber and Jim Butcher! Must go read those books, now.

See y'all around,
--Aahz


ya well you gotta get it organized. its not gonna organize itself. make a new thread for it and crap if your gonna do it. i didnt even know or hear anything about it at NHSD.

[CheddarLimbo]

Does anyone have the full standings? Or if not that, can I PM someone to find out where I ended up? I know my w/l record, but not my place out of the 38.

[neo0149]

Does anyone have the full standings? Or if not that, can I PM someone to find out where I ended up? I know my w/l record, but not my place out of the 38.

ya i know. i think you would have to get with Rychean. he said he was gonna post em but i never saw anything.

[rym]

In Ry's defense, he was trying to put online forum names to real names before he posted anything. I'm guessing he doesn't want to put our real names online.

Maybe PM him your real name, if you want, so he can figure out who's who.

Cheddar, I thought you got sixth? Or am I just dreaming that?

[CheddarLimbo]

In Ry's defense, he was trying to put online forum names to real names before he posted anything. I'm guessing he doesn't want to put our real names online.

Maybe PM him your real name, if you want, so he can figure out who's who.

Cheddar, I thought you got sixth? Or am I just dreaming that?

I thought I got sixth, too. But I wanted to be sure. :p I'll just PM Rychean.

[neo0149]

In Ry's defense, he was trying to put online forum names to real names before he posted anything. I'm guessing he doesn't want to put our real names online.

Maybe PM him your real name, if you want, so he can figure out who's who.

Cheddar, I thought you got sixth? Or am I just dreaming that?

I thought I got sixth, too. But I wanted to be sure. :p I'll just PM Rÿchean.

i know i got seventh. thanks to rym! lol. but my friends wanted to know there positions.

[aahzmandius]

I was interested in getting some Heroscape set up at ConDFW this year (Feb 2008) and was told that someone was already doing so. Armageddon's health issues stomped on that, but I was not aware of it until sometime Saturday (ConDFW being a Fri/Sat/Sun convention). Finding out so late meant that there wasn't much I could do.

This year, I intend to organize the HS gaming myself, and I'll have a thread up here on Heroscapers.com soon (within a month) to reflect that.

Sound good? :)
--Aahz

[InfinityMax]

make a new thread for it and crap if your gonna do it.
If you do intend to move your bowels just because you made a new thread, please don't tell us about it.

[Rÿchean]

http://www.heroscapers.com/community/gallery/files/4/8/standings_original.jpg

[neo0149]

oh sweet... thanks for posting the rankings Rychean. and again, thanks for a great tourney.

[DrLivingston]

BroInLaw and Dignan, the 2 undefeated players from Hexes in Texas will be playing for pride (BroInLaw already got all the loot) as well as Onacara's trophy next weekend, November 8.

I'm pretty sure Dignan will be posting an extensive battle report with pictures and whatnot (seems masochistic to me), but I will be posting the winner here anyway.

Who will win?

Melee Gruts or Blasty Blastatrons?

[DrLivingston]

Just rolled for the map to be used in this meeting of undefeated Texas Titans, and it will be Dolin's Switchback.

A map Dignan made.

Hmmmmm....

Maybe I should roll again...?

[rym]

Do you think it would be possible to get a photo put up showing what Onacara's winner's trophy looks like? Most of us have no idea...

And yes, yes you should roll again.

[DrLivingston]

I should roll again, huh?

I'm looking at the map and I can't decide if it hurts orcs or not.

I'm just scared if I rolled again, Meatgrinder would show up.

That would be really bad.

So, probably I won't reroll.

I'm pretty positive Dignan wants to really do this thing up with lots of pictures documenting every major move etc.

So I'm sure a shot of the trophy will make it in there somewhere.

[CheddarLimbo]

I should roll again, huh?

I'm looking at the map and I can't decide if it hurts orcs or not.

I'm just scared if I rolled again, Meatgrinder would show up.

That would be really bad.

So, probably I won't reroll.

I'm pretty positive Dignan wants to really do this thing up with lots of pictures documenting every major move etc.

So I'm sure a shot of the trophy will make it in there somewhere.

I volunteer to be photographer on the 8th, if someone else wants to keep the minutes of the battle. I'm guessing we'll want to watch this match instead of playing amongst ourselves anyway.

[Rÿchean]

Do you think it would be possible to get a photo put up showing what Onacara's winner's trophy looks like? Most of us have no idea...





As soon as I get it. Hopefully I will have it sometime this week.

[DrLivingston]

I volunteer to be photographer on the 8th, if someone else wants to keep the minutes of the battle. I'm guessing we'll want to watch this match instead of playing amongst ourselves anyway.


Uh...I was going to play and kind of glance over every once in a while.

But, yeah, I guess it would give the moment more of a momentous thing if we stood around watching, jotting down notes, and making fun of Dignan.

I don't mind taking notes.

I might have a guy coming over that's never played Heroscape before.
And he wants to learn how. So if he does show up, I may have to pass note taking duties to someone else.

Looking forward to this thing!

[Dignan]

Hey guys

Brandon and I played our "championship" match last night and I posted a pretty thorough battle report (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?p=705643#post705643).

Check it out if you got 20 minutes to burn. Short story: I won, good match.