400 Point Mini-Tournament Armies

[Aeston]

Hello folks, long time no see. My first year of public school teaching has been all consuming and I regret not having the time to stay in touch.

I was hoping to tap some brains regarding a little project I am working on. I am thinking about running a mini-tournament of Heroscape that will take place at a LARP event that I am throwing early next year.

There is not enough time for a true tournament as there are dozens of other things that need to be packed into the day, but as there are other people in the LARP (my usual gaming crew and beyond) that 'scape, and as I think it’s a good way to introduce 'scape to others, I did want to have it there in some format.

My thought was a abbreviated tournament. In that tournament I would have six or eight pre-made 400 point armies which I feel are well balanced against one another. Entrants would have to choose from one of my armies.

Entrants would play in pairs on a single map in a bracket-system. Every game would be limited to 6 rounds, the goal being to kill more total points than your opponent does.

Of course, I welcome all input on the format of the tournament to help me make it a more efficient process, but I was really hoping to get recommendations for some 400 point armies to put together that have worked for you in the past.
My other request is that the armies be heavily themed.

I appreciate any banter.

Here is what I have so far, these are all subject to change or deletion.

Team Bad Moon Rising:
Anubian wolves x2: 150
Khosumet the Darklord: 75
Wolves of Badru x2: 160

Team Blue to the Bone:
Arrow Gruts x2: 80
Swog Rider X2: 50
Heavy Gruts x2: 140
Tornak: 100

Team Bushido Blade:
Tagawa Samurai Archers: 65
Kozuke Samurai: 100
Ninjas of the Northern Wind: 110
Kaemon Awa: 120

Aeston

[ollie]

Heavy on theme, and similarly competitive to the ones listed so far (in my opinion):

Kato: 200
Ashigaru x2 x2: 200

Nakita Agents: 120
Gorillinators x2: 180
Agent Carr: 100

Drones x8: 400

Aubrien Archers x3: 210
Syvarris: 100
Emirroon: 80

Charos/Braxas: 210
Zelrig/Nilfheim: 185

Good to see you back around. Are there plans for a Rise of the Huskies tournament next year?

EDIT. Another couple:

Knights of Weston x2: 140
Gilbert: 105
Dupuis: 150

Groks x2: 260
Ne-Gok-Sa: 90
Me-Burq-Sa: 50

[Aeston]

Thanks for the quick reply Ollie,

Saturday March 21, 2009 is the next Rise of the Husky. I have it on the books here at UCONN already.

Aeston

[ollie]

Originally Posted by Aeston

Thanks for the quick reply Ollie,

Saturday March 21, 2009 is the next Rise of the Husky. I have it on the books here at UCONN already.

Aeston

[TemplarMaster]

Cyprien 150
Mimring 150
Sonya 45
Dumutef 25
Guilty 30

Ulginesh 150
Arkmer 50
Kyntela Gwyn 20
Emirroon 80
Johrdawn 100

Thorgrim 80
Finn 80
Eldgrim 30
Alastair 110
Macdirk Warriors 80
Isamu 10
Otonashi 10

How about these armies?

[ParaGoomba Slayer]

4x Microcorp.

[rdhight]

160 Su-Bak-Na
120 Nagrubs x3
120 Stingers x2
400

A +1 to Stinger Drain isn't all that great, and healing one of SBN's wounds, protected by only 3 defense, isn't so good ether. Still, this army has good attack potential, with the possibility of 4-4-4 or 7-2-2-2 if the Heroscape gods favor you.

140 Aubriens x2
150 Warriors of Ashra x3
110 Acolarh
400

Time for Acolarh to shine, now that Sonlen, Ulginesh, Syvarris, Arkmer, and... uh... pretty much every other elf in Heroscape can't steal his rightful glory as the center the elf army revolves around.

190 Red Skull
075 James Murphy
065 Shotgun Sullivan
060 Deadeye Dan
390

All gunslingers!

160 MacDirk Warriors x2
080 Finn
080 Thorgrim
030 Eldgrim
050 Tarn Vikings
400

Pretty obvious how this theme army is going to play. Nice how it fits together right at 400, though.

180 Blastatrons x3
130 Deathwalker 8000
090 Warden 816
400

Can't say I've ever tried to attack the enemy with 6-move Blastatrons using only themselves as homing devices. I... guess it might work?

150 Cyprien
130 Kee-Mo-Shi
120 Runa
400

Cyprien plus the 250 pounds of strongly-themed dead weight he has to hang around his neck to have a chance of getting in the door at this power level.

[dok]

I'm a big fan of "Team Bad Moon Rising" and "Team Blue to the Bone". Ollie's first two (Kato+Ashigaru and Agents+Gorillas) and last one (Groks+Marro Warlords) are perfect. I really like Templarmaster's second one - the elf wizard posse is great for this sort of tournament. I also like rdhight's first one (SBN+grubs+stingers) and his MacDirk build.

That's eight armies with no overlap, but I'll make a suggestion just for the heck of it:

200 Sacred Band x4
90 Parmenio
110 Valguard (disciplined influence)
400

[wk4c]

Valiant Specimens
140 - 4th Mass. x2
280 - Knights of Weston x2
385 - Sir Gilbert

Blood-Sucking Specimens
150 - Cyprien Esenwien
195 - Sonya Esenwein
245 - Iskra Esenwein
295 - Retchets of Bogdan
315 - Marcu Esenwein
395 - Wolves of Badru x1

Vermin Specimens
200 - Deathreavers x5
380 - Major Q9

Heavy Specimens
280 - Heavy Gruts x4
400 - Grimnak

Marro Specimens
300 - Stingers x5
390 - Ne-Gok-Sa

Marro Specimens: The Experiment
260 - Grok Riders x2
350 - Ne-Gok-Sa
400 - Me-Burq-Sa

Speedy Specimens
280 - Venoc Vipers x7
400 - Venoc Warlord

Demonic Specimens
220 - Minions of Utgar x2
400 - Taelord

Angelic Specimens
220 - Sentinels of Jandar x2
300 - Concan the Kyrie Warrior
400 - Sir Denrick

Demonic Angel Specimens
280 - Einar Emperium x2
370 - Empress Kiova
400 - Guilty McCreech

Flying Specimens
110 - Minions of Utgar x1
220 - Sentinels of Jandar x1
360 - Einar Emperium x1
400 - Theracus

Reptilic Specimens
185 - Nilfheim
395 - Braxas

Secret Specimens
100 - Krav Maga Agents
300 - Microcorp Agents x2
400 - Agent Carr

Blood Red Specimens
220 - Minions of Utgar x2
370 - Cyprien Esenwein
390 - Marcu
400 - Isamu

Undead Specimens
240 - Zombies x4
380 - Sudema
400 - Marcu

Horde of Specimens
360 - Zombies x6
380 - Marcu

[goaliescaper]

maybe cyprien 150
sonya 195
KMA 295
MWs 345
MBS 395

and, or
AE 110
Sgt. Drake 220
Ninjas 330
Johnny shotgun 395

2x Snipers 200
raelin 280
Krug 400 might not be competitive fun amazingly fun to play

[gorthan313]

Ok, I'll start with Q9(Though, for a tournament like this, he might not work). Q9 should have a melee screen. For that task, I chose Krug. We are now at 300 points. I could choose the Krav to round things out, but that would be OVERKILL! So, I'll choose Morsbane. Q9 can be replaced by Crixus+NGS if necessary. Let us know how things work out! Krug can also be replaced with Runa.

[fil]

This is very similar to an event that a friend an I are going to run in the near future to introduce the game to new folks. I'll be following this thread for more ideas!

That said, how 'bout showing Taelord a little love?
2x Minions - 220
Taelord - 400