OHS Season 50 Quad Pod: Four Seasons CONGRATS VEGIETARIAN18!

[ThrasherDarkrai]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Round 2 by 12/1

The vegietarian18 (2-0) v. thrasherdarkrai (2-0) pool of armies is:

* Warden 816, Zettian Infantryx2
* Beorn Boltcutter, Olog, Axegrinders of Burning Forgex2 (drop 1)
* Clayton Pierce, Guilty McCreech, Kate Crawford, Louis ""Mad Dog"" Malone

* Mohican River Tribex3
* Guilty McCreech, Dreadgul Raidersx3 (drop 1)
* Isamu, Black Wyrmlingx3, Red Wyrmlingx2, White Wyrmlingx2

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thrasherdarkrai chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, vegietarian18 chooses who places first.

Vegie's cowboys and dwarves are duking it out with my dreadguls and wyrmlings in around 40 or so minutes (8:00 PM CT tonight).

Edit: Vegie ended up winning the game with a 1-life Guilty, 3-life Kate, and a full life Mad Dog still on the board. My Dreadguls and his Dwarves duked it out during the early game vying for board control, but the Dwarves managed to repel the Dreadguls and provide cover for the cowboys to advance, cutting down the Dreadguls in the process. A White Wyrmling and a Black Wyrmling managed to assassinate Clayton in the midgame, but that largely just enabled me to stay in the game; Vegie still had a pretty decisive advantage, and he leveraged it very skillfully. Good game, and good luck in the subsequent rounds of the tournament!

 

[ogblaha]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Round 3 by 12/2

veggies dad and I are starting in about 45 minutes Veggies dad has the arrow grut map pod and his brute grut pod vs me with my knights pod and his Q9 pod.

 

[kevindola]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Round 3 by 12/2

Do to the holiday season and a couple of player requests, the deadline will be moved out past New Years. Happy Holidays everyone!

 

[kevindola]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Round 3 by 1/2

Chris Perkins:
-Greyspears, Arktos, Marcu Esenwein (first pick)
-Kozuke Samurai, Nakita Agents

kevindola:
-Both map pods

Yeti and Varks ruled the first rounds (with a developmental order on Kozuke (CP) and Arrow Gruts (me).

Yeti were able to hide from the Varks with the glacier camoflauge, while the wolves podded up. Eventually they clashed with a few varks and few Yeti being dropped, but I got a devastating Round 2-3 initiative switch that let me kill the last 2 Greyspears and lose Chris 2 Order Markers.

This allowed me to take out 2 Kozuke and even a Nakita before Chris was able to start attacking again.

That hole was much too big for the partial unique squads + Arktos to climb out of. And I was able to take the victory

gg CP!


None of my pods have been chosen in 3 games

 

[Dysole]

4th Score

Round 4 is on Calida.

In addition to your pods you can select

*Obsidian Guards x3
*Avernus, Shurrak

The kevindola (3-0) v. megasilver (3-0) pool of armies is:

* Olog, Durgeth Ravagersx2, Zombie Hulk
* Pelloth, Drow Chainfighterx5
* Shiori, Warforged Soldiersx2

* Ashi-Dhulu, B-11 Resistance Corps
* Kira Jax, Marro Warriors, Racheim
* Guilty McCreech, Heirloom, Krav Maga Agents

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kevindola chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, megasilver chooses who places first.

The vegietarian18 (3-0) v. dok (2-1) pool of armies is:

* Warden 816, Zettian Infantryx2
* Beorn Boltcutter, Olog, Axegrinders of Burning Forgex2 (drop 1)
* Clayton Pierce, Guilty McCreech, Kate Crawford, Louis ""Mad Dog"" Malone

* Warden 816, Zettian Infantryx2
* Motley Max, Otonashi, Deathreaversx2 (drop 1)
* Bol, Rygarn, Specters of Aldornx2 (drop 1)

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dok chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, vegietarian18 chooses who places first.

The chris perkins (2-1) v. quozl (2-1) pool of armies is:

* Bol, Moltenclaw, Deathreavers
* Kozuke Samurai, Nakita Agents
* Arktos, Marcu Esenwein, Varkaanan Greyspears

* Agent Skahen, Krav Maga Agents
* Black Wyrmlingx4, Blue Wyrmlingx3
* Eltahale, Omnicron Repulsorsx2

​

quozl chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, chris perkins chooses who places first.

The vegie dad (2-1) v. shiftrex (2-1) pool of armies is:

* Isamu, Kaemon Awa, Rygarn
* Major Q9, Deathreavers
* Brute Gruts, Marro Warriors, Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [RotV]

* Phantom Knightsx3
* Motley Max, Myrddin
* Charos, Isamu

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vegie dad chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, shiftrex chooses who places first. Send PMs to vegietarian18 to schedule games with his dad.

The grey waves (2-1) v. thrasherdarkrai (2-1) pool of armies is:

* Teeth of the Makwax3
* Phantom Knightsx3
* Horned Skull Brutesx3

* Mohican River Tribex3
* Guilty McCreech, Dreadgul Raidersx3 (drop 1)
* Isamu, Black Wyrmlingx3, Red Wyrmlingx2, White Wyrmlingx2

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grey waves chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, thrasherdarkrai chooses who places first.

The ryguy266 (2-1) v. captain stupendous (2-1) pool of armies is:

* Heracles, Drow Chainfighter
* Kaemon Awa, Sentinels of Grax
* Airborne Elite, Ninjas of the Northern Wind

* Otonashi, Gorillitroopersx2
* Johnny ""Shotgun"" Sullivan, Nhah Scirh Cultistsx2
* Zaeus, Gorillinators

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captain stupendous chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, ryguy266 chooses who places first.

The dysole (2-1) v. foudzing (1-2) pool of armies is:

* Capt. John Varan, 8th Infantry Pathfinderx4
* Bol, Rendar Fy, M-43 Resistance Fightersx2
* Z'thoth Mouth of the Abyss, Red Ants of Aunstromx2

* Mogrimm Forgehammer, Roman Legionnairesx2
* Horned Skull Brutesx3
* Bahadur, Varkaanan Quickblades

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dysole chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, foudzing chooses who places first.

The superfrog (0-3) v. s1r_art0r1us (1-2) pool of armies is:

* Kuthnak, Heavy Grutsx2
* Me-Burq-Sa, Nerak the Glacian Swog Rider, Death Chasers of Theskx2
* Pel the Hill Giant, Dreadgul Raidersx2

* Ornak, Theracus, Blade Grutsx2 (drop 1)
* Othkurik The Black Dragon, Black Wyrmlingx2
* Warden 816, Zettian Guards, Red Wyrmlingx2

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s1r_art0r1us chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, superfrog chooses who places first.

The knightoflight (1-2) v. scaperedude (1-2) pool of armies is:

* Braxas
* Guilty McCreech, Isamu, Marrden Houndsx2
* Major X17, Hoplitronx3

* Syvarris, Specters of Aldornx2
* Alastair MacDirk, Eldgrim the Viking Champion, MacDirk Warriors
* Bol, Zelrig

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knightoflight chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, scaperedude chooses who places first.

The earthling (1-2) v. ogblaha (1-2) pool of armies is:

* Guilty McCreech, Dreadgul Raidersx3 (drop 1)
* Arktos, Marcu Esenwein, Varkaanan Greyspears
* Hrognak [unmounted], Microcorp Troopersx2

* Kaemon Awa, Krav Maga Agents
* Finn the Viking Champion, Knights of Westonx2
* Fen Hydra, Warriors of Ashrax2

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earthling chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, ogblaha chooses who places first.

The bodaciousblood (1-2) v. guild_warrior (0-2) pool of armies is:

* Emperor Andask, Deathreaversx2
* Deathstalkersx2, Drow Chainfighter
* Fyorlag Spidersx3, Wyvern (drop 1)

* Samuel Brown, 4th Massachusetts Linex2, Dumutef Guard (drop 1)
* Arktos, Marcu Esenwein, Varkaanan Greyspears
* Brunak, Isamu, Iron Golem

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guild_warrior chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, bodaciousblood chooses who places first.

The cubbage (1-2) v. orculon (1-2) pool of armies is:

* Mohican River Tribex3
* Brave Arrow, Marro Warriors, Venoc Warlord
* Fyorlag Spidersx3, Wyvern (drop 1)

* Manauvi, Varkaanan Quickblades
* Grimnak, Arrow Gruts, Blade Gruts, Sahuagin Raider
* Sgt. Drake Alexander [SotM], 53rd North Carolina Sharpshooters

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orculon chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, cubbage chooses who places first.

loki619 has a bye.

~Dysole, moving us along

 

[kevindola]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Round 4 by 1/10

Short and dirty

Mega:
-Krav, Heirloom, Guilty (first)
-Obsidians x3

kd:
-Marro Warriors, Jax, Racheim
-Avernus, Shurrak

Krav dominated. They put 3 wounds on Racheim (3v5s) who caught and killed one, but then died next turn to 4v4s. Then the last 2 Krav proceeded to block everything the Marro Warriors and Kira Jax threw at them. Sometimes with stealth dodge, sometimes adjacent attacks, and sometimes negated.

After Racheim, they took down the Marros then Jax, then 3 hits on Avernus and then 4 hits on Shurrak.

The giant caught one, but was then surrounded by Obsidians. I conceded with my half life Flame Wall against Mega's entire army - 3 figures.

gg Mega

 

[Chris Perkins]

Re: 4th Score

The chris perkins (2-1) v. quozl (2-1) pool of armies is:

* Bol, Moltenclaw, Deathreavers
(3) Kozuke Samurai, Nakita Agents
* Arktos, Marcu Esenwein, Varkaanan Greyspears

(4) Agent Skahen, Krav Maga Agents
* Black Wyrmlingx4, Blue Wyrmlingx3
* Eltahale, Omnicron Repulsorsx2

(2) Obsidian Guards x3
(1) Avernus, Shurrak

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quozl chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, chris perkins chooses who places first.

Playing Sunday @ 5 pm EST

 

[Foudzing]

Re: 4th Score

(2) Obsidian Guards x3
(3) Avernus, Shurrak

The dysole (2-1) v. foudzing (1-2) pool of armies is:

* Capt. John Varan, 8th Infantry Pathfinderx4
* Bol, Rendar Fy, M-43 Resistance Fightersx2
* Z'thoth Mouth of the Abyss, Red Ants of Aunstromx2

(4) Mogrimm Forgehammer, Roman Legionnairesx2
(1) Horned Skull Brutesx3
* Bahadur, Varkaanan Quickblades

​

dysole chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, foudzing chooses who places first.

Happening this night 11PM Pacific!

 

[ThrasherDarkrai]

Re: 4th Score

The grey waves (2-1) v. thrasherdarkrai (2-1) pool of armies is:

* Teeth of the Makwax3
* Phantom Knightsx3
* Horned Skull Brutesx3

* Mohican River Tribex3
* Guilty McCreech, Dreadgul Raidersx3 (drop 1)
* Isamu, Black Wyrmlingx3, Red Wyrmlingx2, White Wyrmlingx2

​

grey waves chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, thrasherdarkrai chooses who places first.

Grey Waves and I are duking it out tonight at 5:00 PM (EST)!

Edit: Grey Waves ended up triumphing with his Phantom Knights still standing. I led with the Dreadguls against the Teeth, but the Teeth held on (partly thanks to a few well-timed Shield of the Great Bear rolls) and repelled the Dreadguls, leaving me fighting an uphill battle with the Horned Skull Brutes against his remaining Teeth and the Phantom Knights. Ultimately, I didn't develop my troops carefully enough to best Grey Waves' squads and his range advantage; congratulations to Grey Waves for the well-deserved win, and good luck in the rest of the tournament!

 

[Dysole]

It's Over

Just won a super close game with Foudzing.

In the early going, his Obsidians managing to kill almost all of my Romans while I only snagged 4 of his. Mogrimm was a tank and sat on lava only taking two lava wounds over at least 6 rounds. Brutes came up and managed to take out Obsidians really quickly and two of the Obsidians fell to LEA strikes leaving a lone Obsidian engaged with Mogrimm on lava. Shurrak and Avernus came out but the Brutes chopped through their health much faster than they could take out the Brutes. One key round was where I managed to kill Avernus with 2 order markers on him with my last Brute. Mogrimm Commander struck Shurrak for the last wound on my free turn and then moved off of lava. Winning the next round I was unable to do anything but moved Mogrimm back into position. The Obsidian killed the last Brute and then whiffed on a one skull attack from Mogrimm.

Good game Foudzing.

~Dysole, with her first game without drafting any of her pods

 

[Dysole]

Quarter After One

The Quarterfinals are on Turmoil.

In addition to your pods you can select

*Durgeth Ravagersx4, Olog
*Marro Drudge x3, Re-Tak-Shi

The megasilver (4-0) v. shiftrex (3-1) pool of armies is:

* Ashi-Dhulu, B-11 Resistance Corps
* Kira Jax, Marro Warriors, Racheim
* Guilty McCreech, Heirloom, Krav Maga Agents

* Phantom Knightsx3
* Motley Max, Myrddin
* Charos, Isamu

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shiftrex chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, megasilver chooses who places first.

The vegietarian18 (4-0) v. grey waves (3-1) pool of armies is:

* Warden 816, Zettian Infantryx2
* Beorn Boltcutter, Olog, Axegrinders of Burning Forgex2 (drop 1)
* Clayton Pierce, Guilty McCreech, Kate Crawford, Louis ""Mad Dog"" Malone

* Teeth of the Makwax3
* Phantom Knightsx3
* Horned Skull Brutesx3

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vegietarian18 chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, grey waves chooses who places first.

The kevindola (3-1) v. dysole (3-1) pool of armies is:

* Olog, Durgeth Ravagersx2, Zombie Hulk
* Pelloth, Drow Chainfighterx5
* Shiori, Warforged Soldiersx2

* Capt. John Varan, 8th Infantry Pathfinderx4
* Bol, Rendar Fy, M-43 Resistance Fightersx2
* Z'thoth Mouth of the Abyss, Red Ants of Aunstromx2

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dysole chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, kevindola chooses who places first.

The chris perkins (3-1) v. ryguy266 (3-1) pool of armies is:

* Bol, Moltenclaw, Deathreavers
* Kozuke Samurai, Nakita Agents
* Arktos, Marcu Esenwein, Varkaanan Greyspears

* Heracles, Drow Chainfighter
* Kaemon Awa, Sentinels of Grax
* Airborne Elite, Ninjas of the Northern Wind

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ryguy266 chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, chris perkins chooses who places first.

~Dysole, pushing us into the playoffs

 

[Chris Perkins]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Quarterfinals

chris perkins v. ryguy going down now

 

[kevindola]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Quarterfinals

Dysole
-Ravagers x4, Olog (first)
-M43 x2, Rendar, Bol

kd
-Drudge x3, Re-Tak
-Ants x2, Z'Thoth

Dice weren't with Dysole as Drudge wiped out the M43s while only losing 2 drudge, despite Dysole controlling height for the majority of the exchange.

Next the Ravagers came out, but the Drudge stayed hot and took down half the Ravagers before finally being broken. (A lot of initiative wins also were critical for me to keep the first strike advantage)

Z'Thoth's special took down most of the rest of the Ravagers, and after the ants tried and failed to take down Rendar, Z'Thoth came back out and the constant forced disengagements took their toll on the Maridean Hero getting me the win.

 

[MegaSilver]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Quarterfinals

Shiftrex and I are playing in about 10 minutes.

 

[Grey Waves]

Re: Quarter After One

The vegietarian18 (4-0) v. grey waves (3-1) pool of armies is:

* Warden 816, Zettian Infantryx2
* Beorn Boltcutter, Olog, Axegrinders of Burning Forgex2 (drop 1)
* Clayton Pierce, Guilty McCreech, Kate Crawford, Louis ""Mad Dog"" Malone

* Teeth of the Makwax3
* Phantom Knightsx3
* Horned Skull Brutesx3

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vegietarian18 chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, grey waves chooses who places first.

The final game of the quarterfinals will be going down in just under 10 minutes. I have Phantoms and Teeth while Vegie is running Ravagers and Cowboys.

 

[Grey Waves]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Quarterfinals

Vegie got the win over me. I opened with Teeth trying to thin out the ravagers. This was not the best move in hindsight as the cowboys were able to get height on them, and, after winning a crucial round 2 initiative, were able to reduce me to just 5 Teeth remaining (half of which hadn't even made it to the level 3 height). I did manage to KO Mad Dog (the best figure the cowboys have against the PKs by far), and the Teeth were able to kill a couple of ravagers plus Olog. However, the PKs just weren't able to close the sizeable advantage vegie had over me by the time I swapped over to them in round 3, and I lost by a rather large margin. In hindsight, leading PKs would have been a better move, but even still I think that if I win that round 2 initiative and get some more of the Teeth onto height, we have a very different game on our hands. gg vegie! You played it very well; good luck in the semifinals.

I really enjoyed this tournament. I think the extra time that the OHS team used to iron out the kinks in the format (this thread was posted more than 6 weeks after the playoffs for OHS 49 had begun) paid off; this was a really cool way to give the terrain-dependent units some playtime, and even in the games where the map-specific pods weren't actually drafted, they still always played a role in the drafting process. On a personal level, I may have set a record for the most boring set of pods ever brought to a quad pod event, but I'm happy with how they reduced the variance in each of my games, since I didn't have to worry about losing 3-4 figures in the early game and all of a sudden only have 1 squad remaining. (My major pet peeve in formats where the point limit only allows you to run 2 squads of commons if you want a support hero). I also made playoffs for the first time in over a year and beat dok for the first time in my life, so I am well-satisfied. Anyway, cheers everyone for a great event; looking forward to Season 51!

 

[Dysole]

Semicharmed Kind of Life

The Semifinals are on Battlefield 23.

In addition to your pods, you can also select
*Eilan Sidhe x4, Concan
*Quasatch Hunters x2, Aubrien Archers x1

The megasilver (5-0) v. ryguy266 (4-1) pool of armies is:

* Ashi-Dhulu, B-11 Resistance Corps
* Kira Jax, Marro Warriors, Racheim
* Guilty McCreech, Heirloom, Krav Maga Agents

* Heracles, Drow Chainfighter
* Kaemon Awa, Sentinels of Grax
* Airborne Elite, Ninjas of the Northern Wind

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megasilver chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, ryguy266 chooses who places first.

The vegietarian18 (5-0) v. kevindola (4-1) pool of armies is:

* Warden 816, Zettian Infantryx2
* Beorn Boltcutter, Olog, Axegrinders of Burning Forgex2 (drop 1)
* Clayton Pierce, Guilty McCreech, Kate Crawford, Louis ""Mad Dog"" Malone

* Olog, Durgeth Ravagersx2, Zombie Hulk
* Pelloth, Drow Chainfighterx5
* Shiori, Warforged Soldiersx2

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kevindola chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, vegietarian18 chooses who places first.

~Dysole, moving things along

 

[Dysole]

Last Of Us

The Finals are on Forest Fire.

The vegietarian18 (6-0) v. ryguy266 (5-1) pool of armies is:

* Warden 816, Zettian Infantryx2
* Beorn Boltcutter, Olog, Axegrinders of Burning Forgex2 (drop 1)
* Clayton Pierce, Guilty McCreech, Kate Crawford, Louis ""Mad Dog"" Malone

* Heracles, Drow Chainfighter
* Kaemon Awa, Sentinels of Grax
* Airborne Elite, Ninjas of the Northern Wind

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vegietarian18 chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, ryguy266 chooses who places first.

~Dysole, who forgot to drop this a while back

 

[ryguy266]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Finals

Are the additional pods we can select the same as Calida?

 

[superfrog]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Finals

Yes.

 

[vegietarian18]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Finals

* Warden 816, Zettian Infantryx2
* Beorn Boltcutter, Olog, Axegrinders of Burning Forgex2 (drop 1)
4 Clayton Pierce, Guilty McCreech, Kate Crawford, Louis ""Mad Dog"" Malone

2 Heracles, Drow Chainfighter
3 Kaemon Awa, Sentinels of Grax
1 Airborne Elite, Ninjas of the Northern Wind


vegietarian18 chooses to pick first or second. After armies are picked, ryguy266 chooses who places first.

Finals tonight at 7pm Central.

 

[ryguy266]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Finals

Congrats vegie! It was a good game. A round 1 Airborne drop and initiative was pretty much it for me, although I managed to at least make you work for it with my Heracles and the Sentinels. Enjoyed our postgame talk, see you in the next one!

 

[vegietarian18]

Re: OHS Season 50 - Quad Pod: Four Seasons - Finals

I defeated Ryguy and took home the undefeated Season 50 title. I didn’t write battle reports for the individual games this time, but I wanted to write something for the whole season.

List of my games:

Spoiler Alert!

Game 1 vs. S1r Art0r1us. Clayton, Kate, Guilty, Mad Dog and Dwarves x2, Beorn vs. Othkurik, Black Wyrmling x3 and Drudge x3, Re-Tak-Shi
Game 2 vs. ogblaha. Clayton, Kate, Guilty, Mad Dog and Knights x2, Finn vs. Warriors of Ashra x2, Fen Hydra and Kaemon Awa, Krav Maga Agents
Game 3 vs. ThrasherDarkrai. Clayton, Kate, Guilty, Mad Dog and Dwarves x2, Beorn vs. Isamu, Black Wyrmlingx3, Red Wyrmlingx2, White Wyrmlingx2 and Dreadguls x3, Guilty
Game 4 vs. dok. Clayton, Kate, Guilty, Mad Dog and Dwarves x2, Beorn vs. Obsidians x3 and Warden, Zettian Infantry x2

Quarterfinals vs. Grey Waves. Clayton, Kate, Guilty, Mad Dog and Ravagers x4, Olog vs. Teeth of the Makwa x3, Phantoms x3
Semifinals vs. kevindola. Clayton, Kate, Guilty, Mad Dog and Sidhe x4, Concan vs. Axegrinders x2, Beorn and Warforged x2, Shiori
Finals vs. Ryguy266. Clayton, Kate, Guilty, Mad Dog, and Airborne, Ninjas of the Northern Wind vs. Heracles, Drow Chainfighter and Kaemon, Sentinels of Grax

Every single game I drafted my Cowboys. Not always with the first pick, but I always drafted them. The goal was to find something that was okay with falling asleep on the shootout turns, but could smooth out the offense while the Cowboys slept and waited for the next shootout. The way this army concept works is you use the sheer firepower of once-per-round Shootout to gain an edge, and try to tread water on the other turns while the Cowboys sleep. My name for this sort of army is “fuel management”; I like doing similar things with Ornak and Utgar Heroes and Heavies, going to top 4 in ScapeCon 2021 and winning OHS S43 with that concept.

Where I pushed my edge with the Cowboys was the Round 2 Shootout. In Round 1, the Cowboys have only moved with Posse once. You still want an R1OM3 on Clayton, in my opinion, because if your opponent rushes the Cowboys you can unload a ton of offense, but you’re usually just firing once with Clayton, maybe a few pings. But in the second round, your Cowboys have all now moved 10 spaces. Often Mad Dog can get in the mix and Brawl with enemies, often Kate can get Fan the Hammer, and Guilty can maybe launch some shots from height. You can routinely throw 15+ attack dice on this volley, and it can be enough to cut the legs out from your opponent. I blitzed Re-Tak-Shi in Round 2 against Sir Artorius, blitzed Dreadguls in Round 2 against ThrasherDarkrai, blitzed Teeth in Round 2 against Grey Waves, blitzed Warforged in Round 2 against kevindola, and unloaded four more wounds into Heracles against Ryguy. The only games where I didn’t land this sort of blitz were against ogblaha and dok, and both of those games were much slower paced. Ogblaha had a four piece army that he was gradually developing. Dok was attempting to slowroll Obsidians protected by Zettian ranged fire but also keep Zettians safe from Beorn’s Sabotage. Those games that were slower paced the Cowboys did even better, in my opinion. The Cowboys have a tough dynamic where if you rush them, they can unload a ton of attack dice at once, but if you don’t rush them, they can wear you down over time with once per round pings from 7 away.

Despite the Cowboy commonalities, all my games were fun and unique. My game against Sir Artorius was my first time playing this Cowboy concept and I saw just how much offensive potential it had with how fast it piled wounds on Othkurik and Re-Tak-Shi. My game against ogblaha I immediately put the Cowboys up against powerhouse armies, paired with a Knight of Weston screen against great figures. There were some super interesting dynamics in this game with the Warriors of Ashra, who I could easily gun down with range from the Cowboys, but only once per round. And Kaemon, who was easy to catch with Knights on the road, but needed to be shot with my dwindling Cowboys.

My game against ThrasherDarkrai he pulled off a Clayton assassination with Wyrmlings. My Dwarves didn’t quite hang with the Dreadguls, but my Clayton volleys before his death left me just enough in the tank to safely clean up with Mad Dog and Kate. My game against dok was a cat-and-mouse situation, with dok trying to hide his Zettians from Dwarves while threatening the Cowboys, but as the cat I had more range and gradually chipped away at him. My game against Grey Waves was a rock vs. paper and scissors game, with Grey Waves interestingly opting to open with Scissors, and doing some solid damage to rock, but again not having enough left in the tank after the Round 2 blitz.

My game against kevindola was very tight. He drafted Axegrinders first. I went with Cowboys and Sidhe on a tree board, knowing that he had Warforged available to tactical switch Sidhe away from trees. But I felt like if the focus was on Sidhe in the early game that was fine, the Cowboys would get time to do their work. Kevin did take Warforged, and opened with them. My early Sidhe were slaughtered, but the Cowboys had a huge and fairly lucky round 2 shootout to kill 3 Warforged in a single turn. Guilty killed one with two 3v2s, Mad Dog killed another with two 3v2s, Clayton and killed one with a 4v2. Clayton had failed a kill on another in the first round, but still, three Warforged dead by this point was big. The remaining Warforged did last a while, and piled some wounds on Mad Dog. In Round 3, I pushed Guilty and Kate forward, to hit Dwarves in the startzone. Guilty went down, but Kate set a good screen. With the Warforged gone, I played a patient game with the Sidhe, holding them by trees against the melee Dwarves. I initially focused Beorn to take them down an activation per turn, and from there Sidhe held out. I had one Sidhe who was surrounded by Dwarves who lasted an entire round of Dwarf attacks and tied down kevin’s whole army, and that sealed the game.

The finals against Ryguy was completely different from the rest of my games. The game was on Forest Fire, and with its huge hills and open sight lines I felt like there was no other first pick than his Airborne Elite. I planned to take either Dwarves or Kaemon to fill out, but Ryguy countered with a Heracles and Kaemon draft, so I was once again pushed back to my Cowboys. A sketchy situation for them, not having much of a screen to ride, but they can pile wounds on these heroes fast. I got the round 1 Airborne drop and initiative, and in 6 Airborne shots Kaemon was dead. One Airborne took a potshot on Heracles and dropped 2 wounds on him. Heracles rushed towards the Cowboy pod, killing a few Airborne along the way but was smartly positioned out of range of my round 1 shootout. Heracles took a wound to lava, and then painfully lost the Round 2 initiative and took four more wounds, now at 1 life remaining. Despite the dire straits, Heracles survived the rest of Round 2 with clutch blocks against my reduced offense non-Shootout turns from the remaining Airborne and Mad Dog, and he killed Kate Crawford and another Airborne with his time in Round 2. He won Round 3 initiative and hit four wounds on to Mad Dog, and was finally subdued. The game was Sentinels of Grax against 1-life Mad Dog, 1-life Guilty, full life Clayton, one Airborne, and the Ninjas.

The rest of the game was me trying to figure out a way to play against the Grax. I seized the Lorja Ivor glyph with my last Airborne, and then we played. First, I tried to huddle my troops together like you do in a traditional endgame, but it became apparent that wasn’t a viable approach when Ryguy hid one behind a wall and rushed me with another. Then, I tried rushing with the Ninjas and Cowboys at once, hoping to overwhelm with sheer offense, but the Ninjas didn’t quite have enough in the tank to overcome hot Reconstitute rolls and I totally lost them with nothing to show for it. I pulled the Cowboys back and reset for a third time. I tried fanning Guilty and Mad Dog to completely different sides of the board and rode straight Clayton turns, only using Shootout when it mattered. Clayton landed a kill, and the Sentinels went cold on Reconstitutes, failing two in a row, and then got initiative switched for Clayton to find the final kill. I was fairly fortunate throughout the game, winning big initiatives and dodging some silly lava wounds that I didn’t need to take.

Apologies for the 1500 word Heroscape essay, but I did have fun this season. I really love Quad Pod, it’s the drafting format I enjoy the most, and I’m happy to win my first Quad Pod event. Strange to have a Quad Pod where half of my army was the same every time, but that’s the way the cards fell. Happy to take the Cowboys to an undefeated season.