First Blood!

So yes, I played my first ever Warmachine game at PAX this weekend, and it was great. The depth and complexity of the gameplay were instantly seen upon actually playing and, most importantly, I think I had more fun in the battlebox game than any 1000 point 40k game I've played, but I digress.

My opponent had actually not brought his Menoth force to the con, but he said he'd been eyeing Trollbloods for a while, so bought em and we played as soon as the glue was dry (everyone else was playing league games, so, yeah.)

We followed setup rules, and I won the initiative roll, choosing to deploy and have my turn second, which didn't end up making much difference. Initially I wanted to keep some distance from him to utilize my Destroyer's Bombard, but then I got slammed by a couple of his spear crits, so that was definitely a bad decision.

My 'jacks shrugged off a lot of damage, and the worst of it was a disabled open fist on the (I'm the) Juggernaut (bitch!). His trolls took quite a beating from me, but were resilient as hell.

We traded some blows, I was a bit too forward with Sorscha which resulted in her getting some damage, while he kept Madrak towards the back. Finally, I popped her feat and got his warlock, one Impaler, and the Axer frozen! (Yup, I remembered the new LOS rule). I rushed in with the 'jacks and Sorcha, killed his Axer, and did an enormous amount of damage against his warlock, killing him.

We thought the game was over, but then he read the rule about skipping a damage source on Madrak, and after a failed last attack by Sorcha (Damn you regeneration!), he was still alive.

I thought next turn would be uneventful, as he only had one Impaler able to activate. The Impaler threw his spear at my Juggernaut, rolled a crit, slammed him on top of Sorcha and the other Impaler.

And so, Kommander Sorscha was crushed by 9 tons of iron.
The game was a back and forth, and definitely had an exciting climax, so thanks to my opponent, Piratey. Unfortunately I won't get to play him until next PAX, but then he'll have an expanded Trollbloods force, or his Menoth army, but similarly I will have a larger force and some experience, so the battle shall be epic. After this awesome gameplay experience I am definitely coming down when my LGS finishes moving so I can play more games.

~Max

362 Days!

And so, the great PAX '07 has come to an end. I won't be putting up any of my own pictures because I lost the damn camera. Go me.

I played an awesome Battlebox game against a brand new pack of Trollbloods, and lost, but it was glorious, especially for a first game. Battle report to follow!

~Max

Hello? Who's there?

Hey! This blog is intended as my personal dumping ground for thoughts, rants, ideas, photos, etc. related to tabletop wargaming, Warmachine and Hordes in particular. I got the idea from Clawshrimpy's blog, which is essentially the same thing, except he'll probably take it more seriously, and he's got more stuff to show off.

So read it if it fancies you, I'll make somewhat regular updates and post pictures of WIP and finished models.

If you're reading this you've most likely come from Penny Arcade Forums, so, uh, hi.

I have just recently (read: a couple weeks ago) discovered WM/Hordes, and well, I'm in love. I have purchased Warmachine Prime: Remix and a Khador Battlegroup, and I'm working on it right now. I love that all the races in both games are interesting and unique, and the models are top notch. Also because I really, really can't stand Games Workshop.

I picked Khador because I'm Russian and have a softspot for Soviet/Czarist inspired fantasy stuff, as well as because the models are badass, and the warjacks really are walking tanks.

In a bit of misfortune, my dear Kommander Sorscha has broken the head of her Frostfang, so I'll be trying to find a tiny drill bit and getting a pin vise now. At least these models deserve it, heh. Let me know if you have any tips.

~Max