UPJ Charirty & Doubles Tournament Results

Hello Folks!
Many thanks go out to everyone who showed up to share their Saturday with us.  Combined totals we were able to give away around 650$ in prizes and raise 185+ for charity. 

The UPJ Roleplaying Club has kindly forwarded us a nice letter from the food bank we'd like to share.

Also if anyone missed our donations to Doctors without Borders was submitted, you can see it on their website Here:


Results are definately overdue so where we are...

Best Overall: "Team Winnar" Louis & Corey (DE/Nids)

Best General: "The Superfriends" Alex & Tyler (Tau/Guard)
Best General 2: "Team Hungover" Evan & Grant

Best Sportsman: "I Don't Know" Chad & Logan
Best Sportsman 2: "Castle AAAAGGGGGGggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"Matt & Frank

Best Painted: "TMNT" TJ & Dave

Here we see a judge in the wild during paint scoring...

Best Painted 2: "Old & Crazy" Matt & Sarah (Ultramarines/Necrons)

First Amongst Equals: Logan

Team Spirit: "Puss Birds" Ron & Shawn (Nurgle/Tzeetch)

Pictures and the slideshow are here: Link

40k Paired Doubles Tournament/Food Drive at Pitt Johnstown

Snake Eyes Gaming and The UPJ Roleplaying Games Club are proud to announce the first ever Warhammer 40k Paired Doubles Tournament on the Pitt Johnstown Campus!

In addition to the food drive we will be selling Re-roll tickets, all proceeds will be going towards Doctors Without Borders
 
Where:
- University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
  450 Schoolhouse Road, 
  Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15904
- The event will be in the Cambria Room of the Student Union. If you need help navigating the campus, or help finding parking, just ask!
- This is event is open to the public, not just students of the campus.

When:
- April 13th, 2013
- Registration for teams will open at 10 AM.
- First Round begins at 11 AM.
- Teams will register together, but both players must pay an entry fee.

What:
- 3 round, paired doubles tournament at 1000 points per player (for a total of 2000 points per side). This means if possible, you will choose a partner ahead of time. If you cannot find a partner, but still wish to participate, you will be randomly paired with one on the day of the tournament.
- You and your opponent's lists are separate 1000 point lists, and you cannot give or take points/force organization slots from your partner.
- Bring five copies of your printed list (one for you, one for the TOs, and three to give to your opponents.
- Models do not have to be painted to participate, however not painting your models will disqualify you from getting a painting score.
- Models must be WYSIWYG. Proxies will not be allowed. This means no pieces of paper with the word "Rhino" written on them, no orks counting as blood angels, etc.

Fee:
- 10 Dollars per person, plus one canned or boxed non-perishable food item to donate to charity.
- This fee does not include a lunch, however there is a student store directly across from the location that has snacks. There is also a shop upstairs that serves food, but on weekends it is only open after six.

Awards:
- Best General
- Best Painted
- Best Sportsman
(Possibility for more prizes depending on attendance.)

6th Edition
- Allies are NOT permitted, as all teammates will be treated as "Battle Brothers" (pg. 112) for purposes of determining who is affected by psyker powers, Warlord Traits, etc.
- Players will roll for Warlord Traits prior to each game.
- Each player receives 1 Force Organization slot for Fortifications. (We are still deciding if we are going to allow the Skyshield Landing Pad or the Fortress of Redemption due to space restrictions.)
- Terrain will be set up by judges before the event.
- If the rumored Tau codex is released on April 6th, it will be fully legal for the event.

Missions:- Missions are here

Forge World:
- Forge world army lists and units are permitted with prior approval from judges.
- You MUST provide the most complete and up to date rules for any and all Forgeworld units to your opponent and judges for perusing at any point. If you have a question about which book you should be using, let the judges know.
- Models must have the 40k stamp of approval to be used. This means no experimental rules, super heavy vehicles, gargantuan creatures, or apocalypse formations.
- If you wish to use a list from an Imperial Armor book that does not have the stamp of approval, see the judges before the event for approval.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments below, or direct them to any Snake Eyes Gaming Member/Officer of the UPJ Roleplaying Games Club.

Hope to see you there!

Tau are Sold Out: Don't Panic!

Apparently many Tau items have sold out and will not be in stock for about a week.  As I understand it, the shortage extends from Games Workshop Online all the way to your local gaming store.  Codices (and possibly Finecast) are NOT effected.

What should you do? Go purchase your Tau Codex from your local gaming store as normal.  If the store does not have the items that you would like don't panic and simply wait until they get them in stock next week (possibly a little longer for the Riptide).

Please pay where you play and support your local store!

Mixed Doubles Pictures

Good Evening folks, unfortunately Google broke the ability of Picasa to embed slideshows so here's a link to the Album. You can hit play from there!

https://plus.google.com/photos/113574295987631046814/albums/5853522234943214449

Be-WAAAGH!!! the Ides of March Results

Thanks to everyone that came out and participated in the 2,000 point tournament on Saturday, March 2nd.  Additional thanks to the Legions staff for all of their help.

Best Overall: 
1^st                           Lewis S. with dark Eldar (with Eldar allies)

2^nd                          Cory D. with Chaos Daemons

Best Painted: 
1^st                           Rob C. with Imperial Guard

Sportsmanship: 
1^st                           Dan B. with Space Wolves (with Blood Angel allies)

The participant with the lowest Battle Points was given new dice, hopefully these dice will treat them better!

As always, the level of painting that our community continues to display is impressive. The participant with the lowest Paint Score was given new brushes to help them on their path to a higher Paint Score in the future.

There were some new faces in the crowd which is always great to see.

Mixed Doubles Tournament Results

Thanks to everyone that came out and participated in the Mixed Doubles Tournament on Saturday, February 16th. We had a record setting 60 participants at the event!!!

Snake Eyes Gaming would like to extend an additional Thank You to the Legions staff for letting us use all of their tables, scenery, and store for the event.

Best Overall:      Brad C. with Orks                             $150 Legions Gift Card

Best General:

1^st                           Adam S. with Eldar                          $75 Legions Gift Card

2^nd                          Rob C. with Space Wolves            $50 Legions Gift Card

3^rd                           Dewar P. with Imperial Gurad    $25 Legions Gift Card

Best Painted:

1^st                           David C. with Ultramarines          $75 Legions Gift Card

2^nd                          Shawn K. with Chaos Daemons  $50 Legions Gift Card

3^rd                           Cory D. with Tyranids                     $25 Legions Gift Card

Sportsmanship:

1^st                           Bill S. with Orks                                 $75 Legions Gift Card

2^nd                          Jared S. with Tau                              $50 Legions Gift Card

3^rd                           Nick J. with Blood Angels              $25 Legions Gift Card

Snake Eyes Award:                                                          New Dice!

Pictures are coming soon!!!

Be-WAAAGH! The Ides of MarchA Warhammer 40,000 Event Organized by Jack

Where:

Legions Hobbies & Games

Pines Plaza Shopping Center

1130 Perry Hwy

Pittsburgh, PA 15237

(412) 366-3725

When:
Saturday, March 2nd

Cost:
$20 for each participant.


 

What:
3 round, 2,000 point Warhammer 40,000 tournament.

There is NO painting requirement.  Painting is one component of the Best Overall Award.
All models must be WYSIWYG.

Cost:
$20 for each participant.

6^thEdition
This event uses ONE Force Organization chart.

Mixed Doubles TournamentA Snake Eyes Gaming Warhammer 40,000 Event

Where:

Legions Hobbies & Games

Pines Plaza Shopping Center

1130 Perry Hwy

Pittsburgh, PA 15237

(412) 366-3725

When:
Saturday, February 16^h

11:00 AM – Registration

12:00PM – First Round Begins

Army lists will be collected during registration.

What:
3 round, 1,000 point Warhammer 40,000 Mixed Doubles tournament.
Players will be randomly paired with a new teammate each round - so you could end up playing against a former ally or playing with a former opponent!

Participants will be given 2 hours and 15 minutes for each round

There is NO painting requirement.Unpainted models will NOT hinder your ability to win Best Sportsman or Best General prizes.

NO proxies although conversions are accepted (and encouraged!).All models must

be WYSIWYG.

Cost:
$15 for each participant.The entry fee includes a lunch of Subway/Pizza that will

be served between Rounds 2 & 3.

Food will be available for non-participants for the cost of $5 per person.

Awards:

Best Sportsman

Best General

Best Painted

Snake Eyes Award

6^thEdition
Allies are NOT permitted (All Teammates will be treated as Battle Brothers, pg. 112, for purposes of determining who is affected by psyker powers, Warlord traits, etc.)

Players will roll for Warlord Traits prior to each game.

Each player receives 1 Force Organization slot for Fortifications.

Terrain will be set up by the judges prior to the event.

Mysterious Terrain rules will be used where applicable.

Missions will contain ALL deployment rules, scoring methods, and Objective details.

The new Dark Angels Codex is fully legal for the event.

Forge World
Forge World army lists and units are permitted with prior approval from the judges.

We will keep the list below updated with all lists and units that we have approved, next to each entry is the name of the book from which that unit's cost and profile should be accessed.

No Experimental Rules, Super Heavy Vehicles, Gargantuan Creatures, or Apocalypse Formations will be permitted.

You must have the most up-to-date, official rules that detail the unit(s) that you are using.  If you have a question about what book you should consult please let us know.

Forge World units that are currently cleared for use:

• Land Raider Achilles
• Land Raider Helios
• Land Raider Prometheus
• Caestus Assault Ram (Imperial Armor Aeronautica)
• Contemptor Dreadnoughts: All Patterns (Imperial Armor Apocalypse Second Edition)
• Siege Pattern Dreadnought
• Any Special Character from IA8, IA9, IA10, IA11
• Space Marine Siege Assault Vanguard Army List
• Commander Shas’o R’ala
• Commander Shas'O R'Myr
• Pathfinder Tetras
• Piranha TX-42
• Tau XV9 Hazard Battlesuit
• Tau XV9-01 Battesuilt
• Necron Tomb Stalker
• Eldar Warp Hunter
• Death Korps of Krieg Siege Army List
• Mole Launcher
• Imperial Heavy Mortar
• Imperial Quad Launcher "Thudd Gun"
• Hades Breaching Drill
• Imperial Guard Centaur: All Patterns
• Cyclops Demolition Vehicle
• Vulture Gunship (Imperial Armor Aeronautica)
• Thunderer Siege Tank
• Chaos Decimator Daemon Engine
• Grot Bomm Launcher
• Lucius Pattern Dreadnought Drop Pod (must be represented by the appropriate Forge World model)
• Nurgle Blight Drone (Imperial Armor Aeronautica)
• Eldar Corsair Army List
• Eldar Wasp Assault Walker
• Eldar Hornet
• Eldat Nightwing Interceptor (Imperial Armor Aeronautica)
• Eldar Phoenix Bomber (Imperial Armor Aeronautica)
• Eldar Fire Storm
• Dark Eldar Tantalus (Imperial Armor Apocalypse Second Edition)
• Space Marine Air Defence Launcher (Imperial Armor Aeronautica)
• Grot Mini Tanks
• Grot Mega Tanks
• Storm Eagle Assault Gunship (Imperial Armor Aeronautica)

Games Day 2013 Table: Work Begins!

Measurable progress on the table for next year’s Games Day has begun.  Below we’ll show off the first batch of In Progress pictures but first let’s take a quick look at the process behind the creation of a Snake Eyes Games table.  Planning for the 2013 Games Day table began in Chicago just after we finished setting up the Hades Wrath, our 2012 Games Day table which can be seen HERE. Like all Snake Eyes projects the first ideas and concepts were generated at the tavern over a couple of pints.  It’s a long road from agreeing on an idea and beginning construction.  

First, we start by brainstorming for ideas.  Ideas aren't expected to be fully fleshed-out and no idea is a bad idea.  Everything gets written down (usually on bar napkins).  Once we've exhausted all of our ideas we start discussing the merits and flaws of the suggestions.  Inevitably this leads to critical conversations that revolve around three core concepts:  1)  Has it been done before  2) How can we build it  3)  Will it be fun for people to play on.  We always end up with plenty of great table concepts that are put on the shelf for future consideration.

Next, we start planning the layout and design for the table (again usually on bar napkins).  This is what we have been busy at work with for the past couple of months.  The stage involves planning everything from construction materials to which factions will be present.  We'll be announcing this soon, probably in about two weeks, so I'm not going to linger too much on the design stage.

Once we are satisfied with the design we can move on to construction. This year we have two major construction locations: Pittsburgh and Altoona.  Both teams are coordinating their efforts to ensure that the result is the most impressive table that Snake Eyes Gaming has ever produced.  Below are the first batch of construction pictures for our Games Day Memphis 2013 (July 27, 2013) table:

 

 

 

Cry HavocCampaigns

“Space Marines excel at warfare because they were designed to excel at everything. Each of you will become a leader, a ruler, the master of your world and, because there is no more fighting to be done, you will bend your transhuman talents to governance and culture.”

Roboute Guilliman, Primarch M. 31

The recent release of Crusade of Fire has everyone at Snake Eyes Gaming thinking about campaigns.  Campaigns offer an opportunity to add extra enjoyment to the Warhammer hobby.  Most players want to experience a campaign and often have dramatic ideas full of epic battles and mighty heroes that they would love to see enacted on the table top.  Campaigns take many different forms and can be surprisingly easy to get set up.
 

What is a campaign?  A Warhammer Campaign is a series of linked battles.  The battles which make up a campaign can be linked thematically, with a story dictating the engagements, and/or mechanically, with a set of rules dependent upon the outcome of previous battles.  For example, a scenario in which two friends play a series of games where the winner of one game carries a benefit over into the second battle is an example of a mechanically linked campaign.  If those two players added a story and drew a map to show the theatre of war that there battles were occurring in then their campaign would have both thematic and mechanic elements.

What scale does a series of linked games have to be to be considered a campaign?  A campaign can be any size or scale.  Players often think of the world wide Games Workshop campaigns (i.e. Armageddon, Eye of Terror, and Medusa V) or store-based map campaigns (i.e.  the Minos Campaign or Nekar Quintus); but small campaigns can be equally as enjoyable for the participants.  A campaign does not need to be any more complex than a couple of players agreeing to play an odd number of games using the same Warlord each time – the winner gets bragging rights.

Often when we think of campaigns we think of map-based systems based upon Planetary Empires.  This type of campaign is immensely enjoyable and, on a small scale, can be achieved rather easily.  The Planetary Empire tiles can appear rather daunting to paint but are quite easy to finish.  A group of friends can construct and paint a map out of a Planetary Empires set in a couple of hours.  In addition, all of the rules that you need to play can be found in the Planetary Empires boxed set and/or in Crusade of Fire.

Last time I mentioned a couple of interesting escalation leagues occurring at Legions.  First, there is the Jack’s Escalation League which will culminate in a tournament in March.  Second, there a handful of players that decided to run their own Tale of Four Gamers.  While neither of these is truly a campaign in that the battles aren’t thematically or mechanically linked they do merit a deeper look.  Both leagues foster grudge matches between players which is the perfect start to a “Best of 3” style series of games, using the same general terrain, for control over a specific planet.  For example, during an ongoing crusade there is a colossal misunderstanding/miscommunication between two First Founding Legions.  As a result, the Salamanders and White Scars come to blows amidst the cyclopean ruins of a desert world.  During the first skirmish Kor’sarro Khan uses Moondrakken to ride down Vulkan He’stan and scatter the Salamanders before his fury.  The two forces meet again shortly thereafter though.  This time the Salamanders are attempting to retrieve a relic hidden within an ancient statue.  Vulkan He’stan oversees the delicate removal of the relic and then uses the Spear of Vulkan to hold off the Khan while the artifact is transported to safety.  How does this tragic tale end?  I don’t know yet because we haven’t played the third match yet.  We were both only trying to get in battles for the escalation league but once the bolter casing started to pile up and people started to gather around the small (but somehow still epic battlefield) it became apparent that the Khan and Forgefather need to have another meeting to determine the fate of this conflict.

Campaigns can and are all of the topics discussed in detail above, and a lot more besides.  I could write a series of articles on campaigns and barely scratch the surface.  A campaign is the reason to model destroyed Necron Warriors on the base of your Orc Warboss, a chance to add to the Saga of your Wolf Lord, or the opportunity to use Rough Riders even though they are not as points efficient as some other units.  Most of all though, a campaign gives you the chance to talk smack on your friends as your Warlord cuts a swathe through their army or the chance to feel despair as three Stompas dismantle your hasty alliance of Blood Angel Assault Marines and Grey Hunters.  Over the years I’ve noticed that where it concerns campaigns and thematic games we’re all dwarves at heart, which is to say each of us has a Book of Grudges in which we enter the names of those warlords and opponents upon whom we need to avenge ourselves.