The Rebellion of Tarus IV

Snake Eyes Gaming presents

The Rebellion of Tarus IV:
A Warhammer 40,000 Escalation Campaign hosted by Gatehouse Games

Tarus IV is a Departmento Munitorum staging world. A vast network of storage and processing facilities cover the planet’s surface. Due to its proximity to the Cadian gate Tarus IV’s processing and staging facilities are protected by vast defense lines and nearly impregnable security networks. Tarus IV survived many assaults over the millennia with the most recent occurring during the13th Black Crusade.
Now something sinister has taken root on Tarus IV and the planet has gone into full scale rebellion.

The battle for Tarus IV will occur over a four month period. Each month the quantity of points used for campaign battles increases as follows:
October – 600 points
November – 1000 points
December – 1400 points
January – 1800 points

Arkham Insanity Results

The results from the Arkham Insanity Tournament are in. First off, thanks to all who came out and played and thanks to Arkham for allowing us to run the tournament. On to the results:

Aaron - Pedro Marines - 50 pts - 1st Place
Ben - Tyranids - 45 pts - 2nd Place
Ron - Blood Pact Guard - 39 pts 3rd Place

And for the coveted Snake Eyes Award and a new Brick of Dice:

Jason and his Blood Angels

For some reason, the both Blood Angels players in this tournament ended up with horrible dice rolling throughout the day and ended up on the last table. The only thing we have been able to determine is that neither of their dice were sparkly enough to support their armies. That resulted in their failure.

Kill, Maim, Burn. Kill, Maim, Burn

Finally done!!!

After 5 years of working on them here and there, I'm finally done. While some people can churn out multiple armies a year, I unfortunately am not one of them. Be it the slow painting, modelling, detail, or sheer lack of time, it takes me forever to get an army done. Hell, that was one of the key reasons we even started the escalation league last year at Gatehouse Games and this year at Legions so that we could actually complete a new army. As you can see I still didn't even get them finished until the other day but finally I'm done. If I've learned nothing else, persistance does pay off, and I truly hate the color orange (except the Dutch)

Without further ado, I give you my Flame Falcons.

The Flame Falcons

"Next to nothing is known of the Flame Falcons Chapter, for they were declared Excommunicate within a century of their inception. Initial combat trials involving the chapter were a resounding success, and they were put on active service on the Southern Rim, based on their new homeworld of Lethe. Their first engagements, with Orks and Eldar pirates promised a great future for the chapter, as they were observed to be hardy and courageous, even for Space Marines.

It was at the battle of Raffenburg's World that things began to go awry for the Flame Falcons. At the height of the battle, their largest engagement at that point, the first company were observed to spontaneously immolate at the height of the fiercest fighting against the rebel forces. Fearing witchcraft, the chapter's commander reinforced the front line and sent for an Inquistor who was accompanying the Imperial army. When it was reported by the reinforcing Space Marines that the members of the first company were not dead, but were in fact fighting with renewed savagery covered in flames to which they themselves were immune, the commander declared it a miracle, a gift from the Emperor.

The Inquisitor had a different opinion. Knowing that he could not assault the Flame Falcons immediately, he bided his time, witnessing the remainder of the chapter undergo the same change as the first company.

Upon the successful completion of the campaign, the Flame Falcons returned to Lethe in celebrant mood convinced, as they were, that their unique ability was a manifestation of the Emperor's grace. Soon after, the Grey Knights, at the Inquisition's behest assaulted Lethe, ruthlessly destroying the cursed chapter. It is thought that a small number of Flame Falcons escaped that day,but of their fate, nothing whatsoever is known." - Games Workshop Chapter Approved Annual 2004

Arkham Scenarios

Once again, be sure to pre-register for the Arkham Tournament on Saturday, September 11th, 2010 (More information contained in the post below). There will be limited space for 20 entrants. For those who are attending, below is the link to follow to obtain the scenarios in PDF format. Judges will be on hand to answer any questions about the scenarios prior to the tournament.

http://depositfiles.com/en/files/r39mklwko

Arkham Insanity

Arkham Insanity

Snake Eyes Gaming and Arkham Games are teaming up for the first time to bring you a tournament at a great new location.

When: September 11th 2010 - 1:00PM

Where: Arkham Games
1068 National Highway
LaVale, MD 21502
301-697-7208
arkhamgamestore.com

What: 1500 pt, 3 round tournament


Cost: $5 at the door all money collected going towards prize support

Rules:

• Must be a legal 1500 pt list, lists will be checked upon signing in.
• All Models must be WYSIWYG and No Forgeworld rules (Models are ok as long as they have an equivalent in the current GW codex and can be substituted for that equivalent, but it must still be WYSIWYG)
• Scenarios will be posted Tuesday of the upcoming week
• If you are not sure of a ruling, please ask. All current GW Codex, FAQ's and the INAT will be on hand to answer any questions that may arise
• Please contact Arkham Games at the number above to arrange your spot in this tournament as it is limited to 20 people max

As always: Death to the False Emperor. KMB, KMB

A Successful Roadtrip

Snake Eyes Gaming packed up and headed to Baltimore to participate in Games Day 2010.

Much fun was had, many beers were imbibed and most importantly, there was gaming. 40k gaming. 3 tables worth.

When the dust had settled, the banner barely lost two rounds of tiebreakers to slip to a still quite respectable 4th place, the Flame Falcons of the Great Wolf were 2nd in fan favorite voting for Armies on Parade (or thereabouts, it was an impressive stack of dice to be sure.) and most importantly, our tables, specifically Titanicus, were judged to be the best Club Table of the event! All hail the Warboss Gubbinz, our Titan Master!

Thanks to everyone who has helped and supported us, and those that visited and gamed!

Thunderhawk!

Harald Deathwolf's Great Company has been reinforced with a Thunderhawk Gunship. Soon there'll be Thunderwolf Cavalry charging down that assault ramp.
Thanks to Mr. T for all of the hard work that he put into ensuring the Thunderhawk would be completed in time for Gamesday.
Anyone want to play a Vanguard Mission?

Showdown Aftermath & New Tournament Poll

Everyone had a lot of fun on the cityfight and killteam tables, we had 30+ people show to either participate, watch or free play on the tables we had.

A big thank you again to the Toy Soldier Gallery for arranging the space and drinks. Norm & Robbie, you guys are the best.

Best Overall - Dave E
Best Cityfight - Andrew L
Best Killteam - Mike J

Other prizes:
Doorprize - Noah from NJ
Gamesday Ticket - Mike J
Gamesday Ticket - Shawn K

For the next tournament let us know what you would like/love/hate to see. Please vote!

Showdown in Ligonier!

Club Snake Eyes and the Toy Soldier Gallery are at it again!

When: July 10th @ 10:00am until 4:30pm!

What: 200 point kill team and 500 point City Fight! Bring both to compete for best overall!

Where: Ligonier Valley Library
120 West Main St.
Ligonier, PA 15658

Cost: Yep you guessed it, it’s free as always!

There will be prize support.


Rules:

• No painting is required but all models must be what you see is what you get. No proxying, no counts as, GW and Forgeworld mini’s only for this GW tournament. Painting may be used as a tiebreaker if needed.
• Kill team rules are per the Battlemissions book, which is 0-1 elite, 0-2 troop and 0-1 fast attack. Max 200 points, and choose 3 models to give a special ability to (chose from the universal special rules on page 74-75 of rulebook.)
• City Fight army must be an army of no more then 500 points comprised of 0-1 HQ, 0-1 elite, 1-6 troop, 0-1 fast and 0-1 heavy, with no vehicles with rear armor over 10 allowed.
• Extra tables will be on hand for open gaming.
• Army lists will be collected and reviewed.
• Cheating will be discouraged and punished. If you aren’t sure of a rule during a game, ask! We will have all rulebooks, FAQ’s and the adepticon FAQ on hand, as well as having multiple judges available at all times to make sure everyone plays fair and for fun!
• Please feel free to question us ahead of time with any possible issues or prior to the start of gaming.( http://snakeyesgaming.blogspot.com/)
• Pre-registration is not required, we have room for 32 people, just be there ready to play Saturday morning and we will get you in the game!!

The Siege Grinds On

The epic struggle for Hive Primaris has just begun. Though the Lord of Skyfall’s 8th Company withstood the onslaught of the Traitor Legions battle lines have been redrawn. Parts of the colossal hive city lie in ruins occupied by the Iron Warriors. The timely arrival of the Deathwolf forced the Despoiler to withdraw and regroup causing a collapse in the Followers of the Ruinous Forces line.
The depredations of the Iron Warriors don’t end with the Siege of Hive Primaris however. Warsmith Anaxim oversaw the capture of the Weather Control Station from the Bad Moons. The sky fills with thunder clouds that threaten to unleash storms the likes of which have never been seen on Nekar Quintus.
In the East a mighty warboss has arisen to unify the orks into a WAAAGH!. Bad Moons, Death Skulls, and Goffs have all flocked to the warboss’s banner. With the Bay of Baraolt as well as the previously unconquered city of Tyre under his control ork submersibles now dominate the waterways of Nekar Quintus.

Imperial Forces
Blood Angels 8th Company - Jay
Blood Angels - Dave E.
Blood Angels - Dominic
Harald Deathwolf's Great Company - Mike
Space Wolves - Dave
Shadow Hounds - Shawn K
Lion's Guard - Colin M.
Space Marines - Christoph
Wintermourne 516th - John Z.
Imperial Guard - Austin
Cadians - Jesse

Forces of the Warmaster
Iron Warriors - Andrew M.
Alpha Legion - Sean
Black Legion - Anthony
Thousand Sons - Bill
Chaos Daemons - Brad C.
Chaos Space Marines - TC
Chaos Space Marines - Bill

WAAAGH!
Orks - Jason
Death Skulls - Casey
Bad Moons Ork Clan - Katie

Blood Axes - Chris F.
Orks - JP
Orks - Robin
Orks - Adam

Unaffiliated
Tyranids - Josh

Tau - Gary
Tau - Calvin