'Ard Boyz ResultsRound 1

Thanks to John, Tim, and Rob for hosting the ‘Ard Boyz events as well as the judges that helped them out and all of the participants that made it such an enjoyable tournament. Below are the local finalists. The finalists are all eligible to play in Round 2 at Legions Games on September 17th.

Arkham Games
1. Heretic – Grey Knights
2. Deathwolf – Space Wolves
3. Great Wolf – Space Wolves

Legions Games
1. Evan – Dark Eldar
2. Adam – Eldar
3. Denny – Tyranids

Gatehouse Games
1. Brad – Space Marines
2. Ron – Orks
3. Matt – Grey Knights

Congratulations to all and I hope to see all of you at Round 2!

Cry HavocThe Saga of Harald Deathwolf

It's been a while since the last Cry Havoc. I decided to restart regular articles with a topic that is close to all memebrs of the Rout's hearts: Sagas.

When I speak of Sagas I don't mean the mechanic for characters in the Space Wolves Codex, although the two are not mutually exclusive. Rather I'm referring to the notion of building a legend for your character. For example, although a telling of the full the Saga of Harld Deathwolf would take many pages, here we can at least recount one of this Son of Russ' most glorius deeds. While taking part in a raid intended to recapture an Ork held planet the forces under Harald's direct command were pitted against an Ork Stompa. Realising that the Stompa would decimate his units if left unchecked, the Deathwolf cjoined the murder-make with the mighty Ork walker, howling out a challenge that was echoed by his massive thunderwolf Icetooth. The Ork behemoth accepted and the two were locked in single combat until more reinforcements could be brought to bear.

Those of you that were not present at Legions's Games Orktoberfest may be wondering exactly what transpired on the table top. Well, the game was winding down Harald Deathwolf and his thunderwolf mounted Wolf Guard attempted to cut the thread of a badly damaged Stompa. The Space Wolves had few melee weapons capable of damaging the Stompa but there were other packs of the Rout hunting in the area. My goal was to hold up the super-heavy walker long enough to assault it with a couple of nearby Grey Hunter packs and hope that the melta bombs, power fists, and thunder hammer could the Stompa down. After killing most of the Thunderwolf Cavalry, the Ork player focussed his attacks on Harald. Harald's frostblade (Str 6) was incapable of inflicting any significant damage to the Stompa whereas a single blow from a titan close combat weapon would cut the Wolf Lord's thread. The Belt of Russ warded the Wolf Lord from harm and the Stompa was unable to claim the killing blow. When the game ended two turns later Harald Deathwolf was still locked in combat with the Stompa.

The Saga of Harald Deathwolf is full of engaging stories of battle heroics and triumphs. Each game that I play provides an opportunity for the skjalds to add new verses to the Wolf Lord's saga. All Warhammer player's immortalize their heroes victories (and defeats) in some way. You may not create narratives, like the one above, for each of their triumphs; but who doesn't fondly recall the time that one of their sergeant made nine armor saves to hold an objective that won them the game. These are the stories that we joke with our friends about, after all someone has to be on he other end of that heroic victory...

Fell free to use the Comments section to post some of your Heroes greatest triumphs.

Gamesday Chicago 2011

We would like to thank everyone who came to the table and participated in our Season of Blood Battle. Also thank you to everyone on the encouraging comments about our models and terrain.

We had a fantastic time and were glad you all had fun, we are making nefarious plans to somehow outdo ourselves next year. Miniwargaming.com may have an interview with one of us shortly on their websites so if you haven't heard of them please go check them out: http://www.miniwargaming.com/

As for how we did, well if you were there you heard our name twice, Best attendance and Best Overall!!!

Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne!!!!

To Games Day!

Snake Eyes Gaming is heading to Chicago for Games Day 2011. Over the past couple of months we've posted plenty of pictures detailing the construction process of our tables. Here's one final preview for all of you.
They're finally done and playtested! Thanks to everyone at Legions, Gatehouse Games, and the Warboss Gubbinz's Stompa Factory (Josh's garage) that helped playtest the rules and mechanics of the game.
Wish us luck!

Gamesday Table Demo

Come one come all,

On saturday July 9th we will be hosting a 40k day and demo our Gamesday tables to anyone who wants to come out to Warboss Gubbinzs' place and have a good time.  Food and drink will be provided, grilled squigs for all.

If you plan on attending and need directions please rsvp @ astro-telepathica@atlanticbb.net

See you there!

Seeing Red

Hmm, been seeing red lately and thought others might be too.30 bloodletters

Kill 'em all, let Khorne sort 'em out


Can never have enough Zerkers

Hmm, Lord Solax, Lord Zhufor and Kharne + friends

We will crush you...

Skulltaker, Uraka and Herald

The whole 3200 pts is painted and needed for Games Day. Wonder what we could be doing??

Battles of the MaelstromA Warhammer 40,000 Tournament

When: Sat. June 18th
11:30 am - 8:30 pm

Where: Legions Games
1130 Perry Highway
Pittsburgh, PA 15237

What: 1850 point, 3 round Warhammer 40,000 tournament.

Cost: $10 per player to participate if you have a fully painted army or $15 for players with unpainted armies.
Details:

• All entry fees will be awarded as prize support.
• Bring a legal 1850 point Warhammer 40K list from any current Games Workshop codex.
• No painting requirement or paint score. Although there will be an award given to the best painted army.
• All models must be WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).
  
• Army lists will be collected and reviewed.
• If you aren’t sure of a rule or have a question about something during a game – ask!
  
• Pre-registration is not required.
• This event is being run by Kirasu. Please direct all inquiries to Kirasu or Legions Games.
  

Another Week working on Tables

Here is Number 3:

Shaped and textured

Trench time!

Lets make it look homely

orkified hilltop. still needs work

long shot

side entrance to the trench

adding some color, errant lance blast

more brown

adding in some other colors

ok, needs more grimdark

almost ready for flock

Trench looking much better...

What has Snake Eyes Gaming been up to this week?

I'm glad you asked...

One down, 7 to go...

This guy looks familiar...

hmm....

hey that grey knights book definitely does not belong here...

there are no words....

Farsight bodyguard eh? i'll show you a bodyguard.

Blood for the Blood God!!!!

Skulls for the Skull Throne!!!!

Snake Eyes Gaming at Berks Spring Assault II

All,

Club Snake Eyes would like to thank the Berks gaming club out of Berks County near Reading PA: http://berks-pa-gamingclub.blogspot.com/.

These gentleman ran a fantastic event and Snake Eyes Gaming was able to sponsor a few tables and even walk away with some prizes.

1st Sportsmanship: Gary K with a BattlefoamPack 720
3rd Sportsmanship: William O with another land raider
3rd Best Appearance: Josh T with a battlewagon
Army Domination: Space Wolves - Mike M with a gift card

We also won a box of necron warriors during a raffle, we're looking to find them a good home.

To the guys at Berks, Thank you for a great event.

Pictures are on the way!