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!

Steel City Showdown Results

Thanks to everyone that came out and participated in the showdown on Saturday.  We had 50 participants at the event.  Snake Eyes Gaming would like to extend an additional Thank You to the Legions staff for once again letting us use all of their tables for the event.

Best Overall: David C. with Ultramarine's           150$ Gift card and the Steel City Sword

Best General:

1^st                           Cory with Chaos Daemons   $100 Gift Card

2^nd                          Jason with Necrons              $75 Gift Card

3^rd                           TJ L with Tyranids                 $50 Gift Card

Best Painted:

1^st                           Darren R with Imperial Fists    $100 Gift Card

2^nd                          Chris F with Dark Eldar            $75 Gift Card

3^rd                           Tyler M with Tau             $50 Gift Card

Sportsmanship:

1^st                            Anthony L.                             $100 Gift Card

2^nd                           David N.                                $75 Gift Card

3^rd                            Ryan J.                                   $50 Gift Card

Feast of Blades
Round 1: Patrick F.                                                 Scimitar
Round 2: Chase C.                                                 Scimitar 
Round 3: Scott F.                                                    Scimitar

Tech Marine Challenge: Jackson H.
25th Anniversary Challenge: Arden B. for losing 25 models more quickly than anyone else.

Snake Eyes Award:   Casey M. May your luck be better!

Pictures are on the way!

Steel City ShowdownA Snake Eyes Gaming Warhammer 40,000 Tournament

Snake Eyes Gaming is proud to announce the 3^rd Annual Steel City Showdown.  Every Fall between 35-50 players gather at Legions Games in Pittsburgh to test their mettle against one another for three rounds of Warhammer 40,000.  At the end of the day one participant will have earned the right to hoist the Steel City Sword and claim the title of Champion until next year.

The Steel City Showdown is Snake Eye Gaming’s biggest tournament of the year.  We always try to do something special for the participants – in previous years we’ve had random prizes or raffles.  A tournament packet containing all of the rules, guidelines, and scoring system will be available at the bottom of this post in the weeks leading up to the event.  Similarly, the missions for the tournament will be made available prior to the tournament.

There is no time for peace.  No respite.  No forgiveness.  There is only WAR.

Rules Packet

Mission 1

Where:                   Legions Hobbies & Games

                                Pines Plaza Shopping Center
                                1130 Perry Hwy
                                Pittsburgh, PA 15237
                                (412) 366-3725

When:                  Saturday, October 20^th

                              11:00 AM – Registration
                              12:00  PM – First Round Begins
                              Army lists will be collected during registration.

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

                               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:                    $20 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 Overall

                             Best Sportsman (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd)
                      Best General (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd)
                             Best Painted (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd)
                             Snake Eyes Award
                             The Feast of Blades

6^th Edition          Allies are acceptable (consult the Allies Matrix in the Rulebook for options).

                          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 Chaos Space Marines 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.
                       No Experimental Rules, Super Heavy Vehicles, Gargantuan Creatures, or Apocalypse
                                          Formations will be permitted.
                        You must have the official rules that detail the unit(s) that you are using.

Forge World units that are currently cleared for use:

• Land Raider Achilles
• Land Raider Helios
• Land Raider Prometheus
• Caestus Assault Ram
• Contemptor Dreadnoughts (All Patterns)
• 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
• 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
• Eldar Corsair Army List
• Eldar Wasp Assault Walker
• Eldar Hornet
• Eldat Nightwing Interceptor
• Eldar Phoenix Bomber
• Eldar Fire Storm

Steel City Showdown Rules & Mission One

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If you are subscribed you should see these links in your e-mail shortly. They will also appear on the blog in the main tournament announcement.


Rules Packet




Mission 1

Thanks,
Warboss Gubbinz

The Steel City ShowdownA Snake Eyes Gaming Tournament for Warhammer 40,000

When: Saturday November 12th
11:00 am - 8:30 pm

Where: Legions Games
1130 Perry Highway
Pittsburgh, PA 15237

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

Cost: $15 per player to participate. The entry fee covers participation, lunch, and 3 tickets for the raffle, additional tickets can be purchased at the event.

Awards: Awards will be given for the following categories: Best General, Best Sportsman, Best Painted, and Army Domination.

Rules:

• Bring a legal 1850 point Warhammer 40K list from any current Games Workshop codex.


• No painting requirement. There will be an award given to the Best Painted army.


• All models must be WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). Since this is a Games Workshop tournament, GW and Forgeworld miniatures only.


• 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! Multiple judges will be available at all times.


• Pre-registration is not required.

Rules Packet Available for Download Here:

http://depositfiles.com/files/q39jnr6tc

Scenarios Available for Download Here:

http://depositfiles.com/files/gmipsddko

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!!!!

Gamesday Table 2 Update

So now that its starting to warm up its time to get cracking on the other tables.

If anyone has a question about tools/techniques or advice building your own board please e-mail astro-telepathica@atlanticbb.net

First things first, draw the layout.

Place your prefab objects to see if things will fit how you want.

So far so good..

The carving and filler worked really well for the river

A nice imposing centerpiece always looks good

A wider shot

The earthen works need some love but i ran out of mastic.

adding a better angle to the hill

There's the long edge deployment zone for our Ork forces.

And the deployment for our guard.

FEED ME SEYMOUR FEED ME!

The End of Tarus IV

The campaign for Tarus IV has ended.  With the loss of the southern drop-site and no further inroads to the capital, Imperial commanders made one last ditch effort.

Take volunteers to drop into the heavily defended capital and destroy or disable as many shield generators as possible, with this done they can bomb the capital from orbit and re-take whats left and rebuild.

Without hesitation company commanders from the Angels Sanguine and Black Templar's stepped forward with Harald Deathwolf's great company to take up the task of dropping their forces into the city.  Oaths of the moment were taken and their forces made way to the launch bays.

The order was given as well for the ground troops:

+++ Tactical withdraw to dropsite omega ETR 5 hours, FAILURE TO WITHDRAW WILL BE MET WITH EXTERMINATION +++

The front lines receded to the northern drop site as imperial troops were evacuated off the planet from orbital landers and transports. During the retreat many units were felled by the chain axes of Khorne and fast moving artillery units of the Blood Pact assisted the world eaters in their frenzied attacks.

Meanwhile at the the Angels of Death were fast approaching the capital city from orbit:

Even Harald Deathwolf made a special appearance:

The forces of the renegade thousand suns guarding the outposts were overwhelmed but with great cost to the Imperial forces.  They knew this could be a one way trip.  Out of the 70 marines that dropped into the capital less than 20 of their brethren made it back, wounded or otherwise.

The heavily damaged thunderhawk was able to escape with:
Harald Deathwolf

Arjac Rockfist

1 Wolf-guard

1 Black Templar's Chaplin

1 Disabled Dreadnought flown in by storm-raven.

Several Black Templar's (who abandoned their jet-bikes)

+++A more complete list to follow+++

At the dropsite the combined forces of the world eaters and blood pact were able to disable a scout titan awaiting its orbital lander and Kharn himself lead his world-eaters through an lightly defended gate, 

***
Kharn and his boys roll up to the gate in an unmarked APC rhino
Private Jenkins: Uhh *voice cracks* excuse me sir i can't let you onto the base without proper identification.

Kharn: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD...

Private Jenkins: one moment while i check the roster here....

Kharn: *primes his plasma pistol*

Private Jenkins: lets see here, nope I'm not seeing a *BLAM!*

 ***

taking the defenders completely by surprise: 

After the dust settled the imperial forces successfully disabled all 3 generators protecting the capital city however the dropsite evacuation turned from tactical withdraw to rout to massacre in short order.

Orders were given to consign the loyalist forces to the emperors peace as an bombardment began to fall....