Last weekend we had a small Warmachine tournament at the local game store. Not having played for a while, I thought I'd try something simple. I wanted to play every painted model I had. This got me to about 550 or so of the 750 points I needed. Secondly I thought I'd dust off Sorscha again. She's painted, plus many players consider her to be one of the best tournament warcasters. How could I lose?
Well, it turns out the way to lose is to forget the huge armour boost a warcaster gets from unspent Focus points. Especially the Harbinger. I had the chance to remove all her focus on the "kill" turn, but wasted my chance, meaning that I ended up attacking an Armour 24 target, rather than an Armour 14 one. Makes a big difference. It also lost me the game, and as a result the tournament. Oh well, we live and learn. I still got a $20 credit, which I'll put towards some more P3 paints, or my Lions of Alahan army, whichever arrives first at the store.
So the lessons learnt? If you're going to assassinate the enemy's leader, make sure you've got all the tools to do the job. Secondly, get more paint on your figures. Two fully painted armies going toe to toe elevates the game to a new level. Seriously.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
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