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TheBeninator

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  1. Also, I donated a bin of terrain, please keep it together in the bin. You can find it here:
  2. Photos from yesterday plus a couple from the tournament at Mindtaker.
  3. Warhall is really nice. I have only ever played The Ninth age on it, but it works in conjunction with an app called New Recruit. New Recruit is a web application army builder that works very well on desktop and mobile platforms, has amazing tournament integration if you are into that stuff, and you can import a list you build in New Recruit straight into the battlefield in Warhall with 1 click. NR has all the integration of unit profiles, special rules hotlinks and all that good stuff, though it was built for T9A first, so TOW is a new adaptation. Warhall is just amazing mechanically vs something like UB or TTS. It does require a subscription to use however :(.
  4. A group of us who have been playing Warmaster in the shadows are starting up a monthly meetup at Ordo. Every second Wednesday @ 5:30 (assuming the club is open of course). Never played before, but have a curiosity? Come watch a game, or borrow an army from us and we will have a quick learning game. Warmaster has very simple rules but has a very high skill cap for solid strategic thinking, positioning, and risk management. Come see what fighting an actual large scale battle looks like, and push your luck with attempting low probability audacious maneuvers which can flip a game on it's head. Enjoy a diverse atmosphere of opponents with the 26 different armies to choose from, yet at the same time not get bogged down in 100's of unnecessary special rules, combinations, and exploitations as you might find in another gaming system. Don't feel like you have time to start another project? Well if you can paint 10 regular models, you can paint nearly half a full scale army in Warmaster models. Don't want to buy more books? Neither do I! The rules are free and are a cleaned up version of the original Warmaster rules, so you don't have to argue with your opponent about rules interpretation (truly a novel concept). Check out the free rules compendium here: https://www.wm-revolution.com/articles/download.html See you in original old world. @scottshoemaker I challenge your demonic honor to a battle!
  5. We are hoping to bring 5-6 people to play Warmaster. If you have an army or want to borrow a small one for a demo game LMK.
  6. The Columbia Clash (The Ninth Age) tournament was a resounding success. As the TO, I had 0 player complains, one arbitration call (and it was a very close one, the players both accepted the arbitration without bitterness), and a handful of rules questions where both players simply just where not sure on a particular rules question. I couldn't have asked for a more self sufficient group! The secondary objective shenanigans I forced my players to deal with where well received and even bore some excitement. Battle Points for the matches and rankings can be found on New Recruit here: https://www.newrecruit.eu/app/tournydetails/rankings?id=64552711ff378c28debfc8cd To mention our top 3 prize winners there where three categories: 1) Best Sportsmanship - Based on a sportsmanship vote, then tie broken by the player with the lowest battle point score (as being a good sport about losing is truly a testemate to superior sportsmanship). 2) Best Team - This was a catch-all for optional two person teams where they collected points for painting, theme, sportsmanship, poetry, banners/shirts/warcries, participation in the army swap challenge, and a bunch of wacky tertiary objectives. 3) Best General - This was based on battle points Our best General award went to Henry G from the somewhere in California (somewhere between SF and Sacramento I think?). He was sporting the beautifully painted Asklanders (a supplement army book) where he fielded over 200 Norse barbarians who only seeked to make their way to Valhalla. Out best Team award was a very close race, with the top 3 teams within 1 point of each other (out of a total of 50 possible points). In third where the Midtable Menaces Margaritaville Manglers with their casual island shirts. In second place was minmax from California with their strong paint scores and equally strong performance in the tertiary objectives In first place was 2 hangry 2 furious, two brothers from the Portland area who competed in every aspect of the team challenge and truly rose to the occasion. With a war banner to present and of course a bit of bribery by bringing donuts, this team showed the full spirit of OFCC. @OreoGolem & brother Conner (unsure if he has a handle on Ordo), well done! And finally, for our must coveted prize, the best sportsmanship award. I had players vote for their top 2 choices, in hopes that this would eliminate any tie votes. Well that theory was debunk because we had a 7 way tie! What an amazing showing, but in the end the prize went to @Yarbicus for weathering the storm of battle and keeping a smile on everyone's face. Thank you all who helped put the event together, I had a great time.
  7. Is there a deal with parking validation, or should I be letting players know they will need to pay for their own parking if they are not staying at the hotel. Do we know the daily rates?
  8. Plywood? You give IKEA too much credit. Food delivery seems like the only option for people who are flying in and dont want to rent a car just to get lunch. I have only tried these services a couple of times, are they typically pretty fast? One hour goes by really fast in the best of circumstances.
  9. Has anyone put together a list of amenities in this area? This looks like a food desert which might make 1 hour lunches really difficult for players.
  10. @scottshoemaker I know you play this game! Pass it on to the other warmaster folks you know!
  11. Hello everyone, I am posting this event for the TO. This will be the second event that he has run, last year was fantastic. This event is new player friendly. Last year when I went I got to play my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th ever games ever at the event and it was a great time. Most of my opponents also could count the number of games they had played on 1 hand. If you don't have an army, nor the time to put one together but are interested, I highly recommend using the paper proxies: https://ordinarygaming.blogspot.com/p/warmaster-counters.html . We hold no judgement to proxy armies, and if you find that you like the game, there are a few of us who can help 3D print an army for you if that's what you are interested in. The actual event posting is on Facebook through the Warmaster GW group (you have to answer some questions to be admitted to the group). Otherwise I have added all the tournament detail in the snippit below. If you have any questions or want to try the game out prior to going to a 3 game event, LMK and we can have a little learning game.
  12. Reminder, Ordo Onslaught is in two weeks! Sign up at: https://www.newrecruit.eu/app/tourny Get your tix at: Get your deets at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ykiH_tHHI-MlNBXef7zJqDApMq5Mh5sP_gxpT9_KSA/edit?usp=sharing
  13. Hear yee, Hear yee. I decree that the great Ordo Onslaught, a 1-day, 3-game T9A tournament has been set for the 25th day of the month of June hosted at the illustrious Ordo Fanaticus clubhouse in Portland. Details of this momentous occasion can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ykiH_tHHI-MlNBXef7zJqDApMq5Mh5sP_gxpT9_KSA/edit?usp=sharing
  14. Shoot, I should have gotten a better look at the goblins, dont think I have ever seen them before. I thought their dwarves looked good until I got them, then I realized they were not that great. The dwarf rifles are alright (the rifles look much more modern then the big choky blunderbuss types of GW). The "Hammerers" equivalent look awesome, but admittedly I have never seen them in person. Did you have an army in mind, or were you rather going to look for a model line that speaks to you and just play that army? If you have any interest in Equitaine, Fireforge is what most of mine are, they are very similar to Perry miniatures or warlord games. You get quite a few weapon choices in the boxes, but the downside is that they re-use most of the main body molds (for both humans and horses). So the differences typically will be in the shield, head, and weapon, between one box and another. Here is a link to a very incomplete blog of how I put together all that stuff:
  15. @Yarbicus which Kings of war models did you find attractive?
  16. Hey everyone, I am running a poll for a week to pick a date for a 1 day event of The Ninth Age to be played at the clubhouse. No deets on the actual scenarios to be played, but it will be 3 games and ill certainly have some obnoxious extra rules that you dont pay any attention to. Please mark your availability for: Ordo Onslaught https://whenavailable.com/event/otMU5zv4oSgCHFfQ7
  17. I wanted to start a share for STL files on the interwebs. STL files for those who are unfamiliar, are 3D files which are used to 3D print models. There are several search engines for finding 3D models, but to be honest, you find the best stuff by just aimlessly scrolling through pages. To start, this is a print that reminded me of @Pecksata's army of construct samurai in a desert theme. It is a bit out of his particular army aesthetic, but its a pretty unique model concept that checks the desert and samurai boxes pretty well. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/ozito-beetle-samurai
  18. Flip testing pewter?! Those are some serious cajones sir What are you giving up to add in 15 Forest Guard?
  19. No doubt the rule book is not inspiring. It’s good at not leaving ambiguity, but lacks flavor. I’d be down to play a game with either of you. Or even be the rules ref while you play each other. Or do a 3 way FFA and encourage you both to gang up on me. Whatever your pleasure. To me, location to play is the biggest consideration. I am not as keen playing at Ordo since it has almost no ventilation. I could host with some lead time (Foster-Powell neighborhood).
  20. Don’t like abstract? You are going to hate my next army project 😇
  21. I am printing my entire next army, so no salt. In fact, I think most people would be happy to not see GW on the table. Its not a game that produces new models and forces players to buy them to keep up in the arms race meta, so there is no "I paid the extra $$ to play this at a high level, and you are just proxying trash" mentalities. Mantic's dwarves are awful, I got a few units of theirs, they have ranking issues. Andrew describes dwarves pretty well. Very elite, you can go between gunline and full combat, with mixed arms being the nice in between. The big downside to the army is that they all advance slow, which is to say you typically dont get the luxury of charging your opponent (they charge you). Their magic phase is boring, period. It is certainly not useless, but there is not a lot of thinking or strategy to it. Print the army! Do it!
  22. hey @Damunky just wanted to check in to see how you are doing? It's rather unfortunate you got your first taste of T9A right before the great lockdown. Did you end up getting your Dark Elves? Have you had a chance to play some sort of practice game? Looking forward to hopefully getting to play a game with you once we are back to gaming.
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