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Week 10: Ordo Fall Escalation Week 10 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 19 1 1 DOMARU Lieutenant Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Boarding Shotgun, E/M Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 33) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Boarding Shotgun, E/M Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 33) KEMPEI (Chain of Command) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, CCW, Electric Pulse. (0 | 21) KEISOTSU Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 14) KEISOTSU Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 11) ONIWABAN Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Monofilament CCW. (0 | 41) NINJA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Tactical Bow / Pistol, DA CCW, Knife. (0 | 29) YOJIMBO Contender, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades, CrazyKoalas (2) / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 21) GROUP 25 GUĬ FĒNG Spec-Ops (4 XP) (BS:11) Combi Rifle, Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) KEISOTSU Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 11) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) 1.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army I played one game against Cody's Morat Aggression Force and lost 1-9. Ultimately I think I just didn't bring enough offense and, though I won the Initiative Roll and took first Turn, I again spent too many orders in Turn One on a single model to get a small lead in Victory Points to start but then didn't have enough orders left to set up the rest of my troops. Those orders were spent on the Oniwaban who took out the Total Reaction REM that Cody had set up opposite my Group 2 Keisotsu Fireteam which allowed them to escape in Turn One as planned; it just took more orders than I was expecting and I had already lost 2 orders to Cody's Strategic Use of a Command Token. With most of my force just outside my Deployment Zone Cody was more or less free to move up his forces to take positions covering fire lanes and the escape hatches. I felt pinned again with less troops than my opponent and struggled to get much else accomplished for the rest of the game. My frustration threw my game off even more as I kept forgetting about Hackers and Repeaters and allowed myself to get trapped by mines and bad dice rolls. So a rough and frustrating game overall but I still had fun. It's been awhile since I've played against Morats and Cody definitely had a different playstyle than I'm used to from my usual Morat opponent, Jeremy. Though I didn't win many games I had a lot of fun participating in the league. This was more or less my first time playing against certain Factions and other players than my usual opponent as well so it was something of a learning experience. I opted to play a new Faction myself with a playstyle that I was completely unfamiliar with and, while it probably didn't help my Win/Loss ratio, I think it did give me a better understanding of playing with melee troops, Hidden Deployment, and smaller forces. I keep looking at a Nomads list that I'd really like to bring to the Rampage tomorrow but I will probably give the JSA one more go before I let myself switch back to my Nomads and Haqq.

I plan on being there tomorrow as well!

Week 9: Japanese Sectorial Army ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 16 DOMARU Lieutenant Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Boarding Shotgun, E/M Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 33) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) RAIDEN (Minelayer, X Visor) Heavy Rocket Launcher, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21) RAIDEN (X Visor) Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 26) GROUP 27 KEMPEI (Chain of Command) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, CCW, Electric Pulse. (0 | 21) KEISOTSU Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 17) KEISOTSU Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 14) KEISOTSU (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) SHIKAMI Contender, Nimbus Grenades / Assault Pistol, DA CCW, AP CCW, Knife. (0 | 45) NINJA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Tactical Bow / Pistol, DA CCW, Knife. (0 | 29) 5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army I wasn't able to make it to Week 9 but I probably would have gone with the above list if I had. It's short on specialists but that's JSA in general. The idea would have been to access one Data Console while holding one Quadrant in my half of the table with the Fireteam: Core of the Kempeitai and 4 Keisotsu and use the Shikami and 2 Fireteam: Duos of Domaru to access a Data Console and hold a Quadrant in my opponent's half of the table with support from the Ninja. If things went extremely well I could have used the Ninja and one of the Domaru Fireteams to push the other Quadrant in my opponent's half of the table. The Raiden would have stayed in or near my Deployment Zone to help keep anyone out of the Quadrants on my half of the board and help support the Keisotsu Fireteam or hold the other Quadrant. I haven't even begun working on a list for Week 10 so I'll have to see what I can quickly come up with before game time tomorrow.

I don't think I'll be able to make it tomorrow but will see what I can do!

Week 8: Ordo Fall Escalation Week 8 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 9 1 DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) HARAMAKI Missile Launcher / Pistol, DA CCW. (1.5 | 33) O-YOROI HMG + Heavy Flamethrower, CrazyKoalas / EXP CCW. (2 | 83) O-YOROI PILOT Contender / Pistol, CCW. () RAIDEN (Minelayer, X Visor) Heavy Rocket Launcher, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21) ONIWABAN Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Monofilament CCW. (0 | 41) NINJA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Tactical Bow / Pistol, DA CCW, Knife. (0 | 29) KEISOTSU Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 9) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) 6 SWC | 275 Points Open in Infinity Army I played one game against Joel's Qapu Khalqi and won 8-2. Joel had Scarface and Cordelia, an Anaconda, a Fireteam: Core of Leila Sharif and 2 Ghulam (1 Forward Observer), 2 Yuan Yuan, and 2 Fireteam: Duos of 2 Druze each (including an Assault Hacker in one team). I deployed the Oniwaban as my reserve model and successfully used Superior Infiltration to set it up in Hidden Deployment in the most likely path of the Anaconda. Not only did the Oniwaban (or "Hammer pants ninja", as dubbed by Joel) take down the Anaconda, it somehow managed to survive the entire game ramboing through Cordelia, the 2 Ghulam and Leila Sharif, and finishing off an Immobilized Scarface. The O-Yoroi served more as a deterrent than anything else while the Domaru/Haramaki Fireteam did at least see some action (though the Haramaki died early) and were responsible for Immobilizing Scarface. They might have accomplished more if the Oniwaban hadn't survived for as long as it did but due to its unexpected longevity it ended up hogging most of my orders for the game. Joel did what he could but his dice weren't playing nice while mine managed to make quite a few ARM Rolls that I probably should have failed. He did nearly take out the O-Yoroi by the end but ran out of orders before he could finish it off. I'm not sure if I'll be able to make Week 9 but I still plan on throwing together a list just in case and will post it here later in the week whether I get a chance to play it or not.

Week 8! And I think my points for this week were added to Aaron instead of me (me being Brandon)?

Thanks to Joel for the game! Write-up later this week!

Yeah, I don't own any REMs for JSA and don't really plan to for now so I would have focused on prevention and elimination. You're right though, I probably would have been working for a tie at best. Week 7: Ordo Fall Escalation Week 7 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 19 DOMARU Lieutenant Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 26) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 26) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 26) SHIKAMI Contender, Nimbus Grenades / Assault Pistol, DA CCW, AP CCW, Knife. (0 | 45) TOKUSETSU KOHEI Engineer Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 14) KEMPEI (Chain of Command) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, CCW, Electric Pulse. (0 | 21) KEISOTSU (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) KEISOTSU (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) GROUP 22 RAIDEN (Minelayer, X Visor) Heavy Rocket Launcher, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21) RAIDEN (X Visor) Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 26) 3 SWC | 250 Points Open in Infinity Army I played one game against Berman's Tohaa and lost 4-9. In scenarios that includes an Armory getting the first Turn and getting dug in inside the Armory can give a huge advantage. I managed to get the first turn after winning the Initiative Roll... and then wasted all of my orders on my Tokusetsu Engineer instead of moving my Domaru up into the Armory. I didn't intend to spend all my orders on the Engineer, he was just going to blow the door. But then I got greedy trying to score early points by having the Engineer, who had successfully made it inside the Armory, grab a Panoply and blow another door. That left me at the end of my first turn with my Engineer inside the Armory and the rest of my forces still in my Deployment Zone. Berman moved up into the Armory in his turn and managed to keep me out for the rest of the game. So yet another game I went into with a plan and then completely forgot about the plan once I started playing. I got distracted by focusing too much on my Engineer and the few early points I was able to grab and that likely played a big role in losing the scenario. I'm debating on whether or not to include a TAG in my Week 8 list or just go with more Heavy Infantry. Will probably be working on and tweaking my list up until game time tomorrow, as usual.

Thanks to Berman for the game! Will do the usual write-up in my blog thread thingy later this week.

I plan on making it tomorrow, provided I can get a list together in time.

Week 6: Japanese Sectorial Army ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 18 1 KEISOTSU Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 13) KEISOTSU Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 17) KEISOTSU Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 9) KEISOTSU (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10) KEMPEI (Chain of Command) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, CCW, Electric Pulse. (0 | 21) ONIWABAN Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Monofilament CCW. (0 | 41) MIYAMOTO MUSHASHI Chain Rifle, Flash Pulse / Pistol, AP CCW, EXP CCW. (0 | 24) NINJA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Tactical Bow / Pistol, DA CCW, Knife. (0 | 29) SAITO TOGAN Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, EXP CCW, Knife. (0 | 39) GROUP 22 RAIDEN (Minelayer, X Visor) Heavy Rocket Launcher, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21) RAIDEN (X Visor) Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 26) 5 SWC | 250 Points Open in Infinity Army Unfortunately I was unable to make Week 6 but I was planning on bringing the above list had I been able to make it. It was kind of quickly thrown together and I'm not sure how well it would have done. I opted to leave out Heavy Infantry that could have been susceptible to hacking attacks and brought more TO Camo than I normally do. But for 250 points it's a pretty small list with a lot of glass cannons so it could have either done really well or really poorly. Most likely the latter. I did assemble the Raiden with Spitfire and Saito Togan in anticipation of running this list so, while I didn't get the opportunity to field them last week, at least now they can be included in future lists.

Sorry I couldn't make it and wasn't able to post sooner. Something came up at the last minute that I couldn't get out of. I hope everyone is having a good time and there is much hacking being done!

Planning on being there tomorrow!

Week 5: Ordo Fall Escalation Week 5 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 8 2 3 DOMARU Lieutenant Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) NINJA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Tactical Bow / Pistol, DA CCW, Knife. (0 | 29) MIYAMOTO MUSHASHI Chain Rifle, Flash Pulse / Pistol, AP CCW, EXP CCW. (0 | 24) YOJIMBO Contender, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades, CrazyKoalas (2) / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 21) ARAGOTO Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) ARAGOTO Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 13) 0.5 SWC | 225 Points Open in Infinity Army My intention for Week 5's scenario was to push forward with the Domaru and Mushashi, get the Aragoto across the board quickly for some (hopefully) easy points, and use Yojimbo for smoke cover. That is not how things went. I played one game against Scott's Imperial Service Sectorial this week and he tabled me. I don't know what his score was but mine was 0. Scott had an Imperial Crane Agent, 4 Celestial Guard (1 w/Multi Sniper Rifle, 1 w/Smoke Grenade Launcher), Xi Zhuang, 2 Kanren (played very effectively), a Ninja, and a Lu Duan. So I walked into the main room at the club and saw a fancy new board set up that had a very Necromunda look to it. I immediately knew I did not want to play on that board. And so, of course, I ended up playing on that board. The board had 3 open levels with long walkways that had no cover beyond the sides from one end to the other which was not going to do my list full of close combat troops and bikes any favors. I can't blame it all on the board though. I continued my efforts to play aggressively but I placed too much confidence in my Domarus' advance. All four of the Domaru were cut down before I could even get them halfway across the board as I opted to take one of the walkways that gave them no opportunities to take cover. Perhaps the ground level wouldn't have been much better but it would have at least supplied them with the occasional piece of cover. Yojimbo died immediately due to some unfavorable dice rolls so I was unable to get any smoke down. Mushashi and the Ninja didn't see much action as they were both deployed on the left side of the board and Scott deployed the majority of his force on the right side. I brought so little ranged options that I had a hard time taking out anything while trying to get my Domaru in attack range. Ultimately it was a frustrating game for me but Scott is a gracious opponent and I had a good time playing against him and discussing our game afterwards. I am working on a list for Week 6. My JSA lists usually consists of at least some Heavy Infantry but I'm considering the idea of bringing a list with little to no hackable targets this time since everyone will likely be bringing at least one if not multiple hackers. Will have to see what I can put together.

Thank you, Scott, for the game! I'll post more details later this week in my thread. Sorry I'm not able to hang around longer and go out afterwards with you all. I would like to but unfortunately I work Mondays and have to get up early.

I plan on being there as well!

Week 4's list: Ordo Fall Escalation Week 4 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 9 1 DOMARU Lieutenant Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 25) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 26) DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 26) RAIDEN (Minelayer, X Visor) Heavy Rocket Launcher, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21) MIYAMOTO MUSHASHI Chain Rifle, Flash Pulse / Pistol, AP CCW, EXP CCW. (0 | 24) NINJA Tactical Bow / Pistol, DA CCW, Knife. (0 | 26) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) 1.5 SWC | 200 Points Open in Infinity Army With Week 4 being a Decap mission I was eager to go back to a list of troops I was more comfortable with. This list is similar to my Week 1 list but with more Domaru, less Keisotsu, Mushashi, and a cheaper Ninja in place of the expensive Oniwaban. I played one game against Joel this week which I won 6-4. Joel brought his Qapu Khalqi sectorial with Scarface & Cordelia, 3 Druze (1 Spitfire, 1 Assault Hacker, 1 standard profile), Leila Sharif, 2 Ghulam, and 2 Yuan Yuan (including the magnificent Buba Fett!). I feel like I did a better job of sticking with my idea for this game than I have in the past few weeks. I took first Turn and was aggressive with the Domaru while keeping the Keisotsu hidden in my Deployment Zone. The heavy terrain setup was definitely in my favor. Poor dice rolls affected both of us but ultimately settled on Joel as their primary target. I lost two Domaru in the first Round but Joel spent over half of his orders in Round Two trying to remove the Immobilized-2 state from Scarface and never managed to score a success. The Domaru took heavy casualties but were quite effective, being responsible for Scarface's Immobilization and the death of the HVT, Ghulam Lt. and one or two others. I always forget to take advantage of Frenzy though. I even broke one off from the Fireteam anticipating it and then promptly forgot about it. The Raiden HRL was a champ, eventually taking out Scarface and the Druze Spitfire while surviving all incoming attacks. I'm glad I reworked my list the day before to include him; my first pass at a list for this week did not. Mushashi and the Ninja were less effective but at least managed to survive til the end of the game. Still working on a list for Week 5. I'm looking at fast movement and infiltrating troops but also need to consider that the more models I have in my list the more opportunity I'll have to score as well as the survivability of those models and the ability to take out my opponent's troops to prevent them from scoring more.

Thanks to Joel for the game! Blog thread thingy post coming later this week!

Hooray for Lunokhods! I bring one in almost all the time when I play my Nomads. Re: the two sets of guns - only one of those sets is added to the model; they provide you with both so you can make either weapon profile. You can get fancy and magnetize them so you can swap them around depending on the profile you take or you could just choose one to represent both profiles. They are extremely similar in appearance and being attached to the undercarriage it's even more unlikely your opponent will be able to tell from appearance which it is anyway.

I'll be there! This is almost never a good sign. It usually means someone is planning something nefarious. And I hate to be that guy but... Again?!

Week 3's list: Ordo Fall Escalation Week 3 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 8 1 1 KARAKURI (Fireteam: Haris) Combi Rifle, Chain Rifle, D.E.P. / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 36) KARAKURI Heavy Shotgun, Chain Rifle, D.E.P. / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 35) KARAKURI Combi Rifle, Chain Rifle, D.E.P. / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 35) NINJA Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Tactical Bow / Pistol, DA CCW, Knife. (0 | 29) YOJIMBO Contender, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades, CrazyKoalas (2) / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 21) TOKUSETSU EISEI Doctor (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 14) YÁOZĂO Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) KEISOTSU Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 9) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9) 1.5 SWC | 200 Points Open in Infinity Army So JSA doesn't have many Doctor options but it does have an interesting Forward Observer option in the Karakuri HI. I decided to make an order early in the week to try them out for this scenario. I filled out the list with a Doctor & Yaozao, a few Keisotsu for some cheap orders and a Lt. option, a Ninja Killer Hacker to deal with any hacking attempts on my Karakuri and to stab any Doctors in the back that tried to heal any civilians near her, and Yojimbo for his smoke and Crazy Koalas. I played two games this week; the first against Jay's Yu Jing and the second against Caitlin's Aleph. My first game was against Jay which I lost 2-4. Jay had a Yan Huo, Pheasant Agent, Tiger Soldier Paramedic, Tokusetsu Doctor, 4 Monks, and a few Zhanshi. His Yan Huo was well placed and yet I chose to set up the Karakuri in a part of my Deployment Zone he had covered anyway. I didn't do a good enough job of using Yojimbo to smoke the area so they could advance and my BS Rolls for the smoke I did try to throw were poor. I wasted quite a few orders getting Yojimbo's Crazy Koalas into place only to forget about Jay's Monks which he happily traded one of to get rid of the Koalas that were supposed to death hug his Doctor. Yojimbo died early on and I felt pretty pinned down in my Deployment Zone. I think this was another case of not taking advantage of the choices from the Initiative Roll very well. I got frazzled trying to wring some last minute points out of the match and lost my Ninja too early in his kamikaze run to some sloppy placement on my part as a result. My second game was against Caitlin which ended in a 4-4 tie. Caitlin had Atalanta, Machaon, 2 Devas, Naga Forward Observer, Diomedes, and a Netrod. Caitlin had one side and the middle locked down with Atalanta and the Naga covering the other side. I did better in this game with Yojimbo and his smoke was effective in getting the Yaozao around to heal some of the civilians. And I used the Ninja more effectively in this game as well by taking care of the Naga even with me forgetting to take advantage of Stealth to better close the distance to her. All in all another fun and well fought game on both sides. I'm still trying to get used to playing JSA and get into that JSA mindset. Or, more accurately, being able to stay in that JSA mindset once it's actually game time. Every week I come with an idea of how I want to play and then either forget or fail to stick with that idea once it comes down to game time. I'm usually better at it by the second game. Week 4 is Decap which should allow me to bring a more well-rounded list. The past two weeks I've been playing with lists heavily focused on troops I hadn't used much or at all in my practice games before the league started. I'm hoping I'll be able to be more on point with a list comprised of troops I at least have a little experience playing. But probably not.

Thank you Jay and Caitlin for the games! Apologies to Jay for getting a little tilted. I really enjoyed both games though. I will post more details on my list and games in my blog thread thingy later this week! And I mentioned it already tonight at the club but I just wanted to say here that Jeremy has told me that he will unfortunately not be able to continue with the league at this time. Too much work related bs going on, apparently. Hopefully he will be able to come back at some point once things settle down.

The ranged heal with the Doctor ability is still the same as a Paramedic. The difference is the base to base contact heal - with the Doctor ability the Doctor makes a WIP Roll in place of the PH -3 Roll by the Unconscious model required with a MediKit. Fwiw, the other 2 levels are Doctor Plus which adds a +3 to the WIP Roll and Ackbar Doctor which can either heal ALL Wounds with a normal WIP Roll or act as Doctor Plus and heal 1 Wound with a +3 WIP Roll.

Question: How will G:Servants be treated for scoring purposes?

Sounds like fun, I'm in! Jeremy will probably be in as well but just put him down as a maybe for now until I can get him to confirm.