PumpkinHead Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Let me start off by saying it was AWESOME! Met lots of new people and got in 5 great games. I went 3-2 over the weekend and got the most battle points of the 3 tyranid players. It's not like other tournaments where each round has a defined mission. The way it works at the Harvester is that each table has a defined mission. Some are a more normal modified maelstrom, or capture and control, and others are kill the terrain which then turns into an objective for you to hold. But not just any terrain, no the terrain that is a MC that shoots at everything within 6 inches and fights back with MC stats. T6, 4W, 4A, I1. Brief synopsys of my tournament: Round 1 Against necrons. Hold objectives which gave awesome cover saves. My B. Heirodule lived because my opponent failed to make a 6 inch charge with his wraiths. It was a good game, but he had more units then I could kill off so he held more objectives at the end and won. Round 2 against Chaos Thousand Sons. 2 objectives in each deployment zone, those in your opponents deployment zone are worth more then holding your own. My opponent opened the game by putting 3 wounds on my B. Heirodule (I had a 2+ cover and FNP), which made me freak out a bit. There was a dev squad that I could barely kill. Round 5 I finally killed the last guy. But by the end I had him down to a unit of marines and a unit of summoned pink horrors. I pulled out a win. Round 3 against Chaos maulerfiends, hellbrutes, bikes, a flying demons prince, and belakor. Modified maelstrom. The game was going surprisingly well for me until my opponent psychic screamed a Flyrant and the B. Heiro to death. Stupid 3d6... grumble grumble... the game turned and he pulled out a win. Round 4 was against a can wall of ORKS. Morkanots, grot cans, killer kans, kans and walkers of all shapes and sizes. I have had the pleasure of warring against this beautiful army 2 OFCCs ago. He has everything modified to a pirate theme. It is so well done, I felt bad putting my army on the same table. The mission was to control table quarters and the barn in the middle of the table, which gave everyone within 6" I10. I did suprisingly well in my first shooting phase and wrecked 2 kans and took some wounds off of his big Morkanot. When I charged his morkanot with my B. Heirodule I did not notice I was just out of the I10 bubble, which led my opponeont to line up charges to be in that bubble so all his kans got to strike first. He ended up punching the B. Heirodule in the face until it stopped moving. But I got revenge by killing half of his kans. On the final turn I was able to cast the Horror on his boss's squad and they failed their pinning check, which gave me control over the middle barn and the win. Round 5 was against drop BA that got to decide which turn they came in. This table we were on was a carnivorous forest. 6 of the terrain pieces, 2 middle and 2 in each deployment zone were MCs and they shot (6 shots, BS5, S6 AP-) anyone that was within 6 inches, and the ferns had the stats of T6, 4W, 4A, I1. The goal was to hold more objectives then your opponent, but you had to kill the fern to turn it into an objective. My opponent had the worst of luck. Everything scattered when he deployed and nothing was where he wanted or needed it. He also failed a boat load of armor saves to the plant shooting. In the end, I think the plants killed off an assault squad, 3 drop pods, a dev squad, and miscellaneous other marines. I was for the most part able to keep my guys away from the plants until I killed it and turned it into an objective. It was always an odd consideration of shoot a fern or my opponent. But in the end my flyrants did enough damage and my mawlocs finally did some work. I pulled out a win. It was much fun and seeing that everyone was there to have fun made it more relaxed. I would highly recommend this to anyone! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Sounds SOOOO awesome. Good showing, Saul! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 On a table across from me on round 5, was an all bike army that decided to outflank against a chaos blood pack, I think... the one that adds +1 attack when things die... Anyways, the chaos guy lined his dudes up along the table edge, leaving no room for an outflanking unit to arrive and told the guy to outflank away. It was pretty funny, and I think even managed to kill a couple of units before they got to enter the game. It reminded me of the Tau guy that lined the board edge with kroot and stopped a bike army from coming onto the table like back in 4th ed? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwodd Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Who were the top players in the tourney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Nice! Hopefully I'm going to make it to the Storm of Souls in the spring. Nato Sicarius wants to go as well, so I'd have a ride, which simplifies the whole thing immensely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Who were the top players in the tourney? I know that MrMoreTanks won the whole darn thing with IG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanaur Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Yeah but you know: Astra Militarum re just so uncompetitive. Lol. whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainA Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 You're 2015 Harvester of Souls champions!Overall Champion: Mason Moore, OrksBest General: Ben Schimoller, Astra MilitarumBest Sportsmanship: George Thompson, TauBest Appearance: Michael Genoni, OrksPlayer's Choice: Mike Camin, Dark Eldar 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterman Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Glad you had fun! Was nice to meet you and put a face to the screen name. Hope to see you in the Spring if you can swing it! The Storm is more of your standard fare event, modeled after Adepticon, NoVa and LVO. Still fun but a bit different feel. Harvester is our ode to Bob and I's favorite event, Astronomi-con. Who were the top players in the tourney? A cleaned up version of the results (fixing mispellings and formattings) and ITC ranking lists are in the works. I can post em here or just check the FB page later in the week https://www.facebook.com/TheHarvester40kGT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Yeah but you know: Astra Militarum re just so uncompetitive. Lol. whatever. Actually, most of the chatter on Frontline or other boards is a general astonishment that IG don't place better in tournaments. They have all the tools needed to be competitive except they don't have durable mobility that can score. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 You're 2015 Harvester of Souls champions! Overall Champion: Mason Moore, Orks Best General: Ben Schimoller, Astra Militarum Best Sportsmanship: George Thompson, Tau Best Appearance: Michael Genoni, Orks Player's Choice: Mike Camin, Dark Eldar Thanks, CaptainA! YAY ORKS! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanaur Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Actually, most of the chatter on Frontline or other boards is a general astonishment that IG don't place better in tournaments. They have all the tools needed to be competitive except they don't have durable mobility that can score. One place in a hundred. the Astra Militarum have a very good codex. it handles ALL issues as well as you can ever hope for. It's goy bulk, it's got everything. Very chunky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato Sicarius Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Grats to everyone! IG winning? Awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Yeah, Mike is the Ork player I fought against. His army is amazing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Sounds like you had an amazing time, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skkipper Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 On a table across from me on round 5, was an all bike army that decided to outflank against a chaos blood pack, I think... the one that adds +1 attack when things die... Anyways, the chaos guy lined his dudes up along the table edge, leaving no room for an outflanking unit to arrive and told the guy to outflank away. It was pretty funny, and I think even managed to kill a couple of units before they got to enter the game. It reminded me of the Tau guy that lined the board edge with kroot and stopped a bike army from coming onto the table like back in 4th ed?That hellforged hunting pack guy is a jerk!!! Oh wait that was me. 2 squads of bikes ran into the wall. I finished 3-2. My last three games were maelstrom based so it was a tough road with 9 models. I love this event and will return every year. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwodd Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Mason is on a roll with his Orks, he has won the last 2 tourneys I've been to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwodd Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 One place in a hundred. the Astra Militarum have a very good codex. it handles ALL issues as well as you can ever hope for. It's goy bulk, it's got everything. Very chunky. Plus Wyverns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skkipper Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 My first opponent had wyverns. He used them to ram my maulerfiends and tried to shoot butt armour on them as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalripphook Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 My first opponent had wyverns. He used them to ram my maulerfiends and tried to shoot butt armour on them as well. Aka my poor wyverns did nothing :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterman Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/TheHarvester40kGT/ Standings are up gents. Look at that space in 2016 for the Storm of Silence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Nice! Hopefully I'm going to make it to the Storm of Souls in the spring. Nato Sicarius wants to go as well, so I'd have a ride, which simplifies the whole thing immensely. The storm is more competitive I believe and is more structured like a tournament with designated scenarios before you arrive. I believe that is what they said at the end of the harvester. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 How was sportsmanship tallied? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 The storm is more competitive I believe and is more structured like a tournament with designated scenarios before you arrive. I believe that is what they said at the end of the harvester. Yeah, and I'm down with that, too. I'm into a pretty wide range of 40K play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skkipper Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 There were no bad games reported but the negatives would have been at our discretion. Good/OK =8, Exceptional was 9, each "favorite player" vote was 4 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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