Roger's Imperial Guard take on Eddie's Tyranids
Charles contemplates how to make his Death Guard Chaos Space Marines crush Don's Sisters. I'm not sure how successful he was.
My thanks go out to everyone who showed up for the 40K Beginners’ Tournament. It was absolutely amazing! Saturday (01/21/12) I woke to cold snow and ice on the streets. Surely this would deter the players – no one wants to slip with 1500 points worth or models in their hands. I came in to work thinking we would get maybe 6-10 players. My first belief that we would only get veteran players and make it a simple game day was quickly shattered by the two novice players, brothers Chase and Chandler, waiting at the door when I arrived. By 10:45 we had 20 players. By just past 11am we had 25!!! A perfect split of 12 novice players were paired with 12 veteran players. CJ Fontenot graciously acted as a roving rules judge.
Since there was such a variety of armies we were able to match every player against armies that were different from their own as well as armies they hadn’t played earlier in the tournament. We ran 3 basic scenarios – Seize Ground, Capture and Control, and Annihilation – that hopefully taught the newer players enough to play in a real tournament in the near future. Not only was each scenario different, Matt Craig (who chose the scenarios for us) set it up so players would learn different deployments – Pitched Battle, Spear Head and Dawn of War. He worked in Night Fighting and Reserves to round out the educational benefit of the games. It’s our hope that the novice players asked enough questions that they are more confident in their games and can continue playing and learning on their own.
We had such a great turnout we will re-instate our Thursday-night 40K open gaming. Show up from 6pm-midnight Thursdays for a pick up game. (Maybe post on our forums that you’re coming for a bit to make sure we have the player base for it.)
Special thanks go to CJ Fontenot for helping out with rules questions and sitting out Round 1 because of an odd player count. Scott Hull, thanks for helping set up the boards when we had to scramble to handle the large number of players. And most importantly – thanks to all the veteran players for furthering the game! You guys were patient and helpful in teaching the next generation of 40K players. The game lives on because of your efforts.
James uses his evil Orks against Jack's novice Blood Angels.
Greg Hajduk's Tyranids were just too pretty not to take a picture of - even if it was after the game.
