I have decided to enter my first Tournament, the Geoff Jose Memorial Warhammer Tournament 2009. It seems like it is a nice relaxed tourney to begin with and get some experience under my belt. It will also provide me with a goal/motivation to get more of my Army painted as painting rank and file can get tedious. It will be held on the 5th of September which gives me a nice amount of time to prepare.
I am quite excited about the prospect of playing in a tournament and while I harbour no delusions of winning or even coming close to winning (I imagine I would be in contention for the wooden spoon) I will relish the chance to get involved. This is definitely an area of the hobby that I am aiming towards as I like the holistic nature of tournaments (in Australia at least) that rewards all aspects of the hobby.
It is 2250 points limit with some interesting side rules such as the penalty for taking too many power dice. If you wish to take an army with more than 10 power dice you will be asked to make a $10 donation to the Queensland Cancer Council. All army lists have to be submitted prior to the event and any deemed to be "Unfriendly" will be given one opportunity to resubmit a softer list and if this second list is rejected then the player will have their entry fee refunded. I like this as it will discourage the extreme power lists that tend to surface.
I will be taking my Warriors of Chaos based around my current 1500 point list with a few tweaks that I will determine in the lead up to the 15th of August which is the cut-off for List submission. I need to work out what to take as my Lord choice and whether I will take a 4th character (I probably will not). Alternatively, I could skip the lord choice altogether and take 4 hero level characters. So many choices to make.
My thinking currently is to take a Demon Prince of Slaanesh with an upgrade to 1st level Sorcerer and then round out the rest of the points with another regiment of Warriors and some Hounds. This is to take advantage of the relaxed nature of the event and use a Lord choice that not many people would take to a highly competitive tournament. I think apart from giving a few minor upgrades (Not too much spent on Gifts) I will leave the Prince pretty much "as is". I won't be tooling him out to be undefeatable.
Expect a tentative 2250point list soon.
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2 comments:
If you go for a Daemon Prince of Slaanesh (I use one regularly for my army :D) you should really take Diabolic Splendour, not only is it a particularly fluffy gift for him but it puts your opponent at -1 Ld for all those terror tests and if you're fortunate enough to get Hellshriek as one of his spells then it becomes a truly nasty spell. Sadly, he's not much use against ItP troops in that respect but against horde armies he can clear the table with a couple of well placed flight moves.
Thats great to here you will thoroughly enjoy yourself. I entered my first one a couple of months back and it was fantastic. Playing so many big games in such a short time frame is great, you learn a lot, see some fantastic looking armies and meet some good people.
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