Invitational lists

Will Pagani won the warmachine invitational with Butcher3 and Vlad1.

Khador
Standard Army
PCs: 50 / 50
44 models

[00] Orsus Zoktavir, the Butcher Unleashed (0 / 4 WJ remaining)
[01]  >> War Dog
[07]  >> Juggernaut
[02] Iron Fang Kovnik
[02] Iron Fang Kovnik
[04] Greylord Ternion
[08] Iron Fang Pikemen (9 grunts)
[02]  >> Black Dragon Officer & Standard
[08] Iron Fang Pikemen (9 grunts)
[02]  >> Black Dragon Officer & Standard
[04] Widowmakers
[04] Alexia, Mistress of the Witchfire
[02] Madelyn Corbeau, Ordic Courtesan
[02] Gorman Di Wulfe, Rogue Alchemist
[03] Eiryss, Angel of Retribution
[02] Saxon Orrik
[01] Reinholdt, Gobber Speculator

Khador

Standard Army

PCs: 50 / 50

30 models

[00] Vladimir Tzepesci, the Dark Prince (0 / 5 WJ remaining)

[13]  >> Behemoth

[10]  >> Spriggan

[02] Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich

[02] Koldun Lord

[02] Iron Fang Kovnik

[05] Assault Kommandos (5 grunts)

[02]  >> Assault Kommandos Flame Thrower (2 Flamers)

[05] Great Bears of Gallowswood

[08] Winter Guard Rifle Corps (9 grunts)

[04] Lady Aiyana & Master Holt

[02]  >> Koldun Kapitan Valachev

A couple of things I want to talk about. That Butcher list looks sweet. I don't think you can do much better than that for him. Silence of death with the ability to pick a column, the Juggernaut trades really well, it's difficult to kill for its points and will kill anything if left standing. The Vlad list is the one I really want to talk about though. It really heavily abuses signs and portents and makes assault kommandos good. Immunity to corrosion means that they are immune to bile thrall purges, you can give them +2 SPD and shield wall and shoot and they hit and do damage with signs and portents. Also the sprays are really good with signs and portents and you can have the Behemoth throw the flamethrower dudes like fire causing grenades. I really like it and I think it's outside the box. It pairs really well with the Butcher list, I think it handles cryx like a boss. Only thing I'm not sure about is how it pairs with anything that isn't Butcher3. 

Upcoming Stuffs

On the 23rd and 24th of November I am going to be pulling a double header. We're breaking in a new press ganger at Parramatta at the games cube and then Ben is running a tournament at Good Games CBD. First tournament is a 35 point tournament. I hate 35 points. Hate it. I'm going to try trolls this time because I have not taken them to a tournament in forever.

Trollbloods
Standard Army
PCs: 35 / 35
36 models

[00] Madrak Ironhide, World Ender (0 / 5 WB)
[02]  >> Trollkin Runebearer
[05]  >> Storm Troll
[05]  >> Troll Impaler
[03] Fell Caller Hero
[02] Stone Scribe Chronicler
[02] Fennblade Kithkar
[04] Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes (5 grunts)
[01]  >> Stone Scribe Elder
[06] Pyg Burrowers (9 grunts)
[08] Trollkin Fennblades (9 grunts)
[02]  >> Trollkin Fennblade Officer & Drummer

Trollbloods

Rune's of War (Hoarluk Doomshaper, Shaman of the Gnarls)

(Tier 4) 

PCs: 34 / 35

18 models

[00] Hoarluk Doomshaper, Shaman of the Gnarls (0 / 7 WB)

[12]  >> Mulg the Ancient

[10]  >> Earthborn Dire Troll

[05]  >> Pyre Troll

[03] Janissa Stonetide

[04] Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes (5 grunts)

[01]  >> Stone Scribe Elder

[03] Trollkin Runeshapers

[03] Trollkin Runeshapers

The one on the Sunday is a 50 point tournament. I am thinking about busting out the tree. 

Circle Orboros

Standard Army

PCs: 50 / 50

50 models

[00] Cassius the Oathkeeper (0 / 6 WB)

[00]  >> Wurmwood, Tree of Fate (Companion)

[10]  >> Warpwolf Stalker

[04]  >> Gorax

[01] Gallows Grove

[01] Gallows Grove

[07] Druids of Orboros

[02]  >> Druid of Orboros Overseer

[02] Shifting Stones

[01]  >> Stone Keeper

[02] Shifting Stones

[03] Farrow Bone Grinders (5 grunts)

[06] Farrow Slaughterhousers

[06] Farrow Slaughterhousers

[10] Cylena Raefyll & Nyss Hunters (9 grunts)

[01] Swamp Gobber Bellows Crew

This list is possibly stupid. I have been advised by much better circle players to avoid druids and slaughterhousers so I'm throwing them both in. It will be the tree and my Morvahna2 list which is currently

Circle Orboros

Standard Army

PCs: 50 / 50

32 models

[00] Morvahna the Dawnshadow (0 / 5 WB)

[10]  >> Warpwolf Stalker

[04]  >> Gorax

[01] Gallows Grove

[01] Gallows Grove

[02] Shifting Stones

[01]  >> Stone Keeper

[02] Shifting Stones

[10] Tharn Blood Pack (5 grunts)

[09] Tharn Ravagers (5 grunts)

[02]  >> Tharn Ravager Chieftain

[08] Warpborn Skinwalkers (4 grunts)

[03]  >> Warpborn Alpha

[02] Viktor Pendrake

Tournament Report

I've been a bit neglectful of this page. Something I put down to having to do actual work rather than goofing off during my work hours recently. However I will endeavour to post more stupid lists and keep up to date with tournament happenings. First off I ran a tournament in the gong. 

14 people turned up and I had managed to borrow 7 chess clocks off the local chess club (well Theo technically did that but I asked him to so I'm taking credit). We had plans to stretch it out to 10 if we needed to but they weren't excellent plans. I like to think I just hyped the event to exactly the right amount. 5 guys came up from Canberra and four guys came down from Sydney. You guys were legends and we had a really excellent laid back tournament. 

Round one (supply and demand):

Aaron (W) v Uli
Graham v Jeff Traish (W)
Chibi v Jeff Galea (W)
James (W) v Ed
Ben (W) v Adam
Llyod (W) v Theo
Harry v Marty (W)

So Wollongong were 0-5 and showing the consistency we are famous for. Notable things- Lloyd feedbacking Nemo to death without a single model having died. Ed keeping up with the clock against James and playing a decent game though he forgot to feat. Graham dropped the only Skorne list in the world without ARM cracking against Traishy with double warders. 

Round two (ammunition run):

Graham (W) v Ed
Harry v Chibi (W)
Theo v Adam (W)
Ben (W) v Uli
James (W) v Aaron
Marty v Jeff T (W)
Lloyd (W) v Jeff G

Wollongong won a game (WOOO!) it was a Wollongong against Wollongong match but still Graham and Ed threatened to pause the deathclock so they would time out and both lose. Notable Moments - Ed forgot to feat again. Three turns I walked past and asked him if he had feated yet and got a no. Also Vociferon didn't activate for 3 turns. A MAT 14 Griffon (Vyros2 + Synergy) charged Caine in the Theo v Adam game. Jeff had a legitimate assassination attempt against Marty but made a few mistakes typical of someone playing Legion for only the second game. He also failed to roll a 6 to kill Skarre with the fire damage roll. Wollongong 1-9

Round 3 (process of elimination):

Theo v Ed (W)
Uli v Harry (W)
Aaron v Jeff G (W)
Chibi (W) v Marty
Adam (W) v Graham
James v Jeff T (W)
Lloyd v Ben (W)

Final round. Graham got introduced to Rahn for the first time when Hexy2 was dragged out from behind a Sentry and a full unit of Arcuarii knocked down and battle maged to death. Ending more than a foot from where he had started on the bottom of turn 2. Harbinger won on Scenario (Ben, I was shocked, shocked that Harbinger would win in such a manner). James had an excellent assassination run on Madrak except that the Woldwrath was a few millimeters out and grim salvation had killed the model James had hit with Hunters Mark. Instead Morvahna ended up locked in combat with Madrak with no fury remaining and 6 health with no more attacks incoming. He decided to hope Traishy missed the freestrike and he did not. Theo left an inch between his two Stormwalls allowing both Krakkens to gain line of sight to Nemo ending the exciting double colossal fight before it had begun. This also meant Ed went the whole tournament without feating. So well done I guess? Chibi put a primalled, carnivored Stalker into Skarre1 who's feat was not quite enough to withstand that.

21 games, one loss on death clock and that was mostly due to excessive stuffing around. Ed might have been a bit quicker if I hadn't spent so much time trolling him. Or you know feating might have helped. Mostly the chess clocks allowed a more relaxed atmosphere and let players with janky assassinations or complicated feats take a bit of extra time. I was super organised forgetting only my computer with tournament software, all the list sheets and the scenario sheets I had printed out.