Adepticon Battle Report - Eldrad’s Wraiths

So Adepticon stuff is still floating around and still interesting. Here is a guest Adepticon run down battle report with some great pictures. When I played Tom he was like a wild west gun slinger with his big boy professional camera, pulling it out from under the table and snapping 2 or 3 pictures and then re holstering in a blink of an eye. He got some cool pictures of his matches. Enjoy and thanks for the write up, Tom!

CVinton invited me to rundown my Adepticon Battle Report... First time at a tournament, first time at writing a battle report, so bear with the noob!

Here’s what I brought to the table.

Rundown and Review on Special Operation: Kill Zone

Old School here to talk about a game I recently picked up at Adepticon called Special Operation: Kill Zone. The brainchild of Big Jim from Galaxy in Flames and Brian of A Gentleman's Ones ( and some heavy playtesting from key members of the blogosphere), the game takes a spin off the old Kill Team mission and brings it into the modern gameplay system, streamlined to provide fast, bloody games where the victor is often the player with the most brains backing his Team's brawn.

CVinton's Adepticon Championship round up!

Cvinton here for my adepticon championship round-up! (Finally, right?)

So it goes, the Combat Patrol. How I took 5th.

Saturday Night I signed up for the Combat Patrol and was excited to play, it would be my only game of 40k this year at Adepticon, which was fine with me as I had plenty of other things to do this year. It was a welcome break from other things, and all the matches I had were pleasant, including one which took me by surprise. However everything was not hunky-dory this time either, but at least I did not feel cheated by the tournament runners and I left with a good feeling. Not only from how I played but the compliment I got on my DKK and the pictures some fellow gamers took of them!

My list was as follows:
Troop 1: Vet Sqaud, 3x Plasmagun, Chimera
Troop 2: Vet Squad, 3x Grenade Launcher, Missile Launcher
Fast 1: Scout Sentinel, Autocannon
Fast 2: Scout Sentinel, Autocannon

Fantasy - Big Brawl Report

Hey guys, Rhellion here. Here is my first event report from this year's Adepticon. The Big Brawl was a 3000 point, no comp tournament with only two restrictions: no special characters, and no Grand Armies. So not quite 'Ard Boyz, but close. I am having trouble finding my notes, so I will do the best I can. I did very well throughout the tournament, so lets get right into it!

Game 1 and my opponent is playing Orcs! What's that? He has Mangler Squigs? I thought Adepticon restricted the armies by a certain cut off date? My opponent didn't get the memo (or read the rules) and after conferring with a judge, anyone who was playing Orcs and Goblins were allowed to use either 7th OR 8th Edition Orcs, so long as they told their opponent which army they would be using. No problem, I started an O&G army just weeks prior, so I know what to kill (Mangler Squigs, lol).

It's finally over, Adepticon Battleforce Giveaway Results

Old school here with the results of our battleforce giveaway contest from Adepticon. Just for some background, we decided to host a raffle of sorts where the price of entry was to buy a drink for a member of the blog. There was no limit on entries and the prize was a battleforce of the winner's choice.

Warhammer Fantasy at Adepticon

Hello Dark Future Games followers, this is Rhellion coming in with my first post as a Warhammer Fantasy Battles contributer to DFG. I met Old School and the rest of the DFG crew at Adepticon through the great 'Win A Battleforce At Adepticon' contest and apparently got someone inebriated enough to earn a roster spot! What I hope to bring to the table is my experience in the 8th Edition Warhammer tournament scene and knowledge of the community.

I have my own blog over at Rhellion's Tabletop and I will be cross posting Fantasy tournament reports from events such as 'Ard Boyz 2011 and Blood in the Sun, as well as a full review of the Big Brawl and Warhammer Fantasy Championships at Adepticon 2011 in the coming days. My armies include Skaven (my Big Brawl list pictured above), new 8th Ed Orcs and Goblins, and a smaller force of Space Wolves to show 40k some love.

Adepticon 2011's Warhammer Fantasy Championships (above) was the biggest EVER this year with nearly 140 players, so there will be plenty to chat about. As for future content requests, post up what you want reviewed or discussed on the comments section, or email me at rhellion.wh@gmail.com and I will do what I can to make sure it gets covered.

Six of my favorite models from the Gladiator Tournament

 As Adepticon was winding down and I was running back and forth between the Grand Tourney, the Gladiator and a killer lunch with most of the crew, but I did manage to spot my favorite models from the Gladiator and take some photos. Now being that I play Chaos and Nids, the top six are a little prejudice!

Adepticon Team Tourney Pics (PIC HEAVY)!

 Old School here with a buffet of pics from the Team Tourney! Lots of stuff here, so I will speak as little as possible to get you through the eye candy. Above is a pic from a display board where Arjac Rockfist stands alone againt a gang of Kraken Spawn!

Forge World Pre-Heresy Boarding Captain review!

 Old School here with a quick review of the boarding captain exclusive model. If you find one on Ebay, this is what you will see.

Forge World Seer Wraithlord pic!

Old School here with a quick pic of the Forge World Wraithseer - or a Warlock trapped in a Wraithlord's body! Courtesy of Craftworld Lansing, enjoy!!

Adepticon Pics - Coolminiornot booth, Crystal Brush teaser

 Old School here, sorry for the lack of postage yesterday, but we were all playing something yesterday! So, I want to open things up by smacking you with a MILLION PHOTOS! ... ok, not a million, but many. Enjoy the mini-porn

On Friday we did....

So Friday brought some hangovers, more drinking and for some of us, long games in the championship tournament and killzone. As the tournament started for the championships the DFG got off to a roaring start, I don’t have specifics about every game, but suffice to say The Judge, Vogrin, and CVinton went 3-0. Our good friend SeerK from Craftworld Lansing drew his first round which was a disappointment but he still felt good so he continued on. The second round however took a sickening turn, SeerK hit a mob of orks over 150 strong and fell to the green tide, and afterwards he decided to withdraw. The Judge ran across his first mass body nids and took a loss as well but stuck with it. Vogrin played a “way too similar” army and eeked out a win and CVinton won against an Eldar player but it was close as well. The next two rounds I am not to sure about, but I know that in the end our highest placing member was ranked 78th out of around 250ish players. We will take this result and work on bettering it next year and perhaps make it to the second round.

As for Old School’s Killzone results I will let him talk more about it, and if any of the guys who played in the tournaments will have to post more in detail about their experience.

Tonight I will be participating in the combat patrol, really just for fun as I don’t have a display or anything really solid in terms of a list.

Until next time, burn some heretics, kill some mutants, and do it always....

FOR THE EMPEROR

Thursday Night Adepticon and the Battle for Terra!

 Old School here from Adepticon and one of the first things we saw when we arrived was an amazing display of the Battle For Terra put on by Opposing Forces. The board had a mix of models we were amazed by last year and others that we had never seen before, including the battle between Sanguinius and the massive Khorne daemon (I think the name was K'bandha - fluff guys help me out).

The whole table is pretty out of control with LED laced wrecked vehicles and tons of pre-heresy models. Let's take a look at some of the photos.

Adepticon, the Swag Bag

Might have to start Warmachine after all this Swag. Everyone who pre-registered got a bag similar to this with a random battlegroup. Also, Farseer Re-rolls was the recipient of the first drink in our contest!

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The Road to Adepticon and Contest Reminder!

Old School here and we are off to Adepticon! We are wearing our shirts and are ready to start taking names and drink in exchange for the chance to win a battleforce. All of our authors and about 18 people from our local area will be there as well, so we are rolling DEEP.

As you likely know, we are going to give away a battleforce of the winner's choosing in a raffle style contest. To enter, a person needs to find a member of Dark Future Games or Craftworld Lansing on the floor at Adepticon and buy them a drink. Each drink equals one entry and a team member cannot refuse a drink unless he is playing in the GT (at which point he will accept and just pass the drink to another member).

Lord Solar Steve will be at Combat Patrol on Saturday!

Hello all and welcome to my last post before Adepticon! A quick update for you all, I will be participating in the Saturday evening Combat Patrol, so if you want to stop by and say hello, I will gladly talk with you between rounds! I am currently having some trouble trying to work though my list as I was just informed yesterday that I would be in the tournament, however I am confident that I will enjoy myself and hopefully put on a good showing like I did last year.

Forgeworld Exclusive minis revealed for Adepticon! Space Marine, Chaos Dwarf

 Old school here with a quick post of the minis only available on the floor at Adepticon from Forge World's booth - the Space Marine Pre-Heresy Boarding action armor and the Chaos Dwarf Hellsmith! Let's hear what you think of these minis!