The exciting Gen Con 2011 Team Tournament is over, and here are the winning teams.
Team: G.D.U.Y – Best Overall
Captain: Ben Hayes
1st Lieutenant: James Stover
2nd Lieutenant: Kieren Moore
Team: Top Tier Trolls – Best Faction
Captain: Tim Spengler
1st Lieutenant: Bas Hamer
2nd Lieutenant: Brian Olsen
Team: Top Tier Trolls – Best Theme
Team: Prime Generation – Best Team Uniform
Captain: Rick Ohl
1st Lieutenant: Mark Reidel
2nd Lieutenant: Sean Willerson
Today, the clash of the colossal forces rang throughout the convention hall as more than twenty players battled it in the Deadly Duos tournament. Deadly Duos is a high-octane tournament format where players field massive, 100-point armies. Each list must contain two warcasters or warlocks, hence the name of the format – Deadly Duos!
Here are the results from Saturdays Deadly Duos tournament.
1st Place: Jake VanMeter
Faction: Legion of Everblight
Warlock 1: Vayl, Disciple of Everblight
Warlock 2: Lylyth, Herald of Everblight
2nd Place: Matt O’Reilly
Faction: Cryx
Warcaster 1: Pirate Queen Skarre
Warcaster 2: Witch Coven of Garlghast
3rd Place: Josh Russell
Faction: Cryx
Warcaster 1: Lich Lord Terminus
Warcaster 2: Skarre, Queen of the Broken Coast
Matt DiPietro has spent most of his Gen Con hard at work painting the new Thornfall Alliance warlock. Today he finished!
Here’s a first look at the finished Sturm and Drang studio model!
Monsterpocalypse Masters is over! Here are the results!
1st Place: Steven Wooley
2nd Place: Phillip Bowlds
3rd Place: Josh Gremillion
Congratulations to Steve on his win!
After their hard-fought match, I sat down with the final two combatants in Saturday’s Hardcore event to discuss their lists and tactics.
Jason Watt:
“My list was a Xerxis “brick.” I had double Cataphract Cetrati, full Nihilators, Beast Handlers, agonizer, a Titan Sentry and a Cyclops Shaman. It’s designed to move slowly across the board in shield wall, and then punish the opponent once it gets there. I was surprised that the final battle was Skorne on Skorne, but I knew how Chuck played, and I felt I executed well against him. A pivotal moment in the game is when I popped my feat and didn’t get to activate all my models because the time ran out.”
Chuck Elswick:
My list was based off of a 35-point Rasheth list I had played before in casual games at home; I just scaled it up to 50 points. I went with Rasheth because everyone expects you to play a caster in Hardcore that is all about the caster kill. I chose a warlock that could take some punishment and with enough fury to transfer damage when I needed. Rasheth’s feat allows you to get through your opponent’s armor as well as keep him from retaliating. I also picked models that could take a hit and survive long enough to retaliate. The pivotal moment in the game was when Xerxis charged my Cannonner and missed his attacks. Even with full fury, Xerxis was unable to kill the Titan. I was then able to take Xerxis out on my turn.
The final battle is over, and it was a Skorne vs. Skorne showdown!
Organized Play Director Andrew Hartland (Hacksaw to some) had this to say about the Hardcore final.
“The final was Jason Watt vs. Chuck Elswick. Jason played Tyrant Xerxis with two units of Cataphract Cetrati and a couple of Titans. He’s got an amazingly painted army, and as you know, Hardcore require that all models are painted and based. Chuck Elswick was playing a Tier 4 Dominar Rasheth Theme Force with a lot of Titans and some Gatormen under a Paingiver Task Master with some support elements. They clashed in the Kill Box scenario, which is basically “get in the middle and duke it out.” These are two great players that have met up in various other events, so it was kind of a classic rematch. Big names and big games is what Hardcore is all about!”
Congratulations to Chuck for his victory and to Watt for a valiantly fought battle!
Here are the lists of the two combatants:
Chuck Elswick
Skorne 50 Points
Dominar Rasheth
Titan Gladiator
Titan Sentry
Titan Cannoneer
Basilisk Krea
Agonizer (2)
Paingiver Task Master (2)
Gatorman Posse (5)
Cataphract Arcuarii (6)
Paingiver Beast Handlers (4)
Jason Watt
Skorne 50 Points
Tyrant Xerxis
Basilisk Krea
Cyclops Shaman
Titan Sentry
Aptimus Marketh
Agonizer
Cataphract Cetrati (6)
Cataphract Cetrati (6)
Nihilators (10)
Paingiver Beast Handlers (4)
More photos of gorgeous models entered into the P3 Grandmaster Painting Competition. This time, we take a look at the Warrior Model category.
